56 BRAZIL, EMPRESS-DOWAGER OF. 



BRIGGS, AMOS. 



tation of northern mails, 75 ; contract for the 

 introduction of immigrants, 75 ; discovery of 

 coal on the Amazon, 75 ; result of the general 

 elections, 75, 76 ; controversy with the Argen- 

 tine Government, 76; geographical explora- 

 tions in, 339. 



XIII. Geographical position, 72; bounda- 

 ries, 72 ; area, 72 ; political divisions, 72 ; pop- 

 ulation, 72; Government, 72; Emperor and 

 officers of the Government, 72 ; administration 

 of the provinces, 72 ; bishoprics, 72 ; courts, 

 army, 72 ; navy, 72 ; withdrawal of forces from 

 Paraguay, 72 ; table of exports and imports, 

 73 ; coffee exports, 74 ; coast- trade of Bahia, 74; 

 commercial relations with the United States, 

 74; mail communications, 74; railways, 74; 

 post-office department, 75 ; telegraph-lines, 75 ; 

 national revenue, 75; banks, 76; public in- 

 struction, 77 ; reorganization of the Deaf and 

 Dumb Institute of Rio, 77 ; libraries, electoral 

 system, 77 ; reforms advocated, 78 ; Chamber 

 of Deputies, 78; treaty of extradition with 

 Great Britain, 78 ; with Belgium, 78 ; discov- 

 ery of amethysts, 78; diamond-strikes, 78; 

 laws for naturalization, 78 ; rescinding of con- 

 sular treaties, 78; speech of the Emperor at 

 opening of the Legislature, 78; Emperor's 

 message, 79 ; controversy between ecclesiasti- 

 cal and civil authorities, 79 ; registration of 

 slaves, 79 ; Mende's translation of Homer, 79 ; 

 legacy to the imperial family, 79 ; English immi- 

 grants, 79 ; exhibition of national products, 79. 



XIV. Boundaries, 95 ; population of prov- 

 inces, 95 ; Government, 95 ; presidents of prov- 

 inces, 95; courts, 96; army, 96; navy, 96; 

 commerce, 96 ; exports of coffee, 97 ; railways, 

 97; telegraphs, 97; revenue, 97; shipping 

 movements, 97; expenditures, 97; debt, 98; 

 banks, 98; arrest of Bishop Olinda, 98; sani- 

 tary state of provinces, 99 ; military organiza- 

 tion, 99. 



XV. Boundaries, 85; slaves, 85; popula- 

 tion, 85; colonization bill, 85; Government, 

 86 ; officers of state, 86 ; cabinet, 86 ; Legisla- 

 ture, 87 ; bishops, 86 ; army, 86 ; military af- 

 fairs, 87 ; navy, 87 ; exports and imports, 87 ; 

 revenue, 88 ; expenditures, 88 ; national debt, 

 88 ; schools, 88 ; Emperor's speech to the Bra- 

 zilian Chambers, 89'; legislation, 89. 



BRAZIL, AMELIA AGUSTA EUGENIA NAP0LEONE, 

 Empress-dowager of. XIII. Birth, 80; death, 

 80; parentage, 80; marriage, 80; royal con- 

 nections, 80. 



BRECKENRIDGE, Key. ROBERT JEFFERSON. 



XL Life, death, 85 ; admitted to bar, 85 ; be- 

 comes preacher, 85 ; strong Unionist in rebel- 

 lion, 86. 



WilXkLMUDGE, JOHXC. I. Senator in Thir- 

 ty-seventh Congress, 166; readiness of South- 

 ern statesmen to compromise, 174, 224; on the 

 acts of President Lincoln, 231-234; on the 

 cause of the war, 242 ; joins the Confederate 

 army, 407. 



XV. Biographical sketch of, 90. 



BREMEN. V. Government, 122; area and 

 population, 122; revenue, 122; army, 122; 

 movement of shipping, 122 ; exports and im- 

 ports, 122. 



VI. City, 68; area, 68; population, 68; 

 commerce, 68. 



VII. Government, 94 ; area and population, 

 94; budget, 94; debt, 94; army, 94; military 

 convention with Prussia, 94 ; imports and ex- 

 ports, 94; navy, 94. 



VIII. Government, 78; area, 78; popula- 

 tion, 78 ; debt, 78 ; commerce, 78. 



IX. Government, 78 ; area and population, 

 78 ; exports and imports, 78 ; statistics of em- 

 igration, 78. 



X. Area, 74; population, 74; revenue, 74; 

 expenditure, 74 ; debt, 74 ; shipping, 74 ; mer- 

 chant navy, 74 ; emigration, 74. 



BREMER, FREDERIKA. V. Birth, 122; ed- 

 ucation, 122 ; works, 122 ; visit to America, 

 visits to England and the south of Europe, 123 ; 

 death, 123. 



BRENT, ROBERT J. XII. Obituary, 605. 



BRESTEL, Dr. RUDOLF. XI. Birth, career, 61. 



BREVOORT, HENRY. XIV. Decease of, 630. 



BREWER, GARDNER. XIV. Decease of, 652. 



BREWER, RCT. JOSIAII. XII. Obituary, 633. 



BREWSTER, Sir DAVID. VIII. irth, 78; 

 career, 79 ; death, 79. 



BRIDGE AT ST. LOUIS. XIV. Details of, 

 579. 



BRIDGEPORT. III. Its situation, 168; oc- 

 cupation by General Hooker, 168. 



BRIDGES. VI. Hudson River at Albany, 

 68; Cincinnati suspension, 69; Connecticut 

 River, 69 ; Susquehanna bridge, 70 ; illustra- 

 tions, 71, 72. 



VIII. Quincy Railway bridge, 79; rail- 

 way bridge at India Point, Providence, 80 ; 

 bridge over the Alleghany, 80 ; bridge strains, 

 81 ; method of determining, 81. 



BRIGGS, AMOS. XIV. Decease of, 648. 



