CONCLUSION OF THE WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN.
The battle of New Orleans was the last great military event of the second war with Great Britain. In point of fact, it was fought after a treaty had been signed by the commissioners of Great Britain and the United States, assembled for the purpose at Ghent. This battle was of immense importance. It saved the city of New Orleans from capture and plunder. General Jackson’s services on this occasion, and his difficult and perilous campaign against the Creek Indians, raised his reputation to a very high point; and subsequently occasioned his elevation to the president’s chair.
After the conclusion of the treaty of Ghent, a squadron of the United States navy was sent to chastise the Barbary powers for attacking our commerce during the war with Great Britain. The Barbary powers concluded treaties without a struggle, and the country, except a few skirmishes with the Indians, remained at peace till the war with Mexico, of which we will now proceed to give some sketches.
DEATH OF RINGGOLD.
