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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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