Hinckley, Z. R., 605; Dales, G. E., 605; Drake, J. C.,
606; Keen, A. A., 606; Keitt, L. M., 606; McConihe, J.,
606; Price, F., 606; Haskell, F. A., 606; Morris, L. O.,
606; Morris, O. H., 607; Porter, P. A., 607; Schall, E.,
607; Stryker, J., 607; Wead, F. F., 607; Dutton, A. H.,
607; Jones, W. G., 607; Winslow, G., 607; Adams, D.,
608; Thaxter, A. W., 608; Crallé, R. K., 608; Pye, E.,
608; Mix, S. H., 608; Ewing, A., 609; Weymon, G. W.,
609; Sanger, H. K., 609; Cubas, J., 609; Hardenbrook,
J. K., 609; Corsen, E. F., 609; Wheeler, W., 609;
Young, W. H., 609; Wyatt, W. E., 609; Hyer, T., 610;
Harker, C. G., 610; Harmon, O. T., 610; Daniel, I., 610;
Wilson, W., 610.

Clancy, J., 610; Blythe, J. E., 610; Hoge, W. J., 610;
Rice, S. A., 610; Winslow, C., 611; Davis, P. S., 611;
Dunlop, T., 611; Boweryem, G., 611; Reynolds, M. T.,
611; Vail, S., 611; Gardner, S. J., 611; Simmons, J. F.,
611; Boone, W. J., 611; McCook, D., 611; Lamson, A.,
611; Marsh, N., 611; Featherstone, W. S., 612; Long, A.
L., 612; Pettus, J. J., 612; Stevens, G. M., 612; Great-
house, L, 612; Walker, W. H. T., 612; Lansing, A. D.,
612; Wagner, P. K., 612; Barlow, A. G., Mrs., 612; Bon-
ney, S. W., 612; Hallett, S., 612; Miller, S., 612; Cox, A.
S., 618; Palmer, V. B., 618; Patchen, A. D., 618; Dun-
bar, D., 618; Maginnis, J., 613.

Mallory, S., 613; Craven, T. A., 613; Faron, J., 613;
Stedman, G. A., 614; Fisk, F. Miss, 614; McCall, J., 614;
Varian, I. L., 614; Van Doren, I., 614; Collier, J. A.,
614; Girardey, V. J. B., 614; Streight, A. D., 614; Wood-
bury, D. P., 615; Duncan, J. M., 615; Dushane, A. F.,
615; Van Vleck, C., 615; Marsh, E., 615; Rulison, W.
H., 615.

Anderson, R. H., 615; Cumming, A., 615; Grower, W.
T. C., 615; Patten, -, 615; Hargous, P. A., 615; Ire-
land, D., 615; McGilvery, F., 616; Morgan, J. H., 616;
Whittier, E. H. Miss, 616; F.; French, A. C., 616; Has-
cell, M. S., 616; Johnson, H., 616; White, A, S., 616;
Clark, J. C., 616; Bartow, E. J., 616; Chambers, R. D.,
616; Thomson, G., 617; Faxon H. W., 617; Alverson,
J. D., 617; Howell, J. B., 617; Patton, H. L., 617; God-
win, A. C., 617; Rhodes, R. E., 617; Russell, D. A., 617;
Marshall, T. F., 617; Wells, R. W., 618; Conover, T. A.,
618; Burnham, H., 618; Welch, N. E., 618; Williams, J.
W., 618; Baldwin, J. G., 618; Greenhow, R. A. Mrs., 618.
Bellamy, D., 618; Wood, R., 619; Piatt, L. K. Mrs.,
619; Winslow, N. Mrs., 619; Meigs, J. R., 619; Redfield,
J., 619; Amory, T. J. C., 619; Gregg, Gen., 619; Young,
E. M., 619; Willard, J., 619; Ohlenschlager, E., 619;
Wells, G. D., 619; Sanderson, J. P., 619; Wadkins, Gen.,
619; Mott, J. M., 619; Porter, L., 620; Bidwell, D. D.,
620; Thoburn, J., 620; Chandler, A., 620; Ramseur, S. D.,
620; Eels, M., 620; Cobb, L., 620; Fagan, J., 620; New-
ton, E. H., 620; Cahill, D. W., 621; Deering, Gen., 621;
Kiddoo, Col., 621; Greenleaf, B., 621; Adams, S: W.,
621; Pate, H. C., 621; Huntington, D., 621; Winans, B.
F., 621.

Thompson, R. H., 621; Swan, W. D., 621; Whitlock,
G. C., 621; Maxwell, T., 621; Medary, S., 622; Tolles, C.
W., 622; Elton, J. P., 622; Morris, P. V., 622; Stearns,
J., 622; Pitman, J., 622; Hopkins, J. A. P., 622; Tins-
lar, B. R., 622; Paine, J. W., 622; Cleburne, P. R., 622,
Boardman, D. S., 623; Sargeant, L. M., 623; Kitching,
J. H., 623; Leonard, L. W., 623; Savage, J. A., 623;
Farnham, E. W. Mrs., 623; De Forrest, O., 623; Hooker,
H., 623; Miner, Myrtilla Miss, 624; McClelland, A., 624;
Kessler, J., 624; Fox., J. L., 624; May, C. A., 624; Wood,
J. M., 624; Fillmore, J. S., 624; Cooke, E., 624; Orton,
A. G., 624.

Obituaries, Canadian.-Leitch, W., 625; Barber, J., 625;
Begg, W., 625; Graham, Sir E., 626; Kirk, W. A., 626:

Benjamin, G., 626; Ogden, Mrs. C. R., 627; Baby, T,
627; Esten, 627; Turcotte, J. E., 627; Gesner, A.,
628.

O'BRIEN, WILLIAM S.-Birth, 628; caroer, 628; death, 628.
Ohio.-Finances, 629; debt, 629; effect of the war on the

banks and debts, 629; troops contributed, 629; hundred
day men offered, 629; their services, 630; elections, 600;
agriculture, 630; statistics of the pork trade, 630; re-
form school, 631; its results, 631; statistics of the State,
631; colleges, 631; order of General Hooker relative to
raids, 631.
Ordnance.-Parrott guns, 632; experience with them, 632;
rifled guns used in the navy, 682; endurance of Parrott
guns, 688; metals suitable for guns, 633; Ames' wrought
iron gun, 634; Brooke gun, 634; improvements in small
arms, 634; cartridges, 635; Sharps' rifle, 636; Merrill
rifle, 686; Ashcroft rifle, 636; Greene's rifle, 636; May-
nard rifle, 687; Smith's breech loading, 638; Burnside
rifle, 638; Wesson rifle, 633; Bullard rifle, 689; Colt's
rifle, 640; Spencer's repeating rifle, 640; Henry's repeat-
ing rifle, 641; its construction, 642; very effective st
short distances, 642; incidents of its use, 642; Whit-
worth rifle, 648; its construction, 643.
Oregon.-Area, 643; state affairs, 643; terms of office, 643;
elections, 643; newspapers, 643.

ORTH, GODLOVE S.-Member of Congress from Indiana, 219;
on confiscation, 276.

P

Patents.-Number of applications for, 648; number granted
644; horse powers, 644; holder for bank bills, napkins,
&c., 644; potato plough, 644; ship machinery, 644; ver-
tical windlass, 645; cathead stopper, 645; heaving socket,
645; stoppers for hawse pipes, 645; naval ram, 645; um-
brellas, 645; lead pipes lined with tin, 645; lamps, 646
atmospheric forge hammer, 646; lard manufacture, 647
amalgamator for gold ore, 647.

PELISSIER, AMABLE J. J.-Birth, 648; career, 648; death,
648.

PENDleton, George H.-Member of Congress from Ohio,
219; offers a resolution relative to the arrest of Vallan-
digham, 222; on the date of issuing the emancipation
proclamation, 267; on the guarantee of a republican gov.
ernment to States, 297; on the expulsion of Alexander
Long, 350; nominated for Vice-President, 798.
Pennsylvania.-Prosperity, 648; debt, 648; refusal to pay
interest in gold, 648; explanation of the State Treasurer,
649; finances, 649; military contribution, 649; system
of bounties, 649; votes of soldiers, 649; elections, 650;
invasion of the State by the enemy, 650; difficulties in
Clearfield County, 651; coal mined, 651; decisions of the
courts on legal tender notes, 651.

PERIT, PELATIAH.--Birth, 652; pursuits, 652; death, 652.
Peru.-Area, 6352; government, 652; revenue, 652; army,
652; exploration of the Amazon, 652; involved in dif
ficulty with Spain, 658; proceedings, 653, 654; proceed-
ings of foreign residents, 654; action of the Government,
654, 645.
Petroleum.-Nature and relations, 655; constituents, 656;
general chemical character, 657; use of rock oil for
illumination, 658; North American oil region, 659,
Pennsylvania, 659; West Virginia, 659; Ohio, 659;
Canada West, 660; California, 660; New York, 661
Kentucky, 661; geological relations of petroleum, f
662; cavities, 662; contents, 668; geological position
oil rocks in different localities, 668; nature of the st
664; dip of strata, 664; indications of petroleum, e
gas-springs, jets, 665; oil-springs, surface bitumen,, ':

surface oil, 666; show of oil, 666; salt water, 666; sink-
ing of oil wells, 667; qualities of crude petroleum, 668;
refining of petroleum, 669; separation into distinct
products, 669; varieties of color, 670; burning oil, 670;
distinction between eastern and California oil, 670; pu-
rified oils, 671; uses of petroleum, 672; lubricating oil,
672; capital invested, 672; paraffine, 672; naphtha, 672;
residium, 672; tax on petroleum, 673; commerce of pe-
troleum, 673; durability of the oil supply, 678.
Physical Forces.-Correctness of investigation, 674; phi-

losophy of energy needed, 674; heat consists in the
movements of the atoms of matter, 674; a mode of mo-
tion, 674; light a mode of motion, 674; electricity some
kind of molecular motion, 675; the antecedent of elec-
tricity, 675; antagonisms in the molecular motions, 675;
waves of perturbation, 675; positive and negative waves
of perturbation, 676; summary of the argument, 676;
interesting results in the field of radiation, 676; how
may dark radiations be separated from others? 677; con-
version of heat into light, 677.

RANSOM, THOMAS E. G.-Birth, 716; military services, 716;
death, 616.

REEDER, Andrew H.-Birth, 717; pursuits, 717; death, 717.
Reformed Churches.-Synods, classes, ministers, 717; mem-
bers, 717; meeting of General Synod, 717; proceedings,
717.

REID, DAVID B.-Birth, 717; pursuits, 718; death, 718.
Revolving Turrets.—The invention, 719; how received, 719;
advantages of the revolving turret, 719; details of the
structures, 721; main purpose of a land turret for harbor
defence, 721; the plan for vessels, 722.
Rhode Island.-Contribution of men for the Federal army,
723; drafting, 728; amendment to the Constitution, 728;
elections, 724; finances, 724; arrest of citizens, 724.
RICE, JAMES C.-Birth, 724; military services, 724; death,

724.

RICHARDSON, WILLIAM A.-Senator from Illinois, 219; on
emancipating the wives and children of colored soldiers,

278.

RIVES, JOHN C.-Birth, 724; pursuits, 724; death, 724.

Pneumatic Railway.—Trial trips, 678; plan of its operation,
678; results of trials, 678; details, 678.

POLK, LEONIDAS.-Birth, 679; clerical services, 679; military
services, 679; death, 679.

PORTER, WILLIAM D.-Birth, 680; naval services, 680;
death, 680.

POTTS, GEORGE-Birth, 680; career, 680; death, 680.
POWELL, LAZARUS W.-Senator from Kentucky, 219; on

amending the Constitution, 264; on emancipation of the
wives and children of colored soldiers, 268.
Presbyterians.-Meeting of the General Assembly, 680;
proceedings, 681; McPheeter's case, 681; order of the
Secretary of War, 681; Presbytery of Nashville, 681;
Church in Kentucky, 681; Synods of Kentucky, 681;
New School Assembly, 682; resolutions on Church unity,
do. on the state of the country, 682; presbytery of East
Tennessee, 652; Cumberland Presbyterians, 683; united
Church, 683; General Assembly of insurrectionary
States, 688; resolutions on organic union of the Old
School, 684; Free Church at Edinburgh, 684.
Prisoners, Exchange of.-Numbers, 684; points of dispute,

684; correspondence, 685; principles involved, 685;
suspension of exchange, 685; appeal of prisoners to
President Lincoln, 685; exposure of officers to artillery
fire, 686.

Protest of Messrs. Wade & Davis against the proclamation

of the President relative to the bill of Congress for re-
organizing insurrectionary States, 307.

PRUYN, JOHN V. L.-Member of Congress from New York,

219; offers a resolution relative to the suppression of cer-
tain newspapers, 221; on amending the Constitution, 265.
Public Documents.-Message of President Lincoln, 687;
Message of Jefferson Davis in May, 691; do. in Novem-
ber, 693; plan of the Canadian Confederation, 698; En-
cyclical letter of Pope Pius IX., 701; syllabus, 704; in-
structions to Confederate cruisers, 707; proceedings rela-
tive to peace, 710; letter of Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams
on the same subject, 713; report of Messrs. Stephens,
Hunter, and Campbell relative to peace negotiations at
Fortress Monroe, 714; do. of Mr. Lincoln, 714.

Jersey, 219; offers a resolution on the conduct of the
war, 832.

ROLLINS, JAMES S.-Member of Congress from Missouri,
219; offers a resolution on the conduct of the war
331.

Roman Catholic Church.-Great increase of members, 725⚫
cathedral in Philadelphia, 725; Encyclical letter of the
Pope, 725; how received, 725; the Church in Austria,
726; do. Italy, 726; do. Spain, 726; do. Portugal, 726;
questions at issue, 727; liberal papers of Belgium, 727;
Catholic Congresses, 727.

Russia.-The Government, 727; nobility, 728; area, 728;
population, 728; religion, 728; finances, 728; commerce,
728; army, 728; navy, 729; Polish revolution, 729; sta-
tistics relative to, 729; war in the Caucasus, 780; paci-
fication of Poland and the Caucasus, 780; internal re-
forms, 780; constitutional form of government, 730;
fires in the provinces, 731.

S

San Domingo.-Area, 781; population, 781; effect of the
climate on the Spanish troops, 731; manifesto of the
President to the people, 782; military movements, 782;
proposition of President Jeffrard, 782; change of views
in Spain, 783;.

Sanitary Commissions.—Origin, 783; organizations, 733;
draft of powers asked for, 784; objects, 784; materiel of
volunteers, 784; prevention of disease, 784; relief, 734;
first commission, 734; tracts issued, 735; committees,
785; agents, 785; departments of work comprehended,
736; of general relief, 786; of special relief, 787; lodges,
787; cars, 787; steamers, 787; hospitals, 787; department
of field relief, 738; auxiliary relief corps, 788; expen-
ditures and receipts, 788; Western commission, 789;
order of Gen. Fremont, 739; other commissions, 740;
New England soldiers' relief, 740.

SANTANA.-Birth, 741; career, 741; death, 741
SAULSBURY, WILLARD.-Senator from Delaware, 217; on the
oath of a Senator, 223; on colored voters in Montana,
240; on amending the Constitution relative to slavery,

259.
SCHENCK, RORERT C.-Member of Congress from Ohio, 219;
offers resolutions on the object of the war, 883.
Schleswig-Holstein.-Question of succession, 741; action of
the Diet of Germany, 741; propositions of Prussia and
Austria, 742; resort to arms to carry them out, 742;
movement of troops, 742; crossing the Eider, 742; do-

feat of the Danes, 742; further operations, 742; irritation
of the minor States, 743; threats of the English Gov-
ernment, 743; reverses of the Danes, 743; London Con-
ference, 743; treaty concluded, 743.

T

TALLMADGE, NATHANIEL P.-Birth, 757; pursuits, 757
death, 757,

SEALSFIELD, CHARLES.-Birth, 745; writings, 745; death, 745.
SEDGWICK, JOHN.-Birth, 745; military career, 746; death,
746.

Sewers.-The London system, 746; changes on account of
defects, 746; new system, 746; its operation, 747.
SHERMAN, JOHN.-Senator from Ohio, 219; on repealing the
fugitive slave laws, 249; on the emancipation of the
wives and children of colored soldiers, 269; on bounty
to volunteers and pay to soldiers, 315; on the commu-
tation clause of the enrolment act, 821.
SHERMAN, Gen. W. T.-Letter relative to recruiting agents

sent from the North to insurrectionary States for ne-
groes, 35; letter on the course to be pursued by subor-
dinate commanders of military districts to the inhabit-
ants, 42; address to his troops and instructions, 45; as-
signed to command departments of Ohio, Tennessee, and
Cumberland, 67; address to his troops on the capture of
Atlanta, 88; reply to Gen. Hood, 89; reply to the appeal
of the civic authorities of Atlanta, 90; letter to the
Louisville agent of the New York Associated Press, 91;
letter on the draft, 185; order relative to his march
through Georgia, 141; his order to march, 148; despatch
to the Secretary of War, 149; his order for the govern-
ment of Savannah, 151; letter on raids in Kentucky,
451.

Sieman Process (The).-Its invention, 748; manner of appli-
cation, 748; results of its operation in the manufacture
of iron, 749.

SILLIMAN, BENJAMIN.-Birth, 750; carcer, 750; death, 751.
SINCLAIR, CATHARINE.-Birth, 751; writings, 751; death, 751.
SMITH, CALEB B.-Birth, 751; public life, 751; death, 751.
SMITH, GREEN C.-Member of Congress from Kentucky,
219; on confiscation, 252; offers a resolution on the
conduct of the war, 333.
SMITH, THOMAS M.-Birth, 752; pursuits, 752; death, 752.
South Carolina.-Army operations unimportant, 752; effects
of the cannonade on Charleston, 752; mass convention
at Beaufort, 752; action of the secession Government,
752; message of Gov. Bonham, 752; inauguration of new
State officers, 753; men furnished to the army, 758.
Spain.-Area, 753; population, 753; finances, 758; debt,
758; fleet, 753; army, 753; commerce, 754; war with
San Domingo, 754; address of the ministry to the Cortes,
754; Cuba, 755; Porto Rico, 755.

SPEKE, JOHN H.-Birth, 755; discoveries, 755; death, 756.
STEVENS, THADDEUS.-Member of Congress from Pennsyl-

vania, 219; on confiscation, 279; on the freedom of slaves
in the army, 327.

STRUVE, FREDERICK G. W.-Birth, 756; writings, 757;
death, 757.

STUART, JAMES E. B.-Birth, 757; military life, 757; death,
757.

SUMNER, CHARLES.-Senator from Massachusetts, 219; on
the oath required of a Senator 224, 231; on the exclusion
of witnesses on account of color, 236; on negro voters
in Montana, 237-240; on excluding colored persons from
cars in Washington, 242-244; on prohibiting the coast-
wise slave-trade, 246-249; on repealing the fugitive slave
laws, 249-251, 253; on amending the Constitution, 262;
on the admission of Senators from Arkansas, 811; on
repealing the commutation clause of the enrolment act,
819.

Telegraph, Electric.-Principal great lines, 758; Anglo.
Indian line, 758; Russian Asiatic line, 759; main
branches, 759; Collins' overland line, 759, 760; Atlantic
submarine line, 761; the cable, 761; weight and con-
struction, 762.

TEN EYCK, JOHN C.-Senator from New Jersey, 219; on
colored voters in Washington, 241.

Tennessee,-Measures taken to reorganize the State, 763;
their failure, 763; proclamation of Governor Johnson,
763; his speech, 763; despatch to the President relative
to the amnesty oath, 763; Mr. Lincoln's reply, 763;
causes of numerous failures in reconstruction, 764; con-
vention in Knoxville, 764; call for a State Convention,
764; it assembles, 764; calls a State Convention to elect
members to a Constitutional Convention, 764; appoints
an electoral ticket, 764; report of the business commit-
tee, 764; proclamation of Gov. Johnston relative to ap-
pointing State officers and establishing tribunals, 765;
proclamation relative to the Presidential election, 765;
protest made to President Lincoln, 765; report of the
proceedings, 766; reply of the President, 766; rejoinder
to Mr. Lincoln, 767; election, 767; meeting of another
convention to appoint delegates to a Constitutional Con-
vention, 767; resolve themselves into a Constitutional
Convention, 767; proceed to amend the Constitution,
767; reports, 767; amendments proposed, 768; adopted,
768; resolution relative to voters, 768; oath required,
768; nominates State officers, 769; the election, 769;
proclamation of Gov. Johnson, 769; military operations
in the State, 769; regulations relative to prostitutes at
Nashville, 770; their beneficial effects, 770.

Territories of the United States.-Their number, 771;
Arizona, 771; Colorado, 771; Dakota, 771; Idaho, 771;
Indian Territory, 772; Montana, 772; Nebraska, 778;
New Mexico, 773; Washington, 773; Utah, 774.
Texas.-Success of agriculture, 775; military operations,
775; Union sentiment, 775.

THOMSON, ROBERT D.—Birth, 775; pursuits, 775; death, 775
TOTTEN, JOSEPH G.-Birth, 775; military services, 775;
death, 775.

TRUMBULL, LYMAN.-Senator from Illinois, 219; on the oath
of a Senator, 223; on colored voters in Montana, 239;
on amending the Constitution, 257; on confiscation, 287.
Turkey.-Its Government, 775; area, 776; population, 776;

religious denominations, 776; revenue, 776; army, 776;
edict relative to the press, 776; missionary stations,
776; Danubian Principalities, 776; legislative assem-
blies, 777; proceedings, 787; new constitution, 777.

U

United States.-Modification of the amnesty proclamation,
778; proclamation of the President, 778; efforts to circu-
late the proclamation, 778; letter of Gen. Longstreet to
Gen. Foster, 778; number of persons required to inaugu-
rate a new State, 778; letter of the President to Gen.
Grant, 779; reply, 779; President's letter to a public meet-
ing in New York, 779; attempts to negotiate peace, 779;
visit of Messrs. Jaques and Gilmore to Richmond, 779;
proceedings, 780; attempts to arrange preliminaries with
Confederates in Canada, 780; correspondence 780, 781, 782;
proposition of Mr. Lincoln, 782; failure, 782; move-
ments relative to the Presidency, 783; declination of
Mr. Chase, 783; nomination of Mr. Lincoln by legislative
and other bodies, 783; movements in opposition, 788,

letter of Senator Pomeroy, 788, 784; his explanation of
the letter in the Senate, 784; movement to postpone the
meeting of the Baltimore Convention, 785; address to
the national committee, 785; views of the Abolitionists,
785; call for a convention at Cleveland, 785; other calls,
786; it assembles, 786; resolutions and nominations,
756; letter of Gen. Fremont accepting, 787; call for the
Baltimore Convention, 787; it assembles, 787; resolu-
tions and nominations, 788; address of ex-Gov. Dennison
to Mr. Lincoln, 789; reply, 789; address of National
League Committee, 789; reply of Mr. Lincoln, 789; let-
ter of acceptance of the Presidential nomination, 789;
call for the Chicago Convention, 789; postponed, 789;
letter of F. P. Blair describing a visit to New York, and
its objects, 790; address of the President to Ohio soldiers,
791; movement for a new nomination, 791; letter to
Gen. Fremont, 791; his reply relative to withdrawing,
791; circular issued in Butler County, Ohio, 792; address
of Democratic members of Congress, 792; Chicago Con-
vention assembles, 793; resolutions and nominations,
798; letter of Gen. McClellan accepting, 794; political
discussion, 794; speeches of Secretary Seward, 794; letters
of the President announcing the successes of General
Sherman and Admiral Farragut, 795; withdrawal of Gen.
Fremont, 795; Peace Democrats, 795; letter of A. Long,
795; explanation of Mr. Pendleton, 796; address of the
President to citizens of Maryland, 796; regulations rela-
tive to army votes by the Adjutant-General, 796; appre-
hension of raids from Canada on election day, 796; orders
of military commanders, 797; arrival of Gen. Butler in
New York, 797; his order, 797; meeting of War Demo-
crats, 797; interest taken by the clergy, 798; votes cast
at the election, 793; votes given at nine previous Presi-
dential elections, 798; list of Presidential electors, 799;
speech of Mr. Lincoln on the evening of election day,
799; resolutions of a national colored convention in Syra-
cuse, 800; movements relative to the political and social
condition of the African race, 800; letter of Frederick
Douglass, 800; letter of Secretary Chase, 800; speech of
do., 800; discussion in Missouri, 801; admission of a
colored lawyer to practise in the Supreme Court, 801;
colored preacher in the House of Representatives, 801;
colored people call on President Lincoln on New Year's
day, 801; resignation of Secretary Chase, 801; appoint-
ment of Mr. Fessenden, 801; resignation of Postmaster
Blair, 801; appointment of ex-Gov. Dennison, 801; col-
ored emigrants, 801.
United States Christian Commission.-Its organization,
801; character and duties of the commission, 802; branch
organizations and agencies, 802; its system and work,
S02; how aided by the Government, 803; receipts and
expenditures, 803; summary of the work for the year, 803.
United States Union Commission.-Its object, 803; organi-
zations, 804; officers, 804; system of its work, 804; re-
sults, S05.

Unitarians.-Increase, 805; ministers, 805; theological

schools, 805; English Unitarians, 805; movement for a
national union, 805.
Universalists.-General Convention, 805; resolutions on the
state of the country, 805.

Uruguay.-Area, 806; population, 806; commerce, 806;
civil wars, 806; war with Montevideo, 806; interference
of Brazil, 806; state of affairs at the close of the year, 806.

VINTON, CELESTA H.-Birth, 807; career, 807, death, 808.
Virginia.-Exemption of State officers, 808; views of the

Governor, 808; question of arming slaves, 808; discuss-
ions, 808; effect of the war, 808; address to the soldiers,
809; desolation caused by war, 809.

Virginia, East.-Convention to amend the Constitution,
809; counties represented, 809; proceedings, 809; amend-
ments adopted, 809; election of State officers, S10; ad-
dress of Gov. Pierpont to the people of Norfolk, 810;
order of Gen. Butler, 810; difficulties, $10.
Virginia, West.-Elections, 810; governor, 810; peaceful
condition, 810; petroleum, 810.

W

WADE, BENJAMIN F.-Senator from Ohio, 219; on colored
voters in Montana, 240; on the relations of the seceded
States, 299; protest against the proclamation of the
President relative to the bill of Congress for reorganizing
States, 307.

WADSWORTH, JAMES S.-Birth, $10; public services, 810;
death, 811.

WADSWORTH, WILLIAM W.-Member of Congress from Ken-
tucky, 219; on confiscation, 284.

WALDO, DANIEL.-Birth. 811; pursuits, 811; death, 811.
WALLACK, JAMES W.-Birth, 811; theatrical career, 812;
death, 812.

WASHBURNE, ELIMU B.-Member of Congress from Illinois,
219; moves to expel B. G. Harris, 348.
WATSON, WILLIAM R.-Birth, 812; pursuits, S12; death, $18.
WEBSTER, EDWIN H.-Member of Congress from Maryland,
219; on the freedom of slaves in the army, 328.
WEST, NATHANIEL-Birth, 813; writings, 813; death, 813.
WILKINSON, MORTON S.-Senator from Minnesota, 219; on
allowing negroes to vote in Montana, 237; on colored
voters in Washington, 241; on the emancipation of the
wives and children of colored soldiers, 265-274; on the
relations of the insurrectionary States, 303.
WILLEY, WAITMAN T.-Senator from West Virginia, 219; on
emancipating the wives and children of colored soldiers,

275.

WILSON, HENRY.-Senator from Massachusetts, 219; offers
resolution of thanks to Gen. Grant, 221; on colored
voters in Washington, 241; on amending the Constitu-
tion, 258; on confiscation, 292; on bounty to volun-
teers and pay to soldiers, 316-318; on the commutation
clause of the enrolment act, 820, 328-325.

WILSON, JAMES F.-Member of Congress from Iowa, 219; on
confiscation, 275.

WINSLOW, HUBBARD.-Birth, 813; writings, 818; death, 814.
WINSLOW, NIEON-Birth, 814; missionary labors, 814;
death, 814.

Wisconsin.-Contributions to the army, 815; drafting, $15;

State debt, 815; elections, 815; sketch of one of the old-
est men in the world, 815.

WOOD, FERNANDO.-Member of Congress from New York,
219; on amending the Constitution, 265; on the expul
sion of Alexander Long, 347, 348.
WURTEMBERG, WILHELM F. K.-Birth, 816; pursuits, 816;
death, 816.

Y

Vermont.-Men furnishel to the Federal army, 806; elec-
tions, S06; debt, 806; finances, 806; raids from Canada,
807.

Yeas and nays (Senate).-On the resolution requiring Sen
ators to take an oath, 283; on the exclusion of witnesses
on account of color, 236; on negro voters in Montana,

238; on colored voters in Washington, 242; on excluding
colored persons from cars in Washington, 243–245; on
prohibiting the coastwise slave trade, 249; on repealing
the fugitive slave laws, 254-257; on confiscation, 298;
on the bill to reorganize seceded States, 306; on repeal-
ing the commutation clause of the enrolment act, 325;
on amendments to the enrolment act, 826, 827.

House.-On the exclusion of witnesses on account of
color, 286; relative to negro voters in Montana, 238-240;

on colored persons in railroad cars, 245; on repealing the
fugitive slave laws, 247; on amending the Constitution,
266; on confiscation, 287; on the bill to reorganize se
ceded States, 298; on resolutions relative to conscrip-
tion, 315; on amendments to the enrolment act, 829;
on abolishing the commutation clause, 880; on resolu-
tions relative to the object of the war, 831-383; on
the expulsion of B. G. Harris, 348; do. on the censure
of the same, 348.