Abandons the Jackson party,11Alexander, Dr.,53Alexander, John,130Account of his visit to Kentucky,51African colonization favors,79Ablest criminal lawyer in Virginia,84Academy, the Staunton,10Adams, John Quincy,11Adams, Dr.,37Appendices A,270Anecdote of the Fighting Major,29Anecdote of Gen. Peyton of Kentucky,260Anecdote of J. H. P. in a criminal case,55Allen, Judge J. J.,13,116,138,132Augusta Agricultural Society,10"Allen" nominates Mr. P. for Court of Appeals,118A bundle of miscellaneous letters,131Amherst Festival, J. H. P's letter,123-5Anderson, Col. Wm., a letter of,236Advice of J. H. P. to S. M. P.,132A hero of 1776—Col. Hy Peyton,280Advice to Col. J. L. P.,139Appeals, Court of, adopts J. H. P's letter to Tucker,116A deplorable accident to J. H. P.,125Accident to Judge B. G. Baldwin,101A captain of light horse,7Attorney for the Commonwealth resigns,158A complete lawyer,160Allison's History of Europe, Mr. P. on,180Always helped the young,179A master spirit,181Barbour, Judge P. P.,9Baldwin, J. B.,17,46,149,226Baldwin, Susan M., sketch of,271Baldwin, B. G. on J. H. P.,65,76,101,138Bumgardner, Capt. James' speech,204,210Bowyer, m.,37Bowyer, Henry,126Baxter, John,49Baxter, Sidney S.,208Barton, R. R.,130Bickle, Adam,20Berrian, John M. (Senator),70Brockenbrough, Dr. John,37,134Brickley,37Brock, R. A., letter of,238Bradshaw,48Brown, Chancellor John,45Breckenridge, Gen. Jas,92Benton, Th. H.,104Bosses, The Ring, Mr. P. on,76Burrell, Nat,126Boys, Dr. William,45Books a boy should read,45Cabell, J. C.,109Cabell, Wm. H.,116Cabell, Mayo, accident to,144Cadets, the Va., at West Point,143Campbell, Hugh,143Campaign of 1840,118Clay, Henry visits Staunton,113Charlottesville, J. H. P., speech,114Cameron, Col,48Carter, Hill,116Carter, Robt. W.,160Conrad, R. Y.,13Comfort, Professor,53Chalkley, Judge L., letter of,203Cowan, Joseph,40,82Crutchfield, Mr.,240Cowan, A. M. D.,14Clark, Samuel,82Crawford, B.,50,191Clark, A. B., of N. Y.,107Cochran, John, his home,97Cochren, Geo. M,204,191Couch, Deborah,144Captain of Light-horse,7Chief of Staff,27County Court, on J. H. P's resignation,159Daniel, Judge Wm.,13Daniel, Peter V.,97Dabney, John,108Dade, Judge A. G.,111Declines a 2nd term in Senate,127Dorman, Geo. C. P.,130Dined and wined,97Descendants of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Peyton,270Duncan, Judge E. S.,112Divers, Mr.,95Difficulties, how to overcome,90Disease leads to his change of home,23Democratic party,11Davidson, Jas. D.,209,235Dupuy, Mrs. L., letter of,239Derby, Earl of,285-6Empress, Catherine, of Russia,36Education, his views on,10,11Eskridge, George,82Elder, Maj. T. C. speech accepting J. H. P's portrait,210Echols, General letter of,230French, Judge S. B., letter of,235Fighting Major,29Federal Attorney declines,32Fultz, David,59Green, T. M.,208Goss, John,242Family, every one a history,88Frazier, Win., sketch of J. H. P.,109,168Farragut, Admiral,105Fry, Judge,107Faulkner, Chas. J.,160Garland, Mayor James,184Gallagher, M.,54Gaston, Judge Wm.,70Gallagher, Miss,98Green, Mary, of Kentucky,98Girl, defenceless, J. H. P. defends,112Gallaher, J. S. on J. H. P's retirement,128Griffith, Dr.,126Gatewood, E.,145Green, John R.,152Green, T. M.,208Getty, George W.,152Goss, John,242Hay, George,9Hayne, R. C.,23Harrison, Wm. H.,30Harrison, Randolph,116Hart, Nat,32Holiday, Lewis,36Harvie, Wm.,37Huston, Gen.,54Halcombe, Wm. H.,149Hendren, John N.,152Hubbard, J. R.,160Harrison, Judge Geo. M.,218Hanger, Hon. Marshall,219Invests money in public work,84Ingersoll, I. R., M. C.,iJohnston, Frederick,126Johnson, Col. R. M.,32Jay, John,32,35Jackson, Pres., refuses to follow him,87,43Jackson, party dines him in Richmond,97Judgeship declines, voted for,68,70Jefferson, T., letters,109Kent, Mrs. Jos. F., why so named,139Knowledge leads to happiness,142Langhorne, M.,126Languages, ancient and modern, improvements of,143Lee, Gen. G. W. C.,240Lawyer, the fiddling,59Lawyer, the ablest in Va.,84Leigh, B. W.,9,97Letters, old,32,39,44,48,88,99Letters, of J. H. P. on 2nd term in Senate,121Letters, miscellaneous,131Letters, declines a 2nd Senatorial term,127Letters, from Rockbridge committee,129Letters, of advice to S. M. P. and J. L. P.,132,139Letters, on Earl of Derby,284Letters, Littlepage, Lewis,35Lewis, Charles H.,152Lewis, Gen. S. H.,97Lewis, Col. Wm. L.,59,60Lewis, James A.,145Lewis, Major John,42Lewis, major Thos. Preston,102Lewis, John Benjamin, cadet,51Lewis, J. F., letter of,237Lewis, Mrs. Mary P., letter of,242Lewis, Col. John,243Lewis, Mrs. Mary Preston, letter of,240Lockridge, Alex,50Legislature dines, J. H. P.,97Loyal, Mr., of Norfolk,105Log cabins of the West,102Lines to the memory of Mrs. Peyton,268List of Peytons in U. S. A.,275Massie, Capt.,14,36,39,45Mosby, Charles L.,149Minor, Prof. J. B., letter of,234,236Manners, Ld. John,73McCue, John,82,130McCue, John H., sketch of J. H. P.,23,176Military Schools,25Mayor of Staunton, J. H. P.,17,31Matthews, Sampson,48Murray, Mrs. Jas. B.,54McDowell, Gov. Jas.,98McDowell, Dr. James W.,154-5Massie, Henry,99Meade, Bishop,105McElhany, Parson,107Mind, J. H. P. unimpaired,17McClintic, Wm.,41Michie, Thomas J., on Peyton,121,109,131,119,208,215,231Mathematics, should be studied,141Moncure, Mrs. Wm.,133Moncure, Judge R. C. L.,78,208Moore, Samuel McD.,68,102Madison, President James,11Madison, Wm. Strother,7Madison, Bishop,7Monroe, James,11Nicholas, Norborne,37Norfolk, visits,105Nelson, Dr. and Mrs.,107Nominated for Senate,83National Whig Convention,113North mountain road case,119Oliver, M.,126Originality, Mr. P's,65Old letter of J. L. P.,280Patton, J. M.,134Payne, Dr.,126Porterfield, Gen. R.,9Pleasants, John H.,96,128Potter, Ben,46Points, James,144Parrish, R. L.,240Peyton, Val., Capt., killed,28Peyton, Valentine,52Peyton, Henry,1Peyton, List of Peytons in the Revolutionary army,274Peyton, Susan, M.,91,132Peyton, Mrs. S. M., her death,34Peyton, John,1Peyton, Jesse E., letter of,240Peyton, John Rowze,2Peyton, Rowze, letter of,157Peyton, John Lewis,93,143Peyton, John Lewis, letter of,150,154Peyton, John Lewis, letter to,139Peyton, John Lewis, speech,216Peyton, John Lewis, U.S. agent in Europe,183Peyton, John Lewis, letter of,282,284,285Peyton, Mrs., sketch of,240Peyton, Wm. Madison,7,126,33,55Peyton, Wm. Madison, letter of,155Peyton, Gen., of Kentucky, anecdote,276Peyton, John Howe,7,9,15,16,38,51,55,67,88,71,83,127Peyton, John Howe, death of,157,160Peyton, John Howe, sketches of,160,168,176,192,198Peyton, John Howe, his portrait presented to Augusta Co.,201Peyton, Robert L. Y.,148Peyton, Townsend Dade,148Peyton, Col. Francis,148Peyton, Mrs. John H.,241Peyton, Craven, letter to,280Preston, Wm.,14Preston, Col. Wm. of Kentucky,8Preston, J. M.,45Preston, John, letter of,241Preston, Thos. L.,136Preston, John T. L., sketch of J. H. P.,160Political sentiments of J. H. P.,85Providence of God,91Pickpockets rob J. H. P.,135Pocahontas visits,47Public meeting to receive J. H. P's portrait,204Pigeon-hole a, contents of,273Poem, on Lee,285Ranson, Capt. T. D.,204Rives, Wm. C.,13Rives, Alexander, letter of,233Roane, S. Judge,37,38Retires from bar, J. H. P.,83Robertson, Judge John,144Robinson, Anthony,105Religious topics,59Religious belief, J. H. P's,65Rush, Richard, Minister to England,70Radicals oppose him,74Roanoke, visits,126Rockbridge Committee to J. H. P.,128Ruff, John,130Ritchie, Thomas, Jr.,128Robbed by pickpockets,135Reading, a course of recommended by J. H. P.,149Rieley, Judge, G. W., letter of,237Ruffner, Rev. W. H. (D. D.), letter of,238Senate course in,12Smeade, Rev. G. G., letter of,238Scott, R. E.,13,32Scott, R. Taylor,240Scott, Gen. Winfield,54Scott, Stuart, Lewis,93Stuart, A. H. H,231,121Stuart, Charles A.,82Stuart, Judge A.,47,109,110,195Staunton Spectator, editorial of,223Staunton Post, (newspaper) editorial,219Sketch of J. H. P., by Prof. J. T. L. Preston,160Stribling, Dr. F. T.,134Speech, on the death of Roane J. H. P's,37,38Staunton issues paper money,31Senex, anecdote by,132Sherrard, Jos. H., letter of,232Spencer, Mrs. T. R.,98Sheffey, Dan'l,9,23Sheffey, H. W. Judge,120,209Sheffey, J. H. P. eloquence of,209,231Stout, Judge Jno. W., letter of,201Stannard, Judge Robt.,116Smith, J. W.,144Smith, Rev. J. H., letter of,220Smith, Gen. F. H.,145Sergeant, Judge Jno.,70Speece, Dr. Conrad,83Shelby, Governor of Kentucky,32Stony Hill,77Sketch of J. H. P.,160Sketch of J. H. P.,168Sketch of J. H. P.,176Tazewell, L. N.,9Tucker, H., St. George Judge,9,133,116,180Tucker, John Randolph, letter of,217Traveling in 1826,30,51Thompson, L. P.,65Thompson, Hon. G. W., sketch of J. H. P.,198Taylor, Wm., M. C.,98Taylor, George B.,126Trials, how to meet them, J. H. P. on,90T . . ., by J. H. P.,125Telfair, Mrs.,38,133Tapscott, Susan,152Tams, Wm. Purviance,204Thomas, C. B., letter of,239Van Buren, Martin, J. H. P. on,115Valentine, Ed.,106,135Virginia Female Institute,10Volunteers in the war of 1812, J. H. P.,28Wirt, Wm. Hon.,9,32,227Washington College Trustee of J. H. P.,10West Point, letter from,142,51Wilson, Rev. J. C.,134Wined and dined,97Whig address,160Wren, M. B., lines in memory of Mrs. Peyton,268Woodville, J. L.,34,138,153Waddell, Dr. A.,188Waddell, L.,54,139,159Waddell, Jos. A., Sketch of J. H. P.,187Western Hospital,11Western trip in 1815,32Watts, Gen. E.,126Webster, Daniel,23,183,228War of 1812,27Witcher, V.,13Young, D. S., Sketch of J. H. P.,192Young people encouraged by J. H. P.,179Yost's Weekly, (newspaper,) editorial of,226