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FROM HON. JUDGE EUSTIS, CHEF JUSTICE
OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.


GENTLEMEN: have examined the sheets of the
translation of The admirable work OF Domat on the
Civil Law, which you have been kind enough 10
send me. You will have rendered n great service
10 the science af law by the publication The form
of the English edition OF the translation was too
large and incOnv enent-and its scarcity and high
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JUSTPURLIsHED, DOMAT On CIVIL LAW
INITS NATURAL ORDER, translated into English
by VIM. Strahan, Ii d., Advocate in Doctors
Commons. Edited, from the second London Ed
ton by Hon LUTHER $. CUSHING, late one o
the Judges in the Court of Common Pleas; now Lee
turer Civil and Parliamentary Law in Harvard
University. In vols. Royal Svo.
Among the writer's the Roman Law whose
works are best known TO English and American
lawyers, and which have oxerted the most infiu.
enco upon our Jurisprudence, Ia DoMAT, "whoss
work, entitled The CioiL Lar an It's Natural Or
der" says Judge Story, preface 10 Baments, J
"considering the age and the circ umstances II
which it was written, ia n truly wonderful per
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tor clear, exact, and comprehensive"
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agreeable; and though the work particular
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dence of the age it Is not lees applicable 10 every
system of law, Of which the Roman code is either
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the work thus possesses to the attention of the Anne
rican lawyer, Domat has peculiar interest in those
of the States, whose legal institutions derived
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IL.
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CARD.-The subscriber, a member of tho
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IL. pupils and the Ladies and Gentlemen of
Washington and vicinity, that his Dancing Az i'd
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tober, inst.
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latest and most fashionable dances which have been
/ introduced since the last season.
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Tennessee, / 800 tone ..... ." George A. Cole.
Carolina. 900 tOns..... " X J.. WhitinR,
Unicorn, 300 tone ...., " J. \. Nicholson
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Panama and ports i'm California.
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on all spasie.
Packages should net exceed l25 pounds weight
for mule carriage
Calm Storage
Passage from Panama to San
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Passage from Panama 10 San
I Diego. ........................ $50 90 125 M
/ Passage from Panama 10 San
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OhNSsNe hShDEmt-FllSS1 COURSE
M n. H. Liable has the honor To announce
IVA TO the citizens of Washington and George
town, that his hrst course OF dancing lessons Tor
the scsson will commence ON TUESDAY, October
2sth at his residence, on Pennsyly avenue, op
poetic Wizards Hotel
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Ht sIIpH comprising tHIs IIHt hrt---
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The BALTIC Capt Comstock.
The ADRlATIC ........... Capt. Grafton.
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ESrRASsE FEE.--If the student enter as Fresh
man. five dollars; if as Sophomore, ten dollars; If
Junior. fifteen dollars; and, il as Senior, twenty
dollars.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-03

The London Times discourses again
upon CALIFORNIA; favorite theme with
that Journal of late. Here is a very
readable extract:
The Old World is very slow to COM
prehend California. 1t is as amazed and
stupied at the spectacle as a man who
has seen wild beast. or meteor, or an
exceedingly impertinent stranger. Every
step in the progress of this dashing new
State seems to take him by surprise; and
by the time we open our eyes wide enough
to take in one wonder, another is an
nounced. While our geologists were
talking about suriferous streams, and
granite, and quartz, there were assembled
on the bays and rivers of California a
community of a hundred thousand men
now perhaps of double that number.
While our humorsts were ndulging in
grim jokes at the vicissitudes and perils
of California existence, conventions had
been held, council had been elected,
order had triumphed, and the laws were
obeyed. By the time ready made house
had been sent out from the Thames, a
city had been built, half destroyed by fire,
and then rebuilt on a grander scale.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-03

FROM MEx1Co-The Brownsville Flag
has dates from the city of Mexico to the
25th ult. The cholera had made its ap-
pearance in the city. causing much alarm
among the inhabitants. The people, says
the Trait d UniOas, are imploring pro-
lection of the Deity. through ther priests,
in the different churches. The General
Government has donated $4,000 for the
relief Of the poorer classes who are at
tackled with the epidemic, and a sum of
$4,000 has been given by private in
dividual t. the same laudable purpose.
The Legislature of the State of Sonora
has passed a law decreeing that any citi-
zen of that State who leaves without a
passport forfeits all right to citizenship
This extraordinary law has been passed
in consequence of the immense emigra-
ton from Sonora to California. 1t is said
that during the present year five thousand
eight hundred and ninety-three persons
have removed to California from that
State-N. o. PIC. 18th.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-03
PARDON OF LANDsDowN.-Gov. King

PARDON OF LANDsDowN-Gov. King
has pardoned Geo. J. Landsdown, con-
victed Of the murder of Capt. Howard,
in September last. This pardon is un-
coa,latiOaial, and he was set at liberty.
Pleading insolvency, he was released from
the payment the costs Of the prosecution.
The St. Louis Organ states that Lands
down, since his pardon, has refused to
visit his wife, or to again live with her.
The ungratefulness Of the heartless muir
derer could not be more plainly shown,
as it was through the devotion Of the
wife Notwithstanding the efforts Of Lands
down to destroy her reputation during his
triaD that his life was spared.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-03

LEoNIDAs AND HENRY CLAY-Joseph
Holt, Esq, formerly one of the most en-
inent lawyers and orators of Mississippi,
but since retired and living on large for
tune in Louisville, Ky, has presented the
Hon. Henry Clay with beautiful gold
headed, highly ornamented cane, cut at
ThermorylB, Greece, near the tumulus
where it is supposed Leonidas ard his
three hundred Spartans are buried. Holt
has been the political opponent of Mr..
Clay through life.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-03

TELEGRAPH BETWEEN ENGLAND AND
RUssIA.-The Emperor of Russia has de-
cided on placing Petersburg in telegraph
ic communication with Vienna and Berlin,
by means Of the electric telegraph, which
will also pass through Warsaw and Posen.
The wires are now being laid down be-
tween Berlin and St. Petersburg, and ST.
Petersburg and the Black sea. When
the continuous line of wire, an important
part Of which is now being sunk SUBJ
marinely between Dover and Calais, is
completed in connection with the con-
tinent, a person in London may hold al
most instant communication with another
in Russia.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-03

The CUBA CoRREsPoNDENcE.-AT
correspondence between the Spanish
Minister and Mr.. Clayton on the subject
OF the invasion of Cuba, as published in
the Washington papers, is very volumin'
Gus, and shows that the administration
has taken the proper course in regard to
it. General Taylor not only intends that
the faith of our Government shall be pre-
served inviolate, but that the lives OF A.
merican citizens shall not be wantonly
jeopardized. The following letter OF in
structions has probably restored the Wis
ion of the Cuban authorities, and ere this
induced surrender of the prisoners taken
by the Pizarro.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, June 1, 1850
The Secretary of State to Mr.. Campbell, Consul
at HaDdna
Mr. CLAYTON instructs Mr.. Campbell to impress
upon the Count of Alcoy, the distinction between
prisoners who have committed a crime, and those
captured under the appearances OF an intention 10
commit crime, and reads 10 him legal argu-
ment the subject, and then he says;
"Ihe President means to claim, tor the Amer-
can occupants of the Mexican island, that they
are not guilty of any crime, ior which, BY the
laws of civilized nations, they should suffer DEATH
They may have been, and probably were, guilty
of crimee, for which this government ought, In
good faith, to punish them under the act OF Con-
gress of April 20, 1873 But supposing the facts
relating to their capture to be they are repre-
sented to us, the President has resolved that the
eagle must and shall protect them against any
punishment but that which the tribunals OF their
own nation may award. Tell the Count of Alcoy
| to send them home, to encounter punishment,
which, if they are honorable men, will be worse
| than any he could nAct, in the indiy grant frowns
and denuncatons of good men in their own
country, for attempt to violate the faith and
honor of nation which holds its character for
integrity of more value and higher worth than all
the Antilles together. But warn him in the most
| friendly manner, and i'm the true spirit Of our
ancient treaty, that if he unjustly sheds one drop
of American blood, at this exciting period, 1t may
cost the two countries sanguinary war"
Mr.. Clayton desires to be informed every day
Of the state of affairs, and has heard athundreds,
some say thousands, of invaders, have landed on
the south side of Cuba since the return of Lopez
He expects the Congress, the Saranac, and the
Albany, at this time at Cuba, and they are to
| be considered subject to the protection of the
American prisoners, if they should be required.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-03

EXCITING News FROM THE PLAINS
From DR.. Carver. Of Ohio, who returned
few days ago from the Plains, we gath
er the following particulars in regard TO
the difficulty between an advance BODY
of California emigrants and maraudInS
party of Pawnee Indians. The depreda-
tions committed by the Pawnees are as
yet, it seems, principally confined TO the
Vermillion River On the 18th inst. they
made an attack upon a small train oil Oal'
ifornia emigrants, and succeeded IN run
ming off some thirty or forty head OF horses
and mules. A young Pottawattaine
Chief named Wa-wa-sah, proposed 10
follow and rescue the stock. he accof'
dinghy pursued. and in two days came uP
with small party of Pawnees, when d
skirmish ensued, which resulted IN V'c,o'
ry to Wa-wa-sah, who himself shot Tue
Pawnee leader. On his person was ioun"
four white and nine Indian scalps, winch
seemed to have heen but recently taken
A number Of horses were recovered, WIN
their lareats and picket pins. The fo''
tawattamies are said TO be continually d".
noyed by the Pawnees.-IndepcHae'''
(lMo.) Commonwealth.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-03

The INDIANS IN TExAs.-The Canaan
ches, and other red-devils appear to be
giving both rangers and regulars plenty
of exercise. The San Antonio, Western
Texan, of the 30th May, says
On Friday last party of nearly one
hundred Indians crossed the Se:G they
were seen by small party of CAPT. Nc
Gowns command, but owing to the
great disparity of numbers, were not pur'
sued Immediately. On Saturday, howev-
ever, Capt. McCown with the greater
part of his company, started in pursuit.
We hope to hear Of some efficient action
by Capt McCown's and Wallace's COM
panles, in checking the Indians in their
robbing expeditions down the country.
Hitherto they have passed by these COM
panies, on their way below, with impu-
nifty.
Washington telegraph., 1850-07-03

REMINGTON BRIDGE. The bridge which
MIR. Remington has been constructing in
this place over the ravine near the railway
depot. was completed on Saturday last
A large number of citizens was present to
witness the removal of the staging, and
to test the capacities of the bridge. 1t is
about 400 feet long, and some Is feet
wide, receiving all its support from the
abutments, which. OF course, must be
made as strong and substantial as piles,
heavy timber and iron bolts can make
them. 1t says in the middle below the
level some six or seven feet. Hundreds
OF people and carriages passed over it,,
proving the work to be successful, and to
completely answer the designs of the pro-
.ector.-Montgonaery Atlas, 11th.