Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-08-17

me ldDOr mus Iar mas been immense. Ia the
short spaceof thirteen miles lofty hills have been
cut down, deep valleys filed up, & heavy streams
crossed. The viaducts at Gums falls, and at
Patterson's Mills are well worth examination. -
We were ighly grati6ed at our trip both from
ITS novelty, and the really pleasant mode Of ira
yelling. II is an interesting sight to see the long
train of cars, gaily decorated, and filed inside
andoutside with passengers, sweeping along with
apparently no effort on the part of the hcrses at
tached to them This excursion to the Mills on
the Rail Road is very fashionable, and we were
told that the cars are crowded regularly every
evening with the citizens who take this opportu.
nifty Of encouraging the company and enjoying
the fresh air of the country.
The journey from Baltimore to PHILADELPHIA is
now performed by water the whole distance
Upth Chesapeake there is nothing Interesting to
the traveller At Chesapeake city the passen-
gers are landed from the steam boats and 20 I'M
mediately on board the barges on the Cahal. -
This kind of travelling is likewise very pleasant
from its ease, quiet and expedition. The Ches.
apeake aud Delaware Canal connects the two
bays together and is about fourteen miles in length
What Is called the deep cat, is about ninety feet
in depth, over which is thrown the Summit
bridge. The rest of the canal is through very
low and marshy country, and the great difficulty
appears to have been to obtain earth for the EN-
bankments. Practically so little acquainted with
Canals. | shall not hazard further remarks until
Ishall have visited others further north. At Del
aware CITY, where the Canal terminates, we again
take the steam boat and proceed to Philadelp hia
The scenery along this river is uncommonly tame
and could not help contrasting its dull and llat
shores. with the diversified and beautiful banks
of he Potomac. At Philadelphia we stopped to
examine It's regular and crowded Streets its fine
shipping, its beautiful public squares, and its
splendid water works; with all of which we were
delighted. twas with no little decree of feeling
that l stood in the very Hall (now shamefully
diSdgured) where our fathers wilied that this ma
ton should be free. and touched the bell which
''prociaimed liberty throughout the land and un-
To all the Inhabitants thereof" Myletter would
become unrcasonably long and tedious were to
attempt to describe Paramount, the Marine Hos
pita. he new State Prison and other public build
ings ot interest lii the city, all of which visited
I could not help lamenting the uniiyorabe posi-
tons in which several Of the finest edi6ces in
Philadelphia are situated. The United States
Bank, ior instance, that model of elegant simple
and chaste architecture is coaped up 50 as to be
totally excluded from the view until the passen-
ger is RIGHT upon it-and so in many other cases,
much Of the effect is lost by the niudicious loca
tion of the buildings. Philadelphia is abun-
dainty supplied with wafer. and | observed with
pleasure that il is used pleu'tuliy for the preser
walton of cleanliness and health; the streets are
watered every evening, the cutters washed, sc.
| observe by the papers that the population is now
estimated al about two hundred Thousand, and |
expect that the calculation is not far wrong
Business is increasing. rents are high, The people
are active and industrious, and every sign gives
token of the increasing wealth and prosperity Of
the Nitv.