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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



strength of the armies, 770 ; Turkish advance, capture 

 of Alexinatz, 770, 771 ; Russian interference, two months 1 

 truce, 771 ; TchernayefFs army, difficulties between Rus- 

 sian and Servian officers, 771 ; the other divisions, 771 ; 

 Montenegrin successes, 771 ; settlement of the lines in 

 the armistice, 771 ; Derby's letter calling a conference of 

 the powers, 771, 772; envoys to the conference, 772; 

 Lord Salisbury's tour of the capitals, 771 ; meeting of the 

 preliminary conference, 772; plans proposed, 772; de- 

 mands of the Greeks, 772 ; do. of the Roumanians, 772 ; 

 Midhat Pasha, Vizier, 778 ; session of the conference, 

 778 ; adoption of the new Constitution, 773 ; its principal 

 clauses, 778, 774 ; extension of the truce, 774 ; Govern- 

 ment crisis in Roumania, 774; the three Sultans, 774; 

 sketch of Midhat Pasha, 774, 775. 



Turkistan. Boundaries, 775. Kkokan : Statistics, 775; 

 Russian expedition, 775; suppression of the insurgent 

 Kiptchaks, 775 ; annexation of Khokan to Russia, 775 ; 

 recusant tribes subdued, Ilb.Kashgar : Products and 

 commerce, 776; the Emir's assertion of independence, 

 776. 



TWESTEN, A. D. C. A German theologian, biographical 

 sketch, 776, 771. 



ULE, O. E. V. A German naturalist, biographical sketch, 777. 



Unitarians. Schools and societies, 777; National Confer- 

 ence, 777; German Protestant Union, 777, 778; Hunga- 

 rian Synod, 778. 



United Brethren. Statistics, 778; increase, 778. 



United States. Changes in the cabinet, 778; President's 

 proclamation for the Centennial Exhibition, 778 ; colored 

 convention in Nashville, 779 ; circular calling for an inde- 

 pendent conference in New York, 779 ; meeting and or- 

 ganization of the conference, 779 ; address to the people, 



779, 780 ; Prohibition Reform Conference, 780 ; platform, 



780, 781 ; nominations for President and Vice-President, 

 781 ; national Greenback Convention, 781 ; platform, 781 ; 

 nominations, 781 ; Peter Cooper's letter of acceptance, 781, 

 782; Republican national Convention, 782; platform, 782, 

 788 ; votes for the different candidates, 788 ; final nomi- 

 nation, 783 ; Mr. Hayes's letter of acceptance, 783-785 ; 

 Democratic national Convention, 785 ; ballots for the dif- 

 ferent nominees, 785; final choice, 785; platform, 785, 

 786; Mr. Tilden's letter of acceptance, 787-790; congres- 

 sional resolutions for the preservation of order in the 

 elections, instructions to the commander-in-chief, 790, 

 791 ; Attorney-General's instructions to the United States 

 marshals, 791, 792 ; General Sherman's general order, 792 ; 

 official returns of the elections in the several States, 792 ; 

 settlement of the presidential question, 793. 



Universalists. Statistics, 793 ; institutions and societies, 793 ; 

 General Convention, 793, 794. 



Uruguay. Area and population, 794; Government, 794; 

 budget, 794 ; debt, 794 ; bank administered by the Gov- 

 ernment, 794; education, 794; commerce and shipping, 

 794 ; railroads and telegraphs, 794 ; immigration, 794. 



Venezuela. Area and population, 795; Government, 795; 

 finances, 79S; education, 795 ; commerce, 795, 796 ; roads, 

 796; Post-Office, 796. 



Vermont. Republican presidential Convention, 796 ; plat- 

 form, 796 ; Democratic presidential and nominating Con- 

 vention, 796; nominations, 796; platform, 796,797; Re- 

 publican State Convention, 797 ; nominations, 797 ; elec- 

 tions, 797 ; session of the Legislature, 797 ; presidential 



election, 797; H. N. Sollace'B eligibility as an elector dis- 

 puted, 797, 798 ; canvassing board's report according to 

 returns, 798; legislation, 798; common-school studies, 

 798 ; property valuation, 798 ; acreage, 798. 



Virginia. Finances, 798; receipts and expenditures, 798,799; 

 public institutions, 799 ; Fish Commissioners, 799 ; Re- 

 publican Convention, 799 ; platform, 799, 800 ; Democratic 

 Convention, 800; election, 800; constitutional amend- 

 ments, 800 ; protest of Governor Kemper against the sta- 

 tioning of troops at Petersburg, 800 ; the President's ex- 

 planation of the measure to the Senate, 801 ; General 

 Sherman's report on the subject, 801 ; Governor Kemper's 



. message on the same, 801 ; session of the Legislature, 801 ; 

 legislative action, 801, 802; sympathy with South Caro- 

 lina, 802. 



W 



WALKEB, Sir B. W. A British naval officer, biographical 

 sketch, 802. 



WABREN, JOSEPH. An American politician, biographical 

 sketch, 802. 



West Virginia. Impeachment of public officers, 802 ; Treas- 

 ury statement, 803 ; schools, 803 ; State institutions, 803 ; 

 Democratic Convention, 808 ; nominations, 803 ; resolu- 

 tions, 803, 804; Republican Convention, 804; nominations, 

 804; resolutions, 804,805; Greenback ticket, 805; elec- 

 tions, 805. 



WHEELER, W. A. Vice-President-elect, biographical sketch, 

 805. 



WHYTE, WILLIAM P. Senator from Maryland, 131 ; offers a 

 resolution on the principle of government, 166; on the 

 school-fund constitutional amendment, 178, 179. 



WILLIAMS, BARNEY. A comic actor, biographical sketch, 805. 



WILLIAMS, CHARLES G. Representative from Wisconsin, 181 ; 

 proposes an amendment to the Constitution, 138. 



WILLIAMS, JAMES D. Governor of Indiana, biographical 

 sketch, 411. 



Wisconsin. Session of the Legislature, 805, 806 ; repeal of 

 railroad-regulation act, 806 ; duties of State Railroad Com- 

 missioner, 806; appropriations, 806; Republican presi- 

 dential Convention, 606; platform, 806, 807; Democratic 

 Convention, 806; Greenback Convention, 808; platform, 

 808 ; elections, 808 ; finances, 808, 809 ; Board of Equaliza- 

 tion, 609 ; State institutions, 809 ; fish culture, 809 ; rail- 

 roads, 809 ; a lady refused admission to the bar, 809. 



WISE, H. A. An American politician, biographical sketch, 

 809, 810. 



WOLOWSKI, L. F. M. R. A French politician, biographical 

 sketch, 810. 



World's Postal Union. International treaty of Bern, 848. 



WRIGHT, GEORGE G. Senator from Iowa, 181 ; proposes an 

 amendment to the Constitution, 182 ;' moves to take up 

 the bill to fix the President's salary, 171. 



Teas and Nays. Senate : Relative to the tenure of office 

 of the President pro tempore, 144, 153 ; on amending the 

 bill to provide for counting the electoral vote, 163, 16G; 

 on the bill to fix the President's salary, 171 ; on the school- 

 fund constitutional amendment, 176, 177, 180; on th 

 Centennial appropriation, 202. House : Relative to the 

 presidential term of office, 136, 137 ; on resolution relative 

 to subsidies, 166; on the presidential term, 167; on na- 

 tionality, 168; on federation, 168; on the Elaine reso- 

 lution, 175; on the resolution relative to intimidation 

 of voters, 181 ; on the amnesty bill, 198; on the Centen- 

 nial appropriation, 201. 



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