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pirations in their profession, when they
start out in life, become lazy and mere
routine practitioners by the operation of
the law throwing them into competition
with men that have no medical know
ledge or refined literary associations
Instead. then, of removing the respon-
sibilities attached TO the practice of
medicine, and of lowering the amount
Of preparation which one should possess
before assuming its duties, you should
increase the one and elevate the other,
and place your standard so high that
all who reach its full measure and pass
its intellectual ordeal shall trul " merit
the respect and confidence OF their
fellow men.
As you value human life and the
blessings of health, it becomes this
House to pause and reflect before they
array themselves against a noble sci
enceand the cries Of afflicted humanity.
1t is strange that men of sense should
reason and form conclusions upon the
subject of medicine so entirely different
to what they do upon every other sub
ject They seem to entertain notion
that certain men are born doctors; that
by intuition, like the celebrated DR..
Hornbroke, they can tell without seeing
the patient both what is the disease,
and what will cure it."
While the finished merchant must
have served a regular clerkship, and
every mechanic close apprenticeship
to his particular calling to gain your
confidence and patronage, where pro-
perty is the only consideration, yet you
would accord to men without study or
application a full knowledge of the
healing art in all its parts and parcels,
and would now, by the report of the
majority of your committee, open the
domestic circle to the Prescriptions of
ignorance aud the blind prescriptions
Of every man, woman and child in the
country.
We had hoped that the offering we
made a few days since would have
satisfied every reasonable prejudice,
and have convinced the House that the
medical faculty proper sought no pro-
lection at the hands of the law. But
now that this agrarian principle is
seeking to break down all restraints,
and, under the sanction of law. to deso-
late the family circle and clothe neigh
borhoods with gloom, | must, as a
minority of the committee, in behalf
of my constituents and the thousands
of this State who from necessity are
liable to be the subjects of imposition,
solemnly protest against the adoption
of the report of the majority and the
passage of the Senate bill, and call
upon every member on this floor. for
the sake of his own standing, and every
lover of his species, and every friend
of science in this House. to sustain me
in this matter. RICHARD H. Day.
Directions for Timber in the South
The following extract is from letter
of Judge Capell, of Mississippi. In
speaking of one of his neighbors, who
is an old experienced wagon maker, he
says:
He is one of the most particular men
about his work, and always cuts his
timber trees during winter. He selects
them of a young and vigorous growth,
with healthy looking tops, the limbs
inclining upwards, instead of horizon
tai. The best he finds in the pine
woods on the little creeks, where the
soil is rich and has considerable sand
in it. For spokes, he cuts trees about
eighteen inches in diameter or smaller,
and always selects timber of young,
thrifty growth, with a coarse grain, the
heavier the better, as the fine grain
and porous wood is always brash and
light. He prefers trees for felloes that
grow on the side of hills. Such timber
does not crack so much. The most
important point is TO have the timber
cot out Immediately after cutting the
trees; have it chopped, split or sawed
into proper sized pieces, and laid in the
shops to season. In making a wagon,
he has the timber dressed out latter
living in the shop for year,, one or
| two months before putting together, as
oak timber will shrink every time it is
dressed. He uses for hubs the best
post oak and red elm, selected from
thrifty trees, clear of any rot or sap,
and turns and bores them Immediately,
and lays them away till seasoned
they crack very little in drying. The
finest hubs | ever saw were of his
make. Mr.. Grey, gentleman of ex-
perience, says the timber here is much
tougher and better than in Pennsyl-
vania. i believe this information is
worth a years subscription to any man
who feels interested in getting out
wagon timber.
| 4 New Discopery-Some attention
has been excited by the alleged dis
covery, by an engineer of some cele-
brity, named Andraud, of some means
of seeing the air. If, says he, you take
a piece of card, colored black, of the