MON Matchett's Baltimore

WASHINGTON MONUMENT.

The Washington Monument was raised in honour to the me mory of
General George Washington. It is placed at the intersection of two squares,
one called washington Place, runs from north to south, being a continua-
tion of Charles street, and is limited by Centre street on the south, and on
the north by Madison street. It st 150 feet wide and 744 long. The other
space is called Mount Vernon, and runs east and west. It is limited by
St. Paul street on the east and Cathedral street west, and is 200 feet in
breadth and 744 feet in length. When these spaces shall be adorned with
appropriate rows of trees, as well as embellished with marble fountains or
basins, and other ornaments, of which this place is so susceptible, st will
become one of the most delightful promenades on this continent. The
ground on which thia superb monument stands, as well as the spaces above
mentioned, was presented to the city for the noble purpose to which they
hare been devoted, by the late colonel J. E. Howard, formerly governor
of this state.

This monument is built on an eminence of 100 feet above tide, and con-
sists of a square base of 50 feet br 20 in height, having eleven marble steps
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