organization of, 205, 206;
sends commissioners to United States, 238;
its envoys rejected by Lincoln, 238-240;
prepares to seize Fort Sumter, 244;
amused at Lincoln's call for volunteers, 255;
receives Virginia, 264;
belligerency of, recognized by England and France, 371, 372;
refusal of Lincoln to receive Stephens embassy from, ii. [152], [153];
sells bonds in England, [172], [173];
dealings of supposed emissaries from, with Greeley, [268]-[270];