The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-05-29
LETTER FROM DIR. pAwNE.
sl1tm OREGON, MN q, 1S74.

SALEM, Oregon, May %, 1874.
Eator Ne,os;-The Oregonian has
= correspondent who sails under the
: name of aTimbuctoo." This fellow,
too TOO cowardly to attack man in his
own name. has seen proper to make
vo,;olls % misrepresentation about me
''T;p3buctoo" claims to hail from Al
bany, though l anu informed that ne ,,
lives i've elsewhere, and so hides both
his name and place Of residence NO
wonder, for certainly no sane man
wonld attach his name to q bundle OF
such unmitigated falsehoods. lwrite
tbis explanation, not for those who
know me personally, but for those
with whom I am not intimately aG-
Gnointed. DR.. Geary and Hon D.;
Quinn Thornton have pronounced
tsTimbuetoo" liar, SO far as ms
CHARGES concerning sermon l
preached in DR.. Geary's church and
my n photography are concerned.
Surely the testimony of DR.. Geary
and Mr.. Thornton is worth more
than "Timbuctoo's." .
Again, he charged that my inedi-
cal lectures were borrowed-coples
from Hammond. DR.. A. P. Miller.
who was a member of the class and
graduated at the close Of the term,
in a letter published in the STATE
R1aHrs DEEocRAT, pronounces this a
lie These lectures are in manu-
script and can be examined at any
fine; and I affirm that they were not
copies from Hammond or any one
else. OF course, / am not foolish
enough to claim absolute originality.
Nobody but an inflated gassometer
like "Timbuctoo," would do that.
He is pre-eminently original IN mis-
representation and lying.
If my lectures were 6orroe0ed, is it
not strange that the Faculty never
found it out? Is it true that that
Faculty could be imposed upon for a
whole term? Surely this would be
saying very little for their ability as
medical men.
"Timbuctoo" says they pNposed to
promote me to a more important
chair-Theory and Practice-which
is true. Certainly this was on ac-
count of my ability to fill it, for it is
not to be supposed that the Faculty
were actuated by any other motive.
DR.. A. P. Miller says my lectures
''were inferior to none delivered dur
ing the course" =" and that "the class
often said they would be glad to have
more lectures from me and fewer
from others, speaking disparagingly |
of none"
Now, is it possible that could do
this without a medical education? If
SO, l am certainly a rare individual,
or medical schools are humbug! I
donot claim an illustrious ancestry
no kings blood runs through my
veins-mine was an humble origin.
1 belong to the family Of Adam, that
is all, and I freely admit that | was
created the inferior of many in in
tellectual capacity.
"Timbuctoo" admits that I am in
ferior in mental capacity. How, then,
did I acquire my knowledge Of med
ical science? I will tell you; for
well now / remember the years spent
in the acquisition of this knowledge;
I was a student for two years in
in the Office of DR.. Stephen Cook,
when [ attended course of lectures
at Richmond, Virginia, at the close
Of which entered the army, where
remained until the surrender of
Lees army. In 1866 I attended a
course Of lectures in the Medical
School of Louisiana, lacking five
weeks. ! was called away on ac-
count of the sickness of my wife,
which proved fatal, thus preventing
ny return, and, Of course, my grad
lation. The degree Of NJ. D. was
joon after conferred on me by the
)glethorpe University. When the !
question arose about my diploma, I !
ent to' it, and receiyed'o the 2lst
he receipts from the express Office,
showing that it was started on the 7th j
it, l handed this receiptto Col. VIM.
Thompson, of the Mercury, and he
mentioned the fact in the daily of {
he 23d.
I received the degree of A. NJ. at
Mountain Home University. The ]
Trustees considered me worthy, and
hey were the proper persons to de- !
.ide. ]
Now, I have furnished q plain state !
nent Of all the facts. In Oregon l !
expected to live and die, trusting to j
,roye myself worthy a place among J
he living and the dead. /
Now let this scoundrel cease to
lisgrace the dark name of "Timbuc-
90" by letting it longer stand as bis
representative. and assign his own
lame, which he has kept concealed
because he knew it would be the refu-
ntinn Of oil L. .l -.