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The DISTRICT OF CoLUMBIA-The Phia. Ledger
thinks that Congress have done wisely in receding to
Virginia all that portion of the District of Columbia
originally ceded by that State, part of the "ten
miles square," 1t contains about thirty thirty five
square miles, about third of the District.
Being separated from the other portion by the Poto
mac, it perfectly useless 10 the seat of Govern
ment, and participated in of its benefits 1t
too remote from the capital for public buildings, or
boarding houses and hotels and therefore received
nothing of the sums which strangers, and officers of
the government, both visant and resident, continu-
ally pour into Washington and Georgetown. 1t re-
ceivcd, in common with the rest of the District, the
legislative protection of Congress. But practically,
this amounted to little, excepting an occasional ap-
preparation from the. national treasury, pay the
debts of the District. 1t is now restored to Virginia,
and viii participate in all the benefits whatever they
may be, if any, which the Government of the State
can confer upon all its citizens.