. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . ablishedand edited the firstliterary journal pub-lished in was called TheHalcyon, and, fail-ing to prove remu-nerative, was aban-doned for the studyof the law, supportinghimself at this pe-riod by legal studieswere pursued incompany with hisfriend, AlexanderDimitry, in the of-fice of Auguste De-vesac, beginning inDecember, 1826, and terminating in March, 1828,at which time he was admitted to practice by thesupreme court, consisting of Judges Martin, Mat-thews, and Porter. His love of the civil lawbecame a pa
. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . ablishedand edited the firstliterary journal pub-lished in was called TheHalcyon, and, fail-ing to prove remu-nerative, was aban-doned for the studyof the law, supportinghimself at this pe-riod by legal studieswere pursued incompany with hisfriend, AlexanderDimitry, in the of-fice of Auguste De-vesac, beginning inDecember, 1826, and terminating in March, 1828,at which time he was admitted to practice by thesupreme court, consisting of Judges Martin, Mat-thews, and Porter. His love of the civil lawbecame a passion, and soon placed him in thefront rank and eventually at the head of theLouisiana bar. In 1841 he was appointed attor-ney-general of the state and served for a termof two years. During the same decade he washonored with an invitation to become the lawpartner in Washington of Daniel Webster, whichhe, however, declined, preferring to remain in thesouth. For many years he was dean of the facultyof the University of Louisiana, and for the last. 326 ROSENGARTEN ROSS twenty-three years of his life professor of civillaw. In 1863 he was offered the highest place inthe reconstructed supreme court of the state; buthe declined to accept the appointment unless thecourt should be secured from military lioselius possessed one of the finest privatelibraries in the south. It was particularly rich inthe Latin classics, of which he was a constantreader, and in Shakespeariana, of which he was adevoted student. He conversed equally well inEnglish, French, and German. His house andspacious grounds at Carrollton, a suburb of thegreat city, was noted for its generous hospitality,few persons of distinction visiting New Orleansduring the last two decades of his life without be-ing entertained by Mr. Rpselius, who was a cheeryand charming host. His hand and purse werealways open to the unfortunate, and one of severalvisits to his native land was for the sole purpose ofaiding some o
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