751; 112
      Corinth, Miss.:  1,788; 3,920
      Natchez, Miss.:  308; 2,780
      Vicksburg, Miss.:  3,896; 12,704
      Alexandria, La.:  534; 772
      Baton Rouge, La.:  2,468; 495
      Chalmette, La.:  6,833; 5,075
      Port Hudson, La.:  590; 3,218
      Brownsville, Texas:  1,409; 1,379
      San Antonio, Texas:  307; 167
      Fayetteville, Ark.:  431; 781
      Fort Smith, Ark.:  706; 1,152
      Little Rock, Ark.:  3,260; 2,337
      Chattanooga, Tenn.:  7,993; 4,903
      Fort Donelson, Tenn.:  158; 511
      Knoxville, Tenn.:  2,089; 1,040
      Memphis, Tenn.:  5,150; 8,817
      Nashville, Tenn.:  11,824; 4,692
      Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.:  1,229; 2,361
      Stone River, Tenn.:  3,820; 2,314
      Camp Nelson, Ky.:  2,477; 1,165
      Cave Hill, Louisville, Ky.:  3,342; 583
      Danville, Ky.:  346; 12
      Lebanon, Ky.:  591; 277
      Lexington, Ky.:  824; 105
      Logan’s, Ky.:  345; 366
      Crown Hill, Indianapolis, Ind.:  686; 36
      New Albany, Ind.:  2,138; 676
      Camp Butler, Ill.:  1,007; 355
      Mound City, Ill.:  2,505; 2,721
      Rock Island, Ill.:  280; 9
      Jefferson Barracks, Mo.:  8,569; 2,906
      Jefferson City, Mo.:  348; 412
      Springfield, Mo.:  845; 713
      Fort Leavenworth, Kas.:  821; 913
      Fort Scott, Kas.:  388; 161
      Keokuk, Iowa:  610; 21
      Fort Gibson, I. T.:  212; 2,212
      Fort McPherson, Neb.:  149; 291
      City of Mexico, Mexico:  254; 750

THE CATACOMBS OF PARIS.—­The so-called catacombs of Paris were never catacombs in the ancient sense of the word, and were not devoted to purposes of sepulture until 1784.  In that year the Council of State issued a decree for clearing the Cemetery of the Innocents, and for removing its contents, as well as those of other graveyards, into the quarries which had existed from the earlier times under the city of Paris and completely undermined the southern part of the city.  Engineers and workmen were sent to examine the quarries and to prop up their roofs lest the weight of buildings above should break them in.  April 7, 1786, the consecration of the catacombs was performed with great solemnity, and the work of removal from the cemeteries was immediately begun.  This work was all performed by night; the bones were brought in funeral cars, covered with a pall, and followed by priests chanting the service of the dead, and when they reached the catacombs the bones were shot down the shaft.  As the cemeteries were cleared by order of the government, their contents were removed to this place of general deposit, and these catacombs further served as convenient receptacles for those who perished in the revolution.  At first the bones were heaped up without any kind of order except that those from each cemetery were kept separate, but in 1810 a regular system of arranging