gainst Louallier was
evident--Jackson, therefore, put an end to Hall's imprisonment
on Saturday, the 11th of March. The word _imprisonment_ is
used, because Eaton assures his readers, that '_Judge Hall was
not imprisoned_; it was merely an arrest.' Hall had been taken
from his bed chamber, on the preceding Sunday, at 9 o'clock in
the evening, by a detachment of about one hundred men, dragged
through the streets, and confined in the same apartment with
Louallier, in the barracks. Three days after, it had been
officially announced to the inhabitants of New-Orleans, that
Jackson was in possession of persuasive evidence, that a state
of peace existed, and the militia had been discharged, the door
of Hall's prison was thrown open, but not for his release. He
was put under a guard, who led him several miles beyond the
limits of the city, where they left him, with a prohibition to
return, 'till the ratification of the treaty was _regularly_
announced, or the British shall have left the southern coast.'

"This last, and useless display of usurped power, astonished
the inhabitants. They thought, that, if the general feared the
return of the British, the safety of New-Orleans would be
better insured, by his recall of the militia, than by the
banishment of the legitimate magistrate. It was the last
expansion of light, and momentary effulgence, that precedes the
extinguishment of a taper.

"At the dawn of light, on Monday, the 13th, an express reached
head quarters, with the despatch which had accidentally been
misplaced, in the office of the secretary of war, three weeks
before. The cannon soon announced the arrival of this important
document, and Louallier was indebted for his liberation, to the
precaution, which Eaton says, the President of the United
States had taken, to direct Jackson to issue a proclamation for
the pardon of all military offences."

Judge Hall had suffered indignity without being disgraced; he had
submitted to physical force without yielding his spirit to debasement;
or surrendering one of his official or personal rights. His reward
awaited him, and it is eloquently recorded by our historian.

"Hall's return to the city was greeted by the acclamations of
the inhabitants. He was the first judge of the United States
they had received, and