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Rh Br. Doane on the Dist. instead of Br. Roberts who will go to Idaho and place Dr. Wythe in charge at Salem. He is a charming preacher, and by this arrangement for one year will get a hold on the community at Salem, that he could not otherwise get, and this will relieve you from a heavy bill of moving expenses. I hope therefore he will receive a full allowance as preacher in charge. It will be no more than a courtesy due to the Dr. that a resolution be passed by the Board allowing him to educate his children free of expense for tuition.

The Doctor is an eminent surgeon and well known on both hemispheres as a Medical and Scientific Author. He is a fine lecturer on Scientific subjects. Dr. Wythe looks upon this opening as Providential and all here with whom I have conversed view the matter in the same way. I trust and believe that under his management the University will prosper more and more.

I suggest that the Trustees advance Dr. Wythe enough on his salary, say $400, to enable him to meet his moving expenses at least in part.

Trusting the whole affair has been divinely ordered

C. KINGSLEY.

An extract from a letter to Mr. Waller from Mr. D. Rutledge gives a different estimate of Dr. Wythe, and apparently indicates the reactions of a man who was somewhat shocked at the doctor's slight deviations from the strict letter of orthodox practice. The portion that is of interest to us reads as follows:

Nashville April 15, 1867

Rev. A. F. Waller,

Dear Bro.

I have been not a little puzzled to know how that Englishman Wythe ever so completely pulled the wool over the eyes of such men as J. S. Smith, J. N. Moores, and yourself. That school can never have permanent success while such a man is at its head. I was at San Francisco when the battle was fought about his staying at Powell Street Church. I heard the traits of his character from friends & enemies. And when I heard of his