Jiution as the city into fqmrei, &c. and those lines have been so combined as to meet at certain given points with those divergent ave luies, so as to form ontliefpaces " fn ft determin ed," the different squares, or areas, which are all proportional in magnitude to the number of avenues leading to then). BREADTH OF THE STREETS Every grand transverse avenue, and every principal divergent one, such as the communica tion from the Prefldent's House to the Congress House, &c. are l'6o feet in breadth, and tlins di vided 10 feet for pavement on each fide is go of gravel walk, planted with trees on each fide, So in the middle for carriage way, The other streets are of the following dimen flons, viz. Those leading to the public buildings or markets, C iro I 90 Others, In order to execute the above plan, Mr. Elli cott drew a true meridian line by celestial obser vation, which pasTes through the area intended for the Congress-House ; this line he crofled by another due enft and weft, and which pafles through the fame area. Tliefe lines were accu rately meafored, and made the basis on which the whole plan was executed. He ran all the lines by a transit inftrnment, and determined the acute angles by a&ual measurement, and left no thing to the uncertainty of the compass. REFERENCES A. The eqneftrian figure of George Wafliing ton, a monument voted in 1783, by the late Con tinental Congress. B. An liiftoric column—also intended for a mile or itinerary column, from whole (Nation (at a mile from the federal House) all distances and places through the continent are to be calculat ed. C. A naval itinerary column, proposed to be eredjed to celebrate the firft rife of a navy, and to stand a ready monument to perpetuate its pro gress and atchievments. D. A church intended for national purposes, fisch as public prayer, thanksgivings, funeral o rations, &c. and afligned to the special use of no particular fedi or denomination, btit equally o peiv to all. It will likewise be a proper shelter for such monuments as were voted by the late Continental Congress, for those heroes who fell in the cause of liberty, and for such others as may hereafter be decreed by the voice of a grate ful nation. E. £. E. E. E. Five grand fountains, intended with a constant spout of water. N. B. There are within the limits of the city 2J good (piings of excellent water, abundantly lupplied in the dried: season of the year. F. A grand cascade, formed of the water of the sources of the Tiber. G. G. Public walk, being a fqnare of 1200 feet, through which carriages may ascend to the upper square of the Federal House. H. A grand avenue 400 feet in breadth, and about a tnile in length, bordered'with gardens ending in a Hope from the houses on each fide : this avenue leads to the moniimcnt A. and con ne<fts"the Congress garden with the I. President's park and the K. Well improved field, being a part of the walk from the President's house of about 1800 feet in breadth, nnd three fourths of a mile in length. Every lot deep coloured red, with green plots, designates -some of the situations which command the most agreeable profpe>Jls,and which are bed calculated tor spacious houses and gar dens, fnch as may accommodate ioreign minis ters, &c. L. Around this square and along the M. Avenue from the two bridges to the fede ral house the pavements on each fide will pass under an arched way, under whose cover (hops will be nioft conveniently and agreeably iituated : this street is i6o feet in breadth and a mile long. The fifteen squares coloured yellow, are pro posed to be divided among the several flutes in the Union, for each of them to improve, or sub scribe a sum additional to the value of the land for that purpose, and the improvements round the squares to be completed in a limited time. The centre of each square will admit of flatties, columns, obelisks, or any other ornaments, such aa the different dates may choose to ere<st, to per petuate not memory of such individuals whose councils or military atchievments were conspicuous in giving liberty and independence to this country ; but those whose ufefulnefs hath rendered them worthy ef imitation ; to invite the youth of fucceeclirtg genera;ions to tread in the paths of those sages or heroes whom their country have thought proper to celebrate. Ihe flttiation of those squares is such, that they are iJie nioft advantageously and reciprocal ly seen from each other, and as equally dittribut- Ed over the whole city diftridl, and connected by spacious avenues round the grand federal im provements, and as contiguous to them, and at the fame time as equally distant from each other as circum(lances would admit. The settlements round tliefe squares mult fuon become connect ed. The mode of taking pofTeffion of, and improv ing the whole difbritft at firft, mull leave to pof teiity a grand idea of the patriotic interefl which promoted it. The fill all ("paces coloured red, are intended for the use of all religious denominations, on which they are to eretft places of worship, and are pro posed to be allotted to them in the manner as tliofe coloured yellow are to the different llates in the Union ; but no burying ground will be admitted within the limits of the city, an appro, priation being intended for that purpose with out. L'tet. no 60 S?o i6o N. B. There are a number of squares or areas, unappropriated, and in situations proper for Col leges and Academies, of which every society, whose objetft is national, may be accommodated. ijo Every house within the city will Hand square on the streets, and every lot on the divergent a vennes will run square with their fronts on the most acute angle, will not tneafure less than 56 feet, and may well be above 140. Some of the streets running north and south, and east and weft, are about 1200 poles, and the transverse streets about 1300 poles. Latitud-e of Congress House, long. o. o. X. Tiber creek. The water of this creek is intended to be conveyed on the high ground where the Congress-House Hands, and after -va tering that part of the city, its overplus will fall from under the base of the edifice, and in a cas cade of 20 feet in heighth, and 50 in breadth, in to the reservoir below, thence to run in three falls through the gardens into the grand canal. The perpendicular heighth of theground where the Congress house dands, is above the tide of Tiber creek 78 feet. ' Perpendicular heighth of the weft branch above the tide of Tiber creek, 115 feet, 7 inches and two eighths. This branch and that of the Tiber, is intended to be conveyed to the President's house. From the entrance of the river Potowmack up to the second, the depth of water is from 5 1-5 to 4 fathoms—the deeped all along the shore where wharves are marked. Philadelphia, January 4. Last Saturday afternoon Lieut. Devin, of the Levies, arrived in town from the Western Coun try. He left Fort-Washington the 22d of Novem ber, at which lime Foris Hamilton and JefFerfon were well supplied with men and provihons, and there was no apprehension for their (afety. Ge» neral St. Clair continued in bad health. Moll: of tfee remaining Levies were returning home, ex cept such as had enlisted in the regular service. The wounded had been, brought to Fort Wash ington, and were moll of tliem in a fair way of recovery. No account of the Indians since the action Lieut. Devin met General Scot, vvirh a party of militia, within go miles of Fort Wafliington, on the 23d of November. The President of the United States has appoint ed, by and with the advice and consent of the Se nate, Lemuel Reddick, to be fiirveyor of the port of SufFolk, in the state of Virginia, vice Benja min Bartlett, resigned. Mr. Peter Zacharie, of Baltimore, hasinvented a Machine, patenteed by Congress, by which a single man, by walking in a hollow wheel, will raif'e a fpoonful, containing a ton of mud, whilst another spoon, by the fame operation, goes down to take in a like quantity.—He has alio invented an easy method of discharging mud from a fcovv, on a wharf or other place, hy means of a small addition to the common conftrucftion of that spe cies of veflel, and by which a single man will empty it in one minute. A number of gentlemen in New-York have fubferibed for a portrait of Alexander Hamilton, Esq. Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. This portrait is to be executed by Mr. Trumbull, and placed in oneof the public build ings df that city. The lofsof the brave officers and men who have fallen in the Western Expedition, is deeply felt as a public one—bur as private—and to those who were connectfed with them by the ties of friend fliip and confanguiniry—the fliaft pierces deep. " Tread lightly o'er thetr ajhes, ye men of honor, for they were your BRETHRER —weep o'f'r their fate ye men oj friendship and sensibility, jur they •were your brothers." \Qolumb. Cent.'] Peter Zachnry Lloyd, Esq. having resigned his office of Clerk to t lie Houfo of Repi efentatives of this State, Peter Baynton, Esq. was on Saturday lali unaniinor.fly eleifted in his room. 287 38- 53 On F rlclaj- morning wns presented to the pre sident of the United States, a Box, ele«antlv mounted with silver, and mark of the celebrated Oak Tree that fheltefcd tile V/afbtiigton of Scot land, thtf brave and patriotic Sir William Wal lace * after his defeat at the battle of Kail;irk in i he beginning of the fourteenth century, by Edward the H*. I his magnificent a'ltd truly cha ratfiei iflical present is from rhe E.iYt of flucian by the hands of Mr. At chibald Rot-crtfbu, a Scots gentleman, and portrait painter, who arrived in America fame months ago. The lu,x was pre fentecl to Lord Buchan by the Goldsmiths' cornp-,. Ny at Edinburgh ; from whom his lord/hip lc quefted, and obtained leave 10 m.ike it over to a man whom he deemed more defervin? of it than hi in (elf, and the only man in the world to whom he thought it jultly due. We hear fii• - ther, that lord Btichan has, by letter, requeued of the President, that, on i he event ol hisdeceaffe he will consign the box to that mdrt, in ila , try. who f.iall appear, in his judgment, to merit it belt upon the fame considerations that induced him to fend it to the present pollellbr. The inscription upon a silver plate, on the in side of the lid, is as follows: Prefcnted by the Coldfnithf of Edinburgh, to David Stuart Erjkine, Earl of Buchan, with the freedom of their corpora tion, by their deacon—A. D. 1782. * Sir William Wallace, at firfl a private gentleman, vvfuccefifuUy at tempted a revolution in Scotland, nearly on th( Jame grounds with that mote recently accomplished in America, to cupel the EngUfll and their ad herents, who had ujhrped the government. Having/ameda vi&oryover the Jorces of Edwa-id the frjl, at Stirling, he icas [/on after attacked bv Edward at the head of 80,000 foot and 7.000 horse ; whereas the whole force of Sir William did not exceed 30,000 foot; and the main division of this army was tampered with by a traitor, and rendered of no uje to the patriotic party. Net long after the battle of Falkirk, Sir H'iliiaa was made prijonei byfome of Edward's partizans, earned to England, and beheaded. ' [Nat. JQ«.J Another year hns now opened upon ns—the contemplative mind, reviewing the pad, is natu rally led to reflet 1 ! on the future—the scene has been checquered, but our country has not been checked in its career of prosperity—every annual period since the adoption of the New Conltini tion, has found the United State 9 in a more eli gible fuuauon than the lad .—Providence, Nature and Time, unite their influence in accelerating our progress to apoint of civil freedom and glory, hitherto unattained by the efforts of man. But while our bofonis glow with the fire of patrior ilin, and a lively gratitude to the Author of all good, the rear of regret should (iow at the recol lection of the untimely fate of those bra'se citi zens who, by the hands of ruthless savages, havff fallen in the wilderness. " There, as the toe pour'd in the deadly fire, " In glory's arms our haple'fs Chiefs expire !" The fonrces of the public revenue are' not yet exhanfled—A tax upon the instrumental. part of the calling of fine ladies and gentlemen would yield a considerable fun)—Meflage cards, in par ticular, may be deemed the tools of the trade, and as such, it niay.be urged, that they (hould ba tax free—But reasons of state ought to prevail over any narrow objetfiions. As the friendlhips contrntfted by the interchange of message cards are rather cold, being formed out'of doors be tween persons who become intimate acquaint ances without feeing each other's faces, u little public spirit would rather cheer than discourage those 011 whom the duty would fall. A correspondent, fpeakingofa late publication, entitled, " The Young Gentleman & Lady's -dffij}' ant," fays, that few books are more proper to bff put into the bands of young people—it contains a great quantity of matter, in a finall compass, and treats of a variety of ufeful branches of Edu cation, with judgment and accuracy—so that it may, with fome,degree of propriety, be faijl to constitute a final! English library for youth; its merits will doubtless introduce it to the general notice of teachers and others. At a stated meeting of the Pennsylvania Society for promoting, the Abolitron of Slavery, &c. held on Monday evening last, -the following Members were ele&ed Officers for the ensuing year : President. —James Pemberton, Esq. Vicc-Prefidents.— Rev. Dr. William Rogers, jlev. Dr. Nicholas Collin. Treojurer.—Mr. James Starr. Secretaries.—MelFrs. John M'Crea, Joseph P. Norris. Couvfellors. — Miers Fisher, William Lewis, William Rawle, John D. Coxe, John Todd, jun. and Joseph Thomas, Efq'rs. CorrefpondingCommitteg.— fames Pemberton, Esq. Rev. Dr. William Rogers, Dr. Samuel P. Griffitts, Dr, CafparWiftar,"Mr. Caleb Lownes, John Kaiehn, F'n M<. Tofeph Saniom. NEWsPrtftio. THAT universal information Should circulate thro'out the nation, And knowledge be as free as air, Our S3ges all as one declare— But in the bill they've fram'd, behold This knowledge made as dear as gold ! — The elefliou oi Diicctois. io Hk isank ot ihe United States, wats not closed when this paper went to press. PRICA CURRENT.—PUBLIC SECURITIES.>. FUNDED' DEBT. 6 pr. Cents 23/4 pr. £ 3 pr. Cents 14J Defered 6 pr. Gents 14/2 UNFUNDED DEBT, Final Sett 1. and othei Certificates 20/6 do. Indents Bank Subfci iptions. i i6f pr. cent. 70 do. 71 do. J3/ „ 6 5 178 . Dollars,
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