INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



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State, 420; geological survey, 420; boundary, 420; 

 fish culture, 421 ; insurance companies, 421; election 

 of State Treasurer, 421 ; navigation of Kentucky 

 River, 421 ; railroad strike, 421; address of Mayor ot 

 Louisville, 421 ; a riot, 421 ; proclamation of the Gov- 

 ernor, 421; election of United States Senator, 422. 



KEY, DAVID M. Postmaster-General, 422; birth, 422; 

 judicial career, 422. 



KuCuEXEU, NICHOLAS P. A Russian general, 422 ; birth, 

 422 ; military career, 422. 



Labor-Strikes. On railroad lines, 423 ; most disastrous, 

 423; its apparent cause, 423; proceedings of the 

 strikers, 423 ; extension of the strike, numbers en- 

 gaged, 423; roads affected, 423 ; action preconcerted, 

 423; origin of the rebellion, 424; the rumored October 

 strike, 424; the subject of wages, 424; comparative 

 rates of wages, 425 ; list of wages paid, 425 ; primary 

 cause of strike on New York & Erie Railroad, 425; 

 object on the Pennsylvania road, 425 ; wages actually 

 paid at the time the strike broke out, 425; average 

 price of sixty articles of prime necessity, 426 ; indig- 

 nation against the companies, 426 ; statements of an 

 Intelligent workman, 426; resolutions of strikers on 

 the Fort Wayne road at Pittsburgh, 427; actual suffer- 

 ing among other classes of laborers, 427 ; condition 

 of the miners, 427 ; elements of this labor-strike, 

 427 ; commencement on the Baltimore & Ohio road, 

 428; proceedings, 428 ; commencement on Pennsyl- 

 vania road, 428 ; proceedings at Pittsburgh and else- 

 where, 428, 429; strikes all over the country, 428; do. 

 among other classes of laborers, 430; conflicts, 430; 

 large meeting in New York, 480; understandings 

 brought about, 431 ; traffic resumed, 431; the sequel, 

 430. 



LA MAR, Lucius Q. C. Representative from Mississippi, 

 136 ; on the Electoral Commission bill, 161. 



LEWIS, TAYLEB. Birth and death, 432; literary career, 

 432. 



Literature and Literary Progress State of depression, 

 432; works of History, 432; do. Biography, 433; do. 

 Science and Philosophy, 434; do. Theology and Re- 

 ligion, 436: do. Geography, Travel, and Exploration, 

 438; do. Poetry and the Drama, 438; do. Art, 439; 

 do. Essays and Criticisms. 439; do. Fiction, 440; do. 

 Juvenile, 441 ; do. Text-Books, 442 ; do. Useful Arts, 

 442; do. Law,' 443 ; do. Medicine, 444; do. Miscella- 

 neous, 444 ; do. Repnblications, 445. 



Literature, Continental. Interesting features, 446; in 

 Belgium, 446; do. in Denmark, 446: do. in France, 

 447; do. in Germany, 448; do. in Italy, 450; do. in 

 Russia, 451 ; do. in Spain, 452. 



Literature, English. Number of new books, 453; history 

 and biography, 454; travel and exploration, 454 ; re- 

 ligion and theology, 454; philosophy and science, 

 454; art, 455; poetry, 455; classical literature and 

 antiquities, 455. 



Louis MEI.IKOFF, MICHAEL T. Russian general, 455; 

 birth, 455 ; military career, 455. 



Louisiana. Decision of the Electoral Commission on the 

 case of, 208; two governments nominally existing, 

 455; one supported by the people, 455; proclamation 

 of Governor Nicholls, 456; letter announcing his 

 purpose to secure eqcal rights, 456; General Augur 

 preserves flatus quo, 456; Governor Packard's an- 

 swer to General Augur, 456; the latter's reply, 456; 

 Governor Packard's letter to General Grant, 456; re- 

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ply from the Executive Mansion, 457 ; other letter* 

 relating thereto, 457; proclamation of Governor 

 Nicholls, 457 ; investigations of Congressional com- 

 mittees, 457; reports to Congress, 458; session of 

 the two Legislatures, 458; proceeding*, 458; declara- 

 tion and appeal of the Nicholls Legislature, 458; 

 resolutions, 459: the understanding relative to the 

 removal of Federal troops, 459; by whom brought 

 about, 459; letter relative thereto, 459; appeal of the 

 Republicans to the people of the United States. 459: 

 protests against It, 459 ; proclamation of Governor 

 Nicholls, 460 ; proclamation by Governor Packard, 

 460; commission sent to New Orleans to represent 

 President Hayes, 460; its members, 460; instruc- 

 tions to them by Secretary Evarts, 460 ; appeal of 

 Governor Packard to ttie President, 461 ; proceed- 

 ings of tLecommission.461; resolutions of the Nicholls 

 Legislature, 462; sent with a letter to the commis- 

 sion, 462; letter of the President to the Secretary of 

 War, 462; letter of the Secretary to General Sher- 

 man, 463 ; orders issued for the removal of the troops, 

 463; dispersion of the Packard Legislature, 463; re- 

 port of the commission to the President, 468 ; Gov- 

 ernor Nicholls takes possession of public offices, 465 ; 

 election of Senator Spofford, 465 ; proceedings of the 

 Legislature, 465; acts passed, 466; committees of 

 investigation, 466; action of the Grand Jury against 

 tbe Returning Board, 466; State debt, 466; school 

 system, 466; repairing levees, 466; immigration, 467; 

 case of John C. Moncure, 467. 



LOWELL, JAMES R. Ancestors, 467; birth. 467; literary 

 pursuits, 468. 



Lutherans. Statistics, 468 ; seminaries, 469 ; meeting of 

 the General Synod, 469 ; foreign missions, 469 ; home 

 missions, 470 ; church extension, 470 ; publication so- 

 ciety, 470 ; report of committee to correspond with 

 Southern Synod, 470 ; General Convention, 471 ; re- 

 ports, 471 ; constitution for congregations, 471 ; the 

 Galesburg rule, 471 ; discussion, 471 ; Scandinavian 

 Lutherans, 472 ; Free Diet of Lutherans, 472. 



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Maine. Public debt, 473; sources of revenue, 473; say- 

 ings banks, 473; State lands sold, 473; school statis- 

 tics. 473; Industrial school, 473; insane asylum, 478; 

 session of the Legislature, 474; acts, 474; amend- 

 ments to the Constitution, 474; Central Railroad 

 Company, 474; criminal trials, 475 ; Temperance Con- 

 vention, 475; resolutions, 475; Republican Conven- 

 tion, 475; resolutions, 475; Democratic Convention 

 and nomination, 476; resolutions, 476; results of the 

 election, 477. 



MARCERE, EMILE. Biographical sketch, 820. 



Maryland. Revenue and expenditures, 477; loss in the 

 treasury, 477; valuation of property, 477; untaxed 

 property, 477; public schools, 478; inspection of 

 prisons, 478; reports, 478; House of Refuge, 478; Re- 

 publican Convention, 479; resolutions, 479; Demo- 

 cratic Convention, 480; resolutions, 480; result of the 

 election, 480; derisions of the courts, 480; applica- 

 tions for admission to the bar refused, 481; statistics 

 of Baltimore, 481. 



ara8sachw>ettt.-S><x*i of the Legislature, 481; elec 

 of United State? Senator. 481; amendments to th 

 Constitution proposed, 481; the liquor taw,ls 

 of the Hoosac Tunnel. 482; Investigation oft 

 borough Reform School, 482; report, 48; Danvcn 

 Hospital, 483; important laws of the session, 488; 



