The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-12
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tho sudden whitening Of tho hair, often pro-
duccd by fright or profound grief. lie sites |
cnsc in which tho hnir was oolorcd while md
brown alternately from on,l 10 end. The white !
scgncnts wcro about one. .hnlr the length Of tho
brown, and the two together measured about
onc-ihird OF q line. Under the microscope tho
colors were reversed, md Il was obvious that
the opacity Of tho white portion was due to
vast accumulation OF mir globulos packed
closely together in tho fbrous structure Of the
hair, rs we'll us in tho medulln. There was no
absence Of pigment but tho accumulation Of air
globules vcilcd and obsoured the normal color
and structure. Mr.. WILSON suggested tho pos
sibility Of tho brown portion being the day
growth and the white portion tho night growth.
lie also said, in reference 10 tho sudden
blanohing of tho whole hnir, Of which there
were many cases on record, that during the
prevalence Of u violent nervous shock, tho nor
NAL fluids Of the hair might be drawn inward
toward tho body, in unison with tho generally
contracted nnd collapsed state of the. surface,
and that the yacuitios left by this process Of
exhaustion might bo suddenly filed with
atmospheric air. An interesting discussion
followed the rca,ling Of The pnper. DIR. SuAR-.
xgY alluded 10 recent case of sudden blanch-i
Griefswald, in Yircho,o's Archip, which was as
ccrtainod to be tho ult of an accumulation
OF air globules in Il. .,brous substance Of the
hair.
The rRorRIaToR Of the Philadelphia Ledger
| observed independence dny by inviting 300 en-
ll,.I III ..l,, l.. -, t,n.,
| quct. The foil wing is from the published
| account Of tho proceedings: The hour fixed for
the dinner was half-past ono. As The signal
was given tho lr lg lines Of tho employees and
their guests commenced filing along tho pave
ment of Sixth street and Chesnut street, and
down the stairways into tho dining room.
There were ono hundred and thirty five carriers
and assistants, sixty composlors and ''subs, +"
with their forcmcn, proof-renders and copy
holders; twenty prcssmen and feeders, with
their superintendent Of machinery; twenty-five
folders and counters, with tho night clork,
ten Office clerks, with tho cnshier sixteen gem
ernl employees, including engineers, maohinist,
carpenter, wntohmcn, paper-wctters and turn
crs, officc-boys, SC. four stcrcotypcrs; thirty
job office hands, with their superintendent and
foreman, and twelve editors and reporters.
| Those number three hundred and nine who we're
present, and with about one hundred and
twenty invited guests, making four hundred and
twonty -ninc who participated in tie dinner and
celebration in the press-room. This is inde-
pendent Of tho newsboys, who filed down the
southern sinirway into the gallery set apart for
them, two and two. Then camo the dinner,
with fountains Of cool and refreshing but not
Intoxicating, drinks, and instrumental md
vocal music, aud speech-mnking, and joyial
conversation and general hilarity.i ;;,l' t+fs
TuR MONTANA Posr thus pictures Sunday
in The mines: Sunday, however, was beautiful.
The Catholic, Episcopal and Methodist churches
were largely attended, md the songs Of praise
were mingled with the voice Of the horse auc.
tioneer Us he dashed up and down the crowded
street on the "bost bargain ever offered on the
gulch." It mado rather an amusing dialogue
Mt times 10 listen 10 the minister and the auc
tioneer. Perhaps they did not notice it, bu
others did; for instance, imagine the following
'.whst shall do to bo aavedf" "Buy frs
rate saddle horse;'' ''What shall o man give ir
BGasss.s BGas. "lnE q saa %Gs
wants TO buy him at $4Of" t.Dives in, the tor.
ments Of hell" During the afternoon bit Of
light occurred In the street, by way of rario.
~, in which enc of The parties, in addition 70
getting his face badly dsmagad, was ptat in che
eaiaboose to repent of his sins at leisure, which
lis presumed he did, as he got down on lis
knees several times before reaching It, And
SO it Is with us Of o Sabbath day Tho deyotee
! and the drunkard side by side; religion md
business; pleasure and profit; profanity and
praise; virtuo and vice -intcrminglo and jostlc
| each other as wo all glide along the swift cur
rent Of life, strewn with wrecks and f!lcd with
! breakers.
TnE fopLowiNo paragraph we find in the
New York Journal Of Commerce: "Tho 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 IL in former years. In
evory instance, so far as we have observed, the
crimo is instigated by desire for plunder or
the qualification of beastly passions Nowhere
~ >ASo' ou'ioSep PhTthke Oh political Chnr-
acter. Thoy do not proceed from, spirit OF.
retaliation or revenge. and can only be attrib
uted to growing decentralization among the
negro population, consisting In a large degree
OF those who lately were slaves, but now are
released from almost every form Of restraint
Not only this, but lie negroes arc often ths
dupes OF mischief-makers, itinerant lecturers
and political orators, who fill ,tholr weak minds
With crudo notions concerning their personal
rights, the laws Of property, &c., The signs
of increasing social diHorganfsation manifested
in the prevalence Of the worst forms OF
atrocity-lust, murder and rapiue--oannot bo
regarded with entire composurs. 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, 10, 900, 900 in
habitants, or 100000 moro than in 1861. or
these 100000 wore Proteslants (beine 4ss.-
GOO moro than in 1861, and 7,2OO, 900 Cstho
lies tbeing an increase Of 294, ,O0O); In other
words, the increase among Proteutants was 8. 80
per cent, and among Catholics 4.46 per cent.
In tho year 1854 there were 10000 births