Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-06-03

save an oroer on the or;gioal petition &C
houaiiliec, In the words Following IN wit
(" let the prayer Of the petitionerbe granted.
aud the petitioner be bron hit before Inc ST
III o'clock Tomorrow morainr, dating the
sad order on the 9th Of che montA. ! an
prehended that mistake was made in the
date, and waited on the iudpe according
iy-Dr. Flood was sitting with him. I'm.
on my suggesting hemistake to the ;udrc.
ne changed the figure into ). In the
evening OF the said fifth l noticed a party
OF soldiers, with arms, marching briskly
IN the street nearthe French Coffee house.
aud heard afterwards, that Judge Hall was
arrested, aud was confined to the barracks.
10 which place went Immediately to- see
the Judge, but was refused admittance as
1t was past O'Clock. On nv return TO INV
lodgings stepped into the American cot
lee house, where | met with Major Cho-
tard, ono Of general Jackson's aids. who
toid me he had some business with me-
iny,ted him TO go to my room, which he
dld. DIR. Flood and Mr.. Duncan were nre-
sent, and on my invitation went with ne
'then IN my room which think was near
IL O'Clock, major Cbotard Showed mo !,
written paper (but which [ did not readS
Wnlch ne SAID was written order from
tne general requiring me to give up the orr
S1nai OF the iudgeas aforesaid. as wen as
recoliect, told major Chotard that there
was an order of Judge Halls court that the
cierk shouid deliver no original paper out
OF the oiilce-5ut that had the order in NV
POCKET; and would 60 with it myself TO the
general, which proposal was accented. and
we went together, Mr.. r. l.. 3. Dunlessis
with US. | believe we got to the cepar,l;s
ABOUT ID O'clock: The general ebauaJ
me letter ne had received from Mr.. No
rel, the counsel of Mr.. EQUALIZER. ;nforn, !
ing nm that writ Of habeas corg,fs had IS
sued In the case of Louaillier. I told tho
general the writ had not issued: he asFed
me the reason answered because the
Marshal h2d told me he could mt earve -
on the Sabbath, and that it being return. .
a = at O'Clock on Monday, thought that
IL would be time enough to issue it in the
morning The general asked me if in
ten9ed TO issue 1t. said it was my duty
70 do so, and that it would issue at this
the general handed me a printed naner
winch he said was his general order. and
observed that that order would sheNy mo
e'at ne 4ooatd din his duty qlso. The een-
erai asked me for the origins' order az
Jndge Hall, as before mentioned. n was
written on the back of LouailIier's petit;on
aud l handed the general the paper. Tbc
general read the order and also the Aida
VT OF MIR, Morel, which was at the foot of
the Feuton, and observed to me that the
date OF both the order and the affidavit hoJ
oeen altered, and asked me what vas oII
tins Jungling about I assured him there
was nojungle, and that the reason of flo
alteration OF the date was as Ihave stated
ABOVE; The general mentioned to me he
shouid Keep the paper in his own possess;
on; observed to him that there was an
o. order OF court thatno original paper should
De ueiiyered out of the Office. The GENE
raj SAID ne should keep it under his own
responsibility; that it should be SAFELY
preserved, and that he would giveIne a GER
t!led copy oft, which he did. Dur;po tbe
Tune l was with the general. col. BnfIer.
gen. Gaines, Mr.. Duplessis. and other oey,.
tienen we're present. The writ did issl,e
as stated above, and was left by me at the
at abouthalfpast 10 o'clock
Dut he informed me afterwards. that he did
not receive it till after eleven O'Clock o,v-
ing to his absence on other business, vet
that that he had served it on the general on
the same day. In the course of the time
l was with general Jackson the converse
ton turning upon judge Hall, the general
observed that he had nopersonal preiudices
against the judge, hit Hiot his conduct in
me instance IN question hadbroug,it him M
@er ti'e conns%ance ofhis (the generally
general order. Thatthis was his, the rcn.
erals camp, and that no person OF persons
should be over hinl--that he was responsi-
Die to his government-that he had tomake
his returns, and that his measures were
ssuch as he thought best calculated for the
interest and safety ofthe country, & would
enable him to make returns satisfactory to
his conscience.
This statements given tothe best Of my
recollection. II. CLAIBORNE.
'S'corn to this 21st March, 1915,
an open court.
D.A. HALL, Districtjudge, us.
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