” 2—The President vetoes the Military Government and Civil Tenure of Office Bills. They are passed over his veto.
” 4—The 39th Congress ends, and the 40th is organized.
” 11—Military governors assigned to various districts in the South.
” 30—The President announces the ratification of the treaty with Russia, by which the United States bought all her North American Possessions for $7,200,000.
Apr. 3—Gen. Burnside re-elected governor of Rhode Island.
May 13—Jeff. Davis admitted to bail in $100,000; Horace Greeley and others furnish the bonds.
June 19—The Arch Duke Maximilian, Titular Emperor of Mexico, shot by order of the Mexican Republican government. The remonstrances of the U. S. government obliged the French to withdraw their support from Maximilian.
July 13—The steamer Dunderberg, bought by France, sailed for Cherbourg.
Aug. 1—Gov. Brownlow re-elected governor of Tennessee.