115 HAND-BOOK OP WASHINGTON. ACADEMY OF THE VISITATION. This Academy, founded in 1799, is in a heal thy and airy situation, on the Heights of George town in the District of Columbia, contiguous to the eastern margin of the Potomac. The win dows command a view of this magnificent river, and at a distance of the City of Washington. The ladies who are entrusted with the direction and care of the studies, are members of the Re ligious Order, founded in 1G10, by St. Francis de Sales, and directed at the commencement by St. Jane Francos Frcmiot do Chantal. Meek ness, benevolence, and a moderate indulgence constituted the character of those venerated bene factors of society, in their direction of youth. It is the study of their daughters to display these virtues, in the fulfilment of the high obligations imposed upon them by the confidence of their friends. The course of instruction comprises Orthogra phy. Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Grammar, Ancient and Modern Geography, the use of the Globes, Prose and Poetical Composition, Sacred and Profane History, Mythology, Rhetoric, As tronomy, Moral and Natural Philosophy, Cliom-