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w ?c uTa etfvrv mFv vfc. rv getopv . .' i- i'lifni ,. -4-.il it ilA Wilt :"! ii VOL. III. NUMBER 26. ASHEmLE, JANUARY 20, 1843. WHOLE "NUMBER 130. PRINTED AMD PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY J, II CHRIST Y & to, puittthirfftht Lares 'fetftM Vrrittd Statu. , .... , TERJfiSt ... m.;. uMf i nuhltahed at Two Dolum a tear, ' ' .jnBe Two Dollar and Fifty Onli In li! monthaor, Throe DpUar at tbefnd of lo .ear. (So propeciu. AdWiw"9Btoi"ertd at One Dollar per qmr for Uta nru. ana nwij.tm i continuance. Court Order will bo charged Itrenty-flva per eont. extra. MISCELLANY i 'i.j (From the Manx libera. l. . The Pirate,.,, . By the limo thai the several dispositions . ha it. rnntain had been made.' a atrunger, a beautiful brig, had approached within gunshot. ; We (thnt is, officers' and r,f.MnrreraV were ."Congregated upon the Lnndeck.in anticipation, of momentarily Hnivinff an iron summons to round .to. This, howeverdid not appearto be a part of the unknown's, polby ; and whilst he was fast drawing ahead, Macsawney, who carried on the duties of the ship as H she floated unquestioned mistress of the blue an,rderedeig1il tettihaVtngTlatteo the sun) to be struck, end invited his "ptfS sengers to partake their customary meri dian. They were in the act of descending, when Bosy, reported that the brig, having given' a broad yaw to leeward., , shuwud Snanish colors at Iter peak. Thoso were. scarcely set ere they were dipped, on in dication thai it waa tneir wasn to: Jpsas to as. . Tho atrocities which have degraded SnainB' oiirte imperial banner, coupled with the rakish loom of the stranger,-and. our proximity with the Cape, de Vera islands, the favorite resortthe lawless, eaused us to -survey him with a curiosity in which apprehension was not slightly mingled. Our doubts and fears were in course of "5eWy s6lult6'n7nsrt1ie self-styled Spaniard hud now tessenea ins aisiuuce ia a cuupiu or miles. A moro exquisite hull it was impos sible to look uponbow round as an np. pie, with a cut-water sharp as a wedge, Irom which projected a female flguro lioad of the most graceful proportions. Every lino wasymmetry itself her bottom beau, tifully moulded, her copper bright as bur. nished gold, and her run clean and fine as the heels of a racer ; in short the very mo die of what an English noble's yacht should be. "The capacity might nmouut to Soma three hundred tons. The beauty of the bull was equalled by the gear aloft, which was taunt, taporing, and well set up ; the lower mast was clean scraped and bright varnished, with long heads painted while. He carried courses, topsails, with a slab reef to make them stand better ; top gallant sails, fore-top-mast staysails, jibboon main sail, a thundering ringtail, fore topmast and fore-top.callant studying sans ; nis royai yard were sent down, and his flying jlbbdbn housed. All his yards were remarkably square, his canvass well cut, and it was impossible to surpass the light airy tracery of his taper musts, with their muzy lines, of superincumbent cordage. A"s we ap proximated, we gave our meteor nug to the breeze his Spanish ensign stijl floating at its peak. Ilia lovely craft was in perfect pg.rnanff,labd ha vlrigUf 6 wn aliuio before our lee beam, ho immediately hailed. ' 'Ship, ahoy P " ' Hallo ?' responded Macsawney. What ship's that?' r ' , ' TKo Rmifu S what brie s mat I it Where are you rural The Cape of Ooon Hope. - ' Huftua in t I linvn intellinenco to com- a iju . v .... f3 matlicate., ' Ay, ay,' sung out Mac. i tChecrily my lads round in the weather main and top- sail braces. ' Foretop therel down topgal lant stum' sail bownballd! That's it with a will men. - So o T Man the royal end kytail cluo lines I1. . lo a surprising short space tho Saucy Sally was reduced to top and top-gallunt aaila, Jib and "splnlterlhooiancr main courses hanging in the brails. The Vomi to Pietro was still under sail, and although while our. ship was obeying the injunctions, she hadHVuteU up So sharp in the wind as not only'to deaden her way, but to drop a short distance astern. Purceiving her main topsail, to the roast, he once more ranged within hailing distance. Ship ahoy ! send a boat aboard of me, d'ye hear?' i ti v , .. 4 Brig ahoy J' shouted Mac. ' No boat of mine leaves the ship. If you Tiav any Ihing to communicate send your own boat.' Send your boat this instant, sir, or I'll Erelnto you. " ' '! " . 2 ' Blaze away,1 sang out the impertubable Scotsman. Down on the de jk lads yoa nau pepper him by and bye.' A pause ensued the vessels gradually separated the Vomito Pietro hove to some sixty yards forward of the Sally 's lee beam without further ceremony , exchangee the opaaistt ensign, for the skull and marrow bone. At this mninftttt ' both weasels had lost steerage way, the wind having fallen a Aadcalm. , " . . ' We must be ruidprl b circumstances.' aid the captain, addressing us, but in no cae must we allow them to obtain a footing 18 will, rj0 -dnoht 'aMk to hoard under "cover of his Ion in. . .f'T"7"' . ... ; Let him try but io pot l implore vou. throw away a shot mil each of you is sure of his man ; every . tney lose adds to our chance of escape.' -The Vomito PtctW was thwOiaiiW -f examining it appear The Captain was right In his eonji-cturet for scarcely had he ceused speaking ere the Vomilo,jrjofently satisfiud ith- recoil. ooitunng, launched both (wr boats full uf men. No sooner bad they touched the wa ter, than they sent forth fc wild yell, to which as a fitting accompaniment, the roar of their long eighteen poundefbened its deadly ihroat happily without any materi. ul injury resulting. Emboldened by the no return of fire, the boats after a brief oon. ference trnder lite Vomito's stern, com menced pulling, making somewhat of a I sweep, apparently' with the design of as-1 sailing the saucy sally on either quarter. Divide yourselveBcotttinuedthe wo ful and indefatigable Mac $ but above ut be cool be steady. Ah I ho exclaimed, rubbing his hands with grerot delight, it would be a nr We chance. Ill trv it. bv Ueorge I at the worst it eao but fail. Look A. . . . . - - ' ' utoft, a hand or two ; ease off the weather and haul in the lee main braces ; there s a catspa w aloft ; tle ship already feels it, and there will bo more erq lonir, Jump aft, O' Donrfehuo take the wheel ; run the pirate along side i and, d'ye mind me, let every mothers son of ye, as he wishes-to see kith and kin again, pay the strictest atten. ircumatancoa Iwdwfeed-alteriid- the SetHchwan' pluns. At the- very moment ho was endeavoring totme a warm recep tion totlie fivo-ond-twenty or thirty wretch. es, armed to the teeth, fast approaching in the pirate's cutters at that very moment a light air swelled tlie gaucy Bally'e salee. Like other-tropical flaws, this air was ex. trenMly partial, and did not yet extend to f the Vormio, which lay a motionless, log on the water. Freshing in its course, at length it struck the guilty brig, but too to save her from the giapple of the Saucy Sally, who was already speeding under its influence. Two minutes sulhced to lay ner along side, but few more to pour her resistless crew upon the corsair's docks; and whilst t lie main boilyjjaltted the. BiaoaJsjr3d.ryt;j dans ono or two secured the helm, and got the brig before the wind Saucy Sally bear ing her company, her passenger riflemen picking up the banditti with aurprising ac curacy. Discomfited on every hand the survivors hurried below, leaving UieiFirbT phy in Sally's power. The boats mean. whilo, toiled almost in the moment ot pos session, rowed with all the energy ot des. pair : but the breeze had once moro set in strong and steady, and both the Saucy Sally and tho Vomito were dropping them last. 1 ho maniac yells rent the air the water flashed under the fury of their strokes, aud the boats were urged onward with a strength uimost superhuman. . At the moment when hope- must ha ve been-Vll but dead within them, the Vomito suddenly hove up fn tlie wind's eye.i Could it be? Hud the mer-: chantman failed, and were their coiwade victors '! They paused apon their oars, join- ng company, as if to ponder upon the course proper lobe pursued. Brier w .n the spaco permitted for con sideration.' A splush, a stunning report and an iron shower sped its fatal flight, scat tering with one crash, tho dying and dead, with the skiff that bore them, in rutted fragments upon the devouring deepTheir. own trusted weupons had bctm Uii'iwd upm heniselves; and O Uonouhuc. by the inouih of-their boosted Ln'mg Tom, hud spd thei4 unannculed to their account Pattnos. We wera close in with ' tho isle that ia called Patnios," several hours; und I had ance, so far as is possible, from the sea. ' It wiih,.iit iwi-.nty rnilM in circumference, anrl its aspect is forbidding and cheeHees. Ttie shores are in most places steep and precip itate, and from our vessel it appeared as it the inhabitants would be in constant dunger of rolling down into tho sea. Tho highest part of the island is surmounted by a mo. uastery, dedicated to at. John, round wfltich are built the houses of a respectable town We could, discover very few trees, , 1 he sailors were lavish in their praises of the inhabitants. It was with unutterable feelings I gazed unoh this drearv rock. The situation of the weeping exiles was before me, , who were baoislied from the pleasures and ap plauses of Imperial Rome, and were tent to inhabit this dull and distant region, wun none to converse with but' sufferers in the . . .......... .... same calamities, whose very attempts at consolation would only still deepen sorrow What must they have felt, and how must they have wept, when they beheld from tho horizon the little speck that was to const! tute their world f 1 here was one among these exiles whose brow was calm, whose eve was bedimmed by no i whose countenance seemed to beam the serenity of a spirit in bliss. It was the be loved disciple of tho Lord. The banish ment of the venerable apostle was from a cause perhaps different from that of any of the exiles who had preceded him. as it was " for the word of God and for the tes. timony of Jesus Christ ;" Rev. i. 9. Stahdinu upon one of the eminences of the island, and turning towards the conti nent, St. John would. bo able to distinguish mountains that might also be seen from the whole of the seven churches in Asia, ana as he had planted some of them with his saw we eauttt1 he til ten would stand tnus and looking toward these interesting spots lift up his hands to heaven, and pour out I his soul in prayer, that He who walked among the golden candlesticks would con 1 tinue to visit them in mercy, and save them from the power of ihe AntichrTsl that was to come, it is cue or those thoughts upon whicli' the mind so much doligbta k dwell that from this rock, surrounded only by other and similar roqks, aud looking out upon distant mountains, there should have been an insight given into, futurity further and clearer thsn tri any other plft was ever afforded unto mere man.Hirrfy' JSohcet of, the Holy Land, , , Buaas rtrr ts Fuour. Durke bad once rinea in Uie House of Common; with ome paper in hi hanil AM Ilia MihlAAl nf afliuli Wm u. t n in. L a motion, when a roueh hewn incmfw-r rudelft startccr op -and aid Mr. Speaker, 1 nope the honorable gentleman doea tot saeaa to read that farce bundle of paper, and to bore o with a lonr peeeti into the bargnin." Afr. Burke had to swol len, or rather o nearly luSocated, wiU rage, a to M incapable or utterance, and absolutely ran out of the ho IMC. Gcorifo Selwyfn remarked it waa the only tan M has ever wea tha labia realised u: A Uon put lo flight by lb bra; tog f ao a." 22i2Iiy31SaSa, ASHEVILLE, N.C.4 Frldny, Jan. 90, 1813. the me and ry raised fast summer by the whole pack of Loeoibeo office seekers about Whig extravagance,' u Whig pro. fligacy," tlw Jovernor's Ice-house, his chickert-house, bedstead, tit. &c. Well, oho of the leaders of Ihia very same party recently made an efTort in the Legislature to tffy) thousand iollart appropriated for enclosing the public square at Raleigh! Yes, the very party which were so econo. m'fal that they were almost horror struck at the idea of giving one thousand to help the largo settlement on Spring Creek in- this county make them a road were ready to give" fiAylfa the public square at Raleigh." " Kttr tr BEFORE THE PEOPLE." The eighth wonder of the werldl. "II we were called upon just now to say what we consider the eighth Wonder of the world, we should be much disposed to say that it must be a Locof ooo Legislature, a number of which have of late been ia ses sion. Une In Uhio was engaged for some lima in discussing a resolution introduced by a leader of the party against the General Post Office. .The preamble to this famous document asserted that the con struct ioa put by the Postmaster General ea the law con. ceruiog writing on the margin of papers sent by muil- w extremely puerile, imbecile and ridiculous, and at variance with the letter and spirit of tuck late post office laws and with the plain dictates of common sense I , . iho third resolution directs that copy of tho whole should be seel to the President, the Ohio members of Congress, and the Governors of each. State except Rltode Isluud ! 1 Here ia a Legislature os- 8uming thv prerogati vo. of Judges of low. aod i i) place of making law for the State of Ohio, have undertaken n ktdireeily at least, to construe the, laws which regulate the General Post .Office Department l: ; , This sumo Legislaturo repealed law which had previously been in force, aod fugitive slave in that State. Now, when a negro from Kentucky or elsewhere, ruas away, or is run off, and gets into Ohio, the master may whistle for hint ! And this is the party ao loud and long in their cry of ".Whig abolitionism 1 Whig abolitionism 1" The Locofoco Legislature of Georgia succeeded in getting into power through the cry of bbuef 1 BELiBf for the people ! Well, "the people" elected theni they bad a majority of about forty held a long, long tedious session, and adjourned without transacting any business of, general im portance ! , They hava made their own nartv if we may iodize from the tone of their papers, aV wrath' as1 Turn O'Shan. ter's wife ; and, like her, they are all now " Gathering their brow like gathering storm, And mining their wrath to keep it warm." - They, however, made out to pass a reso lution nominating J.C.Calhoun for the Pre sidency , "bat soon becoming scared at their own shadows, they wheeled about, recon sidered, and efuhe resolution lying on the table ! In New'" Hampshire, where they are the lruegrilOe-reaf Simou f Pures they did much ; at least we suspect they thought so They abused the tariff, the bankrupt law, the land distribution law, which were lately passed by Congress, and had tike, to have repealed the fchole of them but the climax was capped by the following, which was 1. Any wnsuuuf good mural ehawiefon on application to the Supreme Court, shall be admitted to practice as ao attorney. 2. Every park in cause, prosecution, or suit, maw appear, plead pursue or de. lend in his proper person, or by any citizen of good moral character f m If they had j'lst hippehed to have taken ft In head to license every old free negro 'of good moral character;"to tell fortunes, and every person " of good moral charac ter," who might be so disposed, cither " in his own proper person, or by any citizen of good moral character," to pructico the Thompsoniau system of medicine, and eve ry old woman "of good moral character" toprcadl the Gospel, they would have made a complete finish of lU But these littler they have reserved for a future occasion.' The Democratic alias Locofoco Legis lature of Virginia recently hud before it a resolution to inquire into tho expediency, of punishing slaves, free negroes, and mulat. toes for attempting lo administer poison which resolution, upon being introduced, was immediately followed by another in; structing the committee on agriculture to inquire into the expediency of having all the pigs In the commonwealth to curl ihetr tuiU to th BttW, n4 report by biH ur otherwise- We huve noTTa yeTheafd of j tlie fate of this latter measure but should it pass, it Will uf course create in each county at lcast.tho honorable office of Pig. tail-twister, which office we hope will in all cases he filled with good Locofocos, as llwir- reward of tho spoils ! But, in the history of our own Legisla. ture " there hangs a tale." Among their first acts was the turning out of utmost ev ery Whig officer they hud in their power. Secondly, they (the Locos) fell out among themselves and quarreled liku Turks about who was to have the honor of representing Jhem,in t he. US..&;nu tr.-a ml liiml I y ercised themselves in a display of oi iutoriul powers on a resolution to pi event the catch- irig of terrapins in a drag net 1 But, after all, we are inclined to think that it will be one of the most profitable Legislatures that has met in this State for many years. It will effect more towards tho downfall, the destruction, the annihilation, the utter ex. tinetion of Locofocoism in this State, jhun any thing which has occurred for years. Its leaders have been given rope, and they have used ii well sad sealed (heir own doom. Bo be it so let it be ! Gen. Jacksou's fine. In another column of this paper we pub lish an article from the National Intelli gencer, en the subject of the fine imposed upon Gen. Jackson by Judge Hall, about the limo of the battle of New Orleans. This subject, it will be recollected, was be. fore Congress at its last session, and would have passed but for the refusal ot the Gene. rari friends to admit in the Bill a clause which provided that nothing therein should be go coiistruiKl as reQecliiig upon-Judge Hall,, or even expressing pro or con an opl nion on any legal question growing out of the declaration of martial law on lhat occa iu.,TheWbig were, and still are, willing that tlieumeunt of the fine with interest should be refunded non these comliiions-i-nnd "indeed any other conditions would be tantamount to an acknowledgement on the part of Congress of the supremacy of the sword . above the civil in wrthan which no step could be more dangerous in a republican government. To tiie Legislature op North Caro lina. A vessel arrived at Wilmington a few days ago, having, as part of hercargo, 50 kegs lard, 100 barrels flour, 28 hhbs. bacon, and 1500 bushels of corn, the pro ductioif of the State of Ohiol and brought to Wilmington for sale, because it is cheap er to Convey such articles from Ohio to Wilmington, than from Rowan to Wilming ton! Surely no North Caroliniantun hear that Ohio is permitted; to supply us with food, without blushing for the Legftlutures which have gone before you,' and which have left their highways in such a stale, that 200 miles of transportation over them is more expensive than UDOO in another direction.' Will you remedy this evil, or must those who succeed you, blush for you tooJ bay Ubs Y. rt The Legislature of North Caro Una," particularly the last one than the majority of whom a more nonsensical set of men never met in a State House. Here we arerenjnying The i unenviable rr-puihiion of having more persons over twenty years old unable to read or write than tiny other Slate in the Union few if any good roads, and very little internal prosperity of any kind, and our wise legislators busying them selves upon a bill to lay a tariff upon oys- and prsfBt th.jHlcl ing nf larrnpins with a Tlrug net ! Ni'vei wag tlreie,-and we sincerely trust there never will be, a State in this Union that has pursjed, and still pursues, such a pin's head policy as ours. (KrOur exchange pupcrs'seem to be be. ginning the year in very merry mood. They abound in tales, anecdotes, news, prose, poetry, puns, etc. etc. Some of their ilems of news we believe and others wo do not for instance, We don't believe the story told by the New Orleans Picayune about an old horse in that region that got so poor he was not able to die lhat ho used to lean tigainst a barn without strength enough lo wiuk the flies off his , eyes -and finally, his mustor had to hire a northern horse to help him draw his last breath. We don't believe that the young ladies out west brush their teeth with ral-lail files. We don't befyeve the report of an old gentleman in Connecticut regularly floggmg his old roustcr for crowimr on llieJSabbath duy. We don't believe that the moon's mado of green cheese. We don't ' VeKrvc (hat a preacher wil' ever make-ms congregations any Dciter Dy BCudl ifg llwm. We don't believe lhat Queen Victoria de signs to come to the United States next summer to see the Fulls of Niagara. We don't believe that Buncombe is alto gcther (he worst place in the world. We don't believe thui John C. Cainpiirr would at all dislike lo be President of the United States but , We don't believe ho wiltever be gratified in that respect. We don't believe every merchant who says he has the " cheapest goodsever sold, nor every political aspirant to office who affects to have moro love for tho " dear pplw." ilwi)..any.jjuajd not-Uxvcry.L newspaper publisher who says his is the best paper in the world". We don't believe that the fellow who has been selling rats in Cincinnati for grey squirrels is altogether honest. We don't believe that those sausages, in New Orleans, mado when the dogs become scarce in proportion lo the increase of tho sausages, can be very good. And finally We don't believe in the good taste of any man hereabouts who does not subscribe for the Messenger. From the National Intelligencer. Oeu. Jackson and tho flue. Upon the recommendation by the Presi- dent of the United States, to refund to Gen. Jackson the amount of the fine imposed upon tim at New Orleans, by a judicial tribunal, for contempt of court in imprison. ing the Judge for issuing a writ of habeas corpus, we took nccasinti to express entire willingness lint the fine should bo remitted with interest in full, provided that in re. milting the fino no attempt was made to punish (or puss sentenco upon) the Cuurt which imposed it. Against any such era. sure from the great ctmrV of civil liberty of one Tof ' "its Tdnuutncptal principles", if Intend edto be ndvised by tho President, wq pro leafed then, and ever shall protest," The same sentiments which we have expressed appuiita uuimulo the Wliigsr-io-dangrcss. In the debate on the subject in the Sunate on Thursday, Mr. Crittenden und Mr. Ber rieti intimated tho same willingness that, lllougli iullleT late In the day to be Ihoui'ht of, tne money should be rciutidcd to Gen, Jackson; that he should be indemnified for arty pecuniury lass sustained by him iu dis. charging what ho believed to- bo his duty. Whilst all power beyond or above the Con stitution of the United Slates was denied to any military commander, no imputation was cast by either of those gentlemen on the patriotism or motives of Gen. Jackson in the case referred to: They even admit ted that, in a great emergency, an officer of the army mighl be under a necessity of transcending his uuthority, subjecting him. aef, however, to all legal responsibility for any such exercise of power. Such a trans, gression might be excusable, and excused, but not justifiable or justified. But whilst the Whigs in Congress appear to be willing to do what General Jackson's political friends, when in power, would not do thttP is, refund the money Iho out door friends of General Jackson are not willing tohave the money refunded without expunging (Ae records of the Court. ' The Globe newspaper, indeed, with a dctermi JBalion AhuLlbej-e shall be no mistake in reiinity nndinjury-inflkted- on- nwu wha de card 'to tho question being in reality an issue, to be tried by Congress, between the law and the sword, publishes the following conclusive proof of the fact . The mode in which he Gen. Jackson! was prepared to treat their bill the Senate's bill with . the proviso which his friends voted dow"n at the hist session, will let them see how Cuttle ' itnU . little, lawyer-like, chi cattery is when brought to play upon such a man. In a letter which he addressed to us, in consequence ot some notice in the Globe, on the failure of the bill at the last session, lm n!M 1. . - - ' ...... Ynil jiirlgfd rightly of my feelings whan you say I would not tou;h one cent of the money under that odious and" insulting amended bill ; and those who proposed the amendment, if they possessed any honora. ble feeling, knew I would not. I 'would starve before I would be fed on their cspe cial groce, nt the expense of my honor and my fame. When I approach Congress, it is lo ask justice not to beg it I only au. peal lomy God for acts of special grace not to man. Through you I present my lhai.ks to my friends for so promptly voling down this insulting amended bill. My gra. titude is due to the Republican States for their eflorts to havo this unjust imputation upon my fume wiped from the records, hy law refunding the fine and costs sojtnjusify ana lyrantcauy imposed py a vindictive judge sitting in ins own cause." Tho V amended bjilf1 which was a odious in the eyesif Gen. Jackson, the reader pei hapw1ll need be reminded, pro vided nierelyihnt nothing in the bill should bo constfued as an expression of the opinion oMJWress (one way or the ether) on any udiuial proceeding or legal question grow ing out of tho declaration of martial law during the defence,of New Orleans. This was the insult so odious to Gen. Jackson. Here's another article on tho subject of Gen. Jackson's fine. Read it, and form your owu opinions. Wo belicvo it to be ft plain state menfvof facts. Wo should pay outTTttfiriUehtion to tho subject, bTiyioTlhu recommendation of the President; and the effort of the Locofocos lo make political capita! out of it. GEN. JACKSON'S FINE. 'yi . v . t i ' ureal tyons lor a year past have been made to excite popular feeling and procum legislative action against the sentence and execuiion of Ihe faw which in 1815 imposed upon Gen. Jackson, nfter the battle of Now Orlenns, a fine of 1 ,000 for a gross con. lempt of Court in refusing obedience to u writ and in imprisoning a Judge to prevent a" resort to ulterior process for enforcinor obedience ; ana President Tyler has lately urged themntter upon the attention of Uon- grcsr.-- Wrrftnd the" drcamina HccrotThfs"' case detailed with great precision in a nam- phlet entitled " Martial Law, by a Ken tuckian,"from which extracts are mudo in the Intelligencer; and as we apprehend the knowledge which most of our readers pos- scss upon tne subject is but vague, we copy from it tho following narrative. N The writer premises that there has been1 no instance,of Martial Law in Englund for the last hundred and fifty years, and none in this country, not even during the Revo. lution, but that given b) Gen. Jackson in New Orleans. In the difference of habits, etc., between the two classes of the popu i . . . , , imiioii at ii ew urieans ana tne suspicion ot the loyalty of the French, Gen. Jackson found grouudjbr the proclamation of Mar. tial Law, which he enforced upon the mem- bors of the Legislature by keeping or thrusting them out of their halls by an armed force. All classes, however, did their duty in the field; tho enemy was beaten back, the country was evacuated, ' and every thing was quiet yet Gen. Jack- son still maintained Martial Law : " On tho 18th January tho enemy had re-embarked his troops. "On the 12th i''i bruary ho was off Mobile a distance of 150 miles, and never again approached nearer to Orleans. On the- 20th, Mr. Liv. ington returned from the fleet wilhinfornui. Hon "derived f ram the Admiral, of the treaty f peace. 'On Ihe 13d it was confirmed from another quarter,'' and nobody but Gen; Jackson doubted its truth. A general dis content at the unnecessary keepirrgTip"T)f martial law and iho exaction of constant military duty from the citizens began lo manifest itself; but moro particularly oh tho part ol" some two or three hundred do. miciled, but unnaturalized Frenchmen, 'who though not compellable to sdrve against a nation then at amity with France, yet had volunteered their services, and rendered such gallant and valuable aid in obtaining the great victory, as to extort the special commendation of tho General himself. These men complained that they were uu. necessarily kept in a disagreeable encamp ment some miles below tho city, and awny from their business and trades, upon which their families depended for support," wTiilst other Louisiana militia from a distancr, who had neither families nor business there, vcro comfortably quartered inihocity. To relievo themselves, they claimed nn3 obtained exemption from military duty on account of thtir alienage; but tho Gt nernl immediately issued an order bac'whing all who had ur should obtain such exemption to Baton Rouge, 150 miles above the city. " On the 3d March tAcre appeared in an Orleans newspaper a temperate and siifficieni. ly decorous remonstrance against this order of banishment; firsf, because of the indij;- served a very different requital' of thiV gallantry; second, because it violuted rights secured under the treaty of France; third, becauso it violated their right to protection as denizens under the Constitution of tho United Statesf Jburihr because the Gene, ral could havo no right so to treat alien friends, whilst the act of Congress only au thorized the President himself so id treat alien enemies ; fifth, because it was time that the civil law should resume its empire, that citizens should be restored to their con stitutional judges, and ao longer be dealt ' with before military tribunals. This was uz-jltan hy-TMi- T-nnia T.nnnllLir ,nn inlftlli. , gent nnil rpiprrlnhln mt-rnhf r nf.lhtt.Limu siana Senate, who has heretofore rendered himself very obnoxious to the General by his active opposition to the General's re quest to have ihe writ of habeas corpus sus pended by act of the Legislature.; From V t I 1 i r
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