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BUENOS AYRES. 



BURNS, WILLIAM N. 



BUENOS AYRES. XI. Commerce and ship- 

 ping, 26 ; yellow fever in, 27. 



BUFFET. XV. Yice-President of the French 

 Ministerial Council, 313. 



BUFFINGTON, JAMES. XV. .Decease of, 573. 



BUFFUM, JOSEPH. XIV. Decease of, 626. 



B I FORD, JOHN. III. Birth, 168; death, 

 168 ; military services, 169. 



BUILDING MATERIALS. II. Tendency to 

 decay, 201 ; investigation in England, 201 ; 

 Westminster Palace examined, 201 ; extent 

 and position of decay, 201 ; causes, 201 ; best 

 means of prevention, 202 ; qualities of stone 

 recommended for future use, 203 ; principles 

 likely to be effective in accomplishing the pres- 

 ervation of stone, 203; various applications, 

 203; processes, 204; mode of decay over- 

 looked, 205 ; preservation of timber, 205 ; pro- 

 cesses used, 206. 



BULGARIAN CHURCH. XL (See Eastern 

 Churches.) 



BULKLEY, ELIPHALET ADAMS. XII. Obit- 

 uary, 606. 



BULKLEY, HENRY DAGGETT. XII. Birth, 

 death, 79 ; career, 79 ; works, 79. 



BULLIONS, PETER. IV. Birth, 171 ; educa- 

 tion, 171 ; pursuits, 171 ; writings, 172 ; death, 

 172. 



BULLOCK, ANDREW D. XIV. Decease of, 660. 



BULLOCK, Governor RUFUS. XI. Resigns as 

 Governor of Georgia, 351. 



RULL RUN. I. Its situation, 74; forces, 

 Federal and Confederate, 74 ; numbers, 74, 75 ; 

 regiments, 75; orders of General McDowell, 

 75 ; orders to march, 75 ; Fairfax Court-house, 

 75 ; Centreville, 76 ; reconnoissance beyond 

 Centreville, 76; Confederate plan of attack, 

 77 ; plan of battle at Bull Run, 78 ; report of 

 General McDowell, 79 ; details of the conflict, 

 79, 80 ; retreat from, 85 ; explanation of the 

 disaster, 87; killed and wounded, 88; Confed- 

 erate reports of the victory, 88 ; loss of artil- 

 lery, 88; forces engaged, 89; letter of Davis 

 to Richmond, 89 ; note, 89 ; position of Gen- 

 eral Patterson, 89. 



BULLUS, OSCAR. XI. Obituary of, 586. 



BULWER, WILLIAM HENRY LYTTON EARLE, 

 Baron DALUNG and. XII. Birth, death, 232; 

 career, 232 ; works, 232. 



BUMSTEAD, WILLIAM H. XIV. Decease of, 

 650. 



BURBANK, GIDEON W., philanthropist. *XIII. 

 Obituary of, 566. 



BURCHARD, HORATIO C. XIII. Representa- 

 tive from Illinois, 137; on increased salaries, 

 156. 



BURDEN, HENRY. XI. Obituary of, 567. 



BURDETT, SAMUEL S. XIII. Representative 

 from Missouri, 137; speech on the pay of 

 members, 159. 



SURGES, LOUIS. XL Obituary of, 574. 



BURGESS, GEORGE. VI. Birth, 82 ; educa- 

 tion, 82 ; pursuits, 82 ; death, 82. 



BURGOYNE, General Sir JOHN FOX. XL Obit- 

 uary of, 601. 



BURLEIGH, CEUA. XV. Decease of, 580. 



BURLEIGH, WILLIAM HENRY. XL Birth, 

 death, 86 ; literary career, 86 ; political do., 86. 



BURLINGAME, ANSON. VII. Special Am- 

 bassador from China to the treaty powers, 62, 

 120. 



X. Birth, 75; death, 75; minister from 

 United States to China, 75; minister from 

 China to Western powers, 75 ; early career, 

 75; member of Congress, 75; difficulty with 

 Preston Brooks, 76 ; accepts ambassadorship 

 from China, 76 ; doubts as to public opinion in 

 America, 76 ; career of embassy, 76. 



BURMAH. VI. Situation, 83; population, 

 83; composed of kingdoms, 83; government, 

 83; wild tribes, 83; assassinations, 83; pro- 

 ceedings of conspirators, 83; revolution sup- 

 pressed, 83. 



XII. Proceedings of the Burmah Baptist 

 Missionary Union, 54. 



XV. Area and population, 91; difficulties 

 with the British Government, 91 ; expedition 

 of Colonel Browne, 91 ; the disputed territory, 

 92; other difficulties, 92; preparations for 

 war, 93 ; message by the British envoy, 93 ; 

 negotiations completed, 94; annexation of 

 Burmah discussed, 94. 



BURNETT, Jndge DAVID, jurist. XIII. Obit- 

 uary of, 578. 



BURNETT, HENRY C. I. Member of Con- 

 gress, 166; on the treatment of the seceding 

 States, 212 ; on the conduct of the war, 239, 

 240 ; on the cause of the war, 245 ; on the 

 confiscation bill, 247. 



BURNHAM, SAMUEL, journalist and historical 

 writer. XIII. Obituary of, 573. 



BURNS, JOHN. XII. Obituary, 606. 



BURNS, ROBERT E. III. Birth, 169 ; edu- 

 cation, 169; pursuits, 169; death, 169. 



BURNS, Colonel WILLIAM N. XII. Obituary, 

 639. 



