ASHBURNAM, THOMAS. 



ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA. 35 



ture of the Adansi Hills, 57; terms of peace, 

 57; negotiations broken off, 53; battle of 

 Amoaf ul, 58 ; last stand of the enemy, 59 ; 

 the King's palace, 59 ; close of operations, 60 ; 

 terms of settlement, 60; native allies, 61; 

 effects of English success, 61 ; important meet- 

 ing of kings and chiefs, 62 ; successful results, 

 63. 



ASHBtRXAM, General the Han. THOMAS. XII. 

 Obituary, 640. 



ASHLEY, DELOS R., member of Congress from 

 Nevada. XIII. Obituary of, 575. 



ASHLEY, JAMES M. V. Representative from 

 Ohio, 205 ; on reconsidering the vote on the 

 joint resolution amending the Constitution, 

 206 ; on reconstruction, 246, 255-257. 

 . VI. Representative from Ohio, 124; offers 

 a bill, 143 ; offers a resolution on protecting 

 freedmen, 182. 



VII. Representative from Ohio, 131 ; on 

 the Colorado bill, 171 ; makes charges against 

 the President, 200; offers resolution to con- 

 tinue the labors of the impeachment commit- 

 tee, 246. 



ASHMUN, GEORGE. X. Birth, 36; death, 

 36 ; career, 37 ; character, 37. 



ASIA. III. Three countries purely Asiatic, 

 147; Persia, 147; area, etc., 147; Bokhara, 

 148; British rule in India, 148; efforts of 

 France, 148; war in Circassia, 148; religious 

 denominations, 148. 



IV. Affairs in China, 160; Japan, 160; 

 British India, 160; steady advance of Russia, 

 160; French in Cochin-China, 160; Siam, 160. 



V. Most important events in 1865, 91; 

 progress of Russia, 91 ; China, insurrection in, 

 91 ; British, with Bhootan, 91 ; Afghanistan, 

 91 ; advance of civilization, 91. 



VI. Progress of the Russians in Central 

 Asia, 39 ; movements in China, 39 ; relations 

 of Japan to foreigners, 40 ; British India, 40 ; 

 area and population of countries in Asia, 40. 



VII. Connection between United States 

 and Eastern Asia, 61 ; affairs in Japan, 61 ; 

 foreign influence in China, 62; progress in 

 India, 62 ; Russian consolidation in Central 

 Asia, 62 ; French possessions in Farther India, 

 62; power of the Dutch in the south, 62; 

 dependency of Asia upon Europe, 62 ; exten- 

 sion of the telegraph through Asia, 62; popu- 

 lation, 63 ; religions, 63. 



VIII. War between Russia and the Khan 

 of Bokhara, 43 ; progress of British India, 44; 



Wahabees, 44 ; China, commerce and treaties, 

 44; Japan, its government, 44; area and 

 population of Asia, 44. 



IX. The Central Asian question, 86; 

 changes in Japan, 36; Chinese Government 

 and the Burlingame treaties, 36; commerce, 

 36. 



X. Relations of Russia, 37; outrages 

 against foreign residents in China, 37 ; Japan, 

 87 ; revolt of Toorkistan, 37 ; area and popu- 

 lation of states and divisions, 38. .;. 



XI. Japan, progress in, 42 ; China, 42 ; 

 revolt in Toorkistan, 42 ; attack of Coreans on 

 Americans, 42; Afghanistan, 43; India Mo- 

 hammedan revolt, 43 ; Persia, famine in, 43 ; 

 Saghalien taken possession of by Russia, 43 ; 

 cannibalism in, 94. (See Central Asia.) 



XII. Progress of Japan, 34 ; of China, 34 ; 

 difficulties in Central Asia, 34; assassination 

 of the Viceroy of British India, 34 ; famine in 

 Persia, 34,- 35 ; treaty between England and 

 the Netherlands, 35 ; political changes, 35 ; 

 area and population of divisions and subdivis- 

 ions, 35 ; geographical exploration and discov- 

 ery in, 341; Russian operations in Central 

 Asia, 720-723. 



XIII. Change in territorial divisions, 41; 

 expedition of the Dutch against Acheen, 42 ; 

 area and population, 42; war between the 

 Chinese Government and Mohammedan rebels, 

 42 ; journey of the Shah of Persia to Europe, 

 42 ; changes in Japan, 42 ; increase of British 

 India, 42. 



XIV. Organization of trans-Caspian terri- 

 tory, 63 ; affairs in Afghanistan, 63 ; affairs in 

 Kashgar, 63 ; disposition of the Chinese Gov- 

 ernment, 64; advance in Japan, 64; British 

 India, 64; conflicts in Persia, 64; complica- 

 tions between France and the Emperor of 

 Anam, 64 ; Central Asian Railway, 64. 



XV. Area, population, and divisions, 46; 

 progress of Russia, 46 ; Emperor of China, de- 

 cease of, 46 ; progress in Japan, 47 ; Acheen, 

 47; Kashgar, 47. 



ASPER, JOEL F. XII. Obituary, 629. 



ASPINWALL, WILLIAM H., an eminent mer- 

 chant. XV. Biographical sketch of, 47. 



ASTOR, WILLIAM B. XV. Biographical 

 sketch of, 48. 



ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA. I. Comets, 

 42 ; their appearance, 43, 44 ; seen in England, 

 44; do. Paris, 44; do. Rome, 44; do. Peru, 

 45; asteroids, 45 ; meteors, 45. 



