EVENING AD V E R T I S E R. [JKTo. 18 of Vol. V.] Parry and Mufgr?^, No. 42, SOUTH StCdNti-sfSEtT, H AVE fO-ft SALK, An e/egMt Affnrtmint of SILVER iff PLATED WARE, JEWELLERY &ft* CUTLERY, Wbichf they wil] «11/pote of on the woft rea sonable terms. Devices in haify Miniatures ifcrt, *rtd every tfrrng in the gold arid lilver way, «ior>e as uiirai. December 24. NEW BOOKS. Now opening fjr Sale, By M. C A R E Y, . No. 113, A large and valuable collection ofBOOKS t imported from London in the Mohawk. Dec. J 9. . . Robert Campbell, No. 54, Saulh Secend'Jlrect, Second door Iwlnw th*r cornerofChelnut-ftretf, HAS IMPORTED, By the late arrivals from Britain ar.ct Ireland, A large fund general AJfortmenl of New Books and Stationary, "\V4iich will be difj>oi*ed ot'oa the loveft terms. Die. 23. mw&ftf NOW IN THE PRESS, And Wt/1 fpltdiiy is futblyheJ, T*t United States Register, For the Year i 794.; Containing, befictes accurate and complete lifts of all the Officer* if» the general, and the principal Officers in the particular govern inents, a variety of information, uiefiit Tor all tf AtttfftfS, IN 0 i< jx. 1> B,ct of the-New Library, between Cheiiiut and Walnut Streets. George Rutter, RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the puMic in general, that he continues cai ry'mg on the buhnefs of Si°"n and Fire-Bucket Painting, Likewise, JAPANNED PLATES, fur dooriov wiliflovv-lhutti.-rijdone in the moll elezant manner, and with dispatch. order? from the country will be thanklully received. anfl duly attended to. December 30. NOTICE IS he re I', y giver, to the IVltMßEfts of the INURANCE CoMTANY of NoRT H-AMF.RI C A, That the third Inftalmeiit, being Two Dollars on each Orate of the Stock, is to be paid, a fcrevahlv to ihe Cof.ftitntion, 011 the lecond Monday [the 13th day] of January nest : And a Central i-leding of the Stockholders is to be held on the succeeding day, tor the purpose ol choosing FiJ'teen Dirtßors, examining into the Situarieft of the Company's Affairs, and ma king fucli additional Rules and R.egulatians as thev lhall judge necell.irv. EBENE7.ER HAZARD, Secratary. Dec. 16. mw&ft 3 . 1J MONEY borrowed or loaned, accounts flu ted er collcftcd, employers fuired with domeftic<, house rooms, boarding and lodging rented, let or procured—soldier's, mariner's, or militia men's p»Y, lands ami claims on the public ; lhares in the hanks, in the canals, »nd the turnpike road ; ceitifieates granted by the t>nb!ie, a'fld the old and hie paper monies ; -notes of hand, bills, bonds and morgaget, with m without depo'-its—Bought, fold, or t>eg<>- riated at No. 8, in south Sixth-ftrect, below "\larket-llreet by FRANCIS WHITE, Whotranfafts bufincfs m th« public offices tor country peop'e and others, by vtrtueof a pow er of attorney, or by per iorval aplication. • Docc-mber Ix. " E. OSWALD, No. 156, Market-Sfeet, South, \ T the reqneft f afi the-im of a ytjrr—4bewittg on what day of the l week tkey federally fall, has txen found' vtvy convenient in accompting houfcs and tradefrnen's shops, and is a ready Almanac to all ciafles of citizens, wlx» I wife a reference to any particular dun, \ kack, forward, or the present. niwt'ftf January February March April Mav June July - August - September Odlober - November Thursday, January 2, f/94. s £ 2 3 d ? 2= I. f 5, a. s !•' = •3 S* 8- g 2 •? | *■ •« al*. 4i 1 ' . . i i 0001234 5 6 7 8 (J IO I ! 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 *1 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 3 1 I 2345678 9 td II 12 13 14,15 '16 17 i 3 19 20 2122 13 24 2c 26 27 i 8 1 2345678 9 IO II 12 13 14 J5 16 r7 18 19 20 si 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3° 3 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 13 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 52 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 i 2 3 4 5 '6 7 8 9 IO It 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27-28 29 30 1 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 iS 1 i - ii 27 26 19 30 31 1 2 3456789 10 11 12 13 I 4 15 1® 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 z' 3 26 27 28 29 30 31123456 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ij 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23- 24 25 «. ?.6 27 28 29 30 31 1 2345678 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 »8 29 -3012 3 4 5 6 December 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 0.0 o TO THE PUBLIC. 1-r-iHE undernamed committee, appointed by JL '■ THE SOCIETY for the INSTITU TION and SUPPORT of FIRST-DAY or SUNDAY SCHOOLS in the city of Philadel phia and the dillriA of Souihwark and the Northern Liberties," to solicit further fubfenp lions lor the fupfort of the schools which the said lociety have'eftablifhed, take the liberty to rcprefent to their lellow citizens Thai, although the school? were suspended during the period of the late avrlul calamity with which oor city and suburbs have been al fl fled, they are now again opened lor the free admiflion and education of poor children. That, the flectffny and rtafons tor the eftab | lilhmcnt of thele schools are increased, fiom the crcunift.mce ol the late distress having left a ] number ol Orphans dettitute of all the means of education, favc what the hand ol benevolence may administer. That* former experience has, molt pleaimgly, verified the fundi ft hopes ot the friends ol this inllit'ution, with regard to the piogiefs and ad vancement of the children, who have heretofore been under its care, in the ufeful branche. ot education which it has affordid. Referring to this fa-ft, and to the address to the public. on tins fuhjcfl, puhlifhed in the nr wfpaper* ot this citv hi "the third month I ast, when about eight hundred and twenty children ol both fexrs had partaken ol the benefits aflended by the lociety, and about three hundred and twfftly rami were aflnallv teceiving inlliufliort in 1 ' ~r' r fchtfols, it now only rttmains to he oldeived, A N D that r ■: c funds of the foeirty are greatly infuffi- CU &&PS*I*V their benevolent ihd ily rr miutnoe formerly appointed 10 i.rli, t Uiiraii«M»a to their fellow-cu-zens for then afßftance in Uvor of tbefe schools, in order that ihcie might be i\o intci rupiioti f rom tbcro to ihe foliciiatiows then made in behalf of ihtir Unfortunate Srethrrn from Cape-Francois. Ihe pul»l*c aid is now therefore earncftly £>- Ucifrd to fnopoi t a cliai ruble eilablifhmen', cal culated upon the piiuciphs of public and pri vate good. The annual fubferipuon tor a nu-in. her is t>ut One Dollar ; and it is presumed that so faiall a Cum per annum cannot he better dif poC-d of, by thole who can afford it, than bv as ibe price of the d iffufinn of ufdui knowledge zmaiig the poor and Iriendlefv Subfcnptiposand donations wtfl be gratefully rcceivtd by the undernamed commute** ou be half ol the society : Pcfrr. Thomp(on, Thomas P. Cope, Joseph Price, Edward Pole, J runes Hardic, William lunu, Kenjamin Sav, Nai4>atml Falconer, Kancis Bailey, J Me Samuel Sciitttiij Peter Barker. OBS E R V A 7 lON S RIVER POTOMACK, THK CovKwr Jldjmcmut, AND THK CITY OF WASHINGTON. (Continued from our hi/l.) THE number of inhabitants living in the several counties of Virginia and Ma ryland, bordering upon the Potomack or its branches, amount to upwards of three hundred thousand, according to the cen sus taken by order of the gerteral govern ment, in the year 1791, They art all, or so nearly so, that not one fiftieth part can_be excepted, cultivators of the foil.— easy to conceive, that they to the (hipping ports on IM" nWJ. t>jrr, ft ill so eKtenfive is the country thro' which 3 4 5 the Potomack and its branches pass, that it is yet but thinly fettled ; its inhabitants are, however, very rapidly multiplying, as well by emigration as by the natural course of population. The productions of the country consist of wheat, tobacco, Indian corn or maize, rye, oats, potatoes, beans, peas, and in Ihort, of every ai tide that the licll farm ing lands are capable of producing. Hemp rid flax are cultivated here, and yield large quantities. '1 he land is rich in pailuragc molt parts of it admirably adapted to sheep ; and a heavy growth of timber, fit for (hip-building, as" well as every other purpose, is found here. There i 3, near Cumberland, and within 10 or ?2 miles of the river, a tract of country that a bounds with very large white pine trees, suitable for mills of (hips ; fomfe of thele trees are from 5 to 6 feet in diameter, and run up 100 feet without a branch. Slate, marble, frec-ftone of the red and grey Portland kind,and iron oie,are found in abundance on the banks of the river. Several large iron works are already esta blished, which furnifh bar-iron and cafl ings of an excellent quality. I/tmeftone abounds every where. Of coal too, there is an inexhaustible quantity, near Cumbei land, laying on the banks of the river, & in other parts at no great distance from it; from whence in future, not only all the towns and manufactories on the river may be supplied, bat it may become a capital article of exportation. There is in the river a great plenty of very fine filh. Large quantities of shad and herrings are annnally taken here and expoi ted to the Weft Indies- From the preceding observations, it is eafv to conceive that the commerce of this river cannot be inconfiderabk : And a iingle view of the frtuation upon which the city of Wafliington is laid out, points out that spot as the moll eligible on the river, for a large commercial town. The city of Washington lays in latitude 53'. —It is situated on the east fide of* the Potomack, about four miles below Kbenrzet h*rae t J#»cob Canfftnan, James Todd, joieph Jonics, Jntmhan Pcmofo, Ceo' Meads', John Pel of, John M 4 Cree, koWe>t u oifti>o, TJiontas Annai, George Williams, Jan. i ON THE fates [Whole No. 476.] the Head of tide'w ater, and extends dtxy n the river nearly four miles, to an angle, wlncfi it formed bv the junction of th. eastern branch with the Potomac!; ; li then runs along the eastern branch for more tban two milrt.—lts gcficra!" width is about otie mile and three quarters. f"he eastern branch affords one i>f the fiirfit harbor* imaginable for ftips. It is more than a mile wide at its tnouth, and holds nearly the fame width fh- almost the whole distance to which the city extends upon it; it then narrows gradually to its head, which is about ten miles from its conflux with the Potumack. nel of this branch lays cn the fide next the city ; it has in al} parts of it, as far as the c;ty extends, from twenty to twenty-five feet of water. Above the city, it is only navigable for small craft. The channel is generally so near the city, that a whaif, extended forty, or fifty feet from the bank, will have water f*norigh for the largcfl fhijis to come up and discharge or receivc their cargoes. The hud on each fide o r die branch is fufficiently high to secure (hip ping from any wind tiiat blows ; and one very important advantage which this branch has, as a harbor, overall extensive rivers which freeze and are liable to be broken up fudd-rnly by frcfhfs or land floods, is, that on account of the fliort dillance to which it extends into the land, no rapidity of current is ever occafionec! by frefhes ; and, ye!THj in the main river, if they {huuld happen to be caught there by the ice, pre liable to receive great injury, and are forhetifces totally loft by it, those in the branch lay in perfciS fe curity.—lt has also the advantage of being open some days later in the winter r.nd earlier in the spring than the main river at Oeorge-Town, and the upper parts of the city. The river generally (huts upa bput Cbrrflmas. ai:d is open arain t!.e / Imntjr? • ixjnigttfuvT. — 5 J . interruptions by ice through the winte\ and sometimes it happens that it is nc® closed so as to prevent the navigation: dur- < tig the winter—this \n: th; cafe last win :er. The nmn channel of tue Potomack op posite the city, running near the Virginia shore, that part of the city which lavs up on the Potomack has only a ftnall channel, carrying from eight to twelve feet of wa ter, until you come within about three quarters of a mile of George-Town, when the channel turning between Mafon's-Ifland' and the city, gives a depth of water fromt * twenty to thirty feet close in with the shore of the city. This renders the water lots within that small space very valuable ; for any (hips that come up the river may here lay within twenty yards of the city, and the boasts which bring t'n« produce of the country down the river, may at all times come her*, deep loaded as they corns down ; whereas they could not go, thus loaded, down to the ealtern branch, unlefi in very smooth weather. Before a particular defcriptiop. of the spot, &c. on which the city of Wafliing ton is laid out, be given, it may not be improper to note the conftiti-.tiorial and legal Ground upon which the location of the city is made. The conttitution of the United States-, grants to Congrefe the power " to extfrcife exclusive legislation in all cases whitla tver, over such dilb'ifit (not exceeding ten miles square) as inay, by cefTtun of parti cular States, and the acceptance of Con gress, become rbe feat of the governrat~* of the United States." In conformity with this OTisftitutiprial power, the following Ast was palled on the 16th of July, 179 c. " sfu Ail fur eflaklifhlng lb: Temporary and Permanent Stat oj Goverimient vj the Vtitled States. " Section 1 ft.—BE it eiiafted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America m Catigreis assembled, That a thrift of not exceeding ten miles hjuarc, to be In * The chan-