INDEX.

Bible, not composed for use of colored persons,

253.

Colonel, ib. a fluent orator, 173 - found to
be in error, ib.

Bonaparte, N., a usurper, 192.
Bonds, Confederate, their specie basis cutlery,
236 when payable, (attention, British
stockholders!) 260.

Boot-trees, productive, where, 197.
Boston, people of, supposed educated, 173,
note has a good opinion of itself, 243.
Bowers, Mr. Arphaxad, an ingenious photo-
graphic artist, 264.

Brahmins, navel-contemplating, 190.
Brains, poor substitute for, 244.

Bream, their only business, 239.
Brigadier-Generals in militia, devotion of, 179.
Brigadiers, nursing ones, tendency in, to literary
composition, 233.
Brigitta, viridis, 280.
Britannia, her trident, 249.
Brotherhood, subsides after election, 268.
Brown, Mr., engages in an unequal contest, 187.
Browne, Sir T., a pious and wise sentiment of,
cited and commended, 171.
Brutus Four-Corners, 232.

Buchanan, a wise and honest man, 255.
Buckingham, Hon. J. T., editor of the Boston
Courier, letters to, 169, 171, 177, 185-not
afraid, 172.

Buffalo, a plan hatched there, 201-plaster, a
prophecy in regard to, 202.

Biglow, Ezekiel, his letter to Hon. J. T. Buck-
ingham, 169 never heard of any one named
Mundishes, ib. nearly fourscore years old,
ib. his aunt Keziah, a notable saying of, ib.
Biglow, Hosea, Esquire, excited by composition,
169-a poem by, ib., 188 - his opinion of war,
170-wanted at home by Nancy, 170- recom-
mends a forcible enlistment of warlike editors,
ib.would not wonder, if generally agreed
with, 171-versifies letter of Mr. Sawin, 172
- a letter from, 172, 185- his opinion of Mr.
Sawin, 171 does not deny fun at Cornwal-Bread-trees, 197.
lis, 172, note his idea of militia glory, 173,
note a pun of, 173, note-is uncertain in
regard to people of Boston, ib. --had never
heard of Mr. John P. Robinson, 175 -aliquid
sufflaminandus, 176 his poems attributed to
a Mr. Lowell, 177 is unskilled in Latin, ib.
-his poetry maligned by some, 178-his dis-
interestedness, ib. - his deep share in com-
mon-weal, ib. - his claim to the presidency,
ib. his mowing, ib. resents being called
Whig, ib. opposed to tariff, ib. — obstinate,
ib. infected with peculiar notions, ib. —
reports a speech, 179-emulates historians
of antiquity, ib.his character sketched
from a hostile point of view, 184-a request
of his complied with, 187-appointed at a
public meeting in Jaalam, 191- confesses
ignorance, in one minute particular, of pro-
priety, ib. his opinion of cocked hats, ib.
-letter to, ib. -called "Dear Sir," by a gen-
eral, ib. probably receives same compli-
ment from two hundred and nine, ib. - picks
his apples, 204 - his crop of Baldwins conjec-
turally large, ib. — his labors in writing auto-
graphs, 231-visits the Judge and has a pleas-
ant time, 239-born in Middlesex County,
243 his favorite walks, ib. - his gifted pen,
259 born and bred in the country, 271-
feels his sap start in spring, 272-is at times
unsocial, ib. the school-house where he
learned his a b c, ib. - falls asleep, 273- his
ancestor a Cromwellian colonel, ib. - finds it
harder to make up his mind as he grows
older, 274 wishes he could write a song or
two, 277 liable to moods, 285- loves nature
and is loved in return, 286-describes some
favorite haunts of his, 286, 287 his slain
kindred, 287- his speech in March meeting,
287- does not reckon on being sent to Con-
gress, 289 has no eloquence, ib. - his own
reporter, 290-never abused the South,
ib.-advises Uncle Sam, ib. is not Boston-
mad, 291-bids farewell, 295.
Billings, Dea. Cephas, 172.
Billy, Extra, demagogus, 281.

Birch, virtue of, in instilling certain of the dead
languages, 197.

Bird of our country sings hosanna, 173.
Bjarna Grímólfsson invents smoking, 264.
Blind, to go it, 196.

Blitz pulls ribbons from his mouth, 173.
Bluenose potatoes, smell of, eagerly desired,
173.

Bobolink, the, 272.

Bobtail obtains a cardinal's hat, 175.
Boggs, a Norman name, 254.

Bogus Four-Corners Weekly Meridian, 265.
Bolles, Mr. Secondary, author of prize peace
essay, 172-presents sword to Lieutenant

Buffaloes, herd of, probable influence of tracts upon, 277.

Bull, John, prophetic allusion to, by Horace,
240-his "Run," 243 - his inortgage, 246~
unfortunate dip of, 261-wool pulled over
his eyes, ib.

Buncombe, in the other world supposed, 179,
- mutual privilege in, 256.
Bung, the eternal, thought to be loose, 170.
Bungtown Fencibles, dinner of, 175.
Burke, Mr., his age of chivalry surpassed, 254.
Burleigh, Lord, quoted for something said in
Latin long before, 251.
Burns, Robert, a Scottish poet, 239.
Bushy Brook, 252.
Butler, Bishop, 259.
Butter in Irish bogs, 197.

C.

for

C., General, commended for parts, 176-
ubiquity, ib. - for consistency, ib.- for
fidelity, ib. is in favor of war, ib. - his
curious valuation of principle, ib.
Cabbage-heads, the, always in majority, 289.
Cabinet, English, makes a blunder, 241.
Cæsar, tribute to, 189-his veni, vidi, vici,
censured for undue prolixity, 193.
Cainites, sect of, supposed still extant, 171.
Caleb, a monopoly of his denied, 172- curious
notions of, as to meaning of "shelter," 174
- his definition of Anglo-Saxon, ib. — charges
Mexicans (not with bayonets but) with im-
proprieties, ib.

Calhoun, Hon. J. C., his cow-bell curfew, light
of the nineteenth century to be extinguished
at sound of, 185- cannot let go apron-string
of the Past, ib. his unsuccessful tilt at
Spirit of the Age, ib. the Sir Kay of mod-
ern chivalry, ib. - his anchor made of a
crooked pin, ib. - mentioned, 185-187.

Chief Magistrate, dancing esteemed sinful by, Court, General, farmers sometimes attain seats
175.

Dighton rock character might be usefully em-
ployed in some emergencies, 193.
Dimitry Bruisgins, fresh supply of, 190.
Diogenes, his zeal for propagating certain vari-
ety of olive, 197.
Dioscuri, imps of the pit, 175.

District-Attorney, contemptible conduct of one,

185.

Ditchwater on brain, a too common ailing, 185.
Dixie, the land of, 256.

Doctor, the, a proverbial saying of, 174.
Doe, Hon. Preserved, speech of, 265-269.
Doughface, yeast-proof, 189.

Downing Street, 240.

a particularly disagreeable kind of sarse, 244
somewhat given to bullying, ib. - has re-
spectable relations, 245- ought to be Co-
lumbia's friend, 246-anxious to buy an
elephant, 255.

Epaulets, perhaps no badge of saintship, 176.
Epimenides, the Cretan Rip Van Winkle, 250.
Episcopius, his marvellous oratory, 204.
Eric, king of Sweden, his cap, 198.
Ericsson, his caloric engine, 238.
Eriksson, Thorwald, slain by natives, 265.
Essence-pedlers, 257.

Ethiopian, the, his first need, 259.
Evangelists, iron ones, 175.

Eyelids, a divine shield against authors, 184.
Ezekiel, text taken from, 187.
Ezekiel would make a poor figure at a caucus,
270.

Faber, Johannes, 285.

F.

Factory-girls, expected rebellion of, 186.
Facts, their unamiability, 262-compared to
an old-fashioned stage-coach, 265.
Falstaffii, legio, 280.

Family-trees, fruit of jejune, 197 -a primitive
forest of, 266.

Faneuil Hall, a place where persons tap themselves for a species of hydrocephalus, 185a bill of fare mendaciously advertised in, 197. Female Papists, cut off in the midst of idolatry, 198.

Drayton, a martyr, 185-north star, culpable Father of country, his shoes, 199. for aiding, whether, 187.

Dreams, something about, 273.

Dwight, President, a hymn unjustly attributed Fenianorum, rixæ, 280. to, 275.

D. Y., letter of, 191.

E.

Fagle, national, the late, his estate adminis-
tered upon, 237.

Earth, Dame, a peep at her housekeeping, 185.
Eating words, habit of, convenient in time of
famine, 182.
Eavesdroppers, 190.
Echetlæus, 175.

Editor, his position, 187-commanding pulpit
of, 188-large congregation of, ib. —name
derived from what, ib. - fondness for mut-
ton, ib. a pious one, his creed, ib. -a
showman, 189- in danger of sudden arrest,
without bail, 190.

Editors, certain ones who crow like cockerels, 170.

Edwards, Jonathan, 284.

Eggs, bad, the worst sort of, 269.

Egyptian darkness, phial of, use for, 193.
Eldorado, Mr. Sawin sets sail for, 197.
Elizabeth, Queen, mistake of her ambassador,

Fergusson, his "Mutual Complaint," &c., 239.
F. F., singular power of their looks, 256.
Fire, we all like to play with it, 185.
Fish, emblematic, but disregarded, where,

184.

Fitz, Miss Parthenia Almira, a sheresiarch,
284.

Flam, President, untrustworthy, 181.
Flirt, Mrs., 251.

Flirtilla, elegy on death of, 284.
Floyd, a taking character, 261.
Floydus, furcifer, 280.

Fly-leaves, providential increase of, 184.
Fool, a cursed, his inalienable rights, 278.
Foote, Mr., his taste for field-sports, 186.
Fourier, a squinting toward, 184.
Fourth of July ought to know its place, 268.
Fourth of Julys, boiling, 180.
France, a strange dance begun in, 187- about
to put her foot in it, 255.
Friar, John, 241.

Fuller, Dr. Thomas, a wise saying of, 176.
Funnel, old, hurraing in, 172.

G.

Gabriel, his last trump, its pressing nature, 266.
Gardiner, Lieutenant Lion, 242.
Gawain, Sir, his amusements, 185.
Gay, S. H., Esquire, editor of National Anti.
slavery Standard, letter to, 190.

Geese, how infallibly to make swans of, 244.
Gentleman, high-toned Southern, scientifi.
cally classed, 252.

Getting up early, 170, 174.
Ghosts, some, presumed fidgety, (but see Still-
ing's Pneumatology,) 190.