Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-10-16

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real Statutes, which occupies too much Of
the carly part of it. [ think all the
treatises of my friend Story are upon tho
whole the most finished and perfect OF
their kind to be met with in any language,
foreign or domestic, and for learning, IN
dustry and talent, he is the most extraor-
binary iurist Of the age.
Your work has hit my judgment and
taste throughout. The Digest Of the com
ing volume of tho Louisiana Reports Is
very acceptable. always read the La.
Reports az fast as they appear, and CONSIDER
them the most learned and interesting de-
cisions in the United States, especially on
subjects of private international law"
Were we not fearful Of derogating from the
JUNCTION Of such high authority as the above,
ne pleasure we enjoyed in the perusal OF these
numbers, would tempt us to subioin a few re-
marks of our own. But feeling a deep solicl-
tade Tor the success of the louisiana Law
Journal, we will detain the reader but for a.
moment, when he can proceed to the store Of
MI. goanecaze, and subscribe for as many
copies as his amor patrG will allow.
We are equally charmed with the character
aud style of this work. The topics reviewed
are in the main such as relate particularly to
the legal history of Louisiana, and reviews,
written as they are with ease, purity, and an
ability altogether above mediocre, became, in
consequence, deeply interesting and instruc-
tive, not to the. lawyer alone, bat also to the
general reader. The reviewer is one of the
"faitinul and bold" He lays hold, without pa
rade Or egotisnl, OF the most abstruse subjects,
the most eminent productions and their au-
shors he reveals the intricacies and tor
t~uosities of the first, examines with a modest,
manly sense, the second, while before the last
there is neither cringing or sycophancy. We
admire. au surplus, this feature in his produc-
tions--the. dashing, independent manner in
which he lays about him, when surrounded by
notable characters bestowing censure and
praise with the same hand and the same
grace. We love to see good and bad lauded
and condemned, let who will be the authors !;
and 10 man is fit for areviewer or public CEN
sor, until he. can meet out JUSTICE, impartial
and pure, to friends and foes. Mr.. Schmidt,
we think, possesses this faculty.
His review Of the celebrated Batture case,
is a mastery efort-nicely interspersed with
encornium ard reproof-evincing extensive
legal requirements, a sound judgment and a
chaste critical mind. 1t is difficult to disagree
with the editor, after hearing him through, in
his conclusion that the late decision Of the
Supreme Court on this matter, was neither
legal or just.
"By-the-5y, we have been TO Baton Rouge
on a collecting expedition, and mast say that
the Baton Rouge bows, are the most p~unctual
in paying for tne Chronicle Of any Of our sub
scribers out of this noble little parish of West
Feliciana."-S FrarcissiMe Chronicle.
And sc suspect, a little more p%unctual
than a good many you have in that same "no-
lie little Parish" The fact is, our people of
and West Baton Rouge are somewhat
eScentric; they are fond eff popularity, and
have adopted a bizarre means to acquire
it:-they have resolved to pay all their bills,
and ESPECIALLY THOSE DUE TINE PRINTER
They will become popu ar, these good people
Of East and West Baton Rougc-it cant, be
otherwise:-any man or class of men who
pay debts nowadays are doomed to become
John &. Soancer. %anpnintel hN he Pre-