INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



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of the United States, 111 ; arranges treaty of peace with 

 Mexico, 112; elevated to bench of the Supreme Court, 

 112; high character as a judge, 112. (See LAW, CONSTI- 

 TUTIONAL.) 



CLINTON, J. J. Senior bishop of the Conference of the Zion 

 Methodist Episcopal Church, 112; sketch of life and la- 

 bors, 112. 



Colombia, Republic of. Boundary dispute with Costa Ei- 

 ca, 112; unsettled, 112, 118; President and officers o 

 government, 113; revenue, expenditure, national debt, 

 118; exports and imports, 113, 114; merchandise in 

 transits over Panama Railroad, 114; statistics of trade 

 at Panama, Aspinwall, Cartagena, etc., 114, 115; trade with 

 the United States, 115; lines of steamers from Panama 

 and Aspinwall, 115, 11G; railroads, etc., 116; four national 

 railroads in progress, 116; general condition of affairs 

 116. 



Colorado. Meeting of the Legislature, 116; address of Gov- 

 ernor Pitkin, 116, 117; action of the Legislature, 117; Den- 

 ver made the permanent seat of government, 117 ; remov- 

 al of the Utes and Uncompahgre Indians, 117; troubles 

 arising thence, 117, 118; production of gold and silver, 

 118; mining operations in Leadville and elsewhere, 118- 

 coal, iron, petroleum, and other products, 118, 119; agri- 

 cultural importance, 119; cattle-raising, 119; population, 

 119; assessed valuation, 119, 120; receipts and expendi- 

 tures, 120; Colorado becoming a resort for invalids, 120. 

 Commerce and Finance, American, in 1881. Exports oi 

 wheat and flour, 120, 121 ; other exports, 121 ; exports in 

 excess of imports, 121 ; table of value of imports and ex- 

 ports of merchandise, from 1861 to 18S1, inclusive, specie 

 values, 122; total value of imports, 122, 123; table of im- 

 ports and exports, with statistics as to countries, etc., 

 128, 124; decline of American merchant marine con- 

 tinues, 124 ; table, 124 ; cotton-crop, 124 ; extension of 

 cotton cultivation, 125; exports, 125; work in the mills, 

 activity in trade, etc., 125, 126; national banks, State 

 banks, savings-banks, etc., 126; amount of loans, capital, 

 deposits, etc., 126, 127; specie reserves, 126, 127; state- 

 ments of the Comptroller of the Currency, 127; total 

 amount of coin and currency in the United States, 127 ; 

 amount of silver dollars coined, 127; product of precious 

 metals in the United States, 127, 128; table of product in 

 various States and Territories, 128; imports of gold and 

 silver, 128; stock and security markets, 128; abundance 

 of money, active speculations, 128, 129; partial panic in 

 "Wall Street, 129 ; decline in stocks, 129 ; railroad disputes 

 and troubles, 129; improvement in stock-market, 129; 

 movements in regard to railroads, 130; speculative 

 schemes in the summer, 180; contest of New York Cen- 

 tral and other roads, 180; large and profitable invest- 

 ments in railroad stocks, 180, 181 ; stocks and bonds for 

 new lines and branches, 131 ; extent of new railroads in 

 progress, 132; rise in values since 1878. 182; tables in 

 illustration, 133. 



Compressed Air. Injurious effect upon workmen in com- 

 pressed-air chambers, 753, 754. 

 Conference, International Monetary. (See BI-MTALLIO 



STANDARD.) 



Conffregationalist*. Statistics for 1881, 138; Congregatlon- 

 alists in the United States, 134; annual meeting of Ameri- 

 can Home Mission Society, 134; receipts, expenditures, 

 work, 184 ; meeting of American Missionary Associa- 

 tion, 184; its work at home and abroad, 134, 185; meet- 

 ing of American Board of CommiMioner$ for for- 

 eign Missions, 185; missions, laborers employed, press, 

 churches, etc., 185; committee on preparing new creed 

 and catechism for Congregational churches, 185; work 

 thus far, 185; Congregationallsts of England and Wales, 

 186 ; annual meeting of Congregational Union of Eng- 



and 



186; address of the president, 186; 

 fiftieth anniversary of the Union, 186; proceeding, etc 

 186; annual meeting of the London MtMionary 'sod' 

 ety, 136; receipts, expenditures, work, etc 186- Free 

 Churches of France, 186; meet.bg of the fiy no d'of the 

 Union of Free Evangelical Chwcht of France 18 

 CbnpVM, !MMaMav-M session of the Forty-.lxth 

 187; list of Senators and Representative., 187 

 changes, twenty-five new Senator^ i2. 



In the Senate, joint resolution on the franking privi- 

 lege for all official business K nt through the mailTbv 

 Senators, Representatives, and Delegate. In Congress, 

 I8t , ; motion that it go to the Committee on Post-Omoe. 

 and Post-Roads, 189; amendment, that the committee 

 report back immediately, 189; privileges enjoyed by 

 every clerk in a department ought not to be denied to 

 jmbers of Congress, 189; present course unjurt, 189; 

 franking privilege had been abused, 140; existing law, 

 140, 141 ; resolution not strong enough to effect object 

 aimed at, 141, 142 ; abuses under the law as it 1s, 141, 142 ; 

 urgent need of a change, 142 ; resolution referred to the 

 Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, 142. 



Joint resolution appropriating $2,500 to meet the ex- 

 penses of the International Sanitary Conference at Wash- 

 ington, 142; Secretary of State's letter, 142, 148; doubt 

 as to constitutional right, 148 ; held to come under power 

 to regulate commerce and matters connected with it, 

 148, 144; "general welfare" clause in the Constitution, 

 its scope and meaning, 144; Justice Story's interpreta- 

 tion, 144, 145; subject had been discussed two years be- 

 fore, 145 ; resolution calling the Sanitary Conference 

 quoted, 145; expenses must be paid, 145; the Joint reso- 

 lution adopted, 145. 



In the House, bill considered authorizing payment of 

 balance due to Mrs. Page, widow of Captain H. N. Page 

 (formerly in U. S. Navy), 145; text of the bill, 145, 146; 

 Mr. Page In U. S. Navy, served with distinction, 146; 

 entered Confederate service, 146 ; balance due at the 

 time, 146; cut off by action of Congress hi 1667, 146; bad 

 precedent to be established by paying this claim, 140; re- 

 ported on favorably by Committee on Naval Affairs, 140; 

 147; a just claim, 147; ought now to be paid, 147 ; claim* 

 like this creeping Into the House, 147; Captain Page's 

 disloyalty to be condemned, 147, 148; law must not be 

 repealed, 148 ; the claim Is for services before the rebellion, 

 and the money is justly due, 148, 149 ; plea for peace and 

 harmony. 149; principle Involved, 149, 150; petition with- 

 drawn, 150; whole subject laid on the table, 151. 



In the Senate, the House bill to facilitate the refunding 

 of the national debt considered, 151; Government loans 

 at 5 and 6 per cent nearly due and payable, 151 ; 

 large sum to be funded, 151 ; Secretary of the Treasury's 

 recommendation to refund $400,000,000 at 8-05 per cent, 

 151 ; House of Representatives propose a 8 per cent 

 rate of Interest, 151; 8J per cent proposed, 151, 152; 

 English consols at 4 and 8f per cent, 152 ; nothing must 

 be done tending to send our bonds below par, 158, 158 ; 

 risk of Interfering with resumption of specie payments, 

 158 ; credit to be solidified, 158; money cheap where con- 

 fidence is established, 158; argument from advanced 

 value of the 4 per cent bonds, 158; section 5 of House 

 bill stricken out by Senate committee, 158, 154 ; compul- 

 sory power deprecated, 154 ; expenses of late refunding 

 operations about three eighths of one per cent, 154 ; ono 

 eighth of one per cpnt may well be added, 154; a 8 

 percent Interest-bearing bond advocated, 155; would 

 prevent speculation by a syndicate, etc., 155; extract 

 from Senate Finance Committee's report, 155 ; bonds 

 can bo negotiated on better terms, 155 ; effort* of bond 

 speculators, 155; question as to comparative value of 



