Imprisonment, on solitary, 30, 31. Indian departments, the three, form-
ed by Congress, in the Revolu- tion, 283.
Indian Tales and Legends by School-
craft, reviewed, 354. See School- craft.
Indians, position of the, at the com- mencement of the border wars of the American Revolution, 279- Lord Dunmore's peace with the, 280 negotiations with the, 281
- commissioners appointed to watch the, 283-conference with, at Albany, 284 - at Pittsburg, ib.
comparative culpability of the British and Americans in employ- ing, 288, 310-union of, against the Americans, in 1778, 296-
Washington's mode of warring with, 303.
Interest, rules for casting, 253. Iroquois. See Six Nations.
Jay, John, the political contest be- tween him and George Clinton, 176 final success of, 178.
Jefferson, Thomas, Burr neglected by, 180-his obligations to Burr, ib. -contest at his election as President, 184 - remarks on his administration, 187.
Johnson, Guy, Colonel, succeeds Sir William as Superintendent, 281 – his movements in the border wars, 282-gathers a Congress at Os- wego, 288 at the siege of Fort Schuyler, 291- his capture of the Sammons family, 306. Johnson, John, a Tory, 281. Johnson, Samuel, criticism on his Lives of the Poets, 318- his style, 331, 332- his Life of Milton con- demned, 337.
Johnson, Sir William, facts in con- nexion with, 106-death of, 281.
Kant, Immanuel, Critick of Pure Reason, translated from the Origi- nal of, reviewed, 44 - obstacles to the easy comprehension of, ib.— sketch of his system in the Bio- graphie Universelle, 47 - remarks on his Critick, ib. - reception of his system in Germany, 49- its skeptical character, 54, 63-his theory of the origin of knowledge, influ- 57 his categories, 65- ence of his system, 67. Kent, James, Chancellor, rule of, for casting interest, 253. Kentucky, statistics on education in, 262-Colleges in, 263.
Kinne, Asa, his Questions on Black- stone, noticed, 487. Kirkland, Samuel, Reverend, mes- sage sent to, by the Massachu- setts Provincial Congress, 280 – influences the Indians, 281, 282. Knowledge, Kant's theory of the origin of, 57.
Lancaster, account of the treaty at, in 1744, 73-its confirmation, 80. Lands, system of granting in Cana- da, described, 403, 406-invest- ment of the administration of, 409 -effects of the system, 410- seigniorial, in Canada, 417. Language, remarks on, 358. Law, as a standard of guilt, 3. Law Reporter, The, noticed, 243. Leonard, George, Jr., A Practical Treatise on Arithmetic by, no- ticed, 251 -on book-keeping, 256. Letourneur, translation of Shaks- peare by, 321.
Lieber, Francis, review of the Popu- lar Essay on Subjects of Penal Law by, 1- of his translation of Ramshorn's Latin Synonymes,
Line engraving, described, 124. Literary criticism, by Johnson, 318 by Roscoe and Hallam, 319 in Spain, ib. in France, 320. by Voltaire, ib. in Germany, 322 by Schlegel, 324-advan- tages for, and character of, in England, 325.
Literary history, interest and im- portance of, 317- English writers of, 318.
Lizards, observations on, 148. Logan, facts in the war of, 113. Logstown, early English traders at, 71, 76.
Louisiana, policy of the United States on coming into possession of, and its effects, 413. Lower Canada, summary of political changes in, 373-geography of, 379, 388-population of, 380 the distribution of loans in, 396, note" clergy reserves - discordant laws in, 415-anti- in, 404 commercial, 416 lands in, 417-the English in, seigniorial - progress of settlement in, state of parties in, 424. See
America, Bureaucrats, Canadas, and Upper Canada.
McIntosh, Fort, built, 296.
McIntosh, Lachlan, General, in the border war, 296, 298.
Madison, James, declines a mission to France, 179.
Madonnas, remarks on, 139. Maine, compared with British prov- inces, 380, note.
Majority principle, remarks on the, 177.
Maritime law, importance of, 461. Marshall, John, Writings of, upon the Contitution, noticed, 485. Marshe, Witham, his account of the treaty with the Six Nations, in 1744, 73.
Massachusetts, Society for Promoting Agriculture in, 240-agricultural survey of, ib.-its agricultural capabilities, 241 geological and other surveys of, 242. Mathematical Miscellany, The, by Mathematical periodicals, names of, C Gill, noticed, 484.
Medallic engraving, object of, 131 machine for, invented in America, ib.
Memory, importance of educating the, 245.
Mental Philosophy, Sawyer's, no- ticed, 249.
Mezzotinto engraving described, 127 -origin of, 128.
Milnes, Richard Monckton, The Po- ems of, reviewed, 348. Milton, John, as a reformer, 335- compared with Dante, 334- temporary regard for, 337-criti- cisms on, by Addison, ib.-by Johnson, ib. by Macaulay and Channing, 338-Chateaubriand's proposed translation of, into Ministry, Christian, observations on French, 347. the importance and the effects of intellectual and moral self-culti- vation in the, 207 on dismis- sions in the, 211.
Mohawk Valley, state of affairs there Mississippi Company, organized, 110. in May, 1775, 282-devastations Montgomery, Richard, facts respect- in 1780, 305. See Border Wars. ing, 169 his letter to James Duane, 170
Montour, Catherine, facts as to, 81. Montreal, natural advantages of, 417 seigniory of, 420.
Moral Teacher, The, noticed, 247.
navy. Navy of the United States, Cooper's History of the, reviewed, 432- expenses of the, 451 - on rank in the, 453, 465- naval academy for the, 455- apprentices for the, 457 - cruises of squadrons in the, 459 construction of ships for the, 459- -on detachments from the, to suppress mobs, 460- on laws for the officers of the, 461 - its actual state, 462-suggestions respecting the, ib.- -on rotation of stations, 464-evils in the, 466. See British navy and French navy. New Brunswick, 379-population of. 380 state of parties in, 423. Newfoundland, 379-population of, 381 its governor, 391 - present state of parties in, 422. New York State, the parties in, on the adoption of the Federal Con- stitution, 175.
Ohio Valley, outline of the history of the, from 1744 to 1774, 69 French jealousies and precautions respecting the, 77-fate of the first English settlement, 79-em- bassy of Washington to the, 83 - preparations against the French there, 85 beginning of the French war, 88 Braddock's ex- pedition, 91 - Post's expedition, Cherokee war of 1760-1, 99 inroads upon the savages there, 100 Robert Rogers's ex- pedition, ib. — Pontiac's war, 103 -settlements south of the, 107, 111 Washington's interest in the, 112-Logan's war, 113- Moravian missions to the North of the, 115-recapitulation re- specting the, 116.
Onondago Indians, conduct of, in the border wars, 302
Oriskany, incidents in the battle of, 292.
Otis, George Alexander, Cicero's Tusculan Questions translated by, noticed, 488.
Outline engravings, the department of, 140.
Transylvania University, and the Necessity of a system of Educa- tion in Kentucky, noticed, 262. Pittsburg, early French fortification at, 85 Ensign Ward captured at, 88. See Pitt.
Poetry, influence of the Reforma- tion upon, 332, 334. Point Pleasant, battle of, 113. Political intrigue, effects of, in the case of Burr, 188.
Pontiac, befriends Major Rogers at Detroit, 101 — his war, 103 – killed, 105- - notice of, 106. Post, Christian Frederic, expedition of, to the valley of the Ohio, 96 – his missionary labors, 115. President of the United States, orig- inal method of voting for, 181 contest in the election of, in 1801, 184.
Prince Edward's Island, 379-pop- ulation of, 380 land-granting system in, 406- state of parties in, 422. See British America. Prison Discipline, works on, review- ed, 1 notions respecting, before the time of Howard, 3, 5 — How- ard's one maxim in regard to, 6 American, under the old system, 10, 12 facts, ib. -"The Phila- delphia Society for assisting Dis- tressed Prisoners," 16 — the prin- ciples of, 17-arrangements sug- gested, 24 economy of a thor- ough system of, 27 - Philadelphia and Auburn systems of, 29 itude in, 30 cruelties in the Sing Sing, 264. See Prisons. Prison Discipline Society, facts from its Reports, 17.
Prisons, on the construction of, 2— persons in, in 1839, 3-character of, before the time of Howard, 5 after his time, 6- Walnut Street, in 1783, 7--Charlestown, in 1826, 9. See Prison Discipline.
Quintilian, on synonymes, 468.
Raimondi, Marc-Antonio, an early engraver, facts respecting, 123.
St. Leger, Colonel, siege of Fort Schuyler by, 291.
St. Vincent's. See Vincennes. Sammons, adventures of the, in the border wars, 306.
Sawyer, Leicester A., A Critical Ex- position of Mental Philosophy by, Schiller, The Characters of, by Mrs. noticed, 249. Schlegel, remarks on his "Lec- Ellet, noticed, 257. 323 his criticism on Shakspeare, 324. Schoenbrunn, founded, 116. Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, his Algic Researches, First Series, Indian Tales and Legends, reviewed, 354- his advantages for the work, 356-notice of his wife, 357 - value of the Tales by, 359-pe- culiarities of them, 360-outlines of several of them, 363. Schuyler, Fort, situation of, 282- siege of, by Colonel St. Leger, 291. Schuyler, Philip, General, Indian commissioner, 283.
Scott, Sir Walter, Chateaubriand's remarks on, 339-criticism on his "Life of Napole ib.- con- trasted with Carlyle, 340 — his
Histories and Novels, 343. Seigniorial lands in Canada, 417. Self-control, in Burr, 200.
Seven Years' War, events in the, 88. Shakspeare, William, his character of Mark Antony, 157 - transla- tion of, by Letourneur, 321-criti- cism on, by Voltaire, ib. by Du- cis, 322-by Schlegel, 324. Shawanese Indians, character of the, 279-Dunmore's peace with the, 280 — in alliance with the British, 285— their irritation and duplici- tỷ, 294
Ships, on the construction of, for the navy, 459
Shot, use of hollow, 463.
Six Nations, under English protec- tion, 72-confederacy of the, ib., plant colonies in Ohio, 73 treaty with, in 1744, at Lancas- ter, 74 its confirmation, 80 - at Easton, 98 - at Fort Stanwix, 109 -position of the, at the com- mencement of the American Rev- olution, 279 Lord Dunmore's peace with the, 280-negotiations with the, 281 alliance of, with the British, 282. Sullivan's ex- pedition against the, 303. Smith, engraving by, in Rogers's Ita- ly, 136.
Smith, G. W., on the Walnut-street prison, in 1783, 7. Solitary imprisonment, the system of, 30, 31
Spain. literary history in, 317. Squadrons, the cruises of, 459. Stanwix, Fort, treaty of, 109 — its
situation, 282-congress at, ib. Stearns, Samuel H., Reverend, the Life and Character of, re- viewed, 206 an illustration of the importance of self-cultivation in a Christian minister, 218- his character, 219. Steel-engraving, invented by an American, 130- remarks on, ib. Stippling, in engraving, described, 126.
Stone, William L., Life of Joseph Brant by, reviewed, 277 his plan, 278-value of his work, ib.,
Style, remarks on, 333.
Sullivan, John, Gederal, expedition of, against the Iroquois, 303. VOL. XLIX. No. 105.
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