nted. The attorney
was directed by the Judge to inform the General of his application for
the writ and the order for issuing it.--This was in courtesy.

"On receiving Morel's communication, the ebullition of
Jackson's anger was such, that reason appeared to have lost its
control. Those who had suggested the harsh measure against the
French citizens, and the still more harsh one against
Louallier, imagined the moment was come, when their enmity
towards Hall might be gratified. We have seen that a number of
individuals, who had hitherto sustained a fair character, were
now known as accomplices of the Barrataria pirates.
Prosecutions had been commenced against some of them, and Hall
manifested that stern severity of character, which appals
guilt. The counsel of these men had conceived the idea that he
did not view their efforts to screen their clients, with the
liberality and indulgence they deserved. The opportunity now
offered of humbling this worthy magistrate, was not suffered to
remain unimproved; and Jackson was assured that Hall, like
Louallier, was guilty of an offence punishable with death.

"The general's attention was drawn to the seventh section of
the rules and articles of war, which denounces the last
punishment against persons aiding or abetting mutiny; and he
was pressed to prosecute the judge before a court martial. As a
preparatory step, with that promptitude of decision, which
Eaton says is a leading trait in his character, he signed an
instrument at once, the warrant for the arrest, and the
_mittimus_ for the imprisonment of Hall. He wrote to Colonel
Arbuckle, who commanded at the barracks, that having received
proof that Dominick A. Hall had been _aiding_, _abetting_, _and
exciting mutiny_ in his camp, he desired that a detachment
might be ordered forthwith, to arrest and _confine_ him; and
that a report might be made as soon as he was arrested. 'You
will,' as it is said in the conclusion of this paper, 'be
vigilant; as the agents of our enemy are more numerous than we
expected. You will be guarded against escapes.'

"The prosecution of the judge was intended to be grounded on
the seventh section of the articles of war, which is in these
words:--'Any _officer or soldier_, who shall begin, cause,
excite, or join in, any mu