ongress declare and proclaim, that the brave Louisianians
deserve well of the whole people of the United States.

_Resolved_, That Congress entertain a high sense of the
generosity, benevolence, and humanity displayed by the people of
New Orleans in voluntarily affording the best accommodations in
their power, and giving the kindest attention to the wounded, not
only of our own army, but also to the wounded prisoners of a
vanquished foe.

_Resolved_, That the President of the United States be requested
to cause the foregoing resolutions to be communicated to His
Excellency the Governor of Louisiana, accompanied with the
request that he cause the greatest possible publicity to be given
to them for the information of the whole people of Louisiana.

Approved February 15, 1815.

No. 47. (p. 245)
PLATE XLVIII.

_February 20, 1815._

Carolus Stewart navis Amer. Constitution dux. [Rx]. Una
victoriam eripuit ratibus binis.

CAPTAIN CHARLES STEWART.

[_Capture of the Cyane and of the Levant._]

CAROLUS STEWART NAVIS AMER. (_Americanae_) CONSTITUTION DUX. (_Charles
Stewart, captain of the American vessel Constitution._) Bust of
Captain Stewart, in uniform, facing the right. FUeRST. F. (_fecit_).

UNA VICTORIAM ERIPUIT RATIBUS BINIS. (_He snatched victory from two
vessels with one._) Naval action between the United States frigate
Constitution, of fifty-two guns, Captain Stewart, and the British
frigate Cyane, of thirty-four guns, Captain Falcon, and the
sloop-of-war Levant, of twenty-one guns, Captain the Honorable George
Douglas. The Constitution, to windward, is opening with her port
battery on the Levant; both British vessels are returning the fire
from their starboard batteries. Exergue: INTER CONSTITU. NAV. AMERI.
ET LEVANT ET CYANE NAV. ANG. DIE XX. FEBR. MDCCCXV. (_Inter
Constitution navem Americanam et Levant et Cyane naves Anglicanas, die
20 Februarii, 1815: Between the American vessel Constitution and the
English vessels Levant and Cyane, on the 20th of February, 1815._) On
the platform, FUeRST. F. (_fecit_).

CHARLES STEWART was born in Philadelphia, July 18, 1778. He began life
in the merchant service, but entered the navy as lieutenant, March 13,
1798. He served in the West Indies, and afterward in the Tripolitan
campaign, commanding the Siren. He escorted the Intr