evening adv [No. 19 of Vol. V.] NO R R I S-C OU R T, Bick of the New Library, between Cliel'nut •od Walmit-Strett^ George Rutter, RESPECTFULLY informs his friend-? and the public in gene* - ?!, that he continues f arrying on the huftttf ft of A Sign and Fire-Bucket Painting, Like wife, JAPANNED PLATES, for doors or window-lbutter<, done in the mod ' elegant manner, and with difyarch. Orders from tlie country will be thankfully received, and daly attended to. December 30, dtf Just published, And to be fold by Stewart & Cochran, No. 34, South Second-street, THE United States Register, For the Year 1794 ; Containing, besides accurate and complete lift l ! of all the Officers in the general, and the principal Officers in the particular govern ments, a variety of information, ufefcl for all tf Robert Campbell, No. 54, South Stcond-Jlrccl, Seconddoot b;low the corner of Chefuut-ftreet, HAS IMPORTED, By the late arrivals from Britain and Ireland, A large and general AJfortment of New Books and Stationary, "Which will be disposed of on the lowest terms. Dec. 23. mw&f tf NEW BOOKS. Now opening for Sale, By M. CAREY, No. 118, MARKET-STREET; A large and valuable collection ofBOOKS, imported from London in the Mohawk. Dec. 19. Parry and Mufgrav-e, Goldsmiths is? Jewellers, No. 42, SOUTH SECOND-STREET, HAVE FOR SALE, An elegant AJfortmenl of SILVER fcf PLATED WARE, JEWELLERY fcffine CUTLERY, Which they will dispose of on the most rea fonab'c terms. Devices in hair, Miniatures sett, and every thing in the told and lilver way, <We as usual. December 24. NOTICE IS hereby given, to the Members of the Insurance Company of North-America, That the third Instalment, being Two Dollars on each (hare of the Stock, is to be paid, a greeably to the Conftitntion, on the second Monday [the 13th day] ofJanuary next: And a Central Meeting, of the Stockholders i* t» be !ie!d on the succeeding day, for the purpose of choosing Fifteen Dtriflorj, examining into the Situation of the Company's Affairs, and ma king such additional Rules and Regulations as they fhatl judge necefTary. EBENEZER HAZARD, Secratarv. Dec. 16. niw&; t3. ij MONEY borrowed or loaned, accounts sta ted or colle&cd, employers suited with domestics, houie rooms, boarding and lodging rented, let or procured—foldicr's, mariner's, or militia men's pay, lands and claims on the public ; lb a res in the banks, in the canals, and the turnpike road : certificates granted by the public, and the old and late paper monies; notes of hand, bills, bonds and morgages, with or without deposits—Bought, fold, or rego ciated at No. 8, in south Sixth-street, below Market-street by FRANCIS WHITE, WhotranfatU business in th© public offices for country people and others, by virtue of a pow er of attorney, or by perforral application. December 11. d E. Oswald, No. 156, Market-Street, South, A T the request of a number of friend', proposes publilhing The Independent Gazetteer, twice a week, viz, Wednefdavs and Saturdays—to commence in January next, if fufftcient encoeragement offers It will be publillied on Paper and Types equal to its present appearance. The Aib fcription 3 J dollars per ann. Advertileinents not exceeding a fqsare, will lie iuferted 4 times for j dollar—ev»ry continuance one fifth of a dollar. Tho'c ex ceeding a square, in the fame proportion. €vt*rttr of tilt Urofd Excellent CLARET, In hogfticads and in ctfci of bonlct ach. a l s a, A few cases Champaigne Wine ; MADEIRA, Bh TNG desirous of cloGtig various commer cial concern*, and tl.nt M! pfutrs hereto fore grjntci rrlmive to the faint liiould be 1.. voktd,)and public no'icd of it given r to prevent p'jflible ; I, the fublcribrr, Ho iteti by mflke known tf» all whom it may concern, thit.iil ooweri and letters 0/atromey, of every lirftuie and extent. gramedl>y me to any prrOt "r persons, prior to the ift day Inl* lali, to : 6l for nil or in my nartic in Amur 1 c a, i>c re voked and made void* r I~ I HE undernamed commuter, appointed by 1 " THE SOCIETY for the INSTITU TION and SUPPORT of FIRST-DAY or SUNDAY SCHOOLS in the city of Philadel phia and the dilti'£t of SouiWark and the Northern Lih'ities," to solicit further fuhfetip tions for the support of the schools which li e said society have ftiblilhed, take the liberty to reprcfent to their lellow citizens— That, although the school* were suspended during ihe penod of the late avrful calamity with which our city and suburbs have been af filed, they are now again opened lor the free ad million and education of poor children. That, the nec« Ifiiy and rrafons fortheeftab lifhment of these schools are increaftd, from the cjrcumftnnce of the latedillrcfs having left a number of Orphans dcilitute of all the means of education, save what the hand of benevolencc may administer. That, former r xperience has, most plcafinglv, vcr'ficd the fond eft hopes of the friends of this institution, with regard 10 the progief* and ad vancement of the children, who have heretofore been under its care, in the ufeful branches o! education which it has afforded. R< to this fa£t, and to the addtefs to the pubic, on this fubjeft, published in the nrwfpapers of this city 'n the third month last, when about eight hundred and twenty children of both fexts had partaken of the benefits afforded by the society, and about three hundr d and twenty more were thru actually receiving inftruftiori in their schools, it now only remains to be observed, that the funds of the society are grea'ly infuffi cient to carry on their benevolent designs, and that the committee formerly appointed to solicit fubferiptions, conceived it necelfary to decline their applications to their fellow.citi7.em for ihcir afhftance iu favor of these schools, in order that there might be no interruption from them to the solicitations then made in behalf ot then unfortunate brethren from Cape-Francois. rawS:frf The public aid is now therefore earnestly fo lieited to support a charitable- cfl.iblilhment, cal culated upon the principles of public and pri vate good. The annual fubfeription for a mem ber is but One Dollar; and prefumcd that so finall a furo per annum cannot be bcUer dis posed of, by those who can afford it, than by bellowing it as the price of the diffufien of nfeful knowledge among the poor and Iriendlefs. Subfcnptipns and donations will be gratefully received by the undernamed committoe on be half of the society: Upon examining the ground within the above described limits, and taking into consideration all circumstances, the Presi dent fixed upon the spot upon which the city has since been laid out, as the most proper for erecting the public buildings which are authorised to be prepared by the foregoing act. But the eastern branch being made one of the boundaries, within which the diftridl of ten miles square was to be laid out, an Friday, January i 7^4. In pipes, hogsheads and quaricr caHcs, FOR SALE BY JOHN VAUGHAN, Kn. in, Sftuih Front-ilrcet Jin. 2, 1794 NOTICE. JAMES GREENLEAT' New-Yoik, J/n. 1,1794. <!i TO THE PUBLIC. Peter Thompson, Thomas P. Cope, Jofcph Pricc, Edward Pole, James Hardie, William Innis, Benjamin Say, Nathaniel Falconer, Francis Bailey, JelTe Sharplefs, Samuel Scot ten, Peter Barker. F.benezer Large, Jacob CaufFman, James Todd, Joseph James, Jonathan Penrofe, George Meade, John Peiot, John M*Crec, Robert Ralfton, Thomas Armat, George William*, Jan. 1 OBSERVATIONS ON THE RIVER POTOMACK, The Covntrt Adjacfnt, and the CITY OF WASHINGTON. f Continued from our lajl.) A N ■» amendment to the preceding ast was thought neceflary, Co as to include acon "nt part of the inid branch, and the land on the north-eattern fide of it, within the laid diftritt of ten miles square. A formal ast for that purpose was according ly pal Ted on the 3d day of March, 1791. —-By this means the Commissioners were enabled so to lay off the dillrift of ten miles fcjuare, that the center thereof is made the center of the spot on which the city is laid out, as nearly as the nature and form of the ground of the city will permit. The district of ten miles square thereby includes the river Potomack for five miles above and the like diitance below the middle of the city; and extends in the slate of Virginia about three miles over the The whole area of the city conlifts of upv.arda of four thousand acres.—The ground, on an average, is about forty feet above the water of the river. Although the whole, when taken together, appears to be nearly a leva! spot, yet it is found to consist of what may be called wavy land; and is fuffieiently uneven to give many verk extensive and beautiful views from various parts of it, as well as to efFectually answer every purpose of cleansing and draiping the city. Two creeks enter the city, one from the eastern branch, the other from the Po tomack, and take inch directions as to be made to communicate with each other by a (hort canal.—By this means a water trans portation, for heavy articlei, is opened in to (he heart of the city. No place has greater advantage of wa ter, either for the supply of the City or for cleanling the llreets, than this ground. The most obvious source is from the head waters of a creek which separates the city from George-Town.—This creek takes its 'rife in ground higher than the City, arid can readily be conveyed to every part of it.—But the grand object for this purpose, which has been contemplated by those beil acquainted with {he country hereabouts, and the circumltances attending it, and which has been examined with an eye to this purpose, by good judges, is the Poto mack. The water of this river above the Great-Falls, 14 miles from the city, is one hundred and eight feet higher than the tide-water. A small branch, called Watt's- Branch, just above the falls, goes in a di rection towards the city. From this branch to the city a canal may be made (and the ground admits of it very well) into which the river, or any part of it, may be turned and carried through the city.—By this means the water may not only be carried over the highest ground in the city—but if necessary over the tops of the houses. This operation appears so far from being chimerical, that it is pronounced by good judges, who have examined the ground through, and over which it must pass, that it may be eftedted for perhaps less money than it has and will colt the Potomack company, to make the river navigable at the Great and Little Falls, and to clear the bed of the river between them.. Should this be efte&ed, the produce of the country will naturally be broughtthro' it ; and the situation afforded thereby for mills and manufactories of every kind.that require the aid of water, will be mod ex cellent, and commensurate with any ob ject. The public buildings for the accommo dation of the Congrefsand the President of the United States, are begun, and pro gress with nuch spirit. They are on a scale equal to the magnitude of the objefta for which they are preparing ; and will, agreeable to the plans which have been a dopted, be executed in n style of archi tecture, chaste, magnificent and beautiful. They will be built with beautiful white stone ; which is pronounced certainly e qual, if not superior, to the belt Port land stone, by persons who have been long experienced in working the firft quality of Portland stone. The quantity of thi* stone is fully equal to any demand that can arifc from it. That used for the public faffs E R T I S E R. [Whole No. 477.3 buildings is from an island about 40 miles below the city, which has been purclmfe.i by tiie Couinii'Qonrr*, and from winch, and .1 tract or land uu the nVr in the ueighborlfood of it (the right of get ting (lone from which, for 23 yvars, baa a'.fo been purchased by the commifiibners,) it is supposed that enough of this (lone may be obtained {o answer every demand, however great. Befldes the buildings for the accommo dation of the government of the United States, a very superb hotel is erecting, the expence of which is defrayed by a lotte ry, the hotel being the higheit prize This building, with its accommodations and dependencies, will ptnrhaps be equal to any of the kind in Europe. v The original proprietors of the land on which the city is laid out, in consideration oi the great benefits which they expect ed to derive from the location of the city, conveyed, in trust, to the Commiffioncrs. for the ufeof the public, and for the pur pose of eftablilhing the city, til* whole of their refpeftive lands which are included within the lines of the city, upon condition, that, after retaining for the public the ground of the ftrects, and any number of squares that the Prfcfident may think pro per for public improvements or other pub lic uses, the lots shall be fairly and equal ly divided between the public and the refpeftive proprietors. By this means the public had a polTef fion of more than 10,000 lots, from which funds are to be raised, to defray the ex pence of the public buildings," (in addi tion to i 92,000 dollars* given by the Hates of Virginia and Maryland for that purpose) and to eHeft such other things as it may be incumbent npon the public to do in the eity. Between three and four thousand lots have been fold by the commissioners, and the average price at their public l'ales have exceeded two hundred and forty dollars a lot. The price of lots has already risen very much, and a great increase of price is still expeded, as the object comes to be more inveiligated, and better understood. After fuinifhing very atnple funds for the accompli(hment of every objed in this city, on the part of the public, a large surplus of lots will remain the property of the city, which hereafter may, and un doubtedly will be lo applied,as todefray the annual expences incident to the city ; and the citizens, and their property, will he forever free from a heavy tax, which is unavoidable in other large cities. Among the many advantages which will be derived to this city over almost all other large cities, from the circumitance of its being originally designed for the capi tal of a great nation, may be ranked, as the foremofl ; the width of the llreets, (none of which are less than ninety feet, and from that to one hundred and sixty,) and the attention which will be paid to le velling or regulating the itreets upon a, general principle, in the firft instance, in such a manner as to avoid any future in convenience to such buildings as may be e rected in the early ellablifhment of the city, and to give that declivity to them, in the several parts of the city, whieh will readi ly and efle&ually carry off all filth in the common sewers. These circumtiances are of the highest importance, as they affect the health and the lives of th« inhabi tants. Besides the advantage which the city of Washington will have, from its being the feat of government of theUnitedStates, from its being within a few miles of the center of the territory of the United States, from north to south, and nearly the center of population, and from the immediate commerce of the Potomack, it will receive an iramefe benefit from its intercOurse with the country Weft of the Allegany mountains, through the Potomack, which offers itfelf as the most natural, aad the * Virginia 120,000, and -Maryland 72,000.
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