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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



Asia. Three countries purely Asiatic, 147; Persia, 14T; 

 area, *<x, 147 ; Bokhara, 148 ; British rule in India, 14S; 

 efforts of France, 148; war in Circassia, 148; religious 

 denominations, 148. 



Agronomical Phenomena and Progrew. Progress of As- 

 tronomy, 148 ; asteroids, 149 ; comets, 149 ; spectra of 

 fixed stars, 150; sun and stars photometrically consid- 

 ered, 151 ; sun's distance from the earth, 152 ; motion 

 of the sun In space, 154 ; constitution of the sun, 154 ; 

 heat of the sun's surface and currents in the atmosphere, 

 155; zodiacal light, 155; nebulae, 156; the La Lande 

 prize, 150. 



. Population, 156 ; budget, 156 ; army, 157 ; navy, 

 157; Parliament, 157; proceedings, 157; proclamation 

 of Koasuth, 157 , diplomatic complications, 158. 



SACHS, GEOXGB M., report of the sinking of the Cincin- 

 nati, 68. 



BAJP.D, ROBERT. Birth, 158; death, 15S; education, 153; 

 pursuits, 159 ; writings, 159. 



BALKI.NGER, JOHN, the case of, 491. 



BALDWIN, ROGER 8. Birth, 159 ; death, 159 ; education, 

 159 ; pursuits, 159 ; character, 160. 



BANKS, Gen. His order to raise a corps d'Afrique, 27, 71 ; 

 report on the bravery of colored troops at Port Hudson, 

 28, 73 ; his regulations relative to working plantations, 

 594. 



Baptiutt, Numbers, 160; anniversaries, 160; resolutions, 

 160 , proceedings of societies, 161 ; churches in Canada, 

 161 ; churches in the Confederate States, 161 ; English 

 Baptists, 161 ; decision on open communion, 161 ; ad- 

 dress of the English Baptist Union, 162 ; church in Ham- 

 burg, 162; do. Sweden, 162; do. Poland, 162. 



BAERETT, MICHAEL, the case of, 489. 



BATABD, JAMES A-, Senator from Delaware, 233 ; remarks 

 on arrests in Delaware, 235, 236, 240 ; on the transfer of 

 certain suits to the United States Courts, 250, 252 ; on 

 the discharge of State prisoners, 257 ; on the resolution 

 of inquiry, 259; on the conscript bill, 274 ; on compen- 

 sated emancipation in Missouri, 815. 



BEAUCDAMP, EarL Birth, 162; death, 162 ; public sen-ices, 

 168. 



BEATTBIOABD, Gen., correspondence with Gen. Gilmore, 

 187-141. 



BECCITR, LTMAW. Birth, 168; death, 163; education, 163; 

 labors, 168; writings, 163. 



BKBBY, HIBA*, G. Birth, 163; death, 163; military ser- 

 vices, 164. 



BrDDLE, CHARLES J., Representative from Pennsylvania, 

 888; on the conscript bill, 280. 



Big Black Riter.lts source, 164; length, 164. 



BILLACLT, ArousTB, A. M. Birth, 164; death, 164; public 

 services In France, 165. 



BIXGIIAM, Jons A, Representative from Ohio, 283; on the 

 admission of Went Virginia, 810 ; on the admission of 

 member* from Louisiana, 834. 



BLAIR, JACOB B., Representative from Virginia, 233 ; on tho 

 admission of West Virginia, 807. 



Blockade (see Prte>). 



BOILEAU, ALBEBT D., case of, 470. 



Bolton.Ite situation, 165; capture, 165. 



Bom8ij>, BZIIAH. Birth, 165; death, 165; pursuits, 165. 



BRADFORD, GOT. A. \V. Letter to President Lincoln, 618; 

 his proclamation relative to the election, 619; reply to 

 President Lincoln, 621 ; message relative to the Mary- 

 land election, 628. 



BBABBH, LUTHEB.- Birth, 16; death, 166; pursuits, 166. 



Braail Emperor, 166; army, 166; navy, 166; shipping, 

 166; coal fields, 166 ; difficulty with England, 167; arbi- 

 tration, 167 ; action relative to tho Alabama, 16"; com- 

 merce, 168. 



Bridgeport. Us situation, 163 ; occupation by Gen. Hook- 

 er, 163. 



BRONBOS, GBEENE C. Birth, 168 ; death, 168 ; pursuits, 163. 



BROWN, WILLIAM G., Representative from Virginia, 233 ; on 

 tho admission of West Virginia, 805. 



BROWNING, OBVILLB H., on the transfer of certain suits to 

 the United States Courts, 250, 251. 



Bruinsburg. Its situation, 163. 



BUTOBD, JOHN. Birth, 168 ; death, 168 ; military services, 

 169. 



BCBNS, ROBEBT E. Birth, 169; education, 169; pursuits, 

 169; death, 169. 



BCENSIDE, Gen., surrenders the command of the army to 

 Gen. Hooker, 76 ; his statement, 76 ; his order of dis- 

 missal, 78 ; his testimony before the Committee of In- 

 quiry, 79 ; assumes command of the Department of Ohio, 

 79 ; order suppressing certain papers, 423 ; his order of 

 arrest In Ohio, 473 ; letter of explanation to the Circuit 

 Court in Ohio, 481 ; order relative to arrests, 435 ; fur- 

 ther order, 486 ; return to a writ, 483. 



Ccesiwn. An element, 169 ; how found, 170. 



California. History, 170 ; Government, 170 ; Legislature, 

 170; mining, 170; different modes of operation, 170; hy- 

 draulic mining, 171 ; quartz mining, 171 ; agricultural 

 products, 171 ; silk, 171; gold, 171; grain, 171; fruit, 171; 

 Internal revenue, 172; duties, how paid, 172; currency 

 and gold, 172 ; exports, 172 ; treasure exported, 172 ; sil- 

 ver mines, 172. 



CANNON, Gov., message to the Legislature denouncing an 

 act passed, 335. 



Cape Colony. Its people, 2. 



CABLILE, JOHN S., Senator from Virginia, 283 ; on the bill to 

 discharge State prisoners, 256 ; on the conscript bill, 273, 

 276, 277. 



Central American Republics. Guatemala, 173 ; army, 173 ; 

 finances, 173; San Salvador, 173; Honduras, 173; Nicar- 

 agua, 178; Costa Rico, 173: Union, 173. 



CHASE, Sec. Letter to loyal league in New York, 832; 

 speech at Cincinnati on Emancipation Proclamation, 

 832; do. at Baltimore, 833. 



Chattanooga. Situation, 174. 



Chemistry. Elements, 174 ; allotropic states, 174 ; new 

 modification of sulphur, 175; new series of metallic ox- 

 Ides, 175; new compound of arsenic and hydrogen, 176; 

 nitrification, 176; alcohol from oleflant gas, 173; manu- 

 facture of alcohol by oleflant gas, 178 ; bases of anilin 

 colors, 178; physico-chemical phenomena and princi- 

 ples, 179; dissociation of bodies by heat, 179; deposit of 

 camphor toward light, 180; numerical relations of the 

 alkali-metal equivalents, 180; coloring articles of copper 

 and brass, 180 ; bronzing cast Iron, 180 ; new uses of 

 aluminium bronze, 180; paints from iron slag, 131; sil- 

 vering cloth, 181 ; rendering fabrics non-inflammable, 

 181 ; caustic soap for cleaning flax, 181 ; concentration 

 of water by freezing, 181 ; manufacture of ice, 132 ; 

 protection of skins and furs from vermin, 182 ; gold 

 rubber plates for artificial teeth, 182. 



Chili. Population, 182; army, 182; finances, 182; difficulty 

 with England, 182 ; burning of a church, 183 ; action of 

 the United States representative, 183. 



China. Emperor, 183; ports open, 133; contest with the 

 rebels, 188; Gen. Ward, 183 ; Burgevine,* 184 ; battles 



