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THE HERALD) IS rUBLISnYD EE.Y WEDNESDAY M0RNING, It Newberry C. H., By ThoS. F. & R. H. Greneker, Editors and Proprietors. .,. ,Mas 49Affe eIMMY, - . Inariably in Advacoe. 7tin . f paerr is sepped at the expiration of _S T Adetfe et here tbe t iti3ti.AG - The > mark dzotu expiraton of sub- - t - edvrttse ents THE IMPROMPTU MARRIAGE. "For heaven's sake, Susy, do I-e _serious, if you can, for five min utes. Pray, pray, cease this tri * fing which is but cruel playing with my feelings, and let us treat this subject as it deserves, soberly and seriously." "Well, there, then !" cried the laughing, black eyed girl to whom Charles Westerly spoke. "There, then, is that grave enou,h ? See. the corners of my mouth are duly turned down. and.my eyes rolled tp, and I am as sober as a patient ivho has caught sight of the den tist's instruments. Do I suit you -1Y6t suit me anyhow. and you kow it well, you witeb I" cried Charles, gazing with . smile at the pretty flace pu-kered up in its ft&ectation of demureness. But he was not to be driven frorn his point, as he resumned gravely, af ter a.pause-"The tie has come, Sasy, when I feel I have a rigrht to demand an explicit answer to my suit. You have trifled with ny earnest felings long enough. I bave grown restless under my fetters." "Shake them off, then. Charler!" interrupted the satey girl, with a -defiar,t toss of her head. which plainly said, "I defy you to do it." I 6annot, Susy. and you know t, replied the hapless lover, patiently. -That being the case." said Sasv, "take my advice-wear t h e l gracefully and' don't pull and jerk so ; it only makes them hurt vol.' The Y.on,g man turned- away, and w:dked silently 1up and1 d1own the room evidently fret tinug and fuming internally. Susy, muean time, looked out of the window and vawnicd. Charles continued his moody walk. "Oh ! what a bEautiiful bird is on the lilac tree !" cried Sisy, sud denly. -Do you come aA swe it."' Charles mechanically approach ed the window and lmoked out. "Don't you think, Charley," Faid Susy laying her hand on his arm, and lookin:_ up eagerly in his face ; "don't you think you could manage to- " "W hat, Susy ?" asked Charles. all his tenderness awakened by her manner. 'What ?" "Drop a pinch of salt on his back ?" returned the provoking girl, with an affectation of simpli city ; -for then, you know, you could easily catch it ?" His answer was to turn angrily away. His walk this time was longer than before, and his cogitations were more earnest; for he did not heed any of Susy's artfully ar-:less devices to allure his notie-. At last he stepped abruptly before her, an d said : "Susy', for thr-ee long y-ears I have been your suitor, without eithcr confession of love or p)ro mise of marriage on your part. Often as have demnanded to know your sentiments toward me, you have always coquettishly refused me an answer. This state of' things must cease. I love you bet ter than my life ; but I will no" longer be your plaything. To .mnorrow you are going away, .to be absent for months, and if you cannot, this very day, thr-ow aside your coquetry, and give me an honest 'yes' for my answer,I shall consider that I have received a 'no,' and act accordingly." "And how would that be? What would you do?" asked Miss Susy-. curiously. "Begin by tearing your false and worthless image from my heart !" cried Charles, furiously. *"It would be a curious piece of -' business, Charley ; and you would not succeed either," said Susy. "I should and would succeed, said Charles, "as you shall see, if you ivish, cruel, heartless girl !" '"But I don't wish, Charley, dear .-I love dearly to have you love me," said Susy. * ~ "Why, 'then," cried the foolish youth, quite wvon over again, --why, then, dearest, Susy, will you not consen t 7' "Remeuiber.I said I liked to be loved," replied Susy ; "I did not skywyting about loving. But pray, how long did you say you hd-been courting me, in that pretty little speech of y'ours ?" "Three 1 o n g years," rep)lied Charles. "Nearly and accurately quoted, Gharley. Bus you know my cous in Rachel was only won after five years' courtship. You don't sup pose- 1 am going to rate mysell' any cheaper than she did, do you? Suppose we drop this tiresome subjeet for two years ; perhaps by that time I may be able to work uiysel up to the falling-in-love point-a'there is no knowing what wfefs~ time may effect." -kf'vou are not in love now, you erilin be," returned Char-les S NV' ~ily; "and I will have miy an sh. G) ow or nev-er." le by ri Athen," laughed Susy. *-, -i tS had gone a step too far. now too much in earnest to bear S her trifling any longer. V "Never be it, then ?" he cried ; and seizing his hat he strode from 1 the rool. Susy listened to his receding v footsteps with dismay. *Had she, indeed, by her incorrigible love of. f coquetry, lost him ? It smote her t to the soul to think so. As she c heard him open the front door, impelled by a feeling of despair, r she raised the window sash, and, ' leaning forward, whispered : "Charley, Charlcy ! you will be t at the boat to-morrow to hid me good-bve won't you? Surely we are still friends ?" As she spoke she tore a rose from her bosom and threw it to him. It lodged on his arm, but 0 he brushed it away as though it had been poison, and passed on n without looking up. c Susy spent the remainder of the 9 day inl tears. Early the next day < the hustle of departure began.- v Susy was goinrg to accompany Ier widowed and invald mother on a trip for I er health. As they 2 reached the wharf aind descended i from the carriage, SusV's eyes made themselves busy searehin,g h fir a wished fior face ; but it was nowhere to be seen. a Tihe steamboat lay panting anl t puffing. seenimigly impativnit to bo let loose. Susv's mother, aided t by III- servant man who a- compa- I nied them had alrea-v cr,).sed the f gangway whieb lay bet.% Ceei the whalF and the boat. anld SuisV vas reluictantly fllwing, when the .4i<m1nd of a voice behind her-the very v ice sh had longed to hear -Start led h;L, She turned to l')ok 1un 1]. a lnd n ssing her flotiig. f-ll rnlo tihe wxaer. t A\in'tiw-r inis:aint and Cha:-h-s had ibrown off gis (, andlia%l inig wit louly, --Tell the captail 114t ti allow the wheel to stwr, and t to lower me a i rope!'" he spranI into the wate. But of her whom t ie was rikiung hill he to save, he s was unilaHAu t" perceive any trace. i Judging ti ha the carrent of the , river might have carried lier a lit- i tIe forwar.d, lie sw:an mrouid the I wheel but still lie saw her not, ad ii de.,pair seized hi. heart as he coi- I jectured that she nigiit be under ; the boat. He strained hiq eyes b to see through tire water, and at length discerned, far below u the surface, what seemed tle end of a floating gamnent mloged between t tihe wheel and therounded bottom I of the boat. If this were indeed the unfortu nate girl, the least imov'ment of < the wheel nist inevitably ermus i her, and Charles. in his terror. rancied it was already beginunling to turn. He dived and elttched at tire garment, but missed it. He rose panting and almost e.-hiaut ed ; but scarcely waited to gett bireath, he again p)lunged below. This time his efforts were reward ed with success, at least so far that he was able to bring Snsy's form <n to the surfaLce of the water; but she seemed totally lifeless. Charles! wa now so nearly exhausted that he had only sufficient presence of. mind left to clasp Susy convulsive ly to him while he kept himself afloat by holding on to the wheel. But this, his last hope of sup port, seemed also to fatil him soon, as he perceived that it was now I really beginning to turn slowly ) round. By a desperate effort, he: struck~ his foot against one of thei padidles so as to push himself as far from the danger as possible.: As he did so something touched: his head, and his hand grasped a rope. New life seemed now in- 1 fused into him. He gathered all his energies, and faistened the rope ji rounrd Susy's waist-conscinousness then entirely forsook him. In the i meantime the witnesses of the scene, after giving Charles' ini structrons to .he captain, had 1 watched his struggles and exer tions with breathless interest. The fn-endly rope had been flung 1 o him again anid again, but in t he excitemnen t of his fieelings, and his j seni- sen siilty, lie had been in capable of availing~ himself of the p)roffered aid. At last, perceiving that he was I quite exhausted, and must inevit-1 ably soon let go his hold on the< wheel, t.nd then probmably sink to: rise no more, the capitain judged it best to i-un the risk of muoving oil, so that a small boat could be sent to the rescue. Thle resalt of ' this hazardous exper-iment was I successful. Susy was raised by I: means of the rape, and a boati reached Charles ini time to save I1 him also. Both suffer-ers wvere taken on: boar-d the steamoat, which now moved off to make up f>r lust: time. And thus, when our hero- re-1 gained hn; cornsciousnews he found himself many miles .frm home. Ot (coursei his~ first anxious inquiry was for- Susy. and when infomed that she wa.s recovering, his hap priess seemed co'mplete. He show ed hi, contentment by fallinig inito a deep. quiet nleep. A bout sunset a message came to him that Miss B-c-desireu to ofa in the captain's stateroom, rhich had been given up to her. Ihe looked very pale, and some ;hat sufferinz, but she held out er hand to him very gratefully, i-hile the tears stood in her eyes. "Charles," said she, without of ering a word of thanks, "I want -) see a clergyman. Is there one n board ?" "1 will go and see," said Charles, ioving to the door; but a dread ii thought strikin-, him. he turn d, excolaiminr, "Susy. you do not hink that " "That I am going to di ?" said he, anticipatina h i M. " No, iharles; but I want to see a eler 'yman. Charles went, and soon return d, accompanied by a minister. "Thank you, sir, for coming. to ie," said :5he to the latter as he ntered. "I have a stranfge re nest to make of you. Would you hject, sir, in the presence, and eith the consent of my mother, to !lite me to t hat gentleman ?" If the minister was astonished t this request, Cia-les was ifin Clv more so. "What did vou say, Susy ?" said e. "Did I hear aright ?" '-I behieve so," said Stisy,smiling i his eager amiazement. "Does ie scemL11e m'et your approval ? -It was have:i-inspired." eried lie pour Fello v. frantie with j)'-r min a shade comini over his radiant ace. he added. gravely, "But, Sn v. have yon considered ? Renern ier, I want Your love, not your :ratitude. I will be satisfied with lot hing less." -Do not lie conicerned about that, :a Charley.' IepieLd Suisy. iazinig ,t lii V1.ery tenderly through her eN rs; --e ass'red youI have both, 111 had the first lng, long bet*orc on had it he last." --Bnt, Sisy, yi said only yes. erdav-" "..\evr mind what I said yes erday," interiupted Susy, with owe of her old spirit breaking ut. "Just mind what I say to av. If I was a fool once. is that ny reason I must be one aiwuys ? 'ut, indeed, Charles," she added, 1re softl, "1 have always in. ended to be your wife-the onl) ,*ruple I have is that I am n6t f good enoigh fhr yon." It is needless to say how the i,e-ssion ended. The reader has hready divined that Charles con :ucd his journey; and thus in he ('ourse f one eventfi day he isked a life, saved a lite. made an mproniptu marriage. and set out i a raost unexpected wedding rip. Mr. Scott's Reply. The follcwing is the reply of Ir. Ed win J. Scott, chairman of he committee of' the Tax-payers lonven,tion, to the presumnptuous itter of' the State Treasurer'. It vill be seen that Mr Scott very Ilectually meets the issue raised y the State Treasurer'. and1 leaveE im exposed to the publie view: CoLunuB, Auigust 3, 1871. \iles G. Parker, Eq., State Tr eas urer. SiR: Yours of 28th nltimon ws eceived on the 1st instant. and I egrdt the necessity of replyingr vhic'h might have been avoided >y' your declining to entertain my >r'oposition when it was made tc -ou in person. You refuse my api. ilication on two gr'ou nds; that ii vas not authorized by any body. mnd that your office had been ufficiently examined. I diffe: 'ith you on both points ; and, af er stating my reasons, will learc ither-s to judge which of us is ight. The following quotations from he pirocedings of' th 3 Convention s-ill show the authority undet rhich we pi'oposed to act, as alst he scope and extent of our pow :rs, and the object of our appoint nent. These, may seem somewhal edious, but are niecessary to a ful, mdl fair understanding of the sub eet. From Mr. Ti-en holnm's report proceedingi~s of Convention, pagE .12 ) '-It will be seen, for exam p)le >y account 'B,' that at the end o~ be v3ar the totatl of the sum 'harged to the Trecaanrer, by Mr Cimpton, was 81.007.924.54. whiht he sums credited to Mr. Kimpton yv he Treasurer, amouited tc 623.000 ; exhibhiting a discr-epaniey rn disazre'emenut of $384,924.54 n like manner account 'C' exhibiti disag~reemen t ofS294.726.92. I1 s trune these accounts werue r'ece'n ybr'o4ghlt ni.. reeonuiememit,, or at her inito confoirmity, wit h: the (-counits of the aIgeneLv. There is d(ded to both all ~aLcctunt of the 'ubsequenit inter-est by which this vas effected. Not hiin app)ears in becse accounts to impeach their rarectntess, hut it will bie seen how vide open is the door for errors ~nd dispt-es, if for no graver mis. ort unes ('." Then follows t hese items : LcAe )iarnied to the committee. $64.99& 3: Accouint 'C.' fiscal year18'70 or expenses, including initerest above itcm for 1869 from the dis crepancy of that year. there is still a balance of $319,927.83; and a similar deduction For 1870, leaves a balance of $199,740.50 not ex plained or accounted for to Lte commit.ee. Extract from Mr. Trenholm's report, (proceedings, page 114:) "The examination of Mr..Kimp ton's account in detail was found impossible, as his books of account are, necesearily, in New York. The importance of such tin exam ination is, however, recognized in the interest of the State, and fPr the ta-tisfaction of the Fiiancial Agent. by whom it is courteously and cordially invited. The same may be said of the several oqicers of the State, to whom tpplicatka jfor! inlormation was made by y-r com 71ttee. Mr. Neagle, the CoMIp troller-General, was particularly )r1essimPu in his solicitations that all his books anil accounts mightI be thoroughly and critically ex aminud." I now cite that portion of Gen. Ruter's report tinder which our committee was appointed, to show that we were not merely to confer with the Legislative Committee, as stated by you. (Proceedings,' p. 106:) "A committee on the part of the Legislature is now in session in this citv, chargd wit h the in: vestigation of the transactions of SOMe Of the State ofAliils. Your coimittee-ecoiimmend the appoint ment of a committ-e of three, by the President, whose duty it shall be. as representatives of a large body of the tax-payers of the State, to tender their services and co-operatior to the Legislative Committve, in aid of the investi gation now going on. "Your c.mmittee, not having the authority of law to press th;ir inquiry into the numerous alleged frauds and corruption to a satis factoxy conclusion, and recogniz ing the occasion as one of too m tich gravity to be iastily and un advisedly passed upon, have de ch ned to be inifluenced in' this re gard by the unsworm staterr ents of individuals. The foregoing recommendations, ho wever. if car ried out, will test the sincezity of those who have the authority for investigation, vnd lead to a puri ficat ion of the body politic." In pursuance of this report, onr committee was appointed ; and when we tendered our services to the Legislative Comnmittee, with an otYor to act directly with them, they declined the offer for the reason that their work was too far advanced for us to practically act with them without going over the whole field of' investigation. They recommended, however, and thereby authorized us, to cu-ope rate with them by making a sep arate investigaution, coern all the grounid they had vonle over, so) that the rep)orts of the two sep ar'ate examining par-ties would prove the faithfulness of both and they aid --We prsue on nppheation to the difTherent financial offecers of the' State, the samte facilties for a in I and complete invest igationr or the mnonitarv afThairs of the State will he acc'orded to y-our commnil tee as has been the Logislative Comm fit tee.'' Thus we were authorized to make tile application, not only by the Convention, but also by the Legislative Committee, whose au andrit you expressly recognize adadmit. Besides this, we hads the author-ity of Gov. Scott, who advised me to prosecute the in Ivestigation, adding, in almost the exact words of' the Legislative Committee, that he presumed none of the offcers would object. Add to all this the example of Com ptroller Neagle, in consenting. without hesitation, to our examlina ion of his office; and I leave the Governor, the Legislative Coni mnittee and the Comptroller to answer your question, whether "it wa uparalleled presumption on my r r toask your consent to the appointment ofta committee toin vestigate the affairs of your of Ifiee." Surely no comment in our- pres ent condition is needed, when a public servant thus defies the au thority of the Gover-noir and the Legislatur-e, and insults the tax payers of the State, for daring to inur hat be has done with the In the second place, as if not satisfied with my want of author-i ty, you undertake to prove that your (office has beeni repeatedy e3 x aminied an d always founid corr-ect, leaving it to be imferred that there was really nothdng for my comi mittee to do, and to that end, yotu quote the law r-equirinyoti to ex hibit your bank book to the Gov errior and the Comiptroller' once a Imonth or ;ftener. if required, and providing for- an a'nnuAl exatmina Lion of your aconnts by a joinit committee of the General Assem bly, who shall report at tb.e nest session ; and you refer me to the several reports of' those om mit highly complimentary to the ad ministration of your office. These examinations, you declare. were "something never before done in South Carolina." Yet, ,-an:;b to saV, the Logislature wa .11 not satisfied with the rerorts and cer tificates of its own corn mmittees, so far as regards your offlee; for you go on to infrmn me. that "in add" tion to this, t he Legislature, at its last rei ur session, appointed a Committ.e, corsiting Of two on the part of the Senae, and thro on the part of the aaou-e of Rep resentatives, to make - thorougti examination of all the books and Vour-hers of every description in the Treasury, from the date oi my induction into office, and report the result to the General As.en bly at its next scsion." sow what does this imply, but a total want of conddeiuce in you as an offlier, and in the corrct ness of these annual re'wrts ? Bear in mind. too, t hat this okgis lature is coinyposed almno.st entirely of your political friends, who k-lov", you better thatt any one else does, and are intOiested in conevalii your delinqencies, whilst they are at all twlerable. And if they dis credit theie reports, by cailling for a further investigation, how can you except the tax-payers to re ecive them -s sufficient and sati. flctory? Yet you offer thee re ports rejected and condemned by your own pa ty, as the only in formation we are entitled to. Af ter the reception that the Con. vention met with from you and other State officers, you can hard ly conceive tric disappointment of General Wallace and myself at this result. We had made un our minds that it would be more agreeable and far less expensive than going to the springs. to spend two or three months (the longer the better) in the splendidly furnished rooms at the State House, enjoying the hospitality of the Treasurer and partaking of Lhe g d things so abundant there last winter, some of which might poseibly be found in the holes and hiding-places of your office. We alnost imagined ourselves seated at the table, with you at the head, we on one flauk, Dennis and Whittemoro facing us, and Joe Crews at the other end, drinking death to the Ku Klux, and peace aid prosperity to the glorious old 'tate which we all love so much, though not exactly for the same reaso ns. With our joint cndorsement of the annual reports, your char acter would have been completely vindicated, and the ugly rumors floating on every breeze that blows from the capital, pUt forever at re-t. But now your enenies may insinua.e, that by refusing, You confirm their worst suspicions and prnonce your. own condemnna tionf. Yours, recspectf iily. E z'WlIN J. SCOT T. P. S. -Yourm commuinni cat ion having appeared in the Union newspaper on the day it reached me, I set.d this to the Phonix for publication. From the Sefentific American. Mental Emaciation. MESSRS. EnrTons :-31ay I be permiitted to make some remarks upon an article in a recent issue of your journal. and bearing~ the above captoin ? Is it true that "the best and strongest minds are tugging at the mysteries of nature, and ex pending their energies in physi cal researches?" Thiis assertion I connect with the followinir: "Ask nine oat of any ten, selected at ranidonm, what is their religions belief, and you will find that they accept a creed they cannot com prehend or. explain." This is giv en as an instane of mental weak ness. I ask, is this true ? Are there not grave errors deducible from the position you assume, notwithst-anding the porPtioni of truth underlyinig it ? Does a man prove his mental strength by "tuingtii, at the mystecries of nau ture" so that he may "explain and comprehend his religious belief?" Ahrow me respectfu:lly to say, no; and therefore to ask whether in your article you have not confused mental corpulence with nmntal strength ? I think it can be showni that a man who tomgs at the nmys teries of naturec and expenids his energries in phyvsical research, be comes a storer up of facts; agath ever of knowledge ; an accumuiila tor of absolute truths. He tills out his intellectual being, and so becomes what we justly call a learned man ;such as are Tyndall, Darwin, Huxley, and ot hers This gives him intellectual corpu hence (justly distinguished by you from intellectual emaciation); what we may ter-m mnental enlar-ge nmnt, b-ut not neoe,sarily mental strengtb. He is learnesi, but not. consequen.tly wike. A man who weighs 220 pounds is not necessa rily stronger than one only 140 pounds, that is, in absolute power. He wiul be compatratively strong er, but not r-elatively. In fact, vases, renders one unawieldr and incapable of inuscniar effi;rt. It is similar in mental conlition. ihe prof"oundest attainments in scientific resear.ch do not, as a neesary conseqenue, renrier their posss<on strong,mienta!!y; neit her is the possession of the profound est learning a guarantee of inte! Iaetual power. This is the ti-o dh;tcton be. tweeli the learned an;d the wise man. Learning, or the accurmula tion of maLt,terial, is mental en argemenzt, that is. Cornulence. Wisdom, as the dev.Iopment of self-acting vigor an<d power, i mntal grasp, that is, strentI. The wise man does not cultivate hiq ;ntellectual being by mrely takiig in and compari:g nd storing up absolute fActs ; but by dynunlme efTforts of reas.~on. thogh t, and philosophi- deducvti,>n, he de. velopt,. that stirengt h of mind, en a11ding. himl to grasp thr'sc gre-ter qestions to which facts re mere stLepI,ng sto!es. Naturc and the eimpirica! .coo of knowledge c"Me in as mecre tool in his hanI to enable the exercise of pure rea. son, intellee,.uai though t a:nd the dealing with questions &f moral and spiritual existence, which can nio more be evolved from phys:cal knowledge than can the wondrous deeds of the athlete be found in a Lambert. But, oven if this were not so, and mental orpulence were really mental strength and ir, to tu- at the myvsteres of fa ture and find out and ace'niulate knowledge, really nade a man stronger; is it true thvt to f> th1Is with tile object of reachi.i; an un attainahle end. is its prool, ? Let us see. There are many persou tigging at the mysteries of na ture, to discover the secret of per. petuI Imotion. Is this a proOf of their strength of mind? Cease lessly do they study and toil to wrinr out of nature what thny are convinced can be found in it. You say, and I say, it is folly; and how relentlessly have you striven to ridicule this fIlly And yet, I ask, is the manl who tugs at the mysteries of nature to explain hit; religious belief,one whit wisrthan they ? Do you conceive that Dar win, Huxley, and th:us class of! naturalists generally, manisest an3 greater strength of mind in tag . ging at the nybteries of nature, to find out the hiddein source of life, oir demonstrate a material God ? Here the old saw comes ir.-"The your.g folks think the old folks fools, but the old folks know the young folks to be fools." The perpetual motionist thinks you and I are fools, to doubt that lie can discover his quest, even asi the mate-i:i'st ti ks that the Christian philosopher is a fol to question his pursuit ; but you and I know that the p1erpetua mo tuonist is a fbo; to tug at the mrys teries of naltureC in order to find out what is impossible, even as the Christian philosopher knows that the scienltist is a tool, who is tolintg, b'y the accumulation of knowledge, to discover the un knowable. Nothing less than this, in true phiilosophy-, is theO ende!av or to "xlainl and comprehenid a religious belief." Mental weak ness alone prevents its evidence. This is the~ preposterouIs po)sitionl assumed, by maniy lear-ned men o theC dlay. Swelling in their men talf'corp ulce, re)i :te.with the ae cum ulat ion of all scientifie knon~ I edge, they venture to atta-k su;b jects which r-eqiuire for their- treat ment illimnit able mental stren:gth They bid us accept their dietIa upon to)piesR withx which thecir-very at-quii-rm'ntsl disqua!ity them to cope. Thmey tng at the mnysteries of nature as the Rosieriucians toil-d after tihe phifosophecr's stone, hpinlg to r-eaeb lthbe origin of life.or attain that Utopian abzsurdity, ex pre'sed by you in a lalter1 ~ie. "When m.en strive to know, nIot in the sense of the passive accep tance of' eeeds or formulas thought out by others, but, eachI thought out by themsele.es, then wil! poverty. drnun keniness, eri me, and mIost of the diseases of the human race end. Do you wonder that to a Christ-i ian phiosopher such aim in k no wi edge stanuds, an unutterable foIlly, and that he, recogn;izin g in man a flllen and sinfCul naturie, sir.!l say~ to1 himn what you wvould to the~ perpet nal mo)tionist :"Do away with grravity and its laws, and you can obtain your quest ; unti then your t(oii is weakness, not .str-ength." So he will say, -do away with a sinful nature andi mnor-al wea kness, until then your' tol is fol!r." 9. WV. New Haven. Conni. A farmer who wen.t to Texas to buy a farm was gretarly pre-judiced against the country he thought to settle in frm the fact that a doctor whom he cs!led to at tenid him when be was seized with a fe-ver, began trying on his cilothes i,n wedi&tely after writin:g a pre.c-ription. T fatthat while the doctor was try ing o)n his ceat, the chambxer mnaid :aa examining hi,i handkerchijet and the porter wa 's truzeiing with~ his boots. let wings! Ito the imangination,- an4. oubtess. h:ad n i m.unc in reard to hi speed e| The Extraction of Teeth. AN ESSAY READ BEroRM TEE SA LVDA DENTAL SOCIETY AT GREEN VILLE, S. C., AUGUST 2, 1871, BY DR. R, S. WHIALEY, OF NEWER RYJ S. C. The salject which 7,:; have im Fo-zed upon me is one of great im portace in Dentistry. It is one 'hieb hou!d ex.ct from every Imbr of' oUr profession patient ind tscivntific research. To reieve ho i!!s of hamanity as. fai as po. Ible, is required at the hands of 2very praCtitioner in any of the raucbes of the medical depart. ment, iPh,Vsicans, Surzeons or Dentists. That portn of the hrnan uody xhic to Dentist has to deal a ith, is so iitima:elv connected xith tb nerves, that when they 1ro keenly rfected ; n the an p:%Ie- of Rubert BLrns, fints the tortukl:u gui Ulan, And 0:ro, Lw '- is may r. =w g T.ia ieierle v6i i-:,:cr piag L:ke rickinag eiigirien." That should im.ite the members Af the Dentai Profession to labor to bcome ski!!ful operstorg. I! wounld be ueless for mne to o away back in the misty ages of the pnst, covered over with the IuA oI years, to describe the wild a1d chimerin notions of ancient practitionerx. I am fully aware that gntlemcn as i itelligent ai I -e' betore ie, are too well vered n this, and have heard it dwelt u!pon too often, to be any ways in terested in iRtening to a eulogy Xl ancient si . when ther is so much of the practival present be 1>re u, and so much 'f the future with its progresiv; march. Whatercl the s!!! of the an. .Ients might have n they were singularly opprsedI to the extrae Lion of teeth. They proposed nu merous remedies. As to their vir tue we can speak nothing. As to one thing,wcqan:.ay,the- everad rised and recommended great Les-. itation1 and precaut:on belore pro ceeding to Eli extraction of teeth. I; continuing this subject it i ebsentia!iy necessary that some portion of my remarks should be directed to the instr6ments em ployed for the purpose; not that I intend to dwell at length or make anything more than a few suggestions. Said Napoleon Bonaparte to his army formed in battle array, with the Pyramids looming up before them amid the wands ofrEgypt. to ineite them" to decds of valor. 'JFSl Sliers-To-day, forty centuries look down upon you." And uliow me to say, B3rothe'r Dentist, to day, with the 'VulsceVa described by Cess to ineito yon to attainl a hi:Iher degree of skill. bot h1 in Dentist ry and in.stra!ments, twenty centuries look down upon you, and it is expected that we shall r'eac'h a greater deg.ree of prfection. D)ay after day, anid year after year, since the time of Celsus, has broughit for~th impr'ovemen~t upon1 improvement. Serried ranlks of instriument$ presenCt their glitter iog blades, by Cartcwright, Snel. Fbigg,Chiureb. Crane, Huilbhlen anidI Maynar'd, eac'h onre a decided im proveeuntn,unitil we find hy "Fay,'s" the "a7djusted Dorc-ps." whi. h i regatrded as a sine gaa non4r in the Now Gett.!lemen, tis is an im prortant poit: the possession 0: good instuents, andI a:n hatppy. to knowv that we live in an age. when ev-ery practitioner of' Den. tistry, if' he wil, can possess all teese valu:.ie imp~lrov'ements. I do niot deem it necessary for me to eniter' into an elaborate es. say uponi how instruments shiouldl be0 ma1de or how they should he changed, when so nmny vahmab!L on~e. areO on hanrd, originuated and,( conceived by menu of decided me ieanical genis. ' In the extrac-tion of teeth, not only is it necessar'y to have good inlstrumencfts, but it is essen tially ncue.'ary that every prac-f titioner of' Dentistry should have an intima:.e acquaintanice with the normal and pat hoog:cal condition of the teeth and( their surround ings. There cnbe no success gentle'men, in the extraction of~ teeth, without one is skiltl andj intelligent in his business or pro W hi!e the oiperator of Dentistry should be skillful, ho should also be courteous,kind and affabale,jo as, to gain the confidence of his pa tient:. II tho language of a wri ter, "All unnecssary display of' instruments should- be avoided. and the surroundings of such- a'1 character, as to niiay the fearfulr apprehension of the weak and timiid." When these conditioiis~ are compli.ed with it is noeesry' first to select, the best instrQments to be obtained. I do not preten I to assume tro I leare it to every one th-suibihi self But there -are initraminwh' which hare obtained gret -pap. larity, and wLich, thereford tk ing comnion eehie.Abd .t; ity for a guld.e. miet bi Acnnd into general ne. Allo,w m"l. fore, with all due resptet, to sb mit my riews: For the removal of t P' uP#T incisors. the instruriient i ' ine has straight beak4 telS IP Dentiats. prefer to tave the'faiie handle bent, but I prefora-straight handie, frrit.thO fae; thq i.does noi, interfere with thbh4a' *S one is operating, but I mus. however, that I prefer the. beakA being thin, as they cutlf4 " without reqairinigft %e of the lancet. Allow me here t Teay that I obiect to the nse-a be Inneet, only for the. par-p+f lancing abscesses ; otherwa. think it shodId be roted.o4peq pi-ctiee, from t'lib flet il adh,sion of th3 gums is .o v ' 4lizht, and this the Forceps *ij. Fully handled'separates with : pain to the patidnI, and the no preparatory alarr;Ts td'frift. !.ion or the part of the deret w iferer. For the molar teetb; I rer the --Havk Bill" foreeps, for the reason that they are made yi* iuch.points as to tako the most thorough hold on the teeth .r roots on whi(h they are to .e 11Cd, and such curvature of. P%V as to enatbie thernI to.is. readily to the d.:sired p SRome are so formed at the a! to enbracc the ront at t1zf ' der of the sinls; noing- tP lat ter as a fulrnin ; othiersivpas hetweeti the alreolus, and -thbgap proach the root. I prefe h "Hawk Bil," from the fact thso*t raises the tooth without so -uV* force. and that they are not; a s) apt to crush the crown of 6he tooth as the "Squard Bill." In rogard to all ordinary ea' these~ kind of Farceps skililly used se!dom fail to gio sato.ifi ti.n; both to the operator and-pm tient. No'. th6c great truth san 0' ees in the extraction of teeth,-.iK 6rst to un.derstand what aortrafj tooth you. have to deal -ivjnft gp to take hold of it properly, a;.d as .to have confidene .in powers and ability. A i erator is never, and never eik 1e successful. A' goodt U ! must understand bia,basinea, be confident in his. powers. be-pe he is right, thien . ahDA4 aid success will attend his eUort&" I have nt attmcIpte~d 8be rate essay. I have not, as some, wearied your patienceby alongthv reapitulation ofo pratini tio minutia, or presented a TongciW ray, of dental- instr uments;- w-* thir defc4s and the iMptW ments that. miighh be .made,... I havo endeavor.ed .to shot' that success depends on. skill, intii gence and confidence. On t.hi tiepends all. When we undartake difiit operations we rftki If prepared and grapple a'nW~o come them The extriiction 'of teeth i.s a nice as wel! ass'difffetuN matter if done properly and-right; ly. Every science has its difficulues as well as every part of' thaZ science, and Dentistry and extraw tion of teeth is no exceptiornto tia rule, If there w as not it woul4 not. he worth much. The road toknotti edge is as difficult and nari-oW ga i he path to virtue. Do what you oukhT, Epjen w hat maiy, is a mia. int appiit&' in ever'y c'ase. yon most fore.bly' in aiisth'W cIe partments of Dentistry to-tOr' yo;ur mizndi with usef:ul kno49(s edge;rC to labo:r to beome egert.g to continue t9> worke oW wiktit he best mewans.at band despite ereg obstacle, and rest. asured thyst new improvementa anid acw'Ai.e c:overies will con'.inue to be:sfEa It is a consutImmatian-tobe'wtW~I edl ir, and which will.soreiy coifre.7 Imnorat discoveries and it. pJro've7:xLts 19 the~ extractibts of i eeth~ may n.otedomeoto light,iit-our wvill tiud and enjoy the bendSta i hereof. W-oan~ TIakoC ~0u/1iez sui, A:ed .parting leevo behind'? t Fooncte ps on th~e sndiof iin Foot p.rint. by which, p rch.ari ed~ baiiling o'er the ntrist snat A searchiing and~ inoniring brother May to higher skiut'attai. - DEATH oF WALTER . irZZ -The many friends of thia d resident of Beaufort -County.,i gent!eman well know.n" i tr i and the adjoning Stader a plainte*r will learn with dje his death, which ocurr~edS4n&fa at his platration.on the Ssa R.iver, from a~ cancer inbe fae' He was sixty.eight years of age. and a native of EngIatda In~ order to conform.-to thet fashioin ofdiruinutives-m4innie. p4. Lottie arid the red-ti mnoderunize t he tooi s.ve,eSci'tepTh1T*1' Rot sbi2d be changed 0 Aotbie.aB-uz td Boozie,. ilagar to Bade Job t?. Jobbie, ard the apostles to Msttie. Lg.