1814, SEPTEMBER 14. An expedition of the British from Pensacola attacked Fort Bowyer, at Mobile Point, on the eastern entrance to Mobile Bay, and was repulsed.

The attack was made by land and water. The garrison consisted of one hundred and thirty men, under the command of Major Lawrence.

1814, SEPTEMBER 17. A sortie was made by the garrison of Fort Erie, which succeeded in destroying the works of the besieging British army.

The British raised the siege and retired.

1814, OCTOBER 14. The legislature of Connecticut acceded to the circular letter from Massachusetts, and appointed seven delegates to meet those of the other New England states, at Hartford, Connecticut, on the 15th of December.

They were to deliberate "for the purpose of devising and recommending such measures for the safety and welfare of these states as may consist with our obligations as members of the national Union."

1814, OCTOBER 16. The settlement at Barataria Bay, west of the Mississippi, was captured by an expedition from New Orleans under the command of Commodore Patterson.

The settlement was the headquarters of the pirates, who, calling themselves privateers, were not particular whose commerce they preyed on. The British having offered to receive them into their service if they would take part in an attack on New Orleans, Lafitte, their leader, gave notice of it to the governor of Louisiana. Ten vessels were captured and the pirates dispersed without resistance.

1814, OCTOBER. - The Star-Spangled Banner was first sung at Holliday-Street Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland.

1814, OCTOBER 18.-The Massachusetts legislature adopted a report of a committee, which proposed a convention for amending the Constitution, and appointed twelve delegates to the

same.

The report of the committee recommended "a conference between those states the affinity of whose interests is closest, and whose habits of intercourse, from local and other causes, are most frequent, to the end that, by a comparison of their sentiments and views, some mode of defence suited to the circumstances and exigencies of those states, and measures for accelerating the return of public prosperity, may be devised; and also to enable the delegates from those states, should they deem it expedient, to lay the foundation of a radical reform in the national compact by inviting to a future convention a deputation from all the states in the Union." A circular letter was also sent the other New England states.

1814, OCTOBER 22. The legislature of New York resolved that the terms of peace proposed by the British commissioners were "extravagant and disgraceful.'

The news of the terms proposed at Ghent had arrived. The legislature of

Virginia passed, a few days after, a resolution calling the terms “arrogant and insulting." Both states voted to raise a body of permanent militia for defence, to be paid and supported by the general government.

1814, NOVEMBER 5. The legislature of Rhode Island accepted the circular from Massachusetts, and appointed four delegates to the proposed convention.

1814, NOVEMBER. - The Americans, under General Izard, abandoned Fort Erie, and blew it up.

1814, NOVEMBER 7.- General Jackson, at the head of the Tennessee militia, took possession of Pensacola.

It was surrendered without opposition, and was handed over by Jackson to the Spanish authorities. Orders had been sent to Jackson countermanding his

authority to take Pensacola, but he acted before they were received.

1814, DECEMBER 14.- An American flotilla of five gunboats, commanded by Lieutenant Thomas Catesby Jones, was captured by a British expedition of forty-two barges and boats on Lake Borgne, Louisiana.

This, with the capture of the Balize at the entrance of the Mississippi, opened to the British the passage to New Orleans.

1814, DECEMBER 15. The convention at Hartford met.

Twenty-six delegates were present from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island; Vermont and New Hampshire were represented only by county delegates. The convention sat with closed doors for twenty days, and on their adjournment addressed a report to their legislatures. This report was accepted by the legislatures of Massachusetts and Connecticut, and commissioners appointed by them to present to Congress the suggestions of the convention. In 1833, a history of the Hartford Convention, by its secretary, Theodore Dwight, was published.

1814, DECEMBER. - The President, under the command of Decatur, was captured on the coast of Long Island by the Endymion, a British frigate, assisted by several other vessels.

The President had disabled the Endymion, but was herself so injured that on the arrival of the other vessels she was forced to surrender.

1814, DECEMBER 24. A treaty of peace was signed by the commissioners at Ghent.

It was ratified by the President in the following February.

1814, DECEMBER 28. The British made an attack upon the position held by General Jackson for the defence of New Orleans, and retired after a contest of about seven hours.

Jackson had taken the command in New Orleans, the governor having put himself and the militia under him. Jackson had declared martial law, and directed the governor to arrest the legislature, should it make, as was feared, any movement towards capitulating.

GENERAL JACKSON AT THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS, JANUARY 8, 1815.

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1814. THE Recorder appeared in Chillicothe, Ohio.

It was published by John Andrews, and was the first religious newspaper, being "devoted to Theology, Literature, and all matters of local and national interest."

1814-15. THE Illinois Intelligencer appeared at Kaskaskia, Illinois.

This was the first newspaper in the state.

1814. THE first flour was exported from Rochester, New York, and the third mill was built there.

1815, JANUARY 1.-The British were repulsed in a second attack upon General Jackson's line of defence at New Orleans. 1815, JANUARY 8.-The British made a third attack upon General Jackson's position, and were repulsed.

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Jackson had been reinforced with levies from Kentucky. son led the attack, and was killed. The watchword of the British was and Beauty." The troops were chiefly drawn from Wellington's peninsular army. In this engagement the British lost two thousand men, while Jackson's loss in the entire campaign was only three hundred and thirty-three. The British withdrew to their original landing-place and re-embarked.

1815, FEBRUARY 11.-The British sloop-of-war Favorite arrived at New York, with an English and an American messenger, bearing a treaty of peace, which the English government had already ratified.

The news, despatched by express, reached Boston in thirty-two hours. As the news spread, a general feeling of satisfaction expressed itself in rejoicing, without caring to inquire what were the terms of the treaty.

1815, FEBRUARY 12.- Fort Bowyer was again attacked by the whole British force, and Captain Lawrence was forced to surrender.

The British retiring from New Orleans captured it. Fort Morgan now occupies the site of the old fort.

1815, FEBRUARY 17.-The treaty was ratified and promulgated.

By its provisions all conquered territory was to be mutually restored, and three commissions were to be appointed: the first to settle the title to the islands of Passamaquoddy Bay; the second to settle the northeastern boundary as far as the St. Lawrence; and the third to run the line through the St. Lawrence and the lakes to the Lake of the Woods. In case of disagreement, the point in dispute was to be referred to some friendly power. Hostilities on land were to terminate with the ratification of the treaty, and on sea in certain specified times, according to the distance, the longest time being four months. The treaty provided against the carrying away by the British of "any negroes or other property." Both parties agreed to use their best endeavors for the suppression of the slave-trade.

1815, FEBRUARY 17.-Congress proposed a loan of eighteen.