Washington telegraph., 1850-10-09
WESTERN MILITARY
TIT 70 T e,
B O ARD OF vISI TO r S :.

The Adjataat General, together with hve n'
persons, TO be annually appointedb by the Executive
to attend examinations at least once IN the year,
according to law
FACULTY.
INCORPORATED with all the powers, privileges
and rights exercised by the Trustees and Facutfy
of any other College.
Col w. F. Johnson, General Superintendent =
Educated at West Point,
Col E. w. MORGAN, Joint Superintendent, ana
Prof of Civ. and Mil Engineering. Il Educated
at West Point.
LIEUT. Col. w r. JOHNSON, Prof. of Mathematics
Educated at West Point.
Mai RICHARD OWEN, Prof. OF Natural ociehce'
"a pupil of DIR. Ure, of Glasgow
Mr. Alex SCHuE, Adjunct Prof. oil Chemistry
For Is months pupil of the celebrated Leo'g.
Rev. ii. v. ID. NEvIrs A. NJ, ffo oi Ahcien'
LANGUAGES Educated at Princeton College, Nj.
JAMES G. BLAINE A. b, Adjunct Professor OF
LANGUAGES Educated at w ashington College, Pa
JAMES IT, DAvIEss ESQ, Prof of Law prac-
titioner in the various Courts OF Kentucky
Rev. J. r. SWIFT, A. M Professor OF Ethlcs
and Bellies Iettres + Educated at Y ale College
Mr. rE A. CAMBRAY Prof of Modern Languages
Educated in the city Of Paris.
CART G. F. MoTr, Principal of the Academy.
Educated in New York.
CAPT. W. w. GAUNT, Adjutant of the Institute.
different States have entered this Institution since
it was organized in lS47 1t is entirely free from
the control or domination of any sect or party,
either potical or religious. Economy in dress,
| By the adoption Of a cheap Uniform, for winter
and summer, is rigdly enforced Every student
is required to select College guardian, with whom
all funds brought or received must be deposited,
and no debt must be contracted without the con-
sent Of such guardian.
CrVII. ENGINEERING
Will be tAorou&h1y and practically taught in
| the Western Military institute--tie Professor,
| Col. Morgan, being one of the most skillful and
| experienced Engineers in the United tates. He
| was for a long time the Principal Assistant Engi-
! neer of Pennsylvana, after receiving the highest
| honors Of the u. S. Military Academy at West
| Point. All the instruments connected with that
department have been procured at considerable
| COST and Of the best quality.
The Superintendent takes the liberty OF stating
| that he is now offered S75 per month, for COM
| petent assistant Engineers One of his former
pupils receives at this time, $500 per annum, as
| Principal Engineer OF a railroad now under con-
| structon in Kentucky--whiIst others of the same
class are receiving in different parts Of the United
States $4,000, 81 500, or $ 200 year as As
sIstant Engineers
| The rapid advancement OF our whole country, and
! the eagerness of our people for exploring the
| resources Of the States and the newly
acquired territory, will give ample scope for ages
| to come to the skill and enterprise of the Eng-
neer, The Geologist the Mineralogst, the Surveyor
| and the Architect. Young men who have an
ATTITUDE for the Mathematical and Physical sci
| ences, will have wide field opened to them Tor
engaging in an honorable, a hea!thfu and lucra-
| tive pursuit, for which they may be thoroughly
and practically Qualified, in short time, and at
| small expense, at the Western Military Institute.
| To secure the manifold advantage of health,
| economy, discipline, progress and moral training,
the Faculty of this Institution have selected for
its permanent location the famous
BLUE LICK SPRINGS,
Situated on the Lexington and Maysvile Turn
pike, "a miles from the latter place, and 40 from
the former; emphaticaily country location, being
ten or twelve miles distant from any town or vii
age. The buildings are mostly new, well con-
structed for garrison purposes, and ample tor the
accommodation Of three hundred Cadets..
This place is unsurpassed for its healthy at
mosphere, pure water and romantic scenery; and
is unQucstionably, of the most eligible loca-
tions for Literary Institutions in the u. States
The grounds have oeen greatly improved and
ornamented durng the last five years. A plat
of forty acres, beautifully situated on the margin
of the Licking River, Immediately in the OF
the buildings will be reserved for military exercises
| The removal will be made immediately after
Christmas, and the School opened at that place
ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY, 1856
Vacation will embrace the months of July and
| August, by which arrangement the watering
season will not interfere with the exercises Of the
| Institution.
The Academic Year extends from the first
Monday of September to the third Friday of June
Forty weeks
TIE X .KE s.
The entire charge for Tuition, Boarding, Lodg-
ing, washing, Fuel Lights, Backing, Servants
attendance, Music, use of Arms, &C., &C., will
be $3.50 per year. Payments will be required in
| advance, at that rate, from the day of entrarce
to the end of the Term. From the first Monday
of January--for example-to the third Friday of
june twenty four weeks it is 1856.
Cadets from great dis tante, who prefer re,
naming in Kentucky during Vacation, can find
the most comfortable boarding in The families of
our wealthy farmers, at S per week. South
ern or Western students may land at Louisville
and take stage, steamboat. or rail road to Frank
fort and Lexngton: thence III four horse coaches
! to the Blue Licks. Or, they may ascend the
Ohio TO Maysville, which is three hours stage
from the Springs.
This place is furnished with commodous Baths,
and is abundantly supplied with freestone, lime
| stone and cistern water of the best quality, nde-
pendent of the sulphur springs, and the salts and