The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-02-09

80 "'t" " SoHiP'g Win Tue WISH. /
es oil Gen. Jackson, and suspend the oper.
alton OF the writ OF hubeos corpus Tha,
body wisely determined not To- outlaw the
citizens Of The State by depriyiug them of
that great bulwark Of personal liberty.
The counselof Loualierapplied to Judge
iail, OF the United States District Court. I
Tor writ Of HuGeas Corpus, and he imme.
dlateiy give his fat. Gen. jackson at
once conceived that he could try Judge
Hall also, before a Court Martial. and
hang him, and forthwith he signed war.
ram Tor his arrest and the nliIimus for his
Imprisonment Judge Hall was accord.
ingly arrested at his house that nipht, and
confined in the same room with EQUALIZER
IN the barracks This done, an officer
was despatched TO Claiborne, the clerk of
court, with demand for LouaIler's pcG.
ton, on the back of which Judge Hall had
made his order. This the Clerk peremp-
toriiy refused TO surrender, but finally CON
scented TO take the document TO General
jackson. Upon his arrival at Gen. Jack.
sons quarters, he was asked if it was his
Intention to serve the writ, to which he
promptly responded, yes He too, was
threatened with an arrest, but he was moi
to be moved by menaces from the dis.
charge Of his duty. He had handed the
petition of Lounllier to Gen. jackson when
he entered, and upon retiring, demanded it.
but his demand was treated with contempt
and the paper withheld from him Upon
the arrival Of Duplessis, the Martial, who
was one of Jacksou's volunteer aids. he
was asked if he would serve the writ and
when he answered in The affirmative. he
too was pointed to the proclamation of mar.
haI law, and threatened with arrest.
Dick, the Attorney of the United States,
applied to Judge Lewis, of one ofthe State
Courts, for writ OF Habeus Corpus to
release Judge Hall, and the writ was grant.
ed. As soon as Gen. jackson was adyis.
ed of this, he ordered Lewis and Dick to
be arrested and Gen. Arbuckle, who had
charge of Judge Hall, refused 10 obey
Judge Lewis writ
This was on the 9th of March, and Gen.
Jackson was morally convinced that the
treaty Of peace had been ratified On the
9Th he announced that he had persuasive
evidence " Of the fact, and his first duty
was TO discharge the body Of the militia of
the State
When the court martial for the trial of
Louallier came on, on the 9Th of March,
he plead want Of jurisdiction to all the spe.
cllications, and the Court sustained his plea
on all the charges, save one, and on this
one, they acquitted him
A, the result of this trial General Jack.
son was greatly disappointed and mortified
but he did not release any of bis prisoners
The acquittal of LoualIier, however, con.
WINGED Gen. jackson il would be useless 10
try Judge Hall on the same charges, and
on the | It'll of March he was released frcm
prison, conducted by guard several miles
beyond the limits of the CITY, and ordered
not TO return until The ratification Of the
treaty was regularly announced, or the
British shall have left the Southern coastm
What followed may be related in a few
words On the 18th, official information of
the ratification of the treaty was received, I
and shortly afterwards Judge Hall return. |
ed TO the city. On the 2lst, The affidavi,s
Of the Clerk of the District Court. Of the
Marshal of the United States, of the Aitor
ney of Louallier, and Of the Commander
Of the Barracks, were laid before the Judge,
and on the motion Of the United States
Attorney rule to show cause why pro.
cess of attachment should moi issue against
Jackson, was granted The rest is soon
told. Gen. Jackson was brought into
Court, and for his contempt OF that tribu .
nal, fined $1,000 and costs
To show that Gen. Jacksons conduct
N the order TO the French population, and
Inc Imprisonment OF Loualler and Hall,
vas wholly unnecessary, il is only neces.
'ary to make an extract from his defence,
n which he admitted that I" most of the
lc,s mentioned in the rule took place after
he enemy had retired from the place he
lad at first assumed-alter they had met
With signal deieat-and after an unoff.
'ial account had been received Of the sig.
lature Of the treaty !"
The Legislature Of Louisiana has ap.
pointed Committee to examine into this
'nbjoct, which we shall publish when re-
,eived,
VS. During the contest last year, we
leard the Senator from this County say