LAURIESTON, a village, in the parish of BalMAGHiE, in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, 65 miles (W. N. W.) from Castle-Douglas; containing 275 inhabitants. This place takes its name from William Kennedy Laurie, Esq., proprietor of the lands on which it is built. It appears to owe its origin to the resort of numerous invalids, attracted by the medicinal virtues of a powerful chalybeate spring at Lochinbreck, and for whose accommodation a commodious inn had been erected near the spot. The water, which is perfectly transparent, is strongly impregnated with sulphate of iron and carbonic acid, and has been found efficacious as a tonic, and in complaints of the stomach arising from obstruction and debility. In cases of ague, also, and in obstinate intermittents, it has proved a complete restorative, when bark and other medicines have been unavailing. The road from Kirkcudbright to New Galloway passes through the village. Lochinbreck is one of five considerable lochs in the parish; it abounds in trout, and hence its name, signifying " the lake of trout ". The members of the Free Church have a place of worship. The principal parochial school is situated here, and a dwelling-house has been lately erected for the master by the heritors.