Charles I., accident to his neck, 302. Charles II., his restoration, how brought about, 302.
Cherubusco, news of, its effects on Eng- lish royalty, 199. Chesterfield no letter-writer, 207. Chief Magistrate, dancing esteemed sinful by, 189.
Children naturally speak Hebrew, 186. China-tree, 214.
Chinese, whether they invented gun- powder before the Christian era not considered, 190. Choate hired, 218.
Christ shuffled into Apocrypha, 190- conjectured to disapprove of slaugh-
Constitution trampled on, stand upon, what, 208. Convention, what, 196. Convention, Springfield, 196. Coon, old, pleasure in skinning, 202. Co-operation defined, 280.
Coppers, caste in picking up of, 212. Copres, a monk, his excellent method of arguing, 200.
Corduroy-road, a novel one, 256. Corner-stone, patent safety, 281. Cornwallis, a, 186-acknowledged en- tertaining, ib. note.
Cotton loan, its imaginary nature, 258. Cotton Mather, summoned as witness, 189.
Country, our, its boundaries more ex- actly defined, 192-right or wrong, nonsense about exposed, ib. - law- yers, sent providentially, ib.-Earth's biggest, gets a soul, 307.
Courier, The Boston, an unsafe print,
Davis, Jefferson, (a new species of martyr,) has the latest ideas on all subjects, 259-superior in financier- ing to patriarch Jacob, ib. - is some, 281-carries Constitution in his hat, ib. knows how to deal with his Congress, ib. astonished at his own piety, 286-packed up for Nashville, 287-tempted to believe his own lies, 287 his snake egg, 293 - the blood on his hands, 316.
Davis, Mr., of Mississippi, a remark of his, 202.
Day and Martin, proverbially hand," 183.
Death, rings down curtain, 206.
De Bow, (a famous political econo- mist,) 279.
Delphi, oracle of, surpassed, 199, note -alluded to, 209.
Democracy, false notion of, 282 - its privileges, 306. Demosthenes, 319.
Destiny, her account, 198.
Devil, the, unskilled in certain Indian tongues, 189-letters to and from,
Dey of Tripoli, 200.
Didymus, a somewhat voluminous grammarian, 209.
Dighton rock character might be use- fully employed in some emergencies, 209.
Dimitry Bruisgins, fresh supply of, 206. Diogenes, his zeal for propagating cer- tain variety of olive, 214.
Dioscuri, imps of the pit, 189. District-Attorney, contemptible con- duct of one, 200.
Ditchwater on brain, a too common ailing, 200.
Dixie, the land of, 281.
Doctor, the, a proverbial saying of,
Doe, Hon. Preserved, speech of, 291-
Doughface, yeast-proof, 205. Downing Street, 264.
Drayton, a martyr, 200-north star, culpable for aiding, whether, 203. Dreams, something about, 300. Dwight, President, a hymn unjustly at- tributed to, 303. D. Y., letter of, 207.
Eagle, national, the late, his estate ad- ministered upon, 260.
Earth, Dame, a peep at her housekeep- ing, 201.
Eating words, habit of, convenient in time of famine, 198. Eavesdroppers, 206. Echetlæus, 189.
Editor, his position, 203 command- ing pulpit of, 204-large congrega- tion of, ib. - name derived from what, ib. fondness for mutton, ib. -a pious one, his creed, ib. - a showman, 205-in danger of sudden arrest, without bail, 206.
Editors, certain ones who crow like cockerels, 184.
Edwards, Jonathan, 313.
Eggs, bad, the worst sort of, 295, 296. Egyptian darkness, phial of, use for,
Eldorado, Mr. Sawin sets sail for, 214. Elizabeth, Queen, mistake of her am- bassador, 195. Emerson, 262.
Emilius, Paulus, 266. Empedocles, 206.
Employment, regular, a good thing,
Enfield's Speaker, abuse of, 295. England, late Mother-Country, her want of tact, 263- -merits as a lecturer, ib. - her real greatness not to be for- gotten, 265-not contented (unwise- ly) with her own stock of fools, 268 -natural maker of international law, ib. her theory thereof, ib.- makes a particularly disagreeable kind of sarse, 269-somewhat given to bullying, ib. has respectable re- lations, ib. ought to be Columbia's friend, 270-anxious to buy an ele- phant, 281.
Epaulets, perhaps no badge of saint- ship, 191.
Epimenides, the Cretan Rip Van Win- kle, 275.
Episcopius, his marvellous oratory, 221. Eric, king of Sweden, his cap, 215. Ericsson, his caloric engine, 261. Eriksson, Thorwald, slain by natives,
Essence-pedlers, 283.
Ethiopian, the, his first need, 284. Evangelists, iron ones, 190.
Eyelids, a divine shield against au- thors, 200.
Ezekiel, text taken from, 203.
Ezekiel would make a poor figure at a caucus, 296.
Faber, Johannes, 314.
Factory-girls, expected rebellion of, 202. Facts, their unamiability, 288-cora- pared to an old-fashioned stage- coach, 292. Falstaffi, legio, 390.
Family-trees, fruit of jejune, 214-a primitive forest of, 293.
Faneuil Hall, a place where persons tap themselves for a species of hydro- cephalus, 200- a bill of fare menda- ciously advertised in, 214.
Father of country, his shoes, 216. Female Papists, cut off in midst of idol atry, 215.
Fenianorum, rixæ, 308. Fergusson, his
Mutual Complaint,"
F. F., singular power of their looks, 281.
Fire, we all like to play with it, 201. Fish, emblematic, but disregarded, where, 200.
Fitz, Miss Parthenia Almira, a shere- siarch, 312.
Flam, President, untrustworthy, 196. Flirt, Mrs., 276.
Flirtilla, elegy on death of, 313. Floyd, a taking character, 286. Floydus, furcifer, 309.
Fly-leaves, providential increase of,
Fuller, Dr. Thomas, a wise saying of,
Funnel, Old, hurraing in, 187.
Gabriel, his last trump, its pressing na- ture, 292.
Gardiner, Lieutenant Lion, 266. Gawain, Sir, his amusements, 201. Gay, S. H., Esquire, editor of National Antislavery Standard, letter to, 206. Geese, how infallibly to make swans of, 268.
Gentleman, high-toned Southern, scien- tifically classed, 277. Getting up early, 184, 188.
Ghosts, some, presumed fidgety, (but see Stilling's Pneumatology,) 207. Giants formerly stupid, 201. Gideon, his sword needed, 272.. Gift of tongues, distressing case of, 200. Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 290. Globe Theatre, cheap season-ticket to, 206.
Glory, a perquisite of officers, 212- her account with B. Sawin, Esq., 214. Goatsnose, the celebrated, interview with, 209.
God, the only honest dealer, 274. Goings, Mehetable, unfounded claim of, disproved, 263.
Gomara has a vision, 189 - his rela- tionship to the Scarlet Woman, ib. Governor, our excellent, 254. Grandfather, Mr. Biglow's, safe advice of, 267.
Grandfathers, the, knew something, 272.
Grand jurors, Southern, their way of finding a true bill, 258. Grantus, Dux, 309.
Gravestones, the evidence of Dissent- ing ones held doubtful, 291. Gray's letters are letters, 207.. Great horn spoon, sworn by, 201. Greeks, ancient, whether they ques- tioned candidates, 209. Green Man, sign of, 193.
Habeas corpus, new mode of suspend- ing it, 286.
Hail Columbia, raised, 257.
Ham, sandwich, an orthodox (but pe- culiar) one, 203 his seed, 278 their privilege in the Bible, ib.im- moral justification of, ib. Hamlets, machine for making, 210. Hammon, 199, note, 209.
Hampton Roads, disaster in, 284. Hannegan, Mr., something said by,
Harrison, General, how preserved, 208. Hat, a leaky one, 258.
Hat-trees, in full bearing, 214. Hawkins, his whetstone, 261.
Hawkins, Sir John, stout, something he saw, 214.
Hay-rick, electrical experiments with, 306.
Headlong, General, 266.
Hell, the opinion of some concerning, 300 breaks loose, 305.
Henry the Fourth of England, a Par- liament of, how named, 194, 195. Hens, self-respect attributed to, 256. Herb, the Circean, 291.
Herbert, George, next to David, 275. Hercules, his second labor probably what, 221.
Hermon, fourth-proof dew of, 278. Herodotus, story from, 186
Hesperides, an inference from, 214. Hessians, native American soldiers,
Hickory, Old, his method, 305. Higgses, their natural aristocracy of feeling, 279.
Hitchcock, the Rev. Jeduthun, col- league of Mr. Wilbur, 254 - letter from, containing notices of Mr. Wil- bur, 302ditto, enclosing macaronic verses, 307 teacher of high-school, 314.
Hitchcock, Doctor, 290. Hogs, their dreams, 256. Holden, Mr. Shearjashub, Preceptor of Jaalam Academy, 209- his knowl- edge of Greek limited, ib. - a heresy of his, ib. leaves a fund to propa- gate it, 209.
Holiday, blind man's, 326. Hollis, Ezra, goes to a Cornwallis, 186. Hollow, why men providentially so con- structed, 195.
Holmes, Dr., author of "Annals of America," 254.
Homer, a phrase of, cited, 204. Homer, eldest son of Mr. Wilbur, 313. Horners, democratic ones, plums left for, 197:
Hotels, big ones, humbugs, 272. House, a strange one described, 256. Howell, James, Esq., story told by, 195 - letters of, commended, 207. Huldah, her bonnet, 301.
Human rights out of order on the floor of Congress, 201.
Humbug, ascription of praise to, 205 -generally believed in, ib. Husbandry, instance of bad, 191.
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