BELKNAP, W. W. 



BERLIOZ, LOUIS H. 



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tary services, 120 ; marriages, 120 ; death, 

 120. 



BELKNAP, W. W. IX. Becomes Secretary 

 of War, 30. 



XIV. Orders General Sheridan to New- 

 Orleans, 493. 



BELL, Admiral HENRY H. VII. Sends an 

 expedition against the Forrnosans, 119; in 

 command of the Asiatic squadron, 52V. 



VIII. Birth, 71 ; public services, 71 ; death, 

 72. 



BELL, JOHN. I. Vote for, at the presiden- 

 tial election, 697. 



IX. Birth and death, 69 ; political career, 

 70; Secretary of War, 70; elected to the 

 United States Senate, 70 ; nominated for the 

 presidency, 70. 



BELL, SAMUEL DANA. VIII. Birth, 72; 

 pursuits, 72 ; death, 72. 



BELL, SAMUEL N. XIV. Appointed Chief- 

 Justice of Supreme Court in New Hampshire, 

 599. 



BELL, General Sir WILLIAM, K. C. B., British 

 officer. XIII. Obituary of, 593. 



BELLOGUET, Baron ROGET de. XII. Obit- 

 uary, 650. 



BELLOWS, HENRY A., Chief - Justice New 

 Hampshire Supreme Court. XIV. Obituary 

 of, 564. 



BELOOCHISTAN. XV. Boundaries, 77 ; area 

 and population, 77 ; border towns, 77 ; differ- 

 ences between the Khan of Kelat and the In- 

 dian Government, 78. 



BEMAN, RCT. NATHANIEL. XI. Birth, death, 

 career, 74. 



BENDIX, Colonel. III. At the battle of Great 

 Bethel, 344. 



BENEDEK, Reid-Marshal LFDWIG yon. XI. 

 Birth, death, career, 74. 



BENEDICT, DAVID. XIV. Birth, 91 ; writ- 

 ings, 91 ; death, 91. 



BENEDICT, GEORGE WYLLYS. XI. Birth, 

 death, 74 ; career, 74, 75 ; professor in Uni- 

 versity of Vermont, 75 ; engaged in extension 

 of telegraph-lines, 75 ; editor, 75. 



BENEDICT, JESSE W. XII. Obituary, 5l3. 



BENEDIX, JULIEN R. XIII. Birth, 66; 

 death, 66 ; early education, 66 ; pursuits, 66 ; 

 dramatic writings, 66 ; other publications, 66. 



BENHAM, HENRY W. I. Biographical notice 

 of, 723. 



BENJAMIN, J. P. I. Senator in Thirty-sixth 

 Congress, 166 ; on the secession of the South- 



ern States, 185 ; in reply to Senator Doolittle, 

 188; withdraws from the Senate, 200; ap- 

 pointed Secretary of War, 165 ; instructions to 

 receivers under confiscation act, 149 ; letter 

 ordering certain prisoners to be held as host- 

 ages for the safety of convicted privateers, 151 ; 

 orders relative to bridge-burners in East Ten- 

 nessee, 153. 



BENJAMIN, JOHN F. VIII. Eepresentative 

 from Missouri, 149 ; offers resolutions relative 

 to reconstruction, 149. 



BENJAMIN, PARK. IV. Birth, 167; educa- 

 tion, 167; writings, 167; death, 167. 



BENNETS MILLS. I. Its situation, 69 ; skir- 

 mish at, 69. 



BENNETT, ALVIN. XIV. Decease of, 635. 



BENNETT, Mrs. HENRIETTA AGNES CREAN, 

 widow of James Gordon Bennett. XIII. 

 Obituary of, 566. 



BENNETT, JAMES GORDON. XII. Birth, death, 

 62 ; early life and education, 62 ; emigrates to 

 America, 63 ; first employment, 63 ; goes to 

 Charleston, 63 ; opens a school, 63 ; lectures, 

 63 ; becomes connected with several news- 

 papers, 63 ; his letters written to the Enquirer, 

 63 ; becomes connected with the Pennsylva- 

 nia^ 63 ; founds the New York Herald, 63 ; 

 character of the Herald, 64; its growth, 64; 

 the first money article, 64; advertises for a 

 business partner, 64 ; enterprise of the Herald, 

 65 ; character of Mr? Bennett, 65 ; his personal 

 appearance, 65, 66. 



BENNING, HENRY L. XV. Decease of, 579. 



BENNINGSEN, RUDOLPH. XV. Biographical 

 sketch of, 655. 



BENTLEY, RICHARD. XI. Obituary of, 601. 



BENTLEY, ROBERT. XI. Birth, death, career, 

 75. 



BENTON, NATHANIEL S. IX. Birth, 70; 

 death, 70; career, 70; character, 71. 



BENTON, THOMAS H. V. Nominated for 

 Governor of Iowa, 440. 



BERESFORD, JOHN GEORGE, II. Birth, 192 ; 

 education, 192 ; services, 192 ; death, 192. 



BERESFORD, SAMUEL B., M.D. XIII. Obitu- 

 ary of, 583. 



BERG, RCT. JOSEPH FREDERICK. XI. Birth, 

 death, 75 ; career, 75, 76. 



BERGEN, Rev. JOHN G.,D.D. XII. Obituary, 

 604. 



BERLIOZ, LOUIS HECTOR. IX. Birth and 

 death, 71 ; musical compositions, 71 ; literary 

 works, 71. 



