Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-08-08

Fiue, ana by Admirable Balchen
Raw silk is said to have first been made
by people of China, called Cores, $50 B
G. 1t was first brought to India, 274, and
pound of it at that time was worth
pound of gold The manufacture of raw
silk was introduced into Europe from India
by some monks in $50. Silk dresses were
first worn in 1445. The eggs of the silk
worm were first brought into Europe in
527.-Boston Journol
EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESSION OF Cas-
uALTIEs. In the late railroad accident
near Marietta, Ohio, by which a car was
precipitated FROM a bridge over rayino
near sixty feet, upon the stones Of a oulyert
below, four persons were killed, and a large
number wounded Among CHATTER were
two interesting sons of Dr. Talbot Bullard,
of Indianapolis, Ind, brother of Rev Ar
tomas Bullard, of this city, one thirteen
and the other sixteen years of age There
has been a remarkable succession of casu-
alties in the family whose name they bore.
Their grandfatllor, DR. Artemps Bullard,
of Sutton, in this State, was killed by fall
in his barn, at the age of seventy-thrce
years and five months. Their uncle, DIR.
Jesse NJ Bullard, of San Francisco, was
wrecked and lost few hours from that
city, on his way to the Sandwich Islands,
some six years ago, Another uncle, Rev.
DR.. Artemas Bullard, of ST, Louis, was
killed year ago last November, at the rail
road disaster at the Gasconado Bridge, Mis-
souWi. A second cousin, Mr. Asa Bullard,
late of Medway, was lost in the ferry boat
between Philadelphia and Amboy, that
was destroyed by fire And now these
youths, by adisaster sin IL to the one at
the Gosconade Bridge, re laid in an early
grave, In addition to this, the father of
Mrs. DIR. Artemas Bullard, of Sutton, Mr..
Jesse White, of Northbridge, died from All
injury from falling tree and her grand
father, Mr.. Nelsial Mason, of Thompson,
ct, died by choking, at the remarkable
age of one hundred and three. Those facts
do indeed present most singular success
sion of casualties in this family.
Boston Recorder
Or Lord Eleuborough he following traits
are told "A declamatory speaker Gran
die Jackson, counsel for the East India com
pany), who despiscd all technicalties, and
tried to storm the Court by the force of ell
oquence, was once, when utteriug these
words, In the book of nature, my Lords, it
is written'-stopped by this question from
tho Chief Justice, will you have the good
ness to mention the page, sir, if you please3
A witness dressed ina fantastical man.
ner having given very rambling and dis
creditabc evidence, was asked in cross. ex-
animation, what he was 2 Witness-'I
employ myself as a surgeon Lord Ellen
borough, c. J,-'But docs any one else EN-.
ploy you as surgeon 2"
OF his domestic habits, the late Samuel
Rogers gives the following instance: ::
"Lord Peterborough was once about to
go on the circuit, when Lady Peterborough
said that she should like to accompany him.
He replied that he had no objection, pro-
vided she did not cucumber the carriage
with bandboXes, which were his utter alb.
hor'ence. During the first days journey,
Lord Peterborough happening to stretch
his legs, struck his foot against something
below the seat lie discovered that it was
a bandbox. Up went the window and out
went the bandbox. The coachman stop.
ped, and the footmen thinking that the
bandbox had tumbled out of the window
by some extraordinary chance, were going
to pick up, when Lord Peterborough fu.
riously called out, Drive onp The band
box accordingly was left by the ditch. side.
Having reached the county town where he
was to offciate as Judge, Lord Elenbo-
rough proceeded to array himself for his
appearance III the Court House. Now
said he, where's my wig-where is my
wigT My Lord replied his attendant, it
was thrown out of the carriage window"
TINE Fon MAraMoSY.-Among tho an
ciept Germans, than whom IL finer race nc
er existed, il was death for any woman 10
marry before she was twenty years old. In
This country, very few ladies are fit, either
physically or r.mentalIy,.to become mothers,
before they reach the age of twenty one,
twenty two, or ono or two years still older
The unsound condition and constitution of
heparent is usually transmitted, with in
creased intensity, to the offspring. BY the
laws OF Lycurgus, the most special attention
was paid to the physical education of wo-
men; and no delicate or sickly women were
on any account, allowed to marry. DIR.
johnson, in his work on the Economy of
health, says that matlimony should not be
contracted beforeth first year of the fourth
septennial, on the part of the lady, nor be-
fore the last year Of the same, in the case
of the gentleman; in other words, the fe.
male should be at least twenty-one years
of age, and the male twenty y-eight years.
The doctor says, thatthere should be diff.
ference Of seven years between the sexes, at
whatever period of life the connection is