183.

Serimgour, Rev. Shearjashub, 287.
Scythians, their diplomacy commended, 197.
Sea, the wormy, 268.
Seamen, colored, sold, 175.
Secessia licta, 255.

Secession, its legal nature defined, 241.
Secret, a great military, 274.
Selemnus, a sort of Lethean river, 203.
Senate, debate in, made readable, 189.
Seneca, saying of, 179-another, 187, note-
overrated by a saint (but see Lord Boling-
broke's opinion of, in a letter to Dean Swift),
195 his letters not commended, ib. - a son
of Rev. Mr. Wilbur, 202-quoted, 280, 281.
Serbonian bog of literature, 188.
Sermons, some pitched too high, 254.
Seward, Mister, the late, his gift of prophecy,
247 needs stiffening, 295-misunderstands
parable of fatted calf, ib.
Sextons, demand for, 177-heroic official de-
votion of one, 208.
Seymour, Governor, 281.
Shakespeare, 289-a good reporter, 183.
Shaking fever, considered as an employment,
Sham, President, honest, 185.
Shannon, Mrs., a widow, 239- her family and
accomplishments, 241 has tantrums, ib. -
her religious views, 256- her notions of a
moral and intellectual being, 257- her maiden
name, 258 her blue blood, ib.
Sheba, Queen of, 177.
Sheep, none of Rev. Mr. Wilbur's turned wolves,

199.

ib.-letter from, 175, 197, 203 - his curious | Scaliger, saying of, 180. discovery in regard to bayonets, 176 dis- Scarabaeus pilularius, 177. plays proper family pride, ib. - modestly Scott, General, his claims to the presidency, 182, confesses himself less wise than the Queen of Sheba, 177 -the old Adam iu, peeps out, 178-a miles emeritus, 197 is made text for a sermon, ib. loses a leg, 198-an eye, ib. - left hand, ib. - 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 greenness in himself, ib. - his share of spoil limited, 199 his opinion of Mexican climate, ib. - acquires property of a certain sort, ib. - his experience of glory, 200 stands sentry, and puns thereupon, ib. undergoes martyrdom in some of its most painful forms, ib. —enters the candidating business, ib. modestly states the (avail)abilities which qualify him for high political station, 200, 201 has no principles, 200 a peaceman, ib. unpledged, ib. has no objections to owning peculiar property, but would not like to monopolize the truth, 201 - his account with glory, ib. - a selfish motive hinted in, ib. - sails for Eldorado, ib. shipwrecked on a metaphorical promontory, ib. parallel between, and Rev. Mr. Wilbur (not Plutarchian), 202- conjectured to have bathed in river Selemnus, 203 - loves plough wisely, but not too well, ib. - a foreign mission probably expected by, ib. - unanimously nominated for presidency, ib. - his country's father-in-law, 204-nobly emulates Cincinnatus, ib. is not a crooked stick, ib. -advises his adherents, ib. views of, on present state of politics, 203-205- popular enthusiasm for, at Bellers's, and its disagreeable consequences, 204-inhuman treatment of, by Bellers, 205-his opinion of the two parties, ib. agrees with Mr. Webster, ib. his antislavery zeal, ib.his proper selfrespect, 206 his unaffected piety, ib.his not intemperate temperance, ib. a thrilling adventure of, 206, 207-his prudence and economy, 206-bound to Captain Jakes, but regains his freedom, 207 -ig taken prisoner, - his conseib. ignominiously treated, ib. quent resolution, ib. Sawin, Honorable B. O'F., a vein of humor suspected in, 236-gets into an enchanted castle, 237 finds a wooden leg better in some respects than a living one, 238-takes something hot, ib. his experience of Southern hospitality. 238, 239-waterproof internally, 238-sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, 239- his liberal-handedness, 240-gets his arrears of pension, ib. - marries the Widow Shannon, 241-confiscated, ib. — finds in himself a natural necessity of income, 242 — his missionary zeal, ib. never a stated attendant on Mr. Wilbur's preaching, 254sang bass in choir, ib. prudently avoided contribution toward bell, ib. — abhors a covenant of works, 256-if saved at all, must be saved genteelly, ib.-reports a sermon, 253 -experiences religion, ib. - would consent to a dukedom, 258-converted to unanimity, 259 sound views of, 260- makes himself an extempore marquis, 261-extract of letter from, 298, 299- his opinion of Paddies, 298 of Johnson, 299. Sayres, a martyr, 189.

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175.

Shem, Scriptural curse of, 207.
Shiraz Centre, lead-mine at, 258.
Shirley, Governor, 246.

Shoddy, poor covering for outer or inner man,
278.

Shot at sight, privilege of being, 259.
Show, natural to love it, 177, note.
Silver spoon born in Democracy's mouth, what,
186.

Sin, wilderness of, modern, what, 192.
Sinai suffers outrages, 192.

Skim-milk has its own opinions, 277.
Skin, hole in, strange taste of some for, 199.
Skippers, Yankee, busy in the slave-trade, 257.
Simms, an intellectual giant, twin-birth with
Maury (which see), 258.

Slaughter, whether God strengthen us for, 179.
Slaughterers and soldiers compared, 203.
Slaughtering nowadays is slaughtering, 203.
Slavery, of no color, 174-corner-stone of lib-
erty, 188 also keystone, 190-last crumb of
Eden, 191a Jonah, ib. an institution, 196
-a private State concern, 206.
Slidell, New York trash, 266.
Sloanshure, Habakkuk, Esquire, President of
Jaalam Bank, 262.

Smith, Joe, used as a translation, 192.
Smith, John, an interesting character, 194.
Smith, Mr., fears entertained for, 191 - dined
with, 194.

Smith, N. B., his magnanimity, 193.
Smithius dur, 204.

Soandso, Mr., the great, defines his position,
192.

Soft-heartedness misplaced is soft-headedness, | Time, an innocent personage to swear by, 176,

Thaumaturgus, Saint Gregory, letter of, to the Virgin, the, letter of, to Magistrates of Messina,

nation, 203-speculations concerning Cincinnatus, ib. confesses digressive tendency of mind, 208-goes to work on sermon (not without fear that his readers will dub him with a reproachful epithet like that with which Isaac Allerton, a Mayflower man, revenges himself on a delinquent debtor of his, calling him in his will, and thus holding him up to posterity, as "John Peterson, THE BORE"), ib.-his modesty, 235 disclaims sole authorship of Mr. Biglow's writings, ib. - his low opinion of prepensive autographs, ib. a chaplain in 1812, 236-cites a heathen comedian, 237 his fondness for the Book of Job, ib. preaches a Fast-Day discourse, ib. is prevented from narrating a singular occurrence, ib. is presented with a pair of new spectacles, 242-his church services indecorously sketched by Mr. Sawin, 257 hopes to decipher a Runic inscription, 261a fable by, 262- deciphers Runic inscription, 267-269-his method therein, 268-is ready to reconsider his opinion of tobacco, 269— his opinion of the Puritans, 274- his death, 279 born in Pigsgusset, ib. letter of Rev. Mr. Hitchcock concerning, 279, 280 fond of Milton's Christmas hymn, 280- his monument (proposed), ib. his epitaph, ib. — his last letter, 280, 281-his supposed disembodied spirit, 283- table belonging to, ib.sometimes wrote Latin verses, ib. — his tabletalk, 287-289- his prejudices, 287— against Baptists, ib. his sweet nature, 292-his views of style, ib. a story of his, 293. Wild bore, a vernacular one, how to escape, 188.

Wilbur, Rev. Homer, A. M., consulted, 173 — his instructions to his flock, 175-a proposition of his for Protestant bomb-shells, 179 his elbow nudged, ib. — his notions of satire, ib. some opinions of his quoted with ap- Wilkes, Captain, borrows rashly, 248. parent approval by Mr. Biglow, 180-geo- Wind, the, a good Samaritan, 197. graphical speculations of, 181-a justice of Wingfield, his "Memorial," 255. the peace, ib. a letter of, ib. — a Latin pun Wooden leg, remarkable for sobriety, 198of, ib. -runs against a post without injury, never eats pudding, ib. 182-does not seek notoriety (whatever some Woods, the. See Belmont. malignants may affirm), ib. fits youths for Works, covenants of, condemned, 256. college, ib. a chaplain during late war with World, this, its unhappy temper, 237. England, 183-a shrewd observation of, ib. Wright, Colonel, providentially rescued. 177. -some curious speculations of, 188, 189-Writing dangerous to reputation, 236. his martello-tower, 188-forgets he is not in Wrong, abstract, safe to oppose, 185. pulpit, 191, 197-extracts from sermon of, 191, 193 interested in John Smith, 194 his views concerning present state of letters, 194, 195-a stratagem of, 196-ventures two

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hundred and fourth interpretation of Beast Yankees, their worst wooden nutmegs, 267.

in Apocalypse, ib. christens Hon. B. Sawin, then an infant, 197 - an addition to our sylva proposed by, 201-curious and instructive adventure of, 202-his account with an un

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natural uncle, ib.- his uncomfortable imagi- Zack, Old, 204.

THE UNHAPPY LOT OF MR. KNOTT.

1850.