New school history of the United States . aken-am) with eightthousand menand fifty ships,carrying a thou-sand the in-vaders landed,they were at-tacked by Gen-eral then fellback to theplains of Chal-m e t t e {shal-OLD SPANISH HOUSE TN NEW ORLEANS. 7net)^ and there repulsed an attack of the British. Ten days later Pakenhamrepeated the onset. He was twice struck, and was mortally * Barataria is an inlet of the Gulf, south of New Orleans. While the city was under martial law, Judge Hall extended the protection of thecivil law to an offender under military arrest. Jackson arre
New school history of the United States . aken-am) with eightthousand menand fifty ships,carrying a thou-sand the in-vaders landed,they were at-tacked by Gen-eral then fellback to theplains of Chal-m e t t e {shal-OLD SPANISH HOUSE TN NEW ORLEANS. 7net)^ and there repulsed an attack of the British. Ten days later Pakenhamrepeated the onset. He was twice struck, and was mortally * Barataria is an inlet of the Gulf, south of New Orleans. While the city was under martial law, Judge Hall extended the protection of thecivil law to an offender under military arrest. Jackson arrested and expelled thejudge. On the abrogation of martial law, Judge Hall brought Jackson before his court andfined him $1,000. The line was paid at once. It was repaid by Congress thirty yearsafterwards. During the proceedings the judge was alarmed by the display of enthusiasm inbehalf of Jackson. The general cried out r There is no danger here—there shall ben^ne. The same hand that protected the city will shield and protect the ^ Q -S C O 3 ti) o P3 o a; Z Oj C3 o OH U o uA> c3 o u o o O oU PP PP o o oo oo o pp - ^ ^ • ^* o o I o >o ;2i o O O PP O vo pq ^ IS r;^ o ^ 1—1 ^ .2p oo ^ > O o PQ o ifi O O r- « -^ •5 ^ W o ^ O rt Fx. ... ^ ^ c5 ~: W ^ O o tJ3 o H O a; o „ P a; THE HARTFORD CONVENTION. wounded.^ General Gibbs, the second in command, was^ killed, General Keane, the third in rank, was8 Tan ^^^^^^d, and left the field. When the Britishreserves were brought up, they could only protectthe retreat. The British loss was very heavy ; the Americanwas very slight, f The battle of New Orleans was thelast and the severest battle of the war. Peace had alreadybeen made, but the news had not reached America. THE ESSEX. 57. The daring cruise of the Essex, under Capt. Por-ter, was the most remarkable naval event of the year. Porterhad sailed from the Delaware in the previous autumn. Hecaptu
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