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A large Cellar to Let, Svjiiiently capacious tofore ftveral hundred barrels Enquire of the ftiitiiii, TO BE SOLD, A noted covering Horse, OF THE HUNT IKG BR LED. HE -was impoited from England in Novem ber, feventern hundred and eighty-fix, and is now ten years old ; he is a bright bay, with a blaze,fifteen handsonc inch high, is well form'd, has a great deal of bone and ftrtiigth, and his a&ion equal to any horse. His coits are well approved of in the different pails of the State where he has flood, of which any person inclined to purchase can inform themselves.-*—— Enquire of the Printer. February 18, 1793. ADVERTISEMENT. NOTICE is hereby given, That the Com. milfioners appointed by the Board of Tiuflees of the Univerlity of Norih-Car4lina, will attend at the (own of HilHborough, on the sßth v and 20th days of April mxt, for the pur pore receiving; propofaU from such per. sons as may he disposed to undertake the Build ings of the University. FREDERICK HARGETT, Chairman. City of Washington. January 7th, 1793. A NUMBER of Lots in this City will be of fered for sale at au£hon, by the Cdmmif fioners, on the 17th day of September next.— One fourth part of the purchase money is to be paid dowft, the refiduc at three equal annual pay ments With yearly iritrreft on the whole princi* pal unpaid. JOHN M. GANTT, Clerk to the Com'rs. Extrafl of an A6l of the General Aflfembly Maryland, concerning the Territory of Co lumbia, and the City of Washington. u Be it ena&rd, That any foreigner may by deed or will, hereafter to be made, take and hold lands within that part of the jaid Territory which lies with in this State, in the fame manner as if he tvas a citi zen ej this State ; and the fame lands may be con veyed by him, and tranfnitted to and be inherited vy his heirs or relations, as if he and they Were citizens of thu State : Provided, That no foreigner flail, in virtue hereof be entitled to any further or other privilege of &citizen Jan. jg. F O R SALE, By the Suhjcribtr, at Walnut-Street Wharf, BILL OF EXCHANGE Madeira Wine, Fit for immediate ule, in pipes & quarter calks, TENERIFFE WINE, in pipes, SHERRY WINE, in quarter calks, WEST-INDIA RUM, 2, 3 and 4 proof, OLD BRANDY, OLD SPIRIT, COPPERAS, BRIMSTONE, ALLUM, Two Bales 10-4 BLANKETS, and A Bale of MUSLINS. A new 13-4 Inch CABLE, 120 farhoms long. GEORGE MEADE. Philadelphia, Jan. 19, 1793. epim 70 BE SOLD, OR LEASED FOR SEVEN OR TEN YEARS, THE FOLLOWING HOUSES. ONE on Walnut-street, near Fourth-street, 23 feet front, has two parlours below, the fiontone 215 by 17J feet, the back parlcur is 18 by 14 feet. The front room up stairs is 26J by 17J feet. There are five good chambers in this house, besides the garret is divided into three rooms, in two of them there are fire- places, The other House is 27 feet upon Walnut ftreet, and 52 feet upon 4th street; there are two good parlours below, one of them 2£ by 20 1-2 feet, the other 25 by 181-2 feet, and seven com plete bed-chambers; besides 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 there (hall be a communication from both of theffc houses to a neighbouring ice-house, Sufficiently large to supply 3 houses. Within 50 yards of these houses, there will be compleat stables and coach houses, for both houses ; they will be finiftied in the moil compleat 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 instalments, or the whole may remain tor $ years, paying interest and giving security on the premises. For terms of sale or lease, apply to the Sub scriber, GEORGE MEADE Who /ids Jor SALE, Sundry Ground Rents, In this city, amounting to twenty-five pounds sixteen (hillings and fix-pence, per annum. Also, a quantity of BAGS, that will contaih two and a half and three and a half bushels. Philadelphia, Jan. 19, 1792. ep 2 m Insurance Company. A T a general meeting (by adjournment) of ? Insura nce Company of North-America, on Wednesday the i6ih instant, It was Resolved, "THAI the Instalments which, according so the Constitution, will become due on thefecond Monday of Jijly arid January next, or either of them, may be paid by any Stockholder at an earlier period ; and any Stockholder so paying luch instalment, or instalments, (hall reccive a proportionate (Weofihe Dividends thereafter to he made, calculating such (hare from the firft day of the month fuccecding (uch payments re flectively, Extract from the Minutes, EBEN. HAZARD, Sec'ry. Philadelphia, Jan. 23. TICKETS In the FEDERAL CITY LOTTERY, May be had at SAMUEL COOPER's Ferry.' 332 By THOMAS JOHNSON, DAVID STUART,St DAN lEL CARROLL, Efquirei, Commission rrs appointed by Government to prepare the Public Buildings, See. within the City of Wajhiugton, tor the reception of Con gress, and lor then permanent rciidence 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, viz l Superb Hotel, with bathsj ) out houses, &c.&c.to coll J l Cacti Prize l ditto l ditto 1 dmo 2 ditto 5,000 arc 1,000 500 iod 5° 2 .5 20 16 10 ditto 20 ditto 100 ditto 200 ditto 400 ditto V,ooo ditto 15,000 ditto *6,737 Prizes 33,263 Blanks 50,000 By this scheme at feajl the amount of the tick ets will return to the fortunate adventurers, and yet the federal City will gain its objefl thereby, in a magnificent building designed both for pub lic and private convenience. Although some expence must neceflarily at tend the conducing of the lottery, (which fir pence will be taken from the principal prize) the Commiflioners having agreed to present in re turn a fufficicnt quantity of excellent free-ftone, together with the bed adapted lois for the hotel and for the out-houfes, the value of the lottery entire may be fairly rated at something more than far: In this important indancc it will be found, on examination, to excecd all the lotteries rhat have ever been offered to the Public in this or perhaps in any other country. The keys of the Hotel, when compleat, will be delivered to the fortunate pofleflor of the ticket drawn aagainft its number.— AH the other prizes will be paid," without dedufl ion ,in one rf/onth after the drawing, by the City Treasurer at Washington, or at such Bank or Banks as may be hereafter announced, for theconveniency of the fortunate adventurers. The drawing will commence on Monday the 9th of Septcmbei next, at the City of Waibing ton. Tickets mav be had of Col. Win. Dickens, Citv Treasurer of Wafnington ; Thayer & BartUi, of Charleston, South-Carolina ; Gideon Denifon, Sa vannah ; MefTis. James Wejl & Co. Baltimore; Mr. Peter Gilman, Boston; and at such other places as will be hereafter published. N. B. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS vrill be given for rhebefl Plan of an elegant and con venient HOTEL or INN, with hot «nd cold Baths, Stables, and other out houses, if presented on or be/ore the toth ej April next; and a pre ference will be given to the Artist for a Con tradl, provided he be duly qualified to compleat his plan. The ground on which the Hotel and out houses are to be erected, will be a corner lot of about 90 by 200 fret, with a back avenue to the stables, &c. Se&ions and estimates of the expense will be expe&ed with the elevations, See. compleat ; and 50,000 dollars must be regarded by the Archifett asthe utmost limit in the expense intended for this purpose. S. BLODGET, Agent for the affairs of the City. March 6, 1793. War Department, January 28, 1703. INFORMATION is hereby given to all the military Invalids of the United States, that the sums to which they are entitled for fix months of their annual penfio*, from the 4th day of September 1792, and which will become due on the sth day of Match 1793, will be paid on the said day by the Coromiffioners of the Loans within the states refpettively, under the usual rcgulatipns, viz. , JCwcry application for psyrrwnt mult be ac. conjpanied by the following vouchers: i ft. The cert ificate given by the ttatej fptcifv irig thai the person pofleifing the lame it in l»£k an Invalid, and ascertaining the sum to which, as such, he is annually intitled. ad. An affidavit agreeably to the following form : A. B. came before me, one of the Justices of the county of in the slate of and made oath that he is the fame A. B. to whom the original certificate in his pofleflion was giv en, of which the following is a copy (the ccr tificate given by the state to be recited) That he served (regiment, corps or veflel) at the time he was disabled, and that he now resides in the and county of and has resided there for the la ft years, previous to which he resided in In cafe an Invalid should apply for payment by an attorney, the said attorney, besides (he certificate and oath before recited, must produce a special letter of attorney agreeable to the fol lowing form : I» A. B. of couutv of state of do hereby conflittite and appoint C. D. of my lawful attorney, to receive in my behalf of *v -my penfmn for fix months, ai an Invalid •of the United Slates, from the 4th day of Sep tember 1792, and ending the 4th day of March »793-. 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