obstruct the view: they are, however, a convenience to the inhabitants, and on market days present a scene of plenty, not to be surpassed probably by any market in Europe. Other parts of the city are accommodated with contiguous market-places, which are equally well supplied. It is in contemplation to remove a circular building, at present on the angle formed by High and Broad streets for supplying the city with water; when the view will be uninterrupted to the Schuylkill. From this river the water is raised by very powerful steam machinery to a large reservoir, on an elevation beyond the one-arch bridge; from which every part of the city is plentifully supplied: plugs are placed at proper distances, by which the streets are frequently watered and cleaned during the warm weather: many of them are shaded on each side by trees, which though their roots are somewhat injurious to the pavement; yet the cool and pleasant shade they afford, fully compensates for the little damage they occasion. The court-house, occupying the square between Fifth, Sixth, Chesnut, and Pine-street, is a good brick building of two stories; the lower part is divided into two apartments: one of them used by the superior court of judicature; and in the other, the deputies from the dif ferent states held their first congress. The upper story is appropriated as a museum: it has a good assortment of specimens in natural history, collected by Mr. Peale, some portraits of the principal revolutionary characters, together with a number of oil paintings by Miss Peale and other artists; a part of it is also used as a philosophical lecture room. Among the rarities, and certainly one that excited no little curiosity, was a pair of Lancashire clogs; and while my attention was directed to the enormous skeleton of the mammoth, that of the company was chiefly engrossed by "the wooden shoes from the old country." The Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and Stephen Gerard's bankinghouses, are neat structures: but what would probably please you most, for the neatness, order, and economy of the whole, is the Pennsylvanian hospital for the reception of lunatics. In this excellent institution, the situation of these distressed beings is ameliorated by every method that even the philanthropy of a Howard could suggest. It is in an open, airy situation, and has extensive grounds, with gardens, for the recreation of its inmates. The Episcopal church in North-Second-street, dedi cated to St. Mary, and the Masonic-hall, in Chesnutstreet, the only two buildings with spires, are also deserving of notice: together with the College in SouthNinth-street, the second Baptist church in Sansomstreet, being ninety feet diameter within the walls, with an arched-roof and a dome; and the Orphan Asylum in Arch-street, near the Schuylkill. This institution was formed, and is supported, by the exertions, and managed by a committee, of the ladies of Philadelphia; who have also formed another establishment for the comfortable support of old indigent but respectable widows, and single women. One of the visiting ladies paid me the compliment to accompany me over the two institutions: in the latter one, you would have smiled to observe the extreme caution these antiquated damsels manifested when Mrs. M. introduced me, and the prudent queries they whispered to her, as to my object and probable designs, before they allowed me any further view of their comfortable retreat. At the western extremity of High-street, a bridge of three arches over the Schuylkill, and roofed in the same manner as that at Trenton, communicates with the great western road to Pittsburgh; to which place waggons are always to be met with in the High-street, for the conveyance of goods, at from five to seven dollars per 100lbs. wt. About half a mile above this bridge is another, light and elegant in its appearance: it is of one arch, 340 feet span; also covered, and lighted by openings at the sides, and by lamps at night. The river has some picturesque and beautiful landscapes, as its meanders are traced upwards; of which many wealthy citizens have availed themselves, by erecting their villas in the finest situations for enjoying them. The bridge over the Falls, six miles above the city, having been lately carried away by a heavy flood, the proprietor of the iron works there has substituted a singular medium of communication for his workmen living on the opposite bank. A boat was at first used; but this was found very inconvenient, on account of the rapids. He then threw a wire bridge across, by first securing strong wire-rods to a large tree on one side, and the wall between two windows of the mill on the other: upon these he then suspended the wire-work bridge, and laying planks upon it, has completed a secure though trembling pathway of above a hundred feet in length for foot passengers. I saw several lasses trip over it very gaily, accommodating themselves very adroitly to its motions. A canal is about to be cut round these rapids; by which the city will be more easily supplied with coal, fire-wood, &c. from the upper parts of the state; and in return will accommodate them with her imports. The environs of Philadelphia are pleasant, presenting many handsome country seats and villages, that remind the English traveller of the avenues to the British metropolis. Frankfort, Bustleton, Chesnut-Hill, MountPleasant, and the German-Town*,(where the severe skir mish took place between lord Cornwallis and general Washington, Oct. 1777,) are pretty specimens of the style in which the industrious Âmerican enjoys a dignified ease and comfort: "From toil he wins his spirits light, BALTIMORE. (Wright, Morse, &c.) MRS. WRIGHT describes the city of Baltimore as singularly neat and pretty, and even beautiful. "Baltimore," she says, "is not the least wonderful evidence of the amazing and almost inconceivable growth of this country. At the time of the revolution, but fortyfive years since, this city, which now contains a population of sixty-five thousand, and has all the ap • At German-Town resides Mr. Hawley, formerly of Cause Castle, in the County of Salop; an unsuccessful, but honest noble spirited Independent man. pearance of an opulent and beautiful metropolis, comprised some thirty houses of painted or unpainted frame, with perhaps as many of logs scattered in their vicinity. Baltimore is spread over three gentle hills; the streets, without sharing the fatiguing regularity and unvarying similarity of those of Philadelphia, are equally clean, cheerful, and pleasingly ornamented with trees; and the poplar, which in the country is offensive, not merely to the eye, but to the understanding, being there destitute alike of beauty and utility, has a singularly pleasing effect in a city where its architectural form is in unison with the regularity and neatness which should every where prevail. You see here, as in Philadelphia, the same neat houses of well-made and well-painted brick; the same delicately-white doors, with their shining knockers and handles, and their steps of clean white marble, and windows with their green Venetian shutters. Considerable attention and expense have also been bestowed upon the public edifices, which, however, are chiefly remarkable for neatness and conveniences, seldom making pretensions to architectural beauty." "A marble monument to the memory of General Washington has been recently erected, on an elevation at the north end of Charles street. The base is 50 feet square, and 23 feet high, on which is another square of about half the extent and elevation. On this is a lofty column, 20 feet in diameter at the base, and 14 at the top. On the summit of this column, 163 feet from the ground, the statue of Washington is to be placed. The Battle Monument, erected to the memory of those who fell defending their city from the attack of the British on the 12th and 13th of September, 1814, is a handsome structure of stone, situated on a large square in North Calvert street. The names of the persons are to be inscribed on the column." THE following brief account of the battle of Baltimore, is by an English officer, who accompanied the expedition. "Though the Americans maintained themselves with great determination, and stood to receive our fire till scarce twenty yards divided them, yet they would not hazard a charge; but the whole army fell into confusion: 'Infantry, cavalry, and artillery, were huddled tcgether, without the smallest regard to order or regu larity. The sole subject of anxiety seemed to be, which should escape first from the field of battle; insomuch, that numbers were actually trodden down by their countrymen in the hurry of the flight. Yet, in spite of the short duration of the action, which lasted little more than two hours from its first commencement, the enemy's loss was severe. One or two anecdotes connected with this engagement are amusing: It is said that when Admiral Cockburn, who accompanied the army, and attended poor Ross with the fidelity of an aide-de-camp, was in the wood where the latter fell, he observed an American rifleman taking deliberate aim at him from behind a tree. Instead of turning aside or discharging a pistol at the soldier, as any other man would have done, the brave admiral doubling his fist, shook it at his enemy, and cried aloud, "O you Cowardly Yankey, I'll give it you!" upon which the man dropped his musket in the greatest alarm, and took to his heels. 'It is likewise told of an officer of engineers, that having overtaken an American soldier, and demanded his arms, the man gave him his rifle very readily, but being ordered to resign a handsome silver-hilted dagger and silver-mounted cartouch-box which graced his side, he refused to comply, alleging that they were private property, and that by our own proclamations private property should be respected.' WASHINGTON. (Harris's Travels.) "CONTINUING my route from Baltimore," says Mr. H. "to the intended seat of government, I passed through Blandensburg, a small town within a few miles of the metropolis, consisting of one long street in a low situation, and is known by the stand Commodore Barney here made, against the progress of the British |