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The southern literary messenger, Volume I., 1834-35

To Volume I of the Southern Literary Messenger.

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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

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