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-
ter and pillage, 191- condemns a certain piece of barbarism, 203. Christianity, profession of, plebeian, whether, 185.
Christian soldiers, perhaps inconsist- ent, whether, 194. Cicero, 319,
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, 201 -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.
College of Cardinals, a strange one,
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,
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.
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,
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-
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-con- pared to an old-fashioned stage- coach, 292.
Falstaffii, 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, rixa, 308.
Fergusson, his "Mutual Complaint," &c., 262.
F. F., singular power of their looks,
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,
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.
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, 282.
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, 302- ditto, 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 com- 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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