Officers, miraculous transformation in
character of, 60 — Anglo-Saxon,
come very near being anathema-
tized, 61.

Old age, an advantage of, 241.
Old One, invoked, 299.

Onesimus made to serve the cause of
impiety, 282.

O'Phace, Increase D., Esq., speech of,
75.

Opinion, British, its worth to us, 250.
Opinions, certain ones compared to
winter flies, 273.

Oracle of Fools, still respectfully con-
sulted, 76.

Orion becomes commonplace, 105.
Orrery, Lord, his letters (lord!), 108.
Ostracism, curious species of, 76.
Ovidii Nasonis, carmen supposititium,
355.

Palestine, 61.

Paley, his Evidences, 392.

Palfrey, Hon. J. G., 76, 83, 84 (a wor-
thy representative of Massachu-
setts).

Pantagruel recommends a popular or-
acle, 76.
Panurge, 249
Goatsnose, 115.
Paper, plausible-looking, wanted, 305.
Papists, female, slain by zealous Prot-
estant bomb-shell, 132.
Paralipomenon, a man suspected of
being, 113.

- his interview with

Paris, liberal principles safe as far
away as, 99.

Parliamentum Indoctorum sitting in
permanence, 76.

Past, the, a good nurse, 90.
Patience, sister, quoted, 56.
Patriarchs, the, illiterate, 239.
Patricius, brogipotens, 356.

Paynims, their throats propagandist-
ically cut, 61.

Penelope, her wise choice, 69.

People, soft enough, 101-want cor-
rect ideas, 126-the, decline to be
Mexicanized, 320.

Pepin, King, 108.

Pepperell, General, quoted, 252.
Pequash Junction, 367.

Periwig, 111.

Perley, Mr. Asaph, has charge of bass-
viol, 271.

Perseus, King, his avarice, 252.

Persius, a pithy saying of, 81, note.
Pescara, Marquis, saying of, 50.
Peter, Saint, a letter of (post-mor-
tem), 108.

Petrarch, exploited Laura, 366.
Petronius, 249.

Pettibone, Jabez, bursts up, 287.

Pettus came over with Wilhelmus
Conquistor, 286.

Phaon, 366.

Pharaoh, his lean kine, 264.
Pharisees, opprobriously referred to,
99.

Philippe, Louis, in pea-jacket, 103.
Phillips, Wendell, catches a Tartar,
327.

Phlegyas quoted, 97.

Phrygian language, whether Adam
spoke it, 51.

Pickens, a Norman name, 285.
Pilcoxes, genealogy of, 218.
Pilgrim Father, apparition of, 337.
Pilgrims, the, 79.

Pillows, constitutional, 84.
Pine-trees, their sympathy, 334.
Pinto, Mr., some letters of his com-
mended, 108.

Pisgah, an impromptu one, 130.
Platform, party, a convenient one, 126.
Plato, supped with, 107- his man,
113.

Pleiades, the, not enough esteemed,
105.

Pliny, his letters not admired, 108.
Plotinus, a story of, 90.

Plymouth Rock, Old, a Convention
wrecked on, 79.

Poets apt to become sophisticated,

330.

takes Mr. Sawin prisoner, ib.
cruelly makes him work, 147 - puts
himself illegally under his tuition,
ib. dismisses him with contume-
lious epithets, 148-a negro, 224.
Pontifical bull a tamed one, 61.
Pope, his verse excellent, 51.
Pork, refractory in boiling, 60.
Portico, the, 364.

Portugal, Alphonso the Sixth of, a
monster, 149.

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Post, Boston, 69-shaken visibly, 71
bad guide-post, ib. too swift,
ib. edited by a colonel, ib. - who
is presumed officially in Mexico, ib.
-referred to, 86.

Pot-hooks, death in, 115.

Power, a first-class, elements of, 303.
Preacher, an ornamental symbol, 98-
a breeder of dogmas, ib. — earnest-
ness of, important, 149.
Present, considered as an annalist, 98
- not long wonderful, 105.

President, slaveholding natural to,
102 must be a Southern resident,
127 must own a nigger, ib. - the,
his policy, 385- his resemblance to
Jackson, 386.

Princes mix cocktails, 303.
Principle, exposure spoils it, 77.
Principles, bad, when less harmful,
64- when useless, 324.
Professor, Latin, in

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- Scaliger, 355.

College, 354

Prophecies, fulfilment of, 309.
Prophecy, a notable one, 85, note.
Prospect Hill, 254.

Providence has a natural life-preser-
ver, 265.

Proviso, bitterly spoken of, 110.
Prudence, sister, her idiosyncratic tea-
pot, 121.

Psammeticus, an experiment of, 51.
Psyche, poor, 369.

Public opinion, a blind and drunken
guide, 63-nudges Mr. Wilbur's el-
bow, 64-ticklers of, 80.
Punkin Falls "Weekly Parallel," 342.
Putnam, General Israel, his lines, 255.
Pythagoras a bean-hater, why, 114.
Pythagoreans, fish reverenced by,
why, 89.

Quid, ingens nicotianum, 359.
Quixote, Don, 91.

Rafn, Professor, 313.

Rag, one of sacred college, 63.
Rantoul, Mr., talks loudly, 55- pious
reason for not enlisting, ib.
Recruiting sergeant, Devil supposed
the first, 50.

Religion, Southern, its commercial ad-
vantages, 280.

Representatives' Chamber, 89.
Rhinothism, society for promoting,
106.

Rhyme, whether natural not consid-
ered, 51.

Rib, an infrangible one, 119.
Richard the First of England, his
Christian fervor, 61.

Riches conjectured to have legs as
well as wings, 96.
Ricos Hombres, 276.
Ringtail Rangers, 238.
Roanoke Island, 308.

Robinson, Mr. John P., his opinions
fully stated, 66-68.
Rocks, pocket full of, 121.

Roosters in rainy weather, their mis-
ery, 222.

Rotation insures mediocrity and inex-
perience, 295.

Rough and ready, 138-a wig, 139—
a kind of scratch, ib.

Royal Society, American fellows of,
342.

Rum and water combine kindly, 319.

Runes resemble bird-tracks, 314.
Runic inscriptions, their different
grades of unintelligibility and con-
sequent value, 313.

Russell, Earl, is good enough to ex-

pound our Constitution for us, 246.
Russian eagle turns Prussian blue, 85.
Ryeus, Bacchi epitheton, 360.

Sabbath, breach of, 27.

Sabellianism, one accused of, 113.
Sailors, their rights how won, 262.
Saltillo, unfavorable view of, 56.
Salt-river, in Mexican, what, 56.
Samuel, avunculus, 358.
Samuel, Uncle, 228- riotous, 85 — -yet
has qualities demanding reverence,
100 a good provider for his fam-
ily, 101 an exorbitant bill of, 132
-makes some shrewd guesses, 266-
270-expects his boots, 288.
Sansculottes, draw their wine before
drinking, 95.

Santa Anna, his expensive leg, 125.
Sappho, some human nature in, 366.
Sassy Cus, an impudent Indian, 253.
Satan, never wants attorneys, 61 — an
expert talker by signs, ib. - a suc-
cessful fisherman with little or no
bait, ib.- cunning fetch of, 65-
dislikes ridicule, 70— ought not to
have credit of ancient oracles, 85,
note his worst pitfall, 282.
Satirist, incident to certain dangers,
65.

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Savages, Canadian, chance of redemp-
tion offered to, 149.

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Sawin, B., Esquire, his letter not
written in verse, 51 a native of
Jaalam, ib. not regular attendant
on Rev. Mr. Wilbur's preaching, 51
-a fool, 52-his statements trust-
worthy, ib. his ornithological
tastes, ib. letter from, 51, 116, 133
- his curious discovery in regard to
bayonets, 54-displays proper fam-
ily pride, ib. -modestly confesses
himself less wise than the Queen of
Sheba, 58 the old Adam in, peeps
out, 60-a miles emeritus, 116-is
made text for a sermon, ib. —loses
a leg, 117 an eye, 118-left hand,
119-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 green-
ness in himself, 120- his share of
spoil limited, 121-his opinion of
Mexican climate, ib. acquires
property of a certain sort, 122-his
experience of glory, ib. - stands
sentry, and puns thereupon, 124-
undergoes martyrdom in some of its
most painful forms, ib. - enters the
candidating business, ib. - modestly
states the (avail)abilities which qual-

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ify him for high political station,
125-127 has no principles, 125-a
peace-man, ib. unpledged, 126-
has no objections to owning peculiar
property, but would not like to mo-
nopolize the truth, 127 - his account
with glory, 128-a selfish motive
hinted in, ib. -sails for Eldorado,
ib.-shipwrecked on a metaphorical
promontory, ib. - parallel between,
and Rev. Mr. Wilbur (not Plutarch-
ian), 130
conjectured to have
bathed in river Selemnus, 133-
loves plough wisely, but not too
well, ib. a foreign mission prob-
ably expected by, 134 — unanimous-
ly nominated for presidency, 135
his country's father-in-law, ib.
nobly emulates Cincinnatus, 136-
is not a crooked stick, ib. — advises
his adherents, 137 views of, on
present state of politics, 137-141
popular enthusiasm for, at Bellers's,
and its disagreeable consequences,
138 inhuman treatment of, by Bel-
lers, ib. his opinion of the two
parties, 139-agrees with Mr. Web-
ster, 140 his antislavery zeal, 141
-his proper self-respect, 142-his
unaffected piety, ib.- his not in-
temperate temperance, 143
thrilling adventure of, 143-148-his
prudence and economy, 144-bound
to Captain Jakes, but regains his
freedom, 145-is taken prisoner,
146-ignominiously treated, 147
his consequent resolution, 148.
Sawin, Honorable B. O'F., a vein of
humor suspected in, 220-gets into
an enchanted castle, 223 - finds a
wooden leg better in some respects
than a living one, 225-takes some-
thing hot, ib. - his experience of
Southern hospitality, 226-228-
waterproof internally, 227-зen-
tenced to ten years' imprisonment,
229 his liberal-handedness, 231
gets his arrears of pension, 232-
marries the Widow Shannon, 234-
confiscated, 237-finds in himself a
natural necessity of income, 238-
his missionary zeal, 240-never a
stated attendant on Mr. Wilbur's
preaching, 271-sang base in choir,
ib.- prudently avoided contribu-
tion toward bell, 272-abhors a
covenant of works, 279-—if saved at
all, must be saved genteelly, ib.-
reports a sermon, 281-experiences
religion, 283-would consent to a
dukedom, 284-converted to una-
nimity, 289-sound views of, 294-
makes himself an extempore mar-
quis, 297-extract of letter from,
391-394-his opinion of Paddies,
393 of Johnson, 394.

Secret, a great military, 330.
Selemnus, a sort of Lethean river, 133.
Senate, debate in, made readable, 89.
Seneca, saying of, 64- another, 86,
note overrated by a saint (but see
Lord Bolingbroke's opinion of, in a
letter to Dean Swift), 108-his let-
ters not commended, ib. — a son of
Rev. Mr. Wilbur, 130-quoted, 344,
345.

Serbonian bog of literature, 89.
Sermons, some pitched too high, 272.
Seward, Mister, the late, his gift of
prophecy, 254-needs stiffening,
385 misunderstands parable of
fatted calf, ib.

Sextons, demand for, 55 -heroic offi-
cial devotion of one, 149.
Seymour, Governor, 348.
Shakespeare, 368- a good reporter, 75.
Shaking fever, considered as an em-
ployment, 122.

Sham, President, honest, 80.
Shannon, Mrs., a widow, 230- her

family and accomplishments, 234-
has tantrums, 235 - her religious
views, 280- her notions of a moral
and intellectual being, 283- her
maiden name, 284 her blue
blood, ib.

Sheba, Queen of, 58.
Sheep, none of Rev. Mr. Wilbur's
turned wolves, 52.
Shem, Scriptural curse of, 148.
Shiraz, Centre, lead-mine at, 287..
Shirley, Governor, 252.
Shoddy, poor covering for outer or
inner man, 339.

Shot at sight, privilege of being, 288.
Show, natural to love it, 56, note.
Silver spoon bern in Democracy'c
mouth, what, 81.

Simms, an intellectual giant, twin-
birth with Maury (which see), 286.
Sin, wilderness of, modern, what, 99.
Sinai suffers outrages, 99.
Skim-milk has its own opinions, 338.
Skin, hole in, strange taste of some
for, 123.

Skippers, Yankee, busy in the slave-
trade, 282.

Slaughter, whether God strengthen us
for, 62.

132.

Slaughtering nowadays is slaughter-
ing, 132.

Slavery, of no color, 47-corner-stone
of liberty, 87-also keystone, 92-
last crumb of Eden, 95-a Jonah,
96-an institution, 111 -a private
State concern, 144.

Slidell, New York trash, 309.
Sloanshure, Habakkuk, Esquire, Pres-
ident of Jaalam Bank, 298.
Smith, Joe, used as a translation, 99.
Smith, John, an interesting character,
106.

Smith, Mr., fears entertained for, 97
- dined with, 107.

Smith, N. B., his magnanimity, 104.
Smithius, dux, 356.

Soandso, Mr., the great, defines his po-
sition, 104.

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Soft-heartedness, misplaced, is soft-
headedness, 350.
Sol, the fisherman, 56 soundness of
respiratory organs hypothetically
attributed to, ib.
Soldiers, British, ghosts of, insubordi-
nate, 256.

Solomon, Song of, portions of it done
into Latin verse by Mr. Wilbur, 354.
Solon, a saying of, 64.

Soul, injurious properties of, 296.
South, its natural eloquence, 326-
facts have a mean spite against, 310.
South Carolina, futile attempt to an-
chor, 91 her pedigrees, 275.
Southern men, their imperfect notions
of labor, 228-of subscriptions, 231
-too high-pressure, 239-prima
facie noble, 286.

Spanish, to walk, what, 58.
Speech-making, an abuse of gift of
speech, 87.

Spirit-rapping does not repay the spir-
its engaged in it, 338.
Split-Foot, Old, made to squirm, 239.
Spring, described, 331-333.

Star, north, subject to indictment,
whether, 96.

Statesman, a genuine, defined, 324.
Stearns, Othniel, fable by, 389.
Stone Spike, the, 255.

Store, cheap cash, a wicked fraud,

130.

Strong, Governor Caleb, a patriot, 68.
Style, the catalogue, 333.
Sumter, shame of, 263.

Sunday should mind its own business,
324.

Swearing commended as a figure of
speech, 53, note.

Swett, Jethro C., his fall, 376.
Swift, Dean, threadbare saying of, 71.

Tag, elevated to the Cardinalate, 63.
Taney, C. J., 294, 319.

Tarbox, Shearjashub, first white child
born in Jaalam, 244.
Tartars, Mongrel, 226.
Taxes, direct, advantages of, 131.
Taylor, General, greased by Mr.
Choate, 140.

Taylor zeal, its origin, 138.
Teapots, how made dangerous, 347.
Ten, the upper, 288.

Tesephone, banished for long-winded-
ness, 89.

Thacker, Rev. Preserved, D. D., 341.
Thanks get lodged, 122.
Thanksgiving, Feejee, 227.
Thaumaturgus, Saint Gregory, letter
of, to the Devil, 108.
Theleme, Abbey of, 299.
Theocritus, the inventor of idyllic
poetry, 241.
Theory, defined, 319.

Thermopyles, too many, 308.
"They'll say " a notable bully, 261.
Thirty-nine articles might be made
serviceable, 63.

Thor, a foolish attempt of, 90.
Thoreau, 243.

Thoughts, live ones characterized, 370.
Thumb, General Thomas, a valuable
member of society, 84.

Thunder, supposed in easy circum-
stances, 120.

Thynne, Mr., murdered, 50.
Tibullus, 345.

Time, an innocent personage to swear
by, 52, note a scene-shifter, 104.
Tinkham, Deacon Pelatiah, story con-
cerning, not told, 221 alluded to,
241 does a very sensible thing,
278.

Toms, peeping, 106.

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Toombs, a doleful sound from, 310.
Trees, various kinds of extraordinary
ones, 129.

Trowbridge, William, mariner, adven-
ture of, 62.

Truth and falsehood start from same
point, 65-truth invulnerable to
satire, ib. compared to a river,

75-of fiction sometimes truer than
fact, ib. told plainly, passim.
Tuileries, exciting scene at, 85-front
parlor of, 303.

Tully, a saying of, 77, note.
Tunnel, northwest-passage, a poor in-
vestment, 298.

Turkey-Buzzard Roost, 235.
Tuscaloosa, 235.

Tutchel, Rev. Jonas, a Sadducee, 317.
Tweedledee, gospel according to, 99.
Tweedledum, great principles of, 99.
Tylerus, juvenis insignis, 356-por.

phyrogenitus, 357- Johannides,
flito celeris, 359-bene titus, 360.
Tyrants, European, how made to trem-
ble, 230.

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Ulysses, husband of Penelope, 69
borrows money, 130 (for full partic-
ulars of, see Homer and Dante).
rex, 356.

Unanimity, new ways of producing,
289.

Union, its hoops off, 288-its good old
meaning, 320.

Universe, its breeching, 290.

University, triennial catalogue of, 73.
Us, nobody to be compared with, 231,
and see World, passim.

Van Buren fails of gaining Mr. Sawin's
confidence, 141-his son John re-
proved, 142.

Van, Old, plan to set up, 141.
Vattel, as likely to fall on your toes as
on mine, 267.

Venetians invented something once,

130.

Whig party has a large throat, 72 —
but query as to swallowing spurs,
140.

White-house, 112.

Wickliffe, Robert, consequences of his
bursting, 347.

Wife-trees, 129.

Wilbur, Mrs. Dorcas (Pilcox), an in-
variable rule of, 73- her profile, ib.
- tribute to, 342.

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Wilbur, Rev. Homer, A. M., consulted,
44 his instructions to his flock,
52 a proposition of his for Prot-
estant bomb-shells, 63 - his elbow
nudged, 64- his notions of satire,
ib. some opinions of his quoted
with apparent approval by Mr. Big-
low, 67-geographical speculations
of, 68 a justice of the peace, ib.
a letter of, 69-a Latin pun of, 70
-runs against a post without in-
jury, 71 does not seek notoriety
(whatever some malignants may af-
firm), 72-fits youths for college,
73 a chaplain during late war
with England, 74 - a shrewd obser-
vation of, 76-some curious specu-
lations of, 87-89 his martello-
tower, 88 forgets he is not in pul-
pit, 96, 116-extracts from sermon
of, 98, 99, 103-105-interested in
John Smith, 106-his views con-
cerning present state of letters, 107,
108-a stratagem of, 113 - ventures
two hundred and fourth interpreta-
tion of Beast in Apocalypse, 114-
christens Hon. B. Sawin, then an
infant, 116 - an addition to our
sylva proposed by, 128 curious and
instructive adventure of, 130- his
account with an unnatural uncle,
132 his uncomfortable imagina-
tion, ib. - speculations concerning
Cincinnatus, 133-confesses digres-
sive tendency of mind, 149 -- goes
to work on sermon (not without
fear that his readers will dub him
with a reproachful epithet like that
with which Isaac Allerton, a May-
flower man, revenges himself on a
delinquent debtor of his, calling him
in his will, and thus holding him up
to posterity, as "John Peterson,
THE BORE"), 150 — his modesty,
215 disclaims sole authorship of
Mr. Biglow's writings, 216- his low
opinion of prepensive autographs,
217

a chaplain in 1812, 220 - cites
a heathen comedian, 221 - his fond-
ness for the Book of Job, ib.
preaches a Fast-Day discourse, ib.

is prevented from narrating a
singular occurrence, 222 - is pre-
sented with a pair of new spectacles,
240 his church services indecor-
ously sketched by Mr. Sawin, 283-

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