Latimer, Bishop, episcopizes Satan, 185. Latin tongue, curious information con- cerning, 192.
Launcelot, Sir, a trusser of giants for- merly, perhaps would find less sport therein now, 201. Laura, exploited, 313. Learning, three-story, 299. Letcher, de la vieille roche, 279. Letcherus, nebulo, 309.
Letters classed, 209 their shape, 207 - of candidates, 208 - often fatal,
Lettres Cabalistiques, quoted, 264. Lewis Philip, a scourger of young na- tive Americans, 199-commiserated (though not deserving it), ib. note. Lexington, 267.
Liberator, a newspaper, condemned by implication, 193.
Liberty, unwholesome for men of cer- tain complexions, 204.
Licking, when constitutional, 282. Lignum vitæ, a gift of this valuable wood proposed, 189.
Lincoln, too shrewd to hang Mason and Slidell, 288.
Literature, Southern, its abundance, 280.
Little Big Boosy River, 260.
Longinus recommends swearing, 186 note (Fuseli did same thing). Long sweetening recommended, 211. Lord, inexpensive way of lending to, 258.
Lords, Southern, prove pur sang by ablution, 279.
Lost arts, one sorrowfully added to list of, 221.
Louis the Eleventh of France, some odd trees of his, 214.
Lowell, Mr. J. R., unaccountable si- lence of, 192.
Luther, Martin, his first appearance as Europa, 188. Lyæus, 310.
Lyttelton, Lord, his letters an imposi- tion, 207.
Macrobii, their diplomacy, 209. Magoffin, a name naturally noble, 279.
Mahomet, got nearer Sinai than some
Mahound, his filthy gobbets, 189. Mandeville, Sir John, quoted, 264. Mangum, Mr., speaks to the point, 201 Manichæan, excellently confuted, 200. Man-trees, grew where, 214. Maori chieftains, 264.
Mapes, Walter, quoted, 265-para, phrased, ib.
Mares'-nests, finders of, benevolent, 206.
Marius, quoted, 276. Marshfield, 216, 218.
Martin, Mr. Sawin used to vote for him, 219.
Mason and Dixon's line, slaves north of, 201.
Mason an F. F. V., 288.
Mason and Slidell, how they might have been made at once useful and ornamental, 288.
Mass, the, its duty defined, 201. Massachusetts on her knees, 185-
something mentioned in connection with, worthy the attention of tailors, 196 5-citizen of, baked, boiled, and roasted (nefandum !), 212.
Masses, the, used as butter by some,
Medium, ardentispirituale, 308. Mediums, spiritual, dreadful liars, 301. Memminger, old, 259.
Mentor, letters of, dreary, 207. Mephistopheles at a nonplus, 203. Mexican blood, its effect in raising price of cloth, 215. Mexican polka, 189..
Mexicans charged with various breach- es of etiquette, 188-kind feelings beaten into them, 205.
Mexico, no glory in overcoming, 196. Middleton, Thomas, quoted, 276. Military glory spoken disrespectfully of, 187, note-militia treated still worse, ib.
Milk-trees, growing still, 214.
Mill, Stuart, his low ideas, 287. Millenniums, apt to miscarry, 306. Millspring, 287.
Mills for manufacturing gabble, how driven, 200.
Mills, Josiah's, 299.
Milton, an unconscious plagiary, 195, note a Latin verse of, cited, 204 an English poet, 290 — his Hymn of the Nativity," 303. Missionaries, uset 1 to alligators, 256 -culinary liabilities of, 278. Missions, a profitable kind of, 204. Monarch, a pagan, probably not favored in philosophical experiments, 186. Money-trees, desirable, 214- that they once existed shown to be variously probable, ib.
Montaigne, a communicative old Gas- con, 206.
Monterey, battle of, its singular chro- matic effect on a species of two- headed eagle, 199. Montezuma, licked, 257. Montaigne, 314.
Moody, Seth, his remarkable gun, 260 - his brother Asaph, ib. Moquis Indians, praiseworthy custom of, 290.
Moses, held up vainly as an example, 204- construed by Joe Smith, ib. (not, A. J. Moses) prudent way of following, 291. Muse invoked, 308.
Myths, how to interpret readily, 209.
Naboths, Popish ones, how distin- guished, 189. Nana Sahib, 264.
Nancy, presumably Mrs. Biglow, 266. Napoleon III., his new chairs, 285.. Nation, rights of, proportionate to size, 188-young, its first needs, 286. National pudding, its effect on the or- gans of speech, a curious physiologi- cal fact, 190.
Negroes, their double usefulness, 259 - getting too current, 286. Nephelim, not yet extinct, 221. New England overpoweringly honored, 198 wants no more speakers, ib.-
Pliny, his letters not admired, 207. Plotinus, a story of, 201.
Plymouth Rock, Old, a Convention wrecked on, 196.
Poets apt to become sophisticated, 297. Point Tribulation, Mr. Sawin wrecked on, 214.
Poles, exile, whether crop of beans de- pends on, 188, note. Polk, nomen gentile, 279.
Polk, President, synonymous with our country, 191 censured, 196- in danger of being crushed, 197. Polka, Mexican, 189.
Pomp, a runaway slave, his nest, 219 hypocritically groans like white man, 219, 220-blind to Christian privi- leges, 220- his society valued at fifty dollars, ib. his treachery, ib. - takes Mr. Sawin prisoner, ib. — cru- elly makes him work, ib. puts him- self illegally under his tuition, ib.— dismisses him with contumelious epi- thets, ib.a negro, 256. Pontifical bull a tamed one, 189. Pope, his verse excellent, 186. Pork, refractory in boiling, 189. Portico, the, 312.
Portugal, Alphonso the Sixth of, a monster, 221.
Post, Boston, 192 shaken visibly, 193 - bad guide-post, ib. - too swift, ib. edited by a colonel, ib. - who is pre- sumed officially in Mexico, ib. - re- ferred to, 199.
Pot-hooks, death in, 210.
Power, a first-class, elements of, 285. Preacher, an ornamental symbol, 204-
a breeder of dogmas, ib. - earnest- ness of, important, 221.
Present, considered as an annalist, 204 - not long wonderful, 206. President, slaveholding natural to, 205 - must be a Southern resident, 213 - must own a nigger, ib. policy, 321-his resemblance to Jack- son, 322.
Princes mix cocktails, 285. Principle, exposure spoils it, 195. Principles, bad, when less harmful, 190. -when useless, 294.
Professor, Latin, in
Prophecies, fulfilment of, 288.
Prophecy, a notable one, 199.
Prospect Hill, 267.
Providence has a natural life-preserver,
Proviso, bitterly spoken of, 208. Prudence, sister, her idiosyncratic tea- pot, 212.
Psammeticus, an experiment of, 186. Psyche, poor, 314.
Public opinion, a blind and drunken guide, 190-nudges Mr. Wilbur's elbow, ib. ticklers of, 197. Punkin Falls "Weekly Parallel," 303. Putnam, General Israel, his lines, 267. Pythagoras a bean-hater, why, 209. Pythagoreans, fish reverenced by, why,
Quid, ingens nicotianum, 310. Quixote, Don, 201.
Rafn, Professor, 289.
Rag, one of sacred college, 190. Rantoul, Mr., talks loudly, 187- pious reason for not enlisting, ib.
Recruiting sergeant, Devil supposed the first, 185.
Religion, Southern, its commercial ad- vantages, 278.
Representatives' Chamber, 200. Rhinothism, society for promoting, 206. Rhyme, whether natural not conside ered, 185.
Rib, an infrangible one, 211. Richard the First of England, his Christian fervor, 189.
Riches conjectured to have legs as well as wings, 203.
Ricos Hombres, 276. Ringtail Rangers, 260. Roanoke Island, 287.
Robinson, Mr. John P., his opinious fully stated, 191, 192.
Rocks, pocket full of, 211.
Roosters in rainy weather, their mis- ery, 256.
Rotation insures mediocrity and inex- perience, 282.
Rough and ready, 217-a wig, 218- a kind of scratch, ib.
Royal Society, American fellows of,
Rum and water combine kindly, 292. Runes resemble bird-tracks, 290. Runic inscriptions, their different grades
of unintelligibility and consequent value, 289.
Russell, Earl, is good enough to ex-
pound our Constitution for us, 263. Russian eagle turns Prussian blue, 199 Ryeus, Bacchi epitheton, 310.
Sabbath, breach of, 186. Sabellianism, one accused of, 209. Sailors, their rights how won, 309. Saltillo, unfavorable view of, 187. Salt-river, in Mexican, what, 187. Samuel, avunculus, 309.
Samuel, Uncle, 257-riotous, 198 — yet has qualities demanding reverence, 204 a good provider for his family, 205 an exorbitant bill of, 215- makes some shrewd guesses, 273, 274 expects his boots, 280. Sansculottes, draw their wine before drinking, 202.
Santa Anna, his expensive leg, 213.
Sappho, some human nature in, 313. Sassy Cus, an impudent Indian, 266. Satan, never wants attorneys, 189-an expert talker by signs, ib. -a suc- cessful fisherman with little or no bait, ib. cunning fetch of, 190-dis- likes ridicule, 192―ought not to have credit of ancient oracles, 199, note — his worst pitfall, 278.
Satirist, incident to certain dangers,
Savages, Canadian, chance of redemp- tion offered to, 221..
Sawin, B., Esquire, his letter not writ- ten in verse, 185 -a native of Jaalam, 186 not regular attendant on Rev. Mr Wilbur's preaching, ib. — a fool, ib. his statements trustworthy, ib. his ornithological tastes, ib letter from, 186, 210, 216 his curi- ous discovery in regard to bayonets, 187-displays proper family pride, ib.
modestly confesses himself less wise than the Queen of Sheba, 188
the old Adam in, peeps out, 189 -a miles emeritus, 210- is made text for a sermon, ib. loses a leg, ib. -an eye, 211-left hand, ib. — four fingers of right hand, ib. - has six or more ribs broken, ib. —a rib of his infrangible, ib. - allows a cer- tain amount of preterite greenness in himself, ib. —his share of spoil lim- ited, ib. his opinion of Mexican climate, 212- - acquires property of a certain sort, ib. his experience of glory, ib. stands sentry, and puns thereupon, ib. - undergoes martyr- dom in some of its most painful forms, ib. - enters the candidating business, 213-modestly states the (avail) abili ties which qualify him for high polit- ical station, 213, 214— has no princi- ples, 213-a peaceman, ib. - un- pledged, ib. -has no objections to owning peculiar property, but would not like to monopolize the truth, ib.
his account with glory, 214 — a selfish motive hinted in, ib. - sails for Eldorado, ib. - shipwrecked on a metaphorical promontory, ib. -par- allel between, and Rev. Mr. Wil- bur (not Plutarchian), 215- conjec- tured to have bathed in river Selem-
nus, 216- loves plough wisely, but not too well, ib. - a foreign mission probably expected by, ib. - unani- mously nominated for presidency, ib. - his country's father-in-law, 217- nobly emulates Cincinnatus, ib. — is not a crooked stick, ib. - advises his adherents, ib.-views of, on present state of politics, 217-219-popular enthusiasm for, at Bellers's, and its disagreeable consequences, 218 — in- human treatment of, by Bellers, ib. - his opinion of the two parties, ib. agrees with Mr. Webster, ib. - his antislavery zeal, 219-his proper self-respect, ib.-his unaffected piety, ib. his not intemperate temperance, ib.a thrilling adventure of, 219- 221 his prudence and economy, 219-bound to Captain Jakes, but regains his freedom, 220-is taken prisoner, ib. ignominiously treat- ed, 220, 221- his consequent resolu- tion, 221.
Sawin, Honorable B. O'F., a vein of humor suspected in, 255-gets into an enchanted castle, 256-finds a wooden leg better in some respects than a living one, ib. takes some- thing hot, 257- his experience of Southern hospitality, ib. -water- proof internally, ib. sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, 258 - his liberal-handedness, ib:- gets his ar- rears of pension, 259- marries the Widow Shannon, ib. confiscated, 260 finds in himself a natural ne- cessity of income, 261- his mission- ary zeal, ib. - never a stated attend- ant on Mr. Wilbur's preaching, 274
sang bass in choir, ib. - prudently avoided contribution toward bell, ib.
abhors a covenant of works, 277- if saved at all, must be saved gen- teelly, ib. reports a sermon, 278- experiences religion, ib. - would con- sent to a dukedom, 279-converted to unanimity, 280 sound views of, 282 makes himself an extempore marquis, 283 extract of letter from, 324, 325 his opinion of Paddies, 325 of Johnson, ib Sayres, a martyr, 220. Scaliger, saying of, 191.
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