The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-12
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the sudden whitening Of the hair, often pro-
duced by fright or profound grief. lie cites
case in which the hair was colored white and
brown alternately from end to end. The white
segments were about one-half the length OF the
brown, and the two together measured about
one-third of line. Under the microscope the
colors were reversed, and it was obvious that
the opacity of the white portion was due to
vast accumulation of air globules packed
closely together in the fbrous structure OF the
hair, as we'll as in the medulla. There was no
absence of pigment but the accumulation Of DIR
globules veiled and obscured the normal color
and structure. Mr.. WILSON suggested the pos
sibility of the brown portion being the day
growth and the white portion the night growth.
He also said, in reference to the sudden
blanching of the whole hair, of which there
were many cases on record, that during the
prevalence of violent nervous shock, the nor
NAL fluids Of the hair might be drawn inward
toward the body, in unison with the generally
contracted and collapsed state of the surface,
and that the vacuities left by this process of
exhaustion might be suddenly filled with
| atmospheric air. An interesting discussion
followed the reading of the paper. DR.. SHAR-
KEY alluded TO recent case of sudden blanch-
ing Of the hair reported by DR.. LAspoIs, of
Griefswald, in Vrchow's Archiu, which was as
certained to be the result of an accumulation
of air globules in the fbrous substance of the
hair.
THE PROPRIETOR of the Philadelphia Ledger
| observed independence day by inviting SOO en-
ployees of that establishment TO join in ban
quet The following is from the published
| account of the proceedings The hour fixed for
the dinner was half-past one. As the signal
was given the long lines Of the employees and
their guests commenced filing along the pave
| ment of Sixth street and Chestnut street, and
down the. stairways into the diniug-room.
There were one hundred and thirty-fve carriers
and assistants, sixty compositors and "subs, !"
with their foremen, proof-readers and copy
holders; twenty pressmen and feeders, with
their superintendent of machinery; twenty-five
folders and counters, with the night clerk,
ten Office clerks with the cashier sixteen gem
eral employees, including engineers, machinist,
carpenter, watchmen, paper-wettsrs and turn
ers, boys, SC. four stereotypers; thirty
| job office hands, with their superintendent and
foreman, and twelve editors and reporters.
These number three hundred and nine who were
present, and with about one hundred and
twenty invited guests, making four hundred and
twenty-nine who participated in the dinner and
celebration in the press-room. This is inde-
pendent Of the newsboys, who filed down the
southern stairway into the gallery set apart for
them, two and two. Then came the dinner,
with fountains of cool and refreshing, but not
intoxicating, drinks, and instrumental and
vocal music, and speech-making, and jovial
conversation and general kilsrity.
TIE MONTANA PosT thus pictures Sunday
in the mines: Sunday, however, was beautiful.
The Catholic, Episcopal and Methodist churches
were largely attended, and the songs Of praise
were mingled with the voice Of the horse auc-
tioneer as he dashed up and down the crowded
street on the "best bargain ever offered on the
gulch." II made rather ON amusing dialogue
at times to listen to the minister and the auo-
tioneer. Perhaps they did not notice it, but
others did; for instance imagine the following:
oWhat shall do to be saved." "Buy q first
rate saddle horse;" .What shall a man give in
exchange for his souls'' "Only $751;" or, revers-
ing the order, CHOW much do hear for this
horsef" "Seyen baskets Of Fragments" "Who
wants to buy him at $4O!" "Dives in the tor
ments Of hell" During the afternoon bit Of
q 6ght occurred in the street BY way Of varie-
ty, in which enc Of the parties, in addition to
getting his face badly damaged, was put in the
calaboose to repent of his sins at leisure, which
il is presumed he did, as he got down on his
knees several times before reaching it. And
SO il is with us Of Sabbath day. The deyotee
and the drunksrd side by side; religion and
business; pleasure and profit; profanity and
praise; virtue and vice--intermingle and jostle
each other as We all glide along the swift cur
rent Of life; strewn with wrecks and filed with
/
breakers.
TIE FOLLOWING paragraph we find in the
New York Journal Of Commerce: ''The horrible
account Of the butchery Of an entire family in
Wake County, N. c., just received, reminds us
that atrocities Of this description, perpetrated
by negroes, are coming from the Southern
States with alarming frequency. We can re-
member nothing like it in former years. In
every instance, so far as we have observed, the
crime is instigated by desire for plunder or
the qualification Of beastly passions. Nowhere
do these outrages partake Of a political char
acter. They do not proceed from spirit Of
retaliation or revenge, and can only be attrib-
uted to growing Generalization among the
negro population, consisting in large degree
of those who lately were slaves, but now are
released from almost every form Of restraint.
Not only this, but the negroes are often the
dupes of mischief-makers, itinerant lecturers,
and political orators, who fill their weak minds
with crude notions concerning their personal
rights, the laws of property, &c. The signs
Of increasing social disorganization manifested
in the prevalence Of the worst forms Of
atrocity-lust, murder and rapine-oannot be
regarded with entire composure. The final
destiny of the black race now in America pre-
sents problem, of which, at this early day,
no definite solution is offered.
The FOLLOWING FIGURES are from the last
Prussian census, taken in 1864: There were,
at that time, in round numbers, 19, 25O, 600 in
habitants, or 10000 more than in 1861. Of
these 100000 were Protestants (being 4SS,-
600 more than in 1861, and 100000 Catho-
lies (being an increase of 294,OOO); in other
words, the increase among Protestants was 1888