INDEX

To Volume I of the Southern Literary Messenger.


PROSE.

A

Abolition of Southern Slavery—how regarded in New England

[87]

Adams' and Everett's Eulogies on La Fayette, reviewed

[307]

Address, Mr. Garnett's, on Associations to promote Education

[282]

Address, Mrs. Sigourney's, on Female Education

[169]

Address, President Olin's Inaugural, reviewed

[15]

Address, President Vethake's Inaugural, reviewed

[585]

Adventures of Harry Humbug, Esq.

[772]

Advice to Law Students

[33]

,

[34]

Advice from a Father to his only Daughter

[187]

Affectation, Thoughts on

[365]

Alleghany Levels, described

[97]

Ambitious Lawyer, Memoir of an

[645]

American Churches, Visit to, by Doctors Reed and Matheson, notice of

[714]

American Literature, its impediments

[220]

American Novels, recent—The Insurgents

[478]

Anecdotes of Patrick Henry

[332]

Annals of Education, recommended

[205]

Athens, a few days in, by Fanny Wright, notice of

[715]

Aunts, my two

[189]

Autobiography of Pertinax Placid, extracts from

[617]

,

[706]

B

Bancroft's History of the U. S. vol I. reviewed

[587]

Bashful Gentleman

[429]

Bathmendi, a Persian Tale, from the French of M. Florian

[377]

Beauties of the Court of Charles II. by Mrs. Jameson, reviewed

[312]

Belford Regis, by Miss Mitford, noticed

[651]

Berenice, a Tale, by Edgar A. Poe

[333]

Black Watch, the, noticed

[714]

Blackbeard, a Philadelphia Story, notice of

[595]

Blackstone, Judge, a Poet

[315]

Blackstone's Commentaries, a note to

[227]

Remarks on that note

[266]

Reply to the remarks

[388]

Bon-Bon, a Tale, by Edgar A. Poe

[693]

Browne, P. A.—Hints to Geological Students

[162]

,

[300]

Essay on the Mineral Wealth of Virginia

[91]

Law Case, involving a question in Hydraulics and Hydrostatics

[44]

Bryant's Poems, notice of

[250]

Buffon, his theory of the Earth's origin

[302]

Bulwer, his Pilgrims of the Rhine reviewed

[53]

Last Days of Pompeii

[241]

Convicted of Plagiarism

[246]

Burnet, Thomas, his theory of the Earth

[301]

Butler, Mrs. (once Miss Kemble) notices of her Journal

[459]

,

[524]

C

"Calavar, an American Novel," reviewed

[315]

"Cavaliers of Virginia," reviewed

[385]

Caucus System, its effects

[218]

Etymology of "

Caucus

"

[455]

"Celebrated Trials of all Countries," notice of

[458]

"Celebrated Women," Madame Junot's Memoirs of, noticed

[458]

"Chances and Changes," reviewed

[649]

Chotank, Recollections of

[43]

Christian Education, Essay on

[432]

Churches, American, Drs. Reed and Matheson's visit to, noticed

[714]

Circumstantial Evidence, its danger illustrated by a narrative

[142]

Classics, thoughts on the study of

[213]

Classmates, My, a Tale

[106]

Colonial Manners, a picture of the Maryland House of Burgesses in 1766

[138]

Common Schools of New England, their benefits

[86]

,

[87]

Some particulars of their organization

[275]

"Confessions of a Poet," notice of

[459]

"Conquest of Florida," (Soto's) notice of

[648]

Contrast (the) or a Fashionable and Unfashionable New England Wife

[290]

Conversation Parties, Soirées, and Squeezes, by Oliver Oldschool

[547]

Cooper, James Fenimore, Letter to his Countrymen, reviewed

[648]

Cottage in the Glen, a Tale

[78]

"Court of Charles II," Beauties of, by Mrs. Jameson, reviewed

[312]

Courtship and Marriage

[349]

Crayon Miscellany, No. 1, reviewed

[456]

No. 2

[646]

Criticism—see "

[Literary Notices.]

"

Crockett's Tour, notice of

[459]

Cupid's Sport, a Tale, No. 1

[102]

No. 2

[741]

Cyclopean Towers in Augusta County, Virginia—described

[98]

D

Dagger's Springs, an account of

[518]

Dancing, Waltzing, &c. by Anthony Absolute

[512]

Dandyism, ridiculed, by Oliver Oldschool

[251]

Dargle, the (in Ireland) described

[203]

Davidson, Miss, review of her Poems

[51]

Deaf and Dumb Asylum—Review of Gov. Tazewell's Report on

[134]

Remarks on that Review

[201]

Dew, Professor, his Dissertation on the Sexes, &c.

[493]

,

[621]

,

[672]

"Diary of an Ennuyée" by Mrs. Jameson, reviewed

[18]

Diary of a Revolutionary Officer, extract from

[341]

Dictionary, Worcester's, notice of

[715]

Discourse on the Progress and Influence of Philosophy, by Professor George Tucker

[405]

Dissertation on the Characteristic Differences of the Sexes, and Woman's Position and Influence in Society

[493]

,

[621]

,

[672]

District School, The, notice of

[777]

Doom, The, a Tale

[235]

Door-Latch, The

[770]

Dream and Prediction, remarkable, fulfilled

[658]

Duel, The

[641]

Dyspeptic Man

[71]

E

Early Adventures

[761]

Editorial Remarks

[1]

,

[63]

,

[125]

,

[190]

,

[254]

,

[321]

,

[387]

,

[531]

,

[533]

,

[652]

Education, Christian, Essay on

[432]

Of Infancy

[279]

Address on, by Mrs. Sigourney

[169]

Address on Associations for promoting it, by Mr. Garnett

[282]

Lectures on the obstacles to, by the same

[725]

Edgeworth's Practical, noticed

[459]

Eloquence, Pinckney's, account of

[94]

Essay on

[165]

English Poetry, Essays on

[397]

,

[557]

Ennuyée, Diary of, reviewed

[18]

Epicurus, his Geogony

[301]

Eulogy on Lafayette, by M. De Boinville

[93]

By Messrs. Adams and Everett, reviewed

[307]

Evidence, Circumstantial, its danger illustrated

[142]

"Example is better than Precept," an Essay

[39]

Extemporaneous Speaking, Essay on

[7]

Extracts from my Mexican Journal

[276]

,

[435]

,

[700]

from a Novel that never will be published

[46]

from a Journal of a Voyage to Europe

[3]

from the Autobiography of Pertinax Placid

[617]

,

[706]

F

Family Library, Classical, notice of

[779]

Fashionable and Unfashionable N. England Wife

[290]

Fashionable Parties and late hours, by M. M. Noah

[357]

Father's Advice to his only Daughter

[187]

Female Education, Mrs. Sigourney's Address on

[169]

Few Days in Athens, by Fanny Wright

[715]

Fine Arts, Essays on the

[376]

,

[454]

,

[477]

Florian's

Bathmendi

, translated

[377]

Fourth of July, a rural celebration of it described

[156]

France, Letters from, by a Sister. See "

[Leontine's Letters from France.]

"

Free Governments, their influence on the Mind

[389]

G

Gallantry, comparative, in the Northern and Southern States

[84]

,

[218]

Gallopade and Waltz, strictures on, by Oliver Oldschool

[426]

Garnett's Address, on Associations to promote Education

[282]

Lectures on the obstacles to Education, &c.

[725]

Gazetteer of Virginia, notice of

[257]

Geology, hints to Students of

[162]

,

[300]

Gift, The, notice of

[780]

Glimpse at Basil Hall

[206]

Grave of Forgotten Genius, a Tale, by an Undergraduate

[469]

Grayson Griffith

[605]

Guy Rivers, extract from, illustrating the evils of maternal indulgence and neglect in childhood

[280]

H

Hall, Captain Basil, a Glimpse at

[206]

Hamilton,

La Belle

, in Charles II's Court—her charms described

[313]

Hans Phaal, a Tale, by Edgar A. Poe

[565]

Heinroth on the Education of Infancy

[279]

Historical and Philosophical Society of Virginia—its collections

[123]

Anniversary Meeting

[255]

,

[257]

Selections from its papers

[353]

,

[354]

,

[356]

Professor George Tucker's Discourse before

[405]

History of the U. S. by George Bancroft, reviewed

[587]

Halloway and Hopkins, eminent lawyers of Virginia when a Colony, notices of them

[353]

Hook's Magpie Castle, reviewed

[714]

Hope and Memory, an Allegory, by Paulding

[31]

Hopkinson, Judge, his letter to the Editor

[322]

"Horse-Shoe Robinson," a Novel, by Mr. Kennedy, reviewed

[522]

Hospitality in New England

[166]

House Mountain in Virginia, described

[472]

Hutton, his theory of the Earth's Origin

[304]

Hydrostatics and Hydraulics, question of, in a Law Case

[44]

I

Illoray De Courcy, a Novel, notice of

[459]

Impediments to American Literature

[220]

Improvisation

[7]

Indian Feats of Legerdemain

[657]

Indian Lover, a Tale

[393]

Indian Mother, a Tale

[223]

Infancy, Heinroth on the Education of

[279]

Infancy, evils of neglecting it

[280]

"Infidel," (The) "or the Fall of Mexico," a Romance, reviewed

[582]

Influence of Free Governments on the Mind

[389]

"Insurgents," The, a Novel, reviewed

[478]

Interesting Ruins on the Rappahannock

[9]

Ireland, History of, by T. Moore, reviewed

[478]

Irving, Theodore, History of the Conquest of Florida, reviewed

[648]

Irving, Washington, Tribute to him, from the North American Review

[650]

Italian Sketch Book, notice of

[594]

J

Jameson, Mrs. her Diary of an Ennuyée, reviewed

[18]

"Visits and Sketches"

[250]

"Court of Charles II"

[312]

Jonathan Bull and Mary Bull, a political apologue

[342]

Journal, my Mexican, Extracts from

[276]

,

[435]

,

[700]

Journal of a Voyage to Europe, Extracts from

[3]

Journal of Medical Science, notice of

[778]

K

Kennedy, John P. his oration in memory of Wm. Wirt, reviewed

[16]

His Novel, Horse-Shoe Robinson, reviewed

[522]

King Pest the First, a Tale, containing an Allegory

[757]

Knowles, James Sheridan, notice of his Tales

[18]

Kosciusko, Life of, reviewed

[596]

L

Lacon, Extracts from

[72]

,

[124]

,

[358]

La Fayette, Eulogy on, by M. De Boinville

[93]

By Messrs. Adams and Everett, reviewed

[307]

"Last Days of Pompeii," reviewed

[241]

Proved to contain a Plagiarism from Fairfield's "Last Night of Pompeii"

[246]

"Last N

IGHT

of Pompeii"

versus

the "Last D

AYS

of Pompeii"

[246]

Latin and Greek Classics, thoughts on the study of

[213]

Law Case, involving a question of Hydrostatics

[44]

Law Students, Mr. Wirt's Letter to one

[34]

Lecture to, by Professor B. Tucker

[145]

Valedictory to, by the same

[601]

Lazarus Rust's lament for his name

[170]

Leaf from a Young American Tourist's Journal (in Italy)

[83]

Legerdemain, Extraordinary Indian Feats of

[657]

"Leisure Hours," notice of

[189]

Leontine's Letters from France

[232]

,

[304]

,

[373]

,

[487]

,

[535]

,

[663]

,

[765]

L

ETTERS

—from Mr. Wirt, on Law Studies

[34]

from New England, by a Virginian

[85]

,

[166]

,

[217]

,

[273]

,

[421]

from France, see "

[Leontine.]

"

on the U. States, by a Young Scotchman

[482]

,

[602]

from Judge Hopkinson to the Editor

[322]

from a correspondent in Shepherdstown

[324]

from Larry Lyle to that correspondent

[388]

from the Reviewer of Messrs. Adams' and Everett's Orations

[388]

from R. H. Wilde, on being charged with Plagiarism

[252]

from Mr. Paulding to the Editor

[1]

Leucippus, his system of Cosmogony

[301]

Lionel Granby

[516]

,

[541]

,

[632]

,

[661]

Lionizing, a Tale, by Edgar A. Poe

[515]

Literary Intelligence

[715]

L

ITERARY

N

OTICES

.

A Winter in the West, by a New Yorker

[459]

Adams' and Everett's Orations on the Death of La Fayette

[307]

Address (Inaugural) of President Olin, at R. M. College, Va.

[15]

Address of President Vethake, at Washington College, Va.

[585]

American Quarterly Review

[595]

American Journal of Science, &c. (Silliman's)

[714]

American Republication of Foreign Reviews

[651]

Amir Khan, and other Poems, by Lucretia Maria Davidson

[51]

Bancroft's History of the United States, vol. i.

[587]

Beauties of the Court of Charles the 2d, by Mrs. Jamieson

[312]

Belford Regis, by Miss Mitford

[651]

Blackbeard

[595]

Bryant's Poems, new edition

[250]

Bulwer's Last Days of Pompeii

[241]

Bulwer's Pilgrims of the Rhine

[53]

Butler, Mrs. Frances Anne's Journal

[459]

,

[524]

Calavar, a new American Novel

[315]

Cavaliers of Virginia, an American Novel

[385]

Celebrated Trials of all Countries

[458]

Chances and Changes, a Domestic Story

[649]

Classical Family Library

[779]

Confessions of a Poet

[459]

Conquest of Florida (Hernando Soto's) by Theodore Irving

[648]

Cooper, James Fenimore's Letter to his Countrymen

[18]

Crayon Miscellany, No. 1

[456]

No. 2 (containing Abbottsford and Newstead Abbey)

[646]

Crockett's Tour to the North and Down East

[459]

Diary of an Ennuyée, by Mrs. Jameson

[18]

Dictionary, Worcester's

[715]

District School

[777]

Early Naval History of England

[780]

Edgeworth's Practical Education

[459]

Few days in Athens, by Fanny Wright

[715]

German work on America

[596]

Gift, The

[780]

Highland Smugglers

[459]

Horse-Shoe Robinson, by the Author of Swallow Barn

[522]

Illoray De Courcy, a Novel

[459]

Infidel, The, or the Fall of Mexico, a Romance

[582]

Influence, a Moral Tale

[458]

Italian Sketch Book

[594]

Knowles' "Magdalen" and other Tales

[22]

Kosciusko's Life

[596]

Language of Flowers

[459]

Last Days of Pompeii

[241]

,

[246]

Leisure Hours, or the American Popular Library

[189]

Letters to Young Ladies, by Mrs. Sigourney

[715]

Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, by Henry Lee

[458]

Literary Journal

[124]

Lives of English Pirates, &c.

[459]

London Quarterly Review

[458]

Madame Junot's Memoirs of Celebrated Women

[458]

Magpie Castle, by Theodore Hook

[714]

Manual of Phrenology

[714]

Mephistopheles in England

[776]

Moore's History of Ireland

[595]

New England Magazine

[777]

No Fiction

[458]

North American Review

[457]

,

[650]

Outre Mer, or a Pilgrimage beyond Sea, by Professor Longfellow

[594]

Pencil Sketches, 2d series

[595]

Phrenology, Manual of

[714]

Pilgrims of the Rhine

[53]

Poems, by a Collegian

[117]

Promessi Sposi, or the Betrothed Lovers, a Milanese Story

[520]

Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaca, &c. by Beckford

[714]

Scraps, by John C. McCabe

[386]

Silliman's Journal of Science and the Arts

[714]

Sketches, by Mrs. Sigourney

[22]

"Stories about General Warren"

[749]

Speece's Poems

[118]

The Brothers, a Tale of the Fronde

[715]

Tocqueville's American Democracy

[596]

Valerius, a Novel, by Lockhart

[459]

Vathek, by Mr. Beckford

[118]

,

[270]

,

[386]

Visit to the American Churches, by Drs. Reed and Matheson

[714]

Visit to Texas

[119]

Visits and Sketches, by Mrs. Jameson

[250]

Voyage of the Potomac Frigate round the Globe, by J. N. Reynolds

[594]

Washington's Writings and Life, by J. Sparks, vol. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

[591]

Western Journal of Medical Science

[778]

Wife and Woman's Record, by Mrs. Norton

[714]

Wirt's Life and Character, Oration on, by J. P. Kennedy

[16]

Wood, Mrs. Jean

[209]

L

ITERATURE

, American, Impediments to it

[220]

Southern

[1]

Loss of Breath, a Tale,

a la

Blackwood, by Edgar A. Poe

[735]

Love and Authorship, by Knowles

[22]

Luxury, Essay on

[163]

M

Magpie Castle, by Theodore Hook, reviewed

[714]

Mahomet, his Cosmogony

[301]

Maid of Malines, a Tale by Bulwer

[54]

Manual of Phrenology

[714]

Manufacturing Establishments, Nurseries of Vice

[273]

March of Mind

[154]

Married Man, Recollections of

[770]

Marrying Well, a Moral Tale

[345]

Martineau, Miss

[319]

Maryland House of Burgesses in 1766, picture of its manners

[138]

McCabe, J. C. notice of his "Scraps"

[386]

Mechanician and Uncle Simon, by Nugator

[186]

Memoirs of Celebrated Women, by Madame Junot—notice of

[458]

Memory, an Allegory

[216]

Memory and Hope, an Allegory, by Paulding

[31]

Mephistopheles in England, notice of

[776]

Mexican Journal, Extracts from

[276]

,

[435]

,

[700]

Mineral Possessions, and the Cultivation of Geological Inquiry—their National Importance

[484]

Mineral Wealth of Virginia, by P. A. Browne

[91]

Misfortune and Genius, a Tale

[36]

Morella, a Tale, by Edgar A. Poe

[448]

Museum (Littell's) of Foreign Literature—noticed

[251]

My Classmates, a Tale

[106]

My First Night in the Watch-house—from the Autobiography of Pertinax Placid

[617]

,

[706]

"My Life"—notice of

[651]

My Name—a lament of Lazarus Rust

[170]

My Tongs—a dream

[746]

My Two Aunts

[189]

N

Napoleon, Lee's Life of—noticed

[458]

Naval History of England, notice of

[780]

New England—Remarks on

[84]

New England—Letters from, by a Virginian

[85]

,

[166]

,

[217]

,

[273]

,

[421]

New England Magazine, notice of

[777]

Norfolk—Proceedings at, of the Sons of Liberty in 1776

[354]

North American Review—Notices of

[457]

,

[650]

Nose, Tale of a—by Pertinax Placid

[445]

Nose, Account of a Prodigious

[468]

Note to Blackstone's Commentaries

[227]

Remarks on it

[266]

Reply to the "Remarks"

[388]

Novel that never will be Published, Extract from a

[46]

Novel-Reading—its effects described

[39]

Nugator's several Contributions

[9]

,

[46]

,

[181]

,

[455]

,

[580]

O

Observations on the National Importance of Mineral Possessions, and the Cultivation of Geological Inquiry

[484]

Olin, President's, Inaugural Address at Randolph Macon College—review and extract

[15]

Oliver Oldschool, on Dandyism

[251]

On the Waltz and Gallopade

[426]

On Conversation Parties, &c.

[547]

Orations—review of J. P. Kennedy's, on Mr. Wirt

[16]

Of Messrs. Adams' and Everett's, on La Fayette

[307]

Ormond, the Second Great Duke of

[313]

,

[314]

Orpheus, his Cosmogony

[301]

Ossory, Lord and Lady—characters of

[313]

"Outre Mer," reviewed

[594]

P

Paris, a Scene in (1827)—by a Virginian

[381]

Patriarch, The—a Tale, by Mrs. Sigourney

[28]

Patrick Henry, Anecdotes of

[332]

Paulding, James K.—Letter to the Publisher

[1]

Allegory of Memory and Hope

[31]

"Pencil Sketches," by Miss Leslie, notice of

[595]

Pertinax Placid's Autobiography, extracts from

[617]

,

[706]

Peter's Mountain

[641]

Philosophy, its Progress and Influence on Morals and Intellect, by Professor George Tucker

[601]

Phrenological Examinations of Dr. Powell

[204]

Pilgrims of the Rhine, notice of

[53]

Pinckney's Eloquence, characterized

[94]

Poems, by a Collegian, reviewed

[117]

Poetry, English, Essays on

[397]

Pompeii, Last D

AYS

of, reviewed

[241]

Its Author convicted of Plagiarism

[246]

Last N

IGHT

of

[246]

Popular Instruction, Associations for in N. England

[273]

Mr. Garnett's Address on

[282]

Potomac Frigate, its Voyage round the Globe

[594]

Powell, Dr. Wm. Byrd—Description of the Sweet Spring Valley

[42]

Phrenological Examinations

[204]

Prairie Dogs, Republic of, described by Irving

[456]

Prairies, a Storm on

[534]

"

Promessi Sposi

" or the Betrothed Lovers, a Milanese Story, reviewed

[520]

R

Reclaimed, the, a Tale

[668]

Recollections of Chotank

[43]

Recollections of an Excursion, &c. by Beckford—notice of

[714]

Recollections of a Married Man

[770]

Red Sulphur Springs

[519]

,

[544]

Remarkable Dream and Prediction Fulfilled

[658]

Reminiscences of a Western Traveller

[336]

Reporter's Story, or the Importance of a Syllable

[73]

Reviews and Criticisms, see "

[LITERARY NOTICES.]

"

Revolutionary Officer's Diary—surrender of Charleston

[341]

Richmond (City) account of, from the Virginia Gazetteer

[258]

Robinson, John (A.D. 1694,) his

Anatomical

Description of the Earth

[341]

Romance of Real Life, a narrative

[271]

Root, Mrs., Female Seminary in Prince Edward

[519]

Ruins on the Rappahannock

[9]

S

Sale in Lower Virginia, description of one, by Nugator

[580]

Sally Singleton, a Story, by Nugator

[46]

Sandfords (the) a Tale

[552]

Sardanapalus

[699]

Scene in Paris, in 1827, by a Virginian

[381]

Scene in Real Life

[430]

Scenery, Virginia, Sketch of

[348]

"Scraps," by John C. McCabe, reviewed

[386]

Seasons (the) sketched

[176]

Servility, remarks on

[6]

Sexes, their Characteristic Differences

[493]

,

[621]

,

[672]

Shadow, a Fable

[762]

Shakspeare, some curious relics of

[253]

Shipwreck, Story of one

[351]

Sigourney, Mrs. her "Sketches" reviewed

[22]

Address on Female Education

[169]

Silliman's Journal of Science, &c. notice of

[714]

Sister, Letters from a—see "

[Leontine.]

"

"Sketches," by Mrs. Sigourney, notice of

[22]

Sons of Liberty at Norfolk, their Proceedings in 1776

[354]

Soto's Conquest of Florida, by Theodore Irving, notice of

[648]

Southern Literature

[1]

Speaking, Extemporaneous, Essay on

[7]

Speece's Poems, notice of

[118]

"Stories about General Warren," reviewed

[749]

Storm on the Prairies—from the MSS. of D. D. Mitchell

[534]

Story from Voltaire, translated

[10]

Study of the Latin and Greek Classics, thoughts on

[213]

Surrender of Charleston, from the Diary of a Revolutionary Officer

[341]

Sweet Springs, the Valley of, described

[42]

Swimming, a Feat of

[468]

T

Tale of the West

[437]

Tam O'Shanter, &c. group of, in statuary, by Mr. Thorn

[140]

Tazewell, Governor—Review of his Report on a Proposed Deaf and Dumb Asylum

[134]

Remarks on that Review

[201]

Texas, a visit to, reviewed

[119]

Thorn, the Sculptor, his group of Tam O'Shanter

[140]

Time, the Consoler, from Voltaire

[11]

Tocqueville's "American Democracy," noticed

[596]

Township System of the Northern States, its advantages

[86]

Tucker, Prof. Beverley, Lecture to his Law Class

[145]

"Note to Blackstone's Commentaries"

[227]

"Remarks" on that Note

[266]

His Reply to the "Remarks"

[388]

Valedictory to his Class

[601]

Tucker, Professor George, Discourse on the Progress of Philosophy, and its Influence on Morals and Intellect

[405]

Tripoli Sketches of the History and Present Condition of

[65]

,

[129]

,

[193]

,

[261]

,

[325]

,

[461]

,

[654]

,

[717]

Shaler, William, Consul General of the United States for the Barbary Powers, concludes Treaty with Algiers

[655]

Spirited conduct in protecting his servants

[724]

Death of

[724]

Algiers. Turks under Barbarossa establish themselves in Algiers

[70]

Description of the City

[719]

Attacked by Charles the Fifth in 1541

[71]

War with Tunis

[720]

The Dey plunders American vessels on account of the delay in paying tribute

[653]

Conduct of Great Britain and France towards Algiers

[653]

Dey compels the American Consul to pay arrears of tribute unjustly demanded and declares war against the U. States

[654]

American squadron sent against Algiers under Decatur

[655]

Algerine ships of war taken by the American squadron

[655]

Treaty dictated by Decatur and Shaler

[655]

British fleet under Lord Exmouth visit Algiers and make treaties for Sardinia and Naples

[720]

American squadron under Shaw visit Algiers

[719]

Dey rejects the treaty with the United States

[718]

Writes a letter to the President proposing renewal of former treaty

[718]

Lord Exmouth's second visit to Algiers

[718]

Demands abolition of slavery

[718]

Reference made by the Dey to the Sultan

[718]

British and Dutch expedition against Algiers

[719]

Bombardment of the City, and submission made by the Dey to the demands of the British

[719]

Reflections

[720]

American squadron under Chauncey arrive at Algiers

[721]

Receipt of answer from the President of the United States to the Dey's letter

[721]

Dey accepts the treaty

[722]

British and French squadron sent to demand abolition of slavery

[723]

Refusal by the Dey to comply

[723]

Invasion of the British Consul's house

[724]

Fleet sent to demand apologies

[724]

Success of that expedition

[724]

Hamet Prince of Tripoli, account of

[131]

Deprived of the throne by his younger brother Yusuf

[132]

Discovered at Tunis by the American Consul Eaton

[194]

And persuaded to attempt the recovery of his dominions, goes to Malta

[195]

And thence to Derne

[196]

Obliged to fly to Egypt

[198]

Found by Eaton among the Mamelukes in Egypt

[262]

Makes treaty with Eaton

[262]

Expedition of Hamet and Eaton to Derne,

[263]

Carried from Derne by the American squadron to Syracuse; sum voted for his support by the American Congress; returns as Bey to Derne

[331]

Expelled by his brother; takes refuge in Egypt and dies there

[389]

His son

[389]

Tunis taken by Barbarossa

[70]

Taken by Charles the Fifth

[71]

Treaty with the United States; disagreement with the United States

[389]

Tunisian Ambassador sent to Washington

[390]

Difficulties between the United States and Tunis on account of prizes taken by an American privateer

[655]

Hamouda Bey of Tunis, character of

[193]

death

[465]

Morat Rais, high Admiral of Tripoli, a Scotch Renegade

[133]

Enmity to the United States

[133]

Banished at the demand of the American Consul

[465]

Fezzan, a desart country of Africa, description of

[464]

Conquered by the Pasha of Tripoli

[464]

Yusuf, Pasha of Tripoli, murders his eldest brother Hassan Bey

[131]

Rebels against his father

[132]

Seizes the throne of Tripoli and expels his brother Hamet

[132]

Makes a treaty with the United States

[132]

Declares war against the United States

[133]

Attempts to negotiate a peace on condition of tribute being paid

[328]

Makes peace

[330]

Energy in repairing his losses

[463]

Conquers Fezzan

[464]

His sons rebel against him

[464]

Eaton, William, Consul of the United States at Tunis

[193]

His plan to replace Hamet on the throne of Tripoli

[194]

Returns to America

[197]

Goes to Egypt

[198]

Finds Hamet and makes a treaty with him

[262]

Expedition from Alexandria

[263]

Reaches and takes Derne

[265]

Evacuates Derne

[331]

Death of

[332]

Melle-Melle, Tunisian Ambassador in the U. States, anecdote of

[463]

Tripoli, anciently called Oea

[58]

Taken by the Saracens

[69]

Taken by the Spaniards

[70]

Given to the Knights of St. John

[71]

Taken by Dragut

[71]

Hamet Caramalli the Great kills the Turkish garrison and makes himself Pasha

[130]

Trade of

[130]

Treaties with foreign powers

[131]

Seized by the Turks and held for two years

[132]

Yusuf becomes Pasha and makes a treaty with the United States

[132]

War with the United States

[133]

Blockaded by the American squadron

[133]

Bombarded

[198]

Attack on by a Sardinian squadron

[723]

Attacked by a Sicilian squadron

[723]

Mohamed D'Ghies, Prime Minister of Tripoli, friendly to the Americans

[133]

Kindness to the American prisoners in Tripoli and endeavors to negotiate a peace with the United States

[328]

Lear, Tobias, sent as Consul General of the United States in Barbary

[325]

His influence over Commodore Barron

[329]

Concludes peace with Tripoli

[330]

Ordered to quit Algiers

[654]

Exmouth, Lord, visits Algiers with a fleet and negotiates treaties of peace for Sardinia and Naples

[723]

Second visit to Algiers

[723]

Bombardment of Algiers

[723]

Sardinians attack Tripoli

[722]

Sicilians attack Tripoli

[724]

Abællino, American privateer, enters the Mediterranean and takes several British vessels

[655]

Philadelphia frigate strikes on a rock at the entrance of the harbor of Tripoli

[197]

Burnt by the Americans

[197]

Decatur, Stephen, burns the Philadelphia frigate in the harbor of Tripoli

[197]

Commands a squadron sent against Algiers in 1815; takes two Algerine ships and makes treaty with Algiers

[655]

Obtains indemnifications from Tunis and Tripoli

[656]

Hall, Captain Isaac, carries Gen. Eaton to Alexandria

[198]

Assists in the capture of Derne

[265]

U

United States, Bancroft's History of, Vol. I—reviewed

[587]

United States, Letters on, by a Young Scotchman

[482]

,

[602]

Unities, the, in Aristotle

[698]

V

Valedictory to the Pupils of a Female School

[172]

Valedictory to the Law Class at William and Mary College

[601]

"Valerius," by Mr. Lockhart, notice of

[459]

Valley of the Sweet Springs described

[42]

Variety

[252]

,

[321]

Vathek, notices of

[188]

,

[270]

,

[386]

Village Pastor's Wife

[359]

Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society—see "

[Historical,"]

&c.

Visit to the Virginia Springs

[474]

,

[544]

,

[613]

Visit to the Virginia Springs, Another

[772]

"Visit to Texas," reviewed

[119]

"Visits and Sketches," notice of

[250]

Visionary, the, a Tale, by Edgar A. Poe

[637]

Voltaire, Story from, translated

[11]

Voyage to Europe, Extract from a Journal of

[3]

W

Waltz and Gallopade, ridiculed

[426]

Warren, General, Stories about

[749]

Washington's Birth Night—Celebration of, at Williamsburg, in 1779

[3]

His Life and Writings, by Jared Sparks, reviewed

[591]

Werner's System of Geogony

[303]

West, a Tale of the

[437]

Western Scenery

[139]

Western Traveller, Reminiscences of

[336]

Wheeling Fort, attacked on the Indians in 1777

[356]

Whiston, William, his account of the Earth's Origin

[302]

White Antelope, or the Indian Lover, a Tale

[393]

Wilde, Richard H.—His Letter on being charged with Plagiarism

[252]

Willis, Nathaniel P., vindicated

[88]

His Impressions of London

[366]

"Winter in the West," notice of

[459]

Wirt, William, Oration in memory of, reviewed

[16]

His Letter to a Law Student

[34]

Wolfe, Charles, his description of "The Dargle"

[203]

Woman, her Position and Influence in Society

[493]

,

[621]

,

[673]

Worcester's Dictionary, notice of

[715]


POETRY.

A

Age of Reptiles

[612]

A. L. B., Lines to him

[492]

Album, Lines in,

[12]

,

[177]

,

[272]

,

[369]

,

[467]

,

[611]

,

[667]

,

[748]

Ann, Lines to

[466]

Answer to "My Life is like the Summer Rose"

[452]

Answer to Willis's, "They may talk of your Love in a Cottage"

[612]

Anticipation

[161]

Apostrophe of the Æolian Harp to the Wind

[396]

"Arnold and Andre," an unpublished Drama, scene from

[555]

Autumn

[453]

Autumn Woods

[179]

B

Ballad

[705]

Barlow's Monument, Lines on

[369]

Battle of Breed's Hill

[185]

Beauty of Time

[161]

Beauty without Loveliness

[208]

Bible, Lines to the

[371]

Blackstone's "Farewell to his Muse"

[208]

Broken Heart

[404]

Brown, Mrs. D. P., Lines to her Infant Daughter

[13]

To her Children, on the New Year

[14]

Byron's Last Words

[177]

C

Cantilena Amatoria

[776]

Cemetery, the, from the Russian

[63]

Changes of Nature

[240]

Christiana, Lines to

[755]

Claudia, To

[776]

Coldness of Character, Lines on being accused of

[635]

Coliseum, the, a Prize Poem, by Edgar A. Poe

[706]

Collegian, Poems by, Extracts from

[117]

Columbus before the University of Salamanca

[12]

Content's Mishap, by Pertinax Placid

[450]

Coquetry, Lines on, to Miss C.

[369]

Creation of the Antelope

[216]

Curse of the Betrayed One, a Fragment

[763]

D

D——, Lines to, by a Young Lady

[160]

Dandy Chastised

[96]

Davis, Warren R., Lines to his Memory

[317]

Death among the Trees, by Mrs. Sigourney

[51]

Death of the Motherless, by the same

[372]

Declaration, the

[180]

Desart Grief, by Lucy T. Johnson

[771]

Despair, Lines to

[200]

Diamond Chain

[611]

Dirge, by Mrs. Willard

[539]

E

Elegy, by Frederick Speece

[636]

Eolian Harp's Apostrophe to the Wind

[396]

Epigram Francaise, and Translation

[186]

Epigrams

[317]

,

[320]

,

[612]

Epitaph on a Young Lady

[319]

Estelle, Verses to

[539]

Eugene Aram, Paraphrase of a Figure in

[604]

Exile, The

[317]

Extempore, on hearing Mr. Wickham in the House of Delegates

[208]

F

F——, Lines to

[691]

Farewell to Rosa

[540]

Fated City

[100]

Friends of Man, by Mrs. Sigourney

[755]

From my Scrap Book

[180]

From my Mother's Note Book

[318]

G

Genius of Columbia to her Native Muse

[50]

Girl of Beauty

[667]

Grave Seekers

[101]

H

Happy Love

[208]

Heart, The

[184]

Hector and Andromache, parting of—

translated by William Munford

[768]

H. W. M. Lines to

[634]

Hope, Address to

[370]

Hopes and Sorrows

[371]

Hymn to the Stars

[101]

I

"I met Thee by Moonlight alone"

[764]

Ianthe, Lines to

[186]

Impromptus

[183]

,

[198]

Infant Nephew in England, Address to

[699]

Intemperance, by Mrs. Sigourney

[13]

Invocation

[453]

Invocation to Religion

[161]

Irish Peasant Wife's Song, by Mrs. Norton

[206]

Italian Extravaganza, and Translation

[452]

J

James Gibbon Carter—lines on his death

[660]

Jeu de Mots

—on a Name

[319]

Josephine

[775]

Julia Bruce, the blind, deaf mute—Lines on by Mrs. Sigourney

[635]

K

Kiss, The—

a la Moore

[199]

L

La Fayette, by Mrs. Willard

[538]

Last Gift

[396]

Last Indian, by Larry Lyle

[402]

Lawyer's Farewell to his Muse

[316]

"Let Ocean swell with angry spite,"

[452]

Lines to —— —— of the United States Navy

[49]

on Finding a Billet from an early Friend

[62]

placed with a Rose on a Lady's Cheek

[96]

to ——, by L.

[101]

written in the Village of A—— in Virginia

[706]

to ——, by Powhatan

[164]

by the late Dr. Drake

[177]

by Alexander L. Beard

[699]

to a Lady

[186]

on Poesy and Religion

[660]

to Mrs. B. G. S. by E. A. S.

[764]

Love, Mutual, but Hopeless

[199]

M

Maniac's Address to the Moon

[698]

Marguerite, Lines to

[465]

Mary, Lines to

[635]

,

[692]

Miniature, The—by George P. Morris

[317]

Miss Martineau, Lines on

[319]

,

[320]

Moonlight

[370]

Musings, by the author of Vyvyan

[14]

,

[50]

,

[99]

My Child, Verses to—by Pertinax Placid

[467]

My Daughter's Lullaby

[537]

"My Life is Like the Summer Rose," by Wilde

[13]

Answer to it

[452]

My Native Home, by George Watterston

[644]

My Native Land, by Lucy T. Johnson

[466]

My own Opinion,

a la

Shakspeare

[272]

My Sisters, Lines to

[604]

My Wife, Lines to

[199]

N

Napoleon

[453]

Napoleon's Grave, by R. H. Wilde

[231]

Nature and Art

[437]

Nugator, Verses by

[82]

,

[539]

O

"O Give me that Oblivious Draught!"

[320]

Ocean, The

[671]

Ocean Hymn, by Mrs. Willard

[538]

Ode, on a Fine Night at Sea

[179]

Old Parish Church, by Nugator

[539]

"One who will understand me," Lines to

[369]

P

Parody on Bryant's Autumn

[185]

on Roy's Wife, by Warren R. Davis

[207]

on the Song in Marmion "Where shall the Lover rest," &c.

[612]

Parting

[178]

Passage of the Beresina

[207]

Peasant Women of the Canaries

[184]

Picture of Old Virginia, by Nugator

[82]

Pirate's Wife, Song of

[771]

Poems of Mrs. Jean Wood

[209]

Power of Faith

[40]

Prayer

[272]

R

"Remember me, Love!"

[692]

Richmond Theatre, the burning of

[666]

Rosalie Lee (Young Rosalie)

[332]

Ruins of Jamestown—Lines on Viewing

[178]

S

Sappho's Ode "To the Beloved Fair," a Stanza of it in Sarah—Lines to

[692]

Gaelic

[454]

Sea, a Sonnet on the—by A. L. Beard

[260]

Sea Bird's Revel, by Giles McQuiggin

[764]

Serenade

[12]

Sigourney, Mrs.—her Poems

[12]

,

[51]

,

[371]

,

[372]

,

[635]

,

[755]

Sleep

[77]

"Sleep on, thou Dear Maiden!"

[604]

Song

[254]

,

[692]

Song, by the author of Vyvyan

[62]

Song of the Pirate's Wife

[771]

Song of the Seasons, by Larry Lyle

[232]

Sonnets

[49]

,

[99]

,

[116]

,

[185]

,

[260]

,

[636]

Speece's Poems

[118]

Spider, The

[317]

Spring, by Eliza

[492]

by "a Prisoner"

[492]

by "Roy"

[492]

Stanzas

[49]

,

[116]

,

[119]

,

[660]

Stray Leaves

[332]

Susquehannah and Lackawanna, Lines on seeing their junction—by Mrs. Sigourney

[371]

Sybil's Leaf

[199]

T

"The Dial marks the Sunny Hour"

[604]

The Declaration

[180]

"The Dove of my Bosom lies bleeding"

[644]

The True Foundation

[320]

"There's nae Laddie Coming," by Hogg

[200]

"There is a Thought that still obtrudes"

[540]

"Thou Arch Magician!"

[467]

Thoughts, by E. A. S.

[756]

Thoughts on Seeing the Evening Star

[319]

Translations from Horace

[712]

from Adrian

[712]

True Consolation

[186]

True Riches and Glory

[372]

"Trust Not," by A. L. B.

[320]

Truth and Falsehood

[320]

U

Unfinished Poem, extract from

[370]

Unreasonable Wishes—to Miss S. S.

[494]

V

Victim of Disappointment

[724]

Visit to an Ancestral Vault

[200]

W

Wanderer, The—by A. L. Beard

[392]

Washington and Napoleon, Contrasted

[90]

"We parted, not as Lovers part"

[452]

What I Love

[452]

"Where is my Heart"

[453]

White, Thomas H., Lines in Memory of

[491]

,

[698]

Wilde, R. H.—Pieces by him

[13]

,

[99]

,

[186]

,

[187]

,

[231]

,

[318]

Willard, Mrs.—her contributions to the Messenger

[538]

,

[539]

Winter Scenes, at Williamsburg

[403]

Wood, Mrs. Jean—Poems by

[209]

Y

Young Rosalie Lee

[332]

Young Child, Lines to

[101]

Young Lady, Lines to

[177]