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MARYLAND. 



4. Cities and Towns. Balh' 

 more., upon the Patapsco, 14 miles 

 from the Chesapeake, is a large 

 city, and the chief commercial 

 mart for all the country upon the 

 bay and its waters. It is fine- 

 ly situated, and regularly built, 

 chiefly of brick ; the public build- 

 ings and monuments indicate by 

 their splendor a high degree of 

 wealth and enterprise in the inhab- 

 itants. The Catholic Cathedral is 

 an edifice in the Ionic style, 190 

 feet long and 177 wide, surmount- 

 ed by a dome and cross, which rise 

 to the height of 127 feet. It has 

 some fine paintings, and the largest 

 church organ in the United States, 

 containing 6,000 pipes. The Mer- 

 chants' Exchange is 255 feet in 

 front, and contains a hall, 86 feet 

 in length, lighted from a dome, 90 

 feet above the floor. St. Paul's 

 church, the Unitarian church, the 

 Court-house and the Union bank 

 are also elegant buildings. 



Two splendid public monuments 

 particularly attract the attention of 

 strangers. The Washington Mon- 

 ument consists of a base 50 feet 

 square and 23 feet high, support 

 ing a column, 20 feet in diameter 

 at the base, and diminishing to 14 

 feet at the top ; on the summit rests a colossal statue of Washington, at a height of 163 feet 

 from the ground. The Battle Monument commemorates the defeat of the British, in their 

 attack on the city, in September, 1814 ; it is 55 feet high. Both of these monuments are of 

 white marble. There are several handsome public fountains, which furnish a copious supply 

 of pure water. The trade of Baltimore is great, and it may be considered the best flour mar- 

 ket in the world. In commerce it is the third city in the United States. The harbor is good, 

 although vessels larger than 200 tons, cannot ascend below the lower suburb, called Fell's 

 Point ; this is separated from the city by a small stream, over which there are several bridges. 

 The shipping of Baltimore amounts to above 60,000 tons. There are, within 20 miles of the 

 c ty, above 60 flour mills, one of which has ground 32,000 barrels in a year ; within the same 

 space, there are also numerous cotton manufactories, and various others of cloth, powder, pa- 

 per, iron, copper, glass, sleam-engines, chemicals, tobacco, &c. 



Baltimore has 2 colleges, 60 churches, 2 theatres, hospital, city hall, &c. It was founded 

 in 1730, but for 20 years it could boast of no more than 25 houses and 2 vessels. Since the 

 Revolution, however, it has grown with astonishing vapidity, and now contains 100,000 inhabi- 

 tants. The neighborhood is pleasant, and the land rises in successive elevations, affording 

 variegated and extensive prospects. 



.jinnapolis, on the western shore of the Chesapeake, below Baltimore, is the seat of govern- 

 ment. It has a harbor formed by the river Severn, and is a handsome and regular city, Avith 

 streets diverging from a common centre, occupied by the capitol, a large and handsome edifice, 

 containing the State library, of 10,000 volumes. It is not, however, a place of any trade 

 Population, 3,000. 



The city of Frederick., near the centre of the State, is pleasantly situated and regularly 

 built. It has a considerable trade in flour and grain. Population, 6,000. Hagerstoion, in the 

 northern part, is a place of some trade, wilh a fertile and productive country around it. Pop 



