Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-01-08


tain. Of excelIen, spring water in different paris
of the CITY, Three of them are exhibiteo 10
wells made about fourteen feet deep from Inc
surface OF the ground, and Tito which you DC
.cend by flight of stone steps to marble hoor
containing about four hundred square feet.
Near the bottom Of the well issue sesera'
streams, through brass pipes OF ABOUT an i"sI
in diameter, which streams tall in'c oas'ns ~. y.
white marble. Over each fountain Is paVn'on
Of great neatness and beauty. supporter ~
eight Ionic columns, sixteen or eign'een 'ee. !"
heiph, The whole efFec, is lovely and orien-
tai, conveying refreshing feeling to the heart
even by the sight alone. There Is keePe. 10
each fountain, and near one Of these pavillons
is erected neat Gothic Lodge Tor the oo"ieii
of the overseer. These embellishments mus.
have cost considerable sum OF money, out u
was most judicious!y expended. ne 'ol.f
Washington Monument, the PRIDE oil ha'l.
more. is erected OH an eminence near tue most
flourishing part Of The city, within shor' us
lance from the Unitarian church and the Cathe-
dral, is not yet finished but will be soon, as the
corooration have now funds on hand Tor thar
purpose. The site is elevated, and the mass Of
stone rising on this 10 the height OF one nun
dred and sixty feet, is truly imposing. Inc
base, or the first story Of the edlce Is forty iee'
square and twenty high. The column rises
from this apparently, but in ruth 1t does not
depend upon it for support. The column
should think is at the lower part OF 1t sixteen
| feet in diameter, and twelve or thirteen at the
TOP. Within twelve feet of the highest pom:
Of the Column there is piazza or gallery around
the same, from which there is an extensive
view Of the city and surrounding country. on
the top Of the column there is 10 be placed a
colossal statue of the great Father OF his coun-
try. The artist, pupil Of the immortal Cano-
va, is now at his labors upon it, l have seen
him, and some Of his productions, and have
grea, confidence in his taste and talents. he
ascent TO the top Of this monument is fatigu
ing Journey Of two hundred and ,wenty-eigh'
steps, in darkness, but the light which bursts
upon the traveller, when he has finished his
climbing, is sufficiently glorious to compensate
him for his pains From the elevation the
city casts cheerful CLEAN, the dark brown
woods in the back ground make striking con
trast to the freshness and beauty OF the hume
rous habitations Of man. The reflection Is
natural one to every mind; how rapidly has thi:
great city grown! Within the memory OF mar
it has sprung up from nothing. map now
hanging within the City Exchange, dellneatee
in 1852, shows that few houses scattered here
and there over great extent of territory, was
:hen all Of Baltimore, peopled with only two
hundred inhabitants, and now there are sevent,
thousand souls, at least, in this new born city
We almost realize the fable Of city's being
called into existence by the fiat of Neptune oil
some other god of the mighty deep.
] shall give you hereafter some account o
nv visit 10 the venerable Charles Carroll, thu
only survivor Of the signers Of the Declaration
of Independence.