Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-08-13

tables, in showing that there was less ia
v"rabIe. duration ct life in persons born in
the seventeenth ccptury than in those born
during the eighteenth. AS regards the
comparative duration of life among the
IN rrcd and single members of the literary
profession, the advantage is in favor of the
married men.
Turning to scientific men, whom DIR.
Guy subdivided into CD mathcmaticians
and astronomers, (2) chemists and natural
philosophers, and (3) mturaistS, he found
no great difference in the average durdtioms
OF life but it was curious fact, that these
classes showed no falling off in the length
of life i'll the 18th century corresponding
to that which had been noticed in previous
classes, but gavca progressive improvement;
the age at death have risen from Gl.6G in
the sixteenth century to 'G5-27 in tho sew
cntccnth, and then to GS.25 in the ciyh-
tccnth. 1t must be remembered that these
figures were. dcluccd from the cases of
those only who attained the age of thirty
years.
Turning next to that class which devo-
ted itself to the fine arts--Sublivided into
engineers &c, sculptors, painters, engra-
'vcrs, musicians, vocalists, and actors-hc
found that, as might have been expected
from the sedcntary. nature Of their occupa-
ton, the ongravcrs stood loves, on the list.
Next came painters, who were confined
within doors but whose employment was
less scdcntary. Engineers, architects, and
surveyors, who combined the scdcntaly pur-
suits of the draughtsman with active SUI
pcrintendencc out of doors, gave higher
average Of life. With them ranked musi-
clans; and even actors and vocalists seem
cd to have some advantage over engravers
and painters, An this class, like the sci
cntific class, showed progressive improve
mcnt during the three centuries above re-
fcrrcd to. Comparing generally the class
cs devoted to literature, science, and art,
it appeared thatscicntiic men had tho most
favorable, duration OF life, then those en-
gagged in the cultivation of the fine arts !;
those engaged in literature stood lowest OH
the, list. 1t would seem, however from
the tables, that tbougl, the pursuits of lit
crnt,urc were. destructive to life in its car
her periods, they were favorable in it's more
advanced stages There were moro old
men among authors than among artists.
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NGRDER.--Thc wife of Julius Howard
has been sent to Jail in Barnwell, Sc,
for the murder of negro woman, slave of
said Howard. We learn that the negro
was beat"n to death by Howard and his
wife, and buried some two weeks SINCE
On Wednesday Hast, some of the ncighbors
having their suspicion excited, made n
search of Towards premises, and discover
cd the body of the negro buried in the
yard. Howard has made his escape his
wife was arrested and committed to Jail
upon the verdict of coroner's Jury
r .ing~st@ Dfspotch.
TREMENDOUS SToRM.--Wc arc Informed
that on Tuesday evening, the 10Th inst, n
tremendous storm passed down the Saluda,
in Dutch Fork, Frustrating nearly ,oyery-
thing it met in its fury. Several negro
houses were blowndown, and others de-
molished by trees blowing across them.-
Several persons narrowly escaped with their.
lives. In places, VIC are told, it nearly de-
stroycd whole fields Of corn. n.-.Ic,cingtDm
Ftog.
TuEnE is a lady, Mrs. Singleton, resi-
dngiin this District, williamsburg who
is supposed to be about lf0 years old
The record Of her age was consumed in
house burnt by the British and Tories,
hence her age cannot be exactly ascertain,
ed. Her youngest child, daughter, was
grown up, lady in tho time of the Rcvo-
luton, and her youngest grand child is.
now 80 years old. She has lived all her
life in the Districts of Georgetown and
williamsburg.
MILK SICKNESS -Ecyuordinary Ru-
taIdy.-The mysterious disease, popularly
known in portions ofCcntral Ohio, as "milk
sickness" or the " "trcmblcs," is prevailing
with extraordinary fatality in portion of
Marion county, Ohio. The tenant of Mr..
VIM. Fisher, named ellison, was first at.
tackled and died Mr. Il. was the next vic
tim, and then his wife and two adopted
children we're taken. The five cr'es ter
minated fatally, though the Republic n says
the best medical skill of the country was
cxertcd in behalf of this unfortunate fam
lily. The systems of the victims had be-
come so thoroughly Infused with the dead
~ poison that the remedies employed had
mo effect whatever "'.i eeA
OLp MAIDS Many of the satirical as
PERSONS. cast upon old maids tell more to
their credit than isgenerally Imagined. Is
u woman remarkably neat in her person,
g she will certainly die an old maid" Is
she frugal in her expo qses, aud >xact in
her domestic concerns, /" she is cut out for
an old maid.p And if she Is kind and hui