52 BLATCHFORD, RICHARD M. 



BOLIVIA. 



BLATCHFORD, RICHARD M. XV. Decease 

 of, 582. 



BLEECKER, RICHARD W. XV. Decease of, 

 575. 



BLEEK, WILHELM H. E. XV. A philologist, 

 80 ; biographical sketch of, 82. 



BLENKER, Colonel. I. At Bull Run, 86. 



BLISS, GEORGE. V. Representative from 

 Ohio, 205 ; on reconsidering the vote on the 

 constitutional amendment, 208. 



XIII. Lawyer and politician, 568 ; obituary 

 of, 568. 



BLOCKADE. I. The Paris Congress, 70; 

 convention between England and France, 70 ; 

 original form of blockade, 70; neutrality of 

 European powers, 70 ; Lord Russell's letter to 

 Liverpool merchants, 70 ; views of the French 

 Government, 71 ; authority of the President 

 to institute a blockade denied, 71 ; rights of 

 belligerents, 72 ; questions raised, 72, 230, 232, 

 234. 



II. 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 advanced 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 blockade, 195, 196; deliberate opinion of 

 the British Government, 196 ; remarks of M. 

 Regnaitinthe French Legislature, 196; reply 

 of M. Billault, 196 ; memorial of British ship- 

 owners to the Secretary on Foreign Affairs, 

 197 ; reply of Earl Russell, 197. 



III. (See Prize) 



BLOCKADE, STONE. I. At Charleston, 101 ; 

 the plan explained by the Secretary of the 

 Navy, 101 ; the vessels, 102 ; where obtained, 

 102 ; how prepared to be sunk, 102 ; details, 

 102. 



BLODGETT, WILLIAM. XV. Decease of, 

 585. 



BLOSSOM ROCK, THE. X. At entrance of 

 San Francisco harbor, 69 ; blasting of, 69. . 



BLOT, PIERRE, XIV. Decease of, 649. 



BLOW, HENRY T. XV. Decease of, 582. 



BLUNT, EDMUND. VI. Birth, 60; pursuits, 

 60 ; death, 60. 



BOARDMAN, WILLIAM W. XI. Obituary of, 

 583. 



BOCKH, AUGUST. VII. German philologist, 

 90 ; birth, 90 ; literary labors, 90 ; works, 90 ; 

 death, 90. 



BOCOCK, ROY. JOHN HOLMES, D. D. XII. 



Obituary, 623. 



BOCOCK, THOMAS S. II. Speaker of the 

 Confederate House, 257 ; his address, 257. 



BOEHM, HENRY. XV. Decease of, 588. 



BOGARDUS, JAMES. XIV. Decease of, 631. 



BOGGS, Rey. GEORGE W. XI. Obituary of, 

 582. 



BOGLE, JAMES, American painter. XIII. 

 Birth, 67 ; death, 67 ; merits as an artist, 67. 



BOGUE, Rev. HORATIUS PUBLICS. XII. Obit- 

 uary, 603. 



BOGY, LEWIS V. XV. Senator from Mis- 

 souri, 161 ; on resumption of specie payments, 

 151. 



BOHEMIA. XI. Relations in Austrian Em- 

 pire, 59, 60. 



BOILEU, ALBERT D. IV. Case of, 470. 



BOKHARA. XV. Boundaries, 80; treaty 

 with Russia, 80; the relations with Russia, 

 81. 



BOLIVIA. V. President, 120 ; . area and 

 population, 120 ; army, 121 ; finances, 121 ; 

 movements of shipping, 121 ; number and 

 tonnage of ships, 121 ; revolutionary move- 

 ments, 121 ; explorations, 882. 



VI. Population, 61 ; army, 61 ; civil war, 

 61 ; protests against the alliance of Brazil, 

 Uruguay, etc., 61 ; dispute with Chili, 61. 



VII. President, 90 ; area, 90 ; population, 

 90 ; army, 90 ; receipts and expenditures, 90 ; 

 imports, 90; election for President ordered, 

 90 ; revolution in, 90 ; guano contract with 

 French company, 91. 



VIII. Limits, 74; population, 75; army, 

 75 ; expenditures, 75 ; new Congress, 75 ; 

 rights of citizenship, 75 ; contract with the 

 National Bolivian Navigation Company, 75. 



IX. Government, 72 ; area and population, 

 72; physical geography, 72; products, 72; 

 foreign trade, 73 ; revolution ended constitu- 

 tion restored, 73 ; recognizes belligerent rights 

 of Cuba, 73. 



X. Government, 69; area, 69; depart- 

 ments, 69; population, 69; army, 69; reve- 

 nue, 69 ; commerce, 69 ; mineral productions, 

 69 ; railroads, 69 ; amnesty to political offend- 

 ers, 70 ; highways, 70 ; mint, 70 ; banks, 70 ; 

 revolt of Morales, 70 ; discovery of silver-mine, 

 70. 



XI. Government, 81 ; area, population, 82 ; 

 army, finances, commerce, 82 ; railroads, 82 ; 

 revolution, 82 ; siege of La Paz, 82 ; defeat of 



