A.

A. wants his axe ground, 282.

A. B., information wanted concerning,
207.

Abraham (Lincoln), his constitutional
scruples, 282.

Abuse, an, its usefulness, 295.
Adam, eldest son of, respected, 185-
his fall, 301-how if he had bitten a
sweet apple? 304.

Adam, Grandfather, forged will of, 271.
Eneas goes to hell, 214.

Eolus, a seller of money, as is sup-
posed by some, 215.

Æschylus, a saying of, 199, note.
Alligator, a decent one conjectured to
be, in some sort, humane, 220.
Allsmash, the eternal, 286.
Alphonso the Sixth of Portugal, tyran-
nical act of, 221.

Ambrose, Saint, excellent (but ration-
alistic) sentiment of, 193.
"American Citizen," new compost so
called, 215.

American Eagle, a source of inspira-
tion, 196-hitherto wrongly classed,
199-long bill of, ib.
Americans bebrothered, 265.
Amos cited, 193.

Anakim, that they formerly existed,
shown, 221.

Angels providentially speak French,
189-conjectured to be skilled in all
tongues, ib.

Anglo-Saxondom, its idea, what, 188.
Anglo-Saxon mask, 188.
Anglo-Saxon race, 187.

Anglo-Saxon verse, by whom carried to
perfection, 186.

Antiquaries, Royal Society of North-
ern, 289.

Antonius, a speech of, 194-by whom
best reported, ib.

Baby, a low-priced one, 214.
Bacon, his rebellion, 276.
Bacon, Lord, quoted, 276.
Bagowind, Hon. Mr., whether to be
damned, 203.

Balcom, Elder Joash Q., 2d, founds a
Baptist society in Jaalam, A. D: 1830,

312.

Baldwin apples, 222.

Baratarias, real or imaginary, which
most pleasant, 215.

Barnum, a great natural curiosity rec-
ommended to, 198.

Barrels, an inference from seeing, 222.
Bartlett, Mr., mistaken, 262.
Bâton Rouge, 216-strange peculiari-
ties of laborers at, ib.
Baxter, R., a saying of, 193.
Bay, Mattysqumscot, 220.
Bay State, singular effect produced on
military officers by leaving it, 189.
Beast, in Apocalypse, a loadstone for
whom, 209-tenth horn of, applied
to recent events, 303.
Beaufort, 287.

Beauregard (real name Toutant), 266,

282.

Beaver, brook, 316.

Beelzebub, his rigadoon, 202.
Behmen, his letters not letters, 207.
Behn, Mr. Aphra, quoted, 276.
Bellers, a saloon-keeper, 218-inhu-
manly refuses credit to a presidential
candidate, ib.

Belmont. See Woods.

Bentley, his heroic method with Mil-
ton, 290.

Bible, not composed for use of colored
persons, 278.

Biglow, Ezekiel, his letter to Hon. J.
T. Buckingham, 183- -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, 183--a poem by, ib., 204
-his opinion of war, 184-wanted at
home by Nancy, 184-recommends
a forcible enlistment of warlike edi-
tors, ib. would not wonder, if gene-
rally agreed with, ib. - versifies letter
of Mr. Sawin, 185-a letter from,
186, 201- his opinion of Mr. Sawin,
186-does not deny fun at Cornwal-

lis, ib. note-his idea of militia glory,
187, note a pun of, 188, note-is
uncertain in regard to people of Bos-
ton, ib. had never heard of Mr.
John P. Robinson, 190-aliquid
sufflaminandus, ib. — his poems at-
tributed to a Mr. Lowell, 192-is
unskilled in Latin, ib. - his poetry
maligned by some, ib. - his disinter-
estedness, ib. - his deep share in
common-weal, 193-his claim to the
presidency, ib. his mowing, ib. —
resents being called Whig, ib.
posed to tariff, ib. obstinate, ib.
infected with peculiar notions, ib.
reports a speech, 194-emulates his-
torians of antiquity, ib.-
- his charac-
ter sketched from a hostile point of
view, 199-a request of his complied
with, 203-appointed at a public
meeting in Jaalam, 207-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.

-

-

op-

- probably receives same compli-
ment from two hundred and nine, ib.

picks his apples, 222- his crop of
Baldwins conjecturally large, ib.-
his labors in writing autographs, 253

-

visits the Judge and has a pleasant
time, 262-born in Middlesex Coun-
ty, 267- his favorite walks, ib. - his
gifted pen, 285-born and bred in
the country, 297-feels his sap start
in spring, 298-is at times unsocial,
299-the school-house where he
learned his a-b-c, ib. - falls asleep,
300 his ancestor a Cromwellian
colonel, ib.- finds it harder to make
up
his mind as he grows older, 301 -
wishes he could write a song or two,
305 liable to moods, 315-loves
nature and is loved in return, ib.
describes some favorite haunts of his,
315, 316-his slain kindred, 316-
his speech in March meeting, 317-
does not reckon on being sent to
Congress, 318-has no eloquence,
ib. his own reporter, 319-never
abused the South, 320-advise Un-
cle Sam, ib. is not Boston-mad,
321-bids farewell, 326.
Billings, Dea. Cephas, 186.

-

-

291.

Bolles, Mr. Secondary, author of prize

peace essay, 187-presents sword to
Lieutenant Colonel, ib. - a fluent
orator, ib.-found to be in error,
187.

Bonaparte, N., a usurper, 209.
Bonds, Confederate, their specie basis
cutlery, 259-when payable, (atten-
tion, British stockholders!) 286.
Boot-trees, productive, where, 214.
Boston, people of, supposed educated,
188, note has a good opinion of
itself, 267, 268.

Bowers, Mr. Arphaxad, an ingenious
photographic artist, 290.
Brahmins, navel-contemplating, 206.
Brains, poor substitute for, 268.
Bread-trees, 214.

Bream, their only business, 263.
Brigadier-Generals in militia, devotion
of, 194.

Brigadiers, nursing ones, tendency in
to literary composition, 256.
Brigitta, viridis, 308.
Britannia, her trident, 273.
Brotherhood, subsides after election,
294.

Brown, Mr., engages in an unequal
contest, 203.

Browne, Sir T., a pious and wise senti-

ment of, cited and commended, 186.
Brutus Four-Corners, 254.

Buchanan, a wise and honest man, 280.
Buckingham, Hon. J. T., editor of the
Boston Courier, letters to, 183, 185,
192, 201 not afraid, 186.
Buffalo, a plan hatched there, 219-
plaster, a prophecy in regard to, ib.
Buffaloes, herd of, probable influence
of tracts upon, 305.

Cainites, sect of, supposed still extant,
185.

Caleb, a monopoly of his denied, 187
-curious notions of, as to meaning
of "shelter," 188-his definition of
Anglo-Saxon, ib.-charges Mexi-
cans (not with bayonets but) with im-
proprieties, ib.

Calhoun, Hon. J. C., his cow-bell cur-
few, light of the nineteenth century
to be extinguished at sound of, 200-
cannot let go apron-string of the Past,
201-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,

201-203.

-

Calyboosus, carcer, 310.

Cambridge Platform, use discovered
for, 190.

221.

Cass, General, 202-clearness of his
merit, ib.-limited popularity at
"Bellers's," 218.

Castles, Spanish, comfortable accom-
modations in, 215.

Cato, letters of, so called, suspended
naso adunco, 207.

C. D., friends of, can hear of him, 207.
Century, nineteenth, 280.

Chalk egg, we are proud of incubation
of, 207.

Chamberlayne, Doctor, consolatory
citation from, 276.

Chance, an apothegm concerning, 256
- is impatient, 302.

Chaplain, a one-horse, stern-wheeled
variety of, 258.

Chappelow on Job, a copy of, lost,

204.

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-

a

ter and pillage, 191- -condemns
certain piece of barbarism, 203.
Christianity, profession of, plebeian,
whether, 185.

Christian soldiers, perhaps inconsist-
ent, whether, 194.
Cicero, 319,

209.

an opinion of, disputed,

Cilley, Ensign, author of nefarious sen-
timent, 190.

Cimex lectularius, 188.

Cincinnati, old, law and order party of,
295.

Cincinnatus, a stock character in mod-
ern comedy, 216.

Civilization, progress of, an alias, 204
-rides upon a powder-cart, 208.
Clergymen, their ill husbandry, 203-
their place in processions, 216—some,
cruelly banished for the soundness of
their lungs, 221.

Clotho, a Grecian lady, 304.
Cocked-hat, advantages
knocked into, 207.

of being

College of Cardinals, a strange one,

Constitution trampled on, 201-to
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.

on

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,

207.

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,
189.

Doe, Hon. Preserved, speech of, 291-
296.

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.