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Show T R A V F. L S T I1 R 0 U G I I N 0 R T I·l A !\1 E R I C A : water, a high bani·, fupf ofeJ to be the old b.mk. of the river, ri res, ,vhich renders tbe air very confined. Adckd to t1 :-.;, fuch ficncht:s at tin1cs prevail in it, owing in p:u t to the quantity of filth .wd di1 t that is iuffcrcd to remain on the pavcmc11t, anJ in part to \\ lut is dL}Wfjted in w.1flc hou(e:-, of \vhich there are fever tl in the fl rl'et, tha t it is really drca dful to paL t~Hough it. It was here th ~l t th~ unl ign.1nt ycllvw fever hroJ...c out in the yc.H I 79 j, \\hich mack t\.tch te rrible ravages; anu in the {i.JmnH.:r fc,lf0n, in gcner~ l, the ilre~t is found cxtrcllldy unhealthy. Th~t the inhabitants, ar(CJ' fufJcring Co IJHH'h hom the !!ckn ·fs that originated in it, !hould remain th us inattentive to the ekanlinc fs of Watcrilreet is truly furpriGng; n'ore e(pecially fo, when it is conl1dcred, thao tltc f1rec ts in the other pal ts or the tu\\'11 ~re as lllllCh difl i ngui(bed for the ncatncfs that prevails thwuglwu t them, as this one is for its. dirty condition. On the level plot of ground on the top of the bank which riies behind \Vater-ftreet, the city of Phibddphi~ was originally Ltid out, and it was intended by the founder that no houft:s {hould luve been er~Cled at the bottorn of it; however, as there was no pofitivc law to this effeCt, the conv nience of the fltuation focn tempted nurnbers to build there, and they are now encroaching, annually, on the rivt:r, by throwing wharfs farther out into the ftream. In another refpect alfo the original phn of the city was not adhered to. The grou11ll a1lottcd for it was in the form of an oblong fquare, two miles in length) rc.1ehing fro1n th ~ river Schuylkill to the Delaware, and one mile in brl:'adth. Purfuant to this ichc:nc, the houfes were begun on the Delaware fide ; bnt inilc.1d of having been carried on towards the Schuylkill, the CUrt cnt or buildin p· ._) has kept entirely on one fide. The houfes l xtcnd ior two miles nearly along the Dcla.ware, but, on an average, not more tb.m half a mile towards the Schuylkill: this is to be nttributcd to th\.! gre.tt fuperiority of l!lc one river over the other. All the houfcs built be) ond tl1e boundary lme of the oblong fquarc arc f:tid to Lc in the "Lihert!er,'' as the juri[.. . diction of the corporation docs not extend to that part of the tow11• Ilerc the fircet arc very irregularly built, but in the city they all intcrfcCt each other at right angles, according to the original plan. T'hc~ principal P II I L A D E L P I-I I A. princip.1l flrr.. ct i one hundred feet wide; the olh(·r~; vary fi·um eighty to fifty. '!'hey arc all toler.lbly w 11 p~~ved with pebble fiones in the n1iJ lie ; and on e.lch rid~.:, for the convenience of paflcngt:rs, there is a footW<lY p.tvcd 'Aith red briLk. The houfcs within the limits of the city arc for the n10:ll: part built of bJick; a few, and ;l fLw only, are of wood. ln Lhe oll p:u L of the town th -.·y are in general fmall, he~vy, and itlCOJWlllient ,· but ,unon:,ft thofc wfticb h.l •e hcclt latclv erected, many ~, . ar~ to be fi)tmd thJt arc lttrht, airy, and comn1odious . ln the whole city, how<.:v T, thLrc •~r~ only two or three bou!t:s that pat tit.ularly attraCl: the attenti 111, on aecot tnt oi th e~ r f1ze and architcClurc, and bnt little beauty is ohf' rvablc in the dcfi.:2,n' of any of thcfe. The :non fpacious and the nwfl rem:u k.thle one atnongll: thern 11ands in Chefnut-firect, but it is not yd quite fin. fh ed. i\t pn.:tent it appears a huge ma(s of red brick and pale blue marble, "'hich bids defiance Lo Junplicity and ekgancc. This fupcrb manfion, ace rding to report, has already cofr npwards of fifty thouftll1d guine~1s, aud Hands as a 1nonumcnt of the incrcafing luxury of the city of Philadelphia. A!; for the public huildin(rs, they arc all heavy tafidcfs piles of red brick, ornao,entcd with the 1ame fort of blue n1arble as that already n1cntioncd, and which but ill accord tog ·ther~ unkfs indeed we Ch.Cept the new Bank f the United C' tates,. a!ld the prdbytcrian church in Iligh-i1rcct. 'The latter building is ornam<.:ntcd with a hand(ome portico in front, fupported by fix pilhtrs in the Corinthi.m order; but it is ften to great difadv u1tage ( 111 account of the market houfe, which occupies the center of the il.reet bdorc jt. The buildings next to thefe, that are n1ofl deferving of notice, arc t1H~ State I Ionfc, the Prcfident's IIou[e, the liofpital, the Bettering I Ioufc, and th~ Gaol. 1'hc State Iloufe is t!tuatcd in Cbefnut-flreet; ancl, confidering that no tnore than .fifty-three yl~Hs clapfed fro1n the tin1c the firfl: cabin was built on the fpot marked out for the city, until it was ereCted, the architeCture calls forth both our furprifc and adrniration. The State llonfc itl appropriated to the u[e of the legiflative bodies of the fiatc. AttachcL} to this edifice arc the congrefs and the city-halls. In the former, the congrc[c |