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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



Battooning, practical applications of the art, 184; recon- 

 noissance in war, 184; telegraphic connection, 184; re- 

 connoissances before "Washington and on the Peninsula, 

 185 ; ascent to great heights, 1S5 ; Mr. Glashier's ascent, 

 185 ; results, 185, 186, 187. 



BANES, GEN. N. P., commands at Cedar Mountain, 130; 

 takes command at New Orleans, 652. 



Baptists, different denominations in the United States, 187; 

 numbers, 187; anniversaries, 188; charitable contribu- 

 tions, 188 ; Baptists in England, 188 ; Pastor's College, 

 188; 50th annual session in London, 188; Baptists on 

 the Continent, 189 ; Germany, 189; France, 189; Den- 

 mark, 189; missionary churches in India, 189; other 

 missionary churches, 189. 



Barometer, Its uses, 189; measure heights by inspection, 

 190; observation on, 190; vertical movements of the at- 

 mosphere, 190; method for recording temperatures and 

 pressures in balloon ascents, 191. 



Batesville, its situation, 191 ; population, 191. 



Baton Jiouge, its situation, 191 ; battle at, 191. 



Beaufort, its situation, 191 ; population, 191 ; capture, 191. 



BEAUREGARD, GEN., address to his soldiers in Mississippi on 

 taking command, 67 ; dispatch at the battle of Shiloh, 

 73; address, 74; address to his troops in Virginia, 81. 



BECKWITH, JOHN CHARLES, birth, 191 ; death, 191 , educa- 

 tion, 191; public services in the army, 191; efforts to 

 improve the condition of the Waldensians, 191. 



BEBESFORD, JOHN GEORGE, birth, 192; education, 192 ; ser- 

 vices, 192 ; death, 192. 



BETHITNE, GEORGE "W., birth, 192; education, 192; death, 

 192 ; writings, 193. 



Blockade, its effectiveness, 193 ; letter of J. M. Mason to 

 Earl Russell, 193 ; reports of British naval officers, 193 ; 

 letter of Earl Russell to Lord Lyons, 193; views ad- 

 vanced in the House of Commons, 194 ; speech of the 

 Solicitor-General, 194; speech of Lord Strathedon, 194; 

 reply of Earl Russell on the effectiveness of the block- 

 ade, 195, 196 ; deliberate opinion of the British Govern- 

 ment, 196 , remarks of M. Regnait in the French Legis- 

 lature, 196; reply of M. Billault, 196; memorial of Brit- 

 ish shipowners to the Secretary on Foreign Affairs, 197 ; 

 reply of Earl Russell, 197. 



BOCOCK, THOMAS S., speaker of the Confederate House, 257; 

 his address, 257. 



Border States. Appeal of President Lincoln to, on eman- 

 cipation, 721 ; replies of members of Congress, 722, 723, 

 724, 725. 



Brazil, its situation, 197; provinces and population, 197; 

 difficulty with Great Britain, 197 ; facts of the case, 197 ; 

 another cause of complaint, 198 ; correspondence be- 

 tween the Governments of the two countries, 198; 

 propositions for adjustment, 199; accepted under pro- 

 test, 199 , difficulty on the Amazon, 199 ; progress of the 

 country, 199 ; commerce, 200. 



BBODIE, BENJAMIN C., birth, 200; death, 200; education, 200; 

 distinction as a surgeon, 200. 



BKOWN, JOSEPH E., Governor of Georgia, opposes conscrip- 

 tion, 244; correspondence, 244. 



BUCKLK, HENRY T., birth, 200; education, 200 ; pursuits, 

 200; writings, 201; death, 201. 



BTJELL, GEN. DON CARLOS, his force in Kentucky, 28. 



Building Materials. Tendency to decay, 201 ; investiga- 

 tion in England, 201; "Westminister Palace examined, 

 201 ; extent and position of decay, 201 ; causes, 201 ; best 

 means of prevention, 202 ; qualities of stone recommend- 

 ed for future use, 203 ; principles likely to be effective 

 In accomplishing the preservation of stone, 203 ; various 

 applications, 203 ; processes, 204 ; mode of decay over- 



looked, 205 ; preservation of timber, 205 ; processes used, 

 206. 



BURNSIDE, GEN. AMBROSE E., commands expedition to 

 North Carolina, 38; address to his troops, 39; address to 

 tho people of North Carolina, 41 ; advance upon New- 

 bern, 42; congratulates his troops upon their success, 

 42; appointed to command tho army of the Potomac, 

 164; his orders, 165; his testimony before a committee 

 of Congress, 167 ; orders before Fredericksburg, 170. 



BUTLER, GEN. BENJAMIN D., proceedings at New Orleans, 

 645; retires, 652. 



California, its situation, 206; civil officers, 206; amend- 

 ments to the State Constitution, 206; State debt, 206; 

 revenue, 207; civil affairs, 207 ; floods in the State, 207 ; 

 mines and mining, 207; agricultural products, 208 ; gold 

 and silver exported, 208 ; population, 208. 



CAMERON, SIMON, resigns as Secretary of "War, 82; arrested 

 on process of a court, 511. 



CANNING, CHARLES JOHN, birth, 203; education, 208; pub- 

 lic services, 208 ; death, 208. 



Chemistry Elements, 208; caesium, 208; rubidium, 208; 

 thallium, 209; lithium, 209 ; compounds hydruret of 

 iron, 209; silicuretted hydrogen, 210; peroxide of potas- 

 sium and sodium, 210; hydrofluosilicic acid, 210; hy- 

 perchloric acid, 210: combustion of hydrocarbons in air 

 at ordinary temperature, 210; allotropic states oxy- 

 gen, 211; nitrification, 212; syntheses of organic sub- 

 stances, 213; alcohol, 213; dialysis, 214; transpiration, 

 215; applications of chemistry, 216; "Webster's oxygen 

 process, 216; potash for tho animal kingdom, 216; cop- 

 per paint, 216 ; aluminium bronze for philosophical in- 

 struments, 216; artificial plumbago, 217; determination 

 of carbon in iron, 217; nitrogen in iron, 218; new fnsible 

 alloy, 218; cupreous acetylene, 218; improved matches, 

 218; India rubber varnish, 218; basis of artificial teeth, 

 218; guauo polishing powder, 219; cement for rooms, 

 219; new system of bottling liquids, 219; new process 

 of making vinegar, 219; new hydrometer 220; myrtle 

 wax, 220; aniline colors, 220; Parkesine, 220; Austra- 

 lian oils and resins, 221 ; organic alkaloids, 221; refining 

 sugar, 221 ; detection of picrotoxine, 221 ; oxygenated 

 beverages, 221 ; preservation of meats, 222 ; rendering 

 fabrics non-inflammable, 222 ; awards of the Exhibition 

 of 1862, 222. 



CJiili, its situation, 222 ; provinces and population, 222 ; its 

 claims to territory, 223 ; Araucanians, 223 ; tranquillity 

 of the country, 223. 



Cochin China, its boundaries, 223; population, .223; char- 

 acter of the country, 223; products, 223; difficulties 

 with France, 224; military expeditions, 224; treaties, 

 224. 



COLT, SAMTTEL, birth, 225 ; death, 225 ; education, 225 ; pur- 

 suits, 225; inventions, 225; enterprise, 226; successes, 

 226 ; nature of his inventions, 226. 



Commerce of the United States. Demands for cotton, 227 ; 

 movements in Kentucky and Tennessee, 227 ; operations 

 at New Orleans, 227 ; comparison with other years, 228- 

 229; opening the ports of North and South Carolina, 

 229; limits of the trade of the country, 229; exports 

 from New York, 230-231 ; St. Mary's Canal, 230; influ- 

 ence of the operations of the banks, 231 ; rise in values, 

 231 ; imports of New York, 232 ; imports of cotton into 

 Great Britain, 232; interruption to trade, 232; revenue 

 at New York, 233 ; transfer of vessels to the English 

 flag, 233 ; increase of foreign tonnage, 234 ; ocean steam- 

 ers, 234 ; coastwise trade, 234. 



Confederate States. Population and resources under the 

 census of 1860, 235; political proceedings from February, 



