The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-07-16
From the West Alabamian
ANOTHER HIGHLY IMPORTANT DISCOVERY

VI.
tgaon into the nature and laws OF color pertaining to the
human family, has at length discovered BY chemical
analysis of various ingredients compound liquid which,
by repeated applications according to prescribed rules
will invariably except in few of chronic disease in
days time the arest skin of the white to
the deepest color of the Congo African The same liquid
by adding thereto other ingredients and making three
more applications, will efecualy "black and knk" the
straghtes red hair thus in ten days time the irest red
headed actually be turned SO far as outward
appearances indicate into jet black, knkyheaded Guinea
negro. The learned professor is very humane philan-
thropst and aboonst very much opposed to slavery
in the abstracts and is quite sangune in the belief that he
will finally succeed III discovering some process by which
the Ethiopian may be made to resemble the Caucasian
Many persons, doubt, will dsbeeve in the practi-
cabiiity of any permanent change in the human color
being made, but we cannot tell what day may bring
forth Very few ut first gave the least credit to the almost
miraculous electric telegraph yet the whole intelligent
world was convinced Of its reality by ocular demon
straon To test the effect of this new discovery in the
Characterization Of the human species the scientific pro-
essor has made several experiments different persons
The first newly-marricd couple of white servants
in his employ who agreed for the of five hundred dol
lars let the doctor take his He first applied
the fluid to part of these two persons for seven
the end Of which time they beautiful jet black
In about twelve months the had son. who was as
black any coiored child, but his hair was perfectly
straight The learned doctor then added two other ngre
dents to his first compound, with which liquid he bathed
their hair for ten days at the end of which they both had
knky hair Preparatory however, to changing the hair
he had skilled barber to cut the hair very short In
eighteen months after this, the woman had fine
daughter black and kinky-headed. These extraordi-
nary and almost miraculous results much excited the
professor that he must needs try another experiment Be
ing DESTROYS of securing patent right for his dis
coveres, and living in thnly-seted and almost unoc-
cupied part of the Mississippi BOTTOM he has up to this
time succeeded in keeping secreontsde of his own and
old bachelors premseshe results Of his very extra
ordinary experiments.
Being day the bank of the river where snagged
boat had put ashore number of German emigrants he
procured the services of two young Quaker who to
be married they procured employment in the
New World. Being well acquainted with the German Ian
thai nrfar tlaIr n,
of some of his efforts to permanently change the natural
appearance of persons They laughed at what they called
the doctors wldness arising as they supposed from lv
ing in such thnysetted country, and expressed heil
willingness for small sum- to let the professor experiment
| much as he pleased upon them.
The newcomers, arriving at the doctors residence
very much pleased with the plenty around the prem
ses and in short time married The doctor had
central line fore and aft struck upon his subjects
with his compound liquid he then to the right side of the
woman and the left side Of the man. proceeded to apply
his cooring and kinkng fluid for ten days at the end
which time just half of each completely changed
and they to all human appearances exactly half black
and half white In about thirteen months the woman had
fine son. and what perhaps of the wonders
the world he is side perfect Ethiopian and on the
other fair red-headed rshman is three years
and five months DID, and has sister of precisely the same
Species eighteen months old both very hearty promising
childrcnright and left sides black the color on le
parents
The doctor expects make large fortune out of his
discoveries but until he makes few experiments
very much opposed to any finding out anything tina
he has done and but for accident perhaps would have
succeeded in keeping all secret for some time yet
! Very respectfully, S. NJ. VANHUSE NJ. ID.
| 1.-THE doctor might make himself useful if not grea
public benenctor by turning his attention practically will
his preparation tribe nhabiting northern
latitude We conceive of why Messrs. Gree
ley, Garrison Phillips Parker Sumner Ct al, would b
disposed to object TO the application to themselves The doc
may have it in his power to become influential agen
| in the ,cool market Who knows After ALL however, tn
name of CDR Lieburgh strikes about the thing
4 as Dr. Humbug.l