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Show / LIFE OF GEN. JACKSON. CHAPTER XI. Bombardment of Fort St. Philip.-British army retire to their shipping.-General Jackson, wilh his troops, returns to New Orleans.-Day of thanksgiving.-Reduction of Fort Bowyer.- Legislature of Louisiana recommence their session.Discon, ents fomented among the American troops.-Arre~t of Louaillier,-of Judge Hal I.-Peace announced.-General Jackson is prosecuted for contempt of court.-Troops are discharged, and the general returns to Nashville.-His person and character.-Conclusion. THE conflict was ended, and each army occupied eHAP. I. ts •r ormer posi.t i.O n. I n appearance th e enemy werXeI.~ visibly altered: menace was sunk into dejection, and 1815_ offensive measures yielded for those which promised safety. The attitude so long preserved, was now lain a.side ; and they were perceived thro\~ing up partial defences, to guard against expected attack. It had been already announced, upon good authority, that a considerable force had succeeded in passing the Balize- made prisoners of a detachment there, and was proceeding up the Mississippi, to co-operate with the land forces. It was intended to aid in the battle of the 8th; but, failing to arrive, the attack had been made without it. Whetl1er the enemy, chagrined and mor-tified at the failure of an effort, into which tl1e idea of disappointment had never entered, might not ag-ain re-new the attack, on the arrival of this force; was a pro· |