mishing during the whole of it. Yet, he is still able to show a very formidable force. There is little doubt that the commanding General, Sir Edward Pakenham, was killed in the action of the 8th, and that Majors Gen. Keane and Gibbs were badly wounded. Whenever a more leisure moment shall occur, I will take the liberty to make out, and forward you a more circumstantial account of the several actions, and particularly that of the 8th; in doing which, my chief motive will be, to render justice to those brave men I have the honor to command, and who have so remarkably distinguished themselves. I have the honor, &c. ANDREW JACKSON. Report of the killed, wounded, and prisoners taken, at the battle on the 8th of January, 1815.-Killed, 700 Wounded, 1400-Prisoners taken, 1 Major, 4 Captains, 11 Lieutenants, 1 Ensign, 483 non-commissioned officers and privates-making a grand total of 2,600. A. P. HAYNE, Insp. Gen. Maj. Gen. A. JACKSON. GUN-BOATS TAKEN BY THE ENEMY. Copy of a letter from Commodore Patterson to the Secretary of the Navy, dated SIR, New-Orleans, March, 17th 1815. Enclosed I have the honor to transmit for your information a copy of a letter from Lieut. Thomas Ap. Catesby Jones, giving a detailed account of the action between the gun vessels under his command and a flotilla of the enemy's launches and barges, on the 14th December, 1814, which after a most gallant resistance, terminated as stated in my letter of the 17th December in the capture of our squadron. The courage and skill which was displayed in the defence of the gun vessels and tender, for such a length of time, against such an overwhelming force as they had to contend with, reflects additional splendor on our naval glory, and will, I trust, diminish the regret occasioned by their loss. I have, &c. DANIEL T. PATTERSON. Hon. B. W. CROWNINSHIELD, Sec'y of the Navy. CHAPTER XXXVII. General Movements towards Peace. Messrs. Gallatin and Bayard, had been apppointed commissioners, and sent out to Petersburg, (Russia) in April, to meet such commissioners as the British court might send, and in union with Mr. Adams, then minister resident of the U. States, at Petersburg, enter upon negociations for peace, under the mediation of the emperor Alexander, as has been noticed. Great Britain declined this overture; but appointed Lord Gambier, Henry Golbourn and William Adams, to meet the American commissioners at Gottenburg. The President of the United States appointed J. Russell and H. Clay, to unite with the American commissioners named in April, and the city of Ghent was agreed upon as the place of negociation, January, 1814. In August, the whole of the above named commissioners assembled at Ghent, and entered upon the business of their appointment. On the 11th of February, 1815, news arrived in NewYork, that peace had been concluded by the commissioners at Ghent, on the 24th of December. On the 17th of February the treaty was ratified by the senate and received the signature of the President. All parties rejoiced at the event. The grievances complained of by the American government, as causes of the war, were not noticed in the treaty, but an express article provided, that the commercial differences of the two nations should be settled by commissioners, to be specially appointed for that purpose. In the summer of 1816, commissioners met accordingly, at London, and on the 3d day of July, signed a commercial treaty, between the two nations, founded upon the principles of mutual and reciprocal interest, and to continue for the term of four years. Thus ended this war with Britain, and the American navy bore away the palm. CHAPTER XXXVIII. Comparative view of the British and American Navies. At the commencement of the late British war in 1812, and through the period of that war, it was wellunderstood that the naval force of Great Britain amounted to the number of from 750 to 1000 sail of all classes, and that with this commanding force, she rode the undisputed mistress of the seas. That the Ameriican force when the war commenced in 1812, consisted of the following vessels only.-viz. Guns. Guns. United States John Adams--24 >18 Vixen 16 Congress 36 Brig Adams APPENDIX. In the introductory remarks, the author attempted to sketch the rise and progress of American commerce, from its origin, down to the revolution in 1775, to shew the progressive industry and enterprise of the American character, as well as the necessity of a naval force for the protection of their expanding commerce. To give a more forcible impression to that important subject, the author has selected the following commercial statements from Pitkin's Statistics pages 51-58 inclusive, which will afford the reader a most interesting view of the progressive and expanded character of the commercial enterprise of the American people. The reader will here observe, that in a period of two centuries, that commerce which commenced in the small furs of the forest, had in 1816 expanded to an amount of more than eighty one million of dollars annually. An instance of commercial industry and enterprise unprecedented in the history of nations. TABLE No. I. of September, 1816. A summary statement of the value of the exports of the several States and Territories, annually, from the 1st of October, 1790, to the 30th States & Territories. 1791. 1792. 1793. 1794. 1795. 1796. 1797. New-Hampshire, 229,427 378,161 275,840 142,859 181,413 198,204 153,860 2,519,651 2,888,104 3,755,347 5,292,441 7,117,907 9,949,345 7,502,047. 491,250 695,986 950,158 644,307 |