the Legislature, 516; its action, 517; troops in the Fed-
eral service, 517; instructions to Commissioners to the
Peace Conference, 564.

Newport News, its situation, 517; encampment, 517.
New York, its boundaries, 517; population, 517; taxable
valuation of the State, 518; freight of railroads and
canals, 518; vote of the State, 518; the Legislature, 519;
Message of the Governor, 519; defiant resolutions of the
Legislature, 519; action of the people, 519; other memo-
rials, 520; action relative to the Peace Conference, 520;
public meeting in New York City, 520; meeting at Al-
bany, 521; its resolutions, 521; petitions, 521; seizure
of muskets by the police, 522; letter of Governor
Brown, of Georgia, 522; letter of Governor Morgan,
522; further correspondence, 522; number of volun-
teers furnished by the State, 523; ordnance and small
arms, 528; money and men advanced by New York,
524; instructions to Commissioners to Peace Confer-
ence, 564.

New York City, its importance, 524; population, 525;
value of property, 525; changes in the population, 526;
city railroads, 526; lots improved and unimproved, 527;
tenant houses, 527; number of dwellings, 527; property,
tax, and population, 528; tax of, in 1861, 529; debt of, 529;
loans for war purposes in 1861, 529; political bias of, 529;
patriotism of, 530; Mr. Seward's speech in, Dec. 22, 1860,
580; effort for compromise in, 580; patriotic excitement
of, after the fall of Sumter, 580, 531; Mayor Wood's
proclamation, 531; departure of the Seventh Regiment
from, April 19, 1861, 581; mass meeting in Union Square,
April 20, 531; meetings of the Chamber of Commerce
and the New York Bar, 582; departure of the Sixth,
Twelfth, and Seventy-first Regiments N. Y. S. M. on
the 21st April, 532; the churches of, on the 21st, 582;
departure of the Eighth, Thirteenth, and Sixty-ninth
Regiments on the 22d April, 533; table of regiments
passing through, April 19th to June 29th, 533; money
and men for the war furnished by, 533, 534; arrivals of
foreign emigrants at, 534; statistics of crime and inci-
dental police duties in, 584; supply of meat for, 534;
flour and domestic produce delivered in, 1860–61, 534;
City Inspector's report for 1861, 535; dispensary returns
in, 535; monthly return of marriages and births in, 535.
NICHOLSON, A. O. P., Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166;
on the complaints of the South, 187; revolution has
suspended the relations between the Federal Govern-
ment and the seceded States, 220.

Norfolk, Va. description of, 535; navy yard opposite to,
535; vessels in, 535; destruction of navy yard, 586; old
Fort Norfolk, with its ammunition, taken by the Vir-
ginia authorities, 536; collector of prohibited from ac-
cepting drafts of United States, &c., 586; small notes
issued by City Council of, 586; arrival of Confederate
troops at, 586, 537.

North Carolina, description of, 537; action of Legislature
of, 537; resolution of inhabitants of Pasquotank County,
537; Forts Caswell and Johnston seized, but restored by
Governor J. W. Ellis, 537; Governor Ellis' Letter to
President Buchanan, Jan. 12, 1861, 537, 538; reply of
Secretary of War, 538; passage of convention bill, 538;
appointment of commissioners to Peace Conference at
Washington, 538; vote of on Convention or no Con-
vention, 538; Governor Ellis' reply to the President's
call for troops, 538, 539; Pasquotank resolutions of April
23d, 589; Governor Ellis's proclamation, 539; the Gov-
ernor calls for the enrolment of 80,000 men, 539; special
session of Legislature of, May 1, 1861, 539; Governor's
message, 539; call of convention, 539; other action of
Legislature, 539, 540; seizure of Federal forts, mint, and
arsenal, 540; ordinance of secession of, 540; ordinance

assenting to Constitution of Provisional Government of
Confederate States, 540; delegates elected to Confed.
erate Congress, 540; flag of, 540; Senators from, to Con-
federate Congress, 540; loan of one million dollars au-
thorized, 540; sending forward of troops from, 540;
Union movement in Hyde County, 540, 541; Union Con-
vention in Hyde County, 541; repair and manufacture
of fire-arms at Fayetteville, 541; contributions of the
State for war purposes, 541; number of troops sent
from to Confederate army, 541; representatives from
in Confederate Congress, 541; tea raised in, 541; battles
and skirmishes in, 541.

Obituaries, American, 541-546; Foreign, 547-556.
Ocracoke Inlet, the fortification abandoned by Confed-
erate troops, and destroyed by Federal troops, 289.
Ohio, description of, 556; Governor Dennison's message
to Legislature of, 566; extra session of Legislature of,
556; joint resolutions of Legislature of, Jan. 12, 1861,
556; detention of arms at Cincinnati, 556, 557; militia
laws of, passed April 12th and 13th, 557; Governor Den-
nison's proclamation, 557; war laws passed by Legis
lature April 17, 18, and 26, and May 7, 557; lease of pub.
lic works authorized, 557; general order for organization
of militia, 558; arrival of Ohio troops in Washington,
May 28, 558; organization and number of Ohio troops in
United States service, 558; expenses paid by State, and
refunded by United States, 558, 559; Ohio Democratie
State Convention, action of, 559; statistics of State,
taxes, valuation, debts, naturalization, freight, &c., 559,
560; instructions of Legislature to commissioners to
Peace Congress, 564, 565.

ONDERDONK, BENJAMIN T., biographical notice of, 560, 561.
Ordnance Depot at San Antonio, Texas.-Its surrender,
819; its contents, 319; given up by Gen. Twiggs, 819.
ORLOFF, PRINCE ALEXEI F., biographical notice of, 561.

P

Paducah, Ky., description of, 561; occupation of by Fed-
eral troops, 561, 562.

Paris Congress, declaration of, approved by Confederate
Government, 164.

Patents, new law of, 562; number issued, 562.
PATTERSON, General, explanation of his position on the day

of the battle at Bull Run, 89.

Peace Conferences, initiated by resolutions of Virginia, 178,
562; views of President Buchanan on, 562; recom.
mended by other States, 562; meeting of at Washing-
ton, Feb. 4, 1861, 562; delegates or commissioners from
the several States, 562; John Tyler's address at the
opening of 563, 564; resolutions or instructions con-
trolling their commissioners adopted by the Legis-
latures of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Ohio, 564;
resolutions or instructions of Legislatures of Indiana,
Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee, 565; Mr.
Guthrie's resolution, and the committee appointed un-
der it, 566; report of that committee, 566; sections of
said report as amended, and the votes on these sections,
566-568; Mr. Guthrie's preamble, 568; Mr. Johnson's
resolution, 568;

Resolutions of Virginia relative to, 178; communi-
cated to Congress by President Buchanan, 178.
PEDRO V., King of Portugal, biographical notice of, 568.
PENDLETON, GEORGE H., member of Congress, 226; on the
conduct of the war, 240.

PENDLETON'S battery at Bull Run, 84.

R

Railway, Subterranean, beneath the city of London, 631;
its commencement, 631; length, 682; details of a portion
of the line, 632; trial trip, 633.
Ration, details of the old ration to the soldier, 633; details
of the present ration, 633.

REAGAN, JOHN H., appointed Postmaster-General, 158.
Resolution, on the duty of the soldiers of the army relative

to slaves, 227.

Retaliation measures of between Confederate and Federal
Governments, 151.

REYNOLDS, JOHN H., member of Congress, 166; let the
present laws be enforced, 214; rally under the folds of
the stars and stripes, and the country will be saved, 214.
Rhode Island, its boundaries, 633; political divisions, 633;

manufacturers, 634; Personal Liberty Bill, 684;
action of the Legislature, 634; troops of the State, 634;
extra session of the Legislature, 635; Message of the
Governor, 635; acts, 635; force furnished to the United
States, 635; instructions of Legislature of to her com-
missioners to the Peace Conference, 564; export of rice
prohibited, 165.

RICHARDSON, WILLIAM A., member of Congress, 225; on the

cause of the war, 244, 245; on the statements of General
Scott relative to the battle of Bull Run, 245, 246.
Richmond, Confederate Congress adjourn to meet at, 140.
RICKETT'S battery at Bull Run, 84.

ROBERTSON, JOHN, sent by Virginia as Peace Commissioner

to the Southern Confederacy, 780.

Romney, its situation, 636; skirmish at, 637.
ROSECRANS, W. S., biographical notice of, 725.
Ross, Jonn, his proclamation to the Cherokees, 878.
ROST, P. A., appointed Commissioner to Europe, 160.
Russia, its size, 686; races of people, 636; Government, 686;
causes of disturbance, 636; outbreak in Poland, 637;
circumstances, 637; agronomic societies suppressed,
637; serfdom of Russia, 638; numbers, 688; condition of
serfs, 638; ways of becoming free, 638; territorial ac-
quisitions, 639; conduct towards the United States, 689;
finances, 639; internal improvements, 639; education,
639

Sacramento City, loss by floods in 1861, 92.
SAULSBURY, WILLARD, Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress,
166; Delaware was the first to adopt the Constitution,
and will be the last to do any act looking to separation,

168.

SHAW LEMUEL, birth, 640; pursuits, 640; public offices, 640.
SHERMAN General THOMAS W., proclamation to inhabitants
of South Carolina, Nov. 8, 1861, 644; biographical notice
of, 724.

SHERMAN, General WILLIAM T., takes command in Ken-

tucky, 406; biographical notice of, 723.

SHERMAN, JOHN, member of the Senate, 225; on the acts of
the President, 234; on the conduct of the war, 236, 237;
on the cause of the war, 243.

Ship Island Expedition, its destination, 290; island oc-
cupied by a Confederate force, 291; evacuated, 291; oc-
cupied by Federal troops, 291; captures of Confederate
vessels, 291; General Butler commands the military
force, 291; first troops composing the expedition, 291;
landing on the island, 291; proclamation of General
Phelps, 291; other troops added, 292.

SICKLES, DANIEL E., member of Congress, 166; on the pres
ent condition of things, 214.

SIEGEL, FRANZ, biographical notice of, 726.
SINGLETON, O. R., member of Congress, 166; refuses to serve
on the Compromise Committee, 201.

Slaves, Federal Government had no control over them in
the States before the war, 641; its relation to the slaves
of insurgents, 641; slaves called contrabands-meaning
of the term as thus applied, 641; Gen. Butler's corre-
spondence with the Secretary of War in regard to them,
and reply of that functionary, 641, 642; correspondence
relative to execution of Fugitive Slave law between
U.S. Marshal in Kansas and Attorney-General, in July,
642; Confiscation Act approved Aug. 6, 1861, 642; Secre-
tary Cameron's second letter to Gen. Butler, 642, 643;
Secretary Caleb Smith's statement of the position of the
Government on the question, at Providence, Aug. 16,
1861, 643; Gen. Fremont's proclamation, Aug. 30, 1861,
643; President Lincoln's modification of the proclama-
tion, Sept. 11, 1861, 644; Instructions of Secretary Cam-
eron to Gen. T. W Sherman, Oct. 14, 1861, 644; Gen.
Sherman's proclamation, Nov. 8, 1861, 644; Gen. Dix's
proclamation to inhabitants of Eastern shore of Vir-
ginia, Nov. 17, 1861, 644; Gen. Halleck's order prohibit-
ing fugitives from entering the lines of the camps of the
army, 644; Col. Cochrane's address, 645; Secretary Cam-
eron's address, 645; Secretary Chase's orders respecting
fugitive slaves to be employed on cotton and other plan-
tations at Port Royal, Nov. 30, 1861, 645, 646; Secretary
Seward's instructions to Gen. McClellan in regard to
escaped slaves of insurgents, 646.

SLEMMER, Lieut. ADAM J., takes possession of Fort Pickens,

573.

SCHLOSSER, FRIEDRICH C., birth, 640; pursuits, 640; writ-
ings, 640.

SCOTT, General WINFIELD, views on the danger to the
Union, 123; his statements relative to the battle at Bull
Run, 246; order announcing the issue of demand notes
to pay the soldiers, 299.

SCRIBE, EUGENE, birth, 640; occupation, 640; writings, 640.
Sequestration Act of Confederate Congress, 165.
SEWARD, W. H., Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166;

presents the memorial from New York City, 180;
remarks, 180; on the state of public affairs, 192; offers a
minority report relative to the propositions of the Peace
Conference, 220; speech in Boston, 450; speech at New
York, Dec. 22, 1860, 530; instructions to General Mc-
Clellan relative to escaped slaves of insurgents, 646;
letter to the commissioners from South Carolina, 711;
second note, 718; letter to Governor Hicks, 716.
Sewell's Point, its situation, 640; attack on the batteries,
640; results, 640.

free navigation of the Mississippi, 184; withdraws,
200; speech on the occasion, 200; seized on board the
steamer Trent, 693.

SMITH, CALEB, statement of the position of Government in
regard to fugitive slaves, 643.

SMITH, CHARLES F., biographical notice of, 724.
SMITH, E. K., arrives at Bull Run with troops, 85; appoints
Col. W. M. Churchill provost-marshal in East Tennes-
see, 441.
South Carolina determines to attack Fort Sumter, 182;
her members retire from Congress, 206; description of,
646; debate on Secession in Legislature of, in 1850, 646,
647; electoral vote of the State cast for Breckenridge,
Nov. 6, 1860, 647; act passed by Legislature calling a
State Convention to meet at Columbia, Dec. 17, 1860,
647; Message of Gov. Gist, 647; military bill passed,
647; Gov. Gist's farewell Message, Dec., 1860, 647;
Gov. Pickens' Inaugural, Dec. 10, 1860, 647, 648; Con-
vention assembled, Dec. 17, 648; Mr. Jamison's opening
address, 648; Convention adjourns to Charleston on ac-

count of small-pox at Columbia, 649; committees ap-
pointed by Convention, 649; ordinance of secession,
650; Governor authorized to appoint Collectors of Cus-
toms, Postmasters, &c., and incumbents to hold over
till such appointments are made, 650; discussion on this
subject, 650, 651; ordinance of secession signed, 651;
address to people of Southern States, 651; declaration
of causes, prepared by Mr. Memminger, 651, 652; com-
missioners appointed to proceed to Washington and
treat with the Federal Government for the delivery of
the forts, magazines, lighthouses, &c., to the sovereign
State of South Carolina, 651; the manner in which se-
cession was effected, 652, 658; declaration adopted, 653;
Gov. Pickens' proclamation, 633; report of Committee
on relations with other Slaveholding States, 653; trans-
fer of powers of Congress to State Legislature by the
Convention, 653; anxiety concerning forts in Charleston
Harbor, and pledge of members of Congress from South
Carolina that they should not be attacked if no reen-
forcements were sent to them, 654; Gov. Pickens'
speech, Dec. 21, 1860, 654; Gov. Pickens' cabinet, 654,
655; seizure of the U. S. arsenal, Dec. 81, 1860, 655;
loan of $400,000 authorized, 655; Palmetto flag adopted,
655; Gen. Pickens proposes purchase of three war
steamers, 655; J. N. Merriman, collector at Georgetown,
S. C., seized on charge of treason against the State, 655;
reply of South Carolina to the peace propositions of Vir-
ginia, 655, 656; Dudley Mann sent to Europe as a com-
missioner to negotiate for the opening of direct trade,
656; arms sent to Florida on its secession, 656; corre-
spondence between Gov. Pickens and Major Anderson
relative to surrender of Fort Sumter, 056; Gov. Pickens'
letter to Pres. Buchanan, 656; $1,880,000 to be issued in
Treasury notes, 656; volunteer force of 10,000 men or-
dered to be raised, 656; Provisional Constitution of Con-
federate States adopted, March 26, 656; Fort Sumter
captured by orders from Confederate Government, 657;
Governor Pickens' address, 657; 19,000 troops sent to
Virginia, 657; representatives of South Carolina in Con-
federate Congress, 657.

Spectrography, definition of, and experiments in, 657;

the Spectroscope, 657; discovery of new elements by
means of, 658; detection of elements existing in the at-
mosphere by means of the Spectroscope, 658.
Springfield, Mo., description of, 658; battle of Wilson's

Creek, and retreat upon, 659; Zagonyi's recapture of, 659.
STANNARD'S battery at Bull Run, 84.

STANTON, BENJAMIN, member of Congress, 166; no inten-
tion to make war, 212; on the amendment to the Act of
1798, 214, 215.

Star of the West, description of, 662; voyage of to Charles-
ton, 662; is fired upon by the forts in Charleston harbor,
663;
is captured by the Texans, 663.
State War Loans, 307, 808.

STEPHENS, ALEXANDER H., speech in opposition to seces-
sion, 699; speech on the war, 139; speech at Atlanta, on
the plan of the confederate government, 141; speech at
Augusta, on the Cotton Loan, 143; chosen Vice-Presi-
dent for six years, 153; vote in Congress, 155; speech on
taking his seat as Vice-President, 156,
STEVENS' Battery, description of, 508; drawing of, 509; cost,
510; further details, 510.

STEVENS, ISAAC L., biographical notice of, 725.
STEVENS, THADDEUS, member of Congress, 166; on the
rightfulness of secession, 207; on the conduct of the
war, 238; on the confiscation bill, 249.

St. Helena Parish, S. C., topography and history of, 659.
St. Louis, Mo., description of, 660; guard of soldiers sta-
tioned at Sub-treasury, 660; arms removed to Spring-
feld, Ill., April 26th, 660; Gen. Frost's letter to Gen.

Lyon, 660; Gen. Lyon demands and receives the surren-
der of Frost and his brigade, 661; soldiers attacked by a
mob in the streets, fire upon the crowd, 661; character
of Camp Jackson, 661, 662; martial law declared in, 609;
protest of the mulcted secessionists in, 662,
Stocks, average sales during the year, 207.
STONE, CHARLES P., biographical notice of, 723.
STORES, WILLIAM L., biographical notice of, 668.
STRINGHAM, Com. S. H., commands the naval expedition to
Hatteras Inlet, 287; conference relative to surrender of
the forts on board his ship, 288.
STUART'S cavalry at Bull Run, 84.
Sugar, export of prohibited, 165.
Sultan of Turkey, 1.

Summersville, Va., description of, 668; skirmish at, 663.
SUMNER, CHARLES, member of the Senate, 166; offers a
memorial against any compromise, 228.
SUMNER, EDWIN V., biographical notice of, 722.
Sumter, Fort, supply vessels sail from New York, 718;
when fire opened upon her, 188; labors of the engineer
corps in completing, 664; occupied by Major Anderson,
Dec. 26, 1860, 664; officers and garrison of, 664; excite-
ment at Charleston in consequence, 664; Gov. Pickens
demand for surrender of, 664; Col. Hayne sent to Wash-
ington to demand surrender of, 664; correspondence of
Messrs. Fitzpatrick, Mallory and Slidell with the Presi-
dent on, 664; President's answer sent to Charleston, aud
reply of S. C. Government, 665; Col. Hayne instructed
to deliver his letter, and demand whether the President
asserted his right to send reenforcements to, 665; the
President's reply, 665; question of attacking, referred to
Confederate Congress, 665; women and children removed
from, 665; Gen. Beauregard demands the evacuation of
April 11, 665; Major Anderson's reply, 665; Gen. Beau-
regard's proposal, 665, 666; Anderson's reply, 666: Gen.
Beauregard notifies Major Anderson that he will open
fire in one hour, 666; the first day's bombardment of
666; list of batteries firing upon, 666, 667; armament of
fort, 667; effect of fire from, 667; effect of fire of enemy's
batteries on, 667; the second day's bombardment of, 667,
668; hot shot fired on from Fort Moultrie and other
batteries, 668; barracks set on fire, 668; Wigfall and his
flag of truce, 668; terms of evacuation agreed upon with,
668; terms of evacuation of, finally approved by Gen.
Beauregard, 668, 669; condition of, at time of evacuation,
669; fleet sent by government for relief of 669; official
notification of evacuation of, by Major Anderson, 609;
biographical sketch of Major Anderson, 669; effect of
intelligence of surrender at the North, 669.
SWEENEY, THOMAS W., biographical notice of, 725.

T

Taconic System, pro.essor Emmons' theory of the, 670;
long rejected, 670; recent discoveries render probable
Professor Emmons' views of, 670, 671; T Sterry Hunt's
theory accounting for the formations without admitting
the, 671.

TANEY, Chief Justice, proceedings before, in the case of
John Merryman, 854-856.

Tariff, revenue and protective, discussions on, 671; table
of changes in and results of, 672; whole revenue of each
tariff, 672: warehousing system, and independent treas-
ury plan of finance adopted, 672; tariffs of 1857 and 1861,
672; orders of the Treasury Department, 678; đo. of
collector of New York, 673; protest against the pay-
ment of duties, 673; comparative rates of duty for
twenty years, 678; difficulties in the operation of the
old and new tariff, 675; revenue at New York, 675.
Taxes in the Confederate States, 164.

Taylor, Fort, its location, 675; armament, 675.
TAYLOR, Lieutenant-Colonel, bears a letter from Jefferson
Davis to President Lincoln, 150.
Telegraph, Electric, progress in 1861, 675; communication
with San Francisco, 675; on the lower Amoor, 675; con-
nection between Europe and America through Russia,
675; by the Atlantic Ocean, 676; smaller enterprises,
676.

TOUCEY, ISAAC, resolution of censure as Secretary of the
Navy passed the House of Representatives, 216.
TOWNSEND, Col., at the battle of Great Bethel, 344.
Treason, Secretary Seward's letter defining, 358.
Trent, steamer, how employed, 693; passengers, 693; board-
ed by officers from the San Jacinto, 693; the English
report, 693; an officer's report, 694; protest of Mason
and Slidell, 604; details, 695.

Tennessee, instructions of Legislature to commissioners

to Peace Conference, 565.

Its boundaries, 676; population, 676; sessions of its
Legislature, 676; members, when elected, 676; vote for
President, 677; extra session of the Legislature called,
677; evils complained of, 677; conservative sentiment,
677; New York resolutions, how received, 677; election
of delegates to a State Convention, 677; vote on the
Convention, 678; answer of the Governor to the Presi-
dent's proclamation, 678; address of citizens, 678; Legis-
lature convenes, 678; message to, 678; Commissioner
from the Confederate States, 679; letters from citizens,
679; military league made with the Confederate States,
679; articles, 679; declaration of Independence, 680;
ordinance to adopt the Provisional Constitution, 680; a
military force organized, 681; fundamental law of the
State, 681; payment of debts to Northern citizens pro-
hibited, 682; progress of military affairs, 682; Union
Convention in East Tennessee, 683; acts of the Legisla-
ture, 683; efforts to procure arms, 683; message of the
Governor, 684; call for men, 684; second call, 685;
burning of bridges in East Tennessee, 685.

Message of the Governor on extortions, 144.
Tennessee, East, martial law in, 153, 441.
Territories, their division as proposed by the Crittenden
amendments to the Constitution, 174; organized in 1861,
685; Dakotah, its size, 685; boundaries, 685; Colorado,
its size, 686; boundaries, 686; Nevada, its size, 686;
boundaries, 686.

Texas, boundaries, 686; government, 686; population,
686; secession sentiment of the people, 686; Governor
refuses to call a session of the Legislature, 687; his
views, 687; call for a convention, how made, 687; action
of the Governor, 687; Legislature convened, 688; reso-
lutions relative to a State Convention, 688; vote of the
State for members of the Convention, 688; ordinance of
secession, 688; vote of the people upon it, 689; vote at
the Presidential election, 689; difficulty between the
Governor and the State Convention, 689; action of the
Convention, 690; condition of affairs, 690; war loan,
690; United States forces in Texas, 690; surrender of
Twiggs, 690; seizure of public property, 690; surrender
of Major Sibley, 691; surrender of Colonel Reeve, 691;
address of ex-Governor Houston to the people, 692; his
letter to the people in favor of the Confederate Govern-
ment, 692; intercourse with Northern people prohibited,
692; state of affairs at the close of the year, 693; troops
in the field, 693; crops, 693.

THOMAS, Col. F. J., killed at Bull Run, 84.
THOMAS, FRANCIS, member of Congress, 210; on the right
of the Government to use the forts for other purposes
than the defence of the States, 210.

THOMAS, GEORGE H., biographical notice of, 724.
THOMAS, PHILIP, resigns as Secretary of Treasury, 704.
THOMPSON, JACOB, resigns as Secretary of the Interior, 704.
TOMPKINS, Lieut., commands the cavalry in the skirmish at
Fairfax Court-House, 294.

TOOMBS, ROBERT, Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166; the
Union is dissolved, 176; men are arming to defend the
separation, 176.

on slavery in Arizona, 190 reply to Senator Davis, 192;
on the condition of affairs, 223; on the acts of President
Lincoln, 233; on the object of the war, 241.

TUCKER, GEORGE, birth, 695; education, 695; public offices,
695; writings, 695.

TWIGGS, Gen., surrenders the ordnance depot at San Anto-
nio, Texas, 319, also 690; dismissed from the army by
order of the President, 819.

Tybee Island, its situation, 695; reconnoissance of, 695;
occupied, 695.

TYLER, JOHN, member of Confederate Congress, 165; de-
spatch to, relative to the attack on Sumter, 187; address
of at opening of Peace Conference, 568, 564.

U

United States, population, 696; election of President, 696;
principle represented, 696; officers of the Government
in 1860, 697; opinion of the Attorney-General on the
right of a State to secede, 697; do. on collection of duties
in a seceded State, 697; right of the Government over
public property, 697; right of the Government to make
war upon a State, 698; affairs in the Southern States,
699; speech of Stephens on the prosperity of the Union,
699; President Buchanan's message, 699; attitude of
South Carolina, 699; resignation of Secretary Cobb, 700;
resignation of Secretary Cass, 700; reason, 700; state of
public sentiment at this time, 700; affairs in South
Carolina, 701; resignation of Secretary Floyd, 701; rea-
son, 701; correspondence, 701; arrival of Commissioners
from South Carolina at Washington, 701; object, 701;
letter to the President, 702; his reply, 702; manner of
their reception, 702; President's views on the move-
ment of Major Anderson, 703; reply of the commis-
sioners, 703; rejected by the President, 703; President's
message of Jan. 8th, 703; principles governing his con-
duct, 703; resignation of Secretary Thompson, 704;
correspondence relative thereto, 704; resignation of
Secretary Thomas, 704; reasons, 704; John A. Dix ap-
pointed to the Treasury, 704; views of the Government
at this time, 705; decision respecting Fort Sumter, 705;
commissioner Hayne, of South Carolina, arrives at Wash-
ington, 705; the proposition to him, 705; letters of Sen-
ators to the President, 705; reply of Secretary Holt, 705;
a final reply to demand for Fort Sumter, 706; Virginia
peace resolutions, 707; mission of ex-President Tyler,
707; action of the President, 708; armistice charged on
President Buchanan, 708; sentiments of the people, 709;
close of Mr. Buchanan's term of office, 709; inauguration
of Mr. Lincoln, 709; the change which had taken place
since November, 709; the policy of the President de-
clared, 710; commissioners from South Carolina arrive
at Washington, 710; letter to Secretary Seward, 710; his
reply, 711; commissioners' response, 712; military move.
ments in New York, 713; preparation of transports, 718;
sail from the port, 714; excitement, 714; affairs at
Charleston, 714; Virginia commissioners visit the Presi
dent to inquire as to his policy, 714; his answer, 715;
capture of Sumter, 715; proclamation of President Lin-
coln, 715; call for troops by the Secretary of War, 715;
answers of the Governors of the respective States, 716;