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Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-06-24

The Frigate United States, capt Decatur,
|om Hampton Roads, came to an anchor of
andy Hook, near New-York, on Saturday
Fening.-i6.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-06-24

D1ED.-On Saturday evening the 15thinst.
in'the 10th year of his age, JOHN ELLIOTT,
for IS years past, an eccentric character, of
this city altho' constantly in reduced circum-
stances, ne had ever proved himself an hon
est man.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-06-24
LONDON, April 20.

sketch OF the respective positions Of the Spa
nish and French armies in April 1911 and
of the fortified place in the possession Of
each:
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-06-24

1t any thing were necessary [says the Ball
timore Federal Gazette of last Wednesday,
to confirm the account of Commodore Rode-
ers, of the late affair between the President
and the Little Belt, which certainly is net
the case, we can state on the authority of a
letter from Capt. Ludlow to his friend IN this
city, that every officer OF the ship is ready
to pledge his honor that the report of the
President having fired the first gun is false.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-06-24

49,. Frontier towards France.
Barcelona, Piquiera, Pampelona, St. Sebasti-
an, and Fuente Arabia, possessed by the
French, having been given up to them pre-
vious to the revolution in March 1903.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-09-02

sentatives; instruction would be substituted
TOT election, Congress would have no occa-
sion for deliberation, but the members ofboth
houses coming to Washington with their
pockets full of instructions, would. like par
Gel OF mutcs, have nothing more to do than
tolay those instructions on the clerks table,
who would inscribe them on the journal, and
publish it to the nation as the law of the land.
In time the principle would extend, the ga
zetteers Wight insist on their right of instruc-
tion' IN virtue OF the people who subscribe tn
their Newspapers; and the president, in
stead CT recommending measures to congress,
or explaining to the legislative body the ac-
tuai condition OF the nation, might be told
that he had nothing more to do than to Yield
his assentto the voice Of the nation Tins er-
f'rcsSsd. This is no vagary for we find al
ready that certain editors proclaim that the
president is very silly for not following their
advice!
From this train of reasoning, il may, we
presume, be safely concluded that a re-
psesentativeis neither constitutionally normo-
rally bound to obey the instructions of his
constituents that there exists no Tirhf of
instruction; that Constituents NAV or NAV
not instruct, and representatives NAV or NAV
not obey; S,thatifrepresentatives do obey con-
trary to their own opinion, they sacrifice the
honest conviction of their own minds to the
tear OF censure, which is base motive.
or to feeling of Courtesy, which is weak
one.
A great deal has been said about the crea-
tnre being sreateE6 be creator, and the
tatives being ~ moon, shining with
borrowed light. 10th of these fine figures
are sophisms. In relation to the deity, we
viii acknowledge the propriety of implicit
obedience to his will, becauseiae is aH-gvise !.
but will 1t be contended that the mass of the
people areaH-zvise ? On the contrary is it not
the chief reason for selecting any man as are
preventative, that he is more zvise than the
mass of the people! The deity gives to the
creature the faculty of intelligence which he
possesses; the people give nothing but au-
sAority; they bestow on their representative
nc knowledge, NO intellectual capacity: the
comparison, therefore, does not hold good,
Nor is that drawn from the sun and moon
applicable. The moon, by its nature, can
only shine whilst thesun shines upon it blu,
the representative, according 10 the consti.
tuition under which he acts, can exercise all
ms functions, fer the term of his political ex-
istence, even if the people. withdraw their
countenance from him.
ANAxAGORAS.
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"hen 1t again com me1ced Its.solca,Ic .crn.t-
ing one league farther to tie weay r.. in
ehe same direction from the shlre.
Now was To be seen one Of the mos, awful
| ana magnificent sights that the eve Of mar
ever beheld. Let the reader pictar. 10 h;s
glowing imagination a tremendous marine
Volcano III ITS most violent operations; cast
ing forth continually immense bodies of sparIc-
ing nre, beautifully variegated with cyery
Colour OF the rainbow, intermixed with rising
volumes OF smoke, at the same time very
large rocks areseeii ascending to an as.onish-
ing perpendicularheight till, their force being
spent, they return with Increasing velocity.
TO regain, as it were, their former yaterv
station; then let him add the terrific thun-
deriDgso f the greatest naval battle that was
ever fought; and he willhave complete de-
scription Of this lawfully sublimei spectal
Gle.
his last eruption lasted about six DAYS.
When It subsidized, and the smoke disappear
cd sn1dH'tsldrd 1ds discovered IN Yhaf
race, composed OF rocks cemented toeether
by lava similar to that which comes from
burning mountains. This island is supposed
to be about one mile in circuJnferencex and
nearly round having a large Basin ofstFarers
IN the centre, apparently half q mile IN Cir
conference.
During the continuance Of this monstrous
effort OF nature, numerous shocks Of earxhs
quakes were felt over the whole island. The
only damage done that we know of, was the
overthrow OF seven small houses on the vest
ern part OF the Island, which were entirely
demolished. The occupants wse=asbliged 70
decamp very suddenly, in orders Void be.
ing buried in the ruins of their habitations. A
visit TO the new island was Contemplated inn
mediately. The result Of this visit will no
doubt prove highly interesting to the philoso-
pher, as well as important to the navigator.
The impatient curiosity of three gentle
men was very near being paid with the loss
OF their lives. In attempting visit previous
to the termination of the eruption, they were
| notwithstanding their greatest eff rts, drawn
by an overpowering suction of air about half
mile, as they supposed, into the immense
body or surrounding smoke. They remained
one hour and a half, much frightened By their
perilouS situation. When, at length the gIo-
| rious light of heaven again shone upon them.
they were much surprised to find their faces.
hands. clothes, and sails, quite blackened, and
| the deck OF their vessel entirely covered more
than an inch thick with coarse black cint.er
| ike those found in a black smiths shop.
This new island is in lat. 81, 10, long. Is,
SO.
:" 1t is not yet ascertained whether ves-
sci can or Cannot pass through between this
| new island, and the old land. This and ma
ny other particulars will be the fr its of the
expected investigation of this wonderful eft
OF old Neptune. Post. Pal.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-09-02
, xx:S:S%ou
CHARLEsroN, August o..

"Great Britain has done us NJ essential
Injury Pickering.
This text is iIlustrated, in addition to thou-
sands of other instances, by the following exc
tract of letter from CAPT. ]. n. SILLINAs.
late of the ship Golden Fleece, of this port,
to his owner. dated
"CsUe Of Cork, June %, 1911.
:" / have the misfortune to inform YOU that
the ship Golden Fleece and cargo was CON-
demned on the 18th inst. | shall get home
as soon as possible"
Il may be necessary, for the inf 1rmation OF
or distant readers, to observe, that the Col
den Fleece was owned in this city, from
whence she sailed for Bordeaux in April
last, with cargo Consisting entirely of the
frodHee Of Carolina, great part Of which
was the property of two of our most opulent
planters She was taken near the port Of
her destination and sent into Ireland. She
is now condemned, and from the circumstance
OF her being among their more recent cap
lures, We infer that ALL are condemned that
have been sent in. One thing, however, is
certain, If they are not, they mill be. Yet we
do not hear word said in the federal pa
pers of the millions that are thus swept from
the pockets of our merchants and undersvri-
tiers by the hand Of British rapacity. No
they are too busily engaged in circulating the
productions of the hoary-headed arch ficnd
who penned the infamous LIE thar Great
Britain has done us no essential injury to no.
tice her pira,ical conduct; il does not suit
their views-it might give offence u some Of
''thc British party in imerica"-bat when
France seized on and coniscatei the proper
ty of our citizens, then, indeed, the cry was
general, and echoed till even echo tired with
the repetition.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-09-02
FROM THE NATIONAL IsrxLLrerxcEa
RIGHT OF INSTRUCTION.

Perhaps no question has arisen of as alb
stract nature in some years past, that has ex-
cited as much feeling and as much discus
sion, in many sections of the union, as that
OF the right of states to instruct their respec-
tive senator's in congress; and whether such
instructions, admitting the right, are to be
conclusive on the conduct of those to whom
they are directed. This question aft rds a
fair field for discussion, on topic which has
this advantage of most others, thar it is in its
nature totally unconnected with personal or
party considerations. We have received a
communication on this subject, from cor
respondent, which we insert without assem-
ting to his doctrine andshaih with pleasure,
give place in our paper to liberal writer's
on either side of q question, from a free dis
cusson of which ills impossible that any evil
can result. 49,
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-09-02
Manne ernhlion aear 8. Alledaels.

The public were, not long since, apprised
OF this eruption but as the particulars of
this remarkable phenomenon could not then
be enumerated, we deem 1t our duty to avail
ourselves of the information of gentleman
recently from that place, who has politely
communicated the following account, to which
we with pleasure give publicity.
E" On the first Of part June last, tho inhabi-
tants Of the Island of ST Michaels were much
alarmed and astonished by the appearance
OF smoke, which apparently issued from the
earth, spread over the western part of the
Island, and continued for the space Of two
days. This smoke was so strongly impreE
mated with sulphureous quality, that the
residents of that part Of the island were near
~ sufocated. At the expiration of the above
mentioned time, an immense eruption was
discovered 10 proceed from the bosom of the
ocean, whose depth at that place was fifty
fathoms, az about six leagues distance from
the principal town OF village of st. Michaels.
called Pmta Delgada, and ono mlle from the
shore. This eruption continued for two days
more, emitting nothing but fire and smoke,
which appeared To- spread as much as three
miles around It's vicinity. and then disappear
cd entirely for the space Of only a few hours,
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-09-02
ALExAxpRtA. Aurast ..

Ed-pard Tinker, Of North Carolina, w..
was Confined on charge Of murder in o.
81 the Jails OF that state, aud made his escapes
was taken mp in March last at Philadelphia.
where he remained, upon account of the Sc
curity Of the Jail. TIL a few DAYS since. when
ne was taken out by the sheriff of his county.
IN virtue ofthe governors authority-He was
deposited in the Jail Of Alexandrie last even
'ng, AID proceeds this morning with a guard
OF three men tor Carolina, to-wait his trial as
the court Is about to sit. Tinker is said to
have committed this murder I'm conseorencs
OF the boys Threatening to give information
against him for destroying his vessel after In.
suTaitce.
Tinker lodged IN Richmond Jail on Fri.
day night the Esd Aug. and pursued his Jour
ney for n. {. the next mogning.1
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-09-02
Tune-TaR BkoKa .,HosN.

H
ON yonder bloody battle field,
Where late the deadly bullet flew,
And cannon pros'd the Britops shield,
When pixies the sons of Erin drew;
A spot, where cnce the hamlet stood,
With all its gay and merry train
Is seen--and known by stains of9blood
OF mothers, wives and infants ,Aain
Beneath brown and naked thorn,
BY winters angry blast made bare,
Stood fair ELIZA, faint. foriorn,
Loose to the storm her streaming hair;
:; The scanty berries from the bush
She pick then in accents Wild
"Hush, little darling baby, hush,
Come, eat-my little orphan child.
Twas here, when springs warm breezes
And cloth'd the boughs in natures pride,
And spread the fragant blossoms hue,
PLEDGED myself your fathers bride;
Ills voice yet vibrates thro' my breast,
For on it was the voice of love-
While to his heart with ardor press'd,
Enrapt we sought the marriage grove.
80 Alas the ruffian soldiers came,
And he was brave, he scorn'd to fy,
Envelop'd by deyouring fame,
saw him fight, and faint, and die
since then-oh hush my baby hush
Since then-but hush They come again.
Faint on her cheek hectic flush
APpe:r'd-she fled across the plain,
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FROM THE SHAMROCK.

The f5sowing beautiful and affecting verses
are the production of Mr.. M'CREERY, of
Petersburg. Virginia,--they were never
before published, and are, we understand,
intended for the excellent musical coilec-
ton. with which MIR. M'Creery, viii very
Boon favor the amateurs Of fine compost
4ish.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-09-02

The elections for Congress. in Tennessee.
have just taken place she sends 6 members.
John Sewer, n new member, is elected with
out opposition. Willie 81 mt. Esq. is also
reelected Governor without opposition.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-04-15
Penitentiny Store Removed.

iMILLIAM ANDERSON, having bcga
! w recently appointed Agent for tae.
common" ealth in the place of ID vd /.
Burr, (resigned) has removed he Pfnuen
uary Store to the houe formerly ocoupied
by Oaky Phillpotts, nearly opposite Ro.
bert Gamble's, where he will keep CON.
stant supply OF the articles enumerated be.
low. The manifest Improvement IN the
quality OF the nails manufactured at the
Peniten iary, under the direction of the
present superintendent of that institution,
the late deduct n which has been made
from the former low prices of the Cut
Nails, :ogether with the disposition which
should be felt by the inhabitants OF the
state, tor the encorr cement of its uwn ma
nufactures, are Inducements which he fat
ters himself, wall give them preference
to any Others in ma,ket. Otucis from
Merchants, Inspectors, Carpenters, or O..
tners, living IL the country, shall DC pune.
tually attended to.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-04-15
p 0 S T S G. RI P L.
LATEST EUROPEAN INTEL.
LIGENCE.
TBy the Alert. Nicholas, arrived at Boston from.
Liverpool J
Paris, March I, 1911,
FRENCH DEGREES.

THE English journalists cannot re-
concile the remark of Mr. Champaign
to Mr. Armstrong, that the Berlin &
Milan DEGREES are revoked, with the
declaration of the same Minister, in a
late Report, in which he says, Z" Sire,
your Majesty will persevere in Your
DEGREES so long as England persi SITS
IN her Orders In Council" There is
no difficulty in understanding this.
The DEGREES are repealed with respect
10 America, because America is TAX
ing measures TO cause her flag to be
respected, and because she re uses to
submit To the British Orders of so6
ard 1907. The other neutral Pow.
ers where are they y who do not
thus resist the Orders are liable to
the DEGREES. The Berlin and Milan
DEGREES result from the nature OF
things. They can neither be changed,
modified nor suspended,--- Every flag
which feeble and Pusillanimous ma
ton suffers to be iusuleed, and dena-
tlonalized, can no longer, on that &c.
count, be recognized as nc utral it
becomes English. The DEGREES will
for ever remain the Fundamental law
OF France, because they arise from the
nature of things and whenever Eng
land resumes her blocksdes, the De-
crees OF Berlin and Milan will be re-
established in their full force. Our
privateers block de the Thames more
efiectuaily than the English fleets do
all the coasts of France and Itay
Moniteur.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-04-15
LONDON, March 4

Messrs. Jones, Upton, and Bayard
three American gentlemen, with dis
patches rom Mr. Pinkney, for Paris,
sailed from Plymouth on Saturday, for
Morlaix, in the Morning S ar cartel.
Some additional intelligence from
America has been received by YES.
sci arrived at Liverpool. The most
mat rial point in it is, that British
goods, shipped prior to the I'd of Feb
ruary, will be admitted to enter A
merican ports, without being subject
ed 70 the penalties imposed condition.
ally On the. nou-revocation of the Or
derssin Copncil, after the declared re-
peal Of the French DEGREES.
The Channel, we hpd, continues still
to be infested with French privateers.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-04-15

points she never will recede. Great
Britain must give them up-or she
will be tinched in her manufactures,
much more than even at this time,
when the accounts which we are re-
ceiving by every arrival from Great
Britain represent the manufacturers in
a most deplorable state on account of
the injustice ofthe British government
to the Americans.
The federal papers are striving very
hard to make something out of no.
thing, by blowing up bubbles concern
ing the late change in the Department
of S ate. They had better be quiet on
that score, or they NAV, perhaps spring
a mine, which may blow them selves
up.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-04-15
March 4.

The Spectator cutter is arrived at
Falmouth, from Lisbon, after a pas
sage Of six days. Government, we
understand, have received by this con-
veyAnse Dispatches from Lord Wei
li1gs6p to the 23d last. The enemv
had made some movements, but none
oil Importance and the respe Give ar.
mics remained in nearly the same DO.
sitions.-Ihe private letters brought
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-04-15

by the Spectator are to the s5th.
olr Joseph Yorke's squadron had ar
rived safe In the Tagus, and land d
he troops. The reads and the coun-
Try IN general were in state which
rendered 1t not very probable ehat any
important movement would soon take
place.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-04-15
March 10.

The report OF the Select committee
on the state of public Commercial Gre
dit has been published. We are ex
tremely sorry TO Sc, from his docu-
ment, that the di.:resses of the mer.
camille, above ali, of ihe manutac
ring class, are great In the extreme.
In sohe places the report states, IN 1t
the greatest manufacturers have been
obli9ed'to reduce their w rk one third /,
some one hali, and others altogether! |!
This is melancholy and irightful
picture, and commands the most ear
nest attention Of government and the
Publi The cause of this alarming
distress is attributed to extravaga nt
sPeculations at the opening OF the
South American Markets, TO the i'm
mense importations from Eur psan
countries, whittier we could send no.
thing IN reteurD, and TO the Interrupt
ton OF trade with North America.
Yesterday some letters reached town
from Paris. One of them, date d so
tar back as the 18th ult. mentions the
arrival Of several Anne rican vessels in
the ports OF France, one of which ouch
ed at Gibraltar and adds, thar they
Will be all admitted, even the latest,
on giving bond for TIE originality OF
the cargo. The rule is, to xport one
halt the value in the manutactu es OF
France, the other, in anv thing else.
Ii ls.understood that sugar and coffee
RON the United States will onlv be
admitted ,mder permits from the e
peror. Some cargoes have been ad
mi;ted as they sailed from the United
States, where 1t was generally known
that such permits were granted.
A meeting of 5000 Catholics was
held short time since in Ireland
and twas agreed to petition tn Prince
Regent to remove Charles, Duke of
Richmond, and the Right Hon. w.
w. Pole, f ON their fiji ial situations
In The government IF Ii, land.
The pregnancy OF Bonaparte's EN-
press, Maria Louisa, al, hough little
alluded to in the Pa is papers, is so
tar advanced as to approach to con.
hnement, as appears from the follow
ing paragraph In the Moniteur:
PARIS, Feb. %.
The Empress, though in the ninth
month OF her pregnancy, attended mass
10 day IN the Chapel If the Palace oil
the lhuilieries. 1t is thought that
her Majesty, as the time of her CON
hnement is SO near, will no longer go
out OF her apartments she il extreme
~ well, and has not sustained the
slightest indisposition.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-04-15

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20d. 10 IL
Broad and Narrow Axes, Hatchets, Mag
tocks, Peck Axes, Giu35mg Hoss, Byhad :.
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sizes, Hammers, Wedges, Tenders, aud -
Cnder Shovels, Snan Curb and ;ilod
BRIDES, HaIters, Horse aud Mule Collars.
Surcngles, Back * Belly Ba6ds, Braces,
Bre echiug, FIRE Buckets, BED Cords Lea.
ding Lines, Sash Cord, Chuck Lines and
Sceue T@iue, Cotto" CiGih OF different
descrip' ions, Spun Cotton, B d Ticks, Mo.
rocco Caps sc. &c. &c.