e successful struggle to
expel a powerful invading enemy from her shores.

To a proud American, citizen or soldier, the consciousness of having
faithfully discharged his duty to his country must ever be his
highest and most lasting consolation. But when to this is added the
approbation, the gratitude of the wisest, the most respectable part
of the community, with whom and under whose eye it has been his
fortune to act, it will ever be esteemed, not only the highest reward
for his services, but the most powerful incentive to his future good
conduct.

Accept, sir, for the Legislature, my warmest acknowledgments for the
honorable mention they have made of the corps to which I belong, and
for yourself the esteem and respect so justly due from me, for your
polite and highly interesting note of communication; and my best
wishes for your health and happiness.

JOHN ADAIR.

GENERAL JACKSON--CLASH WITH THE COURT.

A member of the Legislature, Mr. Loillier, severely censured the
commander-in-chief for continuing New Orleans and vicinity under martial
law after the defeat and embarkation of the British army, and for his
arbitrary course in sending a body of creole troops to a remote camp
near Baton Rouge, in response to their petition for a discharge. Jackson
ordered his arrest. Loillier applied to Judge Hall, of the United States
District Court, for a writ of habeas corpus, which was promptly granted
by the court. General Jackson summarily ordered the arrest of Judge Hall
also; and that he and the assemblyman both be deported beyond the
military lines, as persons liable to incite insubordination and mutiny
within the martial jurisdiction. Intelligence of the treaty of peace at
Ghent soon followed, and martial law once again yielded to civil
authority.

Judge Hall, resenting what he deemed a great indignity upon the court,
issued an order, summoning Jackson to appear before him to answer a
grave charge of contempt. Jackson's attorney attempted to plead in his
defense, but the judge silenced him, and set the hearing a week after.
On the thirty-first of March, Jackson appeared in court in person, but
refused to be interrogated. As his defense had been denied, he announced
that he was there only to receive the sentence of the court. Judge Hall
then imposed a fine of one thousand dollars, which sum the veteran
offender drew from his pocket and handed in to the court.

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