Excerpt from History of Savannah, Ga, Vol. 2: From Its Settlement to the Close of the Eighteenth Century Savannah to sink vessels at any point he deemed expedien the riveri The victory of General Jackson at New Orleans following, made such action unnecessary, and the president tion of peace on February 28th dispelled all fears, and was rejoicing among the people. Saturday the fourth of March, 1815, was designated b* as a day for innocent amusement and recreation, in consec ratification of the Treaty of Peace, with Great Britain, found of perfect reciprocity and honorable to this Nation resolved t' having heretofore devoted all the means and energies in tht ofjust war, now hails the return of Peace and Amity and Con it is hoped will follow this gratifying event, and declare itsefi voted to the Maintenance of Peace and Friendship with th Great Britain. Always having had in view the sacred and l of considering in the scope of its authority, all persons ent in peace friends.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.