THE CITY OF WASHINGTON.
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II will strike every as remarkable, that, in the
year 1862 one hundred and thirty years before the city
was laid out, that the site called Rome and the
stream that ran through it, and which Tom Moore in
order to compass wtcism, called Goose Creek, was
denominated Tiber. e-Tber-sngular coinc-
dence-to be prophetic of the splendor of the western
hemisphere


There is another anecdote relative to ths cty which
seems to mark it with solemn and impressive char.
acer Prior to the revolution, there was one house on
the banks of the Potomac, the ground now occupied
by the city of Washington, and that dwelling is still
standing, and known as Young's Mansion House,
near the long bridge, an old family domcile Mr..
c., the father of man who made himself illus
trous in the revolution, and relation, were on visit
to the family who occupied the house; and, standing
on the banks Of the river Mr.. c. after some con-
versation which has not descended to us with the a-
dion, remarked-"This place is destined to be the
seat of an immense empire"


We give an extract from the survey, in which the
names Rome and Tiber appear; and are glad to havo
an opportunity Of preserving authentic relic. We
will remark, that the paper which the survey was
written, and the handwriting, both executed in
the reign Of Charles II.


JUNE 9Th, 1869.


Layd out for Francis Pope, OF this province, Gentle
man, PARCEL Of land in CHARLES County, called Room,
lying the north side Of the Anacostan River be-
ginning at marked oak standing by the river side,
the bounded tree of Capt. Robert Troop, and running
Ncrh by the river for breadth the length of 900 peTch-
es, bounded oak standing the mouth Of bay
inien called Tber; bounding the North by the said


and line drawn East for the length Of 320 ps. to
bounded oak standing in the woods; on the East with
a line drawn South from the end of the former line
until you meet with the exterior bounded tree Of Robt
Troop, called Scotland Yard; the South, with the
sd. land; the West with the sd. river; coniaining
and now laid out for 400 acres, more or less.


The same manuscript describes the lines of the
tract called "Scoand Yard" which we deem it
cessary to transcrbe.