--nobly emulates Cincinnatus, 110
--is not a crooked stick, _ib._
--advises his adherents, _ib._
--views of, on present state of politics, 110-117
--popular enthusiasm for, at Bellers's, and its disagreeable
consequences, 111
--inhuman treatment of, by Bellers, 112
--his opinion of the two parties, 113
--agrees with Mr. Webster, _ib._
--his antislavery zeal, 115
--his proper self-respect, _ib._
--his unaffected piety, _ib._
--his not intemperate temperance, 117
--a thrilling adventure of, 117-122
--his prudence and economy, 117
--bound to Captain Jakes, but regains his freedom, 119
--is taken prisoner, 121-122
--ignominiously treated, 121-122
--his consequent resolution, 122.

Sayres, a martyr, 55.

Scaliger, saying of, 28.

_Scarabaeus pilularius_, 18.

Scott, General, his claims to the presidency, 34, 37.

Scythians, their diplomacy commended, 84.

Seamen, coloured, sold, 8.

Selemnus, a sort of Lethean river, 106.

Senate, debate in, made readable, 55.

Seneca, saying of, 27
--another, 51
--overrated by a saint (but see Lord Bolingbroke's opinion of, in a
letter to Dean Swift), 76
--his letters not commended, _ib._
--a son of Rev. Mr. Wilbur, 102.

Serbonian bog of literature, 54.

Sextons, demand for, 61
--heroic official devotion of one, 120.

Shaking fever, considered as an employer, 93.

Shakspeare, a good reporter, 40.

Sham, President, honest, 45.

Sheba, Queen of, 19.

Sheep, none of Rev. Mr. Wilbur's turned wolves, 12.

Shem, Scriptural curse of, 122.

Show, natural to love it, 17, _note_.

Silver spoon born in Democracy's mouth what, 43.

Sinai suffers outrages, 66.

Sin, wilderness of, modern, what, 66.

Skin, hole in, strange taste of some for, 94.

Slaughter, whether God strengthen us for, 24.

Slaughterers and soldiers compared, 104.

Slaughtering nowadays _is_ slaughtering, 104.

Slavery, of no colour, 6
--cornerstone of liberty, 52
--also keystone, 58
--last crumb of Eden, 61
--a Jonah, 62
--an institution, 80
--a private State concern, 118.

Smith, Joe, used as a translation, 65.

Smith, John, an interesting character, 74.

Smith, Mr., fears entertained for, 63
--dined with, 75.

Smith, N. B., his magnanimity, 75.

Soandso, Mr., the great, defines his position, 75.

Sol, the fisherman, 18
--soundnes