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Jaalam, unjustly neglected by great | Latimer, Bishop, episcopizes Satan,
events, 316.

Jaalam Centre, Anglo-Saxons unjustly
suspected by the young ladies there,
60"Independent Blunderbluss,"
strange conduct of editor of, 97-
public meeting at, 108-meeting-
house ornamented with imaginary
clock, 130.

Jaalam, East Parish of, 218.
Jaalam Point, lighthouse on, charge
of, prospectively offered to Mr. H.
Biglow, 112.

Jacobus, rex, 356.

50.

Latin tongue, curious information
concerning, 70.

Launcelot, Sir, a trusser of giants
formerly, perhaps would find less
sport therein now, 91.
Laura, exploited, 366.
Learning, three-story, 335.
Letcher, de la vieille roche, 286.
Letcherus, nebulo, 357.

Letters classed, 108-their shape, ib.
- of candidates, 112-often fatal,
ib.

Jakes, Captain, 145 reproved for Lettres Cabalistiques, quoted, 247.

avarice, ib.

Jamaica, 383.

James the Fourth, of Scots, experi-
ment by, 51.

Jarnagin, Mr., his opinion of the com-
pleteness of Northern education,
94.

Jefferson, Thomas, well-meaning, but
injudicious, 325.

Jeremiah, hardly the best guide in
modern politics, 329.
Jerome, Saint, his list of sacred writ-
ers, 108.

Jeruslia, ex-Mrs. Sawin, 236.

Job, Book of, 50, 221-Chappelow on,
98.

Johnson, Andrew, as he used to be,
323-as he is: see Arnold, Bene-
dict.

Johnson, Mr., communicates some in-
telligence, 95.

Jonah, the inevitable destiny of, 96
-probably studied internal econ-
omy of the cetacea, 107- his gourd,
283-his unanimity in the whale,
289.

Jonathan to John, 266.

Jortin, Dr., cited, 75, 85, note.
Journals, British, their brutal tone,

245.

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Lewis Philip, a scourger of young na-
tive Americans, 85-commiserated
(though not deserving it), 86, note.
Lexington, 254.

Liberator, a newspaper, condemned
by implication, 72.
Liberty, unwholesome for men of cer-
tain complexions, 99.
Licking, when constitutional, 294.
Lignum vitæ, a gift of this valuable
wood proposed, 60.

Lincoln, too shrewd to hang Mason
and Slidell, 309.

Literature, Southern, its abundance,
286.

Little Big Boosy River, 235.
Longinus recommends swearing, 53,

note (Fuseli did same thing).
Long sweetening recommended, 119.
Lord, inexpensive way of lending to,

231.

Lords, Southern, prove pur sang by
ablution, 285.

Lost arts, one sorrowfully added to
list of, 150.

Louis the Eleventh of France, some
odd trees of his, 129.

Lowell, Mr. J. R., unaccountable si-
lence of, 69.

Luther, Martin, his first appearance
as Europa, 61.
Lyæus, 360.

Lyttelton, Lord, his letters an imposi-
tion, 108.

Macrobii, their diplomacy, 115.

Magoffin, a name naturally noble, 286.

Kay, Sir, the, of modern chivalry, 191 Mahomet, got nearer Sinai than some,
-who, 90.

Key, brazen one, 90.

99.

Mahound, his filthy gobbets, 61.

Keziah, Aunt, profound observation Mandeville, Sir John, quoted, 247.

of, 44.

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Mangum, Mr., speaks to the point, 92.
Manichæan, excellently confuted, 88.
Man-trees, grow where, 129.

Maori chieftains, 246.

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Martin, Mr. Sawin used to vote for | Montezuma, licked, 225.

him, 141.

Mason and Dixon's line, slaves north
of, 92.

Mason an F. F. V., 309.

Mason and Slidell, how they might
have been made at once useful and
ornamental, 309.

Mass, the, its duty defined, 92.
Massachusetts on her knees, 49; some-
thing mentioned in connection with,
worthy the attention of tailors, 78;
citizen of, baked, boiled, and roasted
(nefandum!), 124.

Masses, the, used as butter by some,
81.

Maury, an intellectual giant, twin
birth with Simms (which see), 286.
Mayday a humbug, 331.

M. C., an invertebrate animal, 84.
Me, Mister, a queer creature, 334.
Mechanics' Fair, reflections suggested
at, 117.

Medium, ardentispirituale, 356.
Mediums, spiritual, dreadful liars,
338.

Memminger, old, 233.

Mentor, letters of, dreary, 108.
Mephistopheles at a nonplus, 96.
Mexican blood, its effect in raising
price of cloth, 131.
Mexican polka, 63.
Mexicans charged with various
breaches of etiquette, 59 — kind
feelings beaten into them, 102.
Mexico, no glory in overcoming, 80.
Middleton, Thomas, quoted, 275.
Military glory spoken disrespectfully
of, 56, note-militia treated still
worse, ib.

Milk-trees, growing still, 129.
Mill, Stuart, his low ideas, 307.
Millenniums apt to miscarry, 340.
Millspring, 308.

Mills for manufacturing gabble, how
driven, 87.

Mills, Josiah's, 334.

Milton, an unconscious plagiary, 77,
note a Latin verse of, cited, 99-
an English poet, 314- his "Hymn
of the Nativity," 343.
Missionaries, useful to alligators, 224
-culinary liabilities of, 281.
Missions, a profitable kind of, 100.
Monarch, a pagan, probably not fa-
vored in philosophical experiments,

51.

Money-trees, desirable, 128-that they
once existed shown to be variously
probable, 129.
Montaigne, 367.

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Nana Sahib, 246.

Nancy, presumably Mrs. Biglow, 253.
Napoleon III., his new chairs, 303.
Nation, rights of, proportionate to

size, 59-young, its first needs, 305.
National pudding, its effect on the
organs of speech, a curious physio-
logical fact, 63.

Negroes, their double usefulness, 234
-getting too current, 306.
Nephelim, not yet extinct, 150.
New England overpoweringly honored,
83 wants no more speakers, ib. -
done brown by whom, ib.- her expe-
rience in beans beyond Cicero's, 114.
Newspaper, the, wonderful, 103— a
strolling theatre, ib. thoughts
suggested by tearing wrapper of,
105 a vacant sheet, ib. a sheet
in which a vision was let down, ib.
wrapper to a bar of soap, ib.-a
cheap impromptu platter, ib.

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New World, apostrophe to, 265.
New York, letters from, commended,
108.

Next life, what, 98.

Nicotiana Tabacum, a weed, 315.
Niggers, 47-area of abusing, ex-
tended, 80-Mr. Sawin's opinions
of, 143.

Ninepence a day low for murder, 53.
No, a monosyllable, 63— hard to ut-
ter, ib.

Noah enclosed letter in bottle, prob-
ably, 107.

Noblemen, Nature's, 288.
Nornas, Lapland, what, 130.
North, the, has no business, 92-
bristling, crowded off roost, 112-
its mind naturally unprincipled, 325.
North Bend, geese inhumanly treated
at, 113-mentioned, 133.

North star, a proposition to indict,
96.

Northern Dagon, 237.

Northmen, gens inclytissima, 312.
Nôtre Dame de la Haine, 278.
Montaigne, a communicative old Gas- Now, its merits, 335.
con, 106.
Nowhere, march to, 336.

Monterey, battle of, its singular
chromatic effect on a species of two-
headed eagle, 85.

O'Brien, Smith, 246.

Off ox, 110.

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Officers, miraculous transformation in | Pharaoh, his lean kine, 264.
character of, 60 Anglo-Saxon,
come very near being anathema-
tized, 61.

Pharisees, opprobriously referred to,

Old age, an advantage of, 241.
Old One, invoked, 299.
Onesimus made to serve the cause of
impiety, 282.

O'Phace, Increase D., Esq., speech of,

75.

Opinion, British, its worth to us, 250.
Opinions, certain ones compared to
winter flies, 273.

Oracle of Fools, still respectfully con-
sulted, 76.

Orion becomes commonplace, 105.
Orrery, Lord, his letters (lord!), 108.
Ostracism, curious species of, 76.
Ovidii Nasonis, carmen supposititium,
355.

Palestine, 61.

Paley, his Evidences, 392.
Palfrey, Hon. J. G., 76, 83, 84 (a wor-
thy representative of Massachu-
setts).

Pantagruel recommends a popular or-
acle, 76.

Panurge, 249 - his interview with
Goatsnose, 115.

Paper, plausible-looking, wanted, 305.
Papists, female, slain by zealous Prot-
estant bomb-shell, 132.
Paralipomenon, a man suspected of
being, 113.

Paris, liberal principles safe as far
away as, 99.

Parliamentum Indoctorum sitting in
permanence, 76.

Past, the, a good nurse, 90.
Patience, sister, quoted, 56.
Patriarchs, the, illiterate, 239.
Patricius, brogipotens, 356.

Paynims, their throats propagandist-
ically cut, 61.

Penelope, her wise choice, 69.

People, soft enough, 101-want cor-
rect ideas, 126-the, decline to be
Mexicanized, 320.

Pepin, King, 108.

Pepperell, General, quoted, 252.
Pequash Junction, 367.
Periwig, 111.

Perley, Mr. Asaph, has charge of bass-
viol, 271.

Perseus, King, his avarice, 252.
Persius, a pithy saying of, 81, note.
Pescara, Marquis, saying of, 50.
Peter, Saint, a letter of (post-mor-
tem), 108.

Petrarch, exploited Laura, 366.
Petronius, 249.

Pettibone, Jabez, bursts up, 287.

Pettus came over with Wilhelmus
Conquistor, 286.

Phaon, 366.

99.

Philippe, Louis, in pea-jacket, 103.
Phillips, Wendell, catches a Tartar,

327.

Phlegyas quoted, 97.

Phrygian language, whether Adam
spoke it, 51.

Pickens, a Norman name, 285.
Pilcoxes, genealogy of, 218.
Pilgrim Father, apparition of, 337.
Pilgrims, the, 79.

Pillows, constitutional, 84.
Pine-trees, their sympathy, 334.
Pinto, Mr., some letters of his com-
mended, 108.

Pisgah, an impromptu one, 130.
Platform, party, a convenient one, 126.
Plato, supped with, 107- his man,
113.

Pleiades, the, not enough esteemed,

105.

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Pomp, a runaway slave, his nest, 144
hypocritically groans like white
man, ib. - blind to Christian priv-
ileges, 145-his society valued at
fifty dollars, ib. -his treachery, 146
-takes Mr. Sawin prisoner, ib. —
cruelly makes him work, 147 — puts
himself illegally under his tuition,
ib. dismisses him with contume-
lious epithets, 148-a negro, 224.
Pontifical bull a tamed one, 61.
Pope, his verse excellent, 51.
Pork, refractory in boiling, 60.
Portico, the, 364.

Portugal, Alphonso the Sixth of, a
monster, 149.

Post, Boston, 69-shaken visibly, 71

bad guide-post, ib. too swift,
ib. edited by a colonel, ib. — who
is presumed officially in Mexico, ib.
-referred to, 86.

Pot-hooks, death in, 115.
Power, a first-class, elements of, 303.
Preacher, an ornamental symbol, 98 --
a breeder of dogmas, ib. - earnest-
ness of, important, 149.
Present, considered as an annalist, 98
- not long wonderful, 105.

President, slaveholding natural to,
102-must be a Southern resident,
127-must own a nigger, ib. — the,
his policy, 385- his resemblance to
Jackson, 386.

Princes mix cocktails, 303.
Principle, exposure spoils it, 77.
Principles, bad, when less harmful,
64 when useless, 324.
Professor, Latin, in —

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College, 354

- Scaliger, 355.
Prophecies, fulfilment of, 309.
Prophecy, a notable one, 85, note.
Prospect Hill, 254.

Providence has a natural life-preser-
ver, 265.

Proviso, bitterly spoken of, 110.
Prudence, sister, her idiosyncratic tea-
pot, 121.

Psammeticus, an experiment of, 51.
Psyche, poor, 369.

Public opinion, a blind and drunken
guide, 63-nudges Mr. Wilbur's el-
bow, 64-ticklers of, 80.
Punkin Falls "Weekly Parallel," 342.
Putnam, General Israel, his lines, 255.
Pythagoras a bean-hater, why, 114.
Pythagoreans, fish reverenced by,
why, 89.

Quid, ingens nicotianum, 359.
Quixote, Don, 91.

Rafn, Professor, 313.

Rag, one of sacred college, 63.
Rantoul, Mr., talks loudly, 55- pious
reason for not enlisting, ib.
Recruiting sergeant, Devil supposed
the first, 50.

Religion, Southern, its commercial ad-
vantages, 280.

Representatives' Chamber, 89.
Rhinothism, society for promoting,

106.

Rhyme, whether natural not consid-
ered, 51.

Rib, an infrangible one, 119.
Richard the First of England, his
Christian fervor, 61.

Riches conjectured to have legs as
well as wings, 96.
Ricos Hombres, 276.
Ringtail Rangers, 238.
Roanoke Island, 308.

Robinson, Mr. John P., his opinions
fully stated, 66-68.
Rocks, pocket full of, 121.

Roosters in rainy weather, their mis-
ery, 222.

Rotation insures mediocrity and inex-
perience, 295.

Rough and ready, 138-a wig, 139-
a kind of scratch, ib.

Royal Society, American fellows of,
342.

Rum and water combine kindly, 319.

Runes resemble bird-tracks, 314.
Runic inscriptions, their different
grades of unintelligibility and con-
sequent value, 313.

Russell, Earl, is good enough to ex-
pound our Constitution for us, 246.
Russian eagle turns Prussian blue, 85.
Ryeus, Bacchi epitheton, 360.

Sabbath, breach of, 27.

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Sabellianism, one accused of, 113.
Sailors, their rights how won, 262.
Saltillo, unfavorable view of, 56.
Salt-river, in Mexican, what, 56.
Samuel, avunculus, 358.
Samuel, Uncle, 228- riotous, 85 — yet
has qualities demanding reverence,
100-a good provider for his fam-
ily, 101 an exorbitant bill of, 132
-makes some shrewd guesses, 266-
270-expects his boots, 288.
Sansculottes, draw their wine before
drinking, 95.

Santa Anna, his expensive leg, 125.
Sappho, some human nature in, 366.
Sassy Cus, an impudent Indian, 253.
Satan, never wants attorneys, 61 — an
expert talker by signs, ib. — a suc-
cessful fisherman with little or no
bait, ib. cunning fetch of, 65—
dislikes ridicule, 70- ought not to
have credit of ancient oracles, 85,
note- his worst pitfall, 282.
Satirist, incident to certain dangers,

65.

Savages, Canadian, chance of redemp-
tion offered to, 149.

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Sawin, B., Esquire, his letter not
written in verse, 51 a native of
Jaalam, ib. —not regular attendant
on Rev. Mr. Wilbur's preaching, 51
-a fool, 52-his statements trust-
worthy, ib. his ornithological
tastes, ib.-letter from, 51, 116, 133
his curious discovery in regard to
bayonets, 54-displays proper fam-
ily pride, ib. -modestly confesses
himself less wise than the Queen of
Sheba, 58 the old Adam in, peeps
out, 60-a miles emeritus, 116-is
made text for a sermon, ib. — loses
a leg, 117 an eye, 118-left hand,
119-four fingers of right hand, ib.
- has six or more ribs broken, ib. —
a rib of his infrangible, ib. — allows
a certain amount of preterite green-
ness in himself, 120-his share of
spoil limited, 121-his opinion of
Mexican climate, ib. acquires
property of a certain sort, 122- his
experience of glory, ib. - stands
sentry, and puns thereupon, 124-
undergoes martyrdom in some of its
most painful forms, ib. - enters the
candidating business, ib. - modestly
states the (avail)abilities which qual-

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ify him for high political station,
125-127 has no principles, 125-a
peace-man, ib. — - unpledged, 126-
has no objections to owning peculiar
property, but would not like to mo-
nopolize the truth, 127 - his account
with glory, 128-a selfish motive
hinted in, ib. sails for Eldorado,
ib.-shipwrecked on a metaphorical
promontory, ib. - parallel between,
and Rev. Mr. Wilbur (not Plutarch-
ian), 130 conjectured to have
bathed in river Selemnus, 133-
loves plough wisely, but not too
well, ib. a foreign mission prob-
ably expected by, 134— unanimous
ly nominated for presidency, 135
his country's father-in-law, ib.
nobly emulates Cincinnatus, 136-
is not a crooked stick, ib. - advises
his adherents, 137 views of, on
present state of politics, 137-141 —
popular enthusiasm for, at Bellers's,
and its disagreeable consequences,
138-inhuman treatment of, by Bel-
lers, ib.
his opinion of the two
parties, 139-agrees with Mr. Web-
ster, 140 his antislavery zeal, 141
-his proper self-respect, 142-his
unaffected piety, ib.- his not in-
temperate temperance, 143 - a
thrilling adventure of, 143-148-his
prudence and economy, 144-bound
to Captain Jakes, but regains his
freedom, 145-is taken prisoner,
146-ignominiously treated, 147-
his consequent resolution, 148.
Sawin, Honorable B. O'F., a vein of
humor suspected in, 220-gets into
an enchanted castle, 223-finds a
wooden leg better in some respects
than a living one, 225 — takes some-
thing hot, ib. his experience of
Southern hospitality, 226-228
waterproof internally, 227-sen-
tenced to ten years' imprisonment,
229-his liberal-handedness, 231
gets his arrears of pension, 232-
marries the Widow Shannon, 234 —
confiscated, 237-finds in himself a
natural necessity of income, 238-
his missionary zeal, 240-never a
stated attendant on Mr. Wilbur's
preaching, 271- sang base in choir,
ib.prudently avoided contribu-
tion toward bell, 272-abhors a
covenant of works, 279-if saved at
all, must be saved genteelly, ib.
reports a sermon, 281-experiences
religion, 283-would consent to a
dukedom, 284-converted to una-
nimity, 289-sound views of, 294 —
makes himself an extempore mar-
quis, 297-extract of letter from,
391-394-his opinion of Paddies,
393-of Johnson, 394.

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Serbonian bog of literature, 89.
Sermons, some pitched too high, 272.
Seward, Mister, the late, his gift of
prophecy, 254-needs stiffening,
385-misunderstands parable of
fatted calf, ib.

Sextons, demand for, 55-heroic offi-
cial devotion of one, 149.
Seymour, Governor, 348.
Shakespeare, 368-a good reporter, 75.
Shaking fever, considered as an em-
ployment, 122.

Sham, President, honest, 80.
Shannon, Mrs., a widow, 230-her
family and accomplishments, 234 —
has tantrums, 235-her religious
views, 280- her notions of a moral
and intellectual being, 283- her
maiden name, 284- her blue
blood, ib.

Sheba, Queen of, 58.
Sheep, none of Rev. Mr. Wilbur's
turned wolves, 52.

Shem, Scriptural curse of, 148.
Shiraz, Centre, lead-mine at, 287.
Shirley, Governor, 252.
Shoddy, poor covering for outer or
inner man, 339.

Shot at sight, privilege of being, 288.
Show, natural to love it, 56, note.
Silver spoon born in Democracy's
mouth, what, 81.
Simms, an intellectual giant, twin-

birth with Maury (which see), 286.
Sin, wilderness of, modern, what, 99.
Sinai suffers outrages, 99.
Skim-milk has its own opinions, 338.
Skin, hole in, strange taste of some
for, 123.

Skippers, Yankee, busy in the slave-
trade, 282.

Slaughter, whether God strengthen us
for, 62.

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