Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-01-28
DR.. DICKSON'S ADDRESS.

productions Of this accomplished physician
and lecturer, it is at once chaste and forcible
We have but room to copy the following
passage, upon the necessity of varied learn
ing to the proper illustration of medica
science
"Take comfort, my son." wrote the illus
trious Chatham to the no less illustrious
Boy Minister, who so long governed the
mighty kingdom of Great Britain, "Takc
comfort my son. after all, you have only
the Cyclopedia to MASTER; The domain OF
Scientific Medicine reaches to-day over all
the vast realms Of modern attainment, COM
promising within its recognized limits an
acquaintance with every department Of hui
man knowledge. what science is there
-cxcIaims recent writer Oh Physiology,
himself an admirable example of omnlvo-
rols acquisition" What science is there
which is not involved. in explaining our
structure and functions? Anatomy, Chem
istry, Zoology, the various branches of Nat
urI Philosophy, which themselves require
as their foundation Mathematics" are briefly
specified, but it would be difficult to say
what could be excepted.
Little less, indeed, than the complete cir
Gle So tcrscy indicated by Chatham, will
suffice for the Physician. "To learn to rea-
son, he must know" knowledge is conveyed
and bound up III language. Classical learn.
ing, therefore, and what is called literature,
are necessary for him as truly as science
proper. that he may understand what he
reads, aud be capable to state, to narrate,
to infer, to argue, TO prove, to convince.
Modern languages are Indispensable to him.
if he aim at the highest point Of excellence
and its prompt attainment. 1t is hortify-
Ing to be compelled to wait for translations;
and still more, to depend upon others uol
only for the selection Of what they chose to
distil for us from foreign materials, but for
the correctness and truthfulness Of the con-
vcyancc. am aware that "all is not pos
sibe to all" )" nay. perhaps not to any; but
am anxious to impress upon you the ur
gent demand that you should attain to all
that is possible, each one for himself Ii is
infinitely easy to know too little; infinitely
9Gals ta k9aw taa much Resaess sass
which he will never discover, nay, which
have no means of development, but through
diligence. patient study, vehement mental
effort. As i'll course of gymnastics We
find ourselves, upon earnest and repeated
trisl, capable of seats of strength and agility
unthought of aud unhoped for, so will ven.
ture to assure you that the stccpest and
loftiest heights Of the apparently impossible
are oltcn-and sometimes with unexpected
case too-scalcd by the resolute climber.
Forward, then, and be your motto, Excel
sior If your preliminary education have
been imperfect take up again, with manly
determination the grammar and the diction-
ary. Master your own glorious tongue, the
language of Milton and Shakespeare and Ba-
con-ot Sydcnham and Cullen and Rush.
Enable yourselves to communicate your
thoughts in the fixed and stereotyped-not
dcad-but cmphatically living and immor-
tai dialect of universal science employed BY
Cicero and Pliny and CELSIUS, Stahl and
Gregory. Open with familiar key the new
and daily multiplying treasures accumulated
bv our French and German brethren, and
it is impossible for me to exaggeratc the ad-
vantages and facilities which will accrue to
you from those highly available sources of
intelligence.
SUMNER AND BCRLISGAME.-A Washington
correspondent Of the New York Day Book, says:
Senator Sumner la. not yet arrived. according
to announcement, and it is doubted by many'if
lie will ever take his scat again. His sensibili'
ties have been too severely shocked, not only
by the whipping he so richly merited, but by
the remarks of Senators at the time and since,
as wei! as his own conviction of the unjustilia-
bleness of his ritupcrative speech which brought
down on lis head both the blows and the
general censure Of his countrymcn. Wen a
man has done that which his own conscience
condemns, the applause and commendation OF
his friends must ever fail to give satisfaction and
peace to his soul.
Burlngame has been here since the COM
mencement of the session, but new habit of
riding in slose carriage to and from the Capt.
tol every day has led to the report that he, too,
is at home an invalid do not think Mr.. Burln-
game has ever been seen in Pennsylvania avenue
since his card relating to the Clifton House af
fair was published. lie was in Baltimore before
his card was in type, and went Immediately on
to his northern campaign, never again appear
ing except one day to draw his pay, whilst
Brooks was at the Virginia Springs. This is
the man the Bostonians feasted and toasted a,
their "gamc cock "a more contemplate pup
py or sneakng coward never dlsgraced the
name of Yankee. 1t is enough to make one
blush for his race, to see white man dodge and
run as this poor creature has from the very sha
dow of Mr.. Brooks. One is almost tempted tc
fight Brooks for him, if for no other reason thar
10 save humanity from the disgrace he bring
upon it.
OSE OF TIE Rich MEN.-It is estimated tina
one of the rich men Of New York has now
Irregular income" of $4,000 day-about ST.,
100000 year. Out Of this he can probab
manage, with economy, to clay aside against
rainy day" the respectable sum of million
year. Add to this another million by the r:
pid appreciation of his real estate, and We hay
an unusual increase Of wealth for this indi4idp,
amounting to two millions of dollars. WE]
Astor is TINT gentleman.
A want of confidence has kept many
MON o;lant want ne canoo boo NOR