INDEX OF CONTENTS 



ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS. Letter to Earl Kussell in rela- 

 tion to the Shenandoah, 811-313 ; second letter, referred 

 to as an answer to Clarendon, 816-319. 



Africa. Expectations of the French, 1 ; outbreaks in Al- 

 geria, 1 ; defeat of the Hamian tribes, 1 ; Louis Napo- 

 leon visits Algeria, 1 ; decree of the French Government 

 respecting Algeria, 1 ; commerce of Algeria, 2 ; Insurrec- 

 tion in Morocco, 2 ; progress of the Suez Canal, 2 ; Abys- 

 sinia, 2 ; affairs in Madagascar, 2 ; South Africa, 2 ; Cape 

 Colony, 2. 



Agriculture. Prosperity of the year, 2 ; drought, 2 ; cereal 

 crops, 2 ; decrease, 8 ; rye crop, 3 ; barley do., 8 ; oat 

 do., 3 ; hay do., 8 ; corn do., 8 ; cotton do., 3 ; tobacco 

 do., 3 ; potato do., 4 ; sorghum do., 4 ; buckwheat do., 

 4; fruits, 4; grape crop. 4; wool and sheep, 4; hogs, 

 4; live stock in 1864-'65, ! exports of agricultural 

 products, 5 ; result of the grape crop, 5 ; hop culture, 5 ; 

 New England district, 6 ; mode of cultivation, 6 ; hops, 

 how picked, 7 ; drying, 7 ; baling, 8 ; the hop louse, 8 ; 

 origin, 8 ; first attack, 8 ; multiplication, 8 ; effects of at- 

 mospheric changes, 8 ; enemies of insects, 9 ; the mould, 

 9 : a disease, 9 ; causes, etc., 9. 



Alabama. Spirit of the people at the commencement of the 

 year, 9 ; resolutions, 10 ; attack on Mobile, 10 ; raid of 

 Gen. Wilson, 10 ; militia of the State, 10 ; reasons for 

 further opposition, 10 ; desolation in the State, 10 ; Wil- 

 son's raid, 11 ; proclamation of President Johnson, 11 ; 

 do. relative to Alabama, 11; Parsons appointed Pro- 

 visional Governor, 11 ; duties, 12 ; losses of the State, 

 12 ; proclamation of Gor. Parsons, 12 ; how received, 18 ; 

 State Convention assembles, 13; organized, 18; action 

 relative to the election of State offlc.ers and members 

 of Congress, 14 ; ordinance relative to the institution of 

 slavery, 14; debate in the Convention, 14; ordinance 

 relative to acts of the State Legislature, 15 ; debate on 

 important points, 15 ; condition of the finances of the 

 Slate, 16; ordinance of secession, 16; majority and mi- 

 nority reports of the committee on, 16 ; debate, 16, 17 ; 

 its repeal, 17; other ordinances adopted, 17; the war 

 debt declared void, 17 ; adjournment of the Convention, 

 17 ; State officers elected, 17 ; Legislature convenes, 17 ; 

 message of Gov. Parsons, 17 ; on the proceedings of the 

 Convention, IS ; destitution, 18 ; State debt, IS ; battle- 

 flags, 18; State officers chosen by the Legislature, 18; 

 amendment to the Federal Constitution adopted, 18; 

 other acts of the Legislature relative to frecdmen, 19 ; 

 inauguration of Gov. Patton, 19 ; his address, 19 ; losses 

 of the State by the war, 19 ; emancipation, 19 ; despatch 



from Washington relieving the Provisional Govcror, 19; 

 do. to Gov. Patton, 20 ; freedmen Convention in August, 

 20; do. in November, 20; difficulty between Bishop 

 Wilmer and the military authorities, 20, 21. 



ALLEN, PHILIP. Birth, 21 ; career, 21 ; death, 21. 



America. Close of the war in the United States, 21 ; recon- 

 struction, 21 ; emancipation, 21 ; British American Con- 

 federation, 21 ; war in Mexico, 21 ; Juarez, his term of 

 office, 22 ; Dominicans, success of, 22 ; Jamaica, disturb- 

 ances in, 22 ; difficulties between Spain and Pern, 22 ; 

 do. with Chili, 22 ; insurrection in Uruguay, 22 ; Para- 

 guay declares war, 22 ; Brazil, war with Paraguay, 22 ; 

 Congress of South American States, 22 ; alliance formed, 

 22. 



Anglican Churches. Btatlsilcs of, in United States, 23 ; tri- 

 ennial Convention, 24 ; question of reunion with South- 

 ern dioceses, 24; bishops from the South present, 24; 

 admission of, 24 ; proceedings of the Convention, 25 ; 

 resolution for a day of thanksgiving, 25 ; vote on, 25 ; 

 lost, 25; division of the diocese of Pennsylvania, 25; 

 number of bishops increased, 25 ; Southern General 

 Council, 25; proceedings, 25; Board of Missions, 25, 

 reports from Mexico, 25 ; mission to West Africa, 26 , 

 Church of England, 26 ; Bishop Colenso, 26 ; Order of 

 St. Benedict, 26; efforts for a closer union of the English 

 and Eussian Churches, 26 ; proceedings, 26 ; views of Dr. 

 Pusey, 27 ; colonial bishoprics, 27. 



Anhalt. A duchy in Germany, 27; area, 27; population, 

 27 ; divisions, 27 ; receipts and expenditures, 27 ; debt, 

 27. 



Argentine Republic. Government, 27; constitution, 27; 

 area, 27 ; provinces, 27 ; inhabitants of Buenos Ayres, 

 27; immigrants, 27; receipts and expenses, 27; army 

 and navy, 27; invasion of Corrientes, 27; war, 27; alli- 

 ance with Brazil and Uruguay, 27; results, 2S. 



Arkansas. Reorganization of the State, 28; Legislature, 

 28; State Convention, 28; acts of the Legislature, 28; 

 disfranchising act, 28 ; restoration of order, 28; members 

 of Congress chosen, 28; despatch of President Johnson, 

 23 ; number of slaves formerly in the State, 29 ; aid ren- 

 dered by the Freedmen's Bureau, 29 ; destitution of the 

 people, 29. 



Army, Confederate. Decline of the numbers, 29 ; final sur- 

 render, 29 ; see Army Operations. 



Army of the United States. Available force at the begin- 

 ning of the year, 80; the draft, 80; additional acts of 

 Congress, 80 ; proclamation of the President, 80 ; opin- 

 ion of the Attorney-General, 80 ; strength of the fore* 



