he continued in this charge until october, 1850, when he accepted a call to a professorship in davidson college, n c, where he remained for eighteen years. he at first held the chair of natural history, and later, of latin. in august, 1868, he returned to statesville, and for two years acted as the principal of concord female college, which he had aided in establishing. however, the institution was subsequently sold for debt, by which means as well as by the results of the american civil war he lost a large amount. for another year or two he conducted a classical academy for boys.