1864, MAY 25.-The battle of New Hope Church Station, Georgia, took place.

It was indecisive. Sherman had crossed the Etowah in pursuit of Johnston.

1864, MAY 26. The Confederates were repulsed in an attack on City Point, Virginia.

1864, MAY 28. - The Confederates were defeated at Dallas. Longstreet had attacked Sherman, and was driven towards Marietta.

1864, MAY.-The President ordered the discharge of all prisoners held under the suspension of the habeas corpus act.

The order was issued through the secretary of war.

1864, JUNE 1.-The battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, was fought.

It was indecisive.

1864, JUNE 3. —A battle was fought near Cold Harbor, Virginia.

The Federals were repulsed.

1864, JUNE 3. — An act amending the National Bank Act was approved.

The act was entitled "An act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of the United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof."

1864, JUNE 6.- Ackworth, Georgia, was occupied by the Federals under General Sherman.

1864, JUNE 7. Morgan again raided in Kentucky, and captured Lexington.

On the 12th his force was defeated, and a thousand horses they had captured retaken.

1864. THE postal money-order system was established by Congress.

It was similar to the system which had been in use for some years in Great Britain. By it, orders for small sums of money, payable at any other office, can be obtained, at a slight charge. On November 1st the system went into operation in about one hundred and forty offices. It has since been extended so as to embrace several of the countries of Europe, thus affording a cheap and reliable method of exchange, while at the same time the charge has been lessened. On the 1st of October, 1875, the number of offices in operation was 3696. Up to June 30 of the same year, for the year, the number of orders issued was 5,006,323, the amount of money they represented being over $75,000,000.

1864, JUNE 16. The Federals were defeated in an attack upon Petersburg, Virginia.

1964, JUNE 17. —Congress passed an act forbidding selling gold on time.

It was intended to stop the goil gambüng, but failed to effect it. The premium was enhanced, and the act was repealed July 2, 1964.

1964, JUNE 19.-The investment of Petersburg, Virginia, was begin.

1861, JUNE 19. The Alabama was sunk off Cherbourg, France, by the Kearsarge.

The Alabama had been built at Liverpool, England. and sailed July 29, 1862. She had committed numerous depredations on American commerce. During the war the Confederates sent out about thirty privateers. Of these the chief were: the Savannah, which escaped from Charleston June 2, 1961, and was captured June 4; the Sumter, which escaped from New Orleans in July, 1861, and was sold in April, 1862; the Jeff Davis, which escaped from Charleston July, 1861, and was wrecked in August; the Nashville, which escaped from Charleston October, 1861, and was destroyed by the Montawk, March 1, 1863; the Florida, built at Birkenhead, England, captured by the Wachusett in October, 1864.

1864, JUNE 21, 22. The Federals were repulsed in attacks upon the Weldon railroad, Virginia.

1864, JUNE 22. - The House of Representatives resolved to abolish slavery.

1864, JUNE 24. - The Maryland constitutional convention agreed to abolish slavery.

1864, JUNE 27.- A battle was fought at Kenesaw Mountain. The Federals made an unsuccessful attack. The Confederates abandoned their position July 2.

1864, JUNE 28.-The Confederates moved up the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia.

General Early was in command. Until July 4, Washington was threatened. 1864, JUNE 28.- An act of Congress repealing the fugitive slave law was approved.

It repealed the act of February 12, 1793, and the amendment of September, 1850.

1864, JUNE 30.-An act to provide ways and means for the support of the government and for other purposes was approved.

It authorized the secretary of the treasury to borrow on the credit of the United States four hundred millions of dollars, issuing coupon or registered bonds for the amount, payable in not less than five nor more than forty years, of denomination not less than fifty dollars, and drawing six per cent. interest, "payable semiannually in coin." In lieu of an equal amount of bonds, he might issue two hundred millions of dollars in treasury notes, in denomination not less than ten dollars, payable within three years, and bearing interest at the rate of seven and three tenths per centum, payable "in lawful money," and "a legal tender to the same extent as United States notes for their face value, excluding interest." Pro

vided: "That the total amount of bonds and treasury notes, authorized by the first and second sections of this act, shall not exceed four hundred millions of dollars, in addition to the amounts heretofore issued; nor shall the total amount of United States notes, issued or to be issued, ever exceed four hundred millions of dollars, and such additional sum, not exceeding fifty millions of dollars, as may be temporarily required for the redemption of temporary loan; nor shall any treasury note bearing interest, issued under this act, be a legal tender in payment or redemption of any notes issued by any bank, banking association, or banker, calculated or intended to circulate as money." Section 4 of the act authorized the secretary of the treasury to receive, through the depositories designated for the purpose, other than national banking associations, temporary loans of United States notes, or national bank-notes, for not less than thirty days, and give certificates bearing interest not exceeding six per centum a year. Such deposits should not exceed one hundred and fifty millions; and as a reserve for their payment, fifty millions of United States notes were to be issued and kept. The act also provided for the issue of fifty millions of fractional currency.

The act contained also the provision that "all bonds, Treasury notes, and other obligations of the United States, shall be free from taxation, by or under state or municipal authority." Its last section declares "the words obligation or other security of the United States", to mean "all bonds, coupons, national currency, United States notes, fractional notes, checks for money of authenticated officers of the United States, certificates of indebtedness, certificates of deposits, stamps, and other representatives of value of whatever denomination, which have been or may be issued under any act of Congress."

1864, JUNE 30.- Mr. Chase resigned the position of Secretary of the Treasury.

July 5, William P. Fessenden was appointed to the office.

1864, JULY 4. The enrolment bill was approved.

The House passed it on the 12th February, and the Senate on the 19th. It gave the President authority to call for as many men as the necessity required; drafts to be ordered if the quotas were not filled. Substitutes might be furnished by those enrolled; all persons under forty-five to be enrolled; drafted persons could furnish substitutes; commuters exempted only from the special draft; all male persons of African descent, between twenty and forty-five, whether citizens or not, to be enrolled; loyal masters of drafted slaves to be given a certificate, and the bounty to be paid the person to whom the slave owes service; a commission to be appointed to award not over three hundred dollars to loyal persons to whom colored volunteers owe service; colored troops not to be "assigned as state troops, but shall be mustered into regiments or companies as United States colored volunteers."

1864, JULY 8. The President issued a proclamation in reference to a bill for reconstruction.

The bill had been presented to him too late for him to consider it. It guaranteed a republican form of government to the states whose governments had been overthrown, and authorized the President to appoint provisional governors until regular state governments were organized. The proclamation stated that, while the President was not prepared to commit himself to any single plan of reconstruction, yet he was satisfied this provided by the bill was a proper one, and that, when armed resistance ceased in any state, military governors would be appointed, with directions to proceed according to the provisions of the bill.

1864, JULY 9. The battle of Monocacy River, Maryland, was fought.

The Federals were defeated. Lee had crossed the Potomac, and threatened Baltimore and Washington. On the 13th of July he retired from Maryland.

1864, JULY 18.-The President issued a call for five hundred thousand men.

They were to enlist for one, two, or three years, as they should elect. If a sufficient number did not present themselves, a draft was to be made on September 5 for men to serve one year.

1864, JULY 20.-The battle of Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, was fought.

The Confederates were under General Hood, who had replaced Johnston. The Federals under Sherman held their own.

1864, JULY 22.-The Louisiana state convention adopted a constitution abolishing slavery.

1864, JULY 22.-The battle of Decatur, Georgia, was fought. The Confederates were finally repulsed.

1864, JULY 30. — Another unsuccessful assault was made by the Federals upon Petersburg, Virginia.

1864, AUGUST 6.- Fort Gaines, in Mobile Bay, surrendered to Admiral Farragut.

Fort Powell was blown up on the 5th, and the Confederate ram Tennessee captured.

1864, AUGUST 21.- The Weldon railroad was captured.

The contest lasted three days.

1864, AUGUST 23. — Fort Morgan, in Mobile Bay, was captured by Admiral Farragut.

The Federals had possession of the bay.

1864, AUGUST 31.-The battle of Jonesborough was fought. The Confederates were repulsed. The next day Sherman captured the town.

1864, SEPTEMBER 2.-The Federals entered Atlanta.

The Confederates had evacuated it. A truce of ten days, beginning on the 14th, was given the inhabitants to leave the place, which was made a depot of supplies.

1864, SEPTEMBER 4.- Morgan was defeated at Greenville, Tennessee, by the Federals under General Gillem.

Morgan was killed and his staff captured.

1864, SEPTEMBER 19. The battle of Winchester, Virginia, was fought.

The Federals were successful.