It is surrounded by ornamental grounds, and overlooks the river Potomac.
BOSTON is a maritime city, and a great place of trade; it is situated on an extensive bay, and is connected with the interior of the country by canals, railways, and river navigation.

It is the great seat of the American ice trade.

In the history of the war of independence it occupies a conspicuous place, as the Bostonians displayed great energy in asserting popular rights.

At Boston, when the "taxed tea" was sent over by the British government, a number of the citizens disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians, boarded the ships in which it had been brought over, seized upon and staved the chests, and threw their contents into the sea.

This affair was known as the Boston tea party.
Boston is the birth-place of Dr.Benjamin Franklin--the "Poor Richard" of whom I have no doubt you have often heard, and whose excellent advice cannot be too well remembered nor too carefully applied.
CHARLESTON is another of the principal sea-ports of the States.
It is the largest town in South Carolina, and is situated at a low point of land at the confluence of two rivers.