Court, General, farmers sometimes

attain seats in, 414. Cowper, W., his letters commended, 427.

Creed, a safe kind of, 439.
Crusade, first American, 400.
Cuneiform script recommended,
432.

Curiosity distinguishes man from brutes, 426.

D.

Davis, Mr., of Mississippi, a remark of his, 418.

Day and Martin, proverbially "on hand," 388.

Death, rings down curtain, 426.
Delphi, oracle of, surpassed, 414,
note - alluded to, 431.
Destiny, her account, 413.
Devil, the, unskilled in certain
Indian tongues, 400-letters to

and from, 428. Dey of Tripoli, 416. Didymus, a somewhat voluminous grammarian, 431. Dighton rock character might be usefully employed in some emergencies, 432. Dimitry Bruisgins, fresh supply of,

426.

National Antislavery Standard, letter to, 426. Getting up early, 390, 398. Ghosts, some, presumed fidgetty (but see Stilling's Pneumatology), 427.

Giants formerly stupid, 417. Gift of tongues, distressing case of, 415.

Globe Theatre, cheap season ticket to, 426.

Glory, a perquisite of officers, 437 her account with B. Sawin, Esq., 440.

Goatsnose, the celebrated, interview with, 432.

Gomara, has a vision, 399-his
relationship to the Scarlet
Woman, ib.
Gray's letters are letters, 427.
Great horn spoon, sworn by, 418.
Greeks, ancient, whether they ques-
tioned candidates, 432.
Green Man, sign of, 406.

H.

Ham, sandwich, an orthodox (but peculiar) one, 420.

Hamlets, machine for making, 433. Hammon, 414, note, 431.

Hannegan, Mr., something said by, 419.

Harrison, General, how preserved, 431.

Hat-trees, in full bearing, 441. Hawkins, Sir John, stout, something he saw, 440.

Henry the Fourth of England, a Parliament of, how named, 408. Hercules, his second labor probably what, 454.

Herodotus, story from, 394. Hesperides, an inference from, 441. Holden, Mr. Shearjashub, Preceptor of Jaalam Academy, 431

his knowledge of Greek limited, ib.a heresy of his, ib. leaves a fund to propagate it, 432.

Hollis, Ezra, goes to a Cornwallis,

395.

Hollow, why men providentially so constructed, 409. Homer, a phrase of, cited, 422. Horners, democratic ones, plums left for, 411.

Human rights out of order on the

floor of Congress, 418. Humbug, ascription of praise to, 425-generally believed in, ib. Husbandry, instance of bad, 402.

I.

Icarius, Penelope's father, 404. Infants, prattlings of, curious observation concerning, 393. Information wanted (universally, but especially at page) 427.

J.

Jaalam Centre, Anglo-Saxons unjustly suspected by the young ladies there, 399- Independent Blunderbuss," strange conduct of editor of, 421-public meeting at, 428-meeting-house ornamented with imaginary clock, 441.

Jaalam Point, light-house on, charge of prospectively offered to Mr. H. Biglow, 430. Jakes, Captain, 450- reproved for avarice, ib.

James the Fourth of Scots, experiment by, 394.

Jarnegin, Mr., his opinion of the completeness of Northern education, 419.

Jerome, Saint, his list of sacred writers, 427.

Job, Book of, 393-Chappelow on, 421.

Johnson, Mr., communicates some intelligence, 419.

Jonah, the inevitable destiny of, 420-probably studied internal economy of the cetacea, 427. Jortin, Dr., cited, 407, 414, note. Judea, everything not known there, 404.

Juvenal, a saying of, 413, note.

K.

Massachusetts on her knees, 392-
something mentioned in connec-
tion with, worthy the attention
of tailors, 410-citizen of, baked,
boiled, and roasted (nefandum!),
438.

Masses, the, used as butter by
some, 411.

M. C., an invertebrate animal, 413.
Mechanics' Fair, reflections sug-
gested at, 433.

Mentor, letters of, dreary, 427.
Mephistopheles at a nonplus, 420.
Mexican blood, its effect in raising
price of cloth, 442.
Mexicans charged with various
Mexican polka, 400.

breaches of etiquette, 398-kind
feelings beaten into them, 425.
Mexico, no glory in overcoming,

410.

Military glory spoken disrespect-
fully of, 396, note- - militia
treated still worse, ib.
Milk-trees, growing still, 440.
Mills for manufacturing gabble,
how driven, 415.

Milton, an unconscious plagiary,
409, note a Latin verse of,
cited, 422.

Missions, a profitable kind of, 423.
Monarch, a pagan, probably not

favored in philosophical experi-
ments, 394.
Money-trees desirable, 441 —

that

they once existed shown to be
variously probable, ib.
Montaigne, a communicative old
Gascon, 427.

Monterey, battle of, its singular
chromatic effect on a species of
two-headed eagle, 414.

Moses held up vainly as an exam-
ple, 422-construed by Joe
Smith, ib.

Myths, how to interpret readily,
432.

N.

Naboths, Popish ones, how dis-
tinguished, 401.

Nation, rights of, proportionate to
size, 398.

him, 448.

Mason and Dixon's line, slaves

north of, 418.

Mass, the, its duty defined, 418.

organs of speech, a curious phy-
siological fact, 401.

Nephelim, not yet extinct, 453.
New England

overpoweringly

honored, 412---- wants no more speakers, ib. -done brown by whom, ib.- her experience in beans beyond Cicero's, 432. Newspaper, the, wonderful, 425-a strolling theatre, ib. - thoughts suggested by tearing wrapper of, 426-a vacant sheet, ib. - a sheet in which a vision was let down, ib. wrapper to a bar of soap, ib.. -a cheap impromptu platter, ib.

New York, letters from, commended, 427.

Next life, what, 421. Niggers, 390-area of abusing, extended, 410- Mr. Sawin's opinions of, 449.

Ninepence a day low for murder, 395.

No, a monosyllable, 401-hard to utter, ib.

Noah, enclosed letter in bottle, probably, 427.

Nornas, Lapland, what, 441. North, has no business, 419bristling, crowded off roost, 430. North Bend, geese inhumanly treated at, 431-mentioned, 443. North star, a proposition to indict, 420.

Persius, a pithy saying of, 411, note.

Pescara, Marquis, saying of, 393. Peter, Saint, a letter of (postmortem), 428.

Pharisees, opprobriously referred to, 422.

Philippe, Louis, in pea-jacket, 425.
Phlegyas, quoted, 421.
Phrygian language, whether Adam
spoke it, 394.
Pilgrims, the, 410.

Pillows, constitutional, 413.
Pinto, Mr., some letters of his
commended, 428.

Pisgah, an impromptu one, 441. Platform, party, a convenient one, 439.

Plato, supped with, 427-his man, 431.

Pleiades, the, not enough esteemed,

426.

epithets, ib.

Pontifical bull, a tamed one, 399.
Pope, his verse excellent, 393.
Pork, refractory in boiling, 399.
Portugal, Alphonso the Sixth of, a
monster, 453.

Post, Boston, 174-shaken visibly,
405-bad guide-post, ib.- -too
swift, ib.-edited by a colonel,
ib.who is presumed officially
in Mexico, ib.-referred to, 415.
Pot-hooks, death in, 432.
Preacher, an ornamental symbol,
421-a breeder of dogmas, ib. -
earnestness of, important, 453.
Present, considered as an annalist,
422- - not long wonderful, 426.
President, slaveholding natural to,
424-must be a Southern resi-
dent, 439-must own a nigger,
ib.

Principle, exposure spoils it, 409. Principles, bad, when less harmful, 401.

Prophecy, a notable one, 414. Proviso, bitterly spoken of, 429. Prudence, sister, her idiosyncratic teapot, 436.

Psammeticus, an experiment of,

394.

fully stated, 402-404. Rocks, pocket full of, 436. Rough and Ready, 446-a wig, 447 -a kind of scratch, ib. Russian eagle turns Prussian blue, 414.

S.

Sabbath, breach of, 400. Sabellianism, one accused of, 431. Saltillo, unfavorable view of, 396. Salt-river, in Mexican, what, 396. Samuel, Uncle, riotous, 414 — yet has qualities demanding reverence, 423-a good provider for his family, ib. -an exorbitant bill of, 442.

Sansculottes, draw their wine before drinking, 419.

Santa Anna, his expensive leg, 438. Satan, never wants attorneys, 400

- an expert talker by signs, ib. -a successful fisherman with little or no bait, ib.- cunning fetch of, 402-dislikes ridicule, 405 - ought not to have credit of ancient oracles, 414, note. Satirist, incident to certain dangers, 401.

Savages, Canadian, chance of redemption offered to, 453.

Sawin, B., Esquire, his letter not written in verse, 393-a native of Jaalam, 394-not regular attendant on Rev. Mr. Wilbur's preaching, ib. - -a fool, ib. - his statements trustworthy, ib. his ornithological tastes, ib. letter from, ib., 433, 443- his curious discovery in regard to bayonets, 395, 396-displays proper family pride, 395-modestly confesses himself less wise than the Queen of Sheba, 398the old Adam in, peeps out, 399 -a miles emeritus, 433 - is made text for a sermon, ib. loses a leg, 434- an eye, ib. left hand, ib. -four fingers of right hand, ib. - has six or more ribs broken, ib. -a rib of his infrangible, ib. — allows a certain amount of preterite greenness in himself, 435, 436- his share of spoil limited, 436-his opinion of Mexican climate, ib. -acquires property of a certain sort,