packed up for Nashville, 265-tempted to Davis, Mr., of Mississippi, a remark of his, 190. De Bow (a famous political economist), 258. Democracy, false notion of, 261- its privi- Demosthenes, 293. Destiny, her account, 187. Epaulets, perhaps no badge of saintship, 180. Devil, the, unskilled in certain Indian tongues, Essence-peddlers, 261. Eagle, national, the late, his estate administered Earth, Dame, a peep at her housekeeping, 189. Editor, his position, 191 - commanding pulpit Editors, certain ones who crow like cockerels, Edwards, Jonathan, 288. Eggs, bad, the worst sort of, 273. Egyptian darkness, phial of, use for, 197. Elizabeth, Queen, mistake of her ambassador, Emerson, 243. Emilius, Paulus, 246. Empedocles, 194. Employment, regular, a good thing, 199. Ethiopian, the, his first need, 263. Eyelids, a divine shield against authors, 188. Ezekiel would make a poor figure at a caucus, Fenianorum rizæ, 284. Fergusson, his "Mutual Complaint," &c., 243. Flam, President, untrustworthy, 185. Flirtilla, elegy on death of, 288. Fly-leaves, providential increase of, 188. Fuller, Dr. Thomas, a wise saying of, 180. G. Gabriel, his last trump, its pressing nature, Gardiner, Lieutenant Lion, 246. Getting up early. 174, 178. Ghosts, some, presumed fidgety (but see Still- Giants formerly stupid, 189. Gift of tongues, distressing case of, 188. Globe Theatre, cheap season-ticket to, 194. Gomara has a vision, 178 his relationship to Governor, our excellent, 235. Homer, a phrase of, cited, 192. Homer, eldest son of Mr. Wilbur, 288. Grandfather, Mr. Biglow's, safe advice of, House, a strange one described, 237. 247. Grandfathers, the, knew something, 252. Howell, James, Esq., story told by, 183-let- Grand jurors, Southern, their way of finding a Huldah, her bonnet, 278. Grantus dux, 285. Human rights out of order on the floor of Con- - Gravestones, the evidence of Dissenting ones Humbug, ascription of praise to, 193- gener- Gray's letters are letters, 195. Great horn spoon, sworn by, 190. Greeks, ancient, whether they questioned can- Green Man, sign of, 182. H. ally believed in, ib. Husbandry, instance of bad, 180. I. Icarius, Penelope's father, 181. Icelander, a certain uncertain, 268. Habeas corpus, new mode of suspending it, Ideas, friction ones unsafe, 272. 264. Hail Columbia raised, 239. Hain, sandwich, an orthodox (but peculiar) one, Idyl defined, 243. Indecision, mole-blind, 295. the Infants, prattlings of, curious observation con- Information wanted (universally, but especially Hampton Roads, disaster in, 263. Hannegan, Mr., something said by, 190. Harrison, General, how preserved, 196. Hat, a leaky one, 240. Hat-trees in full bearing, 201. Hawkins, his whetstone, 242. J. Jaalam, unjustly neglected by great events, 268. Hawkins, Sir John, stout, something he saw, Jaalam Centre, Anglo-Saxons unjustly suspect- James the Fourth, of Scots, experiment by, 175. Jefferson, Thomas, well-meaning, but injudi- Jeremiah, hardly the best guide in modern pol- Jerome, Saint, his list of sacred writers, 195. Laura, exploited, 288. Learning, three-story, 276. Letcher, de la vieille roche, 258. Letcherus nebulo, 284. Macrobii, their diplomacy, 197. Mapes, Walter, quoted, 245-paraphrased, ib. Marshfield, 203, 205. Martin, Mr. Sawin used to vote for him, 205. Mason and Slidell, how they might have been Mayday a humbug, 274. M. C., an invertebrate animal, 187. 198. Medium ardentispirituale, 284. Mediums, spiritual, dreadful liars, 278. Letters classed, 195-their shape, ib. - of can- Mentor, letters of, dreary, 195. didates, 196 often fatal, ib. Lettres Cabalistiques, quoted, 244. Lewis Philip, a scourger of young native Amer- Liberator, a newspaper, condemned by impli- Liberty, unwholesome for men of certain com- Licking, when constitutional, 260. Lignum vitæ, a gift of this valuable wood pro- Lincoln, too shrewd to hang Mason and Slidell, Mephistopheles at a nonplus, 191. Mexican blood, its effect in raising price of Naboths, Popish ones, how distinguished, 179. Nancy, presumably Mrs. Biglow, 246. National pudding, its effect on the organs of Nephelim, not yet extinct, 208. New England overpoweringly honored, 186wants no more speakers, ib. done brown by whom, ib. - her experience in beans beyond Cicero's, 197. Newspaper, the, wonderful, 193-a strolling theatre, ib. thoughts suggested by tearing wrapper of, 194-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. New World, apostrophe to, 252. New York, letters from, commended, 195. Nicotiana Tabacum, a weed, 268. Parliamentum Indoctorum sitting in perma- Past, the, a good nurse, 189. Penelope, her wise choice, 181. People, soft enough, 192- want correct ideas, 200-the, decline to be Mexicanized, 270. Pepin, King, 195. Niggers, 180-area of abusing, extended, 185- Pepperell, General, quoted, 246. Mr. Sawin's opinions of, 206. Ninepence a day low for murder, 176. No, a monosyllable, 179 - hard to utter, ib. Nornas, Lapland, what. 202. North, the, has no business, 190 - bristling, crowded off roost, 196-its mind naturally unprincipled, 272. North Bend, geese inhumanly treated at, 196mentioned, 203. North star, a proposition to indict, 191. Northern Dagon, 241. Northmen, gens inclytissima, 267. Nôtre Dame de la Haine, 256. Now, its merits, 276. Nowhere, march to, 277. Pequash Junction, 289. Periwig, 196. Perley, Mr. Asaph, has charge of bass-viol, Perseus, King, his avarice, 246. Pettibone, Jabez, bursts up, 258. Pettus came over with Wilhelmus Conquistor, 258. Phaon, 288. Pharaoh, his lean kine, 251. Pharisees, opprobriously referred to, 192. Philippe, Louis, in pea-jacket, 193. Phillips, Wendell, catches a Tartar, 273. Phlegyas quoted, 191. Phrygian language, whether Adam spoke it, 175. Pickens, a Norman name, 258. Pilcoxes, genealogy of, 236. Pillows, constitutional, 187. Pinto, Mr., some letters of his commended, 195. Pisgah, an impromptu one, 202. Platform, party, a convenient one, 200. Plymouth Rock, Old, a Convention wrecked on, Poets apt to become sophisticated, 274. Point Tribulation, Mr. Sawin wrecked on, 201. Polk, nomen gentile, 258. Polka, Mexican, 179. - - - Pomp, a runaway slave, his nest, 206-hypo- Portugal, Alphonso the Sixth of, a monster, 208. Post, Boston, 181-shaken visibly, 182-bad colonel, ib. who is presumed officially in Power, a first-class, elements of, 263. breeder of dogmas, ib. -earnestness of, im- Present, considered as an annalist, 192-not President, slaveholding natural to, 193- must Principles, bad, when less harmful, 179— when Professor, Latin, in —— College, 283- Prophecies, fulfilment of, 266. Prophecy, a notable one, 187, note. - Scal- Rafn, Professor, 267. R. Rag, one of sacred college, 179. Rantoul, Mr., talks loudly, 176 - pious reason Recruiting sergeant, Devil supposed the first, Religion, Southern, its commercial advantages, Representatives' Chamber, 189. Rhinothism, society for promoting, 194. Richard the First of England, his Christian fer- Riches conjectured to have legs as well as wings, 191. Sabbath, breach of, 168. Samuel, Uncle, 239- riotous, 187-yet has Santa Anna, his expensive leg, 200. Sawin, B., Esquire, his letter not written in |