FOR SALE, By the Suifaiicr, at It'afjiulhtrecl Wharf, BILL or EXCHANGE Madeira AVine, Tit for imiacdfii* use, & quarter calks, r T , £NEljtlfKK WU'E.'in pipe*. JL SHERRY INK, in quarter c?fcs, WESTViXDIA KVM. ». 3 4 piool, OI.D lU4AM,©%-, |£UJD SHU.I X, COPPERAS, Bfl IMS lONh, ALLUM, Twpßali» io-4 BLANKET}, aua A Bate of MUSLI NS. ( " A new 13-4 J»ck CABi>E, tao f»'hom» ten*. GEORGE MEADE. PrJladclphia, Jan. 19, 1793. <p.im TO 3E SOLD, or LEASED lUX SEVEN OR TFN YEAR S, 7 HE FOLLOWING ft.'-- HOUSES. ONE on Walnut-fticei, nedr Fourth-street, 23 feet front, has two parlours below, Ihe front one 21-*- by fetrythe bsck parlour is 18 by 14 feec. The from room up (lairs is 263 by feet. "There are fivr good cTia'mVers in this house, befVdes the garret is divided inio three rooms, tn two uf.thjcm there are firc placr ' The other House is 27 fert upon W«»lnut ftrect, and 52 feet upon 4th flrreP; there are two good parlours bejow. one of'them 25 by 26 1-2 feet, the other 95 by 18 1-2 fe-et, arid seven com . "Icie bt?d»sh3nibcis; beiides th 6 garret »s di vided iiTTft —g of whfich Vooms have fire places. The kitchens are good ones, and are under ; the largcft house h\s also a house-keeper's room. It is intended there fha 11 be a communication from both-oF t.hefe hopfes to a neighbouring ice-house, fufHciently large to supply 3 houlVs. Wuhin 50 yards of these lioufes, (here wiLJ be compleat Gables, ancj ,C°wch houses, for l oth houses ; they will be fimlbed in the tnoll compleat manner, ana the kevs ready to be delivered early in the summer". On paying half the money down (if,fold) the olht r half may he paid by inflalmems. or the whole may remain lor 5 years, paying interell and giving (ecurity on the premifej. For terms of lale or leafc, apply to the Sub scriber, GEORGE MEADE. Who has jor SALE, Sundry Ground Rents, In this city; amounting to t wen?y-fi\e pounds hxfeen fhiilingsand per intVum. Alio, a<|uan'ity of BAGS, that will contain two and a half and three and a half bushels. Philadelphia, Jan. 19, 1792. e p? m B\ the Comrnilliouers aopointed to prepare the Public Buildings, &c. within the City of W,dfhingtou, lor ihe reception of Congress and for their permanent residence after the year 1800— A LOTTERY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OFTHE Federal City; 50,000 Tickets at 7 dollars, are 350,000 dollars. LIST OF PRIZES, viz. 1 Supeib Hotel, with baths, ) out houses, &c.&c. to coil ) s°> co ° i Cash Pnze 25.000 1 ditto 20,000 1 ditto 15,000 1 ditto 10,000 2 di/io 5,000 are 10,000 10 ditto i,coo 10,000 20 ditto 500 10,000 100 ditto too 10,000 200 ditto 50 10,000 4 co ditto 25 io,coo' ljOco ditto 20 20,000 15,000 ditto 10 150,000 16,737 Prizes 33,263 Blanks • Tlje fole'defi jii of this Lottery beln.r i» facili ,atc o llls tofttUia;.wuiu bef u ),l, c Buildings it lilt* particular difire of the Con,- m.ffionerjMrtra, |>e eScdcil Jv/iri,x as tew deductions ficm 111 e Prizes as poOiblr— how - trfdeavnis niay be anlweied.the Scbetife! °i_ df .n'<raftrate'. The keys of the Hdtel; wnrn complcat, will be dci!,v W d.«o , the fortunite poffrffor of the tiqkft drawn'a agaiuft its nuftvbeY. 1 *"»» will be ,paid, without > 7 "<°"h "Jter the dmp,in X , bv', " 81 or at fu£h ; T-Lifj B ' m^ sa ? '"ayte hcicaltcr announced. ' nit tt '"If"'' 11 commence on Monday the I 9th of Septcmbc. n.xi, at the City of Wafting. Tukets mavbH,,,d 0 | C ol. \V;n. DUhns, Citv r rM gl °" ;of Mcff,s - "''ft a'■?' 1 ' u c :of Mr " Pc '" Eoßot/- published. °' hCr P ' W " wiU N. B ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS w ,!l be givo, For the beII P,an of an elegant and t „ ve ?; c ( u HOTEL 0,. IXX, wllh $Jj ] Slablrs, and oilur oui houses, ifprrfented morhjort tht 10 ,4 oj April next , ,nd a p ? c 'erencc W.ll hegmn in the Anift for a Con trafl, provided he |,e duly qualified to compJcat his plan. The ground m, which the hotel and pn[ houses are to he ereaed, win .« ?r with.he elevai 'ons, &c. compleat ; and " aco mm "ft 1 rc u ftardcd by !hc A.clmea a ;°he mmoft l.mit in the exprnfe )or ™ P" r P° fc - S. BI.ODCET Agent for the affans of the City. "Javuar\ ig. A large Cellar to Let Sufiatntiy cufachus tojlorc fcvtral hundred iuruU *•«!«».,c of the Pk, *- t4 ». ea °" n " s - By Thomas Dobfon, eovkjcUcr, at the Stone-Houje, in Second Jireet, f'HILADEL PHI A, ENCYCLOPEDIA: on, a DICTIONARY of ARTS, SCIENCES, AMD' ' ' ' The Different SCIENCES and ARTS THE History, Theory, and Pia&ice, of each, | according to the Latest Difcuveries and im provements : and full Explanations given of the various detached parts of Knowledge, whether relating to Artificial Obj»rtU, or to Matters Encltfiallical, Civil, Military., Commer cial, See. 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Ten dollars to be paid on sub scribing, the volumes or half-volumes finifhed to be paid for *hcn delivered, thepi ice of one volume to be paid in advance, and the price of fdeh fucceedlng volume to be paid on deliver ing the volume preceding it. No part of the work will be delivered Unless paid for. 111. In the couife of the publication will be de livered about five hundred copperplates ele gantly engraved i" Philadelphia : which by Jar exceed in number those given in any other jcicntific () iaionary. At the close of the pub lication will be delivered an elegant irontif ptece, the dedication, preface, and proper ti tle pages for the different volumes, It is expelled the work will be compiifed in about eighteen voJumes in quarto. Th°fe vviftvto become poflWlors of this valuable wot k will pleafeto be in their applications, as the fubfeription is nearly closed Jan. 23. City of Washington. A NUMBER 1 fered lor file at aufiinn, by the Commif fiortrts, Or, the',7,l, day of September next— j ' ourlh P art <»» th <= purchase moncy ls t0 be paid down the rtfidueat three equal annual pay ments wtth yearly unereft <Jh the whole princi pal unpaid. 1 JOHN M. GANTT, CLrk to the Com',,. Dollars 350,000 M> I r ° ,C Gtn<,ral Aflembly Of Mary and, concerning the Territory of C„ lumbia, and the City o! Waging,o^ *' Be it enabled, That anv fa**;*- > d "f. 0r * er "j t ' r to Ic made, take aJZldfon/t E'is t'JTt X T " n ' 0n «*■ vtyenUy hm, and transmitted to and be inherited"/?* %&&&£?*" "X& J j "- J 9- , r To the Public. '"F'HE Subscribers haying been appointed a . committee of the Board of the Trustee, of IheUn.verfi.y of North-Carolina, for tb^pur P° e °f "ceiving proposals from such gentlemen Mntlutl r nderuk f vouiu ui that initiiution. takr <;f making known to the public .heiST* such gentlemen should (ifrn ; fv tHr' r c io the fubfcribcis ° ' ) if'chuaiion Languages, particularly the Enel.'l, H,lh annent and modern-',h, R itS."'"—■ «'"ory, -nd Moral Phil„f n ph,~l^ Mathematics and VatLai pV-h°\ dge ot lhc lure and Botany w h rh cul ture n >» with the pnnciples of Aichi. b r h " of commended, will rcccive'vcrv h"" WCi ' ' C " atelv. C 10 b ';"7: ,ard lnr " nmed " SAMUEL ASHE. A- MOOHK, JOHN HAVE, DAVID STOKE SAM. M'COKKLES "° 2 5 fp2in Jl/ST PUBLISHED, VOLUME VII, of MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE, On a Plan entirely new : BT WHICH air digciied into the Form of DiltinCi, TREATISES OR SYSTEMS : COMPREHENDING -276- Insurance Company. AT a general meeting (by adjournment) of the Insurance Company of North-America, on Wednesday thei6ih iniiant, It was Resolved, THAT the Instalments which, according!® the Conftiiution, will bccomc due 00 the fecoud Monday of July and January next, or either of them, may be paid by any Stockholder at an earlier period ; and any Stockholder so .paying such nifUluient, or inltalni nts, shall receive a proportionate share of the DiviJendi thereafter to be made, Calculating such share from the firft day oft he month fucr ceding inch payments ic fptttively. Extract from the Minutes, • EBEN. HAZARD, Scc'ry. Philadelphia, Jan. 23. BANK OFT HE UNITED STATES. RtSOL VS.D, THAT the authorsftd to rcceive from the proprietor of any number of com pleat shares, such Certificates, not in his own name, as he may be the proprietor of; and after cancelling the fame, toiiTut a new Certificptoor Certificates in lieu thereof, in the name or such propri«tor. Resolved, That in all future transfers of compleat shares in the capital flock of the Bank, the Certificates of the Ih.'res transferred be can celled, and a new Certificate or Certificates be issued in the name of the transferee or purchaser. R esol v ed, That the Certificates mi futuie issued, be £01 one or more (hares, as the pro prietor may request; and the new Certificate or Certificates [hall be of correfpondei>t numbeis with those in lieu of which they arc iiTued). ep. 3 w JOHN KEAN, Carter. BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. Phi Lad e lfhi a, January 7, >793. NOTICE, is hereby given, that theie will be paid at the Bank, alter the 17th inflant, to the Stockholders or their duly the fpllowing Turns, bfing the Divi dend declari 4 for ihe lad fix months, viz. For each fharebearing dividend from the id of July,' STxttcn Doll.iri. For each fbare bearing dividend from the tft of Augufl, Fifteen Dollars, 33 Cents. For each share bearing dividend from tb« lft of September. I'ourtetn Dollars, 67 Cents. For each (hare.bearing dividend Irom the tft of October, Fourteen Dollars. For each [hare bearing dividend from the-id of November, Thiiteen Dollars, 33 Cents. For each Qtuti bearing dividend tmm tile tft of December, Twelve Dollars,. 67 Cents. For each three-quarter share, Twelve Dollars. By order of the Prefiden! and Directors, 3 W JOHNKF.AN, Cashier. dfficcisol ihe laic New-Jc,ley line ar= requested t.i .neet at the houft: of jAMts Dkake, 111 Ntw-Bruiifwick, on Thursday the jevtntll day of February next, at the hour of Ten >11 the morning, 10 takf inio coijhderation ihe application of different lines of the late arini, now before the Congrcfs of the United States. ' JOHN CUMMING, JONATHAN RHEA, January i6ih, 1753. A GREAT BARGAIN.. For Sale, a beautiful situation on the Po towmack, adjoining the town of Alexandria , and Ml a inn; of dire&ion towards the Federal City and GeorgcTown.m full view ol each olace commanding a profpeft of the river and adjacent country oi Maryland and Virginia, f or J m miles; about 45 or 5 o acres of Lane), lyih-r di • rectiy on the nvcr, will be fold, with the"iin proven,c-nts, which are, a two-story framed dwell,ng-lioure, neatly finifhed, a kitchen, office buck fmoke-hquje and dairy, two-story framed bam, a well of excellent water, and an , c e houlr, a yard and garden, neatly railed a'nd highly improved, with a number of other ne ceuary improvements ; the whole of the land enclosed with poftj andrails. tenor fifteen acres laid down, with different kinds of orafs I. s contiguity to those three towns mull render it an object worthy the attention of any person who wilhes Lo invest money in a property that must enhance in value, m proportion to the rapid in cre.fe of ,he Federal City, Alexandria and George-Town. This property hes nearly in a central fiction to each place. The Potowmack at this spot has a fine deep ffiore and harbour, capable of receiving vessels of any burden It may not be improper to observe, that mea of judgment ,hink a profitable and convenient Ferry mignl be ere/Jed here to the City of Wafting,on and the Maryland fWs leading to Baltimore aod Philadelphia.- Also to fell. 21 , V 'i', m r d " tand I ', about lhrce ,nlles «h,d, will suit well to fuppiy the above in wood and timber. The title may be seen ,0 the above property which is indifpniaMe, and terms known by appl.eanon to the fubfciiber, liv,„„ OH the premtfes. * ° December 12M, 1792, RUN," A WAY Ar*o« THE SUBSCRIBER, THE 12 ,h A„„ - , NEGRO BOY, »n^ndull u / l " day of Tune, lie w?«: , • Bucks County, a „d Lric'd before ? »nd an old Kelt Hal. Who, V er . L CC ,"' Boy,and bring, h, m to JacorMer," Uf> d Su.n-id.nd, ft.a.l, JACOS »WWR*AU. L.J. Col Dec. 21 Baldwin dade ep 2 m Federal City. Tllji. Subscriber will convey forever I . good and fufticient deed, Thirty T J the City of Walhmgton, f, mated Ll'l2 Capitol Street, to any or men—provided they will agree to erert ther on good and fufficient brick house,, w , thi tnree years from the date hereof. c f ANiEL CARROLL, ~t D„d4 in . ton City of H*Jkn,gtm, L> cc . 31, 1 7 q 2 . '^ 5° Dollars Reward. RAN away on the 2 yh i„(bm, a |, ke|v N gro Ma# edited Isaac, about timwiwh-, years old, fivq feet fix or cj||bl „ I£ h, s h^h / = well made tellow, (ond ot „lk h,, ' ! nrouih, and (hows bis icetj, very ni(Kh w( * talking; had on whcqi he vent away ihi linen Onrt, a (hurt white kcrfey over a very jligh collar and pla.p, breatf Jul, b«t, oni which appear to have been very gay • a n ~ >• white kersey bieechrs, a pair o( wh,,«' kim v,„. stocking, a pair of (hoes wuh (1,,r K , i„ and a cnarfc hat j ,|| lhc ,i„ lvr ci(nhcJ ' • molt new. Said Negro was fprmerly the ar'n perty ot Mr. William Thomas, |„ e 0 , k ."i County, near George-Town OofcHoads, treated, and bas tor several years be€u ernulot ,1 111 that neighbourhood, and principally by a Mr Maxwell, and lately by John and lames Car mack, as a. waggon, r, which buhnefs he „ Veil accrued with, and is what he prete-, • and ha, been engaged in driving a irop,' • aid Crqfs.Roads to Duck-Creek, until Aujuft bit. I expert he w,li make his way lor the neighbourhood? of Georg--Tow n , D wk . ' Creek, D»ver qr Wilmington. The above r, ' waid will be paid if delivered to me in th k place, or Thirty Doilais if secured in any to that I get him again. He is an artful leltdw' and when taken, V»itl make his cltaoc, unlcfj particularly ft cured. Easton, OWEN KENNARD. 7albotCounty, Mary/and, D:c. 28, 1792. 2m B O o K S-, PRINTED AND SOLD BY M A T H E VV CAR. £ y AV 118, Miukct-Strtct, I'hilwjclp/iia. '• A MERIC ANMUStU.M,f,o m „ s con,n, ■L X ment in J jnu S ry 1787, to Junc, 7Q , j n clever, vpls Puce, neatly bound and l, UUlo jeventeert dollars ana three fifths. 1 his work, which is now condufled nn an im. jirovid plan, containing the bed pieces puLl.flu.i will 3 !! f aSa 7 ij ' "I'gPvemacn,, will he found to con,am at lead as »«« a variety of political, agricultural, and mifcejlaneous effav 1 is any ever published <n America. Pcihapsirmo pne work are so many valuable docun, ntsrefprfi, in 3 the history of this country, coile&cd togefhS His Lxceflency the Prefideiuol the Tinned State,' hasdedared of it, that •< a more ufeful plan has ncuer been undertaken in America, nor ♦ne more dele.v.ng ot public encoura K em<„,..* fl'S luoicnption is two dollars and a l„ll uer l™/- ,n the who w.lh'to i lu Pffl'cd with this work, are requcftcd to L'ivc qompiiijipn to (nends in tl-, e ,pi(y lubfci ibe/ or 1" rece.ve ,f Ar,y of the back numbers nay be had in order to complete set s . < 2. Smith's Letters to Man ird Women, on Nurf. ,ng and the management of Children. '• We recommend theft letters to the perusal of those to whom they are particularly I'ddicfled."— Monthly Review; vol; 38, p. 101--Puce, bound, 62 rents. 3 Duncan's Elements of Logic— 75 cents. 4. Beauties of fr lelding— cent*. 5. Beauties of Blair—so cents. P<K ' te * Li'irary, containing Mis» More sLtTays, Gregory's Legacy, Lady Penninir [oll s Advice, Mjrehioricls ot Lambert's Advice, Leuei- io a newly married Lad v.Mrs. Cha pnne on command ot Temper, More':, rabies tor Ihe Ladies, Price 6/6. 7. Snmh's History of New-York. Piiceadpl iar and a quarter. 8. Elements of Moial Science, by James Beat t'c, L. L D. pI ofeir>r of moral philosophy and Wgic in the Marifcha 1 College, Abeideen—Price ihree-foiirths ot a dollar. Ol this |„«,k the Critical Reviewers (vol. 6g,'p. 628) faj : "We lipve seen nothing on thel'e fubjrdh more plain, more pcrfpicuous, or more genei ally ufeful." N. B. It is introduced into the Univerfitvin Phi i^delphia. 9. Jicauttcs of Poetry. Price four-filths of a dollar. 10. lilair's Sermons. Price two dollars. 11. N.-cker'sTreatifc on the importanceof Re ligious Opinions.—Price foin-fif.hsot a dollar, eu'i ®* iin, " ali °o of the Obfervatinns ot Lord onemel4 011 American Commerce—Price, 011 very hhe,paper, j S.hsofa dollar. 13. Tlie Conftitutipns ol the several United States, with the Federal Conftliution, &c. Price five, eighths of a dollar. i - M'Fmgal. Pricelhree-eightlis of a dollar. 15. American jest Book. Price thrccfifths of a dollar. 16. Garden of the Soul. Price half a dollar. 17 Ihe Doway Trandation of the Vulgate Bi. m quarto—price,elegamly bound and kttei cq, 50/2-..plain, fix dollars. 18. Devout Christian's Vade Mecura—Price a quarter dollar. we " Pr 'ce a quarter dollar. • so..Chriftis u Economy.. Price a fifthof;. d«llar. at.* Htitory of Charles Grandilon, abridged- Price a sixth of a dollar 22. Poems by Col. 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