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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.

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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

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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,

16.

Blind, to go it, 98.

Blitz pulls ribbons from his mouth,

16.

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.

re-

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

naso adunco, 76.

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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.

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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,

22.

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.

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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,

54.

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,)

75.

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,

59.

Harrison, General, how preserved,

82.

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.

Kinderhook, 106.

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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