A.

A. B., information wanted con-
cerning, 130.

Adam, eldest son of, respected,
60.

Eneas goes to hell, 157.
Eolus, a seller of money, as is
supposed by some, 157.
Eschylus, a saying of, 104, note.
Alligator, a decent one conjec-
tured to be, in some sort, hu-
mane, 176.

Alphonso the Sixth of Portugal,
tyrannical act of, 180.
Ambrose, Saint, excellent (but
rationalistic) sentiment of, 86.
"American Citizen," new com-
post so called, 160.

American Eagle, a source of in-
spiration, 96 hitherto wrong-
ly classed, 104-long bill of,
ib.

Amos, cited, 85.

Anakim, that they formerly ex-
isted, shown, 181.
Angels, providentially

speak
French, 73- conjectured to
be skilled in all tongues, ib.
Anglo-Saxondom, its idea, what,

Appian, an Alexandrian, not
equal to Shakspeare as an
orator, 91.

Ararat, ignorance of foreign
tongues is an, 106.
Arcadian background, 162.
Aristophanes, 84.

Arms, profession of, once es-
teemed especially that of gen-
tlemen, 60.
Arnold, 93.
Ashland, 162.

Astor, Jacob, a rich man, 146.
Astræa, nineteenth century for-
saken by, 59.

Athenians, ancient, an institu-
tion of, 92.

Atherton, Senator, envies the
loon, 114.

Austin, St., profane wish of, 94,
note.

Aye-Aye, the, an African animal,
America supposed to be settled
by, 75.

B.

Babel, probably the first Con-
gress, 105-a gabble-mill, ib.
Baby, a low-priced one, 154.
Bagowind, Hon. Mr., whether to
be damned, 117.
Baldwin apples, 181.
Baratarias, real or imaginary,
which most pleasant, 158.
Barnum, a great natural curios-
ity recommended to, 101.
Barrels, an inference from see-
ing, 181.

Bâton Rouge, 162- strange pe-
culiarities of laborers at, 163.
Baxter, R., a saying of, 86.
Bay, Mattysqumscot, 175.

Bay State, singular effect pro-
duced on military officers by
leaving it, 71.

Beast in Apocalypse, a loadstone
for whom, 137.
Beelzebub, his rigadoon, 114.
Behmen, his letters not letters,
130.

Bellers, a saloon-keeper, 167
inhumanly refuses credit to a
presidential candidate, 169.
Biglow, Ezekiel, his letter to
Hon. J. T. Buckingham, 52-
never heard of any one named
Mundishes, 53- nearly four-
score years old, ib. — his aunt
Keziah, a notable saying of, 54.
Biglow, Hosea, excited by com-
position, 53-a poem by, 54,
120 his opinion of war, 55-
wanted at home by Nancy, 58

recommends a forcible en-
listment of warlike editors, ib.
would not wonder, if gener-
ally agreed with, ib. - versi-
fies letter of Mr. Sawin, 61-
a letter from, 62, 110-his
opinion of Mr. Sawin, 63-
does not deny fun at Corn-
wallis, 64, note - his idea of
militia glory, 67, note a pun
of, 68, note-is uncertain in
regard to people of Boston, ib.

-

had never heard of Mr. John
P. Robinson, 77-aliquid suf-
flaminandus, 78- his poems
attributed to a Mr. Lowell, 83
-is unskilled in Latin, 84-
his poetry maligned by some,
85 his disinterestedness, ib.
-his deep share in common-
weal, ib. his claim to the
presidency, ib. ·
his mowing,
ib. resents being called
Whig, 86- opposed to tariff,
ib. obstinate, ib. — infected
with peculiar notions, ib. - re-
ports a speech, 91-emulates
historians of antiquity, ib. -
his character sketched from a
hostile point of view, 104-a
request of his complied with,
118
appointed at a public
meeting in Jaalam, 131-con-
fesses ignorance, in one minute
particular, of propriety, ib. -
his opinion of cocked hats, 132

-

-

Sir," by a general, ib. —prob-
ably receives some compliment
from two hundred and nine,
131-picks his apples, 181-
his crop of Baldwins conjec-
turally large, ib.

Billings, Dea. Cephas, 64.
Birch, virtue of, in instilling cer-
tain of the dead languages,
156.

Bird of our country sings hosan-
na, 66.

Blind, to go it, 153.
Blitz pulls ribbons from his
mouth, 66.

Bluenose potatoes, smell of, ea-
gerly desired, 67.
Bobtail obtains a cardinal's hat,
76.

Bolles, Mr. Secondary, presents
sword to Lieutenant-Colonel,
65a fluent orator, ib. -au-
thor of prize peace essay, 66-
found to be in error, 67.
Bonaparte, N., a usurper, 137
Boot-trees, productive, where,

156.

Boston, people of, supposed edu-
cated, 68, note.
Brahmins, navel-contemplating,
128.
Bread-trees, 155.

Brigadier-Generals in militia, de-
votion of, 89.

Brown, Mr., engages in an une-
qual contest, 117.
Browne, Sir T., a pious and wise
sentiment of, cited and com-
mended, 61.

Buckingham, Hon. J. T., editor
of the Boston Courier, letters
to, 52, 62, 83, 110-not afraid,
63.

Buffalo, a plan hatched there,
171-
plaster, a prophecy in
regard to, ib.
Buncombe, in the other world
supposed, 92.

Bung, the eternal, thought to be
loose, 57.

Bungtown Fencibles, dinner of,
71.

Butter in Irish bogs, 155.

C.

parts, 79 for ubiquity, ib. -
for consistency, ib. - for fidel-
ity, ib. is in favor of war,
ib.his curious valuation of
principle, ib.

Cæsar, tribute to, 122- his veni,
vidi, vici, censured for undue
prolixity, 139.

Cainites, sect of, supposed still
extant, 60.

Caleb, a monopoly of his denied,
65-curious notions of, as to
meaning of shelter, 69-
his definition of Anglo-Saxon,
70 charges Mexicans (not
with bayonets, but) with im-
proprieties, ib.
Calhoun, Hon. J. C., his cow-
bell curfew, light of the nine-
teenth century to be extin-
guished at sound of, 108
cannot let go apron-string of
the Past, 109- his unsuccess-
ful tilt at Spirit of the Age, ib.
-the Sir Kay of modern chiv-
alry, ib. his anchor made of
a crooked pin, 110-men-
tioned, 111-115.
Cambridge Platform, use dis-
covered for, 75.
Canary Islands, 156.
Candidate, presidential, letter
from, 132 smells a rat, ib.
against a bank, 133- takes a
revolving position, ib. -opin-
ion of pledges, 134-is a peri-
wig, ib. fronts south by
north, 135- -qualifications of,
lessening, 139 wooden leg
(and head) useful to, 152.
Cape Cod clergymen, what, 74—
Sabbath-breakers, perhaps, re-
proved by, ib.

----

Carpini, Father John de Plano,
among the Tartars, 180.
Cartier, Jacques, commendable
zeal of, 180.

Cass, General, 112 — clearness of
his merit, 113-limited popu-
larity at "Bellers's," 167.
Castles, Spanish, comfortable ac-
commodations in, 158.
Cato, letters of, so called, sus-
pended naso adunco, 130.
C. D., friends of, can hear of
him, 130.
Chalk egg, we are proud of in-
cubation of, 129.

Chappelow on Job, a copy of,
lost, 119.
Cherubusco, news of, its effects
on English royalty, 103.
Chesterfield no
letter-writer,

120.

Chief Magistrate, dancing es-
teemed sinful by, 74.
Children naturally speak He-
brew, 61.
China-tree, 156.

Chinese, whether they invented
gunpowder before the Chris-
tian era not considered, 75.
Choate hired, 170.
Christ shuffled into Apocrypha,
76 conjectured to disap-
prove of slaughter and pillage,
80 condemns a certain piece
of barbarism, 117.
Christianity, profession of, ple-
beian, whether, 60.
Christian soldiers, perhaps incon-
sistent, whether, 90.
Cicero, an opinion of, disputed,
138.

Cilley, Ensign, author of nefari-
ous sentiment, 76.
Cimex lectularius, 68.
Cincinnatus, a stock character in
modern comedy, 162.
Civilization, progress of, an alias,
120 rides upon a powder-
cart, 133.
Clergymen, their ill husbandry,
118 their place in proces-
sions, 161-some, cruelly ban-
ished for the soundness of
their lungs, 180.
Cocked-hat, advantages of being
knocked into, 132.

College of Cardinals, a strange
one, 76.

Colman, Dr. Benjamin, anecdote
of, 90.

Colored folks, curious national
diversion of kicking, 69.
Colquitt, a remark of, 114 — ac-
quainted with some principles
of aerostation, ib.
Columbia, District of, its pecu-
liar climatic effects, 95- not
certain that Martin is for abol-
ishing it, 171.

Columbus, a Paul Pry of genius,
128.

Columby, 160.

Coppers, caste in picking up of,
149.

Copres, a monk, his excellent

method of arguing, 107.
Cornwallis, a, 64 acknowl-
edged entertaining, ib., note.
Cotton Mather, summoned as
witness, 73.

Country lawyers, sent providen-
tially, 81.

Country, our, its boundaries
more exactly defined, 82-
right or wrong, nonsense
about exposed, ib.
Courier, The Boston, an unsafe
print, 105.

Court, General, farmers some-
times attain seats in, 163.
Cowper, W., his letters com-
mended, 130.

Creed, a safe kind of, 153.
Crusade, first American, 73.
Cuneiform script recommended,

139.

Curiosity distinguishes man from
brutes, 129.

D.

Davis, Mr., of Mississippi, a re-
mark of his, 112.
Day and Martin, proverbially
on hand," 53.

Death, rings down curtain, 126.
Delphi, oracle of, surpassed, 103,
note- alluded to, 139.
Destiny, her account, 102.
Devil, the, unskilled in certain
Indian tongues, 73.
Dey of Tripoli, 108.
Diaz, Bernal, has a vision, 72-
his relationship to the Scarlet
Woman, ib.

Didymus, a somewhat volumi-
nous grammarian, 137.
Dighton rock character might be
usefully employed in some
emergencies, 139.

Dimitry Bruisgins, fresh supply
of, 127.

Diogenes, his zeal for propagat-
ing certain variety of olive,
156.

Dioscuri, imps of the pit, 73.
District-Attorney, contemptible
conduct of one, 108.

Ditchwater on brain, a too com-
mon ailing, 107.

Doctor, the, a proverbial saying
of, 72.

Doughface, yeast-proof, 124.
Drayton, a martyr, 108- north
star, culpable for aiding, wheth-
er, 115.

E.

Earth, Dame, a peep at her
housekeeping, 109.

name

Eating words, habit of, conven-
ient in time of famine, 101.
Eavesdroppers, 128.
Editor, his position, 118-com-
manding pulpit of, 119-large
congregation of, ib.
derived from what, 120-fond-
ness for mutton, ib. - a pious
one, his creed, ib. - a show-
man, 124 in danger of sud-
den arrest, without bail, 126.
Editors, certain ones who crow
like cockerels, 58.

Egyptian darkness, phial of, use
for, 139.

Eldorado, Mr. Sawin sets sail
for, 155.

Elizabeth, Queen, mistake of her
ambassador, 92.
Empedocles, 128.
Employment, regular, a good
thing, 148.

Epaulets, perhaps no badge of
saintship, 80.

Episcopius, his marvellous ora-
tory, 180.

Eric, King of Sweden, his cap,

157.

Evangelists, irou ones, 75.
Eyelids, a divine shield against
authors, 107.

Ezekiel, text taken from, 118.