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ty, which he presumed to be the object of J
her scorn, would boa thousand times more ■
flagrant and visible? Vnd yet, with the .
entreaty on his lip tha. niscousin would re- j
fuse,to receive her, his heart had cheeked ,
the utterance—for ail irresistible d’ sire
sprung suddenly within him to see her, e
ven at the bitter cost of tenfold his former
mortification.
Yet, as the preparations for receiving
Miss Hampson went on, other thoughts took
possession of it is mind. Eph. was not a
man, indeed, to come off seoond best in the
long pull of wrestling with a weakness. —
His pride began to show its colors, lie re
membered his independence as a funner,
dependent on no man, and a little compari
son between his pursuits and life, suclt as
he knew it to be, in a city, soon put him, in
his own consciousness at least, on a par
with Miss Hampson’s connections. This
pointonce attained, Eph. cleared his brow
and went whistling about the farm as usual
—receiving without reply, however, a sug
gestion of his cousin Meg’s, that he had bet
ter burn his old straw hat, for, in a fit of ab
sence, he might possibly put it on while
Miss Hampson was there.
Well, it was ten o’clock on the morning
after Miss Hampson’s arrival at Bracely
farm, and, as we said before, Miss Pifilit
was was in despair. Presuming that her
friend would be fatigued wiih her journey,
she had determined noi to awake her, but
to order breakfast in the boudoir at eleven.
Farmer Bracely and Eph. must have their
breakfast at seven, however, and what was
the dismay of Meg, who was pouring out
their coffee as usual, to see the elegant Ju
lia rush into the first kitchen, curtsy very
sweetly to the old man, pull up a chair to
the table, apoligk.e for being late, and end
this extraordinary scene by producing two
newly hatched chickens from her bosom !
She had been up since sunrise, and out at
the barn, and down by the river, and up in
the haymoV/, and was perfectly enchanted
with everything, especially tlie dear little
pigs and chickens!
‘A very’ sweet young lady,” thought old
Farmer Bracely.
‘Very well—but hang your condecen
sionl’ thought Eph. distrustfully.
‘Mercy on me!—to like pigs and chick
ens!’ mentally ejaculated the disturbed and
bewildered Miss Pifilit.
But with her two chicks pressed to her
breast with one hand, Miss Hampson man
aged her coffee and bread and bulter with
the other, and chattered away like a child
let out of school. The air was so delicious
and the hav smelt so sweet, and the trees in
the meadow were so beautiful, and there
were no stiff*sidewalks, and no brick hoit.
ses, and no iron railings, and so many
speckled liens, and funny little chickens,
and kind-looking old cows, and calves, and
ducks, and turkeys—it was delicious —it
was enchanting—it was worth a thousand
Saratogas and Roekaways. How any bo
dy could prefer the city to the country, was
to Miss Hampson matter of incredulous
wonder.
‘Will you come into the bondoir?’ asked
Miss Pifflit, with a laughing air, its her
friend Julia rose from breakfast.
‘Boudoir!’ exclaimed the city dam el, to
the infinite delightof old Bracely,‘no, dear!
I’d rather go out to the barn! Are you go
ing anywhere with the or. n to-day. sir?’
she added, going up to the grayheaded far
mer, carressingly, T should so like a ride
in that great cart!’
Eph. was still a little suspicious of all
this unexpected agreeableness, but he was
naturally too courteous not to give way to
a lady’s whims. Ho put on bis old straw
hat, and tied his handkerchief over his
shoulder (not to imitate the broad ribbon of
a royal order, but to wipe the sweat off han
dily while mowing) and offering Miss
Hampson a rake which stood outside the
door, he begged her to be ready when he
came by with the team. He and his father
were bound to the fur meadow, where they
were cutting hay, and would like her assis
tance in raking.
It was a ‘specimen’ morning, as the ma
gazines say, for the air was temperate, and
the whole country was laden with the smell
of the new hay, which somehow or other,
as everybody knows, never hinders or over
powers the perfume of the flowers. Oh,
that winding green lane between the bushes
was like an avenue to paradise. The old
cart jolted along through the ruts, and Miss
Hampson, standing up and lidding on to old
Farmer Bracely, watched the great oxen
crowding their sides together, and looked
over the fields, and exclaimed as she saw
glimpses of the river between the trees, and
seemed veritably and unaffectedly enchan
ted. The old farmer, at least, had no doubt
of her sincerity, and he watched her, and
listened to her, with a broad honest smile of
admiration on bis weather-browned counte
nance.
The oxen were turned up to the fence,
while the dew dried ofi'the hay, and Epit.
and his father turned to mowing, leaving
Miss Hantpson to ramble about over the
meadow, and gather flowers by the river
side. In the course of an hour they began
to rake up, and she came to offer her prom
ised assistance, and stoutly followed Eph.
up and down several of the long swaths,
till her face glowed under her sun-bonnet
as it never had glowed with waltzing
Heated and tired at last, she made herself
a seat with the new hay under a large elm,
and, with her back to the tree, watched the
labors of her companions.
Eph. was a well-built and manly figure,
and all he did in the way of his vocation,
he did with a fine display of muscular pow
er, and (a sculptor would have thought) no
littlegrace. Julia watched itintas hestep
ped along after his rake on the elastic
sward, and she thought, for the first time,
what a very’ handsome man was young
Bracely, and how much more finely a man
looked when raking hay, than a dandy
when waltzing. And for an hour she sat
watching his motions, admiring the strength
with which he pitched up the hay, and the
grace and case of all his movements and
postures ; and, after a while, she began to
feel drowsy with fatigue, and pulling up
the hay into a fragrant pillow, she lay down
and fell fast .asleep.
It was now ‘he middle of the forenoon,
and the old farmer, who, of late years, had
fallen into u habit of taking a short nap be
fore dinner, oume tb the big elm to pick up
his waistcoat and go home. As he ap
proached the tree, he stopped, and beckon
ed to his son
Eph. came up and stood at a little dis
tance, looking at the lovely picture before
hint. With one delicate hand under her
cheek, and a smile of angelic content and
enjoyment on her finely cut lips, Julia
Hampson slept soundly in the shade. One
small foot escaped from her dress, and one
shoulder of faultless polish and whiteness
showed between her kerchief and her
sleeve. Her slight waist bent to the swell
of the hay, throwing her delicate and well
moulded bust into high relief; and all over
her neok, and in large clusters on the tum
bled hay, lay those glossy brown ringlets,
admirably beuutiful and luxuriant.
And as Eph. looked on that dangerous
picture of loveliness, the passion, already
lying perdu in his bosom, sprung to the
throne of heart and reason.
(We have not room to do more than hint
at the consequences of this visit of Miss
Hampson to the country. It would require
the third volume of a novel to describe all
the emotions of that month at Bracely faint,
and bring the reader, point by point, gin
gerly and softly, to (he close We must
touch here and there a point only, giving
the readers imagination some gleaning to
do after we have been over the ground.)
Eph. Braeely’s awakened pride served
hint the good turn of making him appear
simply in his natural character during the
whole of Miss Hampson’s visit. By the old
man’s advice, however, he devoted himself
to the amusement of the ladies after the
haying was over ; and w hat with fishing,
and riding, and scenery hunting in the
neighborhood, the young people were to
gether from morning till night. Miss Pif
fiit came down unwillingly to plain Meg,
in her attendance on her friend in her rus
tic occupations, and Miss Hampson saw as
little as possible of the inside of the boudoir.
The barn, arid the troops of chickens, and
all the out-doors belonging of the farm, in
terested her daily, and with no diminution
of her zeal. She seemed, indeed, to have
found her natural sphere in the simple and
affectionate life which her friend Marge
rine held in such superfine contempt ; and
Eph. who was the natural mate to such a
spirit, and himself, in his own home, most
unconsciously worthy oflove and admira
tion, gave himself up irresistibly to bis new
passion.
And this new passion became apparent at
last, to the incredulous eyes of Iris cousin.
And that it was timidly but fondly returned
by her elegant and high bred friend, was al
so very apparent to Miss Pifilit. And af
ter a few'jealous struggles, and a night or
two of weeping, she gave up to it tranquil
ly—for, a city life and a city husband,
truth to say, had long been her secret long
ing and secret hope, and *h<> never had fair
lv looked in the face a burial in the coun
try with the “pigs and chickens.”
She is not married yet, Meg Pifilit—but
the rich merchant, Mr. Hampson, wrecked
completely with the disastrous times, has
found a kindly and pleasant asylum for
his old age with his daughter, Mrs. Bracely.
And a better or lovelier farmer’s wife than
Julia, or a happier farmer than Eph. can
scarce be found in the valley of the Susque
hannah.
Old Maids vs. Young Maids. —Say what
you will of old maids, their love is general
ly inure strong and sincere than that of the
young inconsiderate creatures whose hearts
vibrate between the joys of wedlock and the
dissipations of the ball-room. Until the
young heart of woman is capable of settling
firmly and exclusively on one subject her
love is like a May shower, which makes
rainbows, but fills no cisterns.
Public Speaking. —One of the greatest
errors committed by public speakers, when
addressing large bodies of people, is spea
king fast. They forget that distance has
the same effect upon sounds as it has upon
architectural or other ornaments ; it melts,
as it were, the more minute parts into a
confused mass. Elaborate and ornate pas
sages in music cannot be appreciated by a
moderately distant listener, while the bold
and distinct slow movement can be felt and
understood by him with ease.
TEXAS—A GLOOMY PICTURE.
The following letter from a correspon
dent of the New Orleans Bulletin, presents
a most gloomy picture of the state of affairs
in Texas. The Bulletin says: “The fol
lowing lettershould have reached us with
our Texas papers, by the Neptune, but we
received it only yesterday. It is still rich
ly worth giving, being from a man of high
standing, and one whose opinions are form
ed on strong grounds.
Galveston, January 15, 1843.
Sir—Under cover I send you an extra
containing the latest accounts from our lit
tle army. My private information convin
ces me that the worst therein stated is true,
whilst the better part (killing 400 Mexi
cans) is untrue. There can be no doubt
but that Col. Fisher’s division has been
captured. We are all in confusion here—
doubt hangs on the minds of all as to fu
lure events. The prudent and business
portion of our community believe that, we
shall be invaded both by land and sea in a
short time. The fall of Yucatan will be the
signal for this event.
“You have all the papers by this boat,
and can form vourown opinions. We are
in a bad way and I am sorry to proclaim it.
Distrust pervades all classes ofour commu
nity. Business is suspended. We have
no money in trade, none in the national
treasury. No credit abroad, and it is ut
terly impossible for us to obtain any relief
any where in case we are invaded by a
powerful force. Many will continue to re
move to the United States as heretofore, but
a large majority will reman and prove vic
torious or die in defence of their country
and homes.”
COMMUNICATION.
FOK THE NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
Mr. Editor: —l know not what may be
your private opinion, on the subject of Cap
ital Punishment, but as it is a subject tiiat
is receiving some attention in the country,
I trust you would not object to inserting in
your columns, views that are candidly ex
pressed, even though they might differ ma
terially from your own. 1 have no doubt
that in treating upon this subject, I shall
encounter opposition, and according to the
present state of public opinion, probably the
mass will be against me. I know that
when questions of Political Economy or
moral right are brought before the public,
it is naturul for people generally to raise
their voices against any changes that may
be proposed in the established usages and
the “ incontrovertible” opinions of their an
cestors. Even men of superior education,
and those considered the most profound in
all branches of Literature, have their pre
judices so firmly rooted, that they are often
the very last, to give their assent, to new
improvements on ancestral opinion. I ad
mil that wo ought never to assent to chan
ges upon questions on which a world before
us have agreed, until by close examination,
we are satisfied that those changes would
he morally right, and w'ould tend to pro
duce beneficial results to a people; at the
same time, with due respect to the judge
ment of our ancestors, we should be will
ing to give these questions impartial exami
nations, and admit the propriety of adopting
the proposed changes, if convinced of their
efficacy. The propriety and policy of
Capital Punishment, have been questioned
by many, while a great majority (I think
under prejudice,) have treated it as though
it were sinful to admit a doubt of its justice,
and that its abolition would certianly pro
duce results awful in the extreme. Pro
ductions are frequently issuing from our
public prints, deprecatory of any changes
on the subject, and endeavoring to prove
(from Scripture principally,) that wo have
a moral right under certain circumstances,
to take the lives of our fellow men, and that
;t is necessary to our own security, that we
have the penalty of death attached to the
crime of murder. I cannot believe that
such questions ought to be decided altogeth
er, from examples recorded in the Bible.
When we refer to the Holy Writ, wc must
remember that the Jewish laws were not
instituted for our observance, and conse
quently are not binding on us: also, what
may have been policy in the early ages of
the world, is not necessarily policy, in our
present state of civilization and refinement.
If the last position be a correct one, it
would take away all obligation of making
the Jewish laws a precedent for the form
ing of laws in our age. If then we are to
look to Scripture at all, as a guide to the
best mode of government, it must be to the
New Testament, the general bearing of
which, I think, is opposed to capital punish
ment. Our Saviour, although he did not
express himself fully on this subject, leaves
by his example and precepts, an impression
on our minds, that he did not fully agree
with those whose principles led them to re
lairi the same, as a penalty, that they had
received from the offender. But the New
Testament is intended rather as a moral
than a political guide ; so, as far as policy
is concerned, we are to decide from a know
ledge of the history of other nations, the
experience of our own, and from our reason
unbiased by prejudice.
The punishment of death has been prac
tised in all countries; in some, for the most
attrocious crimes only, in others for the
most trivial offences, and I think that it will
be found that when small crimes are pun
ished by death, they are committed oftener,
than in other countries where a suitable
penalty isannexed to the crime. In Eng
land, when death was the penalty for steal
ing an article of sufficient value to pur
chase a rope, the law was constantly viola
ted, and men were executed in the streets
almost every day of the week. When the
laws were made more lenient, thefts be
came more rare, and when by degrees, oth
er penalties than death have been substitu
ted for more aggravated offences, these of
fences have become still less frequent.—
The facts in the experience of our own
country will accord with those in England
and other countries.
If this is the case in regard to the punish
ment of smaller crimes, have we not reason
to believe that it would operate in the same
manner in regard to heavier ones, if Capital
Punishment was abolished entirely ? These
facts, however they may be explained, cer
tainly argue unhealthiness in the principle
of punishment by death.
But, without reference to experience on
this subject, I think it can be shown, that if
capital punishment was abolished, there
would be no more cases of murder than
there are during the existence of the law.
There are, perhaps, but three circum
stances under which murder is ever com
mitted : it being either coolly contemplated
or committed under uncontrollable anger,
or from insanitv.
In the first instance, without exception,
when the murder is contemplated, a plan of
escape is also contemplated ; so, no matter
what the penalty may be, the criminal cal
culates as much upon avoiding it, as com
mitting the crime. This is the most ag
gravating circumstance under which a
murder may bo committed, and yet, under
it, the offender is least certain of being
brought to pay the penalty. In the second
instance abovenamed, no matter whether a
penalty is attached to the crime or not, it
be utterly disregarded in the overflow of
passion, when a man considers his feelings
so outraged as to demand instant and un
restrained revenge. He gives himself no
time to reflect, and whether the penalty be
death, or imprisonment, or nothing at all, it
is all the same to him. In this case the of
fender is generally taken, and often con
demned.
When murder is committed under the in
fluence of liquor, it cannot be done with a
ny reference to law or penalty, because the
murderer is insane. If he is to be punish
ed by death, it should be for the act that led
him to the deed, rather than the deed itself,
which is the fruit of drunkenness.
From these considerations, I would ask,
where is the advantage gained by institut
ing death as a punishment, in preference
to some other mode equally as certain ot
deterring the offender from the repetition of
the crime ?
Another objection to capital punishment
is this : that when murder is contemplated,
almost invariably the evidence against a
man is circumstantial; and it is frequent
ly the case, that it is stronger against an
innocent man than the murderer, and the
one that had no hand in the matter is exe
cuted. If imprisonment were substituted
for death, it would give the innocent convict
a chance of restoration ; but the dead can
not be brought to life. It is not unfrequent
ly the case that men, on their death beds,
confess that they have committed murders
for which others have been executed. Is
it better that one innocent man should suf
fer death than that ten guilty should es
cape ? Again : I would question the mor
al right of taking the lives of our fel
lows, under any circumstances, (the ne
cessity of self-defence of course excepted.)
Suicide is thought by all to be an awful
crime ; but, I could take my own life with
fewer scruples, than that of another person.
We may imprison and institute other modes
of punishment, but I cannot conceive that
we have a right to murder a man, even
though he has been guilty of murder. Let
him that gives life, take it away in his own
good time; but let man, the created, ab
stain from the blood of his fellow man.
OCTAVIUS.
Chattooga county, Ga.
At a celebration of the “glorious eight,”
in Norwich, Conn.’ the following was per
petrated:—By P. M. Judson. The Ladies
—Who, reversing the order of old Hick
ory’s defence, place the cotton hags in the
rear.
If the ladies don’t make a bustle when
they read this toast, then we are mistaken.
—Norwich Aurora.
THE END OF THE WORLD.
As Miller, the prophet, has succeeded in
destroying the common sense of a great ma
ny people, it may not be uninteresting to
the same ones to know the modus operandi
and grounds on which he based the destruc
tion of the world during the present year.
The following statement we believe presents
his views and arguments.
Mr. Miller takes the 20th of Leviticus,
verses 27th and 28th.
“ And if ye will not for all this hearken
unto me, but talk contrary unto me ; then
I will walk contrary unto you also in fury ;
and I, even I, will chastise you seven times
for your sins.”
This, he says, is a prophecy of God’s,
through Moses, and is repeated four times
in the Bible as a warning to the people.—
He next proceeds to show the signification
of the phrase “ seven times.” He takes the
prophecies that have already been fulfilled
such as the destruction of Jerusalem, the
scattering abroad of the Jews, &c. and front
them defines the word “ time” in a scriptu
ral sense to mean a period of 360 years,
(the number of degrees in a circle,) or 360
revolutions of the earth around the sun.—
By this calculation—
-360 years,
7 times,
2520 years,
The extent of the punishment “ seven
times” is thus represented by 2520 years.
The next point is to ascertain when this pe
riod of suffering commenced in order to de
termine when it ceases. Mr. Miller insists
that it began under the reign of Manasseh,
who was carried captive to Babylon by the
Assyrians, six hundred and seventy-seven
years before Christ. He quotes chapter 15
of Jeremiah—
“ And I will appoint Over them four kinds
saith the Lord ; the swords to slay, and the
dogs to tear, and the fowls of heaven, and
the beasts ofthe earth todevour and destroy.
And I will cause them to be removed into
all the kingdoms of the earth, because of
Manasseh, the son ofHezekiah, the king of
of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusa
lem.”
The 2520 years of punishment, therefore
commenced under Manasseh, 677 B. C.—
As corroborative evidence Mr. Miller shows
that Isaiah prophecies, (7 chap 8 verse) that
“ within threescore and ten years Ephraim
shall be broken so that it be not a people.”
That prophecy was in 742 B, C. Just 65
years alter that time the captivity tpok place.
Take 65 from 742 uod 677 remains. The
result is this !
Years before Christ 677
Years after Christ 1843
Years of punishment, or the 7 times, 2520
Or thus—
Total time of punishment, 2520 vrs.
Captivity or punishment begun 677 B C
The end ofthe punishment, 1843
Thus, bv Mr. Miller’s calculation, 1843
is the year in which the punishments of the
people are to end, and in which the earth is
tomeet with final destruction. — Boston Bee.
GEN. JACKSON’S FINE.
TheN.O. Tropic gives the following
narrative of facts which led to the imposi
tion ofthe fine of SIOOO, which Gen. Jack
son’s friends in Congress are now seeking
to have refunded.
The ever memorable battle of New Or
leans, as all know, was fought on the Bth of
I January, 1815. That battle was decisive
; in its character and its results. The troops
of Great Britain, flushed with the hopes of
an easy conquest, were defeated, driven
back in disgrace, leaving their General and
the flower of the army among the slain.—
Those who know any thing ofthe history of
the times, know the courage and devotion
displayed upon that occasion by all clas
ses of our citizens. Almost every man ca
pable of bearing arms shouldered a musket
and rushed to meet the invader, and among
j those who fought hardest and bled freest,
the French population ofthe city were emi
nently distinguished. Tousard, the French
Consul at New Orleans, though forbidden
to enlist himself, was most active in indu
cing his countrymen, residents of the city,
to enrol themselves, and with perhaps a few
exceptions they rallied around the stars
and stripes with as much alacrity as the
bravest American citizen. Men owing al
legiance to la belle France, did as much
service on that glorious occasion as any who
ever pulled a trigger, and they did it with
out the hope or expectation of reward. Ma
ny of these brave fellows abandoned their
families and homes, determined not to lay
down their arms while the foe was within
our reach, and noblv did they redeem their
pledges. They did not retire until our
proud invaders were humbled—until our
rivers ran red with their blood, and our
; fields were covered with their slain. But
| when the enemy had been repulsed, and our
arms were crowned with a signal & so far
as we were concerned, an almost bloodless
victory, then, and then only, they asked for
permission to retire—for leave to return to
their deserted homes! As they were citi
zens of another country, men who had vol
unteered to defend our soil, this request
seems to have been the most natural one in
the world. The exigency which had cal
j led them forth had passed away, their ser
vices were no longer needed ; and when the
feet of our foes no longer polluted the soil
of Louisiana—when news ofthe ratification
of a treaty of of peace between Great Brit
aiu and our Government had been received,
then, and not till then, they asked what they
were by every consideration entitled to, a
discharge from further duty!
These applications, the reader will re
member, were made on the 22d day of Feb
ruary, and more than a month after the bat
tle! The first applications for discharges
were granted upon the presentation of cer
tificates of their national character, signed
by Tousard, the French Consul, already
spoken of. The first applicants were rea
dily discharged by Genrral Jackson, but
the number increasing more than he ealeu
lated on, he got into a towering passion, and
ordered Tousard to leave the city. On the
last day of February he issued a general
order, commanding all Frenchmen having
Tousard’s certificates, countersigned by
himself, to retire from thecity to some point
above Baton Rogue! In addition to this, a
list of the names of all persons who did not
leave within three days, was directed to be
taken.
That so ungracious a return should have
been made to the gallant fellows who had
aided in the defence of the city, very natu
rally excited a great deal of feeling. Pa
pers from Washington, announcing the ar
rival of the treaty, had been received, and
the order of Gen. Jackson was considered
exceedingly harsh and unnecessary. At
this stage of the proceedings, Louallier, a
native of France, but a member of the Le
gislature from Opelousas, and one of the
most active and efficient members in all
that try ing time, wrote and published, in
the Courier, an article of some length, in
which he reviewed Gen. Jackson’s order
with some severity, and recommended the
persons alluded to, to remain quietly at
their homes. This publication appeared
on the 3d of March, and at once the bent up
wrath of Gen. Jackson burst forth. He per
suaded himself that Louallier could be
tried by a military Court martial as a spy,
and hungup without ceremony. With this
view he caused to be published, the second
section of the rules and articles of war,
which denounces the punishment of death
against spies! Accompanying this section
was a notice, that “the city of New Orleans
and its environs, being under martial law,
and several encampments and fortifications
within its limits, it was deemed necessary
to give publicity to the section for the infor
mation of all concerned!”
This publication was made on the 4th of
March, and the next day, Sunday, the sth
Louallier was arrested and confined!
Here it was that the trouble commenced,
and here it may not be improper to add, that
in December, previous, the Legislature
had refused to comply with the wishes of
Gen. Jackson, and suspend the operation
of the writ of habeas corpus ! That body
wisely determined not to outlaw the citi
zens of the State by depriving them of that
great bulwark of personal liberty.
The counsel of Louallier applied to
Judge Hall, of the United States District
Court, fora writ of Habeas Corpus, and he
immediately gave his fiat. General Jack
son at once conceived that he could try
Judge Ilall aloo before a court martial, and
hang him, and forthwith lie signed a war
rant for his arrest and the mittimus for his
imprisonment! Judge Hall was according
ly arrested at his house that night, and con
fined in the same room with Louallier in
the barracks! I'll is done, an officer tuts
despatched to Claiborne, the clerk of 7ft*
court, with a demand for Louallier’s peti
tion, on the back of which Judge Hall had
made his order. Titis the clerk perempto
rily refuted to surrender, but finally con
sented to take the document to Gen. Jack
son. Upon his arrival at Gen. Jackson’s
quarters, he was asked if it was his inten
tion to serve the writ, to which he promptly
responded, yes! He too was threatened
with an arrest, but he was not to be moved
by menances from the discharge of his du
ty. He had handed the petition of Lot Ta
llier to General Jackson when he entered,
and upon retiring, demanded it, but his de
mand was treated with contempt and the
paper withheld front him! Upon the arri
val of Dupiessis, the marshal, who was one
of Jackson’s volunteer aids, he was asked
if he would serve the writ, and when he an
swered in the affirmative, he too was poin
ted to the proclamation of martial law, and
threatened with arrest.
Dick, the attorney of the United States,
applied to Judge Lewis, of one of the State
courts, for a writ of Habeas Corpus to re
lcas Judge Hall, and the writ was granted.
As soon as Gen. Jackson was advised of
this, he ordered Lewis and Dick lo be ar
rested! and Gen. Arbuckle, who had
charge of Judge Hall, refused to obey
Judge Lewis’ writ!
This was on the sixth of March, and
Gen. Jackson was morally convinced that
the treaty of peace had been ratified! On
the Bth he announced that he had “persua
sive 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 specifi
cations, and the court sustained his plea on
all the charges save one, and on this one
they acquitted him!
At the result of this trial Gen. Jackson
was greatly disappointed and mortified, but
he did not release any of his prisoners! The
acquittal of Louallier, however, convinced
Gen. Jackson it would be useless to try
j Judge Hall on the same charges, and on
j the 11th of March he was released from
: prison, conducted by a guard several miles
beyond the limitsof the city, and ordered
not to return “until the ratification of the
treaty was regularly announced, or the
British shall have left the Southern coast!”
What followedmay be related in a few
words: On the 13th, official information of
the ratification of the treaty was received,
and shortly afterwards Judge Hal! returned
to the city. On the 21st, the affidavits of
the Clerk of the District Court, of the Mar
shal ofthe United States, ofthe Attorney ot
Louallier, and of the Commander of the
Barracks, were laid before the Judge, and
on the motion of the U. S. Attorney, a rule
to show cause why process of attachment
should not issue against Jackson, was gran
ted. The rest is soon told. Gen. Jackson
was brought into Court, and for his con
tempt of tiiat tribunal, fined SIOOO and
costs!
To show that Gen. Jackson’s conduct ir
the order to the French population, and the
imprisonment of Louallier and Hall, was
wholly unnecessary, it is only necessary to
make an extract from his defence, in whicli
he admitted that “most ofthe acts menfionea
in the rule look place after the enemy had re
tired from the place he had at. first assumed
after they had met with a signal defeat —ant
after an unoficial account had been receiver
ofthe signature of the treaty!”
Amos Kendall. —The New York Jour
nal of Commerce has the following just re
marks on the subject of the late Post Mas
ter General’s imprisonment for liabilities
incurred by him in the eonscientous dis
charge of his public duties. It is a fact
that Mr. Kendall is, and has been for sever
al months past, restrained within the jail
limits of Washington city ; but it is on ac
count of debts due by the government. In ‘
firm they may be due by him, (for the
Court has so decided,) but in fact they are
due by the government. The case is this:
Mr. Kendall, while Post Master General,
withheld from Messrs. Stockton & Stokes,
mail contractors, certain amounts which
they claimed, believing that they were nut
justly entitled to the same, and that faith
fulness to his trust forbade him thus to ex
pend the public money. It was of no ad
vantage to him personally to withhold the
payment. If the claim was just, it was just
not against himself, but against the Post
Qffice Department, i. e. against the Amer
ican people, as repiesented in that Depart
ment. Yet it is precisely for this claim, or
these claims, that Mr. Kendall is now in
durance. As against him, it is a case of
rank injustice, and requires the immediate
interference of Congress. We trust there
are no whigs in that body so unreasonable
as to be willingthat an individual should be
compelled to pay the debts of the nation, or
in default thereof, be subjected to personal
inconvenience and damage. If any such
there are, they are more to be pittied than
Mr. Kendall. We are glad to see that he
has presented a memorial to the Senate,
praying for relief. It has been referred to
the committee on claims.
MR. WEBSTER AND GEN. CASS.
A private letter from Washington, re
ceived in Baltimore, says, “It is reported
here, in political circles, that a very sharp
correspondence took place between Mr.
Webster and Gen. Cass, during the visit of
the latter to this city. The subject was the
Quintuple Treaty, and the provision of the
Washington Treaty in reference lo the
maintenance of a squadron on the coast of
Africa. It is said that Get). Cass took oc
casion in the course of his letters, to refer,
in a very personal and even offensive way,
to the course of Mr. Webster during the
late war.” { ,
