The daily union., 1854-12-21
THE DAILY UNION

stand as strong those who marked No on the pr
The assay Office yesterday made the first ayment upon
Saturday deposes and to-day will make further dis
bursenent on the account The sub-reasury
ing out over half million to-day for government stock
sent To Washington
Foreign exchange is aocumnlaing and there will be
large supply before another day The demand
also increase that we expect unusual activity The
supply VIII probably be ample and look for increase
/ In rates
WORTH sAvise.-The ST Nicholas Hotel in New York
manufactures its gas from rosin and the saving COM
pared with the price Of city gas said be per
month The cost Of the works however, $4,000
GABRIEL LOCKED ur0rr alias Angel Gabriel, with two
companions was committed the sation-house in Bos-
ton on Sunday evening for disturbing the peace
! SHIP LAUNCH AND AcoIDESr-A despatch from Boston on
Monday says "The ship King Lear Of two thousand
TONS owned by Messrs Second Taylor OF this city, in
being launched this morning before she could be stopped
went over and through the navyyard wall where she
lies, with two steamboats, trying to get her off,"
Nor WORD sAY.-The British Journals preserve a
significant silence in reference to the unsuccessful attempt
OF the allied fleet recently capture the Russian port
Petropauowski, on the Northern Pacific
The WRECK OF misunderstanding to a state
ment in the Boston papers, the and passengers of the
American ship Arcadia upwards Of l7O in number pre-
viousy reported wrecked at Sable island were rescued
from drowning by Of Franciss Life boats recently pre-
sented to the humane establishment by Miss Dix The boat
with the esaving apparatus manned by the sspd crew
had to be rowed twenty miles the scene of the disaster
trips were sufficient to take the people of the wreck
The New YORK HARDs AND soFrs-The democratic clubs
have reported in favor of the union of the hards and so
and have perfected organization under the following
leaders President John Cochrane vice presidents SAM
ue Osgood and Chas H. Ring corresponding secretary
Thomas A. Glover recording secretary DR. H. SHEPPARD
treasurer, Conrad Swackhamer; and sergeant-atarms
Thos ii. Ferris 1t is intended to hold Union ratifca-
ton meeting at Tammany at early day.
New YoRKThe Italian Opera House has been hired for
Colonel Benons lecture on the Pacific railroad on Tues
day next
ANOTHER srow.At the annual fair of the South
ern agricultural Society held in Augusta Georgia. on the
18th inst there was baby show which seven babies
were exhibited, and three premiums awarded onc
being silver pitcher worth $50 the second another silver
pitcher worth S25 and the third silver goblet worth $40
The show attracted a large number of spectators
WHITE HAIR AND GsaGa wooL--At n recent trial ia
South Carolina in which the point in dspute-propcrty
in mulatto grl-rested question of race Dr. Gibbs
an accomplished ehnoogist and physolorist gave the
following very interesting evidence with regard 10 the
hair Of different
He handled negro skull ard demonstrated clearly the
pecuarites and showed by comparison the marked diff
ference between them lie explained the prominent diff
erelse between anatomical structure Of different parts
the body and gave exceedingly interesting account of
the distinction in the hair of the Caucasian Indian and
negro races He stated very curious fact 81 resulting
from mcroscopical observation that in the uatto cross
the hair Of one the other paret present and
times hair of both but never mongrel hair that no
amalgamaed har existed; that often the muatto had
straight hair as kinky He stated the microscope revealed
that the hair of the white was when d.
vded oval that Of the Indian circular and that OF the
negro eccentcaly eptcal with attened edgcs that
the negro was not hair but WOOL and capable of being
felted that the colorng matter Of hair in an in
terna tube while in the pegro the epdermis or
scales covering the shaft of the hair
In confederation of his statement that both white and
negro hair were sometimes found in the same head sim
gular case was mentioned by Dr. G.. He stated that he
once attended ha-breed Indian and negro who had
straight Indian hair He ILL., and had his head shaved
aud blisered On his recovery, when his hair grew out
was negro hair-crsped and W;ry