A. B., information wanted concern- ing, 76.
Adam, eldest son of, respected, 10. Eneas goes to hell, 101.
olus, a seller of money, as is sup- posed by some, 101. Eschylus, a saying of, 51, note. Alligator, a decent one conjectured to be, in some sort, humane, 120. Alphonso the Sixth of Portugal, tyrannical act of, 120.
Ambrose, Saint, excellent (but rationalistic) sentiment of, 35. "American Citizen," new compost so called. 104.
American Eagle, a source of inspira-
tion, 45-hitherto wrongly classed, 51-long bill of, 51.
Babel, probably the first Congress, 53 -a gabble-mill, ib.
Baby, a low-priced one, 98. Bagowind, Hon. Mr., whether to be damned, 63.
Baldwin apples, 125.
Baratarias, real or imaginary, which most pleasant, 102.
Barnum, a great natural curiosity recommended to, 49.
Barrels, an inference from seeing, 125.
Bâton Rouge, 106-strange pecu- liarities of labourers at, 107. Baxter, R., a saying of, 35. Bay, Mattysqumscot, 119.
Bay State, singular effect produced on military officers by leaving it, 21.
Beast in Apocalypse, a loadstone, for whom, 83.
Beelzebub, his rigadoon, 61. Behmen, his letters not letters, 76. Bellers, a saloon-keeper, 111 -- in - humanly refuses credit to a presi- dential candidate, 112.
Biglow, Ezekiel, his letter to Hon
J. T. Buckin: ham, 1 - never heard of any one named Mun- dishes, 2 nearly four-score years old, ib. his aunt Keziah, a nota- ble saying of, 3. Biglow, Hosea, excited by composi- tion, 2-a poem by, 3, 66-his opinion of war, 4-wanted at home by Nancy, 7 recommends a forcible enlistment of warlike editors, ib.-would not wonder, if generally agreed with, 9-versi- fies letter of Mr. Sawin, 11-a letter from, 12, 57, 77-his opinion of Mr. Sawin, 12 does not deny fun at Cornwallis, 14, note-his idea of militia glory, 17, note- a pun of, 18, note-is uncertain in regard to people of Boston, ib. -had never heard of Mr. John P. Robinson, 27-aliquid sufflami- nandus, 28- his poems attributed to a Mr. Lowell, 33-is unskilled in Latin, ib.- his poetry maligned by some, 34-his disinterested- ness, ib.-his deep share in com- monweal, ib.- his claim to the presidency, ib.- his mowing, ib. -resents being called Whig, 35
opposed to tariff, ib.-obsti- nate, ib-infected with peculiar notions, ib.-reports a speech, 40 -emulates historians of antiquity, ib.his character sketched from a hostile point of view, 52-a request of his complied with, 64 -appointed at a public meeting in Jaalam, 77-confesses igno- rance, 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 com- pliment from two hundred and nine, ib.-picks his apples, 125— his crop of Baldwins conjecturally large, ib.
Billings, Dea. Cephas, 14.
Birch, virtue of, in instilling certain of the dead languages, 100. Bird of our country sings hosanna,
Blind, to go it, 98.
Blitz pulls ribbons from his mouth,
Bluenose potatoes, smell of, eagerly desired 17.
Bobtail obtains a cardinal's hat, 25. Bolles, Mr. Secondary, author of prize peace essay, 15-presents sword to Lieutenant Colonel, ib.- a fluent orator, ib.-found to be in error, 17.
Bonaparte, N., a usurper, 83. Boot-trees, productive, where, 100. Boston, people of, supposed edu- cated, 18, note.
Brahmins, navel-contemplating, 74. Bread-trees, 100.
Brigadier-Generals in militia, de- votion of, 38.
Brown, Mr., engages in an unequal contest, 63.
Browne, Sir T., a pious and wise sentiment of, cited and com- mended, 11.
Buckingham, Hon. J. T., editor of the Boston Courier, letters to, 1, 12, 33, 57-not afraid, 13. Buffalo, a plan hatched there, 115 -plaster, a prophecy in regard to, ib.
Buncombe, in the other world sup- posed, 41.
Bung, the eternal, thought to be loose, 7.
Bungtown Fencibles, dinner of, 26. Butter in Irish bogs, 100.
C., General, commended for parts, 29 for ubiquity, ib.- for con- sistency, ib for fidelity, ib.— is in favour of war, ib - his curious valuation of principle, ib.
Cæsar, tribute to, 66-his veni, vidi, vici, censured for undue pro- lixity, 85.
Cainites, sect of, supposed still extant, 10.
Caleb, a monopoly of his denied, 15 -curious notions of, as to mean- ing of "shelter," 19 - his defini- tion of Anglo-Saxon, 20-charges Mexicans (not with bayonets, but) with improprieties, ib.
Calhoun, Hon. J. C., his cow-bell curfew, light of the nineteenth century to be extinguished at sound of, 55-cannot let go apron-string of the Past, ib.- his unsuccessful tilt at Spirit of the Age, 56 the Sir Kay of modern chivalry, ib.- his anchor made of
a crooked pin, 57-mentioned, 58-61.
ambridge Platform, use discovered for, 24.
Canary Islands, 100. Candidate, presidential, letter from, 74-smells a rat, 78- against a bank, 79 takes a revolving posi- tion, ib.- opinion of pledges, 80 -is a periwig, ib.-fronts south by north, 81-qualifications of, lessening, 85-wooden leg (and head) useful to, 96.
Cape Cod clergymen, what, 24- Sabbath-breakers, perhaps, proved by, ib.
Carpini, Father John de Plano, among the Tartars, 123.
Cartier, Jacques, commendable zeal of, 123.
Cass, General, 59 clearness of his merit, 60 limited popularity at "Bellers's," 111.
Castles, Spanish, comfortable ac- commodations in, 102.
Cato, letters of, so called, suspended
Cimex lectularius, 18.
Cincinnatus, a stock character in modern comedy, 106.
Civilization, progress of, an alias, 65 rides upon a powder-cart, 79. Clergymen, their ill husbandry, 64
their place in processions, 105 some, cruelly banished for the soundness of their lungs, 123. Cocked-hat, advantages of being knocked into, 77.
College of Cardinals, a strange one, 25.
Colman, Dr. Benjamin, anecdote of, 38.
Coloured folks, curious national diversion of kicking, 19.
Colquitt, a remark of, 60-ac- quainted with some principles of aerostation, ib.
Columbia, District of, its peculiar climatic effects, 44-not certian that Martin is for abolishing it, 115. Columbus, a Paul Pry of genius, 74. Columby, 109.
Complete Letter-Writer, fatal gift of, 82.
Compostella, St. James of, seen, 22. Congress, singular consequence of getting into. 43.
Congressional debates, found in- structive, 53.
Constituents, useful for what, 44. Constitution trampled on, 58-to stand upon, what, 78. Convention, what, 44.
Convention, Springfield, 44.
Coon, old, pleasure in skinning, 59. Coppers, caste in picking up of, 94. Copres, a monk, nis excellent method of arguing, 54.
Cornwallis, a, 14 acknowledged entertaining, ib., note.
Cotton Mather, summoned as wit- ness, 23.
Country lawyers, sent providen- tially, 31.
Country, our, its boundaries more exactly defined, 32-right wrong, nonsense about exposed, ib. Courier, The Boston, an unsafe print, 52.
Court, General, farmers sometimes
attain seats in, 107.
Cowper, W., his letters commended, 76.
Creed, a safe kind of, 97. Crusade, first American, 23. Cuneiform script recommended, 85. Curiosity distinguishes man from brutes, 74.
Davis, Mr., of Mississippi, a remark of his, 59.
Day and Martin, proverbially "on hand," 2.
Death, rings down curtain, 72. Delphi, oraclf, surpassed, 51, note -alluded to, 83.
Destiny, her account, 49.
Devil, the, unskilled in certain In- dian tongues, 23. Dey of Tripoli, 55.
Diaz, Bernal, has a vision, 22 - his relationship to the Scarlet Wo- man, ib.
Didymus, a somewhat voluminous grammarian, 83.
Dighton rock character might be usefully employed in some emer- gencies, 84.
Dimitry Bruisgins, fresh supply of, 73.
Diogenes, his zeal for propagating
certain variety of olive, 100. Dioscuri, imps of the pit, 23. District-Attorney, contemptible con- duct of one, 55.
Ditchwater on brain, a too common ailing, 54.
Doctor, the, a proverbial saying of,
Doughface, yeast-proof, 69. Drayton, a martyr, 55-north star, culpable for aiding, whether, 62.
Earth, Dame, a peep at her house- keeping, 56.
Eating words, habit of, convenient in time of famine, 49. Eavesdroppers, 74.
Editor, his position, 64-command-
ing pulpit of, ib-large congrega. tion of, ib.--name derived from what, 66-fondness for mutton, ib.-a pious one, his creed, ib.—a showman, 71-in danger of sudden arrest, without bail, 72.
Editors, certain ones who crow like cockerels, 7.
Egyptian darkness, phial of, use for, 84.
Factory-girls, expected rebellion of, 60. Family-trees, fruit of jejune, 100. Faneuil Hall, a place where persons tap themselves for a species of hydrocephalus, 54-a bill of fare mendaciously advertised in, 100. Father of country, his shoes, 108. Female Papists, cut off in midst of idolatry, 104.
Fire, we all like to play with it, 56. Fish, emblematic, but disregarded, where, 54.
Flam, President, untrustworthy, 45. Fly-leaves, providential increase of,
Foote, Mr., his taste for field-sports, 58.
Fourier, a squinting toward, 52. Fourth of Julys, boiling, 42. France, a strange dance begun in, 61. Fuller, Dr. Thomas, a wise saying of, 28.
Funnel, Old, hurraing in, 15.
Gawain, Sir, his amusements, 56. Gay, S. H., Esquire, editor of Na- tional Antislavery Standard, letter to, 74.
Getting up early, 4, 20.
Ghosts, some, presumed fidgetty, (but see Stilling's Pneumatology,)
Giants formerly stupid, 56.
Gift of Tongues, distressing case of, 53.
Globe Theatre, cheap season-ticket to, 72.
Glory, a perquisite of officers, 94- her account with B. Sawin, Esq., 99.
Goatsnose, the celebrated interview, with, 84.
Gray's letters are letters, 76. Great horn spoon, sworn by, 58. Greeks, ancient, whether they ques- tioned candidates, 84. Green Man, sign of, 35.
Ham, sandwich, an orthodox (but peculiar) one, 62.
Hamlets, machine for making, 87. Hammon, 51, note, 83.
Hannegan, Mr., something said by,
Harrison, General, how preserved,
Hat-trees, in full bearing, 100. Hawkins, Sir John, stout, something he saw, 100.
Henry the Fourth of England, a Parliament of, how named, 41. Hercules, his second labour probably what, 124.
Herodotus, story from, 11.
Hesperides, an inference from, 100. Holden, Mr. Shearjashub, Preceptor
of Jaalam Academy, 83-his know- ledge of Greek limited, ib. - a heresy of his ib.-leaves a fund to propagate it, 84.
Hollis, Ezra, goes to a Cornwallis, 14.
Hollow, why men providentially so constructed, 42.
Homer, a phrase of, cited, 65. Horners, democratic ones, plums left for, 46.
Howell, James, Esq., story told by, 41-letters of, commended, 76. Human rights out of order on the floor of Congress, 58. Humbug, ascription of praise to, 70 -generally believed in, ib. Husbandry, instance of bad, 28.
Icarius, Penelope's father, 32. Infants, prattlings of, curious obser- vation concerning, 11. Information wanted (universally, but especially at page), 76.
Jaalam Centre, Anglo-Saxons un- justly suspected by the young
ladies there, 21-"Independent Blunderbuss," strange conduct of editor of, 64-public meeting at, 77.
Jaalam Point, light-house on charge of prospectively offered to Mr. I. Biglow, 81-meeting-house orna- mented with imaginary clock, 102. Jakes, Captain, 119-reproved for avarice, ib.
James the Fourth of Scots, experi- ment by, 11.
Jarnagin, Mr., his opinion of the completeness of Northern educa- tion, 60.
Jerome, Saint, his list of sacred writers, 76.
Job, Book of, 10-Chappelow on, 65. Johnson, Mr., communicates some intelligence, 61.
Jonah, the inevitable destiny of, 62 -probably studied internal econo- my of the cetacea, 75.
Jortin, Dr., cited 39, 51, note. Judea, everything not known there, 31.
Juvenal, a saying of, 50, note.
Kay, Sir, the, of modern chivalry, who, 56.
Key, brazen one, 55.
Keziah, Aunt, profound observation of, 3.
Kingdom Come, march to, easy, 89. Königsmark, Count, 10.
Lamb, Charles, his epistolary excel- lence, 76.
Latimer, Bishop, episcopizes Satan, 10.
Latin tongue, curious information concerning, 33.
Launcelot, Sir, a trusser of giants formerly, perhaps would find less sport therein now, 56.
Letters classed, 76-their shape, ib. -of candidates, 81-often fatal, 82. Lewis Philip, a scourger of young native Americans, 50-commise- rated (though not deserving it,) 51, note.
Liberator, a newspaper, condemned by implication, 35.
Liberty unwholesome for men of certain complexions, 66.
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