Pandora's box, the opening of, [15].

Paradoxical theories, relative to sovereignty in the United States, [142];
no government is sovereign, [142].

Patriot army of Missouri, description of, [425].

Patterson, William, arguments for the Jersey plan in the Constitutional Convention, [206].

Patterson, Major-General, commands force at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, [337];
its object, [338].

Pause, A, to consider the attitude of the parties to the contest, and the grounds on which they stand, [289].

Peace Congress, it assembles, [248];
States represented, [248];
its officers and proceedings, [249];
the plan proposed, [250];
how treated by the majority, [250];
the failure of, [296].

Pegram, Colonel, second in command at Rich Mountain, [338].

Pendleton, Captain W. N., commands an effective battery at Manassas, [358].

Peninsula of Virginia, features for defense, [300].