"Our facts, on this subject," says the Lexington Journal of Education, "are deduced from returns made by the assistant marshals engaged in taking the last census. Full certified reports were received from 78 of the 83 counties of the state, which show that there are, in these counties, between 1,100 and 1,200 schools, in which there were in the summer of 1830, 31,834 children out of 139,242, in all the counties, between the ages of 5 and 15; leaving 107,328 of the same ages reported not at school.

"The sum paid by these counties for common-school education, in 1830, was (supposing the same number of children to continue at school during the whole year), $278, 592. — One county (Morgan) was reported not to have a single school in it, or not a child at school out of 893 in the county.-The proportion of the children at school of the county of Bourbon, the highest in the scale, was as 10 to 23."

The state has a Literary Fund of $140,000. There is an asylum for the deaf and dumb at Danville; respectable academies or high schools at Lexington, Louisville, and various other places.

TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY.

This institution, which is at Lexington, is the oldest of the kind in the Western States. In 1780, the legislature of Virginia made a grant of 8,000 acres of land to endow a public school in Kentucky, which, in 1783, was denominated the "Transylvania Seminary;" in 1788, it was fixed at Lexington; and in 1793, the Rev. James Moore was elect ed the first president. With the Seminary, the Kentucky Academy, which was founded in 1794, was united, in 1798, and the institution was incorporated under the name of the " Transylvania University." It is very favorably situated, but its prosperity has been variable. In 1829, the principal edifice was burnt; the loss, including the books consumed, was estimated at $38,000; but it has been since rebuilt. The library, before the destruction of the edifice, contained 6,000 volumes: it now contains about 2,400; and libraries belonging to the stu dents, 1,500.

Number of college students, in 1830, 81; medical students 200; law students 19; students in the preparatory department 62: -total 362.

Medical Faculty.

Dr. Richardson, Prof. Obstetrics, &c.

Dr. Dudley, Prof. Anat. and Surgery.
Dr. Caldwell, Prof. Inst. Med. & Clin. Prac. Dr. Short, Prof. Mat. Med. and Med. Bot.
Dr. Cooke, Prof. Theo. and Prac. Phys. Dr. Yandell, Prof. Chem. and Phar

The lectures commence on the 1st Monday in November, and end early in March. The Professor of Anatomy and Surgery gives nine lectures, each week during the course; the other Professors six lectures a week each. Fees for the entire course, with matriculation and use of the library, $110:- graduation $20. The medical department of the university has, for several years, been a flourishing institution. In 1831-2, it had 211 students.

Law Department. The following gentlemen have successively held the office of professor of law in the university, viz.; 1799 George Nicholas; 1799 James Brown; - Henry Clay; 1807 John Monroe; 1824 John Pope- Wm. T. Barry Jesse Bledsoe. -1829 John Boyle ;1830 Daniel Mayes. The number of students in the law school in the public session of 1832-3, was 39; in the private session 25. The private session commences on the 1st Monday in May, and continues 6 months. The public session begins on the 1st Monday in November, and continues 4 months. Commencement is held on the last Saturday in February. No student can be a candidate for graduation who has not attended at least two public sessions, or who has not been two years a regular licensed practitioner, and attended one session. Expenses: fee for the public session $25; library $5; matriculation fee $5.

CENTRE COLLEGE.

This institution, which is at Danville, 34 miles SSW. of Lexington, was founded by the Presbyterian church, and incorporated in 1818. "Its affairs are managed by a board of 11 trustees appointed by the Presbyterian Synod of Kentucky. The legislature gave up all control over its concerns, and surrendered it into the hands of the Synod, in consideration of their endowing it without legislative assistance. The charter, however, stipulates that no sectarian peculiarities shall be taught by the professors, and that all sects shall have free access for their children to the institution." The Synod promised the college $20,000 as an equivalent for the right of choosing the trustees, only about half of which had been received in 1830. The college is pleasantly situated in a central part of the state, and has a library of 1,600 volumes, and a chemical and philosophical apparatus. The buildings consist of a brick edifice of two stories, a refectory, and a dormitory. There is a grammar school connected with the college. The Rev. Gideon Blackburn, D. D., was the first president.

Officers of Government and Instruction in 1833.

Rev. John C. Young, A. M., President and Luke Munsell, M. D., Prof. Chem., Min., Prof. Logic and Mor. Phil.

James M. Buchanan, A. M., Prof. Math.
Rev. Wm. L. Breckenridge, A. M., Prof.
Anc. Lang.

Lewis W. Green, A. M., Prof. Belles Let-
tres and Polit. Econ.

and Nat. Phil.

Commencement is on the Thursday

Number of students, in 1833, 66. following the 3d Wednesday in Sept. Vacations; - 1st, from commencement to the Thursday after the 3d Wednesday in Oct.;- 2d, after a session of 21 weeks, 4 weeks.

Expenses, for tuition $30 per annum in the college, and $24 in the grammar school; for board, (the common price with washing and lodging,) $1,50.—“Exclusive of books and clothing, a student may support himself on from $80 to $100 per annum."— Near the college is a farm on which a student, intende for the gospel ministry, by laboring two hours daily, may obtain his entire support, except books and clothing, for $60 per annum.

ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE.

St. Joseph's College, at Bardstown, which was founded in 1819, is under the direction of Roman Catholic clergymen. The college buildings are sufficient to afford accommodation for 200 pupils. "The institution has no endowment, but is supported by the tuition-fees and board of the students; the faculty and most of the professors and tutors having generally labored gratuitously."—"Catholic pupils are required to practise the religion they profess; but students of other denominations are received upon the sole condition o submitting to the general laws of the institution and (as far as pertains to religion) of attending morning and evening prayer daily, and catechism and divine service on Sundays and holy-days." The library contains about 5,000 volumes, and there is a good philosophical apparatus.

Officers of Government and Instruction in 1833.

Rev. Geo. A. M. Elder, President and Prof. John McGill, As't. Teacher of Greek.
Hist., Belles-Lettres, and Mental Phil.

Joseph Haseltine, Vice-President.
Rev. Mr. Deluynes, Prof. Theol. & French.
Rev. Mr. Powell, Prof. Latin and Prefect.
John Cheshire, Prof. Nat. Phil. and Chem.
Richard Spalding, Prof. Math.
Rev. Mr. Clark, Prof. Greek.

Dr. A. Audd, As't. Teacher of Latin.
Rev. Mr. Chambige, Ast. Teacher of French.
Paul Santasé, Prof. Spanish.

Col. B. S. A. Lowe, Instructor of Cadets.
Messrs. Francis, Abell, Tutors of Prepar
Grayham, & McMullon, atory Department

The number of students, in 1833, 130; whole number graduated about 30. Vacations, the month of August, and one week at Christmas and Easter.

Annual expenses, for tuition in reading, writing, and arithmetic, $20; —in English gramınar, geography, and surveying $30;— in the languages and higher branches $50, with $10 extra for the class in natural philosophy; - for board and washing $100, with a charge of $8 for bed and bedding.

St. Thomas's Seminary, which was established in 1811, situated 4 miles from Bardstown, is under the direction of the bishop of Bardstown, and is an appendage to St. Joseph's College. -Rev. Walter Cooms, Superior. Annual expense for tuition $16; — board $ 72.

St. Mary's Seminary, in Washington County, was established about 10 years since by the late Rev. Wm. Byrne; and it is now governed by the Jesuits under the superintendence of the Rev. Father Chasel. It is a very cheap school, and has annually educated about 100 of the middle class of society.

AUGUSTA COLLEGE.

This institution, which is pleasantly situated at Augusta, on the Ohio, 22 miles below Maysville, was founded, in 1822, by the Ohio and Kentucky Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It was originally incorporated as a college, but was conducted as an academy till 1827, when it went into operation as a college; and the first commencement was held in 1829. The college edifice is 80 feet by 40, three stories high. The college library contains 2,000 volumes; and there are libraries belonging to the students which contain 500 volumes. There is a grammar school, or preparatory department, connected with the college. It is under the legislative government of 23 Trustees. The Rev. Martin Ruter, D. D., the first president, resigned in 1832.

Faculty in 1833.

Rev. Joseph S. Tomlinson, A. M., Pres. Fred. A. W. Davis, M. D., Pr. Chem. & Bot. -, Prof. Math. and Nat. Phil. · —, Precept. Acad. Department. Rev. Henry B. Bascom, A. M., Prof. Mor. Sc. Solomon Howard, As't. Acad. Department. Rev. Burr H. McCown, A. M., Prof. Lang. John Vincent, Teacher Primary School.

Number of students in the collegiate department, in 1833, 75; in the academical department, in 1832, 30; in the primary school 45: - total 146. Number of alumni 60.

Commencement is on the Thursday succeeding the 1st Wednesday in August. Vacations; 1st, from commencement, 6 weeks; - 2d, at the close of a session of 21 weeks, 4 weeks.

CUMBERLAND COLLEGE.

This institution, which is at Princeton, in Caldwell county, was founded by the Cumberland Presbyterians, and incorporated in 1824. It has two college edifices of two stories, one of them 60 feet by 22;