Anglo-Saxon race, 185.

Anglo-Saxon verse, by whom carried to perfec-
tion, 183.

Anthony of Padua, Saint, happy in his hearers,
240.

Antiquaries, Royal Society of Northern, 254.
Antonius, a speech of, 192- by whom best re-
ported, ib.

Apocalypse, Beast in, magnetic to theologians,
205.

Apollo, confessed mortal by his own oracle,
205.

Apollyon, his tragedies popular, 202.

Appian, an Alexandrian, not equal to Shake-
speare as an orator, 192.

Applause, popular, the summum bonum, 255.
Ararat, ignorance of foreign tongues is an, 196.
Arcadian background, 212.

Ar c'houskezik, an evil spirit, 240.

Ardennes, Wild Boar of, an ancestor of Rev.
Mr. Wilbur, 221.

Aristocracy, British, their natural sympathies,
245.

Aristophanes, 190.

Arms, profession of, once esteemed especially
that of gentlemen, 183.

Arnold, 192.

Ashland, 212.

Astor, Jacob, a rich man, 208.

Astræa, nineteenth century forsaken by, 211.
Athenians, ancient, an institution of, 192.
Atherton, Senator, envies the loon, 199.
Atlantic," editors of. See Neptune.
Atropos, a lady skilful with the scissors, 266.
Austin, Saint, prayer of, 221.
Austrian eagle split, 259.

Aye-aye, the, an African animal, America sup-
posed to be settled by, 187.

B., a Congressman, vide A.

Babel, probably the first Congress, 196-a
gabble-mill, ib.

Baby, a low-priced one, 210.
Bacon, his rebellion, 241.

Bacon, Lord, quoted, 240, 241.

Bagowind, Hon. Mr., whether to be damned,

200.

Balcom, Elder Joash Q., 2d, founds a Baptist
society in Jaalam, A. D. 1830, 273.
Baldwin apples, 217.

Baratarias, real or imaginary, which most
pleasant, 211.

Barnum, a great natural curiosity recommended
to, 195.

Barrels, an inference from seeing, 217.
Bartlett, Mr., mistaken, 229.

Bâton Rouge, 212-strange peculiarities of la-
borers at, ib.

Baxter, R., a saying of, 190.
Bay, Mattysqumscot, 216.

Bay State, singular effect produced on military
officers by leaving it, 186.

Beast, in Apocalypse, a loadstone for whom,
205-tenth horn of, applied to recent events,
265.

Beaufort, 252.

Beauregard (real name Toutant), 233, 246.
Beaver brook, 276.

Beelzebub, his rigadoon, 199.

Behmen, his letters not letters, 203.
Behn, Mrs. Aphra, quoted, 241.

Bellers, a saloon-keeper, 214-inhumanly re-
fuses credit to a presidential candidate, ib.
Belmont. See Woods.

Bentley, his heroic method with Milton, 254.
Bible, not composed for use of colored persons,
243.

Biglow, Ezekiel, his letter to Hon. J. T. Buck-
ingham, 181 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,
181-a poem by, ib., 201―his opinion of war,
181-wanted at home by Nancy, 182-rec-
ommends a forcible enlistment of warlike ed-
itors, ib. would not wonder, if generally
agreed with, 183 versifies letter of Mr.
Sawin, ib. a letter from, 184, 194 - his opin-
ion of Mr. Sawin, 184 does not deny fun
at Cornwallis, 184, note — his idea of militia
glory, 185, note -a pun of, ib. is uncertain
in regard to people of Boston, ib. — had never
heard of Mr. John P. Robinson, 188- aliquid
sufflaminandus, ib. his poems attributed to
a Mr. Lowell, 189- is unskilled in Latin, 190
- his poetry maligned by some, ib. — his dis-
interestedness, ib.-his deep share in common-
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, 191-emulates historians of antiquity,
192-his character sketched from a hostile
point of view, 196 -a request of his complied
with, 200-appointed at a public meeting in
Jaalam, 204 confesses ignorance, in one
minute particular, of propriety, ib. — his
opinion of cocked hats, ib.-letter to, ib.
called "Dear Sir," by a general, ib.-prob-
ably receives same compliment from two hun-
dred and nine, ib. - picks his apples, 217
his crop of Baldwins conjecturally large, ib.
- his labors in writing autographs, 221 vis-
its the Judge and has a pleasant time, 229-
born in Middlesex County, 232- his favorite
walks, ib. his gifted pen, 249 born and
bred in the country, 261
feels his sap start

-

in spring, 262-is at times unsocial, ib. — the
school-house where he learned his a b c, ib. -
falls asleep, 263- his ancestor a Cromwellian
colonel, ib.-finds it harder to make up his
mind as he grows older, 264 - wishes he could
write a song or two, 267- liable to moods,
275-loves nature and is loved in return, ib.
- describes some favorite haunts of his, 276
- his slain kindred, ib.- his speech in March
meeting, 277- does not reckon on being sent
to Congress, 278 - has no eloquence, ib. — his
own reporter, 279-never abused the South,
280- advises Uncle Sam, ib. - is not Boston-
mad, ib. - bids farewell, 284.
Billings, Dea. Cephas, 184.
Billy, Extra, demagogus, 271.

Birch, virtue of, in instilling certain of the
dead languages, 210.

Bird of our country sings hosanna, 185.
Bjarna Grímólfsson invents smoking, 254.
Blind, to go it, 209.

Blitz pulls ribbons from his mouth, 185.
Bluenose potatoes, smell of, eagerly desired,
185.

Bobolink, the, 262.

Bobtail obtains a cardinal's hat, 187.
Boggs, a Norman name, 244.

Bogus Four-Corners Weekly Meridian, 255.
Bolles, Mr. Secondary, author of prize peace
essay, 184-presents sword to Lieutenant-
Colonel, ib. - a fluent orator, 185-found to
be in error, ib.

Bonaparte, N., a usurper, 205.

Bonds, Confederate, their specie basis cutlery,
226- when payable (attention, British stock-
holders!), 251.

Boot-trees, productive, where, 210.

Boston, people of, supposed educated, 185, note
- has a good opinion of itself, 234.

-

Bowers, Mr. Arphaxad, an ingenious photo-
graphic artist, 254.

Brahmins, navel-contemplating, 203.
Brains, poor substitute for, 234.
Bread-trees, 210.

Bream, their only business, 229.

Brigadier-Generals in militia, devotion of, 191.
Brigadiers, nursing ones, tendency in, to liter-
ary composition, 223.
Brigitta, viridis, 270.

Britannia, her trident, 238.

Brotherhood, subsides after election, 258.

Brown, Mr., engages in an unequal contest, 200.
Browne, Sir T., a pious and wise sentiment of,
cited and commended, 183.

Brutus Four-Corners, 221.

Buchanan, a wise and honest man, 245.
Buckingham, Hon, J. T., editor of the Boston
Courier, letters to, 181, 183, 189, 198 - not
afraid, 184.

Buffalo, a plan hatched there, 215-plaster, a
prophecy in regard to, ib.

Buffaloes, herd of, probable influence of tracts
upon, 267.

Bull, John, prophetic allusion to, by Horace,
231-his Run," 233-his mortgage, 236-
unfortunate dip of, 251-wool pulled over his
eyes, 252.

Burke, Mr., his age of chivalry surpassed, 244.
Burleigh, Lord, quoted for something said in
Latin long before, 241.

Burns, Robert, a Scottish poet, 229.
Bushy Brook, 242.

Butler, Bishop, 249.

Butter in Irish bogs, 210.

C., General, commended for parts, 188-for
ubiquity, ib.-for consistency, ib.
ity, ib. is in favor of war, ib.

valuation of principle, ib.

for fidel-
his curious

Cabbage-heads, the, always in majority, 279.
Cabinet, English, makes a blunder, 232.

Cæsar, tribute to, 201―his veni, vidi, vici, cen-
sured for undue prolixity, 206.
Cainites, sect of, supposed still extant, 183.
Caleb, a monopoly of his denied, 184-curious
notions of, as to meaning of "shelter," 186-
his definition of Anglo-Saxon, ib. - charges
Mexicans (not with bayonets but) with im-
proprieties, ib.

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Calhoun, Hon. J. C., his cow-bell curfew, light
of the nineteenth century to be extinguished
at sound of, 197 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, 198-mentioned, 198, 199.
Calyboosus, carcer, 272.

Cambridge Platform, use discovered for, 187.
Canaan in quarterly instalments, 255.
Canary Islands, 210.

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Candidate, presidential, letter from, 204
smells a rat, ib. — against a bank, ib. -takes
a revolving position, ib. — opinion of pledges,
ib. is a periwig, 205-fronts south by north,
ib.-qualifications of, lessening, 206-wooden
leg (and head) useful to, 209.

Cape Cod clergyman, what, 187
breakers, perhaps, reproved by, ib.
Captains, choice of, important, 279.
Carolina, foolish act of, 280.
Caroline, case of, 231.

Sabbath-

Carpini, Father John de Plano, among the Tar-
tars, 217.

Cartier, Jacques, commendable zeal of, 217.
Cass, General, 198- clearness of his merit, 199
-limited popularity at "Bellers's," 214.
Castles, Spanish, comfortable accommodations
in, 211.

Cato, letters of, so called, suspended naso
adunco, 203.

C. D., friends of, can hear of him, 203.
Century, nineteenth, 245.

Chalk egg, we are proud of incubation of, 203.
Chamberlayne, Doctor, consolatory citation
from, 241.

Chance, an apothegm concerning, 223 — is im-
patient, 265.

Chaplain, a one-horse, stern-wheeled variety of,

225.

Chappelow on Job, a copy of, lost, 200.

Charles I., accident to his neck, 265.

Charles II., his restoration, how brought about,
264.

Cherubusco, news of, its effects on English roy-
alty, 196.

Chesterfield no letter-writer, 203.

Chief Magistrate, dancing esteemed sinful by,
187.

Children naturally speak Hebrew, 183.
China-tree, 210.

Chinese, whether they invented gunpowder be-
fore the Christian era not considered, 187.
Choate hired, 214.

Christ shuffled into Apocrypha, 187-conjec-
tured to disapprove of slaughter and pillage,
188-condemns a certain piece of barbarism,

200.

Christianity, profession of, plebeian, whether,
183.

Christian soldiers, perhaps inconsistent, wheth-
er, 191.

Cicero, 279- an opinion of, disputed, 206.
Cilley, Ensign, author of nefarious sentiment,
187.

Cimex lectularius, 185.

Cincinnati, old, law and order party of, 259.
Cincinnatus, a stock character in modern com-
edy, 212.

Civilization, progress of, an alias, 200-rides
upon a powder-cart, 204.
Clergymen, their ill husbandry, 200-their
place in processions, 212- some, cruelly ban-
ished for the soundness of their lungs, 217.
Clotho, a Grecian lady, 266.

Cocked-hat, advantages of being knocked into,
204.

College of Cardinals, a strange one, 187.
Colman, Dr. Benjamin, anecdote of, 191.
Colored folks, curious national diversion of
kicking, 185.

Colquitt, a remark of, 199-acquainted with
some principles of aerostation, ib.

Columbia, District of, its peculiar climatic
effects, 193-not certain that Martin is for
abolishing it, 215.

Columbiads, the true fifteen-inch ones, 258.
Columbus, a Paul Pry of genius, 203- - will

per-

haps be remembered, 253-thought by some
to have discovered America, 281.
Columby, 213.

Complete Letter-Writer, fatal gift of, 205.
Compostella, Saint James of, seen, 186.
Compromise system, the, illustrated, 257.
Conciliation, its meaning, 267.

Congress, singular consequence of getting into,
193 -a stumbling-block, 246.

Congressional debates found instructive, 196.
Constituents, useful for what, 194.

Constitution trampled on, 198

what, 204.

Convention, what, 193.

Convention, Springfield, 193.

-to stand upon,

Coon, old, pleasure in skinning, 198.
Co-operation defined, 244, 245.
Coppers, caste in picking up of, 208.

Copres, a monk, his excellent method of argu-
ing, 197.