Nonsuch privateer engages two English vessels, ii. 264. New England, her hostility to war, i. 58, ii. 191; exempted from blockade, i. 259. New Hampshire Legislature abolishes all the courts of the State, i. 325. New Orleans, description of, ii. 206; feelings of the inhabitants, ii. 207. Niagara Fort surprised, i. 304. Nicholson, Lieutenant, escapes an English frigate, ii. 173. O. Orders in Council, British, i. 20; repealed, i. 342; effect of, in this country, i. 27-92. Ogdensburg, attack of, i. 117. Oneida sloop, i. 206. Ontario, Lake, description of, i. 206; naval superiority, i. 207; cost of vessels in, i. 258. Oswego attacked by Sir James Yeo, ii. 69. P. Packenham, Sir Edward, attacks the lines at New Orleans, ii. 215. Parker, Sir Peter, killed, ii. 141. Peacock, Captain Harrington, captures the Epervier, ii. 172; chased by an English man of war, ii. 252. Perry on Lake Erie, i. 271, 273, 274; sets sail, i. 275; engages the enemy, i. 278; conduct after the battle, i. 283; at the battle of the Thames, i. 287. President frigate, affair with the Little Belt, i. 42; puts to sea, i. 132; chases the Belvidere, i. 134; beats the Endymion, and finally captured by an English fleet, ii. 247. Pinckney, American Minister to England, i. 41; commands Baltimore regiment at Bladensburg, ii. 118-124. Pike, Colonel, incursion into Canada, i. 117; captures York, i. 208; his death, i. 210. Pickering, Timothy, description of, his speech against loan bill of Thirteenth Congress, i. 335. Pitkin, i. 335. Plattsburg, description of, ii. 149; battle of, ii. 155. Peace, tidings of, effect on the nation, ii. 229-230. Porter, General, i. 114; at Chippewa, ii. 77; his gallantry and narrow escape at Fort Erie, ii. 109-111. Porter, Captain, commands the Essex; capture of the Alert, i. 143; his cruise in the Pacific, ii. 45-66; his daring escape and reception in New York, ii. 65, 66. Proctor, Colonel, advances against Frenchtown, i. 180; defeats the Americans, i. 181; leaves the prisoners to be massacred, i. 182; his character, i. 185; invests Fort Meigs, i. 197; abandons the siege, i. 199; defeated at Sandusky, i. 201; retreats from Malden, i. 286; defeated at the Thames, i. 289. Prescot, Governor-general of Canada, i. 99; letter to Brooke, i. 121; attacks Sackett's Harbor, i. 215; advances against Plattsburgh, ii. 148; his retreat, ii. 161. Protocol, English, at Ghent, ii. 181; transmitted to Congress, ii. 182; its effect on the nation, ii. 183; its reception in England, ii.