FOR SALE, Jiy the Sutjcriber, at Walnut-Street Wharfs BILL or EXCHANGE Madeira Wine, Fit for immediate ule, in pipes & quarter caflcs, TENE7UFFE WINE, in pipes, SHERRY WINE, ill quarter eafks, WEST-INDIA RUM. 2. 3 onr! 4 prool, OLD CRANDY, OI.D SPIRIT, COPPERAS, BRIMSTONE, ALLUM, Two Bal s 10-4 BLANKETS, and A Bale of MUSLINS. A new 13.4 Inch CABLE, 120 fashoms long. GEORGE MEADE. Philadelphia, Jjb. 19, >793- ep2m TO be SOLD, OR LEASED FOR SEVEN OR T f. N YEARS, THE FOLLOWING HOUSES. ONE on Walnut-flreet, near Fourth-Href t, 23 feet front, has two parlours below, the front onr by feet, the back parlour is 18 by 14 feet. The front room up (lairs is 26J byi7gteet. There are five good chambers in this house, betides the ferret is divided inio three rooms, in two of them there are lire- places. The Other House is 27 feet uprtn Walnuf ftrect, and 52 feet upon 4th ftrcet; there are twa good parlours below, one of them 25 by 20 1-2 feet, the other 25 by 181-2 feet, and seven com pletc bed-clumbers; betides the garret is di vided into 4 rooms, 3 of which rooms have fire places. The kitchens are good ones, and are under the houses ; the largest house has also a house-keeper's room. It is intended 'herefhall be a communication from bothofthefe houses to a neighbouring ice-hoiifc, fufliciently large to supply 3 houses. Within 50 yards of these houses, there will be compleat (tables and coach houses, for both houses ; thev will be finiOied in the most compieat manner, ana the keys ready to be delivered early in the summer. On paying half the money down (if fold) the oth<r half may be paid bv inftalmems, or the whole may remain for 5 years, paying intercft and giving security on the premises. For terms of sale or leafc, apply to the Sub fc fiber, GEORGE MEADE Who has for SALE, Sundry Ground Rents, In this city, amounting to twenty-five pounds sixteen (hilling* and lix-pfrnce, per annum. Also, a quantity of BAGS, that will contain two and a half and three and a half bushels. Philadelphia, fan. 19, 179?. epQm BY the Corii mi (lionets appointed 10 prepare the Public Buildings, &c. within the City of Waffhington, for the reception of Congress and for their permanent rcfidence after the year 1800— A LOTTERY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE Federal City. 50,000 Tickets at 7 dollars, are 350,000 dollars. LIST OF PRIZES, vz 1 «Supe«b Hotel, with baths. ) out houses, &c.&c. to cost £ 1 Cafii Prize 1 ditto l ditto 1 ditto 2 ditto 10 ditto £.000 9T€ 1,000 5 00 JOO s°. *5 20 10 20 ditto 100 ditto 200 ditto 400 ditto 1,000 ditto 15,000 ditto 16,737 Prizes 33,263 Blanks 50,000 The sole design of this Lottery being to facili tate other im prove incnts together with the Public ii i&lhe panirujar d<Tire of the Conv m ; flioncrs that thele may be effeftcd with as few deductions from the Prizrs as pofTible—how far their endeavors may be answered, the Scheme of the Lottery will d- rnonftrate. The keys of the Hotel, when compleat, will he delivered to the fortunate poflcir.jr of the ticket drawn a againft its number. All the other prizes will be paid, without deduction, in one month after the dtawing, by the City at Walhington, or at such Bank or Banks as may be hereafter announced. The drawing will commence on Moiid'av the 9«.h of Septerr.bei next, at ihc City of Washing ton. Tickets had of Col. IV?n. Dicker,*, Citv Trrafurrroi ; of Mr firs. ~jameslVejl & Co. Baltimore ; ot Mr. Pctct Griivan., ftoftou ; end at jftjch cthir places as will be hcscaftcr pubiiHie;!. X. B. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS will be-given Cor the bed .Plan n( anelegant and con venient HOTEL or INN, with hot and roki Baths, vSrables, and other out houses, if presented on or bejorf the \oth oj April next) and a pre ference will be giv n 10 the Arcift for a Con- provided he be duly qualified to compleat h's pljn. The ground on which Trie Kotcl snii a*.. t«> be < te&ed, v ill be a corncr lot of about go by 200 feet, with a back, avenue to ihe ftablcs, &c. Sections and estimates of the expense will be cxpe6led •with.the elcvayops. See, ; and 50,000 dollars mud be regarded by the Architect as the ntmoft itmit in the expense intended for this purpofc. ' S. BLODGET, A orn: f(,r i lie afun i> of ihe Citv. January 19, A large Cellar to Let, Sujpciciitly capacious to 'fiore ftveral hundred barrels. Enquire oi the- Printer. Mr. JJSIIUA HARM'S, Si r, YOU will plrafc to take notice, that I intend to file a Bill in the High Court of Chancery, in the St ite of Maryland, to compel you to con vey the following Trafls of LAND, to wit— Harbin's Lot, <ontatn:ng one hundred acres of Unci ; Evans's Chance, containing fifty acres of land; Pincy Grnt% containing ftvemy»tV» *»nd one half acres of land ; and part of James' f TraEt, containing twenty-five acres ; in the whole, two hundred and fortv-feven and one half acres of land ; situate, lying and being, in Montgom-ry County, in the State of Maryland ; agreeable to your Bond of Conveyance, entered into by yoo to me the twenty-sixth day of November, 1781. 1 am, with due refoeft. 'hv friend, 'JOSEPH EVANS. Ann Arundel Cmfnty, State of Maryland, February sjl, 1792. (ep iow) BANK OF THEUNITEO STATES WHERF.AS foreigners holding Slock i. the Bank of the United States may pre. fer receiving their Dividends in Europe, tp re ceiving thcni in America, RESOLVED, That anv proprietor of the Capital Stock of the Bank of the United States residing in Europe, shall be entitled to receive either in London or in Amflerdam, the half yearly dividends which may be declared there on—in London at the rate of one pound sterling for every four hundred and forty-five cent?, or in Amfterdain at the rate of one guilder current money for every forty cents and four mills——the dividend dfeclared in January of each .year, to be paid in London or in Amflerdam on the se cond Monday of July following—and the divi dend declared in July of each year, to be paid in London or In Amsterdam on the lecoud Mon day of January following. Provided, That every such Proprietor (pre vious to the declaring of any Dividend, so to be paid in London or in Amsterdam) (hall Rive au thentic notice to the President and Directors of the Bank at which of the said Cities he will re ceive the said Dividend. B ANK OFT HE UNITED STATES. THAT the Cashier he authorised to receive from the proprietor of any number of com plcat (hares, such Certificates, not in his own name, as he mav be the proprietor of; and after cancelling the fame, to ilTue a new Certificate or Certificates in lieu thereof, in the name of such proprietor. Resolved, That in all future transfers of corrtpleat (hares in the capital (lock, of the Bank, the Certificates of the (hartfs transferred be can celled, and a new Certificate or Certificates be idued in the name of the transferee or purchaser. Resolved, That the Certificates in fwtuie iflncd, he for one or more (hares, as the pro prietor may reqoeft ; and the new Certificate or Certificates (hall be of corrcfpondent numbers with those in lieu of which they arc iflued. c-p3w War Department, JANUARY 28, 1793. INFORMATION is hercbv given to all the military Invalids of the United States, that the sums to which they are entitled for fix months of their annual pension, from the 4th day of September 1792, and which will become due on the sth day of March 1793, will be paid on the said day by the Commiflioners of the Loans within the states refptflivcly, under the usual regulations, viz. 50,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 lOjOOO 10,000 10,000 10.000 10.000 Every application for payment mnft be ac companied by thr following vouchers: 10, coo SO.OOO 1 ft. The certificate given by the Hate, fpecifv irig that the person poffcfling the fame is in fa£l an Invalid, and alcertainihg the sum to which, as such, he is annually intitled. J50.000 Dollars 350,000 2d. An affidavit agreeably to the following form : A. B. came before me, one of the ofjihe county of in the ilate of ' and made oath that he is the fame A. B. to whom the original certificate in his pofiefiion was giv en, of which {he following is a copy (the cer nlicatc s'ven by the ftatc to be recited} That he fcrvrd (regiment, corps or ve(IVl) at the time he was difablcd, and that he now resides in the and county of and has r< Tided there for the la!l years, previous to which he resided in In cafe an Invalid should apply for payment by an attorney, the said attorney, besides the certificate and oath before recitcd, mull produce a fprcial letter of attorney agreeable to the fol lowing form : 1, A. B. r»f county of state of do hereby conffitute and appoint C. D. of my lawful attorney, to receivc in mv behalf of inv pension for fix months, at an Invalid of »he United States, from the 4thdayofS?p tnhbrr 1792, and ending the 4th day of March as- Applications of executors and administrators must. be accompanied with lepal evidence of* their refpeftivc offices, 2nd alio of the time the Invalid djed, whose pen Hon they may claim. By Command of the Prrfident of the United States, H. KNOX, Secretary at War. $jT The Pt infers in the refpeflive State* are re quejlrd to publiflithe above in their New [papers for the Jpace of 2 months. TICKETS In the FEDERAL CITY LOTTERY, May be had at SAMUEL COOPER's Ferry. Advertisement. February il>, 1793. By the President and Dirc&ors. JOHN KEAN, Cafliicr. R E SOL VID, JOHN KEAN, Cashier. signed and Sealed in the Pixfcncc of Acknowledged before me, 292 City of Wafliington. Januaxy 7 lb > 1 793- A NUMBER of Lota in thi» City will be of fered for t'slr at au&ioß, by the Commif fioncis, on tl)4e 17th day of September . next -— One fourth pan of 'he purchase money u to be paid down, the refiduc at three equal annual pay ments with yearly intcreft on the whole pnnci .pal unpaid. JOHN M. GANTT, Clerk to the Cm rs. ExtiaS of an Ast of the Gcnrrai Affcmblv of Maryland, concerning the l.erritoiy of Cu lumbia, and the Citv ot Waihington. " Be it mailed, That any foreigner may by dee J or tall, hereafter to be made, take and hold lands tv'thtn that part oj the laid Territory which ties with in this State, in the f'me manner as if he was a citi zen of this State ; and the fame landt may be con veyed hy him, and transmitted to and be inherited by his heirs or relations, as if he and they were citizens of this State: Provided, That no foreigner J.'hall, in virtue hereof, be entitled to any further or other privilege 0f # citizen Jsn. 19. Federal City. THE Subscriber will convey forever, by good and fiifficient deed, Thirty Lots in the City of Washington, situated on South Capitol Street, to any man or company of nien-—provided they will agree to erect there in good and fufficient brick houses, within three years from the date hereof. DANIEL CARROLL, of Duddington. City of Wajkington, Dec. 31,1792. 6t A GREAT BARGAIN. FOR Sale, a beautiful (ituation pn the Po towmack, adjoining the town of Alexandria and in a line of dire&ion towards the Federal City and GeorgeTown,in full view of each place, commanding a profpe£i of the river and adjacent iountry of Maryland and Virginia, for many miles; about 45 or 50 acres of Land, lyingdi rc£Uy on the river, will be fold, with the im provements, which are, a two-story framed d welling-houfe, neatly finifhed, a kitchen, office, buck, smoke-house 3nd dairy, two-story framed barn, a well of excellent water, and an ice houle, a yard and garden, neatly railed and highly improved, with a number of other ne ceflary improvements ; the whole of the land enclosed with pods and rails, tenor fifteen acres laid idown, with different kinds of grass. Its contiguity to those three towns must render it an objc6t worthy the attention of any person who wishes to iiiveft money in a property that must enhance in value, in proportion to the rapid in. crease ol the Federal City, Alexandria and George-Towii. This property !ics nearly in a central (ituation to each place. The Fotowmack at this spot has a fine deep (bore and harbour, capable of receiving veflels of any burden. It may not be improper to observe, that men of judgment think a profitable and convenient Ferry might be erc&ed here to the Citv of Wafhingion and the Maryland (bores leading to Baltimore aod Philadelphia.—Also to fell, 215 acres of Wood-Land, about three miles distant, which will suit well to fuoply the above in wood and timber. The title may be fcen to the above property, which is indisputable, and terms known by application to the fubferiber, living on the premises. December 12/ A, 1792, /jo Dollars Reward. RAN away on the 25th instant, a likely Ne gro Man called Isaac, about twentv-three years oid, five feet fix or eight inches high, a well made fellow, fond of talking, has a large mouth, and shows his teeth very much when talking ; had on when he went away 1 , a brown linen shirt, a short white kerfeyover jacket with a very high collar and plain bnaft, with buttons which appear to have been Very gay ; a pair of White kersey breeches, a pair of white knit yarn {locking*, a pair of shoes with firings in them, and a coaife hat ; all the above clothes are al mcft n.'w. Said Negro was fprmerly the pro perty of Mr. William Thomas, lare of Kent County, nrar George-Town Cross Roads, de ceased, and has for several years been emploved in th ft neighbourhood, and principally by a Mr. Maxwell, and lately by Mcfirs. John and James Carmack, as a waggoner, which bulinefs he is well acquainted with, and is what he prefers ; and has been engaged in driving a waggon from said Cross-Roads to Duck-Creek, &c. until August lull. I expect he will make his way for the neighbourhoods of George-Town, Duck- Creek, Dover or Wilmington. The above re ward will be paid if delivered to me in this place, or Thirty Dollars if ftcuied in any goal, so that I get him again. He is an anful fellow, and when taken, will make his efcnpe, unless particularly fccurcd. Easton, OWES IiEXSARD, >ttHol County, Maryland, Dec. 28, «7g«. 9.m RUN-AWAY "ON THE SUBSCRIBER, THE lSth APRIL, A NEGRO BOY, named Zeb\ flimandtall, fixtecn years old; came to Samuel Li pi n cot's 31 Bordcntown on the 15'h, fa'd his name was Henry, and left that place the 27th May. On the 97th day of June, he was taken up in Bucks County, and carried before a Magiltrate, laid he was tree, arid that he lived on thr Slll q^eb?nnah—that a petfon by the name ot Abra ham Pi all, took him three days journey from hntne, and turned him adrift with one dollar He asked the Justice tor a pals to go to his fa ther, and nothing appeared to the contrary-J- He lived with one Thomas Paxwell till flic ,g,h of rhis instant, and then made his elcane from him; he called his name Peter Jo/in/lon—had on an old Grey Coating Round Jacket, lined with red baize; nn old pair Leather Breeches, and an old Felt Hat. Whoever lakes up said' Boy,and brings linn to Jacob Merser eau, 011 S'.aten-lfland,jhall receive TWENTY DOL LARS, With reasonable charges, paid bv . JACOB MEXSEREAU, Lieut. Col. 2 9- law6w BALDWIN DADE tP'm Just published. 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The objects to which it is contemplated by the Board to turn the attention of the on the firft eilablifhment, are—The study of Languages, particularly the English—History, ancient and modern—the Belle-lettrrs—Locis and MofiJ Phiiofnptiy-—r'rrc the Mathematics and Natural Philolophy— Agricul ture and Botany, with the principles of Archi- tenure. Gentlemen converfnnt in these branches of Science and Literature, and who can be well re commended, will receive verv handsome encou ragement by the Boaid. The exercises of the institution will commence as early i s poflible after the completion of the buildings ol tlie t'n<- verfuy, which are to be cont rafted for immedi- SAMUEL ASHE, ately. A. MOORE, JOHN HAYF, DA VI D STOXE, SAM. M'CORKLES. D 25 r f >2 " l 200 Dollars Reward. LOST, at Providence, or between Provident and Boston, a very (mail TRUNK, covcred with fcal-lkin of a reddilh colour, with white spots. It contained a quantity of Soiith and North-Carolina State Notes, and a few of th.e State of Rhode-lfland ; with other papers,which can only be fernceablc to the proprietor. The State notes are cht cked at the offices from whence the\' ; ii\jcd. Any per foil producing the/TVo*** (with its conrt-nJs) to JOHN MARSTON, of Boston, WILLIAM HALL, of Providence, Messrs. PATERSON and BRASHER, tyew- York, or Mr. SAMUEL EMERY, in PhiladeU phia, (bail receive the above reward, or for any part of the prftpcrtv, One Hundred Dollars. Boston, Nov. 28, PLANS OF THE City of Washington, Sold t' v the Booksellers, DOSSON, CAK~£Y, ) OUNG, & CRMKS&ANK-* eptf.
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