The New York Herald Newspaper, June 28, 1853, Page 2

« “@ragge « shilling for-sheving and twenty-five cents ‘far hair cutting, the same for curling and shampooing ; but the more unpretending are satisfied with one Balf of those sums. For honeing a razor the ebarge isa shilling, and there are a few who ask only sixpence. When they are called upon to shave a sick man at his residence their price is a shilling, and for hair cutting two shillings. The business has been greatly improved within the ‘Jest ten years, and, as we have shown in another lace, the prices have been considerably increased. (Bhampocing has been adopted during that time as a ‘Branch of it, and is now performed by nearly all Darbers throughout the city. The word is of eastern wrigin, and literally means a pressing of the limbs mand joints after the body has been washed in a hot bath; but with us it has an entirely different signifi- gation. The lotion, or wash which is used in the process of shampooing, or cleansing the head, is made of alkalis mixed with other ingredients. Byvery barber makes his own lotion; and there are very few who do not make their own eau de cologne. ‘The bay water, of which a large quantity is con- wamed in New York yearly, is procured from the island of St. Thomas, where its manufacture is ex” fensively pursued. The summer and fall are the barber's favorite sea- pons, for then his business is better than at any other part of the year. The heat of the weather ren- ders frequent shampooing and bathing more ne- essary, and the hair is cut oftener. We believe, however, it does not effect shaving, as the growth of the beard is the same at al! seasons. MOVEMENTS AMONG THE BARBERS FOR HIGHER PRICES—RATES OF SHAVING— THE THREE CENT AND FOUR CENT | MOVEMENT. There are very few tradesmen who could earn more than the journeymen barbers, if they got enough work to keep them constantly employed, and i¢ they were paid by the number of chins they shaved ‘The majority of barbers charge six cents per shave, some four cents and some a shilling; but it is only during certain hours of the day that they are steadily engaged, and their receipts therefore are not so large as might be supposed. A good barber can shave Sour men in an hour, and do his work well in that time, while some are so tedious that it takes them ‘an hour to perform the same operation on two men. | Working steadily, therefore, from six o’clock in the | morning till nine at night, the time their shops are | kept open, the receipts of one will amount to six dollars and a half a day, and cf the other to one half | that sum. In this estimate we allow two hours for meals, vd we do not include the receipts for hair cutting, shampooing and hair dyeing, allof which form a large item in the profits of the business. Barbers, how- ever, would soon grow rich if their occupation was @0 profitable, but there are too many engaged in it, and the majority do not make more than a comfort. able livelihood. We have spoken of four cents as being the lowest price for shaving; four years ago, however, there was a considerable number who did mot ebharge more than three cents. It may be sup. posed that the operation could not be well performed for such a trifling remuneration, but they found cus- tomers wie were content with the manner in which it was done, and they managed to live upon their patronage. The four cent men used their utmost ‘endeavors to persuade them to raise their prices to their standard, and after much exertion they succeed. | ed. A meeting of both parties was held, we believe, | gome time in the summer of 1850, in Bayard street, | Sud two others tock place subsequently before they ame to terms. The principal argument used by the Bidvocates of the four cent system was that three eents were too little, that it was easy to get four, | and that euch low prices had a tendency to degrade | ‘the occupation. The three cent men could not resist the force of this argument; they yielded, and ever Bince they have, with very few exceptions, continued to shave at the rate of four cents a beard. Last spring the journeymen barbers contemplated | ® strike for higher wages, and held a meeting for the purpose of inducing their employers to raise the | Price of shaving from six cents toa shilling. They represented that almost every other trade had suc- eeeded in obtaining an advance, and that the same Feasons urged in their favor were equally applicable fo the barbers; the high rents and the increased prices of provisions bore with the same weight upon ‘them as it did upon the members of any other occu- pation, for many of them had families to support. The meeting, however, was attended by such a li- Mnited number that*they were unable to effect any thing, and the project was abandoned till a more favorable opportunity. A few weeks after a ball or party was given, with the view of bringing the barbers | into more intimate acquaintance with each other. | ‘On this occasion the aecessity of a protective and benevolent society was spoken of, and its immediate erganization recommended; and about two months after, notices were published in the Hera calling a meeting at the National Hall to take into considera- fiion the state, of the trade. This meeting was held at 4 o’clock én Sunday afternoon—the barbers being engaged every other day of the week. Although the | eal was answered by not more than twenty or thirty persons, yet they took immediate steps for the for- mation of the proposed society. The professed ob- | Jecta of this association were the assistance of its members in time of sickness, and the furtherance of | their interests, as well as those of the bosses, who | were invited to join it. Another meeting was held | about a week ago, at which a constitation and by | laws were adopted, and the officers elected, so that fhe Society may now be regarded as wn fuit ac- | eompli. | Fifteen years ago an attempt was made to ad- | vance the price of shaving from six cents toa shil- | Eng, but it failed from want of unanimity among the | members of the trade. We are inclined to think that | | | | j Mf all the barbers united in such a movement at pre- sent—and we are informed that it is seriously enter tained by some—it would have a most injurious ef- | fect upon their business. Thousands of men who mow patronize them would rather shave their own | ehins than pay double price to them for doing it, so | fhat they would lose more in custom than they would | gain in amount. | BARBERS’ SHOPS. From the four cent shaving shop to the one shilling | establishment in Broadway, there is an innumerable variety of barbers shops. The magnificent one which was fitted up some time ago in the St. Nicho ‘Was, cost over ten thousand dollars for the decorations and farniture. The cups are of silver, the brushes of the same material, the chairs of rosewood, each worth one hundred dollars, and the ceiling is frescoed nthe highest style of art. English barbers never dreamed of such magnificence. The walls are lined with looking glasses, and the whole place is redolent of the most fragrant perfumes. A stranger to the ountry would find it difficult to distinguish the jour neymen barbers from their customers by their style of dress, and might at first glance easily mistake the Jatter for the former. This establishment employs at present twenty-four journeymen barbers, and is con- sidered the most extensive in the city. The second and third class shops are more unpretending in their appearance; their chairs are of mahogany, and do uct ost more than ten or twenty dollars, while their ups are of china, Barbers’ customers may be divi- ded into two classes—the permanent and transitory. The former generally buy or pay for a cup, the price varying from one shilling and sixpence to three shil- Hngs, according to the rank of the shop, while the latter must be content with the general shaving cup. Every barber's shop is supplied with two or more daily papers and all the principal Sunday sheets, for the use of their customers while waiting their turn to be shaved. The rule in respect to the order of shay- | ing is, “ first come first served,” each succeeding one being next in order. In some barber's shops the amount expended for daily and Sanday papers is | over fifty dollars a year ; but they are afterwards cut | ‘up in small square pieces, and used in shaving. They are nearly all supplied with different varieties of hair oil, perfumes, hair dyes, hair and clothes brushes, shirt collars, suspenders, etc. Some have umbrellas, while others again lend out opera glasses by the night, } ; and nothing can remove that dreadful disease but | you have for the small sum of one dollar. Well, you | his way, at the same time resolving in your | country, and ignorant of the tricks of the city. No | Scription of barbers; they can detect the least green- | served one of them, and as it may serve as a guide | knight of the razor, after a few flourishes upon | the kind ever sold.” roome in connection with them, and dering the sum- mer the receipts derived from these are as large a8 those from shaving and hair cutting. BARBERS’ APPRENTICES. ‘There is hardly a barber's shop in the city that has not one or -more apprentices, in addition to the ordi- nary assistance required. They are generally a once subjected to the infliction of a dull razor, and the hair off their heads,” and we have no doubt that steady class of boys, and make themselves useful in| Who when asked the usual question, “Does the razor | close application and study produces baldness, We multiplicity of ways. aos one Sentara NENT pull easy ?”” replied that*it depended upon whether | could name several of our most distinguished au- in sweeping out the shop and patting it in order, he was being skinned or shaved. At one time it | thors who are as smooth upon the crown as a piece ‘at another in lathering the chin of a customer pre- peratory to shaving. They are, in fact, required to was fashionable to have one’s face spotted with court plaster, but that day has passed, and men of ivory. Old age certainly produces baldness, but there are a large number who lose their hair long do everything in general, and nothing in particular. | b.51¢ no fancy now for being cut that the ; y may en- | before they have passed the meridian of life. It ‘The length of time for which an apprentice to this | j,1 the privilege of having their faces disfigured. | would require, however, more time than we could business is bound varies from three to four years. Briefly, therefore, we would say to barbers, ‘“‘ Don’t devote to the subject to explain the various predis- large number, perhaps the majority, are Germans, | bore your customers beyond endurance with re-| posing causes of baldness; but to such as feel inclined and some are obtained from the Long Island farmsand commesdations of your inimitable hair oil or re- to pursue it further, we would recommend Mr. Ca- the House of Refuge. During the term of their ap- | ctorative; let them find out its valuable properties | zenave's work on “The Diseases of the Human prenticeship they very seldom receive any compensa- | for themselves. They are also supposed to know | Hair,” which was published in Paris about two years tion for their services, except their board; but, at the end of that time, they get forty dollars, or a new suit best whether their hair wants cutting or shampooing. Keep your razors sharp; don’t stick your brush into ago. Wig making is not confined to the full sized of clothes. Their work is very light, and they have | 4 man’s nose or ears; those are not the é ‘ H proper places | peruqueir, but embraces the toupée and false curls. more leisure hours than the apprentices at any other | for it, Never mind chipping his face, it never tooks | ‘The touphe is worn by those who are denuded of trade. It is doubtful, however, whether this is profitably employed in self-instruction, for, like most other apprentices, they loiter and trifle away early all their spare time. The number of barbers’ apprentices may be fairly computed at five hundred, or about one to each shop. Ten or twelve yearsago, they were generally bound well after it; and you may be certain when he looks at it in the glass he won’t bless you, whatever else he may do.” WIG MAKERS AND WIG MAKING. ' WHERE DOES ALL THE HAIR COME FROM? The wig makers of New York are less numerous only half their hair. The reverend clergy, whose venerable appearance, it might be supposed, would be improved by baldness, not unfrequently wear toupées, while ladies of “‘an uncertain age” endeavor tomake mankind believe that they are yet young by concealing their hairless front under a forest of false curis. Compared with the natural growth of the at the age of fourteen or fifteen, so that they had to | than those employed at any other branch of the hair | head, the number of hairs ina wig is very amall, serve six or seven years before the expiration of | business. The number does not exceed 240, and of | not exceeding twenty or thirty thousand. The num- their apprenticeship. Their masters were not bound | these about 200 are women, some of whom are more | per, we are told, differs greatly in heads of different to pay them any remuneration during that time, but skilful in the business than the men. It is a kind of colors, as may be seen from the following figures, those who where any way liberal allowed them | work that requires neatness and the most assiduous | which we find in the number of the London Quar twenty or thirty dollars a year for spending money. In that time, it Might be suppdsed they would learn all the branches of the business; but they too often graduated ignorant of every- thing about it, except shaving. Now barbers are made in three of four years, which is certainly long enough for them to acquige a perfect knowledge of the trade, and a considerable number are self-taught. A scientific barber, however, is not only conversant with all the mysteries of shaving, but must know how to cut and curl all kinds of hair in the latest and most approved style, dye whiskers, mustachios and imperials, shampoo, and be able to make up kis own lotions, hair oils, and nearly all the liquids required in his business. All this an apprentice should also know before he can be consi- dered fit to handlea razor or shears. A WORD OF COUNSEL TO BARBERS. Those who have been in the habit of visiting differ- ent barber’s shops, must have observed in the course of their experience the many objectionable customs which are practiced by some. When you put your- self under their manipulations, they suddenly discover that your hair is too long, and inform you that they can cut it superior to any other barber in the city. They would fain persuade you that the length which you have allowed it to attain is injurious to its growth, and that if it is not curtailed it will become quite thin and fall out. If these arguments should uot produce the desired effect, and if you are deter- mined on the destruction of your hair, they have im- mediate recourse to another stratagem, for their re- sources are unfailing. Your hair is fall of dandruff, their infallible hair restorative, which they can let tell him, perhaps, to get rid of his importunities, that you will step in again when you are passing own mind that you will never again subject your self to such a nuisance, if you can avoid it. Some” times they succeed in sticking a bottle of their infal- lible stuff upon you, and the chances are ten to one against you, if you should happen to be from the | mock auctioneer has more discernment than this de- ness in your manner, and the very moment you take your seat the onslaught ou your purse is commenced. Let our country friends beware of such barbers, and keep their purse strings closed tight against all their temptations. A friend, whofully understood their prac- tices, told us of an admirable way in which he for those who may hereafter come in contact with any of them, we relate it for their especial benefit. He had just taken his seat in the easy chair, and in- timated his desire to be shaved, when the his chin, began to explain to him the won- derful properties of his hair invigorator. ‘“ Try one bottle of it, sir,” said he; “ your hair rea'ly needs it.” And then he made a feint, as if combing a large amount of dandruff from his head. “ Tt will,” he continued, “ most effectually eradicate all cutaneous diseases of the head, strengthen the growth of the hair, give it a soft, silky appearance, and thoroughly cleanse the scalp from all impurities.” “No, I don’t want it,” replied his customer, with | imperturbable cooluess; “ I have an excellent chemi- cal mixtare at home, which answers all purposes. It is made up from a receipt of one of the greatest chemists of the age, and is superior to anythiag of “ Al! indeed!” said the barber, somewhat embar- rassed, for the shop was crowded, but not by any means discomfitted. He recovered himself in a few moments, and proceeded to the attack with renewed vigor. “ Well, then,” he resumed, “ your head certainly wants shampooing, and I bave got an excellent pre- paration for the purpose.” “ What do you charge for shampooing ‘’ “Only twenty-five cents,” replied the hopeful barber. “ Well, then, I tell you what I'll do.” “Yes, sir!” —barber all blandness and smiles. * Well, I'll give you twenty-five cents if you'll just let my hair alone.” This was enough—too much—for the courteous barber; his face was wreathed in smiles at the near prospect of his success, but the reverse was too great for even him to bear unmoved. “Oh yes—yes—sir,” he stammered out, (the strop shop was full of customers or he would not have felt 80 bad,) “ we don't wish to take money from gentle. men without giring them @ fair equivalent.” “Ever since,” says our friend, “I have gone into that shop with perfect impunity. While I am there I never hear a word of the infallible hair tonic, sham- pooing is a forbidden subject, and the original appli cant has in truth let my hair alone.” Not so fortunate, or, we should say, 80 prompt, was another friend under the same circumstan- | ces. The barber sold him hair tonic, hair oil, and some other things, to the amount of two dollars, but he never went near that shop again. Barbers lose more than they can gain by such mean and contemptible practices, for the customers they get rarely remain with them. Without professing to know anything abont the scientific part of the business, we think we can give the barbers some wholesome advice, which, if follow- ed, will prove to their advantage. In the first place, don’t persist, when “ lathering,” in running your brush into the nose or ears of your customers ; the feeling which it produces is unpleasant, particularly to very sensitive and nervous people. In the second place, don't flourish around a man’s chin as if it were a bull’s hide you were about shaving, and take espe- cial care that you don't shave too close, for if you should happen to “ cut,” he may not “ come again.” We know of a man who went three or four times to one barber, and each time was cut in the same place, the consequences of which were very serious, The sore, which was trifling at first, increased percep- tibly every day, and finally assumed the shape of a application, but- then it has one great advantage—it is more remunerative than the majority of occupa- tions in which females are employed. We do not say this heedlessly, for we know how cruel it is to raise false hopes; but it is a fact, that a good work- woman can, by eight or ten hours’ labor every day, earn five and six dollars a week, and we have heard of one woman who could make eight dollars. As we eaid, it requires untiring application and neatness, and only those who think they are fully qualified should engage in it. We may state here that we know of a prominent wig maker in this city who is willing to employ several women, on condition that they shall servea month orsix weeks with him in learn- ing the business, and he says after three months prac- tice they can make four and five dollars a week. Of a large number in his employment, there is not one whose weekly wages is less than three dollars and a half, while there are several who can earn five and six dollars. They are allowed to do their work at home, and are paid punctually when it is done. Compared with the shirt sewers, their condition is cer- tainly a most enviable one, and for the sake of those poor creatures who are compelled to eke out a miser- able existence with a needle and thread, we wish tit every monied man in the eity was bald-headed. But hairless heads are not so numerous as we would desire for their sake, and there is very little prospect of a poll-tax, such as we would like, being established, At present the number of wigs made in New York annually is aout 24,000, and their total value | is estimated at a quarter of a million of dollars. This | gives ten dollars as the average value of each - wig, but they vary in price from six to thirty and forty. The number of shops in which wigs are made and | sold iseighteen; of these, however,,more than one | half employ others to make them at a certain per | centage. Many who are called wig makers know little or nothing of the artistic or scientific part of | the business, for we are persuaded that there is con- | siderable science and art required in the making of a | wig. Of the ferty female wig makers, not more than half a dozen at the utmost can “mount a wig;” that | is, they cannot fit it on the block, take the required | dimensions of the head, or divide the net work into the proper sized sections to make it fit it. The only part of wig making with which they are thor" oughly acquainted, is the working of the hair into the net work, which is a particularly tedious process, and straining upon the eyes. Yet it is preferable to needle work, and the labor, we think, is not so severe. Tbe number of men employed in wig making is about twenty, and their weekly earnings vary from six to twelve dollars, so that we find in this, as well as in other departments of labor ®@ which men and women are employed, the work of the latter ia less liberally rewarded than that of the for- mer. They are paid by the piece, and not by the | week. Where it can be followed this is the best plan, | as it incites to greater exertion, and the developement of more mechanical skill and ingenuity. On this ac- | count it is superior to the system of employing by | the week on settled wages. The number of wigs which an ordinary wig maker can turn out in the year, depends upon the quality and style of the arti- cle; it takes a week to make a thirty dollar wig,three | days to make one worth fifteen, but a six dollar wig can be made in one day. Wig making in this city has undergone great im- | provements within the last thirty years, and may be considered now to have reached the very acme of perfection. It is generally considered the highest department of the hair dressing business. It has but little affinity, however, with shaving, for a | real, genuine, out-and-out wig maker never uses a razor, except it may be upon his own face. Indeed, they rather think they are a degree above the barber, and confine themselves almost exclusively to the cutting and dressing of hair, and sup- plying the bald portion of the community with wigs. At the time of which we speak New York was in a state of wofal ignorance regard- ing the advances which had been made in this very important particular. Our wigs were literally be- hind the age, and it was impossible to find one that would exactly fit the head of any. We have seen some of these specimens ef the antique, and could not help pitying the poor, hairless wretches who were forced to wear them in lieu of better. Fortunately for this afflicted portion of the community, Mr. Clire- hugh, prominent peruguier, in his investigations happened to get possession of a French wig which he found on examination was made in a very differ- ent style from the kind then generally worn. The hair was fastened into the net work itself, and in this respect differed from the New York wigs, on which the hair was sewed, having previously been worked into a piece of silk plait about a sixteenth of an inch in width. As may be supposed, our wigs were much heavier than those made in France; besides, we did | not understand the proper method, of fitting them, | and consequently those we made were rather clumsy in shape, and could not be got to sit right upon the head. That which the renowned John Gilpin wore on the day of his eventful race from London to Ware, must have been of the same description, or it would certainly have kept better companionship with his head than with’ his hat, than to have left the former in such an unprotected con" dition. It reqnired considerable trouble and labor to find ont the manner in which the French wig was made, but after five or six months close study it was at last discovered, and in the course of a few months after, the important secret was intrusted toa few women and men. For four or five years, Mr. Clire- hugh was the only perugrier who understood. the art of making the French wig; but one of his a leaving him, commenced business on his own account, and imparted the secret to others. Now we can compete with either Paris or London in this par ticular. As these wigs are much dearer, the old style has not been abandoned. It has, however, been considerably improved, and is not much inferior to | the French, which are called ventilators. They are sent to every part of the United States, and some large lump, which required the most constant and delicate care and treatment to cure. We know it is difficnlt sometimes for barbers to avoid such ac- cidente—their occupation has a tendency to make them nervous, and on one or two days in the week they are kept so constantly employed—al! the time standing— that we fee) certain they must be fatigued, have been exported even to the Sandwich Islands. | A large] number are bought by literary men, | whose heads become balder at an earlier period than | most men's; but it is a rare thing to find a bald head | among women, and among the Indians baldness never takes place. A scientific writer on human | hair, in a Jate number of the London Quarterly Re- view, etetes ae a reason for this, that there is 9 larger | | pack with the most attractive jewelry, with which he | ments. The fine, soft, silken locks of childhood are terly already referred to:— No. of Hairs. «140,400 Ina head of blond hair. 7 109,440 - brown hair. if black hair . -102,962 i red hair. 88,740 Although, however, there is a great difference in the number, there is little or none inthe weight, for some hair is much coarser than others. The manner in which the hair from which wigs are made is procured, is both curious and interesting. Little do some of our hairless friends imagine that the artificial scalp which covers their barren crowns, is adorned with the luxuriant growth of some buxom French or German peasant girl, or the first tender crop of childhood. Europe has her harvests of hair as well as her harvests of grain, as the stubble heads of thousands of her people bear witness. A traveller visiting the villages and hamlets of France or Germany cannot fail to observe the closely cut hair of many of the people, and, if any way inquisi- tive, will be informed that the hair pedlar has paid his annual visit. There are hundreds of these itine- rant hair mongers in Europe, who, if they do not live by the wits of other people, certainly live upon the product of their heads. These ped- dlars set out from Paris, Berlin, (Vienna, and other principal cities, at stated times every year, and visit those localities where they are sure of getting the best description of hair. An expe- rienced pedlar is as well acquainted with the quality of the hirsute crops of different parts of that con- tinent, as an ethnologist is with the character of the different races who people it. Sometimes he fills his intends to dazzle the eyes of the village maidens, not forgetting, however, to follow the advice of Iago to Roderigo, and “‘ put money in his purse” for those who prefer its solid lustre to the glittering orna- more prized than the hair of a grows person; and a mother with a large family of young children will realize a handsome annuity on their heads. When it has attained the required growth, the scissors are ap- plied, and the head which, but a few minutes before, shone with a golden lustre, is left as bare as a fleld of wheat after the sickle of the reaper has passed over it. It is luid past until the peddlar makes his appear- ance,and then it is sold for as high a price as he is willing to give, or as low ashe seller is will- ing to take. It not unfrequently happens that a difference arises on the question of its value. On such occasions the peculiar merits of the hair are discussed and canvassed with as much earnestness as if a crown were at stake. The pedlar, however, generally comes off with the hair, and the same scene is enacted, perhaps, a hundred times over in the course of his peregrinations. As yellow, or what the poets call ‘‘ golden hair,” is highly prized, we may imagine that there are many Jasons among the hair peddlars. A whole year is often spent in this hair hunt, at the termination of which the peddlars direct their wandering steps towards Leipsic, at which a great fair is held once a year, or to Paris, Vienna, and other principal cities. Here they dispoge of their gatheriggs, consisting of the shorn locks of villages, to another class of men called hair merchants. Brown hair, black hair, yellow hair, fair hair, and every kind even that most unpopular of all,red hair, are brought to this great fair to be sold; tons of it are there offered for sale, some of it perhaps destined to cover the bald pate of aged nobility. After it comes into the possession of the wig makers it bas to undergo various processes of cleansing, be- fore it can be used in wig making. It is first sorted according to its shade and length, then washed, and finally rolled upon small round pieces of wood resembling pipe stems, on which it is allowed to remain from two to twelve months. When itis | taken off these “pipes,” as they are called, from the | fact of pipe stems having been first used for the pur- | pore, it has a beautifal curl, which it generally re- tains for months after. All hair used in wigs is curled in this manner, except the long hair from which ladies’ wigs are made. Sometimes the peasantry sell their hair to barbers, who again dispose of it to the peddlars. For one crop of particularly fine hair as much as four and five dollars is paid, but the common price paid is about fifty cents. Cases have been known of the dead having been despoiled of theirhair, which | them ‘to restore the petitioner,” as he expresses it, is considered by some to be superior to that ob- tained from the living scalp. As the prisoners in European penitentiaries and jails have their heads shorn at the beginning of their confinement, the ped- lars generally visit them on their way, for it matters little to them what the’morality of the man may be, so Jong as his hair is good. The hair ef a consump- tive person is much sought after, as it is finer and softer than any other except children’s. There are no hair merchants in this country, the hair being imported entirely by dealers, from whom it is purchased by the wig makers. When it is very fine it is sold for two dollars and two dollars and a half an ounce, which is about the weight of the hair on the head of a child three or four years old. Some years ago New York was infested with @ peculiar class of thieves, who coafined their thefts to the hair of children, When they could prevail upon them, by some little present, to go with them to their place of concealinent, they would cut off their hair and then send them home to their astonished parents. A most merciless war was waged upon the heads of the poor children, and many a bright-haired lad, who rose inthe morning rejoicing in his waving curls, retired hairless to bed. The thieves, like death, selected the fairest for their victims. They have latterly given up this pe- culiar line of thieving, however, and betaken them- selves to some other branch of the profession. Per- haps it didn’t pay so well, or perhaps the parents of New York became more vigilant and wary; or again, perhaps they found it more profitable to turn their attention from the locks of youth to the locks of doors. Certain it is, however, that they have left the hair of our children to riot and rua wild in un- cropped luxnriance, as the heads of the rising gener- ation bear ample evidence. Wig makers are called upon occasionally to make false mustachios for women! This will no doubt as- tonish the more delicate and sensitive of the fair sex, but we assure them it is a fact that there are women, and some of them married too, who promenade Breadway in open daylight in men’s attire, with : hair, moustachios, and sometimes an dressed in this style, it is almost to detect the deception, so admirably is the moustache and other accessories imitated. LADIES’ HAIR DRESSERS. ‘The dressing of ladies’ hair gives constant employ- ment to twenty women and eight men. The women- are paid at the rate of five dollars a month, for dress, ing one lady’s hair every morning, or once a day and to earn even this, they are required to visit the Jady at her residence. Each female hair-dresser makes, on an average, five dollars a week. To the men who are engaged in the business it is very Incra- tive—so lucrative that one hair-dresser informed us that he would not give bis services the whole year round for ten dollars a day. During the ball season which lasts from about the let of April, his receipts for hair-dressing alone, were from fifteen to thirty dollars a day; and on one occasion, he made fifty dollars for dressing the hair of three persons. This was a wedding party, consisting of the bride, bridesmaid and bridesgroom. The wedding took place at New Haven, but his travelling expenses were not included in his bill, and were paid for separately. For dressing for a ball or party a first rate hair dreseer charges five dollars a head, and se- cond rateones two and three dollars Mr. Dibblee, who has been long time engaged in the business of hair dressing and wig making, informs u® that he has known hair dressers having been en- gaged two months before a ball or party. The oper- ation of dressing a head takes from one to two Hours, and if it be a bride’s hair it sometimes takes longer. The arrangement of the flowers as well as the dress- ing of the hair, requires @ great deal of artistic skill and taste; the style must be adapted to the expres- sion and complexion of the countenance, as well as to the occasion. Four years is generally the term 0° apprenticeship for hair dressing and wig making combined. Formerly, the barber understood both these branches, but they have latterly heen separ- ated, and at present there are very few barbers who, in addition to their own business, understand the making of wigs. A hair dresser has no affinity with a barber, does not like to have himself classed in the same category, and considers his own peculiar occw pation superior in every respect to the shaving business. The C:ystal Palace Affair—The other Side. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD, Sin—In your police report of Sunday last, an article was published under the caption of ‘‘ Trouble at the Crystal Palace,” which reflects very discre-.| ditably upon Mr. Marshall, one of the principal con- tractors. I would therefore beg, through the source of your columns, and with due respect to all parties, to place the subject in a less exaggerated light. Mr. Marshall had, on Saturday morning, passed through the gate several times, sufficient in number to render himself known to the policemen on duty, and on this occasion had merely crossed the street to examine some iron materials which were to be | conveyed into the Palace yard by his laborers. When | they had arrived at the gate, Mr. M. was quite unce- remoniously informed that he could not pass without | first exhibiting his ticket. This he very respectfully declined doing, as he had presented his ticket several times Nip Gent and they should have known him from the frequency of his passing, and that he had a erfect and pause sinehe right to cannot be isputed. Finding that he would not be permitted to pass, he sends for his partner, Mr. Noe, who on arri- | ving bids Mr. Marshall to enter. On attempting to | walk around the police sentinel he was seized by the throat by some half-dozen policemen, dragged into the street, his cravat twisted so tight that respiration | was extinct for the time, and the cry raised among | the police “use your clubs, use your clubs,” “ hit him over the head,” with other epithets which do not reflect very humanely upon the police. Mr. Noe, partner contractor with Mr. M., was pre- sent and exerted his utmost endeavors to suppress the melee, by requesting them dagividaalle to release | their grasps, but of no avail, and finding that he could effect nothing by words, attempted by physical demonstrations to separate the police and Mr. Marsh- all. This, sir, is no more than any gentleman would have done for another in like circumstances. But, sir, they were arrested and taken to the police room within the Palace, and the door closed upon them. Soon after the men employed by the now “durance vile” employers, made their | appearance with implements in hand to effect the rescue of Messrs. Noe & Marshall. They came voluntarily and unsolicited by either of the prisoners, as is palpably evident from the fact that they (the ect requested admission to the door to request he crowd to disperse. Mr. Noe made his appear- | mee, and loudly commanded his men to retire to | their work, stating, at the same time, that he desired no disturbance. ‘They were subsequently, or after about two hours of falee imprisonment, at the instigation of Capt. Du- pont, I think, released frou confinement. The police force, it is stated, was about twelve in number. This, sir, is false, for, besides the Crystal Palace police, were also many of the city police; but in calling in the city forces, instead of producing a favorable effect, it only increased the excitement, and there were men sufficient in strength eniptoyes upon | the Crystal Palace to give the entire police forces a severe castigation. I was an eye-witness to the whole | scene, and exercised my every endeavor to suppress all riotous proceedings, believing that the law will | ultimately have its course. Messrs. Noe and Marshall | are gentlemen of high repute, peaceable, and noble in their every action; and this, sir, is what incited the men in their employ to attempt a rescue of their | eet employers. ey were willing to sacrifice | heir own heads in the release of their cted em- An Evz-Witness. | i ployers. Supreme Court—Special Term. Before Justice Roosevelt. Juxx 27.--The people, §c., on the relation of Bar- nett es. the Trustees of the ceniae of Physicians and Surgeons.-—This is an application of James P. Bar- nett, a colored person, for a writ of mandamus, to be directed to the Trustees of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, inthe city of New York, to compel “to his former office and position of a medical stu- dent.” The trustees object, preliminarily, that the court has no jurisdiction; that the discretion of ad- mitting or refusing a student, rests exclusively with the trustees; and that, if there be any appeal, it is to the Regents of the University, and not to the judges of the courts of law. This pojnt, it appears to me, in part, atleast, is well taken. The college, although a public institution, and endowed by public bounty, ‘was established, and its corporate existence created, by the Regents of the University, under an act of the Legislature, authorizing and requiring them “ to vi- sit and inspect all the colleges which were, or | might be, established within State, and to | examine into the system of education and dis- cipline therein,” and to make by-laws and ordi- nances, and confer diplomas as they might deem proper. And one of the conditions of its charter was, that the Board of Trustees, as well as the subor- dinate board of president and professors, should “ carry and put into effect all the ordinances of the Regents of the University cting the said Col- lege, as well with respect to educating, as all other matters and things. Thus it will be seen that the "Trustees of the College are only sub-visiters, and that the supreme yisitatorial authority is vested in the Reventa of the University. Why then, it om ded asked, was not that tribunal specially provided by law to review the acts of the Trustees in all cases, appealed to by the petitioner in this instance, before resorting to the courts of law. A private, and as it were, domestic jurisdiction would seem to be pecu- liarly appropriate for the hearing and determination of such questions. And in the case of Philips against Bury, (Skin. 475.) Lord Holt held that the suffi- ciency of the sentence, of such a jurisdiction, is never to be called in question in the common law courts, nor any inquiries to be made into the reasons or caures of the deprivation.’ Their conduct, it is true, in the exercize of the trust committed to them, ought (as ‘Lord Mansfield said in the case of the King against Dr. Askew, 4 Burr., 2,188) to be “ fair, can- did, and AER ht al not arbitrary, capricious, or biased; much less, warped by resentment or dislike.” Bot their justice and authority, it would seem, must | at least be first appealed to, before their motives can be called in question. The Regents, for aught that | appears, might have reverse the action of the Trustees; they might have held that the rights of all | citizens, whether white or colored, were 80 absolutely | and universally equal, that no student, however dark, | could lawfully be excluded from a college or school, even should his admission involve the dispersion of the whole establishment. Or, they might have held that the constitutions and laws, both of the State and | of the United States, recognise a difference between the two races; that practically, the universal and long established usages of ete always have been, and still are founded on the like recognition; an that, if the welfare of the institution and the greatest [cae of the greatest number depended on it, the rnstees, fe) their motives , were right in excluding a single individual, whi on the ground of disease, or deformity, or dij ition, or color. (Cont. of New York, Art. 2. Const. U.§., Art. 1, §9. 1 B.8., 480, sly, 232). But the Regents were net appealed to. ‘There is no ground for complaining of a decision which they have had no op- portunity to make. If the right to review their decision, actually made, would have been at least questionable, how much more doubtfal must : i ke FFs H i is H fi i i Fs. e first instance, remedy. Should they, on a ‘applicaion, refuse to act, or, acting, refuse lo , it will then be time enough, if ever al- » to invoke the power ofthe common law courts. Demurrer overruled. United States Commisaioner’s Office. Before Joseph Brid, eres JUNE 27.—In the matter of the mation of John Van Orden.—In this case, the alleged fagitiv his counsel, and the counsel for the claimant, aj r= ed before the Commissioner. The latter sul J that no person held to service in one State could by escaping int ther be disc! from such ser- vice, but must be rej ly ivered up, Uj & ate ey made by ie tgs o Myacies such is due. e process by whicl e employer is ta sue, is to be ‘Gund in the act of 1850—the Fagitive Slave law. Mr. Morton, on the opposite side, con- tended that the person now ap was bound by voluntary contract, and was not held in sever: and that by the laws of the State of New York sla- very was extinct. The case of Brigg vs. the State of Pennsylvania, and the other decisions under the courte of the State of New York, were opposed to the surrender of a slave under the q tive Slave law. This law refers to slaves. The lan- uage also incindes, but describes apprentices, and ie fugitive is to be delivered to the person to whonr the service and work is due. The counsel also refer- red to the Statutes of the State of New Jersey, ir support of his view of the law regarding the removal of negro slaves. The case stands adjourned. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. MONEY MARKET. Monpay, Jane 27—6 P. M, ‘There was quite an active demand to-day for the lead- ing fancies, at better prices throughont. At the first board, Erie Bonds, 1871, advanced % percent; Morna Canal, %; Cary Improvement, %{; Canton Co, 14; Cam~ Derland Coal, %{; Exie Railroad, 1; Harlem, 94; Hudsow River Railroad, 94; Michigan Southern Railroad, 2; Read- ing Railroad, . The two leading fancies on the market to-day were Nicaragua and Erie, and the rales of eaclr were very large. The former has for some days past beer considerably depressed, but is now steadily but slowly re- covering. The improvewent in Erie Railroad since tha recent decline, is caused by an active demand from the shorts. Independent of this, a class of buyers have eper- ated to some extent, in anticipation of a favorable reac- tion. In this they may not be disappointed, for an ad- vance usually follows a great and eudden depres- sion. It would, however, be the best policy to realize a fair profit when it can be made. Erie canrot stand long at present priees, in the face of prospective difficu'ties. Nicaragua Transit stand ina very doubtful position, There are a good many shorts, and everything depends upon the ability or dis- position of purchasers ou time to take the stoek whew due, apd hold it. By withdrawing twenty or thirty thou- sand sbares prices may improve. It is the. impressiow in the street now that the stock will be taken up and re- tired for a time from the market, In ether stoeks there bas been no movement of consequence. Morris appeared to Be looking up. Parker Vein closed firm at our quota- tions, Cumberland Coal was more buoyant, but it ia with dificulty mantained. The transactions lately have been limited. The European advices are considered fa- vorable, both in acomme:elal and financial point of view, and they have hada good effect on the different markets, The receipts at the office of the Assistant Treasurer of. this port to-day, amounted to $106,100; payments, 3,758 51—balance, $8,467,014 94. The mortgege seven per cent bonds of the Chieago snd Galena Reilroad Company were sold at the followinS prices:— $10,000 at 98.25 per cent; $15 000 at 97.75; $10,000 at 97 50; $15,000 at 97 30, $20,000 at 97.25; $10,000 at 97 00; 10,600 at 96.55; $20 000 at 96 25; $20,000 at 96 10; 10,000 at 95.05, $14 000 at 95 $20,000 at 95 50; $10,000 at 95 U5; $25.000 at 95.25; $25 000 at 9 12545 $71,000 at 95.00; total $315 060; averaging 96 1-16 per cent; netting $302,421. The total amount of bids war $641'000. ‘The successful bidders were Messre. Strachan & Scott, W. & J. O’Brien, Wadsworth & Sheldon, south, Chari & Co, Joveph H. Swift, J.B. Garner. and Charles R. Sebor. ‘The sales at the Mining Board to-day were as follows:— 50 sbares Ulster Lead. 2% 60 shares MeCulioek Gold 6 150 do McCullock Gold 635 At the close for the McCullock, 634 bid, 63 asked; Great Northern Lead, 23, bid, 354 asked; Petomac, 1}¢ bid, 2 acked; North Carolina, 10 asked; Lake Superior Land Company, 5 bid, 53¢ asked;-Fulton, 13 bid, 17¢ asked. Several letters are in town from the MeOullock mine, speaking in glowing terms of the richness and ex- tend of ore presented. Those who have visited the mines | from this city have returned perfectly convineed that. | there is not another mine like iton this side of the | Atlantic, There are plenty of buyers but few sellers of the stock. A new banking institution called the Island City Bank, bas been organized by the elections of James O’Brien, | President, and Geo H. Nichola, Cashier. Tre capita? is $200,000, the first instalment on which of ten percent, will be poyable on the 11th of July. The bank will be located on the corner of Cathnrine and Division streetas and will commence business on the 1st of Augnst. We have received a prospectus of the Doltyhide eopper mine, of Frederick county, Maryland, After a careful exowination of its statements and representations, we have arrived at the conclusion that it is one of the most. favorable projects which has for a long time been pre- rented. Itis nota new thing. The mine is situated im Frederick county, Maryland, about three quarters of = mile east of the town of Liberty, twelve miles from Fred- erick City, thirty-seven from Baltimore, and nine miles from Monrovia, on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. The existence of copper in this locality bas long been known. In 1846, the mining privileges of the farm on which the mive is situated, were leased to Isaac Tyson, Jr., who has traced the vein fora continuous distance of seven hund:ed feet, Ginding copper in quantity ia all parts of it, and dig- gitg several hundred tons of ore, which yielded, without other mechanical separation than the hammer, ro» fifteer to thirty-three per cent of copyer. The vein now worked extends and improves, say for a distance of thirty-three, eet down. A digging for another purpose showed it to | be forty feet wide, about fifty feet from the phitt, and there are certain Indications of its existeace for doubie that distance in the same direction. Large marses of ore haye been found near the surface, ose weighing 2,800 Iba., and yielding forty per cent, and others, large, , but of smaller dimensions, of the same productiveness. The earth about these masses contains three per cont and upwards of copper; aud the whole mass from the vein may be put to pile without separation, yielding eight to thizty three per cent. On the upland the ore is green carbonate, lower down it is variegated—the cuivre panache of the Frerch. Thus far, the existence of the ‘ores has been proved for seven hundred feet; nor is there yetany reason to suppose that they are not to be found much more extended, All the surface indications are fav- orable to the idea that the mass below must be very large. Inone of the drifts a quantity of silver lead has been din- covered, yielding on analysis from forty-five to fifty ounces to the ton of ore. Ia this drift the vein contaia- ing copper eppears regular, five feet wide, and has a per- fect foot wall. At the end of the drift, at this time, the copper ore occupier about two feet, and is worth several hundred dollars per fathom. The cost of takiog the ore to Beltimore, where extensive smelting works afford « constant market, is $4 per ton, via the railroad from Monrovia; and the same road brings Cumberland coal ta the station, which tho return cars deliver at the mine at. a cost of not more than $4 per ton in all. A company has been organized for working this mina energetically and scientifically under the following board | of management, viz :—President, Isaac Tyson, Jr., f Baltimore; Secretary and Treasurer, Richard Norris, Jr. _ | Baltimore; Directors, 1, P. Baynes, of Selden; Withers & Co., Washington; Geo. W. Norris, Baltimore; Joseph C, ‘Wilron, do.; Alex. D. Kelly, Jr., 40.; Charles H. Pitts, do, The company have purchase’ the farm, containing 262 acren, on which this mine is located. With the arrangements now made and in progress, itie |