Antiquities of aboriginal Ame 70. Arabs, Algerine, 428. Atlantic Souvenir, noticed, 4 an imitation of the German books, ib. indicates and motes a growing taste, beautifully published, ib.- contents, ib. Augustin, 412, Autumnal Hymn of the Husi man, 440.
Bacon, Lord, on attendan courts, 27-remarks on imp ment in laws, 253-quoted Bainbridge and Decatur, com an expedition against Al 422.
Baltic sea, duties levied on entering, 457. Banks and currency of New land, Remarks on, noticed. course of exchange betwe Boston and the country 468-operation of the banks, 469. Barbarossa, two brothers, F 413-seize the power of A 414.
Barbary States, their existe disgrace to the civilized n 410-their savage policy, needlessly submitted to Christian states, ib. Barometer, its possible cor with magnetism and elec 10.
Barre, Colonel, 200-reas his conduct in relation Boston port bill, 201. Berbers, their language, v original, or a remant of
Punic, 11-their residen Biscaries of Algiers, 428. Blank verse, importance of observing the laws of chanical construction, rhythm illustrated by re to music, 332-not rh
Choteau, his letter concerning J. D. Hunter, 106. Cicero, 35. Civil law, has imparted a spirit of strict morality to the laws of in- surance and the courts of equity, 260-its doctrines sometimes too high and refined for practical use, 268-its wide spread influ- ence, 269.
Civilisation, in what it consists, 336.
Claim of France on the United States, its origin and amount, 147-renounced, 148. Claims on Denmark, stated by Mr Cushing, 456-history of the spoliations, 456, 457-Mr Erv- ing's mission, ib.
Claims for French spoliations, their great amount, 136-divided into two classes, 137-those exclud- ed from the Louisiana conven- tion, 137-under decree of 9th May 1793, 137-twice revoked, and finally restored, 138-em- bargo at Bordeaux, 139-Mr Monroe appoints an agent, who reports, 139-obtains partial re- lief, 140-new decree, of 2d July 1796, 141-decree of the Directory to the Windward Isl- ands, 141-case of the Patty, 142-decree of 27th November, 142-other decrees, and their oppressive operation, 143-case of Capt. Martin, ib. negotia- tions, 144-convention of 1800, 146--mutual renunciation of claims between France and the United States, 147-origin and nature of the claim on the U. States, 147-application to Con- gress by American citizens for relief, in 1802, 148-in 1807, 149-in 1818, and 1822, 150- under more favorable circum- stances in 1823, 124, 151-argu- ments against the claim consid- ered, 152-redress not sought by war, 152-character of the hostilities of 1798, 152-argu- 260-incongruities in the tem of England and the Un States, and difficulty of rec ciling them, 261-common and courts of equity, 262, 20 doctrine of insurance, 264- ference between the law in case, and in the case of of bargains, 265--illustrated example, 266-doctrine of civil law and French code specting warranty, concealm and inadequacy of price, 20 the reverse of the English, --quaint expressions of Scotch law, ib.-Mr Verplane doctrine respecting price, 27 and when and how far may p tive law differ from the st honesty and good faith requi by conscience, 271. Convention with France, of 18 146, 157.
Cook, Capt. James, 335-parti lars of his death, as related the natives of Hawaii, 345- mented and worshipped by istande islanders, ib.
Counsel, in certain cases, not lowed to the accused in E land, 254. Crawford, Col. his reported co versation with Wingenund, 7 Cubi's new and practical Syst for Translating the Spanish L guage, recommended, 451. Cushing, C. Examination of claims of the United States Denmark noticed, 456.
Cuvier, 123-success of his inv tigations in natural history, likely to mislead ordinary n 133.
Dana's, J. F. Epitome of Chem Philosophy, noticed, 455. Dane, his MS. reports, 181. Dante, Dante, 323. Dawes, Mr, his lines entitled T Spirit of Beauty, quoted, 441
Declaration of Independence, pro- ceedings in Congress prior to, 385-circumstances attending it, as related by John Adams, 386-the original draft compar-
ed with the form adopted, 388. De la Viga's narrative of the ex- pedition of Ferdinand de Soto, not trustworthy, 108, note. Delaware Indians, their language, history, 68.
Delaware language, no preposi- tions, 79. Demosthenes, character of his elo- quence, 35--less known, and less easily understood than Ci- cero, ib. argumentative, for- gets himself in his subject, 36- not to be appreciated by ex- tracts, nor from a translation, 38-character of Leland's, 39- extract from the second Olyn- thiac, ib.-remarks upon it, 40- extract from the third Philippic, 41-two defects in his oratory, 42-the oration on the Crown, his masterpiece, 43-three pas- sages quoted, 44, 45, 46-his works should be particularly studied in this country, 48- prolixity of American speakers in Congress compared with the British parliament, ib.--taste for ornament, ib.--businesslike style of Demosthenes wanted, 49-students in our seminaries should be taught to debate ex- tempore, 50.
Denmark, claims of the U. States on, 456. See Claims. Deuteronomy, whether it differs in style from the preceding books, 293-more diffuse, ffuse. 294. Dey, original meaning of the word, 415.
Dickenson, J. author of the Farm- er's Letters, 189. Divan, in the Algerine govern- ment, has only a nominal exist- ence, 415.
Drake, Dr, on the geology of the valley of the Ohio.
Dunn, John, his letter concerning J. D. Hunter, 106. Duponceau, his arrangementof the Library of the American Philo- sophical Society, 2--disserta- tion on the language of the Ber- bers of Africa, 11, 430.
Eagle, method of killing by the Indians, 118, note-its feathers, in what esteem among the In- dians, ib.
Ellis, Rev. William, visits the Sandwich Islands, and aids the Missionaries, 343-his conver- sation with a priestess, 351. Erving, W. his mission to Copen- hagen, 456. Eve of St John, a tale of the Gre- cian islands, 445.
Exmouth, Lord, bombards Algiers, 423.
Extemporaneous debate, tends to create a good delivery, 51- should be matter of instruction in our schools, 50.
Federalist, study of the, recom- mended, 450.
Foxes, characteristic tradition of, respecting the separation of the Indian tribes, 93.
Franklin, founder of the American Philosophical Society, 1--noti- ces of in England, 194, 197, 204 -his return to America, 206. French spoliations. See Claims. Frothingham v. Dutton, in the Maine Reports, noticed, 31.
ritan Pentateuch, &c. 274-his decision respecting its value, 278-his thorough examination of it, 280-his argument that Moses did not write the Penta- teuch drawn from the prophetic passages, 24-other arguments 300-his account of the cases in which the Samaritan and Sep- tuagint agree in differing from the Hebrew, 304, 305-his visit to England, 314-discovers and publishes Samaritan hymns, 315, 316.
Gordon, respecting committees of correspondence, quoted, 382,
Gould's Edition of Adam's Latin Grammar, noticed, 228-defects of Adam, 233-excellences,
Gower, Lord, speech of, quoted, 202.
Greece, character of its ancient liberty, 163.
Greenleaf's Reports of the Su- preme Judicial Court in Maine, 27-increase of law books, 28 -character of the work, 30- cases cited, 31.
Gulf stream, use of the thermom-. eter in its navigation, 8.
Habeas corpus, writ of, recognised in the constitution of the United States, 450.
Hadad, a dramatic poem. See Hill- house.
Halkett, John, his work respecting the North American Indians, reviewed, 53-its character, 108.
Hamilton, J. on the Gulf Stream, 7. Hardwicke, Lord, on the adminis- tration of justice, 254, note. Harlan, Dr R. his Fauna Ameri- cana, reviewed, 120-object of the work, ib.-its subjects class- ed, 121-his carelessness, 123- confusion of names, 124-ani-
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