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REPORT
COm'rs of Roads and Bridges,
FALL TERM, 1853.

FALL TERM, 1853.
WTE, the Commissioners Of Roads and
w Bridges Of Lancaster District submit
the following Report. Our first meeting was
held on the first Monday in January 1853
AT this meeting We assessed the District 37f
per cent. on the general tax, to raise funds
for the present year, and to attend TO the
general ordinary business that might come
before us. The next meeting was held on
the first Monday in August, to attend to the
common business of the Board. The third
meeting was held on tho first Monday in
October, also for the purpose of attending
to any business that might come before the
Board, g.
AMOUNT RECEIV'D BY TREAS URER
Balance 10 hands Of the Treasurer at
last Report, S7.24
January 4, 1853: To amount reed Of
j. Il. Welsh, Tax Collector. 1865
To amount received of A. Connor,
for default Of road duty, 200
TO amt reed of N. Vanlandingham
for default Of road duty, 200
Aug. I: Toam't reed offs. Robinson
for old bridge plank, l.55
To amt reed Of Wyatt Plylor, part
ofproceeds Of stray horse, 500
To amt reed ofAdam Ivey, proceeds
Of stray cattle, 100
To amt reed of Calvin Usery for H.
cense to retail spirituous liquors, 5000
$l30l.64
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Credit by payments as per Contra, 1874.

Balance vs.. Treas'r II Oct. 1853, S26.99
AMOUNT PAID OUT BY TREASURER.
Aug. !, 1853: BY cash paid S. J.Vin-
cent for making pointers, $500
BY Cash paid J. NJ. Crockett for put
ting pillow under Cain Creek low
er Bridge, 5000
By cash paid J.R Welsh, for building
new Bridge across Flat Creek by
J. e. Williams. 10000
BY cash paid J. p. Crockett for building
new Bridge over Bear Creek, 10000
BY cash paid b. s. g. H. Il. Massey for
building new Bridge across twelve
mile Creek, near the River, $4,000
BY cash paid J. X. Welsh for building
Bridge across Little Lynches Creek
by J. llinson, l6I.OO
BY cash paid }. r. Welsh for build
ing Bridge over Big Lynchcs Creek
10y Aaron Phillips, l25OO
BY cash paid II. McMnnus for build
ing Bride over Flat Creek, by ILL.,.
, Stevens Upper Bridge, l4e.oo
BY cash paid J. ID Caskcy for build
ing Bridge across Bear Creek, $3.50
BY cash paid A. Ivey for repairs on
Waxhaw Creek Bridge, $500
BY cash paid X. &. Potts for repairs
on McAlpins Creek Bridge by s.
G. Culp, 1900
By cash paid r. c. Potts for repairs
on McAlpin's Creek Bridge, by
w. Simbcr, u.OO
BY cash paid James Shaver for haul
ing plank and repairing Bear and
Gill's Creek Bridges, 9.2o
By cash paid Jas. Hood for repairs
on little Bridge on Cain Creek by
r. ID. VI. Dunlap, 1000
BY cash paid J. ID. Caskcy for haul.
ing one load Plank from Steam
Mill to Clinton's Bridge, 200
BY cash paid J. ID. Hail Sheriff costs, 7.O5
March 2: by cash paid X. s. Bailey.
Editor, for publishing last annual
return, T.87
Paid out, SlI6S 60
BY Commissions on S8s6.Oi received
and paid out, year 1851, upon which
no Commissions was deducted be-
cause the funds were required to
pay expenses of Board-Commis-
sions now allowed by order of
Board, at 5 per cent say 2f for re.
ceiving. and d for paying out S44,3O
Commissions on $l8Ol.64 received,
year 1853, at 2t, S32.54
Commissions on 8 ! I6s. 81, paid
out, year 1853, at2i, S29,2l 6i.75
Sl27467
All Of which is respectfully submitted.
II. II. GOOCH, Trcas'r,
ADAM IVEY, Chm'n.
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SOUTH CAROLINA,

LANCASTER DISTRICT
By James II WiMerspOon Esquire, Or
binary for said District.
WHEREAS, John J. Turner has applied
w to me for Letters Of ADMINISTRATION on
all and singular the Goods and Chatteis,
Rights and Credits of Frances Vaughan late
Of the District aforesaid deceased. with her
will annexed.
These nre, therefore, TO cite and admonish
all and singular, tho kindred and creditors
Of the said deceased, to be and appear before
me Mt our next Ordinary's Court for the
said district; to be holden at Lancaster
Court House on the 18th day Of Nov'r.
inst to show cause, if any, why the said
administration should not be sranted.
Given under my hand and seal, this 4th
{ ~ day ofNovember in the year ofour
: l.. s. Z Lord one thousand eight hundred
I ~ and fifty three and In the seventy
eight year Of American Independence.
J. II. WrTHERSPOON,O o. L. d.
Nov 10th Printers fee 80. 4l-2t
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AN INDEPENDENT PAPER

independence him
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and
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CREDITS.

REcAPITULATIoE OF EXPENDITURES.
Dy eash pa 81 Jan. 1893, $707.ll
@ ISL Aug. 1862
BY Con'ns on the above at 2t per Ct, 2s.o9
BY " amt reed from Tax
Co'cctor' 90 iI,I5, at p per ct, 20.I4
'ash on hand To balance, 2O9,35
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$l3Sl,60

The Of
tax their meeting January
off the regular ptn and the L respc ,pS
Intted JDNE
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REPORT
Commissioners of Poor to Fall Term 1884
LANCASTER, s. c.

the Honorable Ihos Wihs
Term
the blowing 'i"0"'' N"oh""
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DIR. ALFRED CRAVEN,
RESIDENT
SURGEON DENTIST.

YOrkvillc, 8. e..
on THE EAST SIDE OF MAIN STREET, NEARLY
OPPOSITE MR.. HARRIS HOTEL.
A RTIFICIAL TEETH inserted on Gold
IA Plate-from one to full sett.
June 8 lS ly
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ESTATE OF r. w. ERWIN.

A LII persons having demands against the
"a estate Of DIR. r.. w. Erwin, deceased,
are notified to present ihe same by the 2lst
Dsc., 1853. as On that day the estate will be
clos"d. Persons indebted are also request
ed and notified to pay on or before said
time. LOUISA A. NJ. ERWIN,
WIN. +. ERWIN, hu" 10
Nov. Is. 4I-5t
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CAROIINA.l
Drcr
Of
JA.HAssELTINR
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REPORT OF
COmmissiOners Of Public buildings.
LANCASTER DISTRICT.
TO FALL TERN. 1883

FALL. TERM
of
GsneraSe '"' ""u
Of "a 49,
Of the Legislature respectfully following
LA.HAssELTNE TREASURER coMRs PUBLIC BUILDINGs-cD
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South Carolina.

South Carolina.
LANCASTER DISTRICT.
In The Common Pleas.
Margaret J. Stewart Admx. Declaration in
Jonathan D, D. Johnson. : Atiaeh%ent. Sa
i Bsckham, Esf& Exr'x DH Foreign !"
Jonathan ID. Johnson.
1'ne Ex'r g. EX'rx of Declaration in
:. Beckham, decd. Foreign
VS.. Attachment.
Jonathan ID. Johnson
WHEREAS, the plaintiffs did on the l5
w day of March Inst, file their declara-
tons against the defendcnt who, 0t Is saidD
is absent from and without the limits of this
State, and has neither wife nor Attorney
known within the limits of the same, npcn
whom a copy Of the said Declaration might
be served: il is therefore ordered that the
said defendent do appear and plead to the
said declarations on or before the 10th day
March which will be in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four,
otherwise final and absolute Judgment will
then be given and ordered against him,
JOHN A STEWMAN, Clerk.
Clerks Office, Lancaster G.. III.
March l5, 1853. 6-l 3mIy&ld
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NOTICE.

A FTER the sale Of the Perry lot, I will
IN sell mine. NJ. CLINTON.
November 23d, 1853, 42--tds.
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and others. Partition.
Under the Decree of the Court Of Equity
in the above case, will sell at lancaster
Court house, on the lst Monday in Decem-
Der next, il being the 9Th December, 1853,
to the highest bidder, the following tracts
Of Land belonging TO the late John Hough
deceased, viz:
One tract situated on both sides Of Gilrs
Creek, containing 339 acres, bounded by
lands Of Samuel Caskey, VIM. Hough, John
and William Strains, and estate Of Frankey
Moore. This is most valuable body Of
Land, rich and productive, and win make
Cotton or Corn without the aid OF Gaano
Also, one tract containing 48 acres, sit
uated on the Double Branches, bounded by
Lands of Robt Belk, Neil Johnson and the
Sumter Lard.
Tsrms.--A credit Of one and two years,
with interest from day of Sals; purchasers
giving bond snd good security and mort
gage the premises.
JAMES II. WITHERSPOON,
&. T.. L. ID.
Lancaster, Nov. 9th 1868. 4o--4t.
pPinters' Fee AZ 8oi
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4 hGRIGlJAIII IIlJRE, HIUnaT TTTia Ti,Il1iI ,TiIRE

branch mechanical industry
Agricultural will be
GRABS which will bc worth osubsc
10 make long " short we intend publish
Address, R.SBAnEY
Iancste
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Dr. Cr.
July 8. By cash paid IT, Hancock
s3lSI7 nc. FOR Press in Sher-
, IFS Office. AT IN
BY paid Seth Hotchkips
1906 for painting c. House. ITO oo
i'y paid s. Iiotchkins for
glazing, o7s
BY s. Emmons' bill for
candles and candle.
sticks, oko
Msrrh 27.By pd l. G. ivy for put
ting locks on Jail, 900
hPrii IL. BY p'd Wells and Brown
for lightning rods for
Jail and Court House. ,sssO
BY an unpaid account vet
due Felix Sewers, put
out at interest until
claimed by Order Of
the Board, ea os
BY Com'rs on S49o.66
reed at ~ per ct. 1925
BY Com'rs on S3sS.Es
Pd cut ~ per ct, OH
a., sfio.5O
py casa on haadto bal, 398.8s
1000 =. -
soVsis' eeOe.la
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1908. THEASUKER, DR.
To cash reed from former Trcns'r, S563. 80
To Tax Collector, for
1853, sI7.75
Total Cash, Sl3sI so
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1852. DIR.
Feb'y 8. To cash rccd from s. b. En-
mons former Treas. s3Is.I7
July 4. To cash reed from Tax Col.
lretor. being Is per CT on
Gen. Tax. 4eo.6s
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Lancaster c. II. Nov. l4.ls53 Att
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Lancaster, Nov. 9th 1863. 4o--4t.
Printers Fee e5.821.
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India Rubber Boots ard Over Shoes.

These articles are decidedly iniudi-
Gus if they are worn habitualy. Some
people wear India rubber boots through
the winter, and others wear their over
shoes through the day-while others
not only wear them through the day,
but do not take them from their boots
at night,-ihus in the morning putting
on damp boot to wear through tho
day for every one must have OBJ
served that the sweat Of the feet dur
ing the day is collected upon the in
side of the boot and over-shoc, thus
rendering the boot damp. Such prac-
tices are injurious to health, as cold
feet and cold chills are sure to follow
them. Tine India rubber prevents tho
passing off Of the exhalations from the
feet, the cxhalations are deposited in
the Loot or oyer-shoe, they become
damp, the feet uncomfortable, then
cold, ana from then tlr whulc BODY ~
affected. In the London Lancet there
is an article upon the subject of CLOSE
CLOTHING that is approlos to our sub
jcct, by an eminent physician, DR..
Hays Kyd His illustration is like
this -
" Let a person in bed be covered
with sufficient blankets to promote per-
spiration, and let the blankets be Gov
cred with an oil or India rubber cloth
or other imperyious fabric; in tho
morning the blankets will be dry, but
the under surface Of the India rubber
cloth will be quite wet. The blankets
by their dryness show that the exhala-
tions of the body pass through them,
and would pass through to the sur
rounding air, had they not been inter
cepted by the impervious outer cover
ing
And DR.. Kyd very properly thinks
" the deduction is inevitably that the
habitual use Of an impervious covering
Is injurious. Its effect mnst be to
place the body in a constant vapor
bath, in which the inscnsiblo or heal
thy perspiration is constantly bccom-
ing condensed into the form Of human
ity, and being prevented from passing
of in its elastic and visible form, the
respiration is continually checked, and
skin cruptions must be the result"
This reasoning is undoubtedly true,
and is as applicable to the feet, as to
the body, or any other Of its parts.
Then lay aside your India rubber over
shoes as soon as you get under cover
and put off your India rubber boots
as soon as you are through with your
work in snow or water. Otherwise
your health will become impaired.
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y octrp y.
Castleton Village.

Mr. Hope, an Artist, who has been
painting tho village of Castletou, in this
State, and the surrounding scenery, thus
modestly invites the villagers To a scene
Of his lectures. If the painting is as
good as tie poetry, the artist deserves
commcndation both as painter and
poet. We have seldom met with a
more exquisite production of the muses.
1t is all the better for having been pro-
ducod from a scene of the beauties OF ma
turc, early IN the morning. y.
I've painted a scene of this beautiful vale,
The village, the forest the mountains and
dale,
The pastures, the meadows, the clear winding
river,
As DER the bright pebbles lis murmurins
ever,
And then in some quiet nook softly descend
ing,
Meath the ycamorr tree, or the light willows
bending,
Through the clms, and the pines, where
brcczcs are sighing,
In the dark forest shade, where sweet flow
crs are dying,
Where the bright hucs of Summer have with
cred and fled,
And the wild birds are singing their requiem
sad.
Twas painted at morn, when the first ray,
Of light
Gid roof dome, and spirc III golden hue,
bright
wh,n the grey mist lies still over valley and
mountain,
And Tie waters gush clear from the spark
ling fuuntani
When the dew-drops arc elitlcring like n
thousand bright gems,
All hanging like diamonds on emerald stems
When the waters are dark, and the shadow.
are pale,
And the smokc-wrcath asccnds from the col
in the vale;
Fer the herds from their dark sides the dew
drops have shaken,
Or the coy maiden half from her brigh
dreams awaken
All is peaceful, and quiet and slumbcrng still
But the songs of the birds, and the gush 0
the ril.
0 could you but sit on the hill top at morning
Where often I've greeted its earliest beam
Enrap,urcd you'd gaze ON valley so charm
ing,
Till YOU iancicd it all bat some beautiful
dream,
Then my humble production, come view wit
attention,
As it silently hangs ON the wall in my room
Then select some choice spot, in your ow
quiet mansion,
Where Oft you may gaze on its beauties :
home j. HOPE
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Law OF Newspapers.

|. Subscribers WHO do not give express mo-
ticc to the contrary, are considered as wishing
to continue their subscription.
H. II subscribers order the dscontnuancC
of their papers, the publisher may continue to
send them till all that is due be paid.
III. If subscribers neglect or refuse TO take
their papers from the Office to which they are
directed, they are held responsible till they
have settled their bills and ordered their pa
pers discontinued.
". If subscribers move to other places
without informing the publisher, and the pa
per is sent to the former direction, they arc
held responsible.
" The courts have decided that refusing
to take paper from the office, or removing
and leaving it uncalled for, is prima facic cyi-
dence of intentional fraud.
VI. A Postmaster negccting to inform a
publisher when his paper is not taken from
the Office, makes himself liable for his sub
criuton price.
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AuTuMNAL FoREsTs.-A COMMON
MIsTAKE.-The beauty Of an autum-
nal forest is a frequent theme of rc-
mark by travellers, and others inter
ested in nature. But there is mis-
take often committed i'll regard to this
matter. Ifis that Of attiibuting tho
variegated appearance Of an autumnal
forest to frosts. 4 young lady said
to the writer few days ago. - The
frosts begins to turn the leaves" A
little less than year ago, in passing
amidst the splendid scenery Of the
Green Mountains, between PittsGeld
and Springfield, where each hill top
seemed like a grand bouquet Of flow
crs, a gentleman said, " The work Of
frost \ visitor to Tie Wyoming
Lead Mines, (Penn. )has given the
following passage;
The varied trees Of the forest,
touched by the frosty fingers Of death,
were changing their countcnanccs be-
fore passing away. There was stand
ing one clothed in scarlet, every leaf
as bright and red from its crown to
the ground as if it had been on fire
another was clad in a vesturc Of gold,
and yet another purple and these
were mingled with cvcrgrcens and
parti colorcd trees, making a strange
hued and surprisingly beautiful pan
Drama, such as the eye took m with
new and constantly increasing de-
light"
The description itself is beautiful as
well as the grand scene it sets before
us, But the mistake, as above 81 gni-
fed, is in attributing this beauty, this
varicgated appearance, to frost. 1t
is the iipening of the leaves, that give
the crimson, golden and other, as the
blush of the peach, the crimson Of the
plum, the golden appearance of the
apple, and not the result Of frost, but
Of the ripening of the fruit. The
- frosty" fingers are indeed to those
delicate classes of vegetation " hng-
ers Of death" At their touch all this
beauty, alike in fruit and leaf, and
flower, disappcars.-Pmitan Record
cr.
The most generally received opinion
among naturalists in relation to the
change of color in the foliage Of our
forest trees, is that it is caused by the
GOODNESS of the atmosphere producing
4 sluggish circulation of sap. Frost is
not necessary element in producing
the change. In warm climates trees
retain their foliage from year to year
and undergo, no iiponing process
and nothing resembling the varied
hucs of an American forest in autumn
is ever witnessed in Europe. -Bos-
ton Journal.
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NEBRAsKA.-Wc have the best au
thority for stating that the emigration
to Nebraska is surprisingly great.
Trains of wagons may be seen from
dpy to day advancing upon that Terri
tory. The knowledge Of its genial eli
mate and fertile soil, which has been
widely and rapidly diffused through
the agency of Col. Benton, and the
press, is now producing its legitimate
results. The men Of small capital, but
Of strong hearts and hands Injured to
toll. who are laudably ambitious for
sitting beneath their own vine and tig
trees, and of making homes for their
wives and children, are casting off the
incubus of rant, ard are going into the
new country, determined to elevate
themselves from the position of renters
into the more secure and honorable
one ofland owners. Young men, also,
whose pole stars are a farm and a
wife, are rushing in with the speed of
hunters, for when they secure the for
mcr, they will have better claims to
ask for the latter. This advantage
Nebraska promises them, and they are
awaiting themselves of it with the ut
most zeal.
1t is not alone from Missouri the
columns proceed, Which are debouch'
ing on Nebraska. Kentucky and 9th
er adjacent as well as proximate States,
are pouring streams into the reser-
voir. Go ahead Missouri and Ken
tucky, and initiate the providence and
energy of your fathers, who advanced
with bold strides on the wilderness, un-
damtcd by its perils, and transformed
it into a country of orchards and vine
yards, and smiling homes and heaven
pointing stceplcs. Carry on the good
work, and plant religion aud civilization
in the place of human and material
sayagery. You are adiured by a cabal
of screaming hypocrites to keep aloot
from Nebraska They cry out when you
approach it, as lift were the holy OF
hciies. They put forward as a prcteXl
the right Of the red man, but the real
cause is. because you cannot be intro
duced by,a negro. The white man.
lorsooth, must only enter into Nebraska
by the aid and companionship of
black man, as if that country were des
tined to be mere slavery or an In
dian reserve.
You must walk on tip toe when yo'
como in view Of tho boundaries Of tina
territory, and not with the firm and ad
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yancing stride Of your ancestors. But
it is evident that you have not the fear
of that croaking cabal before your eyes,
who are trying to frighten you away
by Tapping the shreds Of an obsolete
law in your westward looking eyes.
BE not afraid. The intrigucs Of that
official who haunted the wigwarms Of
the Indians, to incitc them to murder
you, will be exposed when Congress
mects.-,St. Louis Democrat.
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THE OFFICIAL PAPER0F CONGRESS-
AND NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

1t will be seen by the annexed extract FROM
q letter Of General Washington 10 David
Stewart, dated New York, l7th March, 1890,
that the idea Of such fapcr ns propose TO
I. akelthe Globe originated in the mind ol the
Father Of his Country. lie said
.siti4 to b, amentsI tiat the ednrs Of the differ.
rnt (;1x-tics ia the Union do not more gcrraly and
p,oc correctly tn-trnd ,uhlng their lapcfs Nth
,rurrility aud nnasan,ieal dcclanItiOn which few
would read II they sppiscd of the content pub
I,L the d-tAtes III Congress all grlt naoua ques
tions Th> principles upon which the difference "i d
pnion we'll ~ tue decisions, would then come
fully berore tile pubiic aud an"td tue beet data for It'
iu,lymri --Spaik-'s " rtugs of Washln.ton vol 10,
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4 POWERFUL LOCOMOTIVE. - Tho
Hudson River liailroad Company, are
building a locomotive to run from New
York to Albany IA miles. in two and
half hours, and carry along six ras-
senger cars at that 1t will he placed
on the road during the coming winter.
1t weighs over thirty tons, has eight
feet driving wheels. and viii cost Sl1,
900. Those who have seen the model,
say it will be the most magnificent en-
CINE ever turned out in the country.
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The British Mail Steamship, Con-
way, from st. Thomas, bound to Saw
anuah, put into Charleston on the 18th
inst, i'll distress, having encountered a
very severe gale. She reports that a
very severe storm had visited the West
India Islands, and that st. Thomas
was nearly inundated,