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NAUMANN, KARL F.-Birth, 523; death, 523; mineralogist

and author, 523; writings, 524. Navy, United States.-Force of, 524; cruising statistics, 524; appropriations, 524; estimates, 524; pensions, 524; geographical expeditions, 524; on the Isthmus of Darien, 525; in Nicaragua, 525; the results of the arctic expedition, 525, 526. Nebraska.-Acts passed by the Legislature, 527; farmers' movement, 527; resolutions of their convention, 527; officers of the government, 527; Legislature, 527; debt, 527; income, 528; appropriations, 528; public lands, 528; valuation, 528; railroads, 528; agricultural resources, 528; climate, 528. NÉLATON, AUGUSTE. - Birth, 528; death, 528; French physician and surgeon, 528.

NELSON, SAMUEL.-Birth, 529; death, 529; career as an
American jurist, 529.
Netherlands.-Reigning house, 529; area, 529; population,

529; religious divisions, 529; population of towns, 530; colonies, area of, 530; budget, 530; navy, 530; debt, 530; sinking fund, 530; army and navy, 530; shipping, 530; commerce, 530; expedition to Acheen, 531; its defeat, 531; second expedition, 531; budget for the East India colonies, 531. Nevada.-State officers, 531; Legislature, 531; mining interest, 531; product, 531; stock-range, 531; topography, 532; Indian tribes, 532; Carson City, 532; situation, 532; railroad, 532; branch mint, 532; Stateprison, 532.

NEWELL, Miss LUCY LANGDON, born July 4, 1776.Obituary of, 586.

New Hampshire.-Political campaign, 532; Democratic Convention, 532; nominations, 532; resolutions, 532; Republican Convention, 533; nominations, 533; resolutions, 533; Liberal Republican Convention, 533; nominations, 533; resolutions, 533; election, 534; choice by the Legislature, 534; question of revision of the constitution, 534; female suffrage, 534; finances, 534; debt, 544; State bank, 535; education, 535; prison, 535; geological survey, 535. New Jersey.-General railroad bill, 535; expression of public sentiment, 535; important features of the law,

535; action of the National Company, 536; Easton & Amboy road, 536; law relative to the taxation of railroads, 536; its provisions, 536; validity of the lease, 537; parties in the Legislature, 537; State officers, 537; commissioners for the revision of the constitution, 537; their report, 537; amendments proposed, 537-538; finances of the State, 539; debt, 539; taxes, 539; schools, 539; number of deaf, dumb, and feebleminded children, 539; insane, 539; militia, 539; Stateprison, 539.

New York.-Receipts and expenses, 539, 540; State debt, 540; reduction, 540; valuation, 540; rate of taxation, 540; debts of the cities, towns, villages, and counties of the State, 540; canses, 540; canal debt, 541; time of maturity, 541; receipts and expenditures of each canal, 541; profit and loss, 542; value of transports, 542; steam on the canals, 542; prize offered, 542; sinking fund, 542; deficit tax, 542; declared unconstitutional, 542; opinion of the court, 543; banks, 543; savings-banks, 543; schools, 543; insane asylums, 544; prisons, 544; new Capitol, 544; salt-works, 544; acts of the Legislature, 544; veto of the "local option" bill, 545; civil rights bill, 545; proposed amendments to the constitution, 545; the Adirondack Park, 547; Cheap Transportation Convention, 547; resolutions, 547; Temperance Committees' Convention, 548; resolutions, 548; National Temperance Convention, 548; Republican Convention, 549; nom

inations, 549; resolutions, 549; Democratic Convention, 549; nominations, 549; resolutions, 550; Liberal Republican committee, 550; resolutions, 550; Liberal Republican Convention, 551; resolutions, 551; election, 551; Legislature, 552.

NIBLACK, WILLIAM E., representative from Indiana, 137; on increased salaries, 164. Nicaragua.-Boundaries, 552; divisions, 552; races, 552; state officers, 552; army, 552; schools, 562; finances, E52; articles of export and import, 552; value of exports, 553; tobacco-crop, 553; address of the President to Congress, 553; projects for an interoceanic canal, 553; advantages of the enterprise, 553; cost of construction, 553; railway grants, 554; death of General Martinez, 554; disturbances, 91; national advantages, 91.

NICHOLS, JOHN GOUGH, F. S. A., English genealogist and archæologist.-Obituary of, 604.

NOBLE, LINNAEUS P., antislavery leader.-Obituary of,

560.

NOEL, Rev. and Hon. BAPTIST W., English author.Birth, 554; death, 554; education, 554; ordination, 554; dissents from the Church of England, 554; connection with the Midnight Mission, 554; publication, 554. NORTHBROOK, Lord THOMAS GEORGE BARING, Viceroy of India.-Birth, 372; positions, 372. North Carolina.-Session of the Legislature, 554; changes in the constitution, 554; act for amnesty and pardon, 555; revenue law, 556; incorporation of new towns, 556; inauguration of the Governor, 556; financial affairs, 556; debt, 556; bonds issued, 556; total valuation of real and personal property, 556; bill to adjust the State debt, 557; railroads, 557. NOTT, HANDEL GERSHOм, Baptist clergyman.-Obituary of, 570.

NOTT, JOSIAH CLARK, ethnologist and physiologist.— Birth, 557; death, 557; success in his profession, 557; establishment of a medical college, 557; publications, 557.

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O'BRIEN, JOHN, secretary of Catholic Total Abstinence
Society of America.-Obituary of, 578.
ODILON BARROT, CAMILLE HYACINTHE, French states-
man.-Obituary of, 605.

OGILVIE, CHARLES A., English clergyman.-Obituary of, 591.

Ohio.-Meeting of the General Assembly, 606; Governor's Message, 606; revision of the school laws, 606; provision for increasing the Agricultural College fund, 606; modifications of the Boesel railroad law, 606; censure of the law increasing the pay of members of Congress, 607; proposed amendment of the constitution, 607; the Boesel railroad law, 607; decision of Chief-Justice White, 607; nominations by the prohibitionists, 608; platform of the prohibitionists, 608; nominations by the Republican State Convention, 609; platform of the Republicans, 609; new Democratic departure, 609; nominations, 609; platform, 610; Democratic nominations, 610; platform adopted, 610; result of the elections, 611; financial affairs, 612 indebtedness of the State, 612; valuations of property, charters granted, 612; agricultural products, 612; coal area, 613; character of Ohio coal,

613; iron, 613; banks, 613; railroads, 613; canals, 614; county buildings, 614; new structures, 614; deeds, leases, mortgages, 614; pauperism and crime, 614; social and vital statistics, 614: naturalization, 614; civil judgments, 614; education, 614; account of governors, 614; women's temperance movement, 616.

OLLIVIER, EMILE.-Appointed prime minister, 71. OLOZAGA, Don SALUSTIANO, Spanish statesman.-Birth,

616; death, 616; education, 616; political intrigues, 616; member of the Cortes, 616; last illness, 616. OLYPHANT, GEORGE, merchant.-Obituary of, 568. Oregon.-Farmers' Convention, 617; convention of the Patrons of Husbandry, 617; formation of Granges, 617; committee's report of the aims and condition of the Order, 617; Woman's Suffrage Convention, 617; Democratic State Convention, 617; platform adopted, 617; Republican State Convention, 618; resolutions adopted, 618; resolutions regarding Senator Mitchell, 618; result of the election, 619; assessable property, 619; railroads, 619; public improvements, 619; development of iron-ore, 619; wool-product, 619; salmon-fisheries, 619; new buildings, 619; disastrous conflagration, 619.

ORR, JAMES LAURENCE, LL. D., American statesman.Birth, 620; death, 620; education, 620; position in Congress, 620; in regard to the civil war, 620; in the Confederate Congress, 620.

OTIS, Mrs. HARRISON G., leader of society.-Obituary of, 559.

PEDRO II., Dom, Emperor of Brazil.-Birth, 72; coronation, 72; marriage, 72; speech at opening of Legislature, 78; message to the Legislature, 79. PEET, HARVEY P.-Birth, 627; death, 627; an instructor of deaf-mutes, and author, 627. Pennsylvania.-Convention to draft an amended constitution, 628, adjournment, 628; vote of the people, 628; changes in the declaration of rights, 628; do. relative to the Legislature, 628; in the Executive department, €28; provision for a Secretary of Internal Affairs, 628; his duties, 628; Supreme Court, 629; judges chosen by limited vote, 629; suffrage and elections, 629; determination of contested elections, 629; limitations of the power of the Legislature, 630; order of business, 630; other general provisions, 630; revenue, taxation, and finance, 631; railroads, 631; discrimination in freights, 631; power of eminent domain, 632; elections, 632; debt of the State, 632; revenue, 632; amounts from the different sources, 632; expenditures, 633; sinking fund, 633; education, 633; defects of schools, 633; Republican Convention, 633; nominations, 633; resolutions, 633; Democratic Convention, 634; nominations, 634; resolutions, 634; State election, 685; Legislature, 635; licenses election, 635; constitutionality of the law, 635; decision, 636; property exempt from taxation, 636; militia law, 636; propagation of fish, 636; Pennsylvania road, 636; earnings and expenses, 636.

PERKINS, HENRY COIT, M. D., A. A. S., physician and scientist.-Obituary of, 561.

OTWAY, Lady, lineal descendant of Edward III.-Obitu- PERRY, Captain MATTHEW C., U. S. N.—Obituary of, 585. ary of, 590.

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PAEZ, JOSÉ ANTONIO, Venezuelan patriot.-Birth, 620; death, 620; early position, 620; army career, 620; political honors, 620; elected President of Venezuela, 620; exiled, 620; made dictator, 621; resignation, 621; honors to, 131.

PAINTER, Rev. JOSEPH, D. D., Presbyterian clergyman.—
Obituary of, 572.
Paraguay.-Geographical position, 621; boundaries, 621;

area, 621; population, 621; President, 621; army,
621; exports, 621; railway, 621; debt, 621; English
immigrants, 621; treaty of limits, 621-20: revolution,
621-20.

PARKER, Rev. JOEL, D. D., Presbyterian clergyman.Birth, 621; death, 622; studies, 622; pastorships, 622; publications, 622.

PARKER, JOHN MASON, jurist.-Obituary of, 587. Patagonia.-Negotiations concerning, 21. Patrons of Husbandry.—Object of, 622; history of, 622; organization of the National Grange, 622; Constitution and By-Laws, 622-624; measures taken to induce farmers and planters to accept this remedy, 625; declaration of the aims and purposes of the Order adopted in St. Louis, 626; some points explained, 627.

PATTI, CARLO, musician.-Obituary of, 565. PATTON, WILLIAM S., banker.-Obituary of, 588. PAULOVNA, Grand-duchess HELENE, widow of Grandduke Michael Romanoff.-Obituary of, 594. PAULSON, RICHARD, eminent citizen.-Obituary of, 567. PEARL, STEPHEN H., Normal School principal.-Obituary of, 576.

PECK, Chief-Justice.-Opinion of legality of Alabama Assembly, 17.

PECKHAM, RUFUS W.-Birth, 627; death, 627; career as a jurist, 627.

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Persia.-Reigning house, 637; area and population, 637; religious divisions, 637; divisions of the country, 637; budget, 637; army, 637; imports, 637; journey of the Shah through the countries of Europe, 637; convention with Baron Reuter in London, 637; extraordinary concessions, 638; ministerial crisis, 638; failure of Baron Renter, 639.

Peru.-Boundaries, 639; area and population, 639; divisions, 639; state officers, 639; army and navy, 639; two articles of export, 639; quantities and value, 639 ; trade with Great Britain, 640; American trade, 640; customs, 640; railways, 640; projected railways, 641; telegraphs. 641; measures relative to, 641; debt, 642; schools, 642; cooly trade, 642; coal-mine, 642; canal across the Isthmus of Panama, 642.

PETERS, SAMUEL H., political leader.-Obituary of, 580. PHELPS, ABNER, M. D., physician, politician, and author. -Obituary of, 563.

PHILBRICK, STEPHEN G., a venerable citizen.-Obituary of, 572.

PHILIPS, WILLARD.-Birth, 643; death, 643; American jurist and author, 643.

PHIPPEN, GEORGE, Baptist clergyman.-Obituary of, 567. PIERCE, Colonel GEORGE H., politician.-Obituary of,

579.

PIERCE, HENRY L.-Elected a member of Congress from Massachusetts, 474.

PILLSBURY, AMos,-Birth, 643; death, 643; prison reformer and manager, 643.

PIUS IX.-Condemns the proceedings in Switzerland against the Church, 726. POLAND, LUKE P.-Representative from Vermont, 137;

chairman of Credit Mobilier investigating committee, 138; on Louisiana affairs, 181; on the report of the Credit Mobilier committee, 214.

PONIATOWSKI, Prince JOSEPH.-Birth, 643; death, 643; eminent musical composer, French senator and diplomatist, 643.

POOLE, FITCH, literary man.-Obituary of, 578.

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Presbyterians.—Statistics, 646; General Assembly, 646;

plan to celebrate the centennial, 646; union move-

ments, 646; Board of Publication, 646; contributions,

647; home missions, 647; doctrine concerning the re-

lation of Church and state, 647; platform, 647; foreign

missions, 647, 648; Presbyterian Church (Southern)

statistics, 648; General Assembly, 648; report on sus-

tentation, 648; foreign missious, 648; publications,

649; missions, 649; resolutions on church union, 649;

confederation proposed, 649; contributions, 649;

United Presbyterian Church of North America, 649;

statistics, 650; General Assembly, 650; missions, 650;

relative to new churches, 650; reply to the confeder-

ation proposal, 650; Reformed Presbyterian Church,

651; report on the "signs of the times," 651; mis-

sions, 651; Cumberland Presbyterians, 651; General

Assembly, 651; relative to union with other bodies,

651; Canada Presbyterians, how formed, 651; statis-

tics, 651; General Assembly, 652; missions, 652; basis

of union, 652; change of name, 652; Synod of the

Church of Canada in union, etc., 652; statistics, 652;.

basis of union. 652; Synod of the Lower Provinces,

653; Church of Scotland, 653; contributions, 653;

Free Church of Scotland, 653; the union movement,

653; General Assembly, 653; proceedings, 654; mis-

sions, 654; United Presbyterians of Scotland, 654;

United Presbyterian Synod of England, 654; Re-

formed Presbyterian Church of Scotland, 655; Irish

Presbyterian Church, 655; Victoria Presbyterian

Church, 655.

Railroads.-The constitutional power of Congress over,

755.

RANDALL, GEORGE M.-Birth, 680; death, 680; Protestant

RANDALL, SAMUEL J.-Representative from Pennsyl-
missionary bishop, 680.

vania, 137; on Credit Mobilier investigation, 138; on

increased salaries, 157-164.

Ratazzi, Urbano.—Birth, 681; death, 681; career as an

RANDOLPH, JOSEPH FITZ, jurist.-Obituary of, 565.

Italian statesman, 681.

RANMER, FRIEDRICH.—Birth, 682; death, 682; a German

RATHBUN, BENJAMIN, business-man.-Obituary of, 575.

REDFIELD, P. M. W., M. D., professor.-Obituary of, 586.

historian and professor, 682.

-In America, 682; general synod,

Reformed Church.

682; the Vedder donation, 682; Committee on the Lit-

urgy, 683; the revised constitution, 683; Presbyte-

rian assemblies, 683; subject of union, 683; Board

of Education, 683; missions, 683; statistics of the

Church, 684; Reformed Church in the United States,

685; statistics, 684; missions, 684; literary and theo-

logical institutions, 685; Reformed Church of France,

685; synod, 685; letter of rationalistic members, 685;

division, 685; application to the Government, 685.

Reformed Episcopal Church.—Origin, 685; letter of As-

sistant-Bishop Cummins, 685; meeting at Association

Hall, New York, 686; changes in the prayer-book,

686; creed of the Church, 686; General Council, 687;

provisional rules, 687; organization of congregations,

687; the constitution of the Reformed Episcopal

Church, 687, 688.

REICHSTADT, Duke DE. -Death of, 69.

REID, CHESTER ISHAM, judge of Superior Court.-Obitu-

ary of, 579.

REINKENS, Bishop.-Biographical sketch of, 698.
Religious Orders in Austria, 53.

REMOND, CHARLES LENOX, antislavery reformer.-Obit-

uary of, 588.

Rhode Island.-Session of the Legislature, 688; acts

passed, 689; Democratic Convention, 689; nomina-

tions, 689; resolutions, 689; Republican Convention,

689; nominations, 689; resolutions, 689; Temperance

Convention, 689; nominations, 689; resolutions, 689;

election, 688; Legislature, 689; debt, 689; State valu-

ation, 690; savings-banks, 690; fisheries, 690.

RIANZARES, FERNANDO MUÑoz.-Birth, 690; death, 690;

career as a Spanish soldier and king-consort, 690.

RICE, CALEB, prominent citizen.-Obituary of, 563.

RICHARDSON, WILLIAM M.- Secretary of the United

States Treasury, 750; biographical sketch of, 750.

RICHMOND, WILLIAM E., lawyer and editor.-Obituary

of, 564.

RIGDON, SIDNEY.-Birth, 691; death, 691; one of the

founders of Mormonism, 691.

RINALDI, RINALDO, Italian sculptor.-Obituary of, 599.

RINGS, D., Chief-Justice of Arkansas.-Obituary of, 579.
ROBERTSON, Hon. JOHN, Judge of Circuit Court.-Obitu-
ary of, 574.
ROBERTSON, W. H., medical director in Confederate ar-
my.-Obituary of, 573.

ROBINSON, THOMAS, D. D., English clergyman.-Obituary of, 597.

ROCKWELL, WILLIAM H., M. D., superintendent of in-
sane asylum.-Obituary of, 586.

ROLFE, EDWARD, civil engineer.-Obituary of, 566.
Roman Catholic Church.-Complications, 691; proceed-
ings of the Italian Government, 691; protests, 691;
convents seized, 691; allocution of July 25th, 691;
affairs in Switzerland, 692; laws of the Council of
State of Geneva, 692; laws of the cantons, 693; pro-
ceedings in Prussia, 693; protest of the archbishop,
693; change in the status of the Catholic Church in
Prussia, 694; letter of the Pope to the Emperor, 694;
legislation in Mexico, 694; troubles in Brazil, 694;
brief of the Pope to the Bishop of Olinda, 695; the
questions in Great Britain, 696; schism among the
Armenians, 696; persecution in Japan, 696; revival
of pilgrimages, 696; brief of the Pope relative to,
696; the Old Catholic movement, 697; oath of Bishop
Reinkens, 697; recognition by the King, 697; Bishop
Reinkens, 698; Archbishop Ledochowski, 698.
ROOT, DAVID, Congregationalist clergyman.-Obituary
of, 578.

ROSAS, Don Rios, Spanish politician.-Obituary of, 603.
ROSE, GUSTAV, Ph. D., German chemist and mineralogist.
-Obituary of, 598.

scarcity of laborers, 702; relations with other states,
703; drying up of a lake, 703; earthquakes, 703;
losses, 703; national exhibition, 703.
Santo-Domingo or Hayti.-Boundaries, 703; divisions,
703; form of government, 703; state officers, 704;
schools, 704; exports and imports, 704; coffee-prod-
uct, 704; value of commerce, 704; finances, 705; pa-
per money, 705; depreciation, 705; navy, 705; politi-
cal disturbances, 705; boundaries of the Dominican
Republic, 705; capital, 705; state officers, 706; revo-
lutionary movement, 706.

SARMIENTO, President.-Conspiracy against, 20; efforts
for public education, 81; liberal offers to immigrants,
31; views on war, 255.
SAULSBURY, ELI.-Senator from Delaware, 187; on finan-
cial affairs, 176.

SAVAGE, JAMES.-Birth, 706; death, 706; career as an
archeologist and genealogist, 706.

SAXONY, JOHN, King of.—Birth, 706; death, 706; career,

706.

SCHMETTEAU, Rev. HERMAN, D. D., British Secretary of the Evangelical Alliance.-Obituary of, 602. SCHMUCKER, SAMUEL S.-Birth, 707; death, 707; career as a Lutheran preacher, writer, and teacher, 707. SCHURZ, CARL.-Senator from Missouri, 137; on financial affairs, 175.

ROSE, Ven. HENRY JOHN, English archdeacon, author.- SCOTT, T. PARKIN, Chief-Justice Supreme Court of BalObituary of, 590.

ROSE, ORRIN J., consul at Ancona.-Obituary of, 559.
ROSELIUS, CHRISTIAN.-Birth, 699; death, 699; career as
a jurist, 699.

ROUGE, OLIVIER C. C. E., Viscount DE.-Birth, 699; death,
699; French archæologist, 699.
Roumania.-Its reigning house, 744; revenues, 744; army,
744; commerce, 744; legislative proceedings, 745.
RUNNELS, ex-Governor HARRISON R.-Obituary of, 588.
RUSH, Right Rev. CHRISTOPHER, Bishop of African Meth-
odist Episcopal Church.-Obituary of, 575.
RUSSEL, Rev. JOHN LEWIS, A. A. S., Congregationalist
clergyman and scientist.-Obituary of, 572.
RUSSEL, WILLIAM, elocutionist.-Obituary of, 571.
RUSSEL, Colonel WILLIAM H. (Owl Russel).-Obituary
of, 583.

Russia.-Reigning family, 699; Council of the Empire,
699; its divisions, 699; ministry, 700; area and popu-
lation, 700; grand-duchy of Finland, 700; area and
population, 700; divisions of the countries of the Cau-
casus, 700; population of cities, 700; debt, 700; army
and navy, 700; commerce, 700; railroads, 700; rela-
tions with Khiva, 700; schools, 701; visit of the Em-
peror of Germany, 701; of the Shah of Persia, 701;
exclusion of Russian female students, 701; new ar-
rangement with the Porte, 701; treaty with the Khan
of Bokhara, 701; literature of, 437.

S

timore.-Obituary of, 583.

SEDGWICK, Rev. ADAM.-Birth, 707; death, 707; career

as a writer and geologist, 707.

SEGUR, PHILIPPE PAUL, Count DE, French general and historian.-Obituary of, 681.

Servia. The present ruler, 744; taxes, 744; population, 744; ministerial changes, 744; Legislature, 745. SEWARD, Rev. JOHN, Presbyterian clergyman.-Obituary of, 560.

SEYMOUR, ORIGEN S.-Elected Chief-Justice of Connecti-
cut, 245.

SHAFTER, Oscar C., Judge of California Supreme Court.
-Obituary of, 560.

SHARKEY, WILLIAM, Governor of Mississippi.-Obituary
of, 569.

SHELBY, Colonel WINCHESTER BLEDLOE, lawyer.-Obit-
uary of, 574.
SHELDON, LIONEL A.-Representative from Louisiana,
137; on investigating Louisiana affairs, 179.
SHENFESSEL, PETER, pioneer settler.-Obituary of, 569.
SHERMAN, JOHN.-Senator from Ohio, 137; on the salary
bill, 159; relative to the finances, 167, 176; on the
Louisiana government bill, 202.

SICKLES, DANIEL E.-Description of excitement concern-
ing Amadeo's abdication, 264; recognizes Spanish
Republic, 262; correspondence relative to the Vir-
ginius, 263.

SIDELL, Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Brigadier-Gen-
eral WILLIAM H., U. S. A.-Obituary of, 573.
SIGOURNEY, HENRY, manufacturer.-Obituary of, 586.

SABIN, REV. LEWIS, D. D., Congregationalist clergyman. SIXBURY, ROBERT HUNTER.-Obituary of, 583.
-Obituary of, 573.

SALLES, EUSEBE FRANÇOIS, Count DE, M. D., French
Orientalist.-Obituary of, 591.

SALOMONS, Sir DAVID, baronet, member of parliament,
London alderman.-Obituary of, 598.
SALVADOR, JOSEPH, Jewish historical writer.-Obituary
of, 592.

SANDERS, GEORGE N.-Birth, 701; death, 701; career as
a politician and diplomatist, 701.
San Salvador.-Boundaries, 702; area and population,

702; state officers, 702; army, 702; exports and im-
ports, 702; railways, 702; telegraphs, 702; debt, 702;

Slaughter-house cases at New Orleans.-Decision of, by
the United States Supreme Court, 752.
SMALLWOOD, CHARLES, M. D., LL. D., Canadian astrono-
mer.-Obituary of, 605.

SMET, REV. PETER J. DE.-Birth, 708; death, 708; career
as a Catholic missionary among the Indians, 708.
SMITH, Mrs. MARY SNELL, missionary.-Obituary of, 570.
SMITH, STEPHEN, colored citizen.-Obituary of, 580.
SMITH, TYLER, M. D., English physician and medical
writer.-Obituary of, 598.

SMITH, Commodore WILLIAM, U. S. N.-Obituary of, 569.
SOPHIA WILHELMINA, Archduchess of Austria, 52.

SOPHRONIUS, Patriarch of Alexandria, 341; his letter to the committee of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 341. South Carolina.-The condition of the finances the most important topic, 708; cases in court, 708; declarations, 708; bonded debt, 709; further details, 709; session of the Legislature, 709; tax-bill passed, 709; taxable property, 710; schools, 710; officers of the State, 710; Legislature, 710; railroads, 710; situation of Charleston, 710; entrance to the harbor, 711; population, 711; damage during the war, 711; commerce, 712; manufactures, 712. Spain.-Civil divisions, 712; area and population, 712; colonies, 712; budget, 712; debt, 712; reorganization of the army, 712; navy, 713; trade, 713; railroads, 713; conflict between the ministry and artillery offlcers, 713; abdication of King Amadeo, 713; proceedings, 713; ministry, 713; action of the Cortes, 713; first ministerial crisis, 714; new election proposed, 714; disturbances, 714; abolition of slavery in Porto Rico, 714; difficulties among ministers, 714; their action, 715; the Carlist movement, 715; military operations, 715; meeting of the Cortes, 716; programme of the ministry, 716; reconstruction of the ministry, 716; further movements of the Carlists, 717; movements of the extreme Republicans, 717; Castelar, President of the Cortes, 718; Castelar, President of the Republic, 718; new cabinet, 718; Cartagena, 718; investment of Bilboa, 719; Cuban insurrection, 719; no new features, 719; the Spanish party, 719; affair of the Virginius, 719; literature of, 439.

SPEAR, Major WALLACE M., Chief-Engineer.-Obituary of, 576.

SPRAGUE, DANIEL GREENE, Presbyterian clergyman.— Obituary of, 559.

SPRING, Rev. GARDINER.-Birth, 719; death, 719; career as a clergyman and author, 719.

STANSBURY, EDWARD A., eminent citizen.-Obituary of, 584.

STANTON, Mrs. EDWIN C., widow of Secretary Stanton.Obituary of, 585.

STARRS, Very Rev. WILLIAM.-Birth, 720; death, 720; career as a Catholic clergyman, 720. STEVENSON, JOHN W.-Senator from Kentucky, 137; on transportation to the seaboard, 144.

STEWART, WILLIAM M.-Senator from Nevada, 137; on transportation to the seaboard, 144; relative to the abolition of the franking privilege, 147; on the Louisiana government bill, 203.

St. Louis.-Population, 520; manufactures, 520; buildings, 520; taxes, 520; receipts of products, 520; election, 520; bridge over the Mississippi, 520. STODDARD, CHARLES, merchant and philanthropist.Obituary of, 568.

STODDARD, JOHN F., teacher.-Obituary of, 576. STODDARD, WILLIAM, State Senator -Obituary of, 577. STORRS, Rev. RICHARD S.-Birth, 720; death, 720; career as a clergyman and journalist, 720. STOUFFER, Captain GEORGE C., sea-captain.-Obituary of, 570.

STRICKLAND, LEE.-Obituary of, 581.

STRONG, THERON K.-Birth, 721; death, 721; career as a lawyer and judge, 721.

STRZELECKI, PAUL EDMUND, Count DE, C. B., H. C. M. G.,
Australian explorer.-Obituary of, 802.
STYLES, RICHARD CRESSON, M. D., sanitarian.-Obituary
of, 567.

SUMNER, CHARLES.-Senator in Congress from Massachusetts, 137; introduces a bill relative to regimental

colors, 137; on allowing a drawback on certain materials at Boston, 143.

Sweden and Norway.-Two kingdoms under one dynasty, 721; reigning house, 721; council of state in Sweden, 721; council of state in Norway, 721; divisions of Sweden, 721; area and population, 722; emigration, 722; population of towns, 722; budget, 722; debt, 722; army and navy, 722; commerce, 722; railroads, 723; area of Norway, 723; population, 723; population of towns, 723; debt, 723; land and naval force, 723; the Swedish Diet, 723; proceedings, 723; the Swedish Church Assembly, 723; Storthing of Norway, 724; its proceedings, 724; elections, 724.

Switzerland.—Divisions, 724; form of government, 724; Federal Assembly, 724; officers of the Government, 724; population, 724; religious divisions, 724; finances, 724; army, 724; railways, 724; conflict between the Federal authority and the majority of the cantons on the one hand, and the Catholic Church on the other, 725; Conference of the cantons, 725; resolutions, 725; their execution, 725; appeal to the Court of Cassation, 725; its decision, 725; action of the Council of the Government of Berne, 725; Bishop Lochat, his instructions to the Catholics, 725; conflict of the cantonal government of Geneva, 726; proceedings of the Abbé Mermillod, 726; laws enacted relating to the Church, 726; other cantonal conflicts, 726; revision of the Federal Constitution, 726; conflict in Neufchâtel, 726.

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TAGLIONI, MARIA, Countess DES VOISINS, Opera-dancer.Obituary of, 595.

TAPPAN, LEWIS.-Birth, 726; death, 726; career as a merchant and reformer, 726.

TELLER, DANIEL W., merchant.-Obituary of, 588. Tennessee.-Measures considered by the State Legisla

ture, 727; bill to sustain its credit, 727; its features, 727; new school law, 728; new assessment law, 728; State officers, 728; Convention of Farmers, 728; resolutions, 728; debt of the State, 728; educational condition, 729; schools, 729; teachers, 729; scholars, 729; the cholera in Nashville, 729; features of the disease, 729. Territories of the United States.-Arizona.-The Apache Indians, 729; military operations, 730; Apache reservations, 730. Colorado.-An enabling act proposed, 730; boundaries, 730; cities and towns, 730; population, 730; Indians, 731; mines, 731; branch mint, 731; products of the Territory, 731; irrigation, 731; value of property, 732; railroads, 732; schools, 732; officers, 732; explorations, 732; aspect of the country, 782. Dakota.-Area, 733; officers, 733; Legislature, 733; railroads, 733. District of Columbia.-Government, 733; area, 733; population, 733; valuation, 733; officers, 733; Legislature, 733. Idaho.-Officers, 733; Legislature, 733; debt, 734; mines and yield, 734; immigration, 734. Indian Territory.-Its occupants, 734. Montana.-Officers, 734; debt, 734; taxes, 734; value of stock, 734; schools, 734; metals, 735. New Mexico.-Legislature, 735; population, 735; railroads, 735; schools, 735; debt, 735; Indian raids, 735. Utah.-Judicial difficulties, 735; officers, 735; products, 736; railroads, 736. Washington.-Officers, 736; Legislature, 736; finances, 736; valuation, 736; product of mines, 727. Wyoming.-Legislature, 737; offlcers, 737; population, 737; railroads, 737; coal, 737; woman's suffrage, 737. Texas.-New election to be held, 737; Republican Convention, 737; nominations, 737; resolutions, 737;

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