Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-03-14

splendid affair, and must bring them a host of pat
rons from the admirers of the horse.
DKEss.-At this season of the year. when the
rough garments necessary in mid winter are thrown
OFF, cannot render a greater service to
readers than to remind them that at LOG William
street, resides sQUan, who makes the most fash
ionable coats and trowsersIat 30 per cent less than
the Broadway talors charge. He manages this feat
by going on the cash principle only
General Sessions.
March I'm the matter of William c. Hazitt,
indicted for arson the District Attorney said that he
could not proceed before Monday, account Of
the absence Of a material witness. The case was,
therefore, postponed
James Diver put to the bar to take his trial
for forgery said to have been committed in swear
ing to claim for the rent of house No. 533 Houston
street The jury acquitted the accused
In the case of John Whitehouso alias ." Duke Of
Wellington" an application was made by the pri-
soner's counsel TO admit to bail After hearing the
arguments of counsel both sides, the Recorder
decided not taking bail, and Whitehouse was
again committed to the tombs.
There being no other business before the Court
adjournment took place,
h-;- We abstain from any comment on the follow
ing article, leaving tito readers Judge whether
the writer should be classed among the charlatans
with which our city abounds or not
Dyeing the Human Hair.
Recent and minute observations have convinced
me- that OF the preparations invented for chang
ins the natural color OF the hair have, TO this day.
succeeded.
All those which have been employed, have been
erey solutions of Internal stone, nitrate of silver
lime, chalk litharge, bismuth, SC. All the dyes
said To be vegetable are also impositons upon the
public for in word they all formed upon the
same basis which have detailed above, under
whatever name or form they may be vended.
Without giving an anal ysis of these mineral sub
stances, viii, however, give the result Of my
searches in what relates to their employing tin
gng the hair.
First, will remark, that their degree of elasticity
ought to cause them to be forever banshed from the
laboratories and shops where they sold See "a
treatise on the treatment Of the Hair, BY A. Gran
jean. Pages 10, 49,
However, We may give to the hair a color more or
less dark II Is yot impossible that il should retain
its appearance of vitality and brilliancy, and also
the animal oil which belongs to il. Since il is dried
and burnt by the process there must, Of course, be
deterioration.
| Not to mention the dangers which the use of
| these poisons occasion the mischiefs they pro-
duce are less. The tinged hair changes IN
very little while its colors producing a very ridi
culous effect, especially when nitrate Of silver -
used. The pases, powder or pommade remain some
aays more without taking the purple red hue
10 ~ truly curious to see the hair pass gradually
from jet black to purple, red, violet scarlet. sc.
colors, by means natural to the human capillary
| tube.
| In a word, not of these compositions can
produce satisfactory result, and defy all the
dcrs, one after another, TO prove the contrary of
| what have advanccd-all their coloring prepare
tons without single exception, being infe rnal
composition, which consumes instead Of tnging the
| hair.
| have been frequently consulted by persons who
after having made trial Of these caustics, have in
Cured beautiful head Of black hair but on the
| contrary, a serious cdufe1i=dfiOn. Every body
knows that severe judgments have been often rem
| dered by legal tribunals, against the mpudent and
| ignorant vendors, who have rendered people blind,
deaf, headaches and swelling, etc. by their delete
rious compounds.
| Trust in my experience! Never undertake to CO.
| lor your hair!
In afuture article, will present remarks upon
the discolorasn of the hair, the which pro-
duce greyness. and what the means that seem to
me the surest for preventing this change OF color
Before concluding let il be permitted me to re-
mark to the reader that the color whether natural
accidental, of tho hair depends only on the che
mical conditions Of the animal oil, which pene'rates
the capillary tubes, and not upon age foreNamPe,
a young man may be in such state OF health, that
the enfceblng Of the cutaneous organs may destroy
the fluid and leave the bulbs Of the hair in youth,
dry IN the OF old age. . -.
With regard to grey hairs, old age measures itseli
only by the condition of the organs, moie or less
abundant in the nourishing juice, and not by the
amount Of years. a. %hANpstAN;
at No l. Aster House, Barclay Street.
Rrs-AII Apothe carries, Druggists and Country Mer-
chants arc respectfully requested TO give their orr
dcrs Immediately for Grand jeans Hair Composition
If they wish to prevent delay So per dozen. Ben
netfs System.