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on paper repealed, 346; cotton supply association, 847;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.

H

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

I

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,

241.

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.

K

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,

440.

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,

644.

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.

L

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.

Congress, 378.

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.

M

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,

442.

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.

N

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