Office of the Historian

Alphabetical Index.

A.

  • AALI PACHA:
    • grand vizier of Turkey, his death. (See TURKEY.)
  • ALABAMA CLAIMS:
    • manner in which Great Britain enforced the payment of indirect claims against Greece 244–246
    • discussion in Russian newspapers upon the subject 479, 480
  • AMERICAN COLONISTS IN MEXICO:
    • illegal duties levied on, in Tuxpan 458, 459, 460
  • ANTICH, BARTHOLOME. (See VENEZUELA.)
  • ARGENTINE REPUBLIC:
    • disputed boundary-lines between Argentine Republic, Brazil, and Paraguay 29
    • massacre of foreigners at Tandil 31
    • excitement caused by anticipated trouble with Brazil in a measure subsided; general sentiment prevails that Brazil does not want war 40
    • celebration on the completion of telegraph communication with Chili 40
    • alleged violation of Bolivian territory 65
  • AUSTRIA:
    • opening of the Reichsrath by the Emperor in person 44, 45
    • Vienna Exposition of 1873; correspondence with Mr. Jay on the subject 46–61
    • same subject; insufficient protection of patent-law to inventors from a distance 48–52
    • Mr. Jay suggests generous appropriation by Congress to enable American manufacturers to be fairly represented at the Vienna Exposition of 1873 53
    • subject presented to Congress 54
    • inclosing to Mr. Jay copy of act of Congress relating to Vienna Exposition. Thomas B. Van Buren appointed to represent the United States 55
    • space reserved for exhibitors from the United States 56
    • Austrian government desires a perfect representation of the common-school system of education as adopted in the United States 56
    • action of such governments as have already sent special commissioners to Vienna 57, 58
    • law for temporary protection of rights of exhibitors 58–61
    • reliance upon the assistance of the United States in the educational branch of the exposition 61
    • the Jews in Roumania 62

B.

  • BAKER FAMILY MASSACRE:
  • BAVARIA:
    • opposition in, of panal infallibility 185
  • BODISCO, NICHOLAS DE:
    • his death in Brazil 92
  • BOLIVIA:
    • trouble apprehended with Chili, owing to recent development of rich mining district, owned jointly 64
    • alleged violation of her territory by Argentine government 65
  • BORGES, SENHOR:
    • appointment of, as minister of Brazil to the United States 29
  • BOUNDARY-LINE. (See GREAT BRITAIN.)
  • BRAZIL:
    • appointment of Mr. Borges as minister to the United States 29
    • disputed boundary-lines between Brazil, Argentine Republic, and Paraguay 29
    • emancipation in that country 66, 68, 72, 83
    • duties on products of the United States 66, 73
    • appointment of Baron de Itajuba as a member of the tribunal of arbitration at Geneva 66, 67, 109
    • sacking of the, houses of the Italian consul at Asuncion and Luque 73–83
    • her neutrality during the Franco-German war; résumé of correspondence with French and North German legations on the subject 84–89
    • destitution of those who emigrated to Brazil at the close of the war 90, 93
    • political condition of Brazil 91
    • declines to enter into new treaties with any nation 91
    • treaty negotiated with Paraguay 91, 92, 95, 96, 97, 101
    • the provision it is said to embrace 91, 92
    • speculations upon the same 91, 92
    • same subject 92
    • great preparation being made to receive the Emperor and Empress 92
    • reception of Count Solms, the new German minister 92
    • death of Mr. Nicholas de Bodisco 92
    • protracted drought, heat, and sickness 92
    • death of large number of prominent Brazilians 92
    • account of the arrival and reception of the Emperor and Empress 94, 95
    • cabinet changes 97, 98
    • speech of the Emperor at the opening of the legislative chambers 99, 100, 101
    • defeat of present ministry in chamber of deputies 102
    • dissolution of the chamber by imperial decree, and another legislature called 102
    • great activity in the money market; new joint-stock companies forming, 102
    • feeling caused by reception of a note addressed by minister of foreign affairs of the Argentine Republic directly to Brazilian minister of foreign affairs concerning the treaties lately made between Brazil and Paraguay 103
    • appointment by Argentine Republic of General Mitre as minister to Brazil 103
    • the manner of conducting elections to the chamber of deputies 104
    • violation of her neutrality by the French gun-boat Hamelin during the Franco-German war 105, 106
    • more amicable relations existing with the Argentine Republic since the arrival of General Mitre 106
    • gratification of the American people that such is the case 108
    • insufficiency of mail communication with the United States 106
    • election of members to the new chamber of deputies 106, 107
  • BRIGANDAGE IN GREECE:
    • its tendency to paralyze business 226
    • increase of military force for its suppression 227
    • cavalry escort furnished a party of Americans traveling in the interior 233
    • scrimmage with a party of brigands 233
    • exaggerated and false reports of 239
    • extracts from papers published at Athens 240, 241
    • Turkish authorities responsible for its existence on the border 242–244
  • BROWN, JOHN P.:
    • secretary of American legation at Constantinople, his death 678
  • BUENOS AYRES:
    • ravages of the yellow fever 28

C.

  • CAMERON, CAPTAIN:
    • his appointment as commissioner on the part of Great Britain to survey the northwest boundary 198–200
  • CAMPBELL, ARCHIBALD:
    • his appointment as commissioner on the part of the United States to survey the northwest boundary 199
  • CANADIAN FISHERIES. (See GREAT BRITAIN.)
  • CATTLE-PEST:
    • its extent in Russia 492
  • CATTLE-STEALING. (See MEXICO.)
  • CENTRAL AMERICA:
    • reconfederation of states 519–523
  • CHAPPERON, Mr.:
    • concerning the sacking of his houses at Asuncion and Luque, by Brazilian troops 73–83
  • CHILI:
    • ravages of the small-pox in Santiago 110–125
    • boundary-line. (See BOLIVIA.)
  • CHINA:
    • opening the port of Kiungchow 125, 126
    • the expedition to Corea 127–130
    • necessity of competent interpreters for the United States consulates. 130, 137, 138
    • has under consideration the project of sending a number of young men to the United States to be educated 130–132
    • Mr. Fish to Mr. Low upon same subject 135
    • the approaching marriage of the Emperor 133, 134
    • a number of students, with their guardians and tutors, have left Shanghai for the United States 135, 136
    • acknowledging dispatch relative to the above-named subject 138
    • disposition of the Chinese indemnity fund 136
    • treaty with Japan 484–486
  • CHOLERA:
    • its extent in Russia 492
  • CIVIL SERVICE REFORM:
    • views of the Greek government 250
  • COLOMBIA, UNITED STATES OF:
    • the affair of the American steamer Montijo 138–140, 142–156
    • Colombia asserts that her owners have no right to ask indemnity from the national government 146, 147
    • Demand of the United States for the punishment of Herréra and his accomplices as pirates 138
    • supersedeas issued in the case of Herréra and Diaz 154, 155
    • the Virginius blockaded in the port of Colon, (Aspinwall) 139, 140, 156–158
    • financial condition of Colombia 141, 142
    • purchase of arms and munitions of war, in view of apprehended troubles arising in her territory 142
    • consular treaty with Germany 189
  • COOLIE TRADE:
    • in Russia 481
  • COREA. (See CHINA.)
  • COSTA RICA:
    • election of deputies to form a constituent assembly 158
    • its probable object 159
    • adjournment of the constituent assembly 159
    • changes in the constitution 159
    • distrust of those opposed to the policy of the present government, and punishment of offenders 159
    • conference with Nicaragua on the subject of an inter-oceanic canal 160
    • the United States urged to undertake the work of constructing it 160
    • same subject. The United States Government has organized a board of engineers, and will submit the project to them for their consideration 161
    • election of General Guardia as President 161
  • CROSSMAN, CAPTAIN ALEXANDER F.:
    • drowning of, while surveying route for canal across the Isthmus of Nicaragua 463, 464
  • CUBA:
    • slavery question. (See SPAIN.)

D.

  • DIAZ, GENERAL. (See UNITED STATES OF COLOMBIA.)
  • DUTIES, DISCRIMINATING:
    • mutual abolition of, with Spain 1
    • mutual abolition of, with Japan 2
    • revival of, with France 3
    • concerning principal articles of exports from the United States into Brazil 73, 89
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E.

  • ECUADOR:
    • financial condition of 162
    • free circulation of American coin throughout that country 162
    • law recently passed by the local congress of the state of Cauca, in Colombia, upon the sovereignty and jurisdiction of that state 162–164
    • relative to the personal issue between the President of Ecuador and the President of Cauca 167
    • Dr. L. B. Wilson, an American citizen, his imprisonment in Ecuador. 164–167, 174
    • steam navigation between Great Britain and South America 169–172
    • contemplated establishment of French line of steamers 175
    • difficulties with the Indians near Riobamba 172–174
    • murders committed and villages burned by the Indians 173, 174
    • American mechanics and artisans locating in Ecuador 175, 179
    • courtesies extended to the United States legation on the occasion of the anniversary of Washington’s birth 177–179
    • anticipated increase of trade with the United States 179
  • EDUCATION:
    • Austrian government desires a perfect representation, at the Exposition, of common-school system of education, as adopted in this country 56
    • system of America; popularity with which it is received in Greece 225, 226
    • system of Greece, giving tabular statements of number of schools and pupils 229–232
    • system of Salvador 511
  • ELDREDGE, CAPTAIN CLEMENT:
    • his arrest and brutal treatment by the Haytian authorities at Port au Prince 285–287, 289
  • EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES. (See BRAZIL.)
  • EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES. (See SPAIN.)
  • EMIGRATION:
    • destitute condition of Americans who emigrated to Brazil at the close of the war 90
    • American mechanics and artisans locating in Ecuador 175, 179
    • emigration from Germany to the United States 189
    • German papers complain 189
    • the Pommeranian Agricultural Society, of Germany, requests that free transportation may be afforded those who have emigrated and who desire to return 189
    • amount of emigration to the United States during the first four months of 1872 190
    • contemplated emigration of the sect called Mennoniten, numbering 25, 000 persons 190
    • German government denies that measures have been adopted by her to prevent emigration 194, 195
    • promulgation of denial 195
    • reasons why Germany has discontinued the practice, heretofore followed, of aiding the emigration of her people 195, 196
    • shipment of criminals from Greece to the United States 249, 251–253
    • emigration from Russia to the United States 487–491, 492
  • ESTATES:
    • embargoed in Cuba. (See SPAIN.)

F.

  • FAVROT, Mr:
    • appreciation of the United States Government of the service rendered by him at the Geneva Tribunal 648, 649
  • FELIPE, MIGUEL. (See VENEZUELA.)
  • FISHERY QUESTION. (See GREAT BRITAIN.)
  • FISHERIES IN MEXICO:
    • facilities extended to vessels of foreign countries engaged in 408
  • FLORES, ANTONIO:
    • gratification of the Ecuadorian government for the courtesy with which he was received by the United States Government 178
  • FOREST CULTURE:
    • in Germany 192
    • in Sweden; rules and regulations 601–646
  • FRANCE:
    • Proclamation of the President reviving discriminating foreign tonnage and import duties 3
    • how citizens of France, horn in the territories ceded to the German Empire, may preserve their nationality 11
    • aid and protection granted Ecuadorian citizens by United States minister daring the Franco-German war 180
    • aid and protection granted Mexican citizens by United States minister during the Franco-German war 180, 181
    • adjournment of the national assembly 181, 182
    • financial condition of France 182
    • enforcement of the passport system 182
    • peaceful condition throughout the country 182
    • success of the new loan 182, 183
    • abundant yield of the products of 183
    • persecution of the Israelites in Moldo Wallachia 183, 184
  • FREE ZONE:

G.

  • GENEVA TRIBUNAL:
    • Baron de Itajuba, appreciation of the eminent services rendered by him 109
    • Count Sclopis,appreciation of the eminent services rendered by him 320, 321
    • Stampfli, Hon. Mr., appreciation of the eminent services rendered by him 648, 649
    • Favrot, Mr., appreciation of the eminent services rendered by him 648, 649
  • GERMANY:
    • appropriation of forty millions of thalers as a campaign fund in the event of another war 184, 185
    • adoption of a uniform currency 185
    • the dogma of papal infallibility 185
    • most of the Catholic bishops opposed to it 185
    • the church question 187
    • act passed providing for the legal marriage of Catholics who reject the dogma of infallibility 192
    • celebration of American Thanks giving Day 185, 186
    • equality to places and persons in regard to public utterances on political subjects 187
    • establishment of an active army four hundred and fifty thousand strong 187
    • opening of parliament by Count Bismarck 188
    • consular treaty with the United States 189
    • emigration to the United States 189
    • German papers complaining of it 189
    • the Pommeranian Agricultural Society requests that free transportation may be afforded those who have already emigrated and who desire to return 189
    • statement of emigration to the United States during the first four months of this year 190
    • contemplated emigration of the sect calledMennoniten, (25, 000 souls) 190
    • denies that measures have been adopted by her to prevent emigration 194, 195
    • promulgation of denial 195
    • reasons for her discontinuing the practice, hitherto followed, of aiding the emigration of her people 195, 196
    • exclusion from the Empire of the order of the Society of Jesus 190, 191
    • passage of a bill rendering marriage by civil forms obligatory in all cases 192
    • the culture of the forest 192
    • persecuted Jews in Roumania 193
  • GONZALES, ABRAHAM:
    • kidnapped in United States territory by Mexicans 448, 449, 458, 46
  • GREECE:
    • the King’s speech at the opening of the chamber of deputies 223, 238
    • presentation and cordial reception of United States minister by the King and Queen 224, 225
    • educational system of America; popularity with which it is received 225
    • educational system of Greece; tabular statement of number of schools and pupils 229–232
    • brigandage in. (See BRIGANDAGE IN GREECE.)
    • cordial reception of the United States minister by the archbishop of Athens 233
    • tariff duty on dried currants imported into the United States 234–237, 251, 253
    • system of conducting elections in Greece 237
    • manner in which Great Britain enforced the payment of indirect claims against Greece 244–246
    • prosecution of American missionaries for heterodox teaching 246–249
    • criminals sent to the United States 249, 251–253
    • civil-service reform in the United States 250
    • formation of a new cabinet in Greece 254
    • reasons why Mr. Bulgaris resigned the ministry for foreign affairs 254, 255
  • GREAT BRITAIN:
    • Outrages committed on British subjects residing in the Argentine Republic 30
    • sympathy of the United States for persecuted Hebrews in Moldo-Wallachia 196, 197
    • co-operation with, for appointment of joint commission to determine the boundary-line between the Lake of the Woods and the Rocky Mountains 197–199
    • Captain Cameron will be appointed by the British government to survey the northwest boundary 198
    • Captain Cameron has been appointed 199
    • Archibald Campbell has been appointed a commissioner on the part of the United States 199
    • place of meeting for conference between the commissioners previous to their departure on their mission 199
    • seizure of the American schooner James Bliss by the Canadian authorities 200–207
    • insult to the American flag by hoisting that of the Dominion over it 200–207
    • the slave-trade on the east coast of Africa 208–215
    • the abrogation of certain provisions of a treaty existing between Great Britain and the government of Zanzibar 210–215
    • agreement between Great Britain and Muscat for the suppression of slave-trade 212
    • fisheries in the British North American possessions 215–222
    • correspondence between Isaac C. Hall, an American merchant, and the governor of Prince Edward Island relative to the refunding of duties collected on imports from that island 216
    • circular of Treasury relative to fishing in the waters of the British North American provinces 217–219
  • GREEK CRIMINALS. (See EMIGRATION.)
  • GUARDIA, GENERAL THOMAS:
    • his election as President of Costa Rica 161
  • GUATEMALA:
    • treaty with Salvador 518
  • GUERRIERE, THE:
    • repairs made upon her in the port of Spezia 314, 315

H.

  • HALL, ISAACC. (See GREAT BRITAIN.)
  • HAMELIN, THE:
    • her violation of Brazilian neutrality during the Franco-German war 105, 106
  • HAITI:
    • their hostile intentions toward San Domingo 255
    • the case of the steamer Hornet 256–263
    • difficulty between the United States consul at Saint Marc and the government authorities there 264–271, 273, 274–284
    • excitement occasioned at Cape Haytien by the landing of a howitzer from the United States steamer Nantasket 272, 223, 274
    • arrest and brutal treatment of Captain Clement Eldredge at Port au Prince 2852–87
    • arrest and imprisonment of United States consul Charles F. Teel at Miragoâne 287–300
  • HERRÉRA. (See UNITED STATES OF COLOMBIA.)
  • HOHENLOHE, PRINCE:
    • speech, of, complimentary to the United States 186
  • HONDURAS:
    • political condition of 300
    • depredations of armed marauders 300, 301
    • treaty with the same 302
    • possibility of war with Salvador 302
    • political relations with Salvador 302
    • declaration of war by Salvador 303
    • Guatemala reported as joining issue with Salvador 303
    • the President of Honduras takes the field in person 303
    • invasion of, by Salvadorian army 303
    • repulse of the Honduras arms; severe loss in killed and wounded 303
    • withdrawal of Salvadorian troops, leaving only a sufficient number to guarantee the establishment of a provisional government 304
    • the provisional government occupy Comayagua 304, 305
    • a second provisional government established—a revolution within a revolution 305
    • difficulty experienced by the United States minister in forwarding his dispatches 306
    • interoceanic railway; its construction suspended for the present 306
  • HORNET, THE:
    • three Spanish war-vessels watching her in the harbor of Port-au-Prince. 256–259
    • the Congress to be sent out to convey her to an American port 260–263
  • HOWARD’S WELL MASSACRE:
    • the murder of the Lee family, and other atrocities committed by the Kiowas 450–453
  • HUNGARIAN DIET:
    • interesting description of its closing by the King in person 53

I.

  • INDIANS, DIFFICULTIES WITH. (See ECUADOR.)
  • INDIRECT CLAIMS. (See ALABAMA CLAIMS.)
  • INFALLIBILITY:
    • papal dogma of 185
  • INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CONGRESS:
  • INTEROCEANIC CANAL:
    • survey of Isthmus of Nicaragua 160, 462–465
    • Mexico, extension of time 430
  • INTEROCEANIC RAILWAY:
    • in Honduras, its construction suspended for the present 306
    • violation of neutrality 539, 540, 543
  • INTERPRETERS:
    • consulates in China: necessity of having competent persons 130, 137, 138
    • serious evil likely to follow the employment of natives 132
  • INVOICES:
    • Treasury regulation, relative to 13
  • ITABORAHY, VISCOUNT DE:
    • his death in Brazil 92
  • ITAJUBA, BARON DE:
    • appointment of as member of tribunal of arbitration at Geneva 66, 67
    • brief sketch of his life 67, 68
    • gratification of the President with his appointment 72
    • appreciation by the President of his eminent services 109
  • ITALY:
    • new duty on importations of petroleum from the United States 306–313
    • repairs made upon the United States frigate Guerriere in the port of Spezia 314, 315
    • wreck of the American brig Shamrock in the j>ort of Genoa; investigation concerning the same 315–319
    • sympathy of the United States for the persecuted Hebrews in Moldavia and Wallachia 319, 320
    • appreciation of the United States Government of the eminent services rendered by Count Sclopis before the tribunal of arbitration at Geneva 320, 321

J.

  • JAMES BLISS, THE:
    • her seizure by the Canadian authorities for alleged violation of the fishery laws 200–207
  • JAPAN:
    • proclamation of the President abolishing discriminating duties 2
    • celebration of their New Year’s festival 321
    • disastrous conflagration at Yedo 322
    • presentation of Admiral Jenkins, of the United States Navy, to the Tenno 322
    • treaty with China 484–486
  • JASTRAM, G.:
    • difficulty with the Haytien authorities at Saint Marc 264–271, 273, 274–284
  • JESUITS:
    • their expulsion from German territory 190, 191
  • JUAREZ, BENITO:
    • his re-election as President of Mexico 346
    • his re-inauguration 365–368
    • his sudden death 438

K.

  • KICKAPOO INDIANS:
    • their removal from Mexico to reservation, in the United States 417, 420, 434

L.

  • LEE FAMILY, MURDER OF. (See HOWARD’S WELL MASSACRE.)
  • LIBERIA:
    • revolution in; its causes 323–326
    • provisional government established. President Roye deposed 327, 328
    • inauguration of new President 329
    • reception of the diplomatic corps 329
    • the political situation of; her future prospects 330–337

M.

  • MAHMOOD PACHA:
    • appointment of as grand vizier of Turkey. (See TURKEY.)
  • MAJORITY OF MALES AND FEMALES:
    • Age at which they attain their majority in the several States and Territories of the United States 6
  • MANUFACTURES:
    • in Sweden 597
  • MARRIAGE LAW IN GERMANY:
    • marriage by civil forms rendered obligatory in all cases 192
    • the necessity of such a law 192
  • MATRICULATION:
    • distinction made by Mexico between native and naturalized citizens of a foreign country who may seek the same 387, 422, 429
  • MAYER, EDELMIRO:
    • his sentence to death in Mexico commuted to ten years’ imprisonment through intercession of United States minister 423
  • MEXICO:
    • cattle-stealing on the northern frontier, and maltreatment of United States citizens generally 338, 339, 344, 346, 348, 349, 350, 351, 377, 379, 394, 396, 398, 399, 405, 408, 409, 410, 414, 416, 420, 421, 449, 557
    • revolutionary movements in 260, 343, 346, 348, 354, 364, 369, 371, 374, 377, 383, 387, 391, 397, 399, 401, 404, 406, 408, 412, 419, 424, 428, 431, 433, 434, 435, 437, 453, 454, 460
    • decree and proclamation of the insurgent general Trevino 347, 348
    • proclamation of insurgent generals Diaz and Negrete 355, 356
    • federal general Alatorre 357
    • Oaxaca, decree of congress of State of 358
    • the revolution assuming a more formidable stage 364
    • General Diaz proclaimed President by the insurgents 369
    • Hidalgo in a state of siege 382
    • General Felix Diaz; capture of, and execution 387
    • division among the insurgents 397
    • decisive results for the federals 404
    • military events in Zacatecas 406
    • counter-revolution reported 419
    • termination of revolution in Yucatan 422
    • favorable accounts 424
    • Matamoros in a state of siege. Surveillance upon vessels navigating the Bravo 424–428
    • martial law declared in Sinaloa and Coahuila 428
    • Monterey captured by the federals 431
    • Monterey evacuated by the federals 433
    • favorable news from the State of Jalisco 435
    • leading insurgents asking for compromise 437
    • decree of amnesty granted 443
    • amnesty generally accepted 453
    • proclamation of insurgent general Negrete 454
    • General Diaz wants to accept amnesty conditionally 460
    • Juarez, Benito; his re-election 346
    • Juarez, Benito; his re-inauguration 365–368
    • religious worship in Mexico; efforts by Romanists to destroy Protestantism 352
    • Mexican treasury; efforts made for prevention of frauds 353
    • protest of constitutional deputies against the manner of conducting elections 354
    • extraordinary faculties conferred upon the President of Mexico 359–364, 368, 369, 422
    • protection of Mexican citizens in Paris by United States minister 373
    • transit of foreign merchandise through the territory 379, 380
    • Free-zone question 381, 388, 401–404
    • massacre of the Baker family in Arizona by Mexicans 383–386, 411, 412
    • matriculation of foreigners in Mexico 387, 422, 429
    • new tariff law 392, 393, 412
    • re-enforcements and supplies to the insurgents alleged against American citizens 399, 401
    • facilities extended to foreign vessels engaged in the fisheries 408
    • removal of Indians from Mexico to their reservations in the United States 417, 420, 434
    • Colonel Mayer sentenced to death as a revolutionist; commutation of Sentence 423
    • tariff law, and estimates for ensuing year 429
    • Tehuantepec Railway and canal concession; their prolongation 430
    • formation of a new cabinet 431
    • kidnaping of wealthy Mexicans; their ransom 434, 436
    • kidnaping of Abraham Gonzalez in United States territory 448, 449, 458, 461
    • President Juarez; his sudden death 438
    • Lerdo de Tejada, his successor 440
    • programme of his provisional administration 444, 445
    • bright anticipation of affairs under the new administration 447
    • the case of the boat belonging to the United States steamer Ossipee 442
    • the return of certain Apache Indian children to their tribe in Arizona 446, 457
    • return to Texas of a drove of stolen cattle 449, 456, 457
    • the Howard’s Well massacre 450–453
    • impoverished condition of the Mexican treasury; a loan subscribed for 453
    • platform of President Lerdo with reference to the ensuing election 455
    • illegal duties levied on American colonists in Tuxpan 458, 459, 460
    • appeal of Charles Thiele for protection; claims to be an American citizen 461
  • MEXICAN CITIZENS:
    • domiciled in Paris during the siege 373
  • MISSIONARIES:
    • in Greece, prosecution of, for heterodox teaching 246–248
    • United States minister instructed to maintain the rights of citizens in the exercise of their religion 249
  • MONTIJO, THE:
  • MOLDAVIA AND WALLACHIA (See ROUMANIA.)

N.

  • NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES. (See UNITED STATES NAVY.)
  • NICARAGUA:
    • inter-oceanic canal across the Isthmus 462–465
    • Drowning of Captain Crossman and several seamen of the United States exploring expedition 463, 464
  • NORTHWEST BOUNDARY. (See GREAT BRITAIN.)

P.

  • PARAGUAY:
    • disputed boundary-line between Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentine Republic 2
    • by the terms of a treaty with Brazil, Paraguay acknowledges an indemnity due from her to Brazil for expenses incurred by the latter on account of the late war 35
    • apprehended design of Brazil and the Argentine Republic upon a portion of her territory 35
    • the United States hopes she will maintain her independence 35
    • political condition of 465–468
  • PASSPORTS:
    • fee of $5 for issuance of passports by diplomatic and consular officers 4
    • should be obtained from Department of State; those issued by State, municipal, or local officers afford no protection 5
    • length of time for which passports are good 6
  • PERU:
    • political affairs; compromise between aspirants for the presidency 469–476
    • serious troubles apprehended at the ensuing election 469
    • riotous proceedings at the election 470
    • recommendation of the President that a new candidate be accepted 471
    • railways and other improvements being pushed forward 473, 474
    • President Balta, his imprisonment 474
    • his assassination while in prison 475
    • General Gutierrez proclaims himself dictator 474
    • his execution by the people 475
    • assault on the United States consulate at Callao 476
  • PHILIPSBORN, MR. VON:
    • speech of, complimentary to the United States 186
  • PORTO RICO:
    • slavery question. (See SPAIN.)

R.

  • ROUMANIA:
    • persecution of Jews in 55, 62, 63, 183, 184, 193, 194, 196, 197, 319, 320, 493, 495, 497, 503, 650, 655, 678–698
    • extensive murders alleged to have been committed 650
    • exaggeration of occurrences 650–653
    • the motives which incited the late riot 653, 654
    • statistical statements respecting the Jews 654
    • denial by that government of the charge of ill-treatment 655
    • sympathy of the United States Government for the persecuted Jews 678
    • account of interview had with the Turkish minister for foreign affairs by the United States minister upon the subject 678
    • alleged sympathy of the Roumanian government 680
    • outrages committed upon them at Ismail, Vilcovu, and Cabool 681
    • origin of those riots 681, 682, 688, 689
    • good offices of United States consul implored in their behalf 682
    • concerted action in their behalf by the representatives of foreign powers in Bucharest 682, 683
    • audience secured by United States consul for deputation of Jews from Ismail, with the minister of foreign affairs 683, 684
    • consul of Germany instructed to intercede in their behalf 685
    • special commission appointed to investigate affairs at Ismail 685
    • United States consul procures audience for deputation of Jews from Cabool with the minister for foreign affairs 686, 687
    • United States consul is instructed to employ his good offices to prevent a recurrence or continuance of their persecution 688
    • illegal imprisonment of certain Jews 689, 690
    • a remonstrance against their imprisonment, signed by the representatives of the foreign powers residing at Bucharest 689, 690, 691
    • acquittal of the Cabool rioters 690
    • acquittal of all the rioters in the several towns where the late disturbance prevailed 692
    • circular of Roumanian government to its agents abroad, with reference to the persecution of Jews in that country 693–698
    • instructions to certain United States ministers in Europe concerning the amelioration of the condition of the Jews in Roumania 698
  • RUSSIA:
    • financial condition of 477
    • famine and ravages of contagious diseases 478, 479
    • newspaper discussions on the Alabama-claim question 479, 480
    • coolie trade 481
    • automatic firing of guns and batteries, invention of a Russian subject 482–484
    • Sebastopol; reorganization of the port 486
    • emigration of the Mennonite colonies to the United States 487–491, 492
    • international statistical congress 491, 492, 495, 496
    • cholera, small-pox, and cattle-pest, ravages of 492
    • Hebrews in Roumania, their persecution 493–495, 497–503
    • conference between the Emperors of Russia, Germany, and Austria; conjectures as to its purpose 496

S.

  • SALVADOR:
    • political affairs in; overthrow of the government of General Dueñas 503–512, 514–548
    • imprisonment of General Duenas 529, 536, 537
    • same subject; political constitution of Salvador 505–512
    • Society of Arts and Sciences, constitution and by-laws of 512
    • financial condition of Salvador 512
    • relations with foreign governments 514–518
    • treaty with Guatemala 518
    • reconfederation of the States of Central America 519–523
    • hostilities between Salvador and Honduras 524, 529, 531, 534, 539, 541, 543
    • closing of offical relations with Honduras 527–529
    • declaration of war 531–534
    • mediation offered by Nicaragua 534
    • the President of Salvador takes the field in person 535
    • proclamation of peace with Honduras 538
    • President Gonzalez resumes his official functions 541
    • capture of ex-President Medina of Honduras 543
    • inter-oceanic railway: alleged violation of neutrality 539, 540, 543
    • call of national assembly to reform the constitution of 543–546
    • assassination of Vice-President Mendez 547, 548
  • SAN DOMINGO:
    • hostile intentions of Hayti 255
  • SEBASTOPOL:
    • reorganization of that port 486
  • SCHUBER BROTHERS. (See UNITED STATES OF COLOMBIA.)
  • SCLOPIS, COUNT:
    • appreciation of the United States Government of the eminent services rendered by him at the Geneva Tribunal 320, 321
  • SHAMROCK, THE:
    • wreck of, in the harbor of Genoa, and the investigation instituted in connection therewith 315–319
  • SHIPPING COMMISSIONERS:
    • copy of act of Congress authorizing the appointment of commissioners for further protection of seamen 13
  • SLAVE-TRADE. (See GREAT BRITAIN.)
  • SMALL-POX:
    • its ravages in Chili 110–125
    • its extent in Russia 492
  • SOCIETY OF JESUITS. (See JESUITS.)
  • SOLMS, COUNT:
    • his reception as German minister in Brazil 92
  • SPAIN:
    • proclamation of the President, abolishing discriminating duties, with certain exceptions 1
    • grants amnesty for political offenses 548–550
    • slavery question in Cuba and Porto Rico 550, 566–576, 584–591
    • emancipation law for the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico 566–573
    • tabular statement of population of Cuba and Porto Rico, both white and colored 584–590
    • list of owners who have voluntarily manumitted slaves in Porto Rico 591
    • atrocities practiced in the island of Cuba 551
    • political disturbances in Spain 552
    • apprehended in surrection 552
    • arrest of a number of Carlists 552
    • formation of a new cabinet 553
    • formation of another new cabinet 559
    • dissolution of the Cortes, and a new election ordered 559
    • a new series of reforms promised 559, 560
    • difficulty of negotiating a loan for war purposes in Cuba 556
    • decree authorizing Cuba to issue bonds for sixty millions of dollars 562
    • easing of embargoed estates in Cuba for a term of years 562
    • military situation of Cuba 556
    • the United States minister at Madrid holds a reception on the 4th of July 561
    • standing army for Cuba and Porto Rico 576–580
    • extensive reforms to be put in operation in the colonies 580
    • colonial policy of the Spanish cabinet 591
    • articles of armistice between Spain and the allied republics of South America 592, 593
  • STAMPFLI, Mr.:
    • appreciation of the United States Government of the eminent services rendered by him at the Geneva Tribunal 648–649
  • STEAM NAVIGATION:
    • Great Britain and Ecuador 169–172
  • SWEDEN AND NORWAY:
    • Proclamation of the President concerning consular jurisdiction over crews of vessels of those countries in the ports of the United States 1
    • prosperity of the country 594, 601
    • grain exports for 1871 594
    • live-stock exports for 1871 595
    • dairy exports for 1871 595
    • ill-treatment of Swedes in Chicago 596
    • report on manufactures and business of Sweden 595
    • report on forest and forest culture in Sweden 601–646
    • neutrality law of Sweden 599
    • increase of wages of mechanics in Sweden 601
  • SWITZERLAND:
    • protection of their citizens by our representatives abroad 5

T.

  • TANDIL:
    • Massacre of foreigners 31
  • TARIFF LAW OF MEXICO:
    • promulgation of new law 392, 391
  • TEEL, CHARLES F.:
    • United States consular agent at Miragoâne; his arrest and imprisonment by the Haytien authorities on the charge of circulating false money 287–300
  • TEHUANTEPEC RAILWAY:
    • extension of time 430
  • TEJADA, LERDO DE:
    • his accession to the presidency of Mexico 440–442
    • his decree of amnesty to the insurgents 443
    • programme of his provisional administration 444, 445
    • his platform for the ensuing election 455
  • TESTIMONY—HOW OBTAINED:
    • how and where foreigners may obtain testimony from persons residing in the United States for use in foreign courts of justice 8
  • THIELE, CHARLES:
    • appeals to United States minister in Mexico for protection 461
  • TORNADO, THE:
    • her action at Aspinwall in connection with the American steamer Virginius 139
  • TRIBUNAL OF ARBITRATION: (See GENEVA TRIBUNAL.)
  • TURKEY:
    • Roumania, persecution of the Jews in. (See ROUMANIA.)
    • possession of real estate in Turkey by foreigners 656–660, 662
    • law ceding to foreigners the right to possess property 658–660
    • death of Aali Pacha 660, 662, 663, 666
    • appointment of his successor 660–662
    • protection of American missionaries in Syria 663–665, 669
    • Catholicism in Turkey 665, 666
    • merchant-vessels passing through the Bosphorus 667, 669, 670, 671
    • drawback duties on customs 668
    • commerce of tobacco 670
    • tobacco monopoly 674
    • American medical college at Beirut 672, 673
    • courts of Constantinople; a new law for their organization 675–677
    • death of Mr. Brown, secretary of American legation 678
    • description of Roumania, its bounds, religious, educational, industrial, and commercial pursuits 698–706

U.

  • UNITED STATES BONDS.
    • No fee for witnessing execution and taking acknowledgments of assignments of United States registered bonds, or of powers of attorney to assign such bonds or to collect interest thereon 27
  • UNITED STATES NAVY:
    • report of the Navy Department as to its efficiency 177
  • URUGUAY:
    • political condition of 706, 708
    • extinguishment of Paraguay as an independent government 708
    • war between Brazil and the Argentine Republic considered imminent 709
    • desire of United States Government that the difficulty may be amicably settled 709
    • American trade with the Rio de la Plata 710–713

V.

  • VAN BUREN, THOMAS B.:
    • his appointment as commissioner to the Vienna Exposition of 1873 55
  • VENEZUELA:
    • blockade of the Orinoco River 713
    • blockade removed 714, 715
    • steamer Virginius arrived at Puerto Cabello 715, 716
    • case of Miguel Filipe and Bartholome Antich 716
  • VIRGINIUS, THE:
    • demand for her surrender in the port of Aspinwall, by the Spanish corvette Tornado 139
    • the President of Colombia annuls the order of the commandant of the port of Aspinwall, requiring bonds that she will not leave the port 140
    • blockade of, at Aspinwall 156–158
    • her arrival at Puerto Cabello 715, 716
  • VIENNA EXPOSITION OF 1873:
    • correspondence between Mr. Jay and Count Andrassy on the subject. 46–61
    • insufficient protection granted to foreign inventors by the patent law of Austria 48–52
    • Mr. Jay suggests generous appropriation by Congress to enable American manufacturers to be fairly represented 53
    • subject has been presented to Congress 54
    • inclosing to Mr. Jay copy of act of Congress relating to the subject; Mr. Van Buren appointed to represent the United States 55
    • space reserved for exhibitors from the United States 56
    • Austrian government desires a perfect representation of the system of common-school education as adopted in the United States 56
    • action already taken by such governments as have sent special commissioners 57, 58
    • law for temporary protection of rights of exhibitors from infringement of their inventions 58–61
    • reliance upon assistance of the United States in the educational branch of the Exposition 61, 62

W.

  • WALLACHIA AND MOLDAVIA. (See ROUMANIA.)
  • WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY:
    • courtesies extended to the United States legation in Ecuador on the anniversary of 177–179
  • WHEELWRIGHT, WM.:
    • generous acknowledgments by Argentine Republic and Chili of their indebtedness to him for his enterprise in establishing telegraph, railroad, and steam communication between the two countries 40–42
  • WILLIAMS, C. D.:
    • opening of the port of Kiungchow to trade 125, 126
  • WILSON, Dr. L. B.:
    • his arrest and imprisonment in Ecuador 164–167, 17

Y.

  • YELLOW FEVER:
    • its ravages in Buenos Ayres28