Alphabetical Index.

A.

  • Acheen:
    • proceedings in the States-General of the Netherlands respecting the war in. 778, 780
  • Acosta, Mariano:
    • elected vice-president of the Argentine Republic 11
  • Almy, RearAdmiral J. J.:
    • services rendered by his command in protecting the Panama Railroad 366, 367
  • AngloAmerican Telegraph Company. (See “Telegraph.”)
  • Andrassy, Count:
    • his remarks at the sessions of the delegations at Buda Pest 27
  • “Anna Camp,” the:
  • Apache Indians:
    • alleged depredations of, in Sonora 726, 732
    • attention called to their depredations by the government of Mexico 772
  • Argentine Republic:
    • attempt to assassinate the President 5
    • election of President and vice-president 5, 11
    • difficulty with Brazil 71, 84, 90
    • arms the island of Martin Garcia 73, 75, 81
  • Arias, President:
    • his surrender 141
    • correspondence respecting his imprisonment 179
  • Arms:
    • the minister of Guatemala requests that arms belonging to insurgents against that republic at the customhouse at New York be given up 185
    • the United States Government decline so doing 186
  • Avellaneda, Nicholas:
    • elected President of the Argentine Republic 11

B.

  • Baker, Sir Samuel:
  • Bancroft, George:
    • acceptance of his resignation as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Germany; expression of approval of his services 441
    • gratitude expressed for the language used in the acceptance of his resignation 448
  • Barbary States:
  • Barrios, President:
    • his administration of the government of Guatemala 99
  • Bartholdi, Mr. A.:
    • is designated as umpire of the United States and Spanish claims commission 416
  • Bartlett, Mr.:
    • his letter to the Secretary of the Treasury 485
  • Barts, Josef:
    • claims United States citizenship 93
  • Bassett, E. D.:
    • his address as dean of tin diplomatic corps to the President of Hayti on NewYear’s eve 593
  • Belgium:
    • bill introduced by the government for the transportation of emigrants 54
    • extradition law 56
    • report of Mr. Wonters respecting extradition 59
    • treaty with the United States of July 17, 1858, declared by both parties terminated 64, 65
  • Belknap, Commander George E.:
    • receives permission from tlie Japanese government to search for a suitable place for landing a submarine cable on the Japanese coast 682
  • Bingham, John A.:
    • presents his credentials as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to the Tenno of Japan. 651
  • Bismarck, Prince:
    • attempt to assassinate him; letter from the United States chargé d’affaires at Berlin congratulating him on his escape 449
    • letter from the German Foreign Office acknowledging the congratulations of the United States charge d’affaires 452
  • Bitto. (See “Hungary.”) Bizerta:
    • release of the murderers of the United States dragoman at 52
    • their recapture; explanation of the Tunisian government. 52
  • Blockade:
    • of the Gold Coast 488
    • the same raised 514
    • of the northern coast of Spain 857, 858
    • regulations of the Peruvian blockade of 1864. 865
    • of part of the Venezuelan coast 1221
  • Bonds:
    • of the Mexican government held by American citizens. 721, 728, 735
  • Bonin Islands:
    • inquiries of Capt. B. Pease as to the government under whose protection they are 635
    • they have no claim to the protection of the United States 636
  • Bolivia:
    • boundary question with Chili 194
  • Brazil:
    • American citizens dying in; administration of their estates; case of T. Harris. 66
    • budget 69
    • adjustment of the Dundonald claim 71, 73
    • difficulty with the Argentine Republic 71, 84, 90
    • construction of railways in 90
    • opening of the legislative chambers 92
  • Brooks, C. W.:
    • receives an audience from the Tenno of Japan 652
  • Brussels:
    • conference at, for the amelioration of the condition of prisoners of war 564
  • Buda Pest. (See “Hungary,” “Andrassy.”)
  • Budget:
    • AustrcHungarian. 28
    • Brazilian. 69
    • Egyptian 1176

C.

  • Canada:
    • regulations of, for the transportation of goods and passengers in American vessels. (See “Treaty of Washington.”)
    • proposed reciprocity treaty with the United States 563
  • Canedo, Estanislao:
    • his speech in the Mexican Congress on the railroad question 724
  • Carlists, the:
  • “Caroline,” the:
    • refunding by the Government of the United States of money paid by Brazil in the case of 94, 95, 96
  • Central American States:
    • failure of Palacios’s revolution 98
    • administration of Barrios, President of Guatemala. 99
    • civil marriage in Guatemala 99, 101, 106
    • proposed exploration of the Usumacinta, Motagun, and Potochic Rivers 100
    • sacking of Omoa by General Straeber’s forces and bombardment by the British manofwar Niobe 102
    • treaty concluded between Guatemala, Salvador, and Nicaragua, August 26, 173, 112
    • circular of Costa Rica respecting the said treaty 113, 116
    • circular of the Nicaraguan government 117, 123
    • conference between the Presidents of Guatemala and Salvador respecting
    • the presidency of Honduras; Leiva selected. 124
    • the United States minister invited to act as mediator for the pacification of the Central American States 124
    • interview of the United States minister with the President of Costa Rica respecting a proposed conference of the Central American Presidents 126
    • views of the United States Government respecting the said conference 133
    • decree of the President of Guatemala respecting the construction of highroads 133
    • further correspondence respecting the proposed measures for the pacification of the Central American States 137
    • surrender of President Arias and capture of Comayagua 141
    • decrees respecting religious orders in Guatemala 147
    • conspiracy to overthrow the government of President Guardia 147
    • adjournment of the Honduras congress; measures adopted by it 167
    • census and debt of the several States 168
    • obstacles to a union of the republics 172
    • invasion of Guatemala by an armed force from Mexico 174
  • Central Asia:
    • Mr. Eugene Schuyler’s report on 815
  • Chambord, Count de:
    • his letter to Mr. Chesnelon 402
  • Changarnier, General:
    • his proposition to the National Assembly 404
  • Chili:
    • boundary question with Bolivia 194
    • dispute with the Argentine Republic respecting the Straits of Magellan 196
  • China:
    • Peruvian mission to 198, 219
    • difficulty between the Yamun and the Spanish chargé d’affaires in relation to the emigration of coolies to the Spanish colonies 202, 228
    • capture of Suh-chan, and suppression of the Mohammedan rebellion 250
    • attack at Chimion Mr. Corbett, an American missionary 274
    • navy of, compared with that of Japan. 326
  • Circular:
    • of the Department of State respecting passports 3
    • of Costa Rica respecting the treaty concluded between Guatemala, Salvador, and Nicaragua 113
    • reply of the United States minister to the Costa Rican circular 116
    • of the government of Nicaragua 117
  • Citizens:
    • of the United States engaged in the Japanese expedition to Formosa. (See “Formosa.”)
    • instruction to the minister in China respecting recommendations of American citizens for foreign service 274
  • Citizenship:
    • American passport refused to a woman claiming to be an American citizen, divorced from a British subject, and intending to marry a Frenchman 408, 413
    • claimed by persons desirous of avoiding military duty; case of Mentheim Cohn 447, 448
    • inquiry of an American if citizens of the United States can surrender their rights of extraterritoriality without forfeiting their privileges of American citizenship 643, 645
  • Civil marriage:
  • Claims:
    • against Hayti 591
  • Coahuila, Mexico:
    • disturbances in the State of 720
  • Cohn, Mentheim, (See “Citizenship.”)
  • Coinage:
    • common system adopted in the Scandinavian kingdoms 377
    • of Ecuador. 383
    • act of Congress authorizing foreign coinage to be executed in the United States mints 395
    • of the French mint 400
    • change of, in the Netherlands discussed 776
  • Colombia:
    • to be represented at the centennial exhibition to be held at Philadelphia 351
  • Comayagua:
    • its capture 141
  • Commission:
    • appointed by the Mexican government to investigate alleged depredations on the Rio Grande 728
    • for the unification of tonnage, time and place of meeting 1125
    • same subject, correspondence with the Department of State. 1129
    • disappointment at the possibility that the United States will not be represented., 1131
    • intention of the Ottoman government to invite the United States Government to participate 1136
    • resume of the proceedings of the Tonnage Commission 1143
    • final report thereof 1153, 1163
    • opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury on its conclusions 1163.
  • Concha, General José de la:
    • is appointed captain-general of Cuba 882
  • Concha, General Manuel de la:
    • his death 889
    • his funeral 891
  • Confessional laws. (See “Austria.”)
  • Congress, the United States ship:
    • her arrival at Monrovia, and reception of her officers by the President of Liberia 708
  • Consular convention:
    • proposed between Great Britain and the United States 489, 495
  • Convents:
    • abolished in Guatemala 147
  • Convicts:
    • returned to Denmark 369
    • Rohrer, a criminal said to have been discharged in Germany on condition of emigrating to the United States 440; 441
    • deportation of, from Great Britain to the United States 476, 486
  • Coolies:
    • emigration of, to the Spanish colonies 202
    • emigration of, from Hong-Kong to San Francisco 567
    • their treatment in Peru 795
  • Corea:
    • change in the government of 253
  • Cortes, the:
    • dispersion of, by General Pavia 852
  • Corbett, Rev. H.:
    • attack made upon him at Chi-mi 274
  • Costa Rica. (See “Central American States.”) Courts:
    • suggestion of the government of the Netherlands respecting the expediency of an arrangement by which judgments rendered by courts in one country may be carried into effect in another. 789, 794
  • Cuba:
    • Chinese commission to 856
    • general instructions respecting Cuban affairs 859
    • instructions respecting the restoration of property of American citizens seized in. 863
    • decree declaring the island in a state of siege 870

D.

  • Danish West Indies:
    • proposed cession of, to Germany denied 368, 439
    • instructions to watch, any negotiations respecting 440
  • De Long, C. E.:
    • takes leave of the Tenno 651
  • Deportation:
    • of convicts to the United States. (See “Convicts.”) Diet:
    • of Prussia; its meeting and composition 432
    • of the German Empire: its adjournment; laws passed and proposed 442
    • prorogation of the latter; laws passed during the session. 444
  • Discriminating duties:
    • abolition of, in the Dutch East Indies, and desire of the Netherlands for reciprocity from the United States. 784, 787
  • Disraeli:
    • his address on the dissolution of Parliament 493
  • Dollar, the American:
    • accepted in payment of dues by the Haytian government upon the representation of the United States minister 601
  • Domingue, General Michel:
    • is charged with the command of the Haytian army 613
    • his election as President of Hayti 620
    • his inauguration and proclamation 621
    • his letter to the United States minister on the anniversary of the independence of the United States. 625
  • Don Carlos:
    • his appeal to the Christian powers 541
  • Doval, William C.:
    • outrage on his grave at Quito 384
    • failure to detect the perpetrators of the act 391
  • Dunbar, John W.:
    • correspondence respecting the punishment of his murderers 756
  • Dundonald, Earl of:
    • adjustment of his claim against Brazil 71, 73
  • Dunn, A. C.:
    • refusal of Japanese court to compel the attendance of witnesses in his case. 683, 691

E.

  • Earthquake:
  • Ecuador:
    • meeting of the Congress 384
    • report of the secretary of the treasury 389
    • decree issued by the President permitting those expatriated for political offenses to return to their homes 390
    • removal of duty from American machinery 390
    • the government agrees to adopt such signal-code as may be agreed upon by other powers 391
    • projected high roads and railroads 393
    • coal and salt mines 394
    • correspondence respecting the financial crisis 398
  • Edouard, the brig:
    • her seizure in Venezuela 1217
  • Egypt:
    • proposed judicial reform; project for a form of adhesion to, by foreign powers 1126
    • power of the Khedive to enter into negotiations with foreign powers for the internal government of the country 1134
    • powers accepting the plan for judicial reform. 1169, 1183
    • the slavery question 1170
    • proposed treaty with Great Britain for the emancipation of slaves 1172, 1181
    • difficulty respecting property held by American missionaries. 1174
    • the budget 1176
    • position of France respecting the proposed judicial reform 1181
    • the Egyptian government anxious for the favorable action of the United States 1182
    • bill on the subject before Congress. 1183
    • acceptance of judicial reform by the United States 1192
    • local taxes imposed upon foreigners 1197
    • finances. 1199, 1201
  • Emancipation:
  • Emigrants:
    • law before the Belgian Chambers respecting 54
    • from France; alleged dissatisfaction of, in Philadelphia 426
    • alleged emigrant-agents expelled from Germany 429
    • from the United States to Venezuela, in distress 1216
  • Expulsion:
    • of alleged emigrantagents from Germany 429
  • Extradition:
    • law passed in Belgium 56
    • of Adolph Schmiderberg from Holland demanded by Belgium 779
    • inquiries of the minister of the Netherlands respecting a supposed stipulation in several extradition treaties of the United States 783

F.

  • Fiji Islands:
    • their cession to Great Britain reported 502
    • Commodore Goodenough and Consul Layard instructed to report upon the islands, especially with a view to the assumption of sovereignty over them by Great Britain 507
    • report of Commodore Goodenough and Consul Layard on the offer of the cession of the islands to the British Crown 519
  • Flag:
    • the consular agent of the United States at Tuxpan forbidden to raise the consular flag 713, 719
  • Formosa:
    • American citizens engaged in the Japanese expedition to. 254, 317
    • notification on the subject issued by the United States consul at Amoy 318
    • instruction of the Secretary of State thereon 332
    • visit of the United States consul at Amoy to the island 311
    • protest of the United States minister to the Japanese government against the employment of American ships or citizens on the expedition 677
    • orders issued by the Japanese government to detach the New York and American citizens from the expedition 681
    • new notification issued by the Japanese government respecting the expedition 684
    • intent and scope of the neutrality act of 1860 686, 692
    • declaration of China against the expedition 687
    • refusal of Japan to withdraw her forces from the island; war imminent 693
  • France:
    • number of Americans in 400
    • proposed American directory in 401
    • ministerial troubles 404, 406
    • change of ministry 411
    • new ministerial appointments 418
    • retrospect of political events 419
  • Free entry:
    • of the personal effects of diplomatic agents, Colombian law on the subject 360

G.

  • Gardner, Capt. Albert A:
  • “General Sherman,” the:
    • is suspected of being engaged in a filibustering expedition in Central America 102
    • the minister of Guatemala requests her capture 183
    • the United States Government declines to detain the vessel 184
  • Genoa, Duke of:
    • is entertained by the Emperor of Japan 646
  • Germany:
    • distribution of government notes 441
    • adjournment of the Imperial Diet 442
    • regular army voted for seven years 443
    • prorogation of the Imperial Diet; laws passed 444
  • Gold Coast:
    • increase, without notice, of the duties on rum and tobacco on the Gold Coast; letter from Mr. Bartlett on the subject 484
    • blockade of the 488
    • the same raised 514
  • Gonzalez, Ignacio M.:
    • assumes the Presidency of the Dominican Republic 607
  • Gonzalez, President Santiago:
    • of Salvador, his reply to Mr. Williamson on the presentation of the latter’s credentials as minister resident to Salvador 109
  • Gonzalez, José Maria:
    • commander of the port of San José de Guatemala; his outrage upon Mr. John Magee, British vice-consul 154, 155, 160
    • his trial and sentence 175, 178
  • Goodenough, Commodore:
    • his report on the Fiji Islands 519
  • Gordon, Colonel:
  • Great Britain:
    • proposed consular convention with the United States 489, 495
    • jurisdiction assumed by British local courts in the business of complaints between masters and mariners of the United States on the high seas;
    • case of Capt. Albert A. Gardner of, master of the “Anna Camp” 490
    • result of the elections 496
    • change of ministry 497
  • Great Northern Telegraph Company:
    • the support of the United States legations in China and Japan requested for it by the Danish government 378
    • copy of a dispatch on the subject transmitted to the Danish chargé d’affaires 380
  • Greece:
    • ministerial crisis 577
    • religious ceremonies on St. George’s day at Athens 579
    • Greek politics 579
  • Green, Lieutenant-Commander F. M.:
    • acknowledgments for facilities extended to him by the Mexican authorities in his survey of the Mexican coast 754
  • Guano:
    • report of commission upon the quantity of, in Peru 800
  • Guardia, Tomas:
    • President of Costa Rica; his interview with the United States minister 126
    • attempt to overthrow his government 147
    • his message, and reply thereto by congress 164, 170
  • Guatemala. (See “Central American States.”)

H.

  • Hamilton, Alexander D.:
    • instruction as to his arrest in Mexico 731
  • Hassein, Avni Pasha:
    • his appointment and installation as grand vizier 1152
  • Hawaiian Islands:
    • prorogation of the legislative assembly; the King’s speech 580
  • Hawes, J. H.:
    • submits the case of an American citizen who was fined for proceeding into the interior of Yesso 660
    • views of the Department on the case 668
  • Hayti:
    • act of the legislature prohibiting the exportation of specie 582
    • reply of the national assembly to the message of President Saget 583
    • determination of the British government to abandon the practice which: has heretofore existed of receiving political refugees in British consulates in Hayti 585
  • Henderson, J. J.:
    • his notification respecting the Formosan expedition 318, 332
    • same subject; letter from the Consul-general. 322
    • his visit to Formosa 311
    • his mediation, in the question of the Formosan expedition, requested by Chinese officers 324
  • Honduras. (See “Central American States.”)
  • Hungary:
    • ministerial crisis; retirement of Count Lonyay and appointment of Mr. de Szlavy; Mr. Bitto, president of the cabinet. 17
    • close of the sessions of the delegations at Buda Pest. 27
  • Hunting Regulations, Japanese
    • copy transmitted to Secretary of State 637
    • contain nothing conflicting with the privileges secured by treaty to American citizens in Japan 653
    • views of the Secretary of State thereon 658

I.

  • Iceland:
    • one thousandth anniversary of its settlement 370
  • Independence:
    • of the United States celebrated at Buenos Ayres 6
    • of the Argentine Republic 6
    • of the Central American States 96
    • of Colombia 361
    • of the United States celebrated in Hayti 625
    • of the United States celebrated in Mexico 754
  • “Invincible,” the:
    • British vessel detained in Hayti 597
  • Isthmus of Panama:
    • correspondence with the Colombian government respecting the protection of the railroad 355
    • instruction of the Secretary of State on the same subject. 363
  • Italy:
    • number of Americans residing in 626
    • the government consents to authorize its legation at Madrid to protect United States interests in case of the departure of the United States minister from that city 627
    • the twenty-fifth anniversary of King Victor Emmanuel’s accession to the throne 628
  • Iwakura Tomomi:
    • his narrow escape from assassination 661

J

  • Jackson, Walter:
    • an American citizen arrested at Shanghai on a charge of piracy; the magistracy of Hong-Kong demand that he be delivered up 301
    • extradition proceedings inapplicable to the case 347
  • James, Edwin:
    • consular agent of the United States at San José de Guatemala, his conduct in connection with the outrage upon Mr. Magee, the British vice-consul 155, 159
    • the thanks of Queen Victoria tendered to him 566
  • Japan:
    • I expedition to Formosa. (See “Formosa.”)
    • Japanese hunting regulations. (See “Hunting Regulations.”) I proposed regulations for the government of foreigners traveling in the interior 648, 653
    • report of D. W. Ap Jones upon the adaptation of certain districts to the growth of cattle. 655
    • Simonoseki indemnity 654, 659, 669, 682
    • memorandum of Terashima respecting the proposed regulations for the government of foreigners proceeding to the interior 662
    • memorial addressed to the Sa In, asking the establishment of a popular assembly 664
    • instruction of the Secretary of State in relation to the punishment of
    • foreigners violating the municipal laws of Japan 668, 670
    • right of Japanese commissioners of customs to make customs regulations I independently of foreign consuls 671
    • action of the Japanese government respecting American citizens engaged in the Formosa expedition. 681
    • refusal of a Japanese court to compel the attendance of witnesses in a case in which A. C. Dunn, an American citizen, is plain tiff. 683, 691
    • threatened war with China. 693
    • cooperative policy of the United States with foreign powers 697
  • Jewell, Marshall:
    • visits Cronstadt 839
    • takes leave of the Emperor of Russia 840
  • Jovellar y Soler, General Joaquin:
    • his speech on taking possession of the government of Cuba 849
    • his resignation 881
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K.

  • Kalakaua, King:
    • his speech at the prorogation of the Hawaiian legislature. 580
  • “Kansas,” the:
    • permitted to make survey in Hayti an waters. 609
  • Keredine, General:
    • appointed prime minister of Tunis 50
  • Khedive:
    • firman granted to His Highness by the Sultan 1178
  • Kickapoos:
    • services rendered by Mr. Montero in removing them from Mexico 715
  • Kidnaping
    • and murder of a Mexican citizen 732

L.

  • Labrador:
    • inquiry addressed to the British minister as to whether it forms part of the Dominion of Canada or Newfoundland 562, 572
    • reply to the preceding inquiry 567, 572
  • La Rochefoucauld Bisaccia, Duke de:
    • his motion in the National Assembly. 415
  • Laurium Mining Company, the:
    • concession to 576
  • Layard, E. L.:
    • his report on the Fiji Islands 519
  • Lazarus & Co.:
    • their letter respecting the prohibition to export specie from Hayti 582
  • Lederer, Baron:
    • correspondence with the Department of State; his resignation as umpire of the Spanish claims commission 23
  • Le Gendre, General:
    • his connection with the Japanese expedition to Formosa 328
    • is arrested and discharged 329, 340
    • his protest 309
    • proceedings against him disapproved by the Department of State 348
  • Leiva, Ponciano:
    • selected as candidate for the presidency of Honduras 124
    • declaration of the principal towns in his favor 131
    • his decree upon assuming the provisional presidency of Honduras 139
    • his character 143
    • his confirmation as provisional President of Honduras 167
    • his correspondence with Senor Soto respecting the imprisonment of Seller Arias 179
  • Lerdo, President:
    • his address on the adjournment of the Mexican Congress 722
    • his address on the opening of the Mexican Congress 764
  • Letters of recall:
    • their presentation not necessary at the courts of Bavaria, Würtemberg, Baden, and Hesse on the retirement of a minister accredited to the German Empire 444
  • Liberia:
    • banquet given at Monrovia by the postmaster-general of the republic 699
    • measures of the legislature 700
    • diplomatic and consular body in 706
  • Logan, Cornelius A.:
    • requested to act as arbiter in the dispute between Bolivia and Chili 195, 197
  • Lonyay, Count. (See “Hungary.”)
  • Luperon:
    • his banishment 587

M.

  • Macao:
    • Coolie-trade at. (See “Coolies.”) Mackenzie, Colonel:
    • protest of the Mexican minister against his entrance with his command into Mexican territory 768
  • Magee, John:
    • British vice-consul at San José de Guatemala, outrage upon, by Gonzales, command ante of the port 154, 155, 160
    • same subject; instruction of the Secretary of State 171
    • trial of Gonzales and Bulnes 175, 177, 182
  • Magellan, the Straits of:
    • dispute between the Argentine and Chilian governments respecting the ownership of 195
  • Mahan, Captain:
    • salutes the Argentine flag on “Independence day” 6
  • Marriage:
    • civil, in Guatemala. 99, 101, 106
    • civil, compulsory in the German Empire 442
  • Martin Garcia, the island:
    • arming of, by the Argentine Republic 73, 75, 81
  • Marx, Ernest:
    • an American citizen, arrested in France as owing military service to the government 407
  • Mennonites:
    • their emigration from Russia 837
  • Mexico:
    • report of the Mexican minister of war on the condition of the Mexican army 713
    • amendments to the Mexican constitution 713, 715, 716
    • railroad-contract granted to the Mexican Railroad Company 718, 722, 723
    • report of the Mexican minister of finance 721
    • boundary question 755
    • newspaper-reports respecting negotiations for a transfer of territory to the United States 766, 842
  • Ministry:
  • Mission:
    • the American Southern Presbyterian, at Hang-Chow; purchase of its premises 232246
  • Montero, Antonio:
    • services rendered by him in removing the Kickapoos and other Indians from Mexico 715
  • “Montijo,” the:
    • proposed sale of, to the government of Costa Rica 129
  • Morocco:
    • death of the Sultan 38
    • disturbances in the empire 41, 42
  • Motagun River:
    • its exploration proposed 100
  • Mulay Hassan:
    • succeeds to the throne of Morocco 40

N.

  • National Assembly:
  • Naturalized citizens:
    • how they may forfeit their citizenship 33
  • Netherlands:
    • discussion in the second chamber on a bill for changing the money system of the country 777
    • fête commemorating the coronation of the King William III. 782
  • Newchwang:
    • inundation near 215
  • Newfoundland:
    • passage by the legislature of laws giving effect to the provisions of the treaty of Washington relating to the colony. (See “Treaty of Washington.”)
  • Neutrality:
    • of the foreign settlements in China and Japan in case of war between the two countries 339
  • Nicaragua. (See “Central American States.”)
  • “Niobe,” the:
    • bombards Omoa 102
  • Norse Steamship Line:
    • claim of the Swedish government that it should he exempted from certain port-dues 1117, 1118, 1120
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O.

  • Olinda, Bishop of:
    • his trial and imprisonment at hard labor. 81
  • Omoa:
    • is sacked by General Straeber and bombarded by the “Niobe” 102
  • Orton, William:
    • his letter in reply to General Schenck. (See “Telegraph.”)

P.

  • Palacios:
    • failure of his revolutionary movement in Central America 98
  • Panama:
    • arbitrary conduct of the government 351
    • Pardo, President. (See “Peru.”) Parliament:
    • prorogation of; Her Majesty’s speech 475
    • dissolution of 492
    • opening of the ninth; Queen’s speech. 499, 500
    • prorogation of the new; Her Majesty’s speech 539
  • Passports:
    • validity of, for two years for citizens of the United States 3
    • dispensed with as regards Americans arriving in France 417
  • Peru:
    • financial disasters apprehended. 795
    • treatment of coolies in 795
    • decree of President Pardo prescribing regulations for the government of banks 796
    • military outbreak 799
    • report upon guano 800
    • message of the President and reply of the Congress 804
    • mission from, to China 198, 219
  • Philadelphia, University of:
    • diplomas issued in its name 427
  • Poland:
    • disturbances in 814
  • Polo de Bernabé Admiral. (See “Spain;” “Virginius.”)
  • Pope, the:
    • his letter to the Emperor of Germany 431
  • Porto Rico:
    • rumors of its intended transfer to Germany contradicted. 907, 912
  • Portugal:
    • opening of the Cortes and speech of the King 805
  • Potochic River:
    • its exploration proposed 100
  • President:
    • his veto of the currency bill commended in Europe 408
    • favorable effect of his annual message in Germany 437
  • Prisoners of war:
    • proposed conference at Brussels for the amelioration of their condition 410, 564
    • the United States not called upon to participate in such conference 413.
  • Prize:
    • offered by British societies for the best essay upon a code of international law 487
  • Proclamation:
    • respecting the Canadian articles of the treaty of Washington, May 29, 1874 1
  • Protection:
    • to Tunisian subjects by foreign consuls. (See “Tunis.”)
  • Prussia:
    • meeting of the Diet 432
    • new law transferring from the clergy to civil officers the registry of births, marriages, and deaths 436

Q.

  • Queen Victoria:
    • Her Majesty’s speech on the prorogation of Parliament 475
    • the same on the opening of the ninth Parliament 500
    • the same on the prorogation of the new Parliament 539
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R.

  • Railways:
    • construction of, in Brazil 90
  • Reciprocity treaty:
    • proposed, between the United States and Canada 563
  • Reed, Commander Allen V.:
    • permitted to make surveys in Haytian waters 609
  • Refugees:
    • in Hayti. (See “Hayti.”)
  • Reichsrath, the:
    • opened by the Emperor of Austria 12
    • prorogation of 24
  • Religious orders:
    • decrees in regard to, in Guatemala 147
  • Riot:
    • at Shanghai, account of. 257
  • Rohrer. (See “Convicts.”)
  • Russell, Earl:
    • his speech in the House of Lords respecting the treaty of Washington 505
  • Russia:
    • treaty with Bokhara 807
    • rescript of the Emperor respecting primary schools 809
    • financial condition and prospects of the country 32
    • changes in the government 841
    • declines to recognize the Spanish republic 843
  • Rustem, General:
    • his expedition 53

S.

  • Saget, Nissage:
    • his proclamation dissolving the Haytian Législative Corps 588
    • is presented with diplomas and decorations from the President of the French republic 604
    • his resignation as President of Hayti 613
    • his departure from Port au Prince 618
  • Sahara, desert of:
    • project to let in the waters of the Mediterranean 54
  • Salgar, General Eustorijo:
    • is elected governor of Cundinamarca 357
  • Salvador. (See “Central American States.”)
  • Sanitary conference, the:
    • opening of 30
    • reasons why the United States did not participate 31
    • disposition of the United States asked respecting 33
    • readiness of the United States to send a delegate 34
    • formal invitation to the United States to send a delegate; programme 34
    • close of the sessions 38
  • Santo Domingo:
    • political affairs in 592
    • Haytian neutrality in affairs of 594
    • expressions of friendship for, by the President of Hayti 607
    • assumption of the presidency by Ignacio M. Gonzalez 607
    • preliminaries for the negotiation of a treaty of peace with Hayti 623
  • Schleswig:
    • question between Germany and Denmark 439
  • Schmiderberg, Adolph. (See “Extradition.”)
  • Schuyler, Eugene:
    • his report upon Central Asia 815
  • Serrano, Marshal:
    • forms a provisional government 852
    • is invested with the presidency of the Spanish republic 871
  • Seward, William H.:
    • his instruction respecting the policy of the United States in regard to Central American affairs 146
  • Sickles, General Daniel E.:
    • his conference with the Spanish minister of ultramar 846
    • demands his passports 959
    • his offer to tender his resignation not accepted 3
    • tenders his resignation 974
    • his resignation accepted 975
  • Sidi Mohammed:
    • Sultan of Morocco; his death 38
  • Sidi Mustafa. (See “Tunis.”)
  • Signalcode:
    • readiness of Ecuador to adopt such code as may be agreeable to other powers 391
  • Simonoseki indemnity:
    • instructions requested respecting the acceptance of its payment 654, 669, 682
    • instructions respecting such acceptance 659, 674
    • receipt and remittance of installments 686, 694
    • proportion due to the United States understood to be paid in full 699
  • Slave-traffic:
    • between Tripoli and Constantinople, reported by the United States consul at Tripoli. 43
    • attention of the British government called thereto 501
    • report on the subject by the British Consul-general at Tripoli 518
    • further communication from the British government respecting the same matter 552
    • report thereon by a commission appointed by the British government 573
    • information from the United States minister at Constantinople 1127
  • Soyeshima Taneomi:
    • his nomination to the Gaimee Sosai. 652
  • Spain:
    • recognition of the republic declined by Russia 843
    • decree announcing the visit of the minister of ultramar to Cuba and Porto Rico. 844
    • Finances 845
    • resignation of Castelar, and dissolution of the Cortes 852
    • government of Marshal Serrano 852, 854
    • commission appointed to report on the adaptation of the penal laws to the colonies 853
    • abolition of taxes on exports 855
    • blockade of part of the northern coast 550, 857, 866, 876
    • position of the United States in respect to the recognition of Marshal Serrano’s government 904
    • Spanish navy 909
    • memorandum addressed by the Executive Power to foreign governments 914
    • circular to the diplomatic representatives of Spain 917
    • affair of the steamer Virginius. (See “Virginius.”)
  • Spanish Abolition Society:
    • communication to, by the United States minister, on behalf of the President 848
  • Stephens, Rev. J. L.:
  • Straeber, General:
    • pillages Omoa 102
    • is reported mortally wounded 141
  • Straus, Adolphus:
    • his assassination in Mexico 756
  • Submarine telegraphs:
    • proposed international convention for their protection in time of war. 380
    • concurrence of Denmark in the American draft for a Convention, with certain modifications 381:
    • (See “Telegraphs.”)
  • Suez Canal Company, the:
    • commission appointed to interpret article 17 in the charter granted to 1121, 1123
    • circular-letter of the Porte respecting the tolls of 1125
    • special certificates to be issued to American vessels likely to visit the canal 1164
    • adoption of a new tariff of tonnage-dues 1185
    • commission for establishing a uniform standard of tonnage. (See “Commission.”)
  • Sun-Chan:
    • capture of 250
  • Sumner, Charles:
    • marks of respect paid to his memory at Monrovia 712
  • Szlavy, Mr. De. (See “Hungary.”)
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T.

  • Tangier. (See “Morocco.”)
  • Tariff:
    • new Brazilian 80, 86
  • Tejedor, Carlos:
    • his note to the minister of Brazil respecting the relations of the Argentine Republic with that country 72
  • Telegrafo, the Dominican steamer:
    • consent of the British government that certain points in the case be referred to an arbitrator 585
  • Telegraph:
    • between Woosung and Shanghai 246
    • first formal assent to construct a telegraph on Chinese soil granted to the Great Northern Telegraph Company 323
    • proposed line between Foochow and Formosa 326
    • also between Foochow and Amoy 335
    • alleged overcharges by the Anglo-American and Western Union Companies 465, 467, 470, 475
    • reduction to be made on the rates on said lines 483
    • bill passed in the Hawaiian legislature 581
    • between Alexandria and Crete 1142
  • Tenno, the:
    • receives the diplomatic corps on New Year’s day. 659
  • Testimony:
    • objection of the German government to its being taken by consular officers of the United States 453, 460
    • same subject; explanation of the Secretary of State in regard to the matter 456
    • note of the German minister inclosing translation of a communication from the German foreign office on the above subject. 462
  • Tonnage:
    • request of the Italian chargé that the English method of measurement be applied to Italian vessels arriving in the United States 628
    • circular of the Italian minister of marine fixing the relation between the Italian and foreign measurements 633, 635
  • Tonnage-commission. (See “Commission.”)
  • Transportation:
    • of goods and passengers of American and Canadian vessels plying respectively between Canadian and American ports; regulations under Article XXX of the treaty of Washington. (See “Treaty of Washington.”)
  • Transit of Venus:
    • facilities for its observation promised by the government of Tasmania to the United States expedition 491
    • the same promised by the government of New Zealand 495
    • and by the Russian government 809, 832
  • Treaty of Washington:
    • regulations under Article XXX for the transportation of goods and passengers in American vessels plying between Canadian ports, and in Canadian vessels plying between American ports 546, 547, 553, 561, 574
    • act passed by the colony of Newfoundland to carry into effect the provisions of the treaty of Washington relating to that colony 554
    • time suggested for carrying the said provisions into effect by proclamation of the President of the United States and the governor-general of Canada 557
    • draft of a protocol relating to the above subject 558, 559
    • provisions of the protocol in connection with the proposed reciprocity treaty between the United States and Canada 563
    • payment to Great Britain of the award made by the mixed commission appointed under Article XII of the treaty of Washington 570, 571
    • speech of Earl Russell respecting 505
  • Tripoli:
  • Tunis:
    • General Keredine appointed prime minister and minister of foreign affairs 50
    • visit to General Keredine and Sidi Mustafa 51
    • protection granted to Tunisian subjects by foreign consuls 53
  • Turkey:
    • new Ottoman stamp-tax 1148
    • case of three Turks professing Christianity dratted into the military service 1155
    • religious questions between the Hassounists and anti-Hassounists 1156
    • finances 1158
  • Turner, J. Milton:
    • his remarks at a banquet given by the postmaster-general of Liberia 699

U.

  • Uriarte, Ramon:
    • presents his credentials as minister plenipotentiary of Guatemala to Mexico 755
  • Usumacinta River:
    • its exploration proposed 100

V.

  • Vagrancy:
    • the Government of the United States invited to cooperate with that of Italy for its prevention 629
    • the United States willing to cooperate for that object so far as practicable 632
  • Venezuela:
    • law of, punishing false claims on the treasury 1213
    • controversy of, with Colombia 362, 1216
    • American immigrants in distress 1216, 1218, 1221, 1222
    • proclamation of President Guzman Blanco declaring a blockade 1221
  • Victor Emanuel II, King:
    • of Italy; receives the chiefs of mission on the last day of the year 627
    • anniversary of His Majesty’s accession to the throne 628
  • Vidal, Michel:
    • his report respecting alleged traffic in Tripoli 43, 494
    • his visit to the eastern part of Tripoli 48
  • Virginius, the steamer:
    • her capture, and execution of American citizens on board 922, 932939, 945, 10521078, 1098
    • letter of her captain to the American consul at Santiago de Cuba 1079
    • list of the crew executed 1081
    • the United States protests against these acts and demands reparation 922927, 928
    • the Spanish government promises fulfillment of her treaty obligations and sends orders to stay executions 922, 924, 931
    • correspondence between General Sickles and the Spanish government respecting the demands of the United States 946, 951, 953, 961967
    • correspondence between Commander Gushing and General Burriel 1098, 1107
    • orders to General Sickles to withdraw from Madrid if a favorable reply is not received within twelve days 936
    • postponement till November 26 agreed to 955
    • the United States minister advises his withdrawal and suggests that the Italian minister be authorized to take charge of the archives of the legation 956
    • consent of the Italian government that American citizens shall receive protection from the Italian legation at Madrid in the absence of an American ministery 627
    • apparent difference in the representations at Madrid and those at Washington 955, 956, 965, 976
    • General Sickles demands his passports 959
    • he is instructed to remain at his post 969
    • executions at Santiago not authorized by general orders from Spanish government 977
    • offer and refusal of arbitration 980, 981
    • as to the right of the Virginius to carry the American flag 984, 985, 991, 1095
    • examination on the last-mentioned subject 11001107
    • accommodation agreed upon between Mr. Fish and Admiral Polo de Bernabé 986
    • protocol for carrying out the agreement 987
    • arrangement as to the time, place, and manner of the surrender of the vessel and survivors, and as to the salute, if not dispensed with 990
    • decision of the Attorney-General that the “Virginius” at the time of her capture carried the American flag improperly and without right 1113
    • a list of the persons captured on the “Virginius” and a list of those surrendered to the Junia a 1095
    • salute dispensed with 1051, 1098, 1115
    • comments of the Austrian press upon the affair 15
  • Washington:
    • anniversary of his birthday observed in the city of Mexico. 731
  • Williamson, George:
    • presentation of his credentials, as minister resident of the United States, to the President of Salvador 108
    • is requested to act as mediator for the pacification of the Central American States 124
    • his interview with President Guardia, of Costa Rica, respecting a proposed conference of the Central American Presidents 126
  • Woosung:
    • telegraph from, to Shanghai 246
    • efforts made by the representatives of foreign powers to induce the Chinese authorities to dredge the bar at 297
  • Wouters, E.:
    • his report upon the question of extradition 58
  • Zapata, Felipe:
    • is appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Colombia to the United States, Great Britain, and France 359
  • Zavala: General Juan de
    • is appointed Spanish minister of war 852
    • is charged with, the presidency of the Spanish council of ministers 876
  • Zavalla, General Joaquin:
    • declines to obey a decree calling him to the exercise of the executive power of Nicaragua 176