Baby, a low-priced one, 214. Bacon, his rebellion, 276. Bacon, Lord, quoted, 276. Bagowind, Hon. Mr., whether to be damned, 203.
Balcom, Elder Joash Q., 2d, founds a Baptist society in Jaalam, A. D. 1830,
Baldwin apples, 222.
Baratarias, real or imaginary, which
most pleasant, 215. Barnum, a great natural ommended to, 198. Barrels, an inference from seeing, 222. Bartlett, Mr., mistaken, 262. Bâton Rouge, 216- - strange ties of laborers at, ib. Baxter, R., a saying of, 193. Bay, Mattysqumscot, 220. Bay State, singular effect produced on military officers by leaving it, 189. Beast, in Apocalypse, a loadstone for whom, 209-tenth horn of, applied to recent events, 303. Beaufort, 287.
Beauregard (real name Toutant), 266,
Beaver, brook, 316.
Beelzebub, his rigadoon, 202.
Behmen, his letters not letters, 207. Behn, Mr. Aphra, quoted, 276. Bellers, a saloon-keeper, 218-inhu- manly refuses credit to a presidential candidate, ib.
Belmont. See Woods.
Bentley, his heroic method with Mil- ton, 290.
Bible, not composed for use of colored persons, 278.
Biglow, Ezekiel, his letter to Hon. J.
T. Buckingham, 183 never heard of any one named Mundishes, ib. nearly fourscore years old. ib.-his aunt Keziah, a notable saying of, ib. Biglow, Hosea, Esquire, excited by composition, 183-a poem by, ib., 204
his opinion of war, 184-wanted at home by Nancy, 184-recommends a forcible enlistment of warlike edi- tors, ib. would not wonder, if gene- rally agreed with, ib. - versifies letter of Mr. Sawin, 185-a letter from, 186, 201― his opinion of Mr. Sawin, 186- does not deny fun at Cornwal-
lis, ib. note—his idea of militia glory, 187, note a pun of, 188, note-is uncertain in regard to people of Bos- ton, ib. had never heard of Mr. John P. Robinson, 190-aliquid sufflaminandus, ib. — his poems at- tributed to a Mr. Lowell, 192-is unskilled in Latin, ib. - his poetry maligned by some, ib. — his disinter- estedness, ib. - his deep share in common-weal, 193- his claim to the presidency, ib.- his mowing, ib. resents being called Whig, ib. posed to tariff, ib. - obstinate, ib. infected with peculiar notions, ib. reports a speech, 194-emulates his- torians of antiquity, ib.- his charac- ter sketched from a hostile point of view, 199-a request of his complied with, 203-appointed at a public meeting in Jaalam, 207-confesses ignorance, in one minute particular, of propriety, ib.- his opinion of cocked hats, ib.-letter to, ib. called "Dear Sir," by a general, ib. - probably receives same compli ment from two hundred and nine, ib. - picks his apples, 222-his crop of Baldwins conjecturally large, ib.- his labors in writing autographs, 253 visits the Judge and has a pleasant time, 262-born in Middlesex Coun- ty, 267- his favorite walks, ib. — his gifted pen, 285-born and bred in the country, 297-feels his sap start in spring, 298 is at times unsocial, 299- the school-house where he learned his a-b-c, ib. - falls asleep, 300 his ancestor a Cromwellian colonel, ib. - finds it harder to make up his mind as he grows older, 301 - wishes he could write a song or two, 305 liable to moods, 315- loves nature and is loved in return, ib. - describes some favorite haunts of his. 315, 316-his slain kindred, 316- his speech in March meeting, 317- does not reckon on being sent to Congress, 318-has no eloquence, ib. his own reporter, 319- never abused the South, 320-advise Un- cle Sam, ib. is not Boston-mad, 321-bids farewell, 326. Billings, Dea. Cephas, 186.
Bolles, Mr. Secondary, author of prize peace essay, 187 - presents sword to Lieutenant Colonel, ib. - a fluent orator, ib.-found to be in error, 187.
Bonaparte, N., a usurper, 209. Bonds, Confederate, their specie basis cutlery, 259 when payable, (atten- tion, British stockholders !) 286. Boot-trees, productive, where, 214. Boston, people of, supposed educated, 188, note has a good opinion of itself, 267, 268.
Bowers, Mr. Arphaxad, an ingenious photographic artist, 290.
Brahmins, navel-contemplating, 206. Brains, poor substitute for, 268. 、 Bread-trees, 214.
Bream, their only business, 263. Brigadier-Generals in militia, devotion
Brigadiers, nursing ones, tendency in to literary composition, 256. Brigitta, viridis, 308. Britannia, her trident, 273. Brotherhood, subsides after election, 294.
Brown, Mr., engages in an unequal contest, 203.
Browne, Sir T., a pious and wise senti-
ment of, cited and commended, 186. Brutus Four-Corners, 254.
Buchanan, a wise and honest man, 280. Buckingham, Hon. J. T., editor of the Boston Courier, letters to, 183, 185, 192, 201 not afraid, 186. Buffalo. a plan hatched there, 219- plaster, a prophecy in regard to, ib. Buffaloes, herd of, probable influence of tracts upon, 305.
Cainites, sect of, supposed still extant, 185.
Caleb, a monopoly of his denied, 187 -curious notions of, as to meaning of "shelter," 188- his definition of Anglo-Saxon, ib.-charges Mexi- cans (not with bayonets but) with im- proprieties, ib.
Calhoun, Hon. J. C., his cow-bell cur- few, light of the nineteenth century to be extinguished at sound of, 200- cannot let go apron-string of the Past, 201-his unsuccessful tilt at Spirit of the Age, ib. the Sir Kay of mod- ern chivalry, ib. his anchor made of a crooked pin, ib.· mentioned,
Cambridge Platform, use discovered for, 190.
Charles I., accident to his neck, 302. Charles II., his restoration, how brought about, 302.
Cherubusco, news of, its effects on Eng- lish royalty, 199. Chesterfield no letter-writer, 207. Chief Magistrate, dancing esteemed sinful by, 189.
Children naturally speak Hebrew, 186. China-tree, 214.
Chinese, whether they invented gun- powder before the Christian era not considered, 190. Choate hired, 218.
Christ shuffled into Apocrypha, 190- conjectured to disapprove of slaugh-
ter and pillage, 191-condemns a certain piece of barbarism, 203. Christianity, profession of, plebeian, whether, 185.
Christian soldiers, perhaps inconsist- ent, whether, 194. Cicero, 319,
an opinion of, disputed,
Cilley, Ensign, author of nefarious sen- timent, 190.
Cimex lectularius, 188.
Cincinnati, old, law and order party of,
295. Cincinnatus, a stock character in mod- ern comedy, 216.
Civilization, progress of, an alias, 204 -rides upon a powder-cart, 208. Clergymen, their ill husbandry, 203- their place in processions, 216—some, cruelly banished for the soundness of their lungs, 221.
Clotho, a Grecian lady, 304. Cocked-hat, advantages
knocked into, 207.
College of Cardinals, a strange one,
Compostella, Saint James of, seen, 189. Compromise system, the, illustrated, 293.
Conciliation, its meaning, 305. Congress, singular consequence of get- ting into, 196-a stumbling-block,
Congressional debates found instruc tive, 200.
Constituents, useful for what, 196.
Constitution trampled on, 201-to stand upon, what, 208. Convention, what, 196. Convention, Springfield, 196.
Coon, old, pleasure in skinning, 202. Co-operation defined, 280.
Coppers, caste in picking up of, 212. Copres, a monk, his excellent method of arguing, 200.
Corduroy-road, a novel one, 256. Corner-stone, patent safety, 281. Cornwallis, a, 186-acknowledged en- tertaining, ib. note.
Cotton loan, its imaginary nature, 258. Cotton Mather, summoned as witness, 189.
Country, our, its boundaries more ex- actly defined, 192-right or wrong, nonsense about exposed, ib.-law- yers, sent providentially, ib.-Earth's biggest, gets a soul, 307.
Courier, The Boston, an unsafe print,
Eagle, national, the late, his estate ad- ministered upon, 260.
Earth, Dame, a peep at her housekeep- ing, 201.
Eating words, habit of, convenient in time of famine, 198. Eavesdroppers, 206. Echetlæus, 189.
Editor, his position, 203 - command- ing pulpit of, 204-large congrega- tion of, ib. -name derived from what, ib. - fondness for mutton, ib. -a pious one, his creed, ib. - a showman, 205 in danger of sudden arrest, without bail, 206.
Editors, certain ones who crow like cockerels, 184.
Edwards, Jonathan, 313.
Eggs, bad, the worst sort of, 295, 296. Egyptian darkness, phial of, use for,
Enfield's Speaker, abuse of, 295. England, late Mother-Country, her want of tact, 263-merits as a lecturer, ib. - her real greatness not to be for- gotten, 265-not contented (unwise- ly) with her own stock of fools, 268
natural maker of international law, ib. her theory thereof, ib. makes a particularly disagreeable kind of sarse, 269-somewhat given to bullying, ib.-has respectable re- lations, ib. ought to be Columbia's friend, 270-anxious to buy an ele- phant, 281.
Epaulets, perhaps no badge of saint- ship, 191.
Epimenides, the Cretan Rip Van Win-
Episcopius, his marvellous oratory, 221. Eric, king of Sweden, his cap, 215. Ericsson, his caloric engine, 261. Eriksson, Thorwald, slain by natives,
Essence-pedlers, 283.
Ethiopian, the, his first need, 284. Evangelists, iron ones, 190.
Eyelids, a divine shield against au- thors, 200.
Ezekiel, text taken from, 203.
Ezekiel would make a poor figure at a caucus, 296.
Faber, Johannes, 314.
Factory-girls, expected rebellion of, 202. Facts, their unamiability, 288-con- pared to an old-fashioned stage- coach, 292. Falstaffi, legio, 390. Family-trees, fruit of jejune, 214 —a primitive forest of, 293.
Faneuil Hall, a place where persons tap themselves for a species of hydro- cephalus, 200-a bill of fare menda- ciously advertised in, 214.
Father of country, his shoes, 216. Female Papists, cut off in midst of idol atry, 215.
Fenianorum, rixa, 308.
Fergusson, his "Mutual Complaint," &c., 262.
F. F., singular power of their looks, 281.
Fire, we all like to play with it, 201. Fish, emblematic, but disregarded, where, 200.
Fitz, Miss Parthenia Almira, a shere- siarch, 312.
Flam, President, untrustworthy, 196. Flirt, Mrs., 276.
Flirtilla, elegy on death of, 313. Floyd, a taking character, 286. Floydus, furcifer, 309.
Fly-leaves, providential increase of,
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