A.

ABACO, The Island of, 176; 598.

ABOLITIONISTS, Convention of in 1823-4, 113;
irreverent and infidel' tendencies of, 121, they oppose
Clay for President in 1844, 167.

ABOLITION SOCIETY of Pennsylvania, The, 107.
ABORIGINES, The, Enslavement of, 27; do. by

the Puritans, 30.

ACADEMIES, etc., number of, by the 8th Census, 23.
ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS, nominated for Vice-
President by the 'Freesoilers,' 191.

ADAMS, EX-Gov., one of South Carolina's Com-
missioners to Washington, 411.
ADAMS, GREEN, of Kentucky, 194.

ADAMS, JOHN, allusion to, 33; 35; 42; letter
from, to Robt. G. Evans, 51; letter to Jefferson on the
Missouri Restriction, 80; 81; becomes President in
1797, 83; his Treaty with the Indians in 1798, 102.
ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY, his firm stand in behalf
of the Georgia Indians, 103; attempts to purchase
Texas, 149; unites in an anti-Annexation Address,
159; allusion to, 248; 250; favors the Panama Con-
gress, 267-8; 857.

ADAMS, SAMUEL, 42.

ADRAIN, GARNET B., of N. J., Resolution, 374.
AGRICULTURE, 19; 20-21; statistics of by 8th
U. S. Census, 22; value of implements of, by do., 23.
AIKEN, WILLIAM, (Gov.) of S. C., 241.
AIKEN, U. S. CUTTER, surrendered to the South
Carolinians, 410; reappears as the Petrel, 599.
ALABAMA, 123; Legislature of favors Annexa-
tion, 157; the Union party triumph in, 211; Legisla-
tive instructions to her delegates to the Democratic
National Convention, 312-13; statement and withdraw-
al of the delegation, 313-14; secession meeting in, 330;
her Commissioner at the South Carolina Convention,
844; Governor of, sends a dispatch to the Convention,
845; secession of, and vote thereon, 347; population in
1860, 331; Declaration of Canses" at Mobile, 355; of-
fers volunteers to South Carolina, 410; seizure of Fed-
eral property in, 412; surrender of the U. S. cutter
Cass to, 413.

ALABAMA, The Privateer, is fitted out at Liver-
pool, for Rebel service, 603.
ALAMO, THE, battle of, 150.

ALBANY, N. Y., 'Peace' Convention at, 388-96.
Albany Argus, The, editorial of, sympathizing
with and justifying the South, 395; against coërcion,”
896; on the President's call for troops, 456–7.

Albany Evening Journal, The, editorial of, in fa-

vor of 'Conciliation,' 860-61; citation from, 632.
ALEXANDER I. of Russia, arbitrates between
Great Britain and the United States, 176.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., originally included in the
District of Columbia, 142; retaken by Unionists, 533.
ALIEN AND SEDITION LAWS, 82-3; are denounced
by Jefferson, in his "Resolutions of 9s," 84.
ALLEGHANY SUMMIT, Va., battle at, 527.
ALLENT WN, Pa., military organization at, in
1860, for defense of 'Southern Rights,' 896.

ALTON, Ill., LOVEJOY'S speech at the Court House
of, 135; Federal property taken thither from St. Louis,
490. See LOVEJOY, and The St. Louis Observer.
AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY, The, 73.
AMERICAN SOCIETY for promoting National Uni-
ty, The, 439; programme of, 439–40.
ANDERSON, MAJ. ROBERT, evacuates Fort Moul-
trie and occupies Fort Sumter, 407-8; The Charleston
Courier accuses him of commencing civil war, 408;
attempt to relieve him by the Star of the West, 412;
confers with Col. Lamon, 442; is notified that he will
be attacked, 443; surrenders the fort, 443; his report to
the Secretary of War, 449; is in command in Kentucky;
solicits reenforcements from Fremont, 587; 612; 613.
ANDERSON, RICHARD C., of Ky., appointed to at-
tend the Panama Congress, 268-9.

ANDREW, GOV. JOHN A., of Mass., a delegate
to the Chicago Convention, 321; his correspondence
with Mayor Brown, of Baltimore, 465-6.
ANDREWS, T. A., of Phila., letter refusing the use
of his hall to George W. Curtis, 367.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., landing of Gen. Butler at, 469.
ANTHONY, HENRY B., of R. I., his speech on the
crisis, 381-2; allusion to, 404.

ARCHY, a fugitive slave in California, 218.
ARISTA, GEN., defeated at Palo Alto, 187.
ARKANSAS, legislative enslavement of free ne-
groes in, 73; withdraws from the Democratic National
Convention, 815; 341; secession of, and vote thereon,
343; population in 1860, 351; progress of secession in;
Convention votes not to secede, 456: Ordinance of se-
cession passed; the nature of her tenure to her soil,
action of the 'conservatives, 487; seizure of Fort Smith,
458; testimony of Gen. Gantt in regard to Union senti-
ment in, 515.

ARKANSAS TERRITORY, organization of, 75; 108.
ARMSTRONG, COMMANDER, orders the surrender
of the Pensacola forts, 412.

ATCHISON, DAVID R., his advice to the Border
Ruffians, 237; surrounds Lawrence with an army of
Missourians, 243; 244; 283; defeats a small Union
force in Northern Missouri, 557.
ATHERTON, CHARLES G., of N. H., offers resolu-
tions to reject petitions for the abolition of Slavery in
the District of Columbia, 146.
ATLANTIC STATES, The, poverty of at close of
Revolution, 18; obstacles to transportation in, 19.
AUGHEY, REV. JOHN A., of Miss., reference to,
350; extract from his "Iron Furnace," 514.

AUGUSTA, Ga., seizure of the Federal Arsenal,
411; a letter from, in testimony of the common use of
deadly weapons by the Southrons, 500.

Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, The, extract from, 123,

citation from, "Death to the Abolitionist," 128; cita-
tion from. 347.

AUSTIN, MOSES, 148.

AUSTIN, STEPHEN F., 148; 150.

AVERY, WILLIAM W., of N. C., 278; his resolves
in the Democratic National Convention, 809-10; his
speech there, 311; 318.

AVIS, CAPT. Jons, referred to in one of John

Brown's letters, 296; his treatment of old Brown, 289.
AYRES, CAPT., engaged at Blackburn's Ford, 539.

B.

BADGER, GEORGE E., of N. C., wants liberty to
take his "old mammy" to Kansas, 231; 232.
BAKER, COL. EDWARD D., 422; reënforces Col.
Devens at Ball's Bluff, 622; his death, 623; orders from
Gen. Stone to, 624.

BAGBY, ARTHUR P., of Ala., on Annexation, 174.
BAILEY, GODARD, an account of his defalca-
tions at Washington, 410-11.

BALDWIN, ROGER S., of Conn., 397; 398; 404.
BALDWIN, HENRY, of Pa., his vote on the Mis-
souri Compromise, 83.

BALLOU, MAJOR, killed at Bull Run, 545; 552.
BALL'S BLUFF, Battle of, 621 to 624; bravery of
the Federal troops at. 625.

BALTIMORE, Dem. Convention of 1844 at, 161;
Convention of 1848 at, 191; Conventions at, in 1852,
222-3: Whig Convention of 1856 at, 247; Seceders' and
Douglas Conventions at, 317-18; other Conventions at,
818-19; 407; 42); President Lincoln's passage through,
421 461; Secession meeting at, 462; the mobbing of
the Federal troops, 463-4; great Union meeting at,
471; Gen. Butler takes possession of, 471; 472; 528-9.
Baltimore Exchange, The, endeavors to incite a
mob against President Lincoln, 420.
Ballimore Rpublican, The, 420.
Baltimore Sun, The, 428.

Bingor Union, The, citation from, 392; on the
President's call for troops, 456.

BANKS, GEN. N. P., elected Speaker, 241; suc-
ceeds Gen. Patterson, 539; 620; at Ball's Bluff, 624.
BAPTISTS, The, and Slavery, 119 to 121.
BARBOUR, JAMES, 176.

BARBOUR, PHILIP P., of Va., his remarks on the
Missouri question, 110.

BARBOURSVILLE, Ky., captured by Zollicoffer, 614.
BARBOURSVILLE, Va., captured by Gen. Cox, 524.
BARBER, THOs. W., shot dead in Kansas, 243.
BARKER, GEORGE P., 166.

BARN WELL, R. W., of S. C., a Commissioner to
Washington, 411.

BARRINGER, DANIEL M., of N. C., in the 'Peace
Conference, 401.

BARRON, COM. S., surrenders at Hatteras, 600.
BARROW, WASHINGTON, Commissioner to the
Confederacy from Gov. Harris, 452.

BARRY, MAJOR, on the battle of Bull Run, 545.
BARRY, MR., of Miss., withdraws from the Dem.
Convention at Charleston, 314.

BARTOW, GEN., killed at Bull Run, 543; 545.
BATES, EDWARD, of Mo., 247; in the Chicago
Convention, 321; in President Lincoln's Cabinet, 428.
BATON ROUGE, La., Arsenal seized at, 412; 490.
BAYARD, JAMES A., (father,) 107.

BAYARD, JAMES A., (son,) 315; presides at the

Seceders' Convention, 317; on Secession, 350; 437; 562.
BEAUFORT, S. C., captured by Federals, 605.
BEAUREGARD, GEN. G. P. T., 442; demands the
surrender of Fort Sumter, 448; proclamation by, 534;
commands the Rebels at Bull Run, 539; his official
report, 541 to 543; 551.

BECKWITH, MAJOR, at Lexington, Mo., 588.
BEDFORD, Pa., fugitive-slave arrests near, 216.
BEE, GEN, (Rebel,) killed at Bull Run, 543; 545.
BELL, JOHN, his election to Congress, in 1827,
aided by negro votes, 179; 207; nominated for Presi-
dent, 319: 325; 452; vote cast for him in Ky., 492.
BELL, JOSHUA F, of Ky., 338.

BELMONT, Mo., battle of, 594 to 597; The Chicago
Journal's report, 595-6; other reports, etc., 597.
BENDIX, COL., (Union,) 529; 530.

BENHAM, GEN., 525; on Floyd's retreat, 526.
BENNING, HENRY L., in Dem. Convention, 315.
BENTON, COL. THOMAS, 106; 159; speech against
the Annexation treaty, 164-5; his repugnance to An-
nexation overcome, 174; 207; on the Dred Scott deci-
sion, 239-9; allusion to, 458.

BERRIEN, JOHN M., of Ga., 268.

BIG BETHEL, Va., battle of, 529 to 531.
BIG SPRINGS, Kansas, Free-State meeting at, 240.
BING, JULIUS, at Bull Run, 547; 550.
BINGHAM, JOHN A., of Ohio, 570.
BIRNEY, JAMES G., candidate for President, 167.
BLACK JACK, Kansas, battle of, 244.

BLACK, JEREMIAH S., his opinion of Secession,
871-2; appointed Secretary of State, 411.

BLAIR, COL. FRANK P., 490; has an interview
with Gen. Price, 491; his strictures on Gen. Scott, 543-
9; 555; offers a resolve to expel John B. Clark, 562.
BLAIR, MONTGOMERY, in Lincoln's Cabinet, 428.
BLAKEY, GEO. D., in Chicago Convention, 321.
BLUE MILLS LANDING, Mo., Union defeat at, 587.
BOCOCK, THOS. S., of Va., 301-5.

BOLIVAR HIGHTS, captured by the Federals, 620.
BOONEVILLE, Mo., Rebels defeated at, 574.
BOOTH, SHERMAN M.. case of, at Milwaukee, 215.
BORDER RUFFIANS, one of their resolutions, 235;
further resolves, 236, 237; 233; numerous outrages by,
242 to 245; their manner of voting, 249; aro taught
piety by John Brown, 256; allusion to, 490,
BOREMAN, ARTHUR J., chairman of the Wheel-
ing Convention, 518,

BORLAND, SOLON, of Ark., 226; he seizes Fort

Smith, 483.

BOSTON, memorializes Congress on the Mis-
souri question, 75; respectable Pro-Slavery mob at,
127; repugnance to the Fugitive Slave Law, 215.
Boston Courier, The, on Secession, etc., 356.
Boston Post, The, on the President's calls, 457.
BOTELER, A. R., of Va., 372.

BOYCE, W. W., of S. C., speech at Columbia, 332.
BOYD, COL., reinforces Price at Lexington, 587.
BOYD, LINN, of Ky., 208; chosen Speaker, 226;
again chosen, 250.

BRADLEY, DR., of Plymouth, Mass., 125.
BRAGG, GEN. BRAXTON, his order as to Fort

Pickens, 435; 601; attacks Wilson's Zouaves, etc., 602.
BRAINE, LIEUT., commanding the Monticello, 601.
BRANCH, ADJT., (Rebel,) killed at Bull Run, 545.
BRANSON, JACOB, arrested by Sheriff Jones, 242.
BRECKINRIDGE, JOHN C, nominated for Vice-
President, 246; elected, 248; vote for, in the Douglas
Convention, 318; nominated for President, 319; 322;
review of the canvass, 323 to 326; classified table of the
Presidential vote, 323; allusion to, 876; 402; declares
Lincoln duly elected, 418; 421; 487; is answered by
Douglas, 441; vote cast for him in Kentucky, 492, 564-
5; flees to the Confederacy, 614; his Address, 615,
BRECKINRIDGE, SENATOR, Jefferson's letter to, 85.
BRECKINRIDGE, REV. ROBT. J, 495.

BRESHWOOD, CAPT., surrenders the cutter Mc-
Clellan to the Rebels, 413.

BRIGGS, GOV. GEO. N., of Mass., 106; appoints
Samuel Hoar as Commissioner to Charleston, 180.
BRIGHT, JESSE D., of Ind., 197.
BRINCKERHOFF, JACOB, of Ohio, 189.
BRODHEAD, JOHN, his letter to Jeff. Davis, 278.
BROLASKI, CAPT., (Union,) killed at Belmont, 597.
BROOKS, JAMES, speech on the Mexican War, 200.
BROOKS, PRESTON S., assails Senator Sumner, 209.
BROWN, AARON V., sends T. W. Gilmer's letter
to Gen. Jackson, 158.

BROWN, ALBERT G., of Miss., visits Buchanan,
277; his interview, 278; 373.
BROWN, B. GRATZ, at Chicago Convention, 321.
BROWN, COL., (Union,) at Chicamicomico, 600.
BROWN, COL. HARVEY, at Fort Pickens, 601.
BROWN, DAVID PAUL, 126.

BROWN, FREDERICK, killed by Martin White, 284
BROWN, GOV. JOSEPH E., of Ga., speech at Con-
vention, 337; his Message, urging Secession, 341.

BROWN, JOHN, at the battle of Black Jack, 244;
279; his early life, 23) to 232; what Redpath says of
him, 252-3; at the battle of Osawatomie, 254; his
speech at Lawrence, 254-5; he releases a number of
slaves, 256: battle of the spurs," 256; goes to Canada;
his Constitution," 237-8; goes to Harper's Ferry,
289; captures the Arsenal, 200-91; the fight, 292–3;
his capture. 294-5; letter to L. Maria Child, 295; letter
to his family, 296; letter to Mr. Humphrey, 297; his
execution, 298-9; Congressional, 805.
BROWN, MAYOR, of Baltimore, 461; harangues
the mob, 461; sends envoys to the President; his cor-
respondence with Gov. Andrew, 465-6; his interview
with the President, 466.

BROWN, MILTON, of Tenn., 171.

BROWN, OLIVER, killed at Harper's Ferry, 292.
BROWN, OWEN, son of John Brown, 288; es-
capes from Harper's Ferry, 299.

BROWN, WATSON, killed at Harper's Ferry, 291.
BROWNELL, FRANCIS E., kills the murderer of
Ellsworth, 53

BROWNING, O. H., of Ill., in Senate, 565–7.
BROWNLOW, PARSON, citation from, 484.
Brunswicker, The, (Mo.,) citation from, 238.
BRYAN, GUY M., of Texas, withdraws from
the Dem. Convention, 315.

BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN, 166.

BUCHANAN, JAMES, 94; presents an Aboli-
tion petition to Congress, 144; in the Convention of
1843, 191; 222; nominated for President, 216; elected,
248; appoints R. J. Walker Governor of Kansas, 245;
urges the acceptance of the Lecompton Constitution,
250; 232; 253; his Inaugural, extract from, 261; at-
tends the Ostend meeting, etc., 278; condemns the ar-
rest of William Walker, 276; is visited by Albert G.
Brown, 277-8; offers a reward for the capture of John
Brown, 256; 335; his Message in the S. C. Convention,
845; his last Annual Message, 367 to 371; 405; sends
Cushing to Charleston, 409; 411; 414; 423; vote cast
for him in Kentucky, 492; letter to Jeff. Davis, 511.
BUCKINGHAM, Gov., of Conn., is reëlected, 326.
BUCKNER, AYLETT, of Ky., 194.
BUCKNER, GEN. SIMON B., organizes State Guard;
Louisville Journal curses him, 494; 496; 509; 609.
BUFFALO, N. Y., the Free-Soil Convention at,
191; its Platform, 192.

BUFORD, COL., of Ala., his arrival in Kansas,
243; besieges Lawrence, 243.
BULL RUN, battle of 539 to 547; our army
moves on Centerville, 539; map of the field, 540; our
feint disregarded, 541; Beauregard's report, extracts
from. 541 to 546; account of The Richmond Dis-
patch, 542-3; other accounts, dispatches, etc., 543
4; losses sustained, 545; Heintzelman-Pollard-
Bing, 546-7; causes of the disaster, 547 to 554; Gen.
Scott's failure to send force enough, etc., 550; evil of
short enlistinents, 551; 552; consternation of the
North, 552-3; 613.

BURNETT, HENRY C., of Ky., 304; 496; 555;
becomes a member of the Rebel Congress and a Senator
on the same day, 617.

BURNETT, L. W., of N. J., letter from Gov.
Price to, 439

BURNETT, THOS. L., of Ky., Rebel Congress, G17.
BURNS, ANTHONY, the case of, 215; 220.
BURNS, WM., makes a speech at Baltimore, 462.
BURNSIDE, COL., at Bull Run, 541.

BURROW, B., of Ark., in Dem. Convention, 315.
BURT, COL., (Rebel,) killed at Ball's Bluff, 624.
BURT, GEN. ARMISTEAD, of S. C., 196; 378.
BURTON, GOV. WM., of Del., Message, 350; 460-61.
BUTLER, ANDREW P., of S. C., denounces Clay's
Compromise measures, 205; 299.

BUTLER, PIERCE, of S. C., remarks on the adop-
tion of the Constitution, 45, 47.
BUTLER, GEN. BENJAMIN F., in the Charleston Con-
vention. 811; 318; arrives in Maryland with the 8th
Mass., 465; at Annapolis, 469-70: takes possession of
Baltimore, 471; born in Liberia," 595; 523; seizes
Geo, P. Kane, 529; commands the Hatteras expedition,
599; 600; 627.

635

BUTLER, GEN. WM. O., of Ky., nominated for

Vice-President, 191.

BUTLER, MAJOR, (Rebel,) killed at Belmont, 597.

C.

CABELL, E. C., envoy from Jackson to Davis, 587.
CAIRO, Ill., threatened by the Rebels, 583.
CALHOUN, JOHN C., 73; is contrasted with Gen.
Jackson, 83-9; 93; resigns the Vice-Presidency, etc.,
94: supports the Compromise Tariff, 101, his duplicity
with the Georgia Indians. 103; his report on incendiary
mail-matter, etc., 129; 143-4; 154-5-6; Secretary of
State under Tyler, 155; 159; instructs our Minister at
Paris with regard to Annexation, 169 to 171; 175; 188;
in the Democratie Convention of 1848, 191; 194; 248;
his opinions compared with the Dred Scott decision,
250; 265; Reverdy Johnson's recollections of, 857-8;
allusion to, 354.

CALIFORNIA, in Congress, 190 to 193; 201; Presi-
dent Taylor's Message in relation to, 202; congression-
al, 203, Mason, Davis, Clay, and Webster on Slavery
in, 214-6; admitted as a State, 208; fagitive-slave case
in, 215; 301; withdraws from Dem. Convention, 318.
CALN MEETING, Abolition petition from, 144.
CAMBRELENG, C. C., 109.

CAMERON, COL. JAMES, killed at Bull Run, 545.
CAMERON, GEN. SIMON, in the Chicago Conven-
tion, 321; a member of President Lincoln's Cabinet,
425; 449; visits Gen. Fremont in Missouri, 590; his
visit to Sherman in Kentucky, 615; endeavors to post-
pone the attack at Bull Run, 618.
CAMPBELL, JUDGE JOHN A., his opinion in Dred
Scott's case, 258; 480; letter to Gov. Seward, 433-4;
The Albany Evening Journal on, 682.

CAMP CARLILE, Ohio, Virginia Unionists at, 520.
CAMP COLE, Mo., a Union regiment routed at, 575.
CAMP JACKSON, Mo., captured by Lyon, 490; 491.
CANTERBURY, Conn., mob violence at, 127.

CARLILE, COL., (Union,) moves against Jeff. Thomp-
son at Fredericktown, Mo., 591.

CARLILE, JOHN S., 518-19; takes his seat in the
XXXVIIth Congress, 559, takes his seat in the Sen-
ate, 561-2, demurs to Mr. Browning's views, 567; op-
poses the Peace' measure of Johnson, of Mo., 571.
CARLYLE, THOMAS, 25; 505.

CARR, WILSON, N. C., speech at Baltimore, 462.
CARRICK'S FORD, battle of, 523-4.
CARROLL, CHARLES, President of the Colonization
Society, 72.

CARTHAGE, Mo., Rebels defeated near, 575.
CARTTER, DAVID K., in Chicago Convention, 321.
CASS. GEN. LEWIS, 161; opposes, as Minister at
Paris, the Slave-Trade-suppression quintuple treaty,
177; 189: his opinion of the Wilmot Proviso, 190;
nominated for President, 191; 222; 220; 232; 246;
resigns his post at Washington, 411.

CASS, THE CUTTER, given up to Rebels, 413.
CASTLE PINCKNEY, occupied by S. Carolina, 409.
CATRON, JUDGE, opinion in Dred Scott case, 258.
CHANNING. Wм. E., 125; 142; to Webster, 353.
CHAPMAN, REUBEN, in Dem. Convention, 314.
CHARLESTON, S. C., 58; rifling of the mails at,
125-9; reception accorded to Mr. Hoar at, 189 to 184;
joy evinced at Lincoln's election at, 332; 336; incident
at the Wistar Club at, 353-4; reception of Caleb Cush-
ing at, etc., 499; surrender of the cutter Aiken at, 410;
excitement during the bombardment of Fort Sumter,
417-8. See FORT SUMTER.

Charleston Courier, The, citation from, 129; 331-
2; 337; announces the raising of troops in the North to
defend the South,' 396; on the occupation of Sumter
by Major Anderson, 408,

Charleston Mercury, The, 332; on the forts in

CHASE, SALMON P., 229; moves to amend the
Nebraska bill, 232; 233; his majority for Governor of
Ohio, 300; in the Chicago Convention, 321; in the
'Peace Conference,' 398; 401; his remarks there, 404;
a member of President Lincoln's Cabinet, 428.
CHASE, SAMUEL, 38; 107.

CHATHAM, C. W., Brown's Convention there, 287.
CHATHAM-ST. CHAPEL, Abolition meeting at, 126.
CHEATHAM, GEN., fights at Belmont, 596.
CHEAT MOUNTAIN, Va., battle of, 526.
CHEROKEES and CREEKS, their expulsion from
Georgia, 102 to 106; allusion to, 878.
CHESNUT, JAMES, JR., of S. C., his views on Sla-
very, 73; his speech at Columbia, 831; resigns his seat
in the U. S. Senate, 337; visits Fort Sumter, 448.
CHICAGO, Ill., Republican Convention at, 319.
Chicago Journal, The, on battle of Belmont, 595-6.
Chicago Times, The, on the President's call, 457.
CHICAMICOMICO, N. C., the fighting at, 600-1.
CHRISTABEL, quotation from the poem of, 121.
CHRISTIANA, Pa., fugitive-slave case there, 215.
CHURCH, SANFORD E., of N. Y., in Douglas Con-
vention, 818; in Albany 'Peace' Convention, 388.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, the fugitive-slave case at, 218-
19; Democratic Convention at, 245.
Cincinnati Enquirer, The, 392; citation from, 406.
Cincinnati Gazette, The, citation from, 524.
CLARK, JOHN B., of Mo., 304-5; expelled from
the House for treason, 562; a Rebel Brigadier, 574.
CLARK, DANIEL, of N. H., 381; his substitute for
the Crittenden Compromise, 332; 387; 403; allusion to,
508; his resolve to expel Rebel members, 560; 570.
CLARK, M. L., of Mo., 574; at Wilson's Creek, 582.
CLARKSBURG, Va., surrender of Rebels at, 520.
CLAY, CASSIUS M., in the Chicago Convention,
821; commands the volunteers at Washington, 470.
CLAY, JAMES B., of Ky., in the 'Peace Confer-
ence,' 399; allusion to, 509.

CLAY, HENRY, 18; President of the Colonization
Society, 72; opposes the Missouri Restriction, 75; his
injunction to the Missouri delegate, 80; 90; introduces
his Compromise Tariff, 101; defends the Cherokees, 102;
proposes Emancipation in Kentucky, 111; 145-9; is
written to by Tyler in 1825, 154; 155; 156; his letter to
The National Intelligencer, etc., 167; review of the
Presidential canvass, 165; his instructions to Mr. Gal-
latin, 176; in the Whig Convention of 1845, 192; his
Compromise of 1850, 203; replies to Jeff. Davis, 205; re-
ports a bill organizing Utah, etc., 207; his Compromise
measures adopted, 208; 222; Dixon's opinion of Clay's
sentiments, 230-1; 265; favors the Panama Congress,
267; instructions to Minister Everett, 268; instructions
to Messrs. Anderson and Sergeant, 269; letter to Leslie
Combs, etc., 343-4; he likens the Union to a marriage,
857; allusion to, 399; 404; Pollard's estimate of Clay's
influence, etc., 609-10.

CLAYTON, JOHN M., of Del., 190.

CLEMENS, HON. JERE., at Huntsville, Ala., 632.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Gov. Seward's speech at, 199;
John Brown's proceedings at, 258.

CLINGMAN, THOMAS L., of N. C., 308; 329; his
prescription for "free débaters," 873; allusion to, 406;
437; in Confederate Congress, 485-6; allusion to, 514.
CLINTON, DE WITT, allusion to, 18; 394.
CLINTON, GEORGE, allusion to, 42; 264.
CLINTON, GEORGE W., speech at Albany, 394–5.
CLINTON HALL, N. Y., proposed meeting at, 125.
CLINTON, Miss., against Abolitionists, 128.
CLOVER, REV. L. P., letter to Gov. Letcher, 397.
COBB, HOWELL, of Ga., chosen Speaker, 203;
222; 258; resigns the control of the Treasury, 411.
COCHRANE, JOHN, of N. Y., 374.
COCKEYSVILLE, Md., occupied by Federals, 471.
COGSWELL, COL. MILTON, at Ball's Bluff, 623-4.
COLBURN, ASST. ADJT. GEN. A. V., 621.
COLCOCK, C. J., resigns as Coll. at Charleston, 336.
COLLAMER, JACOB, of Vt., 308; at Chicago, 321

COLLINSVILLE, Conn., John Brown contracts for
a thousand pikes at, 288.

COLORADO TERRITORY, organized, 388.
COLUMBIA, Pa., fugitive-slave case at, 216.
COLUMBIA, S. C., Legislature convenes at, 330;
Chesnut's speech at, 331; Boyce's 332; Ruffin's, 835.
COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER, implicated in the Slave-
Trade, 26; discovers cotton in the West Indies, 57.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, President Lincoln at, 419.
COMBS, GEN. LESLIE, of Ky., letter to, 343-4; 492.
COMET, THE BRIG, lost, with cargo of slaves, 176.
CONCORD, N. H.. pro-Slavery mob at, 127.
CONGREGATIONALISTS, THE, and Slavery, 119.
CONNECTICUT, slave population in 1790; troops
furnished during the Revolution, 36; 37; first Aboli-
tion society in, 107; 108; diminished Republican ma-
jority in, 300; Buckingham reelected in, $26.
CONNER, JAMES, resigns at Charleston, 336.
CONWAY, GOV. ELIAS W., of Ark., 341.
COOK, CAPT., routed at Camp Cole, Mo., 575.
Cook, with John Brown, 298; is executed, 299.
COPELAND, with John Brown, 298; is executed, 299.
COPPOC, with John Brown, 294; 298; executed, 299.
COPPOC, escapes from Harper's Ferry, 299.
CORCORAN, COL. MICHAEL, 533; wounded and
taken prisoner at Bull Run, 545.

CORTES, discovers cotton in Mexico, 58.
CORWIN, THOMAS, of Ohio, appointed Chairman
of a Select Committee, 372; his report, 386-7; offers
a joint resolve to amend the Constitution, 887-8; 405.
COTTON GIN, history, 53-66. See WHITNEY.

Cox, GEN., (Union,) captures Barboursville, Va.,
and pursues Wise, 524-5.

Cox, REV. SAMUEL H., his church mobbed, 126.
COX, SAMUEL S., of Ohio, offers a Peace' resolu-
tion in the House, 570.

CRANCHI, JUDGE, signs an Abolition petition, 142.
CRANDALL, PRUDENCE, persecuted for teaching
colored children, 127.

CRAWFORD, MARTIN J., a Confederate Commis-
sioner at Washington, 430 to 436.
CRAWFORD, WM. H., of Ga., 91.

CRITTENDEN, J. J., of Ky., 308; pleads for 'Con-
ciliation in the Senate, 878; introduces his Compro-
mise, 876-7; reflections on its nature, 378 to 381; 383;
402; 403; presides over the Kentucky Convention, 495;
555; offers a resolution in the House, 568.
CROGHAN, COL. ST. GEORGE, (Rebel,) killed, 526.
CROSS-LANES, Va.. Federals defeated at, 525.
CRUSE, DAVID, a Missouri slaveholder, slain, 286.
CUBA, 268 to 272; its acquisition demanded by

the Democratic Convention of 1860, 278
CUMBERLAND, U. S. FRIGATE, at Norfolk, 478.
CUMING, COL. WM., of Ga., 91.

CURTIN, GOV. ANDREW G., of Pa., elected, 326.
CURTIS, GEO. W., suppressed at Philadelphia, 367.
CURTIS, JUDGE B. R., 252; on Dred Scott, 260–3.
CUSHING, CALEB, 146; chosen President of the

Charleston Convention, 809; resigns the chair, 813;
President of the Seceders' Convention, 315; sent to
Charleston by Buchanan, 409.

CUYLER, THEODORE, speech at the Philadelphia
'Peace' meeting, 365; welcomes President Lincoln, 419.

D.

DAKOTAH TERRITORY, organization of, 388.
DALLAS, GEORGE M., of Pa., on the Tariff and
Slavery, 92; nominated for Vice-President, 164; 191.
DANE, NATHAN, reports Ordinance of 1787, 40.
DANIEL, Judge, of Virginia, on Dred Scott, 257-8.
DARIEN (Ga.) RESOLUTIONS, The, 33.

DAVIS. COL. T. A., (Union,) at Bull Run, 544.
DAVIS, COM. C. H., rescues Walker at Rivas, 276.
DAVIS, GARRET, of Ky., allusion to, 615.

DAVIS, GEN. JEFF. C., in command at Jefferson
City, 586; 557; is directed to intercept Price, 589.
DAVIS, HENRY WINTER, Votes for Pennington,
306; resolve, in the Committee of Thirty-three, 386;
is beaten by May, for Congress, 555,
DAVIS, JEFFERSON, 97; votes against Gen. Tay-
lor, 199; opposes Clay's Compromise measures, 204;
heads the State Rights' Ticket in Miss., 211; in the
Dem. Convention of 1852, 222; 251; letter from Brod-
head to, 273; his seven resolves in Congress, 306 to
809; in the Convention of 1560, 317; is answered by
Henry Clay, 343; in favor of 'Conciliation,' 373; 374;
his proposition to amend the Constitution, 881; 382;
consents to serve on the Committee of 13, 383; 385;
elected President of the Confederacy; his speeches at
Jackson, Miss., and Stevenson, Ala., 415; his Inaugu-
ral, 415-16; 427; his Cabinet, 429; his duplicity with
regard to Maryland, 472; sends a Commissioner to Ar-
kansas, 486; extracts from his Message, 497-8; his Mes-
sage of July 20th, 498; 506-7; capture of his corre-
spondence; letter from Buchanan to, 511; letters from
Reynolds and Pierce, 512-13; is present at Bull Run,
543; his dispatch describing the battle, 544; forms an
alliance with Gov. Jackson, 577; writes to President
Lincoln respecting the captured privateersmen, 599.
DAVIS, JOHN, of Mass., 189.

DAVIS, JOHN G., of Ind., named for Speaker, 305.
DAVIS, JOHN W., of Ind., chosen Speaker, 186.
DAWSON, WM. C., of Ga., 229.
DAYTON, JONATHAN, LL. D., 44.

DAYTON, WILLIAM L., nominated for Vice-Presi-
dent, 246; in the Chicago Convention, 321.
De Bow's Review, citation from, 73.
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THE, extract

from the original; reasons for a certain omission, 34; its
adoption, 35; its precepts defied by Judge Taney, 254.
DELAWARE, slave population in 1790, 36; 37;
Legislature favors the Missouri Restriction, 78; with-
drawal of from the Douglas Convention, 818; refuses
to secede; answer to the Miss. Commissioner, 350;
population in 1560, 351; 407; Gov. Burton's action with
regard to the President's call for troops, 460; 555.
DE SAUSSURE, W. F., of S. C., resolution of, 346.
DE SOTO, discovers the Mississippi; his death, 53.
DETROIT, Mich., fugitive-slave arrests at, 216.
Detroit Free Press, The, citation from, 392; on
the President's call for troops, 457.
DEVENS, COL., at Ball's Bluff, 621.
DICKINSON, JOIN, of Del., 45.

DICKINSON, DANIEL S., 191; at Charleston, 317.
DICKINSON, MR., of Miss., Com. to Delaware, 350.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 142; 143; petitions to
abolish Slavery in, 143 to 147; Gott's resolution, 193;
Clay's compromise measures regarding, 203; popula-
tion in 1860, 351.

DIVEN, COL. ALEXANDER S., of N. Y., 572.
DIX, JOHN A., his repugnance to Annexation
overcome, 174; Secretary of the Treasury, 412; his
celebrated order, 413; appointed a Major-General, 529.
DIXON, ARCHIBALD, of Ky., his proposed amend-

ment to the Nebraska bill, 225; concurs with Mr. Doug-
las, 229; 231; at the Union meeting at Louisville, 493.
DIXON, JAMES, of Conn., on the Rebellion, 565.
DODDRIDGE, PHILIP, 110.

DODGE, AUGUSTUS C., of Iowa, submits the Ne-
braska bill to the Senate, 227.
DONALDSON, MARSHAL, of Kansas, 244.
DONELSON, ANDREW J., for Vice-President, 247.
DORSEY, MR., of W. Va., favors new State, 519.
DORSHEIMER, MAJOR, on Zagonyi's charge, 592.
DOUBLEDAY, CAPT. ABNER, at Fort Sumter, 444.
DOUGHERTY, COL., wounded at Belmont, 597.
DOUGHERTY, LIEUT., killed at Belmont, 597.
DOUGLAS, STEPHEN A., 189; 194; reports a bill
to organize Oregon, 196; proposes to extend the 86
30 line to the Pacific, 197; 193; reports a bill to admit
California, and organize Utah and New Mexico, 207;
222; bill to organize Nebraska, 226; his report accoin.
panying it. 227-5; the Nebraska-Kansas bill, 229; re-
sponds to Senator Dixon, 230; in the Dem. Convention

637

of 1856, 246; opposes the Lecompton Constitution,
250; canvasses Illinois with Lincoln, 301; 302; Demo-
cratic hostility to in Congress, 306; in the Convention
of 1860, 817; nominated for President, 818; 822; review
of the canvass, 323 to 326; classified table of the Presi-
dential vote, 823; favors the Union, 342; in the Com-
mittee of Thirteen, 83; 402; motion in favor of the
House plan, 403; 486-7; heartily supports his whole
country, 410-1; his reply to Breckinridge, 441: vota
cast for him in Kentucky, 492; said to have complained
that the South were too easily satisfied,' 512.
DOW, WILLIAM, shot dead in Kansas, 241.
DOWNS, of La., denounces Clay's measures, 205.
DRANESVILLE, battle of, 625-6.

DRAYTON, COMMANDER E., at Port Royal, 605.
DRAYTON, GEN. T., (Rebel.) at Port Royal, 605.
DRYWOOD, Mo., skirmish at, 585.

DUG SPRING, Mo., Rebels defeated at, 577.
DUMONT, COL.. Philippi, 522; Carrick's ford, 523.
DUNN, WM. M., of Ind., 'Peace' project of, 374.
DU PONT, COM. SAMUEL F., 604; bombards the
Port Royal forts, 604; Rebels surrender to, 605; 627.
DURYEA, COL. H. B., 529; at Little Bethel, 531.

E.

EARLE, THOMAS, biographer of Benj. Lundy, 115.
EARLY, COL., (Rebel,) at Bull Run, 543.
EAST TENNESSEE, Declaration of Grievances by
the people of, 483-4; Unionism in; persecution by the
Rebels, 484; her expectations from our forces in Ken-
tucky, 616; her hopes blasted by Schoepf's retreat, 617.
EDDY, SAM., of R. I., on Missouri Compromise, 80.
EDMONDS, JOHN W., 166.

EDMUNDSON, HENRY A., of Va., abettor of the
assault on Sumner, 299.

EDWARDS, REV. JONATHAN, extract from his
sermon on the Slave-Trade, etc., 50; 70; 255; 501.
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill., fugitive-slave case at, 217-18.
ELLIOT, JOHN M., of Ky., in Conf. Congress, 617.
"ELLIOT'S DEBATES," extract from, 81.

ELLIS, GOV. JOHN W., of N. C., calls a Conven-
tion, 348; his seizure of Federal property, 411-12; an-
swers President's call for troops, 459; exerts his influ
ence for Secession; seizes Federal property, ete., 455.
ELLSWORTII, COL., at Alexandria, and death, 533.
ELMORE, JOHN A., Commissioner from Alabama
to the South Carolina Convention; his speech, 344-5.
ELSEFFER, MR., speech at Tweddle Hall, 394-5.
ELZEY, COL. ARNOLD, (Rebel,) at Bull Run, 543.
Emancipator, The, 112.

EMERSON, DR., owner of Dred Scott, 251-2.
ENCOMIUM, THE, wrecked, with slaves, 176.
ENGLISH, WILLIAM H., of Ind., proviso to the
Nebraska bill, 233; 250; a 'Peace' proposition, 374.
ENTERPRISE, THE, driven into Bermuda, 176.
EPPES, MR., of Fla., at Charleston Convention, 314.
ETHERIDGE, EMERSON, is threatened with "cold

steel and bullets," if he speaks for the Union, 454;
chosen Clerk of the House, 555,

EUSTIS, captured, with Mason and Slidell, 606.
EVANS, ROBT. J., letter to, from John Adams, 51.
EVARTS, JEREMIAH, on Slavery and Indians, 106.
EVARTS, WM. M., of N. Y., at Chicago Con., 321.
EVERETT, ALEXANDER II., his instructions re-
specting Cuba, 268.

EVERETT, EDWARD, early pro-Slavery opinions
of, 109; extract from his Message as Governor of
Massachusetts, 124; his diplomacy with respect to
Cuba, 270 to 273; nominated for Vice-President, 319;
letter to, from Reverdy Johnson, 85S,

EWELL, GEN., repulsed at Bull Run, 544.
EXPORTS, value of, by 8th Decennial Census, 23.

F.

FAIRFAX COURT-HOUSE, Va., Union cavalry dash
into, 583; reoccupied by our forces, 620.