Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-10-12
Presentment ofthe GrandJury for Edge
field District, at Fall Term, 1853.

To .His Honor Judge Glorsr presiaing
y ;Wo hnYe examined the Court House which NE
find in tolernble condition. Many necessary re-
pairs have latoly been mado upon it, but romo
othors are needed; and VIC recommend TINT oyory
Office in the Court House as we'll as every Jury
Room bo we'll white washed. Also that the Desk
in tho ShoriGs Office be enlarged SO as to hold the
Paper and Book Records more conveniently. Wo
further recommend that the Court Room be car
potud, so as to prevent noise during the trial of
uausea. Also, that tho ground in front of the
Court House Steps be elevated and woll grarcled
to prevent persons having to stand in the mud
while attending public sules. The public Offices
are otherwise neatly kept-the records well pre-.
served, md 80 far wo can ascertain the Officers
have discharged their respective duties faithfully.
We find the Jail in good and eleanly condition,
Its duties well administered to every appearance;
and We recommend that the gratings of the win
doNs bo made stronger, if possible, especially in
the circular window of tho third Story.
We find the Poor House also in good condition
and admirably kept We recommend that sui
tabc Building for Public Church be erected ut
tho Poor House, and that reasonable sum, not
EXCEEDING ono hundred dollars annually, bo al
lowed for tho services of any Minister of the Cos
pol who will ofhciatc once month-providod no
denomination of Christians shall be allowed to sup
ply tho said Church with Minister two years
consecutiYely.
Wo further present that measures should be ia
ken to require the expenses of Abn0r Swearingen,
who is now confined in the Luuatic ASYLUM, as d
Pauper, to be paid by his Committee, as wo under
stand that the said Abner has sufficient funds for
thnt' purpose, while ho is now charge upon the
District if any evidence be necessary to institute
proceedings we give the name Of Major Abram
Jones as witness.
We have examined the Reports and accompu-
nying papers of the various Boards Of Commits
sioners, and find the several items named in the
dubits and credits of tho different TroasurerB Re-
ports all correct with proper vouchers; aHd no
complaint has reached us of any improper charges
having boen made, or credits given.
We find that euch local Bonrd Of Commission
crS Of Roads and Bridges have returned merely
list of tho names Of the Roads in their respective
divisions, together with tho names Of tho particu-
lar Commissioners having charge of each division.
Wo present said Schedules as defective in that
they contain no Map of the Roads in each Com
missioner's division, and accordingly recommend
that the General Board bo required to employ
some competent Surveyor to draw largo Map
upon parchment of all tho Public Highways in
tile District, showing their relative locations,
branches and distances, and giving thoir rcspcc-
tive namos-the aad Map when finished to DO do
positol in the Clerks Office at tho Court House.
We further present the Road running near to
and parallel with the Plank Road leading from
Edgc6cld Court House to Hamburg as being much
out of repair, ind recommend that tho Commits
sionors of the 7th Regiment be required speedily
to put the same in order.
We likewise present the Free Negroes as COM
mon nuisance, and recommend the Legislature to
pass law requiring tho,n other to leave the
State, or to select master, whose tito shall DO
confirmed by the order Of a presiding Judge in
the Courts of Law, and with provision that all
Muluttocs hereafter born Of White Woman shall
be sold at public outcry by tho Commissioners of
tho Poor, whenever said Mulattoes shall have at
tanned the age Of two years. In this way our conf
munity would get rid Of u corrupting set of yaga-
bonds, and either tho Abuitionists would be sup
piled with lovely idols for thcir patriotic wor-
ship, or tho South would procure additional
Slave labor to satisfy the pressing denlaud for
more labor in her agricultural pursuits. Arkan-
sas, Texas AMI other Southern States have either
expelled or made Slaves Of their Free Negroes,
and South Carolina can surely follow their lead in
adopting so oflicacious rcmcdy for the wrongs of
tlo South, and onlargng tho scope of her present
limited and crampcd industry. There aro about
ton thousand Free Negroes in tho State, and pro-
bably two thirds Of them would prefer becoming
the Slaves of kind Southern masters to taking
freedom among tordor-hearted Abolitonists, and
thus large addition would be made to the pro-
ductiro industry of the country to the great bone
fit Of both the idle FREQ Negroes and our White
Population.
:All of which ID respectfully submitted.
sOct 5th 1859. ISAAC BOLES, Foromsn.
Chess Problem,
DY A NATIVE CHESS PLAYER OF INDIA.