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3 and endowed the new institution with liberal land grants, under
j the title of Transylvania University. At this institution many of
l the ablest men in' the Mississippi Valley have received their
E education. After having passed through many changes it
_ is now merged in the Kentucky L`niversity, with a more
thorough organization than at any period of its existence. All
the branches of science are new being taught in this institution,
including Theology, Law, Agriculture, Military Tactics, and, in
a short time they expect to be able to announce a full course of
. Medical lectures.
, The C niversity has been amply endowed, and has now, perhaps, •
as fine a corps of Professors as any similar institution on the
continent. The buildings and grounds now occupied are the Old
Transylvania College. The Masonic IIall,and Ashland, late the
farm and home of the Ilon. Henry Clay, which contains 433
acres of land. The matriculates in the University for the Session t
18tit3-7, were 502, and there is no institution of learning in our
country whose prospects are more bright, for a lengthened career :
of usefulness.
To that clever, liberal and genial gentleman, John B. Bowman, i {/'
Esq., are our citizens indebted for the splendid success of the it
Institution—may he live a thousand years and his shadow never
A grow less. _ ·
The Eastern Lunatic Asylum, located in the northern suburbs
of the city is another public institution of which our people may _,
well be proud.
A This institution was first founded by the city, but subsequently '
’· transferred to the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The present
buildings are capable of acconnnotlating about 300 patients.
The grounds now attached to it and belonging to the State con-
V tain about 300 acres, which are cultivated mostly by the patients, ,;
for the benefit of the inmates ofthe Asylum. An additional
building is now in course of erection, 440 feet long, 50 feet wide,
i three stories and a basement, which, when completed, will add
l *250 additional rooms for the reception of patients. ,
Dr. W. S. Chipley (with his accomplished assistant, Dr. S. P.