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deferve to be more particularly menti- 
ened. 
«« An addrefs to the Government of 
tHe United States on the ceffion of Loui- 
fiana,’* from an anenymous pen, was de. 
hened to aflemble, in a condenfed point 
et view, the leading advantages likely to 
accrue to the Union from that featcnable 
and fortunate negociation. 
<¢ Refleétions on the ceilion of Louifiana 
to the United States,’’ by Sylveftris, is 
an interezting pamphlet on the fame fub- 
ject, in which the ingenious author pro- 
peies feveral plans for difpofing of parts 
of that immense province, fo as to accom- 
modate the Indian tribes now inhabiting 
different portions of the territory lying 
within the prefent limits of the United 
States, and for other purpoles. _ 
In order, as far as pofiible, to gratify 
the curlofity of the public, and to apprife 
them of the importance of the acquifi- 
tion; the Government of the United 
States have lately pubifhed ‘* An ac- 
count of Louifiana, being an abftract of 
documents in the offices of the Depart- 
ments of State, and of the Treafury.” 
Tn this, an account is given of the buund- 
aries of the province, (as far as they are 
yet known) of the diftrits into which 
it has been divided, of the inhabitants 
and their origin, of the city of New Or- 
leans, of the Mifliflippi,, the Miffouri 
and other principal rivers, of the amount 
of population, and of the militia, of 
tortifications, of the Indian tribes, of 
the titles by which lands are held, of the 
laws and courts of juftice, of crimes and 
punifhments, of the ftate of learning, of 
ecclefiaftical affairs, of taxes and duties, 
of the public expenditure and debt, of 
imports and exports, of agriculture and 
manufactures, of navigation employed in 
the trade of the province, &c. 
<¢ The Report to the Houle of Repre- 
fentatives ot the United States on the 
ftate of the finances of the United States,” 
by Mr. Gallatin, the Secietary of the 
Treafury, is remarkable for its concile 
and peripicuous exhibition of the fubject, 
as well as for the pleafing flatemeat it 
affuerds of the fieady augmentation of the 
public revenues, and the uninterrupted 
progreis of the plan for the exiinguiih- 
ment of the whoie of the public debt. 
The anonymous author of ** An Ad, 
drefs on the paft, prefent and eventual 
Reiations of the United States to France,”’ 
depicts in lively colours the importance 
“of the affifance yielded by France to 
America during the war of the Revolu- 
tien, the warmth and fincerity of the 
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Retrofped? of American Literature. Law: [March 8; 
attachment which this liberal affittance 
infpired, the events which cauied the 
extinguifhment of this partiality, the dan- 
gers which await all civilized nations 
from the power of the prefent military. 
defpotifm in France, and thé neceflity of — 
combining to oppofe it. 
LaARveh ls oo 
«¢ An Inquiry into the Law Merchant 
of the United States; or Lex Mercatoria 
-Americana,”’ in two volumes, by Mr. 
Caines, is defigned to exhibit a digeft of 
whatever is found in the United States\ | 
belonging to this fubjeét. There is no 
doubt that fuch a work, ably and care- z 
fully execuied, would be extremely ufe- 
ful; but the prefent feems to have been 
undertaken and finifhed in too much 
hurry, and to want that labour and ‘re- 
fearch neceflary to render it materially 
fuperiot to preceding performances of a 
fimilar kind. | 
«The Reports of Cafes adjudged in 
the Supreme Court of the State of New 
York,” by the fame author, afford a 
commendable example of the attention 
and diligence which ought to characterize 
publications of this kind, which are far 
too much neglected in the American, 
Courts, 
The Author of ‘ Judicial Opinions 
delivered in the Mayor’s Court of the 
city of New York,” has rendered an 
acceptable fervice to the public, and ex- 
hibited a ipecimen of a work which cer- 
tainly ought to be hereafter continued. 
Such as are engaged in the praétice of 
the Law will find advantages from a 
work entitled « American Precedents of 
Declarations, colleéted chiefly from ma- 
nuicripts of accomplifhed Pleaders; di- 
gefted and arranged under diftinét titles 
and divifions ; and adapted to the moft 
modern praétice; with a prefixed digeft 
of Rules and Cafes concerning Deelara- 
tions.”” 
Judge Tucker, Profeffor of Law in 
the Univerfity of William and Mary, 
and one of the Judges of the General 
Court in the State of Virginia, has lately 
publifhsd in five volumes an American 
edition of ** Blackftone’s Commentaries, 
wi'h notes and references to the Confti- 
tution and Laws of the Federal Govern- 
ment of the United States, and the Com- 
monwealth of Virginia.’? This work 
contains fhore traéts upon fuch fubjeéts 
as appeared to require additional illuflra- 
tion in order to. form a correét view of 
the laws of Virginia, as a member. of 
the Federal Union. The netes to this 
edition anount Lo upwards of fifteen hun- 
dred, 
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