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STATE OF SOUTH cARoLNA,
LANCASTER Disraicr.

once Court of Common Pleas.
Whereas, an inquest Of Escheat hath been re.
turned into this Office, whereby Ii appears, that
John y. Sanderson, late Of Lancaster district
s. g., who was born In ireland, In
the Kingdom Of Great Britain, and died ON the
nineteenth day of April, In the year A. ID. 1913,
was seized and possessed at the time of his
death, Of a lot OF Land, situated in Lancaster
District In the State aforesaid, on the branch
waters Of Bear Greek. bounded on the South
by lands Of VIM MeKcnna, on the East by lands
Of Minor Clinton, on the North by lands OF Mrs..
Amelia Villincs, and on the West by the Cam
den Road, containing one hundred and forty
eight acres, without having In his life Time made
any disposition thereof, and without levving any
person who can legally claim the same. Now,
IN pursuance Of the directions Of the act OF as
scmbiy, IN sneh case made and provided, the
Heirs ofthe said John 4. Sanderson, or Others,
claiming under him, Qfany there bci are here.
BY required 20 appear and make claim within
eighteen months from the date hereof
Witness my hand at Lancaster Court House,
this Jth day Of Nay, A. d. 1858,
JOHN A. STEwMAN, -
e clk CO. n Gla
May 2, 'sS, DO am; san.
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HOWARD ASSOCIATION,
PHILADELPHIA. b.,
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMEN

PHILADELPHIA.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.
To nli persons afflicted with Sexual disease.
such ut Seminal Weakness, Impotence, Con.
orrhGa, elect, Syphilis, &c, &c.
The Howard Association of Phila,lclpbia in
view OF the awful destruction Of human life and
health, caused by Sexual diseases, and the de-
ceptions which arc practisod upon the unfortu-
nate victims OF such diseases by Qaucks, have
directed their consulting Sergeon, as a charita-
bj0 act worthy of their name, TO give medical
advice gratis, to all persons thus afflicted, (malc
or ieinale,) who apply 10y letter, (pOst paid, J
with description Of their condition, (age.
occupation, habits Of life, &c. y and in cases OF
extreme poverty and suficingto furnish med.
icines free Of charge.
The Howard association s benevolent In.
stitution, established by special endowment, for
tho relief OF the sick aud distressed, afflicted
with "Nirulent and Epidemic diseases," and ia
funds can be used for no other purpose. IL has
now surplus Of means, which the Directors
have voted to advertise the above notice. IL is
needless 10 add that the Association commands
the highest Medical skill Of the age.
Address, (post.paid,) DR.. Geo. II. Calhoun,
Consulting Surgeon, Howard Association, Phil
adclphia, Pa.
by order Of the Directors,
EZRA ID. HEARTWELL President.
GEO. FAlRCHlLD, Secretary
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A MANIFFICENT PICTURE.
OUR COUNTRY; ITS AGRICULTURE
COMMERCE., ARTS AND MANU-
FACTORIES.
Superior Portrait of Washington

Superior Portrait of Washington
This beautiful Picture is the most mag ,i6-
cent specimen of Lithographic painting.
ever yet executed, having received impress
siOns from
SEVENTEEN DIFFERENT PLATES.
of various shades and colors, blended to-
gether with the utmost care and precision.
INTO one harmonious whole. No pains or
expense were spared in securing upon its
production, the services of the most skill
nj artists in the country, and it forms one.
OF tho proudest triumphs OF American Art.
IL should grace and adorn the walls of EVE
Ky AMERICAN HOME, and enable tho
beho!dcrS to realise the poetic truth, that "a
thing OF Beauty is JOY forever" The CEN
ire Pece consists of a life-likc portrait of
TIE ILLUSTRIOUS WASHINGTON
which is an exact copy of one of his best
portraits taken from life with all the oripi-
nal coloring exactly copied. His portrait is
enclosed in frame work representing thir-
teen stars typiral of the thirteen original
colonies. On the right is
a FEMALE FIGURE OF LIBERTY.
and on the left one of Fortitude, both splen-
didly executed. Above them are figures re-
presenting Justice and Mercy. At the top
is represention of the Guardian Spirit of
America, and Eagle by her side and srirroun-
ded by representations Of tho different
BRANCHES OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY
and triumphs Of American genius, embra-
eing hundreds of different objects, colored
with iife.like accuracy, and aristically blend
cd together with great skill. At the bot
tom, encased in tasteful bordering, are fig
80 e..,s.. =
the lower part, beautiful representation OF
the New York Crystal Palace. From num-
erons notices Of the press, which space does
not permit the publication Of we extract
the following from IN article in the phila-
deiphia Pennsylyainian:
eThc design Is decidedly original and
evidences taste as pure and sensitive "a
the work Is unique and gorgeous. At n first
glance, the beholdcr Is struck with the gen.
ernl appearance of the picturc-upon n
second look, he is not only delighted but
VIII exclaim, what magnificent affair
wHhat splendh doslgn-whata happy blen-
ding OF colors. II Is true. The engraving
IS one OF the richest specimens of the art
In the city.
The size Of the plate Is % by3O inches. "A
picture somewhat in the same style. has
recently sold readily in England for five
guineas, or S25. To place this within the
reach Of all however, copies will. be care
fully packed and State TO which Abc picture
Is TO De sent. Wherever packages can be
received by express that mode Of conveyance
viii perhaps, be preferable; where that h
not the case they can be sent through the
mail. .
~ Post Masters are reque ted TO act,
as Agent for its sale.
~ Young men desisous Ct employment
in its salc, as ssell as ncws-agents, and the
trade generally. will be supplied OF, liberal
terms. AS but n limited number of copies
have been printed, and tho plates have since
been destroyed, application must be made
soon.
All orders must Bis addressed "a
J..E. RIN6yvALT,
Box 1891, Philadelphia p. o
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TRY THE MEDICINE!!
BE warmed i'm Season.

And neglect not that cough which is daily
weakening your constitution, irritating your
throat and lungs, and inviting on that dread
disease, Consumption, when so soothing and
Healing n remedy can be obtained as Dr.
Rogers Syrup of Lverwort and Tar.
Be,cdre Of Commercials and Base I,nitatio ions,
The genuine article is signed ANDREW
RocERs, on the engraved wrapper around
each bottle.
Price, 81 per bottle, or six bottles for So
Sold Wholesale and retril by SCOVIL g.
MEAD.
Ill .Chartres st. bet. Cont and st. Luis,
N. }.
SOLE AGENTS FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES
TO whom oil orders and applications for
Agencies must be addressed
Sold ALSO by
MAoTLL a. HEATH, Lancaster C. III.
A, p. WYLIE, Chester.
WINCHESTER, STrrr g. Co.. Munro.
Il, }. DaHAY, and WORKMAN. Camden.
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The great remedy for Rheumatism, Gout,
Pain in the Side, Hip, Back, Limbs and
Joints Sc.Ssa!a, Kings Evil, White Swell.
ling, Hard Tumors, Stiff Joints, and all fix
ed pains whatever.
Where this Plaster is applied pain cannot
exist.
II has been beneficial in cases of weak
ness, such MS Pain and Weakness i'm the
Stomach, Weak Limbs, Iameness, Affe,
tion Of the Lungs in their primary stages
1t destroys inflammation by perspiration.
James l.. Boyd, Pickeus District, South
Carolina, testilies that, by its use alone he
was cured OF Rheumatism in both of his
knees, of several years standing. ..
The following was handed us by re-
spectacle Physicianin Georgia:
Messrs. ScovIL 81 MEAp:-Gents have
been using your Eiverwort and Tar Hebrew
Plaster very extensively in my practice for
three years past, and it Is with pleasure that
state my belief in their superiority over
all other articles, with which am acquain-
ted, for the purposes for which they are re-
commended. The Hebrew Plaster, es.
pecinlly, is an universal panacea for local
pnins. have also found it most excel.
lent application for Sprains and Bruises. II
gives universal satisfaction wherever used.
). ). OSLlN, NJ. ID.
Knoxville, Ga, March Ith. 1853.
s5Y" A VOICE FROM GEORGIA. s-a
Read the following testimony from a
physician.
G,ntlemen-Your Hebrew Plaster has
cured me of pains of which have suffered
for twelve years past. During this period
labored under an affliction Of my loins
and side, and tried many remedies that my
own medical experience suggested, but
without obtaining relief. At length used
yonr Plaster, and am now by its good effects
entirely cured. will recommend the Jew
David or Hebrew Plaster to all who are suf-
fering from contraction of the muscles, or
permanent pans in the side or back.
The people of Georgia have but to be-
come acquainted with it's virtues when they
will resort to its use. Yours, truly,
NJ. w. WALKER, Nj. D.,
Forsythe, Monroe County, Ga.
To Mcssrs. Scovil s.. Mead, Now Orleans,
La.
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Some of the mos. scientific surgeons now
solely rely upon the use Of this wonderful
Ointment, when having to cope with the
worst cases of sores, wounds, ulcers, glandu-
lar swclings, and tumors. Professor Hol-
loway has, by command Of the Allied Gov
ernments, dispatched to the hospitals of the
East, large shipments Of this ointment, to be
used under the direction of the Medical Stan
in the worst cases of wounds. II will cure
any ulcer, glandular swelling. stiffness or
contraction Of the joints, even of 20 years
standing.
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Erysipelas, Salt Rheum
g. Soorbutio Humors.

No remedy has ever done so much for the
cure of diseases Of the Skin, what whatever
form they may assume, rs this Ointment
No case of Salt Rhcum, Scurvy, Sore Heads,
ScrofuIa, or Erysipelas, can long withstand
its influence. The inventor has travelled
over many parts of the globe, visiting the
principal hospitals, dispensing this Ointment.
giving advice as to its application, and has
thus been the means of restoring countless
numbnrs In booltb
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OPINIONS OF TIE PRESS.

HabbelFs Mogic Oppression Poper.-
We refer our readers TO nm advertisement in
another column, setting forth the merits of
this pleasing and ingenious invention. The
eheapncss should induce ail to give ii a trial.
philadelphia Merchant
at is unsurpassed for neatncss, utility,
and should meet with The sale it richly de.
serves" Tribune.
"Just what tho public has long desired,
and recommends itself TO every individual oi
taste and refinement.
Journal and Courier.
July II, 1855 22-3m
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We copy the following from the Cincin
natl Gazette Of the 4th:


natl Gazette Of the 4th:
Yesterday morning our attention was
directed to case Of hydrophobia in its
worst form, at No. "a Plank road, or Gest.
street. The patient was Germ. an, nam.
cd Henry Uthof, aged about twenty years.
lie was fastened by cords to a bed, and
IN hysteric fits, his eyebalIs portrudinc
from their sockets, and the glands of bis
throat, arms and limbs swelled very large.
ly. May We ever be spared the sight of
so shocking scene again The poor
man was 'nsensible, Of course, and as ho
plunged and snapped this teeth we almost
wishcd bis life was terminated. From his
wife We learned that Uthof, while at work
fof Mr.. George George, near the Plank
road, about six weeks since, was seized by
Jorge dog, who held on TO his right arm
with such tenaciiy that II REQUIRED the
combined strength Of two men TO make
the dog let 60 bis hold. Since then Utoff
complained Of much pain in his arm and
shoulder, but did not exhibit any symp-
toms OF canine madness until Sunday last.
On Sunday morning he complained Of a
dizziness IN the head. His wife brought
him a bowl Of water TO wash himself.
When he saw the water he sLrank back
and cried out take that away in Ger
man. His illness increased, and DR.. Ro.
leca was sent for, who at once pronounced
hisease that cf hydrophobia. Four other
physicians were called in, all Of whom
concurred IN this opinion, and at once
they dscIared that he Was incnrable and
must die. Every effort to alleviate HE
suiierings has been made, but his recoye-
~ is hopeless"
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The London Herald calls the United
States the 'non-religious nation To be-
come religious nation we must follow
Great Britain, and have its 'pious' estab.
lIshment, its tithes, its crushed masses,
its India and Ireland.
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25 DOLLARS REWARD.

e6 The above reward win be paid for the
"a delivery to myself, or the Judgement In
-A.any Jail Of my fellow Bob, who len my
premises on the 25th OF April The said boy
- black, stout built about 20 years old, about
ieet or 10 inches high. lie is well known
by the nalno of Bob PelaIa, NJ
! viii also pay twenty-five dollars for satis-
factory proof against any one who nav I,arbor
bin: J0flNM. FAULKNER.
ssfofk district, q CsAss sk'sAs. a II -
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Hannah Banks admitted, recently,
at the Hull police Office, in England, that
she had roasted toad alive, pounded it,
and mixed it with tho food of her fellow.
servant, for the purpose Of inducing him
to love her!
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Sa|szElss;ssIs:Is zls:sSs|sEIfss!R ss;;RzI||s az az
SsasAsss s@ssA g@
For the. Complete Cure of Caughs,
Colds. Influenza. Asthma Bronchetis
Splitting Of Blood, and all other lung
complaints tending to consumntinn

Splttlng OF Blood, and all other lung
complaints tending to consumption
This preparation is getting into use all
over our County. The numerous letters
we receive from our various agents, infor-
ming us of curses effected in their immediate
neighborhoods, warrant us in saying il is one
of the best, il not the rery best Cough Medi-
cine now before the public. IL almost inra-
rdbty relieres and NOT unfreguentiy cures the
rery worst case. When all other Cough
preparations have failed, this has relieved
The patient, as Druggists. dealers in
Medicines, and Physicians can testify.
Ask the Agent in your nearest town, what
has been his experience of the effects of this
medicine. If he has been selling it for any
length of time he will tell you.
IT'S THE BEST MEDICINE EXTANT
Below we give few cxtacts from letters
we have received lately regarding the viz
tues of .his medicine.
Dr.S.Osin, of Knoxville, Ga, says:-Ihare
been using yourLirer,oort and Tar rery erter-
Sireiyin my practice for three years pasi, and, II
rs tcnh pleasure 1 state my beiiefin ITS SUPERB
oRlry OVER ALL OTHER ARTICLES ,1ih ichich
4 am acquainted, tOr i1hich IL is recommended. -
Mcssrs. Fitzgerald e. Bcnncrs. writing
from Waynesville, NC. says" The Lirer.
,cort and Tar is becoming daily more popu-
lar IN his Country, AND WE THINK Justly
so. Al wko hare tried il speak in cou,naen-
dd6ie terms Of IL rery beneficial in aHeuiating
The complained for 'oyich IL is recommended. :,
Our Agent in Pickcns District, s. G. Mr..
s. r. McFall, assures us "that he uses il ,oith
great benefit in his own family, and recon-
mends it to his neighbors." He gives an
instance of n Negro woman, in his vicinity,
who had been suffering with disease of the
Lungs for years, attended with severe cough,
who was relieved by the Livcrworth and Tar.
Such are the good reports we hear of
this Medicine from all parts of the South.
For report of the surprising cures it has
performed in the Western and Norhern and
Eastern States, we would invite the suffering
patient to read the pamphlet which accom-.
panics each bottle. To all we say hare Hope
hare Hone,
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Use the Magic Impression Paper

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Copying Leaves, Plants, Flowers, Pictures.
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TERMS AND PREMIUMS.

(Sce List Of Premium Volumes belo,1.)
For any one of the four Reviews, and
one premium VOL a. m
For any two of the four Reviews and
one premium vol. K M
For any three of the four Reviews, and
two premium vols = oO
For all four of the Reviews, and two
premium vols. G M
For Blackwood's Magazine and one 90
premium vol. M
For Blackwood and three Reviews.
and three premium vols. 0 90
For BlackwOod and the four Reviews
and three premium vols To Oo
Payments to he made in all cases in advance.
Money current in the State where issued will he
received ut par.
The Premiums consist Of the following
works, back volumes of which will bc given
70 new Subscribers according to the num-
Der OF periodlcles ordered, as above explain
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u - LAN CA sTER 9LEDG En-.
WIT AND HUMOR.

The dissipated, the mean and the vul-
gar are more courted and praised among
pretenders and friends TO beauty and
innocence, than true worth, which retres
rom arrogating its own rights, and
shnnks from a competition with worth.
lessness. ~ =
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Advertisenent.

a number ofaccounts due this Office for Adj
vertising Job Work and Subscription. remain
unpaid. Now, assure those indebted 10 me
that am very much pressed for money, aud n
they will come forward and settle these claims.
they win confer on me great favor.
X. y. BAILEY.
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LAWS OF NEWSPAPERS,

!. Subscribers who do not give express
notice to the contrary, are considered as
wishing to continue their subscriptions.
2. IL subscribers order the discontinuance
OF their papers, the publisher can continue
TO send them until all arrearagcs are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their papers from the office to which they
arc directed, they are held responsible until
they settle their bill, and order the paper
discontinued.
4. IT any subscriber remove to another
place without informing the publisher, and
the paper is sent 10 the former direction,
they arc held responsible.
D. The Courts Iavc decided that refusing
10 take newspaper from the office, or re-.
moving and leaving it uncalcd for, is prima
fdcea evidence of intentional fraud r..
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Get out Of the way old Dan Tucker"
&C. Is thus eloqueutly rendered in prose:
Remove thyself from the place thou
oecnpiost, aged and venerable Daniel
iucker; thou art too tardy to participate
in the vesper meal"
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a Striking Thought. ladder,
says Bishop Reynolds, which convey eth
to heaven, may have its foot in the smo.
king cottage; and there may be a trap
door in stately palace which may let
down below.
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A jolly farmer returning home in his
wagon, after delivering load of coru, is
a more certain sign Of national prosper
ity, than nobeman riding in his chariot
to the opera or the play-house.
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SELECT POETRY.
The Plowman.

Tearing mp the stubborn soil
Trudging, drudging, toiling, moiling,
Hand and feet and garments soiing,
Who would grudge tho plowman's toll,
Yet there's lustre in his eye,
Borrowed from yon glowing sky;
And there's meaning in his glances
That bespeak no dreamer's fancics-
For his mind has precious lore,
Cleaned from natures sacred store.
Toiling up yon weary hill,
lie has worked since early morning;
Ease and rest and pleasure scorning,
And he's at his labor still
Though the slantipg western beam,
Quiyering on the CLASSY stream,
And yon old elm's heightened shadow
Flung athwart the verdant meadow,
Tell that shadowy twilight gray
Cannot now be far away.
See he stops and wines his brow
Mark the rapid suns descending
Marks his shadow far extending
ocems II time TO quit The plow.
Weary man and weary steed
Welcome food and respite need;
lis the hour when bird and bee
Seek repose-and why not ho?
Nature loves the twilight blest,
Let the toilworn plowman rest!
lie, who nursed upon the breast,
Ever new delights creating. ....
Which not long retain their zest-
Ere upon your taste they pail,
What avail your pleasures all!
In his hard but pleasant labor,
He, your useful, healthful neighbor,
Finds enjoyment, real, true
Vainly sought By such as you.
Natures open volume lies,
Richly tinted, brightly bcaming,
With its various vessels tecming,
All outspread before his eyes,
Dewy glades and opening flowers
Emerald meadows, vernal bowers.
sun and shade, and bird and bee,
Fount and forest, hill and Iea-
All things beautiful and fair,
His benignant teachers arc.
Tearing up the stubborn soil
Trudging, drudging, tolling, moilipg-
Hands and feet and garment soiling--
Who would grudge the plowman's toll
Yet tbs health and wealth to him,
Strength of nerve, and strength of liml
Light and fervor in her glanees,
g Life and beauty in his fencies;
Learned and happy, brave and free,
Who so proud and blessed as he,