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consist of the common law and statutes s England, of general nature, down to ,A. fifth year of James the 6rst-of par, # the laws of Missouri, and the statutes os the Legislature of Arkansas. In thesa laws there is much that IS inconeuous and much that is absurd. We have oo. the Laws of Arkansas gathered up into volume, which has neither head nor fail where no one can find any thing ha wants Our Legislature have tried to mend tbo common law, and have only patched and cobbled 1t into deformity-and not conteO, with this, they must needs expend tha;r sa fefanons wisdom in parcel of enactinyus about chancery practice. Ii would be easv to show that none but lawyers should mn dertake to regulate such matters--and i, would be very easy to show maay instan. ces where the practice of the courts ha, virtually annulIed the regulations of the law For example, the law requiring the proceed. ings in the foreclosure of mortgages to ba at common law-whereas 1t Is the pract;o. to foreelose by bill in chaneery; the law re. quiring every plea in bar to be filed durinp the three first days of the term-whereas Is the practice to allow them to be filed as any time during the term; the law that eiher party may continue his cause at the first term; and many others which will readily occur to the mind of every lawyer. The law of deseents and distributions we spoke of, long since, as voIuminous, inexpcable. and contradictory. The law of dover is uninst-the law of fraudulent eonyeyaseas is nonsense as it stands-and judicial pro. ceedings IS an ons,aium gatherqa. Besides all this, Geyer's Digest, and of course tho Laws of Arkansas, are wretched with re- speet to grammar and punctuation.

 Ne say, therefore, that three lawyers should be appointed by the first siats Le- gislature, to compile revised code of laws like the Revised Statutes of New York, and the Revised Code of Massachusetts to be submitted to the Legislature at their next session, and when adopted to be print. ed for the State. We should then have no use for clumsy and i'll arranged Digest as any one must be, founded on Geyer's- or for our contradictory statute books which should be permitted to become obso- lete..9e intend to urge this matter again and often, and shall therefore say no more to you just now. And so, as we feet sleepy, we will even gang to our bed-and we only have this to say, that if we offend any by the expression of our opinions, we bold, with old Euripides and his translator Milton, flat

 ..T'hs is irne lihcrty, when free horn men,

 Having 10 advise the public may sneak free;

 Which he who can and will. deserves high praise;

 Who neither can nor will, may hold his peace;

 What can Ie jnster in a State than ths2n

 They are the words of an ancient Greek they are the words of true hearted Briton

 -shall they not be spoken by-ay, and be the only language of-the tongue of as American! Good night! may you enjoy quiet sleep and pleasant dreams.

 