Resignation Of Dr. Sager

We oxtract the following f rom the proceedang of the Board of Kegents of the University at the u held on Monday eveuing: SavaiínaH, Ga., March Ifi, 187-1fothe President nd Honorable Board "f Regent! of the i niveriity i Miohlgui: Ukntlemtn: Iii rosponding to a resolution passed Oct. 7, 1S73, reiiucsting moto report tothe board at the March meeting in regard to my probable future relationship to the Ünivorsity, I bog to say that although my health has conaiderably improved, yet so much doubt resta upon tlio uoar tutire that, to avoid ombarraaament, I rsapeottully tender to you my resigiiation of the I'rofossorship ot Obstetries and Diseases of WoitxMi and Children in the Medical Dopartmont of the University. In thua aeyering a counection with the institution, which in varioua caparitios, I have had the honor to serve for more than 30 years, permit mo to assure you that the futuro of tho University will ever romivin for me a subject of hope and solicitudo, as in the paBt it Bupporl hius commanded my earnost offorts. 1 havo the honor bo bi Ven cespectfuUy. jrour obedleni Berrant A. SAUF.K. EUgent Walker then introduced the following rosolution, which was unanimouBly adopted: Resolved, That the resignation of Trof. Sager, of the Professorship of Obstetries and Diseases of Women and Childron be accepted and that he be continued as emeritv professor of that department. Kegeut Hynd offerod tlie following resolution, which were adopted : Resolved, That Kdward S. Dunster, A. M., M. 1)., ba, ainl is heroby appointed l'rotessor of übstotics and Diseasea of Women and Children. Also the following preamble and resolutions were also adopted : Whereas, Wod in Hta Providence lias sulijeeted I'rof, Abram Sager, A. M., M. D., to sevore aflliction, which bas incapacitated him tor duty during the last yoar, and which has caused his resignation from the active duties of kis profesBorenip, therefore Resolved, That we hold Prof. Sager in tho highest eBteem, not only for the symmetry of kis charactor and purity of his lif e, but also for the eminent services which he has rendered to this University during a perioi of 32 years. Resolved, That the great succoas attending the Medical Department has been largely due to nis loyalty, induRtry, wisdom and scholarship. Resolved, That our deepest sytnpathy is extended to Prof. Sager in his continued physical f eeBlenesa, and that we sincerely hope íor his restoratiou to health, his future happinees and usefulncs8. Uesali'ed, That we should regard with favor his future relationship to the Medical Department, in such way as his health may permit, and trust that we raay tor many years be favored with his prudent counsels and personal influeuce. Resolved, That a copy of this preamblo and of these resolutions, slgned by the President and Secretary, be forwardod to Prof. Sager. Dr. Sager has held a professorship in tho Medical Dopartment continuously surce its organization in 18-18, and irom 1842 to 1855 ho was Professor of Botany and Zoology in the Literary Department. He has been a faitliful worker, and his many friends will regret that his hoalth ia such aa to compel his rèsignatiou. Dr. Dunstor, appointed successor to Dr. Sager, has Ulied the chair during the term just closod, proving himself a popular lecturer and winning the esteem and loye or students and faculty. The Eclectic Magazine tor April has a fiuely executed portrait of Jean Ingelow, which provea that sweet poot to be also a beautiful woman. A brief sketch of her life is also given by the editor. The leaduig papers are, perhaps : Mary Somervillo ; Mrs. Gaskell and her Novéis ; The Shiold of Aoliille - translated from Homer, by the Hou. Wm. E. Gladstone ; Egypt- by M. E. Grant Duif, M. P. ; Recollections ot visita to Sir Walter Scott ; Shakspeare and the Supematural ; Spaiiish Life and Character in the Iuterior; The Ureat Bourbon Kmg ; Scepticisra and Modern Poatry, and Don Carlos - the Spanish Pretender. Thero are alai) three more chapters of Far "from the Maddiug Crowd, by Thomas Hardy, with full editorial departmeuts. E. E. Peltoïï & Co., 108 Fulton Street, New York. - Si. Nicholas for April has a capital list of papers, with illustrations numerous and good; Among the articles are: Who Priuted the First Bible ? by Donald G. Mitchell, with the " Statue of Guteuberg at Strasburg, Germany " illustiating ït ; Taken at His Word, by lilizabeth Stuart Phelps, illus. ; Faat Friends, chaps. XI -XIV., by J. T. Trowbridge, illus. A Girl's Visit to the Geysers, by Susie Cogswell, illua. ; Life-Saving on Our Coast, by William H. Kideing, illus. ; Mrs. Pomeroy's Page, by Mary E. Bradley ; Wood-Carving, Part III., by Geo. A. öawyer, with illus. ; Wreokod at Home, Part 'IJ., by Noah Brooks, illug. Nimpo's Troubles, chaps. VIII. and IX., by Ulive Thorne, illus.; What Might Have Been Expected, chaps. XIII.- XV., by Frank E. Stockton ; but why enumérate 't . It is chock full of good things. and we feel to pity the live boy that cau't have access to its pages. Scbieneb & Co., ííól Broadway, New York. Saoinaw County is represented in the uppar branob of the Legislature by a very windy if not a very wise Senator ; a man of infinite egotism if not prolific in solid ideas ; a man capable of running a lire department, a pólice forcé, a regiment (?), a University or a Oabinet : and bis name it is DeLakd. In the Senate, on Tuesday last, this "jack at all trades," the question being prohibiting Eegents froni holding seats in the Legislature, said : " The Regents had constantly of late years placed theoiselves iu direct antagonism to the law-making power, They had put the State paper as noar suspension ag possible during the panic last f all." What awful oriminality on the part of the Regents - iftrue. But what awful thing havo the Regents done to warrant this Senator in making such a charge ? Why, the Treasurer of the University, in the regula discharge of his official duty, presented the draft of the State Treasuror on a Detroit dopository bank, the moneys qalled for being due froin the State to the University, and from the University to professors, mechanicB, laborers, etc, and said draft was refused paymeut and allowed by the bank to go to protest. And at the same hour the same bank held nearly or over one-lialf mittion dollars of Statefunds subject to draft. It was an ordinaryand nocessary business transaction on the part of the financial officer of the UuivarBity ; the Regents were not in session, had no knowledge of it, and oould not possibly have had any part in putting the State credit in joopardy. We had supposod that wheu a bank refused to pay paper drawn against actual deposits it Was the credit of the bank which suffered or ought to suffor and not that of the maker of tbe paper. No City Convention or ward caucuses have yet been called by eithor party, but it is not premature or out of place to urgo our oitizens, with whatevor party affiliating, to see to it that fit and competent men are nominated for every office, from Mayor to Constable. Especially would we 8ay,'that no man who is habitually a law-breaker - we care not. what the law is or how much he may disapprove it - should be placed in office to obstruct lts exeoutlon. Men tworn to execute the law - State or looal - slwukl tliemtelvez yield cheerul ohedience to them. This is tho spirit if not the letter of the statute, the spirit if not the letter of the official oath. And furthor, it is not safe to confer official position - leginlative, executive, or judicial - upon any man who is such a slave to his appotites as to become occasionally or ever intoxicated, or even upon one whose brain is muddled and disturbed by the habitual use of intoxicating beverageB. Sober and clearheaded men - and none other - should be placed in office. These rules apply equally to town, oity, county and State officials, and whon recognized and obseryod by political partios there will be no occasion for, and neod be no fear of, new political organiiations with buf a single plank.