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Boot-trees, productive, where,
237.

Boston, people of, supposed
educated, 161, note.

Brahmins,
ing, 214.
Bread-trees, 237.
Brigadier-Generals in militia,
devotion of, 180.

navel-contemplat-

Brown, Mr., engages in an un-
equal contest, 204.
Browne, Sir T., a pious and
wise sentiment of, cited and
commended, 156.
Buckingham, Hon. J. T., edi-
tor of the Boston Courier,
letters to, 147, 155, 174, 198
-not afraid, 157.
Buffalo, a plan hatched there,
251-plaster, a prophecy in
regard to, ib.
Buncombe, in the other world
supposed, 182.

Bung, the eternal, thought to
be loose, 152.

Bungtown Fencibles, dinner of,
168.

Butter in Irish bogs, 237.

C.

U., General, commended for
parts, 171-for ubiquity, ib.
-for consistency, ib.-for
fidelity, ib.-is in favor of
war, ib.-his curious valua-
tion of principle, ib.
Cæsar, tribute to, 209-his veni,

vidi, vici, censured for undue
prolixity, 224.

Cainites, sect of, supposed still
extant, 154.
Caleb, a monopoly of his
denied, 159-curious notions
of, as to meaning of "shel-
ter," 163-his definition of
Anglo-Saxon, ib.-charges
Mexicans (not with bayonets
but) with improprieties, ib.
Calhoun, Hon. J. C., his cow-

bell curfew, light of the nine
teenth century to be extin
guished at sound of, 196-
cannot let go apron-string of
the Past, 197-his unsuccess-
ful tilt at Spirit of the Age,
ib.-the Sir Kay of modern
chivalry, ib.-his anchor
made of a crooked pin, 198-
mentioned, 198-202.
Cambridge Platform, use dis-
covered for, 167.
Canary Islands, 237.
Candidate, presidential, letter
from, 217-smells a rat, 218
-against a bank, 219-takes
a revolving position, ib.-
opinion of pledges, ib.-is a
periwig, 220-fronts south by
north, ib.-qualifications of,
lessening, 224-wooden leg
(and head) useful to, 234.
Cape Cod clergymen, what, 166
-Sabbath-breakers, perhaps,
reproved by, ib.

Carpini, Father John de Plano,
among the Tartars, 258.
Cartier, Jacques, commendable
zeal of, 257.

Cass, General, 199-clearness of
his merit, 200-limited popu
larity at Bellers's," 248."
Castles, Spanish, comfortable
accommodations in, 240.
Cato, letters of, so called, sus-
pended naso adunco, 216.
C. D., friends of, can hear of
him, 216.

Chalk egg, we are proud of in-
cubation of, 215.
Chappelow on Job, a copy of,
lost, 206.

Cherubusco, news of, its effects
on English royalty, 190.
Chesterfield no letter-writer,

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Chinese, whether they in-
vented gunpowder before the
Christian era not considered,
167.

Choate hired, 250.
Christ shuffled into Apocrypha,
168-conjectured to disap-
prove of slaughter and pil-
lage, 171-condemns a certain
piece of barbarism. 204.
Christianity profession of, ple-
beian, whether, 154.
Christian soldiers, perhaps in-
consistent, whether, 180.
Cicero, an opinion of, disputed,
223.

Cilley, Ensign, author of ne-
farious sentiment, 168.
Cimex lertularius, 161.
Cincinnatus, a stock character
in modern comedy, 243.
Civilization, progress of, an
alias, 206-rides upon a pow-
der cart, 219.

Clergymen, their ill husbandry,
205-their place in proces-
sions, 242-some, cruelly
banished for the soundness
of their lungs, 258.

Cocked hat, advantages of be-
ing knocked into, 217.
College of Cardinals, a strange
one, 168.

Colman, Dr. Benjamin, anec-
dote of. 180.

Colored folks, curious national
diversion of kicking, 162.
Colquitt, a remark of, 201-ac-
quainted with some princi-
ples of aerostation, ib.
Columbia, District of, its pe-
culiar climatic effects, 185-
not certain that Martin is for
abolishing it, 251.
Columbus, a Paul Pry of gen-
jus, 215.
Columby, 246.

Complete Letter-Writer, fatal
gift of, 221.
Compostella, St James of, seen,
165.

Congress, singular consequence
of getting into, 184.
Congressional debates, found
instructive, 194.

Constituents, useful for what,
186.

Constitution trampled on, 198
-to stand upon, what, 218.
Convention, what, 185.
Convention, Springfield, 185.
Coon old, pleasure in skinning,
200.

Coppers, caste in picking up of,
232.

Copres, a monk. his excellent
method of arguing, 194.
Cornwallis. a, 158-acknowl-

edged entertaining, ib.. note.
Cotton Mather, summoned as
witness, 165.

Country lawyers, sent provi-
dentially, 172.

Country, our, its boundaries
more exactly defined, 173-
right or wrong, nonsense
about exposed, ib.
Courier, The Boston, an unsafe
print, 192.

Court, General, farmers some-
times attain seats in, 244.
Cowper, W., his letters com-
mended, 216.

Creed a safe kind of, 235.
Crusade, first American, 166.
Cuneiform script recommend-
ed, 224.

Curiosity distinguishes
from brutes, 214.

D.

man

Davis, Mr.. of Mississippi, a re-
mark of his, 200.

Day and Martin, proverbially
"on hand," 148.

Death, rings down curtain, 212.
Delphi, oracle of, surpassed,

191, note-alluded to, 222.
Destiny, her account, 190.
Devil, the, unskilled in certain

Indian tongues, 165-letters | Elizabeth, Queen, mistake of

to and from, 217.
Dey of Tripoli, 196.
Didymus, a somewhat volumi-

nous grammarian, 222.
Dighton rock character might
be usefully employed in some
emergencies, 224.

Dimitry Bruisgins, fresh supply
of, 213.

Diogenes, his zeal for propagat-
ing certain variety of olive,
238.

Dioscuri, imps of the pit, 166.
District-Attorney, contemptible
conduct of one, 196.

Ditch water on brain, a too com-
mon ailing, 195.
Doctor, the, a proverbial saying
of, 164.

Doughface, yeast-proof, 210.
Drayton, a martyr, 196-north
star, culpable for aiding,
whether, 202.

D. Y., letter of, 216.

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her ambassador, 182.
Empedocles, 215.
Employment, regular, a good
thing, 231.

Epaulets, perhaps no badge of
saintship, 172.

Episcopius, his marvellous ora-
tory, 258.

Eric, king of Sweden, his cap,
239.
Evangelists, iron ones, 167.
Eyelids, a divine shield against
authors, 194.

Ezekiel, text taken from, 205.

F.

Factory-girls, expected rebel-
lion of, 201.

Family-trees, fruit of jejune,

237.

Faneuil Hall, a place where
persons tap themselves for a
species of hydre phalus,
195-a bill of fare menda-
ciously advertised . 237.
Father of country, hd shoes,
245.

Female Papists, cut off in midst
of idolatry, 241.

Fire, we all like to play with it,

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G.

Gawain, Sir, his amusements,
198.

Gay, S. H., Esquire, editor of
National Antislavery Stand-
ard, letter to, 214.
Getting up early, 150, 163.
Ghosts, some, presumed fid-
getty, (but see Stilling's
Pneumatology,) 216.

Giants formerly stupid, 197.
Gift of tongues, distressing case
of, 193.

Globe Theatre, cheap season-
ticket to, 212.

Glory, a perquisite of officers,

232 her account with B.
Sawin, Esq., 236.
Goatsnose, the celebrated, in-
terview with, 224.
Gomara, has a vision, 165-his
relationship to the Scarlet
Woman, ib.

Gray's letters are letters, 216.
Great horn spoon, sworn by,
199.

Greeks ancient, whether they
questioned candidates, 223.
Green Man, sign of, 176.

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Herodotus, story from, 156.
Hesperides, an inference fron
238.

Holden, Mr. Shearjashub, Pre-
ceptor of Jaalam Academy,
222-his knowledge of Greek
limited, ib.-a heresy of his,
ib.-leaves a fund to propa-
gate it, 223.

Hollis, Ezra, goes to a Cornwal-
lis, 158.

Hollow, why men providential-
ly so constructed, 183.
Homer, a phrase of, cited, 206.
Horners, democratic
ones,

plums left for, 187.
Howell, James, Esq., story told
by, 182-letters of, commend-
ed, 216.

Human rights out of order on
the floor of Congress, 199.
Humbug, ascription of praise
to, 210-generally believed
in, ib.

Husbandry, instance of bad,
170.

I.

Icarius, Penelope's father, 174.
Infants, prattlings of, curious
observation concerning, 155.
Information wanted (universal-
ly, but especially at page)
216.

J.

Jaalam Centre, Anglo-Saxons
unjustly suspected by the
young ladies there, 164

"Independent Blunder-
buss," strange conduct of
editor of, 205-public meet-
ing at, 217-meeting-house
ornamented with imaginary
clock, 239.

Jaalam Point, light-house on
charge of prospectively offer
ed to Mr H Biglow, 220.

Jakes, Captain, 254-reproved
for avarice, ib.
James the Fourth of Scots, ex-
periment by, 156.
Jarnagin, Mr., his opinion of
the completeness of Northern
education, 200.

Jerome, Saint, his list of sacred
writers, 216.

Job, Book of, 154-Chappelow
on, 206.

Johnson, Mr., communicates
some intelligence, 201.
Jonah, the inevitable destiny
of, 202-probably studied in-
ternal economy of the ceta-
cea, 215.

Jortin, Dr., cited, 180, 191, note.
Judea, every thing not known
there, 172.

Juvenal, a saying of, 190, note.

K.

shape, 217-of candidates,
221-often fatal, ib.
Lewis Philip, a scourger of
young native Americans, 191
-commiserated (though not
deserving it,) ib. note.
Liberator, a newspaper,

con

demned by implication, 177
Liberty, unwholesome for men
of certain complexions, 207.
Lignum vitæ, a gift of this

valuable wood proposed, 164.
Longinus recommends swear-
ing, 157, note, (Fuseli did
same thing.)

Long sweetening recommended,
229.

Lost arts, one sorrowfully added
to list of, 258.

Louis the Eleventh of France,
some odd trees of his, 237.
Lowell, Mr. J. R., unaccounta-
ble silence of, 175.

Luther, Martin, his first ap-
pearance as Europa, 165.

Kay, Sir, the, of modern chiv- Lyttelton, Lord, his letters an

alry, who, 197.

Key, brazen one, 196.

Keziah, Aunt, profound obser-

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imposition, 216.

M.

Macrobii, their diplomacy, 224.
Mahomet, got nearer Sinai than
some, 206.

Mahound, his filthy gobbets,
165.

Mangum, Mr., speaks to the
point, 199.

Manichæan, excellently con-
futed, 194.

Man-trees, grew where, 237.
Mares'-nests, finders of, benev-
olent, 215.

Marshfield, 243, 249.
Martin, Mr. Sawin used to vote
for him, 251.

Mason and Dixon's line, slaves
north of, 199.

Mass, the, its duty defined, 199.
Massachusetts on her knees,

152-something mentioned in

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