Chase, Judge, diverts Mr Pinkney from
the study of medicine to that of law,
Chile, capital of, 309-number of its in-
habitants, 312-commencement of the
revolution in, 313-its progress and
incidents, 313-part taken by the
Carreras, 313- success of the royal-
ists, 314-interference of Buenos
Aires, 314-victory over the royal-
ists, 314-unsuccessful attempt of the
elder Carrera, 315-connexion of
Manuel Rodriguez with the revolution,
316-history of the press in Chile,
319-influx of merchants and adven-
turers, 319-difficulties in the way of
commerce arising from various causes,
320.
Clarke, Duke of Feltre, his mistaken
views of Ireland, 336.
Classical learning, opinion of Judge Story
on, 135.
Classical Reader, Greenwood's and Em-
erson's, 234.
Clergy, deference paid to them in the
early settlement of New England, 30.
Code, general, practicability and expe-
diency of substituting for the common
and statute law, 193-sense of the
profession of the law against it, 193-
division of opinion and probable con-
test with regard to, 194.
College, Cumberland, Dr Lindsley's ac-
count of, 223.
Columbus, new documents relating to,
265-discovery of a manuscript narra-
tive of his first voyage, written by
himself, 268-quotation from the in-
troduction, 269-his greatness how
displayed during this voyage, 270-
terrors of his crew, 271-was the
first to observe the variations of the
magnetic needle, 271-consternation
of his companions on observing this
phenomenon, 271-his artifices to
support their courage, 271 et seq.—
quotations from his journal, 272 et
seq.-his account of the discovery of
land, 274-what island first discover-
ed, doubtful, 274-his expectation that
he was to find the Indies, 275-his
impression of the amiable character of
the Indians, 276-quotation of a
characteristic passage, 276-narra-
tions of his second and third voyages,
277-sells some Indians as slaves in
Spain, 278-his fourth voyage, 280
-extract from a letter to Ferdinand
and Isabella, 280-his unpublish-
ed letters, 281-extracts from them,
282 et seq.-his good understand-
ing with Amerigo Vespucci, 283-
and testimony of his character, 284
-singular proof of his infirm health,
284 his birthplace established, 285
-manuscript notices of his early life,
285-his collection of prophecies, 286
-extract from, 286-treatment of,
by Ferdinand, attempt to palliate, 288
-arguments examined, 288 et seq.
-first honors paid to him on the dis-
covery of America, 289-subsequent
injuries and indignities, 290-is su-
perseded, seized, and carried in chains
to Spain, 291-proofs that this was
done by order of Ferdinand, 292.
Common law ridiculed in the Merry
Tales of the Wise Men of Gotham,
Common schools. See Schools.
Companies, British Fur, their indulgence
and encouragement of the intemperate
habits of the Indians, 411-extent of
their severeignty and their petty wars
with each other, 413-character of
the proceedings of these companies,
413 et seq. their leaders, 414-
their fraudulent treatment of the In-
dians, 413-their immense profits, 415
-bad effects of upon the Indians, 415.
Comstock, J. L. his Elements of Mine-
ralogy, 487 its defects, 487 et seq.
Congress under the old system, its de-
liberations secret, 93-appoints a
committee to correspond with friends
in Europe, &c. 95-prepares a com-
mercial treaty to be offered to France
and Spain, 97.
Cottin, Madame, her Elizabeth, inferior
to the true story, 191.
Court, Supreme, of the United States,
jurisdiction of in regard to the states,
contested by Georgia, 353-case of
Virginia, 353 Kentucky stop laws,
355-sundry other cases detailed,
355 et seq.-decision of on the steam-
boat question, 359-importance and
high character of this tribunal, 361,
Courtenay, E. S. his Eulogy on the
Hon. William Crafts, 473.
Crafts, William, his conduct as a states-
man described, 473-his talents as a
writer, 474.
Crane, The, a principal chief of the Wy-
andots, 422-opposed to taking part
in the war of 1812, 422-proposal to
Gen. Harrison, 425-sends a depu-
tation to the Wyandots who have
joined the British, 425.
Currency paper, its true nature and ob.
jects, 182 et seq.-facilities given by
it to the accumulation of wealth, 183.
Dean, Silas, his mission to France in
1776, 95.
Delaware Indians maintained peace with
the United States in 1812, 417.
Detroit, the central point of Indian ne-
gotiation during the war of the revo-
lution, 377.
Diplomacy, The, of the United States,
92-the first publication of its kind,
93-author of, his remarks on the
state of the colonies before the revo-
lution, 94-committee appointed in
1775 to correspond with Europe, 95
-letter from French minister to the
king, quoted, 95-account of the se-
cret aid given by France in the early
part of the revolution, 96-commer-
cial treaty proposed to France, 97-
reception of envoys, 97-treaty de-
elined, 98 advantageous proposals
to France and Spain, 99 at first re-
jected, but after Burgoyne's surrender
accepted by France, 100-and by
Spain 101-ministers appointed to
Europe, 101-account of the negotia-
tion with Spain, 102-mediation of
Russia and Germany for a general
peace, 103-author's view of the ne-
gotiations quoted, 104-difficulties at-
tending them, 105-advantages se-
cured by the treaty, 107-owing to
the firmness and abilities of ministers,
108-new negotiations with Europe,
108 author's description of the pow-
ers and views of Bonaparte, 109.
E.
Eagle, bald, of America, Wilson's de-
scription of, 120.
Economy, Political, Cardozo's Notes
on, 169.
Education, in Tennessee, Dr Linds-
ley's Address concerning, 219-his
remarks on common schools, 220-
on teachers, 221-the effects of ed-
ucation, 222.
Education of teachers, proposed institu-
tion for, 157-necessity and proprie-
ty of such a project shown, 157-165
-happy feature in the proposed in-
stitution, 165-recommended to the
patronage of the different states, 166
-policy of free governments to foster
education, 165-patronage yielded by
the state governments to free schools,
165 should be extended to the edu-
cation of teachers, 167.
Emerson, George B. his Classical Rea-
der noticed, 234 et seq.
Emmet, Thomas Addis, Tone's Eulogy
of, 330.
England, her canals, 2-advantages de-
rived from them, 2-contest with
France for the superiority on the con-
tinent of North America, 365-did
not acquire an equal influence with
France over the Indians, 367-is re-
sponsible for the measures relating to
them till the revolution, 368-actual
relation to them and policy towards
them, 369-employment of them as
allies, 375-and acknowledged want
of power to restrain their excesses,
376-gives commissions to Canadi-
ans as officers of savages, 377-vari-
ous instances of the encouragement
given to Indian warfare and barbarity
by, 377 et seq.-means used to en-
gage them in the war of 1812, 384
-number subsidized and supported,
385-appropriation of Australasia by
British troops, 392-instance of their
hostilities towards the natives, 392-
evidence of their intention to take pos-
session of the continent 392-sale of
public lands in America, 397-treaty
for the purchase of lands from Indians
in Canada, 399-apathy of the govern-
ment with regard to the condition of
the Indians, 409 et seq―no restraints
upon the purchase of ardent spirits,
409-pretended humanity of the En-
glish in restraining Indians, 429-
head money offered to the Indians for
American prisoners, 432-citizens of
Michigan forbidden to ransom their
countrymen, 433,
Epics, four preeminent, 139-their sub-
jects and eras, 139 et seq.-of little
consequence to the man of genius
what is his subject, 140.
Ernesti, John Augustus, revises Hede-
ricus's Greek Lexicon, 150-his char-
acter as a scholar, 150.
Everett, Alexander H. his New Ideas on
Population, 218-object of and suc-
cess, 218-French translation of,
Farms, remarks on the proper size and
management of, 483 et seq.
Female education, Judge Story's re-
marks on, 134.
Ferdinand, attempt to palliate his treat-
ment of Columbus, 287 et seq., re-
futed, 287-is responsible for the treat-
ment of the navigator by Bobadilla,
294.
Fox, Mr Pinkney's opinion of, 72.
France, king of, letter to, from his minis-
ter on American affairs in 1776, 95-
court and nation, their reception of
the American envoys, 97-reject the
first propositions of United States,
but afterwards accede to them, 99 et
seq.-king of, his letter to the king of
Spain on American affairs, 100-con-
cludes a treaty with America, 101-
account of negotiations, relating to
general peace, 103 et seq.-terms
with Great Britain, 105.
Francis Berrian, or the Mexican Patriot,
noticed, 210-defects of the plot, 210
-its improbability, 211-principal
merit in its descriptions, 212.
Franklin, Dr. attention with which he
was received in France, 97-humor-
ous remarks with respect to the wild
turkey, 128.
Franklin, Capt. account of the misera-
ble condition of the Indians at York
Factory, 411-their free use of ardent
spirits, 411-their excesses authoriz-
ed by the Companies, 412-his ac-
count of their frauds and deceptions
practised upon the Indians, 416.
French, contest of, with England in
North America, 365-decline of their
power, 366-their power of accommo-
dation to the character of the Indians,
368-their attempts to prevent the
sale of spirituous liquors to them,
407.
Frost, John, his Class Book of American
Literature, noticed, 234.
Gauchos, Inhabitants of the Pampas, de-
scribed, 301.
Georgia, Report of the Board of public
works of, noticed, 466.
Godman, John D. his American Natural
History, noticed, 467.
Gotham, Merry Tales of the Three
Wise Men of, reviewed, 37-object of
the work, 39-its division into three
memoirs, 40-first memoir, of the
man-machine, 40-second memoir, of
the perfection of reason, 43-its ob-
ject to ridicule the common law, 44
-third memoir, of the phrenologist,
Government, Central form of, recom-
mended by a committee of the Con-
gress of Buenos Aires, 237-their
arguments in favor of it quoted, 237
Governments, Free, their policy to foster
education, 166 an institution for the
education of teachers consonant with
this policy, 166-the glory of a re-
publican government to watch over
the education of children, 167-their
rights in this particular, 168.
Greek Lexicon of Schrevelius, English
translation of, 162-its improvements
on the original, 145-its neat typo-
graphical execution, 146-proper
character of the Dictionary of an an-
cient language, 146-Greek and Lat-
in Dictionary of Hadrian Junius, 148
-Thesaurus of Stephanus, 148-
Lexicon of Hedericus, 158-revised
by Ernesti, 150-Lexicon of Schnei-
der, 152-of Riemer, 153.
Greenwood, F. W. P. his Classical
Reader, noticed, 234.
Grimshaw, William, his books for
schools, 225.
Growth of the Mind. See Reed.
Hale, Nathan, his Remarks on Rail
Roads, 475.
Harrison, General, his vigorous and de-
cisive campaign against the Indians,
381 - his letter relating to charges
contained in the Quarterly Review,
Head, F. B. his Journey across the
Pampas, 295-agent of a mining com-
pany, 297-does not inform us of the
success of his expedition, 297—his ac-
count of other speculations, 298-and
of the attempt to supply Buenos
Aires with butter, 298-extent of his
journey, 298-his account of the
Pampas, 300-of the modes of travel-
ling, 300-description of the Gau-
chos, 301-visits the gold mines of
La Carolina, 303-his passage across
the Andes, 303-account of the fall
of a mule, 305-passage of the region
of snow, 306-visit to the silver mine
of San Pedro Nolasco, 307.
Hedericus, his Greek Lexicon, 150-re-
vised by Ernesti, 150-its immense
success, 151.
Hedge, Levi, his Abridgement of Brown's
Philosophy, 480.
Hemans, Felicia, Mrs, her Poems, review-
ed, 443-state of public mind to which
her poetry is adapted, 444-has an ex-
alted idea of what a female writer
should be, 449-disadvantages of her
literary career, 450-account of her
works, 451-of The Skeptic, with quo-
tations, 451, 453-Vespers of Paler-
mo, 454-Siege of Valencia, 454-
quotations from, 455-The Forest
Sanctuary, 457-quotation from, 455
et seq.-character of her poetry calm
and serene, 460-is feminine, 460-
the Hebrew Mother, 461-Elysium,
461-her poetry generally known in
America, 463.
Hillhouse, James A. his Oration before
the Phi Beta Kappa Society, 129-his
subject,137-his distinction of poetry,
into the Classic, Romantic and Scrip-
tural schools, 137-opinion of Scrip-
ture as affording materials for the
poet, 139.
Historical Society of New York, Collec-
tions of, 216.
History, ingenious attempts of some
writers to disclose the facts of, 287.
History of New England by John Win-
throp, 23-of our country, neglect of,
23-and why, 24-of the American
Colonists before the Revolution, defi-
ciency of materials for, 214.
Hooker, his remark on law quoted, 345.
Humbert, his extraordinary success in
Ireland, 342.
Improvement, expectation of, character-
istic of the present age, 56-checks to
it arising from the boundaries and suc-
cessive stages of life, 57--how these
operate, 57 and 58-checks and ob-
stacles of various other kinds, 59-
absolute progress notwithstanding
them, 61-important to entertain a
proper apprehension of human powers
and the objects to which they should
be applied, 61-progress of science
accelerated by the principles of Bacon,
Indians of New England, their treatment
by the pilgrims, 30-of the West India
Islands, their amiable character as de-
scribed by Columbus, 276-sold as
slaves by him in Spain, 278.
Indians, North American, parts taken by
different tribes of, in the contests be-
tween England and France, 365-
relaxation of their exertions, 366-ca-
lamitous consequences of the contest
to them, 367-they appreciated the
real motives of the belligerents, 367
-their disappearance before the colo-
nies, 368-derived no advantages
from their cessions and sacrifices, 369
-their actual relation with the British
Government, 369-nature of the
treaties between them, 369-first in-
troduction of the plan of permanent
annuities to them, 369-cruel treat-
ment of by the British, 370-attempt
of Congress to prevent their taking
part in the American revolution, 371
-provisions of Congress for their
improvement and security, 371-pas-
sions which lead them to war, 372-
horrible customs of the man-eating so-
ciety, 372-but two serious occupa-
tions of the Indians, 373-their war
dance, 373-taking of scalps and ge-
neral conduct in war, 375-employed
by the British, though not under their
control, 376-their ravages in the
revolutionary war, 376-Canadians
constituted officers of them, 377-
their refusal to undertake an expedi-
tion for the British, 378-encouraged
by the British in their modes of war-
fare, 378-their war on the United
States in Washington's administra-
tion, 380-assisted by the British
from Detroit when conquered by
Wayne, 381-refused shelter by the
British at fort Miami, 381-talk of
President Madison to them, 382-dis-
suaded from engaging in the war of
1812, 384-changes produced upon
them by that war, 385-disease, mor-
tality, and disasters which they endured,
386-their feelings on this subject,
386-nature of their tenure of the
soil, 390,-mode in which it has been
alienated, 390-their present condi-
tion, 391-no tendency to improve-
ment, 391-have receded before the
British as well as American popula-
tion, 393-mode in which their lands
have been purchased by the United
States, explained, 394-terms
which they have been ceded to the
English, 399-land ceded to the
whites has lost its value to them from
the recession of game, 400-success
of the United States in preventing hos-
tilities of praticular tribes, 401-their
rights carefully protected by the Gov-
ernment of the United States, 402-
their civilization provided for by Con-
gress, 402-their inordinate indul-
gence in spirituous liquors, 404-its
early existence, 404-instance of their
strong love for them, 405-confined
to the frontier settlements, 405-sell-
ing it to them made penal by the
United States, 405-the law prevent-
ed from operation by the difficulty of
execution, 406-missionary establish-
ments for their education, 408-plan
for their removal beyond the Missis-
sippi, 408-nothing done by England
for their improvement, 409-but still
regarded as means for hostile purpos-
es, 411-Captain Franklin's account
of their intemperance about Hudson's
bay, 411-authorized and encouraged
by the fur companies, 412-defraud-
ed by them, 414-Indian hostilities
generally instigated by Europeans,
416-general fanatical spirit which
spread among the Indians in 1811,
416-tribes which joined the English
in the war of 1812 did not do it for
the preservation of their territory, 419
-massacre of Americans at the River
Raisin, by Indians, 429-of Colonel
Dudley's detachment on the Miami,
431-pretended attempt to restrain
Indian cruelty, 432-its futility, 433
-letter from General Brock advising
to indulge it, 434.
Internal Improvement, act of Congress
relating to, 1 why so little attention
heretofore paid to in the United
States, 3- -Report of Engineers relat-
ing to, 4-Mr Calhoun's letter basis
of a system of, 4-work first pro-
posed, a canal from the Potomac
to Ohio river, 7-importance of this
canal, 8-its practicability, and course,
9-its length, 10-Ohio and Erie
canal, 11-Delaware and Raritan,
12-of the Delaware and Chesa-
peake, 12-of Buzzards's and Barnsta-
ble bay, 13-of Taunton and Wey.
mouth, 14-of Atlantic and Gulf of
Mexico, 15-of Dismal Swamp, 17
- of Ohio, 18-national road from
Washington to New Orleans, 19—
state of these various improvements,
21-state of public feeling with regard
to this subject, 21-constitutional
doctrine on the power of the general
government over internal improve-
ment, 22.
Ireland, condition of, in the time of
Swift and Molyneux, 326-and sub-
sequently at the close of the Ameri-
can war, 326-narrow policy of Eng-
land the cause of the misery and de-
gradation of, 327 et seq.-influence
of England in the government of, 330
-effects of the French revolution up-
on the people of, 331-French inva-
sion of, in 1799, 336-its result,
337-violent measures of the admin-
istration of England against, 338-
another attempt for the liberation of,
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