Toot, used derisively for playing on any wind instrument. Thru, through.

Thundering, a euphemism common in New England for the profane English expression devilish. Perhaps derived from the belief, common formerly, that thunder was caused by the Prince of the Air, for some of whose accomplishments consult Cotton Mather. Tu, to, too; commonly has this sound when used emphatically, or at the end of a sentence. At other times it has the sound of t in tough, as, Ware ye goin' tu? Goin' ta Boston.

Ugly, ill-tempered, intractable. Uncle Sam, United States; the largest boaster of liberty and owner of slaves.

Unrizzest, applied to dough or bread; heavy, most unrisen, or most incapable of rising.

V-spot, a five-dollar bill. Vally, value.

Wake snakes, to get into trouble.
Wal, well; spoken with great delib-
eration, and sometimes with the
a very much flattened, sometimes
(but more seldom) very much broad-
ened.

Wannut, walnut (hickory).
Ware, where.
Ware, were.

Whopper, an uncommonly large lie; as, that General Taylor is in favor of the Wilmot Proviso.

Wig, Whig; a party now dissolved.
Wunt, will not.
Wus, worse.
Wut, what.

Wuth, worth; as, Antislavery perfes-
sions 'fore 'lection aint wuth a Bung-
town copper.
Wuz, was, sometimes were.

Bay, Mattysqumscot, 145.

Bay State, singular effect produced on
military officers by leaving it, 60.
Beast, in Apocalypse, a loadstone for
whom, 113- tenth horn of, applied
to recent events, 342.
Beaufort, 308.

Beauregard (real name Toutant), 253,
293.

Beaver brook, 373.

Beelzebub, his rigadoon, 95.

Behmen, his letters not letters, 108.
Behn, Mrs. Aphra, quoted, 275.
Bellers, a saloon-keeper, 138-inhu-
manly refuses credit to a presiden-
tial candidate, 138.

Belmont. See Woods.
Bentley, his heroic method with Mil-
ton, 314.

Bible, not composed for use of colored
persons, 281.

Biglow, Ezekiel, his letter to Hon. J.
T. Buckingham, 43-never heard of
any one named Mundishes, 44-
nearly fourscore years old, ib.
his aunt Keziah, a notable saying of,
ib.

Biglow, Hosea, Esquire, excited by
composition, 44-a poem by, ib.,
99 his opinion of war, 46 - wanted
at home by Nancy, 48-recom-
mends a forcible enlistment of war-
like editors, ib. - would not wonder,
if generally agreed with, 50 -ver-
sifies letter of Mr. Sawin, 51-a let-
ter from, 52, 91 - his opinion of Mr.
Sawin, 52- does not deny fun at
Cornwallis, 53, note - his idea of
militia glory, 56, note — a pun of, 57,
note is uncertain in regard to peo-
ple of Boston, ib. — had never heard
of Mr. John P. Robinson, 64 — ali-
quid sufflaminandus, 65 - his poems
attributed to a Mr. Lowell, 69 — is
unskilled in Latin, 70- his poetry
maligned by some, ib. his disin-
terestedness, 71-his deep share in
common-weal, ib.- his claim to the
presidency, ib.-hi mowing, ib. —
resents being calle Whig, 72-op-
posed to tariff, ib. - obstinate, ib.
-infected with peculiar notions,
ib.-reports a speech, 75-— emu-
lates historians of antiquity, ib.-
his character sketched from a hos-
tile point of view, 86-a request of
his complied with, 97-2
-appointed
at a public meeting in Jaalam, 108
-confesses ignorance, in one minute
particular, of propriety, 109-his
opinion of cocked hats, ib. -letter
to, ib. -called "Dear Sir," by a
general, ib.
probably receives
same compliment from two hundred
and nine, ib. picks his apples, 150
-his crop of Baldwins conjectur-

-

ally large, ib. - his labors in writ-
ing autographs, 217 visits the
Judge and has a pleasant time, 243
- born in Middlesex County, 254-
his favorite walks, ib. his gifted
pen, 302 born and bred in the
country, 331-feels his sap start in
spring, 333-is at times unsocial,
334 the school-house where he
learned his a b c, 335-falls asleep,
ib. his ancestor a Cromwellian
colonel, 337- finds it harder to
make up his mind as he grows older,
339

wishes he could write a song
or two, 346-liable to moods, 369
loves nature and is loved in re-
turn, 370-describes some favorite
haunts of his, 372, 373- his slain
kindred, 373-his speech in March
meeting, 375- does not reckon on
being sent to Congress, 379- has no
eloquence, ib. - his own reporter,
381 never abused the South, 383
- advises Uncle Sam, ib. - is not
Boston-mad, 384 - bids farewell,

-

395.

Billings, Dea. Cephas, 53.
Billy, Extra, demagogus, 358.
Birch, virtue of, in instilling certain
of the dead languages, 129.
Bird of our country sings hosanna, 55.
Bjarna Grímólfsson invents smoking,
315.

Blind, to go it, 126.

Blitz pulls ribbons from his mouth, 55.
Bluenose potatoes, smell of, eagerly
desired, 56.

Bobolink, the, 333.

Bobtail obtains a cardinal's hat, 63.
Boggs, a Norman name, 286,
Bogus Four-Corners Weekly Meridian,
317.

Bolles, Mr. Secondary, author of prize
peace essay, 55-presents sword to
Lieutenant-Colonel, ib. a fluent
orator, 55-found to be in error,
56.

Bonaparte, N., a usurper, 114.
Bonds, Confederate, their specie basis
cutlery, 232-when payable, (atten-
tion, British stockholders !) 306.
Boot-trees, productive, where, 129.
Boston, people of, supposed educated,
57, note has a good opinion of it-
self, 255.

Bowers, Mr. Arphaxad, an ingenious
photographic artist, 313.
Brahmins, navel-contemplating, 106.
Brains, poor substitute for, 257.
Bread-trees, 129.

Bream, their only business, 243.
Brigadier-Generals in militia, devotion
of, 74.
Brigadiers, nursing ones, tendency in,
to literary composition, 224.
Brigitta, viridis, 356.

Britannia, her trident, 268.
Brotherhood, subsides after election,
324.

Brown, Mr., engages in an unequal
contest, 97.

Browne, Sir T., a pious and wise sen-
timent of, cited and commended, 51.
Brutus Four-Corners, 218.

Buchanan, a wise and honest man, 287.
Buckingham, Hon. J. T., editor of the
Boston Courier, letters to, 43, 51,
69, 91-not afraid, 52.

Buffalo, a plan hatched there, 141-
plaster, a prophecy in regard to,
142.

Buffaloes, herd of, probable influence
of tracts upon, 348.
Bull, John, prophetic allusion to, by
Horace, 247-his "Run," 254-
his mortgage, 262 - unfortunate dip
of, 306-wool pulled over his eyes,
308.

Buncombe, in the other world sup-

posed, 76-mutual privilege in, 293.
Bung, the eternal, thought to be loose,
48.

Bungtown Fencibles, dinner of, 64.
Burke, Mr., his age of chivalry sur-
passed, 284.

Burleigh, Lord, quoted for something
said in Latin long before, 275.
Burns, Robert, a Scottish poet, 242.
Bushy Brook, 278.

Butler, Bishop, 302.
Butter in Irish bogs, 129.

C., General, commended for parts, 66
-for ubiquity, ib. - for consisten-
cy, ib. for fidelity, ib. - is in
favor of war, ib. - his curious valu-
ation of principle, ib.
Cabbage-heads, the, always in major-
ity, 380.

Cabinet, English, makes a blunder,
250.

Cæsar, tribute to, 101 - his veni, vidi,

vici, censured for undue prolixity,
115.

Cainites, sect of, supposed still extant,
50.

Caleb, a monopoly of his denied, 54-
curious notions of, as to meaning of
"shelter," 58-his definition of
Anglo-Saxon, 59 charges Mexi-
cans (not with bayonets but) with
improprieties, ib.

Calhoun, Hon. J. C., his cow-bell cur-
few, light of the nineteenth century
to be extinguished at sound of, 90
- cannot let go apron-string of the
Past, ib. his unsuccessful tilt at
Spirit of the Age, ib. the Sir Kay
of modern chivalry, ib. - his anchor
made of a crooked pin, 91-men-
tioned, 92-95.

Calyboosus, carcer, 360.

Cambridge Platform, use discovered
for, 63.

Canaan in quarterly instalments, 318.
Canary Islands, 129.

Candidate, presidential, letter from,
109smells a rat, ib. against a
bank, 110-takes a revolving posi-
tion, 111- opinion of pledges, ib.
-is a periwig, ib.-fronts south
by north, 112 - - qualifications of,
lessening, 115-wooden leg (and
head) useful to, 125.
Cape Cod clergymen, what, 62-
Sabbath-breakers, perhaps, re-
proved by, ib.
Captains, choice of, important, 382.
Carolina, foolish act of, 382.
Caroline, case of, 248.
Carpini, Father John de Plano, among
the Tartars, 149.
Cartier, Jacques, commendable zeal
of, 149.

Cass, General, 93-clearness of his
merit, ib. -limited popularity at
"Bellers's," 138.

Castles, Spanish, comfortable accom-
modations in, 131.

Cato, letters of, so called, suspended
naso adunco, 108.

C. D., friends of, can hear of him, 107.
Century, nineteenth, 288.

Chalk egg, we are proud of incubation
of, 107.

Chamberlayne, Doctor, consolatory
citation from, 276.

Chance, an apothegm concerning, 223
-is impatient, 340.
Chaplain, a one-horse, stern-wheeled
variety of, 229.

Chappelow on Job, a copy of, lost, 98.
Charles I., accident to his neck, 340.
Charles II., his restoration, how
brought about, 340.

Cherubusco, news of, its effects on
English royalty, 85.

Chesterfield no letter-writer, 108.
Chief Magistrate, dancing esteemed
sinful by, 62.

Children naturally speak Hebrew, 51.
China-tree, 129.

Chinese, whether they invented gun-
powder before the Christian era not
considered, 63.

Choate hired, 140.
Christ shuffled into Apocrypha, 64-
conjectured to disapprove of slaugh-
ter and pillage, 67- condemns a
certain piece of barbarism, 97.
Christianity, profession of, plebeian,
whether, 50.

Christian soldiers, perhaps inconsis-
tent, whether, 75.

Cicero, 380-an opinion of, disputed,
114.

Cilley, Ensign, author of nefarious
sentiment, 64.