upon Great Bethel, 345; the conflict, 845; loss, 845; causes of failure, 345. Great Britain, state of the country at the beginning of the year abroad and at home, 846; improvement, 346; duty on paper repealed, 346; cotton supply association, 847; proclamation of neutrality, 847; position of the govern- ment, 347; effect of the capture of Mason and Slidell, 347; steamer Nashville, 847; policy of the Government towards the United States, 348; area and population, 848; finances, 849; English army, 349; Indian army, 349; navy, 349; iron-clad ships, 349; railways of Great Britain, 850; factory statistics, 350; newspaper statistics, 850; importation of cotton in 1861, 850. Great Eastern, steamer, size, 350; bound on a voyage to the United States, 850; disabled, 851; manner in which she was relieved, 351, 852. GREBLE, JOHN T., birth, 858; education, 353; services in the army, 358; killed at Great Bethel, 853. GREEN, JAMES S., Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166; only one point of difference, 169; on the naval appro- priation bill, 183; against the Peace Conference propo- sitions, 222; on the bill to discontinue postal service in seceded States, 218.
Greenbrier River, Va., its location, 353; skirmish at, 353; details, 353.
GRIMES, JAMES W., Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166; on the naval appropriation bill, 182.
GROW, GALUSHA A., member of Congress, 166; on the pro-
viso to prohibit slavery in the territories, 208; elected Speaker of the House of Representatives in Congress, 226.
GUTHRIE, JAMES, resolutions offered by, at Peace Congress, 566; moves the adoption of first section of Committee's Report, 566; his preamble to report, 563. Guyandotte, Va., its situation, 353; skirmish at, 853; de- tails, 358.
Habeas Corpus, nature of the writ, 854; arrest of Merryman, 854; application for a writ of Habeas Corpus to Chief Justice Taney, 854; the writ as issued, 854; answer re- turned, 355; interrogatories, 355 writ of attachment as issued, 355; return to, 355; remarks of the Chief Justice, 856; case of Emmett McDonald, 356; writ of Habeas Corpus issued in St. Louis, 856; question of jurisdiction raised, 856; result of the case, 856; communication from one of the judges of the United States Court at Washing- ton, 856; remarks of the Court, 857; notice to Gen. Por- ter to show cause why a writ of attachment should not Issue, 357; repiy, 357; decision of the Court, 357; action of Judge Garrison, 358; opinion of the Attorney-General on the power of the President to suspend the writ, 358; treason, 358; letter of Secretary Seward, 358; letter to the American minister at London, 358; opinion of the Judge of the District Court of New York on treason, 359; overt act of, defined by Justice Nelson, 859; arrest of Ross Winans, 860; arrest of C. J. Faulkner, 360: arrest of the Mayor of Washington, 360; arrest of members of the Maryland Legislature, 860; Fort Fafayette, 360; list of the prisoners, 861; Pierce Butler commences a prose- cation against the Secretary of War, 362.
Debate on the suppression of, in Congress, 227-234. HACKLEY, CHARLES W., birth, 862; education, 862; career, 362; writings, 362.
HALE, JOHN P., Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166; pro- poses to look the troubles right clearly in the face, 167; this Congress can do nothing; this controversy will not be settled here, 174; on the uprising of the Northern
people, 227; on the right of Senators from Western Virginia to seats, 233; on the object of the war, 212. HALLECK, GEN. H. W., takes command at St. Louis, 495 ; orders relative to slaves, 496; for a tax, 496; declares martial law, 496; order prohibiting fugitive slaves from coming within lines of camp, 644; biographical notice of, 721.
Hampton's Legion at Bull Run, 84.
Hampton, Va., its situation, 862; burned, 862. HARLAN, JAMES, Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166; on the real grievance inflicted on the South by the North, 190; all Southern fears are groundless, 190. Harper's Ferry, its situation, 362; U. S. Armory and arse- nal, 862; attempt to seize, 362; burned, 362; report of Lieut. Jones, 363; approval of his conduct by the Secre tary of War, 363; subsequent events, 363. Harrisonville, Mo., its situation, 363; skirmish at, 363. Harvey Birch, ship, captured and burned by officers of the Confederate steamer Nashville, 364.
Hatteras Expedition, its preparation, 287; its destination, 287; forts at Hatteras Inlet, 287; vessels of the expedi tion, 287; commanded by Commodore Stringham, 257; the military forces, 288; their officers, 288; commanded by Major-General Butler, 288; arrival at the point of destination, 288; attack on the forts, 258; the conflict, 288; white flag raised, 288, correspondence of the com manders, 288; articles of capitulation, 288; surrender of the forts, 289; materials captured, 289; four Con federate vessels captured, 289; attack on Federal troops at Chicamacomico, 289.
Hatteras Inlet, its situation, 864; depth of water, 364. Hatteras Island, its situation, 364; features, 364; Twen
tieth Indiana Regiment landed on the upper part, 364; their capture attempted by a Confederate force, 364; their retreat, 365; Union people accompany them, 865; relieved, 865; attack on the Confederate force by the gunboat Monticello, 365.
Hatti Scheriff, of 1889, 1.
HAWKINS, GEORGE S., member of Congress, 166; declines serve on the Committee of Thirty-three, 204. HAYNE, I. W., sent to Washington to demand surrender of Fort Sumter, 656, 664; instructed to deliver his letter and demand explanations from the President, 665, HAZARD, SAMUEL F., commands the transport fleet of the expedition to North Carolina, 292.
HEINTZELMAN, Colonel, at Bull Run, 81; biographical notice of, 722.
HEMPHILL,, are the laws of the United States in force in the States that have seceded, 219. HENRY,
Mayor of Philadelphia, speech at office of "Palmetto Flag," April 15, 571.
HERBERT, SIDNEY, birth, 865; education, 865; publio ser- vices, 865; as a writer, 865; character, 365.
HICKS, Governor, reply to the Commissioner from Missis- sippi, 442; address to the people of Maryland, 443; his proclamation, 444; message to the Legislature, 445; another proclamation, 448.
HICKMAN, JOHN, member of Congress, 226; on the conduct of the war, 240, 241.
HILL, JOSHUA, member of Congress, 166; his conciliatory speech, 211; resigns his seat, 218.
Hostilities, who commenced them? 183, 186; capture of Sumter a political necessity, 136.
HOUSTON, SAM., reported death, 866; birth, 366; career, 366; public services, 366; sojourn with the Indians, 206; political views, 867; address to the citizens of Texas on the Confederacy, 692.
HOWARD, WILLIAM A., member of Congress, 166; this statə of affairs is a revolution, 215,
HUNT, S. STERRY, opposes Emmons' theory, 671.
HUNTER, Colonel DAVID, at Bull Run, 81; in command at St. Louis, 493; biographical notice of, 722. HUNTER, R. M. T., Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166; on the retrocession of forts and arsenals, 190; appeals to the Senate to act on the Peaco Conference propositions, 220; appointed Secretary of State in Confederate States, 162
Illinois, its boundaries, 867; population, 367; value of prop- erty, 867; message of the Governor, 867; action of the Legislature on the Peace Conference, 368; readiness of the citizens to volunteer, 868; proclamation of the Gov- ernor, 868; loan for war purposes, 868; militia of the State, 868; troops furnished to the United States, 368; State expenses for troops, 869; constitutional conven- vention, 369; progress of the State in wealth, 369; rail- roads, 869; grain crops, 369; culture of cotton, 869.
Instructions of Legislature to Commissioners to Peace Congress, 565.
IMBODEN'S battery at Bull Run, 84.
India and Farther India, intrigues of Russia in, 369; famine, 869; mutiny of troops, 869; culture of indigo, 869; finances, 370; scarcity of cotton, 870; immense railroad enterprises, 870.
Indiana, its boundaries, 870; population, 870; value of prop- erty in, 371; banks, 371; live stock, 371; produce, 371; condition of popular education, 871; promptness of citi- zens to volunteer, 871; military movements, 871; forces sent into the field, 372; arms distributed, 872; extensive service of the troops, 872; militia law, 872; railroad accident, 872.
Instructions of Legislature to Commissioners to Peace Congress, 565.
Indians, Western, their number, 878; Choctaws, their loca- tion, 873; regiments furnished to the Confederate army, 878; delegates to the Confederate Congress, 878; Chero- kees, 878; proclamation of John Ross, 873; Cherokee population, 878; secede, 378; troops raised, 874; Dela- ware Indians, 374; numbers, 874; civilization, 874; Potta- wattomies, their location, 874; number of the tribe, 874; Sacs and Foxes, 874; Shawnees, 874; Ioways, 374; Omahas, 374; Kickapoos, 874; Winnebagoes, 874; Yanctonnais, 374; Sioux, 874; Cheyennes, 374; Arapa- hoes, 374; Pah-Ute tribe, 875; Washoe tribe, 875; Apaches, 875; Navajoes, 375; Utahs, 875; action of the Mormon people, 875; action of the Legislature of Cali- fornia, 875; Indians in Washington Territory, 375; num. ber of Indian schools, 375; wealth of Indians, 875; moral and religious cultivation, 875; interest due to, on bonds of secoded States, 876.
Insurance, amount of property covered by, 876; fires in the
United States in 1861, 377; property destroyed, 877; losses in eight years, 878; marine losses, 878; insurance in Massachusetts, 878; mutual and stock companies, 879; condition of companies in New York, 379; number of companies, capital, assets, &c., 380; do. in other States than, New York, 881; marine companies in New York, 882; profits, 888; life insurance, 883; companies, 888; claims by death, 384; mortuary experience in Massachu- Betts, 385; do. classified, 386, 887; further mortuary ex- perience, 388.
Iowa, its boundaries, 888; valuation of property, 888; vote
for President, 388; staples, 888; flax culture, 388; mes- sage of the Governor to the Legislature, 889; war loan, 889; troops, 389; clause of the State Constitution rela- tive to a debt, 308; attempts to negotiate a loan, 808. ITALY, its boundaries, 359; situation at the commencement of the year, 389; address of the king to the deputies of
the people, 889; title of King of Italy given to Victor Emmanuel, 890; history of the Roman question, 890; secession of States, 390; letter of the Pope, 890; aid sought from friendly powers, 890; action of Spain, 890; refusal of the French to restore the Legations, 391; foreign volunteers, 891; defeat, 391; present power of the Pope, 891; population, 891; reorganization of the new kingdom, 891; its debt, 392; the Neapolitan king- dom, 392.
ITURBIDE, Madame, her political position, 892; death of her husband, 892; retires to the United States, 892; charac- ter, 892. IVERSON, ALFRED, Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166; apprehensions which cause secession, 168; the only con- cession that will satisfy the South, 170; withdraws from the Senate, 178; his letter, 178; how received, 178.
Japan, extent of the empire, 392; population, 898; civiliza- tion, 898; skill in manufactures, 893; government, 393; foreign intercourse, 893.
Jefferson, Fort, its location, 893; armament designed for, 893; design to capture it, 893.
JOHNSON, ANDREW, Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166;
proposes three amendments to the Constitution, 188; remarks, 184; on the right of Senators from Western Virginia to their seats, 235; on the object of the war,
JOHNSON, R. W., Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 161; on the action of the Senato, 181.
JOHNSTON, General, at Bull Run, 84. JONES, Lieut. R., burns the Government property at Har- per's Ferry, 863; conduct approved, 363.
JONES, WILLIAM H., sent by the Treasury Department to New Orleans, 429; correspondence with the captain of the cutter McClelland, 429.
KANE, Marshal, his arrest, 360. Kansas, its boundaries, 394; admission as a State, 187 and 894; border warfare, 894; drought, 894; Jayhawking, 894; military movements, 894.
KEITT, LAWRENCE M., on a pledge between President Buchanan and the commissioners of South Carolina, 763.
KELLOGG, WILLIAM, member of Congress, 225; on the con. fiscation bill, 248.
KEMPER'S battery at Bull Run, 84. KENLY, JOHN B., appointed provost-marshal at Baltimore,
KENNEDY, ANTHONY, member of the Senate, 225; on the act of President Lincoln, 227, 228.
KENT, Duchess of, birth, 894; early marriage, 894; death of her husband, 394; second marriage, 894; care in the education of her daughter, Queen Victoria, 894; death, 894; burial, 394. Kentucky.-Its boundaries, 895; population, 895; govern- ment, 895; first political movements, 895; letter of the
Governor to the Commissioners from Alabama, 395; convention of the Union party, 895; Legislature con- venes, 395; Governor's Message, 395; action of the Legislature on peace measures, 395, on the free naviga. tion of the Mississippi, 896; answer of the Governor to the Federal call for troops, 396; address of the State Union committee, 396; election of delegates to the Bor- der State Convention, 396; neutrality resolutions of the House, 897; Border State Convention, 397; vote for members of Congress, 397; enforcement of the river blockade, 397; difficulty relative to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, 898; result, 898; correspondence of the Governor with President Lincoln, 898; do. with President Davis, 899; Message of the Governor to the Legislature, 399; invasion of the State by Confederate troops, $99; correspondence with Gen. Harris, 400; despatch of Gen. Polk, 400; end of the neutrality, 400: action of the Legislature, 400; proclamation of the Gov- ernor, 400; satisfaction with the action of the Legislature, 401 veto of the Governor, 401; loan bill in the Legis- lature, 401; Anderson takes command of troops, 401; resolutions requesting the Senators in Congress to re- sign passed, 401; address to the people, 402; action at the next session of the Legislature, 402; influence of the course of Kentucky, 403; Sovereignty Convention assembles, 403; provisional government organized, 403; commissioners to Richmond, 408; first appearance of a military force in the State, 403; Zollicoffer advances, 404; military movements, 404; Zollicoffer's proclama- tion, 404; force in Eastern Kentucky, 405; Nelson's movements, 405; his proclamation, 405; address to his soldiers, 405; further military movements, 405; Anderson's proclamation, 406; Gen. Buckner's procla mation, 406; Anderson's second proclamation, 406; Sher- man takes command, 406; accumulation of troops, 406; Kentucky soldiers in the field, 407; battles and skir mishes in Kentucky, 407.
Lighthouses in seceded States, their seizure, 329; name, po sition, &c., 820-823.
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, elected President, 410; vote, 410; leaves Springfield for Washington, 410; speech to the citizens, 410; speech at Toledo, 410; reception at In- dianopolis, 410; speech, 411; do. at Cincinnati, 411; do. at Columbus, 412; do. at Steubenville, 412; do. at Pittsburg, 412; do. at Cleveland, 413; do at Buffalo, 413: do. at Albany, 414; do at Poughkeepsie, 415; speech of Mayor Wood, of New York, 415; reply of President Lincoln, 415; speech at Trenton, 416; speech of Mayor of Philadelphia, 417; reply of President Lin- coln, 417; speech in Independence Hall, 417; do. at the flag-raising, 413; do. at Harrisburg, 418; arrival in Washington, 419; rumors relative to his passage through Baltimore, 419; letter of the City Marshal, 419; recep- tion in Washington, 419; address to the Mayor, 419; . do. to the crowd, 420.
Inaugural, its views, 710; first proclamation, 715; let- ter to Gov. Hicks, 716; interview with the Commission- ers from Baltimore, 717; second proclamation, 717; third proclamation, 718; order relative to Gen. Scott, 720 His views on the arrests in Maryland, 448. His letter to the Governor of Kentucky, 898. Bill in the Senate to confirm the acts of, 227. His proclamation declaring Southern privateers to be pirates, 555.
Modifies Gen. Fremont's proclamation, Sept. 11, 1861,
Literature and Literary Progress-I, in the United States, 420; scientific works, 420; theological, 421; po- litical science, 421; history, 421; biography, 421; travels, 421; science and art, 421; agriculture, &c., 422; belles- lettres, 422; periodicals, 422; II, in Great Britain, 423; France, 426; Germany, 427.
Little Bethel, its situation, 343.
Loans of States and cities for the war, 807-209.
Instructions of Legislature to Commissioners to LOMAN, EASTMAN, Choctaw delegate to the Confederate Peace Congress, 565.
Admitted as a member of the Confederacy, 165. KEYES, Col. E. D., at Bull Run, 81; biographical notice of, 728.
KING, PRESTON, Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166; does not despair of the Republic, 168; on the naval ap propriation bill, 188; on the acts of President Lincoln, 228.
LACORDAIRE, JEAN, birth, 407; education, 407; pursuits, 407; his religious devotion, 407; editorship, 407; s preacher, 408; writings, 408.
Lafayette, Fort, used as a prison, 360.
LANDER, FREDERICK W., biographical notice of, 726. LANE, HENRY S., member of the Senate, 225; on the acts of President Lincoln, 228-232.
LANE, JAMES II., member of the Senate, 225; on the conduct of the war, 238.
LANE, JOSEPH, Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 167; cause of trouble to the country, 167; on the cause of the de- struction of the Government, 185.
LATHAM, MILTON S., member of the Senate, 225; on the acts of President Lincoln, 227-232; on the expulsion of certain Senators, 235.
Lebanon, Mo., its situation, 409; skirmish at, 409: details, 408.
Leesburg, Va., its situation, 408; evacuation, 408. Letters of Marque, letter of Secretary Welles, 592. Lexington, Mo., its situation, 408; seige of, 408; details,
409; surrender, 409; losses, 409; despatch of Fremont relative to, 410; evacuated by the Confederates, 410.
Louisiana, its boundaries, 427; government, 427: extra session of the Legislature called, 427; proclamation of Governor, 427; opposition to calling a convention, 427; action of the Legislature, 428; proceedings in New Or- leans, 428; vote for delegates to the State Convention, 428; seizure of the revenue cutter Lewis Cass, 429; Convention assembles, 428, ordinance of secession passed, 428; the ordinance, 429; aspect of New Or leans, 429 occupation of the mint and custom-house, 429; the funds on hand, 429; agent of the Treasury Department sent to rescue the revenue cutters, 429; action relative thereto, 429; ordinances passed by the Convention, 430; pastoral letter of Bishop Polk, 480; reception of General Twiggs, 480; vote on the Confed- erate Constitution, 431; vote at the presidential elee- tion in 1860, 431; proposed amendment of the ratifica tion, 431; excitement in contributing men and money for the war, 431; call of the Governor for troops, 402; men under arms on June 1st, 432; approaches to New Orleans, 432; different routes, 432, suspension of the banks, 432; city of New Orleans bankrupt, 482; cotton at New Orleans, 4; State taxes, 433; appropriations, 433; expenditures for military purposes, 433; debts to the banks, 433; stay law proposed by the Governor, 433; troops in the field at the close of the year, 434; report of Adjutant-General Grivot, 494: attack at the Passes of the Mississippi upon the Federal fleet, 434.
Message of the Governor on extortions, 143; ber Set ators withdraw from Congress, 200, speeches, 200. LOVEJOY, OWEN, member of Congress, 225; on the conduct of the war. 240.
LYON, NATHANIEL, birth, 434; education, 434; service in the army, 434; command in Missouri, 434; military movements, 435; Killed at Wilson's Creek, 485; his will, 486.
MACDOUGAL, JOSEPH A., member of the Senate from Cali- fornia, 235; on the expulsion of certain Senators, 235. Maine, its boundaries, 436; agricultural statistics, 486; banks, 436; State debt, 436; miles of railroads, 436; action of the Legislature, 486; proclamation of the Governor, 437; war loan, 437; pay to volunteers, 487; troops raised for the United States service, 487; results of the geological survey, 437.
MALLORY, S. R., Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166; re- marks on withdrawing from the Senate, 195. Manassas Junction, its situation, 488; its military im- portance, 438; fortifications, 438; cause of the inac- tivity of the Confederate army, 438.
MANGUM, WILLIE P., birth, 488; education, 438; public life, 438.
MANN, DUDLEY, appointed commissioner to Europe, 160; sent to Europe from South Carolina as commercial com- missioner, 656.
MANSFIELD, JOSEPH K. T., biographical notice of, 723. Marine Hospitals in Seceded States.-Their seizure, 820;
hospital at New Orleans seized, 820; letter of Collector Hatch, 820; answer of Secretary Dix, 820; his letter, 820.
Marque, Letters of, proclamation granting, 187; form of, 137; instructions to privateers, 188.
Martial Law, defined, 438; questions arising under it, 439; proclaimed at Baltimore by General Butler, 489; proclamation, 439; General Banks proclaims martial law at Baltimore, 440; appoints a provost-marshal, 440; action of the Police Commissioners, 440; instruc- tions to Marshal Kenly, 440; Fremont proclaims mar- tial law in St. Louis, 441; appoints a provost-marshal, 441; Jefferson Davis proclaims martial law in East Tennessee, 441; provost-marshal appointed, 441; his orders, 441.
Declared by Fremont in St. Louis, 491; do. by Gen- eral Halleck, 496.
Martinsburg, its situation, 442; skirmish at, 442; details,
Maryland sends commissioners to Washington and to Montgomery, 141; reply of President Davis to, 141; ar- rest of members of the Legislature of, 860.
Its boundaries, 442; population, 442; influences act- ing upon the people, 442; reply of the Governor to the Commissioners from Mississippi, 442; efforts of op- posite parties, 448; address of the Governor to the people, 443; the action proposed, 444; State Conven- tion, 444; its action, 444; proclamation of the Gov- ernor, April 18, 444; call of the Legislature, 445; mes- sage of the Governor, 445; action of the Legislature, 446; report of the Commissioners to wait on Presi- dent Lincoln, 446; reply of the Governor relative to burning bridges, 446; Legislature adjourns, 447; de- struction of railroad and canal property, 447; elections, 447; another session of the Legislature, 447; its action, 448; views of President Lincoln on the arrests in Mary. land, 448; final message of the Governor, 448; pro- tests against the invasion of Maryland by Virginia troops, 449.
MASON, JOHN M., Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166; the remedy is at home in the State councils, 170; re- sponse to Senator Seward's remarks, 180, 181; remarks on the President's Message with the resolutions of Vir-
ginia, 179; on the naval appropriation bill, 182; on the views of Calhoun, 189; on the bill to discontinue postal service in seceded States, 219; on the Peace Conference propositions, 221; seizure on the steamer Trent, 693; surrendered to the British officers, 695. Massachusetts, boundaries, 449; population, 449; distribu- tion of manufactures, 449; railroads, 449; taxable prop- erty, 449; politics, 450; election, 450; John Brown meeting, 450; military orders, 451; military move- ments, 451; arms bought in Europe, 451; troops in the field, 452; action of the State Legislature, 452; anti- slavery meeting, 452; compromise meeting in Faneuil Hall, 458; war loans, 453; election, 458; receipts and expenditures, 454.
Resolutions or instructions of Legislature of, to its commissioners to Peace Conference, 564.
Matthias' Point, its situation, 454; naval attack on, 454. MCCALL, G. A., biographical notice of, 725. MCCLELLAN, Gen. GEORGE B., details of his campaign in Western Virginia, 746; promoted to commander-in- chief, 720; notice of, 721.
MCCLERNAND, JOHN A., member of Congress, 166; on the right of secession, 208; on the conduct of the war, 238, 239; offers a resolution to prosecute the war, 244; in- structions relative to an exchange of prisoners, 583; biographical notice of, 728.
McDONALD, EMMETT, the case of, 356. MCDOWELL, IRWIN, biographical notice of, 724. MCKAY, DONALD, letter respecting American navy, 504. MCKENZIE, WM. L., birth, 454; activity in Canada, 454; retires to the United States, 455.
MCKINSTRY, J., appointed provost-marshal at St. Louis, 441. MCLEAN, JOHN, birth, 455; education, 455; public offices, 455; opinions, 455.
MEAGHER, T. F., biographical notice of, 726. MEMMINGER, C. G., instructions to collectors of revenue in the Confederate States, 131; instructions to planters relative to the cotton loan, 142; reply to the planters who ask relief, 145.
MERRICK, Judge WM. M., the case of, 856. MERRYMAN, JOHN, proceedings in the case of, 354. Metals, Lake Superior Copper Mines, 455; statistics of its production, 456; Keweenaw district, 456; Portage Lake district, 456; Ontonagon district, 456; copper in the puddling furnace, 456; malleable iron, 457; copper in Canada, 457; zinc, 457; iron and anthracite of Penn sylvania, 458; pig iron in Scotland, 458; heats of melted cast iron and some alloys, 458; improvement in iron and steel, 459; gold in Nova Scotia, 459; researches on the platinum metals, 460; dimorphism of arsenic, anti- mony, &c., 460; lead in some silver coins, 461; alloys of aluminium, 461; new alloy, 461. Meteoric Iron, masses, 461; analysis, 462. Mexico, boundary, 462; States, 462; area, 462; population,
462; races, 462; trade, 462; production of silver, 462; political condition, 463; government, 463; list of con- stitutions adopted, 464; excesses, 464; disorders, 464; proceedings of President Juarez, 405; Mexican foreign debt, 465; taxes, 465; foreign interference, 465; doc- trine of the American Government, 465; its present doctrine, 466; Immediate causes of the complaints on the part of the three nations, 466; Convention between France and Spain, 466; speech of the Spanish Queen, 467; plan of operations of the allied powers, 467; min- tary and naval forces, 468; arrival at Vera Cruz, 468; proclamation to the people, 468; do. of the Mexican General, 469.
Michigan, its boundaries, 469; population, 469; valuation of property, 469; Personal Liberty Laws, 469; message of the Governor to the Legislature, 469; acts of the
Legislature, 470; response to the call for troops, 470; extra session of the Legislature, 470; troops sent into the field, 470; railroads, 471; upper peninsula, 471; its copper mines, 471; organization of companies, 471; debt of the State, 471; amendment to the State Consti- tution, 471.
MILES, Col., at Bull Run, 86.
MILES, WM. P., on a pledge of President Buchanan with South Carolina, 703.
Minnesota, its boundaries, 472; population, 472; vote of the State, 472; resolutions of the Legislature, 472; troops furnished for the war, 472.
Mints in Seceded States, their seizure, 815; mint at New Orleans, 319; its coinage, 819; seizure, 819; mint at Dahlonega, 319; deposits, 819; mint at Charlotte, 819; its deposits, 319; coinage, 319; seizure, 819; at New Orleans seized, 429; money on hand, 429. Mississppi, her Senators retire from Congress, 198; re- marks, 198.
Its boundaries, 472; population, 472; the govern. ment, 472; action relative to slaves of border States, 478; recommendation of the Governor respecting, 473. Legislature passes an act calling a State Convention, 478; sentiment of the people, 478; election of members of the Convention, 474; it assembles, 474; passes an ordinance of secession, 474; proceedings of the Gov- ernor, 474; resolution against reconstruction, 474; taxes, 475; action on the Confederate Constitution, 475; debate on submitting it to a vote of the people, 475; vote on the ordinance of secession, 475; military enthusiasm, 475: military resources, 476; tax recom- mended, 476; do. stay law, 476; further action of the Legislature, 476, plan to secure volunteers, 476; mili- tary operations on the Southern extremity of the State, 477.
Mississippi River Expedition.-Gunboats ordered by Fre- mont, 293; the gunboats, 293; their armament, 293; un- der command of Andrew H. Foote, 293. Missouri, its boundaries, 477; population, 477; vote, 477;
public sentiment of the people, 477; views of Governor Jackson, 477; vote to hold a Convention, 477; it assem bles, 478; address of the Commissioners from Georgia, 478; report of the Committee on Federal Relations, 478 minority report, 478; details of the action of the Convention, 479; action of the Governor, 479; war loan, 450; excitement in the Legislature on the capture of Camp Jackson, 480; proclamation of General Har- ney, 480 interview of Governor Jackson and General Price with General Lyon, 481; views of General Lyon, 481; Governor Jackson's account of the interview, 481; order from the War Department to General Harney, 482; proclamation of General Lyon, 482; movement of troops commenced, 483; proclamation of Colonel Boern- stein, 483; proclamation of General Lyon to the people, 488; enlistment of troops, 484; Fremont ordered to Missouri, 484; address of General Sweeny, 484; march of General Lyon to Springfield, 485; his troops, 485; troops of General Price, 485; death of Lyon, 485; north- ern counties of Missouri, 485; proclamation of General Pope, 456; call for the State Convention to re-assemble, 486; its business, 486; school fund, 487; elects State officers, 487; address to the people, 487; proclamation of Lieutenant-Governor Reynolds, 488; do. of Jeff. Thompson, 489; proclamation of Governor Gamble, 489; proclamation of Governor Jackson, 490; objects of the military campaign, 490; proclamation of General Fremont, 491; military orders, 491; proclamation eman- cipating slaves, 491; martial law in St. Louis, 491; Fre- mont leaves St. Louis, 492; advance of the army, 492; retreat of General Price, 492; agreement between Gen-
erals Fremont and Price, 498; repudiated by General Hunter, 493; recall of Fremont, 493; his address to his soldiers, 498; letter from Secretary of War, 498; address of citizens of St. Louis to Fremont, 494; his reply, 494; State Convention re-assembles, 494; Federal force in Missouri, 495; further military movements, 495; list of battles and skirmishes in the State, 495; order of Gen- eral Halleck relative to slaves, 496; relative to martial law, 496; runaways, 496.
Admitted as a member of the Confederacy, 165; the Legislature at Neosho, 497; agreement with the Confederate States, 497; members of Confederate Con. gress, 497; instructions of Legislature to commissioners to Peace Congress, 565.
MITCHELL, O. K., biographical notice of, 725. Molasses, export of, prohibited from the Confederate States, 165.
Monitor, The, description of, 505, 506; trip to Fortress Monroe, 507; effect of the shot of the Merrimac, 508. Monroe, Fortress, its situation, 497; armament, 497; views of Governor Letcher on its possession, 493. Montgomery, rejoicing at, on fall of Fort Sumter, 183. Mortar Fleet of Com. Porter, the vessels, 292; how fitted out, 292; armament, 292; how to be used, 293; their departure, 293.
Moultrie, Fort, its situation, 315; condition, 315; force that occupied it, 815; evacuation by Major Anderson, 816; instructions to Major Anderson, 816; occupied by South Carolina troops, 816; used in the attack on Fort Sumter, 816.
MUIR, ROBERT, the case of, 358.
MULLIGAN, Col. J. A., surrenders Lexington, 608; blograph- ical notice of, 726. *
Munfordsville, its situation, 498; skirmish at, 498; de- tails, 498.
MURRAY, NICHOLAS, birth, 498; education, 498; pursuits, 498; writings, 498.
Napoleon, Arkansas, its situation, 499; seizure of United States hospital, 499.
Nary of the United States, report of a Committee in Con- gress on list of vessels, and their condition, 499; resigna tion of officers, 500; available force of ships, 500; scenes at Norfolk, 500; preparations for the blockade, 501; vessels in service July 4th, 501; increase of force, 32; iron-clad ship, 502; list of vessels built, 503; La Gloire, French iron-clad ship, 503; English iron-clad ships, 504; the Achilles, 504; the Warrior, 504; letter of M. Ray, 504; plans offered to Congress, 504; the Examiners, 504; their advice, 505; plans accepted, 505; the Moni- tor, 505-507; her trip to Fortress Monroe, 507; effect of the shot of the Merrimac on her. 507; Stevens' Battery, 508; description, 508; drawings of, 509; cost, 510 fur- ther details, 510; navai skirmishes during the yest, 511, 512.
NELSON, WILLIAM, biographical notice of, 724. New Hampshire, its boundaries, 512; valuation of prog-
erty, 518: population, 518; vote at the Presidential election, 518; proclamation of the Governor on the call for troops, 518; State election, 513; action of the Legis- lature, 518; militia, 518; assumes the Federal tax, 513; banks, 513.
New Jersey, its boundaries, 514; population, 514; govern- ment, 514, State Union Convention, 514; resolutions, 514; Letters, 514: Message of the Governor to the Legis lature, 514; joint resolutions on the state of the Union, 515; resolutions of Republican members of the Legis Isture, 515; military movements, 516; extra session of
« AnteriorContinuar » |