AMERICA. 



ANGLICAN CHURCHES. 



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chloride, and the sulphuric and antimonial salts 



1 to ft great extent. 



The ama! -amation is performed in barrels, 

 where t!h- powdered copper is mixed with a 

 quar rio water, some moro salt, and 



1500 Ibs. substance about 100 copper 

 It' nuirh free acid is in the mass, quick- 

 Moil for neutralization. After some 

 irions, quicksilver is added, and then the 

 revolved for eighteen hours, after which 

 ual way is to wash the amalgam and treat 

 it further. The amalgamation of the "speisV 

 is performed in nearly the same manner, with 

 additions of crude lime to the charge. 



AMKUH'A. The great task which, during 

 \ oar 1866, occupied the attention of the 

 Government and people of the United States, 

 was the work of reconstruction. It soon be- 

 came apparent that the views of the President 

 and the majority of Congress on the subject 

 widely differed. The latter embodied its views 

 in the Civil Rights and Freedmen's Bureau 

 Bills and in a new Constitutional Amendment. 

 The President expressed his disagreement with 

 the amendment, and vetoed the two bills, both 

 of which were, however, passed over his veto 

 'ongress, and declared to be laws. The 

 Thirty-ninth Congress, during its first session, 

 admitted Tennessee, after its Legislature had 

 ratified the Constitutional Amendment. The 

 held during the year, resulted in 

 Northern State, and in West Virginia 

 and .Missouri, in favor of the Republican party, 

 while in Maryland and Kentucky the conserva- 

 tive opposition was triumphant. The late se- 

 cession States, with the exception of Tennessee, 

 were unanimous in rejecting the Constitutional 

 Amendment. (See UNITED STATES.) 



British America was greatly excited by inva- 

 sions of the Fenians, which, however, were, 

 without great difficulty, suppressed. In order 

 to carry through the Confederation scheme, 

 delegates from all the provinces went to Eng- 

 land to confer with the Home Government, and 

 it was understood that a bill concerning the 

 projected Confederation would be laid before 

 uperial Parliament early in 1867. (See 

 BRITISH AMERICA.) 



France, for purposes of her own, resolved to 

 withdraw from Mexico the French forces in 

 three detachments, the first to take place in 

 November, 1866, and the last in November, 

 1867. The failure of the French Government 

 to withdraw the first detachment at the time 

 1 it to make then the necessary prepara- 

 tions for recalling all the troops by March, 

 1867. In consequence of this new turn of the 

 war, the Liberals made rapid progress in the 

 repossession of the country. .Maximilian, at 

 first, intended to abdicate, but subsequently 

 d to fight for his crown at the head of 

 the Conservatives and Church party. A new 

 split arose, however, among the Liberals. Gen. 

 Ortega disputing the claim of Juarez to the 

 'ncy after the expiration of his legal term. 

 (See MEXICO.) 



The war of Spain against the republics of 

 Chili and Pern continued throughout the year. 

 The Spanish fleet bombarded the port of Val- 

 paraiso, inflicting considerable damage, and 

 subsequently the port of Callao, where they 

 were repulsed. Their strength then seems to 

 to have been spent, for they refrained from 

 committing any further hostilities. The alli- 

 ance between Chili and Peru was joined by 

 the republics of Bolivia and Ecuador, while the 

 United States of Colombia, and other states of 

 South and Central America, declined it. The 

 allied republics expelled all the Spanish resi- 

 dents from their territories. (See BOLIVIA, CHILI, 

 ECUADOR, PERU, SPAIN.) 



On the Atlantic side of South America, Para- 

 guay bravely defended herself against the united 

 forces of Brazil, the Argentine Republic, and 

 Uruguay. Toward the close of the year the 

 armies of the Argentine Republic and Uruguay 

 were withdrawn, and it was believed that the 

 alliance was at an end. The Presidents of both 

 the allied republics were threatened with dangers 

 at home, and Paraguay was expecting aid from 

 Bolivia. (See ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, BOLIVIA, 

 BRAZIL, PARAGUAY, URUGUAY.) 



The successful laying of the Atlantic cable 

 brought North America into telegraphic com- 

 munication with the Old World. This com- 

 munication remained free from interruption 

 throughout the year. The rapid progress of 

 the Russo-American telegraph will soon give 

 new guaranties for the permanency of this com- 

 munication. 



The total population of America exceeds at 

 present 80,000,000, of whom about 48,000,000 

 belong to North America and Mexico, 2,500,- 

 000 to Central America, 3,970,000 to the West 

 Indies, and 26,000,000 to South America. 



ANGLICAN CHURCHES. The general 

 statistics of the Protestant Episcopal Church 

 in the United States in 1866 were, accord- 

 ing to the "Church Almanac" for 1867, as 

 follows : 



Dioceses 34 



Bishops 44 



Priests and Deacons 2,486 



Whole number of Clergy 2,530 



Parishes 2,305 



Ordinations Deacons 98 



" Priests 86 



Candidates for Orders 226 



Churches consecrated 38 



Baptisms Infants 23,974 



Adults 6,527 



Not stated 808 



Confirmations 19,296 



Communicants Added 14,138 



Present number 161,224 



Marriages 9,900 



Burials 16,828 



Sunday-School Teachers 17,570 



" " Scholars 157,813 



Contributions $3,051,669.64 



The following table exhibits the number of 

 clergymen, parishes, communicants, teachers 

 and scholars of Sunday-schools, and the amount 

 of missionary and charitable contributions for 

 each diocese : 



