JOSEPH HENRY WYTHE

433 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 resolu- tion 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 man- agement the University will prosper more and more. jjt $ $ % $ 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 I am Yours Truly, 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 fpught about his staying at Powell Street Church. I heard the traits of his charac- ter from friends & enemies. And when I heard of his