EVENING ADVE
[No. 19 of Vol. V.]
N O R R I S-C OU RT,
Bsck of the New Library, between Clielhut
and Walnut-Streets.
George Rutter,
RESPECTFULLY Worms hts friend's and
the public in general, that he continues
carrying on the hu/itfefV of s
Sign and Fire-Bucket Painting,
_ Likewise, JAPANNED PLATES,
for doors or done in the moll
elegant manner, and with ctifparch.
Orders from tl»e country will be thankfully
received, and duly 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
lifts of all the Officers in the general, and the
principal Officers in the particular £i»v em
inent*, a' variety of information, ufeftiTf'or all
*U4&s. tf
Robert Campbell,
No. 54, South Stcond-Jlreet,
Seconddooc b?low the corner of Chefnut-ftreet,
HAS IMPORTED,
»7 the late arrivals from Britain and Ireland,
A large and general AJforiment of
New Books and Stationary,
Which will be disposed of on the lowed terms.
Dec. 23. mwW tf
NEW BOOKS.
Now opening for Sale,
By M. C A R E
No. 118,
A large and valuable collection oiBOOKS,
imported from London in the Mohawk.
Dec. 19.
Parry and Mufgrave,
Goldsmiths isf Jewellers,
No. 42,
SOUTH SECOND-STREET,
HAVE FOR SALE,
yfn elegant AJfortment of
SILVER fcf PLATED WJRE,
JEWELLERY fineCUTLERY,
Which they will dispose of on the most reu
fonable terms- Devices in hair, Miniatures
sett, and every thing in the jold and lilver
way, done as usual.
December 24.
NOTICE
IS hereby given, to the Members of the
Insurance Company of North-America,
That the third Inftalnient, being Two Dollars
on each (hare of the Stock, is to be paid, a
greeably to the Constitution, on the second
Monday [the 13th day] of January next: And
a Central Xiccftng of the Stockholders i* tube
Ueld on the succeeding day, for the purpose of
choosing Fifteen Qirtflorsy examining into the
Situation of the Company's Affairs, and ma
king such additional Rules and Regulations
as they (hall judge neceflary.
EBENEZER HAZARD, Secratary.
Dec. 16. niw&;>3. ij
MONEY borrowed 01 loaned, accounts da
ted or colle&cd, employers fuiied with
domestics, house rooms, boarding and lodging
rented, let or procured— soldier's, mariner's,
or militia men's pay, lands and claims on the
public ; (hares 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 depofut—Bought, fold, or rego
ciated at No. 8, in south Sixth-street, below
Market-ftrect by FRANCIS WHITE,
What ranfa£t* business in th© public offices for
country people and others, by virtue ot a pow
er of attorney, or by perforral application.
December It. d
E. Oswald,
No. 156, Market-Street, South,
\ T the request of a number of friend',
Jl\. proposes publifliing The Independent
Gazetteer, twice a week, viz. %Veilnel'da>s
and Saturdays—to commence in January next,
if fufficient encoeragement offers
It will be publiflied 011 Paper and Types
equal to its present appearaflce. The sub
scription dollars per ann.
Advertisements not exceeding a square,
will be iulerted 4 times for 1 dollar-—every
continuance one fifth of a dollar. Those ex
ceeding a square, in the fame proportion.
Excellent CLARET,
111 fiogihcads and in ctfci of 50 boulct ach.
a l s a,
A few cases Champaigne Wine ;
BK TNG defiroua of cloGtig various commer-,
ciai coneerns, and tl*nt Ml powers hereto
fore granted relative to the f«)tnf should be n
voked,|and public no'ictf of it givenj. to prevent
any p<jfliLle mifUiktr ; I, the fubfcribrr, do hei<-
by m/ke known t6 all whom it may concern,
that -jil uowera and letters 0/ attorney, of evtfry
nature and extent. granted t>y me to any pfrf/n
ft persons, prior to the ast day .of July I a ft, to
for me or in my iumc in Am t. k 1 ca, are re
voked and made void#
r pHE undernamed commntee-, appointed bv
1 " THE SOCIETY for the INSTITU
TION and SUPPORT of FIRST-DAY or
SUNDAY SCHOOLS in the city of Philadel
phia and the dillt'& of South wark and the
Northern Lib'tties," to solicit further fubferip
tions for the support of the schools which the
said lociety have iftiblilhed, take the liberty to
re pre fen t to their fellow 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
adm.fTiOn and education of poor children.
That, the nec< Ifiiy and rrafons fortheeftab
h foment of these schools are increased, from the
ctrcumftance of the latediftrtfs having left a
number of Orphans dcllitute of all the means
of education, save what the hand of benevolence
may administer.
Y,
That, Former experience has, mod pleafinglv,
verified the fondeit hopes of the friends of this
inftiiution, with regard to the progref* and ad
vancement of the children, who have heretofore
been under its care, in the ufelul branch** of
education which it has afforded. Referring to
this fact, and to the addtefs to the pubi c, on
this fubjeft, publifhcd 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
th?o a&ually receiving inflruftion in their
schools, it now only remains to be observed,
that ihe funds of the society are grea'ly ineffi
cient to carry on their benevolent designs, and
that the committee formerly appointed to solicit
fubferiptions, conceived it needfary to decline
their applications to their fellow.citi7.erls for
ihcir afhllance iu favor of these schools, in order
that there might be no interruption from them
to the felicitations then made in behalf ot their
unfortunate brethren from Cape-Francois.
rntfr&rftf
The public aid is now therefore earneitly so
licited to support a cha»it-blr establishment, cal
culated upon (he principles of public and pu
vate good. The annual fubfeription for a mem
ber is but One Dollar; and icit prelumcd that
so finall a furo per annum cannot be bcLler dis
posed of, by those who can aftord it, than by
bellowing it as the price of the difFafiori of nfeful
knowledge among the poor and friendlef»,
Subfcnptipns and donations will be gratefully
received by the undernamed committoc on be
half of the society:
Friday, January 5, t 794.
MADEIRA,
In pipes, hoglheads and quarter casks,
FOR SALE BY
JOHN VAUGHAN,
No. in, Sftuih Front-ltrcet.
g dtf
Jin. 2, »794
NOTICE.
JAMES GREENLEAF.
New-Yoik, J/n. 1,1794. i!iw
TO THE PUBLIC.
F.benezer Large,
Jacob Cauffman,
Todd,
Peter Thompson,
Thomas P. Cope,
Jofcph Price,
Edward Pole,
James Hardie,
William Innis,
Benjamin Say,
Nathaniel Falconer,
Francis Bailey,
JelTe Sharplefs,
Samuel Scot ten,
Peter Barker.
Joseph James,
Jonathan Penrofe,
George Meade,
John Peiot,
John M'Cree,
Robert Ralfton,
Thomas Armat,
George William*,
Jan. 1
0 B SE R VAT lONS
ON THE
RIVER POTOMACK,
Trr Country Adjacent, and the
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
f Continued from our Itrjl.)
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 lafd out, as the moll
proper for ere&ing the public buildings
which areauthorifed to be prepared by the
foregoing act.
But the eastern branch being made one
of the boundaries, within which the diftridt
of ten miles square was to be laid out, an
AND
amendment to the preceding ast was
tl.iM ght neceffiuy, so as to include acon
«iii it part of. the said branch, and the
land on the narth-eaitern hue of it, within
the said diftrift of ten mile# square. A
formal ast for that purpose was according
ly paired on the 3d day of March, 179 1.
---By this means the Commissioners were
enabled so to lay off the diitrift of ten
miles square, 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 diftrift of ten miles square
thereby includes the river Potomack for
five miles above and the like distance below
the middle cf the city; and extends in the
"tate of Virginia about three miles over the
The whole area of the city consists of
upwards 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 clcanfing and draiping the
city.
Two creeks enter the city, one from
the eastern branch, the other from the Po
tomack, and take i'uch directions as to be
made to communicate with each other by a
(hort canal.—By this means a water trans
portation, for heavy articles, 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 cleanllng the streets, than this ground.
The most obvious lource 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 objedt for this purpose,
which has been contemplated by those belt
acquainted with {lie country hereabouts,
and the circumstances 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 houfe6.
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 eft'e&ed for perhaps less money
than it has and will coll 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 effe&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 most ex
cellent, and comraenfurate with any ob
ject.
The public buildings for the accommo
dation of the Congress and the President
of the United States, are begun, and pro
gress with much spirit. They are on a
scale equal to the magnitudeof 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
(lone ; which is pronounced certainly e
qual, if not superior, to the bell 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 ufcd for the public
fate
R T I S E R.
[Whole No. 477.]
buildings is from an illand about 40 miles
below the city, which has been purchased
by tlie CotrimilTioners, and from which,
and a tract or land tymg oil ilie nvcr in
the lieighborliood of it (the right of get
ting Hone from which, for 23 yvars, has
alio been purchaled by the eommifiionets,)
it is supposed that enough of this (tone
may be obtained to aiifv.vr every demand,
however great.
Besides the buildings for the t.L\on:mo
datiori of the government of the United
States, a very superb hotel is ere&ing, the
expence of which is defrayed by a lotte
ry, the hotel being the higheii prize.—
This building, with its accommodations
and dependencies, will perhaps be equal to
any of the kind in Europe. n
The original proprietors of the land on
which the city is laid out, in confederation
of the great benefits which they expect
ed to derive from the location of the city,
conveyed, in trust, to the Commifiioncrs.
for the ufeof the public, and far the piir
pofe of establishing the city, th« whole of
their refpe&ive 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 inay think pro
per for public improvements or other pub
lic uses, the lots (hall be fairly and equal
ly divided between the public and the
refpe&ive proprietors.
By this means the public "had a pollef-
Con 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 f 52,000 dollars* given by the
Hates of Virginia and Maryland for that
purpose) and to efieft 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 sale* 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 (till expe&ed, at ths objett comes to be
more inveiligated, and belter understood.
After fui nifhing very ample funds for
the accompli(hment of every objedl in thi»
city, on the part of the public, a large
furplug of lots will remain the property
of the city, which hereafter may, and un
doubtedly will be lo applied,as to defray 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 citiee.
Among the many advantages which
will be derived to this city over almost all
other large cities, from the circumllance of
its being originally designed for the capi
tal of a great nation, may be ranked, as
the foremofl ; the width of the streets,
(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 ltreets upon a
general principle, in the firft inilance, in
such a manner as to avoid any future in
convenience to such buildings as may be e
rected in the early establishment of the city,
and to give that declivity to them, in the
several parts of the city, whieh will readi
ly and effe&ually carry off all filth in the
common sewers. These circumftancej are
of the highest importance, as they affect
the health and the lives of the inhabi
tants.
Besides the advantage which the citv
of Washington will have, from its bcinrf
the feat of government of theUnitedStatcs,
from its being within a few miles of the
center of the territory of the United States,
from north to south, and ne?.vly the center
of population, and from the immediate
commerce of the Potomack, it will receive
an immefe benefit from its intercourse
with the coufifry Weft of the Allegany
mountains, through the Potomack, which
offers itfelf as the molt natural, and the
* Virginia 120,000, and Maryland
72,000.