CORCORAN, MICHAEL. 



COSTE, JEAN J. M. 0. V. 155 



Oregon, 120 ; offers an amendment to the fif- 

 teenth amendment, 166. 



XII. Senator from Oregon, 119 ; moves 

 amendment to civil-rights amendment, 169. 



CORCORAN) MICHAEL. I. Held as a hostage 

 in prison, 151. 



III. Birth, 331 ; death, 331 ; pursuits, 331. 



CORDOBA. XIII. Province of the Argen- 

 tine Republic, 32 ; its position and prospects, 

 32. 



COREA. VI. Dependency of China, 258 ; 

 area, 258; population, 258; murder of mis- 

 sionaries, 258; religion suppressed, 258; French 

 expedition against the peninsula, 258 ; attacks, 

 258 ; successes, 258 ; advance of the Corean 

 army, 259 ; reported repulse of the French, 

 259 ; capture of an American schooner hy pi- 

 rates, 250. 



XI. Outrages on Americans in, 18, 42 ; geog- 

 raphy, 239 ; area, population, 239 ; industry, 

 239 ; government, religion, 239 ; French expe- 

 dition, 249 ; United States expedition in 1871, 

 239 ; burning of the General Sherman, 239, 

 240 ; action of Admiral Bell, 240 ; visit of the 

 Wachusett, 240, 241 ; Commodore Febiger's 

 embassy, 241 ; arrival of Admiral Rodgers's 

 squadron, 242 ; letter of the King, 242 ; action 

 of officials, 242; survey of river, 242, 243; 

 fortifications, 243 ; firing of Coreans on launch- 

 es, 243 ; return-fire, 243 ; capture and demoli- 

 tion of forts, 244 ; rescue of native Christians, 

 244; emigration of Coreans to Russian terri- 

 tory, 272. 



XII. Relations with Japan, 415, 416. 

 CORNELIUS, PETER von. VII. Birth, 258 ; 



artistic career, 259 ; death, 259. 



CORNELL, EZRA. XIV. Birth, 245 ; enter- 

 prising pursuits, 245 ; benefactions, 246 ; death, 

 246. 



CORNING, ERASTUS. XII. Birth, death, 223 ; 

 career, 223 ; character 223, 224. 



COROT, JEAN B. C. XV. A French artist, 

 224 ; biographical sketch of, 224. 



CORPS D'AFRIQUE. III. Order of General 

 Banks to raise, 27. 



CORROSION OF SHIP-PLATES. X. Experi- 

 ments near St.-Etienne, France, 213; Hender- 

 son's alloy, 213; galvanometer, 213; relative 

 corrosion of different materials, 214 ; soft steel 

 plates, 214. 



CORSSEN, WILHELM P. XV. A German 

 philologist, 225 ; biographical sketch of, 225. 



CORWIN, MOSES B. XII. Obituary, 612. 



CORWIN, THOMAS. V. Birth, 304; career, 

 304 ; death, 304. 



COSRERT, Very Rev. HENRY BENEDICT, D. D. 



XII. Obituary, 608. 



COSTA RICA. V. (See Central America.) 

 VI. (See Central America.) 

 IX. (See Central America.) 



XI. Revolution in, 98 ; railroads, 99. 



XII. Boundaries, 224 ; area and population, 

 224 ; character of the population, 224 ; gov- 

 ernment officials, 224 ; chief articles of export, 

 224 ; quantities and value of exports, 224 ; cof- 

 fee-crop, 224 ; imports, 224 ; port movements, 

 224 ; items of national revenue and expendi- 

 ture, 224 ; foreign debt, 224 ; income" and ex- 

 penditure for September, 225 ; lines of steamers, 

 225 ; railway to connect San Jose with the At- 

 lantic coast, 225 ; telegraph from Cartago to 

 Punta Arenas, 225 ; banks, 225 ; prohibition in 

 regard to the extraction of India-rubber in the 

 national forests, 225 ; condition of the treas- 

 ury, 225 ; insufficiency of laborers, 225 ; im- 

 portation of coolies, 225 ; bills before the Le- 

 gislature, 226. 



XIII. Extent, 246 ; boundaries, 246 ; area, 

 246 ; population, 246 ; territorial divisions, 

 246; President and Vice-President, 247; na- 

 tional revenue, 247 ; expenditures, 247 ; public 

 debt, 247; exports, 247; imports, 247; in- 

 crease in the production of coffee, 247 ; navi- 

 gation, 247; railways, 247; telegraph-lines, 

 248; important improvements, 248; schools, 

 248 ; immigration of coolies, 248 ; President's 

 message, 248 ; prospects of Costa Rica, 248 ; 

 national credit, 248 ; increase of the revenue, 



248 ; recent panics, 248 ; discovery of ancient 

 ruins, 249 ; action of the President Guardia, 

 249 ; decree in regard to political refugees, 249 ; 

 question of limits, 91. 



XIV. Boundaries, 247 ; Government, 247 ; 

 army, 247; navy, 247; sources of revenue, 

 247 ; debt, 248 ; schools, 248 ; commerce, 248 ; 

 crops, 248 ; railroads, 248 ; attempt to over- 

 throw the Government, 248 ; map, 249 ; politi- 

 cal factions, 249. 



XV. Boundaries 225 ; divisions of territory, 

 225 ; officers, 225 ; finances, 225 ; report of 

 foreign bondholders, 226 ; exports, 226 ; ship- 

 ping 226 ; railway, 227 ; action relative to the 

 Jesuits, 227. 



COSTE, JEAN JACQUES MARIE CTPRIEN VIC- 

 TOR, French scientist. XIII. Birth, 249 ; death, 



249 ; publications, 249 ; member of French In- 



