e, 95;
unpopularity of his government, 96;
defeated by Jackson, 96

Alabama secedes from the Union, 161

_Alabama_, the, built in Liverpool, 191;
her devastations, 191;
Great Britain declared responsible for, 192;
compensation paid on account of, 192

Alexander I. of Russia wishes to intervene in America, 87

Aliens Law, 63

America, discovery of, 1;
claimed by Spain, 3;
English colonies in, 3;
European intervention in, forbidden by Monroe Doctrine, 88.
(_See also_ United States)

Anderson, Major, in command of Fort Sumter, 172;
surrenders, 173

Andre, Major, relations of, with Arnold, 33;
shot as a spy, 33

Antietam, Battle of, 189

Anti-Masonic Party formed, 112

Anti-Slavery Societies, Conference of, at Baltimore, 132;
dissolve themselves, 227

Arkansas, only new Slave State possible under Missouri Compromise, 86;
rejects Secession, 171;
secedes, 175

Arizona acquired from Mexico, 122;
open to Slavery, 126

Arnold, Benedict, career of, 32;
treason of, 33;
commands in South, 33

Arthur, President, succeeds Garfield, 229

Appomattox Court House, Lee's surrender at, 202

Atlanta, Georgia, Sherman moves on, 199;
fate of, 200

Baltimore, Maryland, Congress of Anti-Slavery Societies meets in, 132;
Douglas Democrats hold Convention at, 154;
Union troops stoned in, 177

Baltimore, Lord, a Catholic, 4;
founds colony of Maryland, 4;
his family deposed, 5

Bank, United States, creation of, proposed by Hamilton, 56;
opposition to, 56;
constitutionality of, disputed, 56;
Washington signs Bill for, 57;
Supreme Court decides in favour of, 57;
revived after War of 1812, 85;
power--unpopularity of, 102-103;
Jackson's attitude towards, 103;
corrupt influence of, 103;
Bill for re-charter of, passes Congress, 103;
vetoed by Jackson, 103;
Whig championship of, 105;
elections adverse to, 105;
Jackson removes deposits from, 106;
its end, 106

Beaumarchais, instrumental in supplying arms to the Colonists, 30

Beauregard, General, opposed to McDowell in Virginia, 180;
commands at Bull Run, 180;
rallies Southern troops, 180;
attacks Grant at Shiloh, 184

Belgium, Prussian invasion of, 237

Black, Judge, supports the Union, 165;
urges reinforcement of Fort Sumter, 172

Blaine, James G., implicated in Erie Railway scandal, 228;
character of, 229;
candidate for Presidency, 229-230;
defeated by Cleveland, 2