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of much value. The past has been one of 
the most successful years in the institution— 
a gratifying per centage of the whole num 
ber of patients having been entirely cured 
and a large number very much improved. 
The institution is not a gloomy dungeon 
where harsh treatment predominates, as 
many suppose ; but great pains are taken to 
make it agreeable and pleasant to the in 
mates. Several of them who have been 
there for many years, consider it their home 
and would be quite unhappy at the idea of 
ever removing. The location of the insti¬ 
tution is an exceedingly pleasant one, the 
buildings being surrounded by shade and 
fruit trees, and pleasant walks. Dr. Butler’s 
family is well cared for, and furnished with 
all comforts and attentions ^calculated to 
make them contented and happy. 
Dr. Butler is ably assisted by Dr. Porter, 
Dr. Blakeslee, Mr. and Mrs. Holaday, Mrs 
Coolidge, &c .—Hartford Times. 
FRESCO PAINTING IN THE CAPITOL. 
A correspondent of the Baltimore Ameri¬ 
can says that a very beautiful and interesting 
fresco ; painting is now in process of comple¬ 
tion in one of the eastern rooms of the 
Capitol at Washington. The name of the 
artist is Constantine Brumidi, and the sub 
ject of his painting is the Summons to Cin¬ 
cinnatus—when the voice of his country 
called him to leave the labors of his farm, 
to assume the dictatorship of Rome. The 
work is not an ordinary water-color painting, 
like those we see in our churches and public 
buildings, but is a genuine fresco painting 
executed'upon fresh plaster, and is said to 
be the only one of the kind in the country. 
The colors, incorporating with the moist 
lime, and drying with it, become very dura¬ 
ble. As much of the plastering is laid from 
day to day as the artist can cover with his 
colors, and if he does not succeed in paint¬ 
ing over all which has been laid, the part 
which is not painted upon is cut away and 
re-laid again. 
The scene of the picture is upon the farm 
of Cincinnatus. In the back ground, beyond 
the flowing Tiber, appear the buildings of 
Rome, and moored in the river floats the gal 
ley which conveyed the delegation of con¬ 
script fathers across from the “eternal city.” 
The chief of the delegation, clothed in his 
senatorial robe, with a laurel wreath encir¬ 
cling his brow, in the act of offering to Cin¬ 
cinnatus his helmet, sword, and other mili¬ 
tary insignia. Around him are other sena¬ 
tors, including among them one compara¬ 
tively youthful face, and near at hand are a 
group of soldiers bearing-the fasces. Cin¬ 
cinnatus, the chief figure of the painting, 
stands in a dignified attitude, with one hand 
resting on his plowshare, and the other point¬ 
ing to his breast, apparently half incredu¬ 
lous of the fact that Rome really wished to 
confer such honors upon himself, a retired 
citizen. The accessories of the painting, as 
well as the principal figures, are said to be 
admirably executed, and a little boy, who is 
represented in the foreground playing with a 
dog, is said to be an excellent portrait of a 
son of Captain Meigs, of the U. S. engineer 
corps, who temporarily occupid the room 
upon the wall of which the picture is being 
painted. 
The Crops. —A correspondent of the Cin¬ 
cinnati Gazette, who has traveled through 
4,000 miles of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and 
other western States, within a few weeks,' 
says he has never seen so broad a portion 
of the country under cultivation as at pres¬ 
ent, or when the crops of every description 
promised a more abundant yield than now 
STATE AGRICULTURAL SHOWS FOR 1855. 
Name. 
Georgia, 
Vermont, 
Canada East, 
Rhode Island, 
“ “ Horse 
New-Hampshire, 
Nevv-Jersey, 
Ohio, 
Pennsylvania, . 
West Virginia, 
Kentucky, 
Tennessee, 
New-York, 
Michigan, 
Connecticut, 
Illinois, 
Canada West, 
North-Carolina, 
Indiana, 
East Tennessee, 
Alabama, 
Maryland, 
Virginia, 
Where Held. Date. 
Atlanta.Sept. 10— 
Rutland. 
Sherbrook.. 
Providence. 
and Cattle, do. . 
11—13 
11-14 
11—15 
11— 15 
12— 14 
18-21 
18-21 
25— 28 
26— 28 
25—28 
Camden. 
Columbus. 
Harrisburg. 
Wheeling. 
Paris. 
Nashville.Oct. 1—6 
Elmira. “ 2—5 
Detroit. “ 2—6 
Hartford. “ 9—11 
Chicago. “ 9—12 
Coburg. “ 9—12 
Raleigh. “ 16—19 
Indianapolis. “ 17—19 
London. “ 23—25 
Montgomery. “ 23—26 
Baltimore. “ 29— 
Richmond.v.. “ 30—2 
NEW-YORK COUNTY SHOWS. 
Otsego, Cooperstown.Sept, 
Franklin, Malone. “ 
Saratoga, .. “ 
Chatauque, Westfield. “ 
Fulton and Hamilton, Fonda’s Bush. “ 
Putnam, 
Rensselaer, 
Jefferson, 
Delaware, 
Onondaga, 
Queens, 
Dutchess, 
Oneida, 
Albany, 
Cayuga, 
Ontario, 
St. Lawrence 
Steuben, 
Tompkins, 
Herkimer, 
Seneca, 
Niagara, 
Carmel. “ 
Lansingburg. “ 
Watertown. 
Hobart. “ 
Syracuse. “ 
Flushing. “ 
Washington Hollow... “ 
Rome. “ 
Albany. “ 
Auburn. “ 
Canandaigua. “ 
Canton. “ 
Bath. “ 
Ithaca,. “ 
Frankfort. “ 
Farmersville.Oct. 
Lockport. “ 
, 10—11 
10-21 
11- 13 
12— 13 
18— 
18- 19 
18—20 
19— 20 
19—20 
19— 21 
20 — 
25-26 
25—27 
25—27 
25— 27 
26— 27 
26-28 
26—28 
27— 28 
22—28 
10—13 
19—20 
OHIO COUNTY SHOWS. 
Belmont, 
St. Clairsville. 
-Sept. 3—5 
Champagne, 
Urbana. 
4—6 
Hamilton, 
Carthage. 
4— 
Cuyahoga, 
Cleveland. 
11—13 
Delaware, 
Delaware. 
11—13 
Clermont, 
Bantam. 
... “ 
11-14 
Butler, 
Hamilton. 
U 
12—14 
Warren, 
Lebanon . 
... “ 
25—27 
Trumbull, 
Warren. 
... “ 
25—27 
Huron, 
Olena. 
... “ 
25—27 
Licking, 
Newark. 
... “ 
25—27 
Columbiana, 
New Lisbon. 
it 
25—28 
Portage, 
Ravenna. 
u 
26— 
Miami, 
Troy. 
... “ 
26—28 
Harrison, 
Cadiz. 
... “ 
26—28 
Clinton, 
Wilmington. 
... “ 
27—28 
Athens, 
Athens. 
<< 
27—28 
Drake, 
Greenville. 
(t 
27—29 
Guersey, 
Cambridge. 
tc 
27—29 
Conneaut, 
Independent. 
u 
29— 
Ashtabula, 
Jefferson. 
2-4 
Ashland, 
Ashland. 
... “ 
2—4 
Morgan, 
McConnellsville... 
... “ 
2-4 
Montgomery, 
Dayton. 
2-4 
Mahoning, 
Canfield. 
2—3 
Clark, 
Springfield. 
u 
2—5 
Preble, 
Preble. 
... “ 
2—5 
Monroe, 
Woodsfield. 
... “ 
3—4 
Medina, 
Medina. 
a 
3-5 
Richland, 
Mansfilld. 
3-5 
Logan, 
Ballefontaine. 
3—5 
Loraine, 
Elyria. 
3—5 
Greene, 
Xenia. 
u 
3—5 
Stark, 
Canton. 
... “ 
3—5 
Summit, 
Akron. 
11 
3—5 
Muskingum, 
Zanesville. 
u 
4—5 
Shelby, 
Sydney. 
u 
4—5 
Lake, 
Paine sville. 
(( 
10—12 
Crawford, 
Bucyrus. 
fl 
11—12 
Erie, 
Sandusky. 
1C 
11—12 
Wayne, 
Wooster. 
u 
12—12 
Ottawa, 
Port Clinton . 
<< 
16—17 
PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY SHOWS. 
Philadelphia, Pa., XXIVth Ward.Sept. 12-14 
Delaware, Media...Sept. 20—22 
Montgomery, Morristown.Oct. 3—4 
NEW-JERSEY COUNTY SHOWS. 
Jamesburg (Town) Jamesburg.Sept. 18- 
Mercer Hightstown. >< 25 _ 
Cumberland, Bridgeton. “ 26_ 
Monmouth, Freehold. “ 27 _ 
Salem, Salem. “ 27 _ 
Somerset, Raritan. Oct. 3 4 
COUNTY SHOWS—MISCELLANEOUS. 
Brooke, Va., Wellsburgh.Sept. 9—11 
Bouibon, Ky., Paris. “ 11—14 
Windham, Conn., Brooklyn. “ 19—20 
Lake, Ill., Waukegan. “ 26 27 
Waldo, Me., Belfast.Oct. 3—4 
Litchfield, Conn., Litcefield. “ 2—3 
Kane, Ill., Elgin. “ 3—4 
Ag. Association, Ky., Louisville. “ 9—14 
Oakland, Mich., Pontiac. “ 17—18 
LAND TITLES IN KANSAS AND NEBRASKA. 
The question is frequently asked how 
titles can be acquired to the Government 
lands in Kansas and Nebraska Territories, 
and whether military bounty land warrants 
can be located jn these Territories. We 
have ascertained, says the Washington Un¬ 
ion, that except the lands reserved for mili¬ 
tary reservations or other public uses, the 
whole country to which the Indian title has 
been extinguished is subject to settlement, 
even prior to survey, and that preemptions 
will be allowed for claims predicated on such 
settlements. 
This is an important provision, as in the 
old land States and Territories claims are 
not allowed, or settlements, prior to survey. 
All that an emigrant has to do, therefore, is 
to select his location, make his improve¬ 
ments on any of the lands not exempted from 
settlement by any of the restrictions men¬ 
tioned above, and, on the completion and 
return of the surveys, file his proofs at the 
local land office, where his claim will be 
allowed, and he can pay for the land and 
secure his improvements, provided the im¬ 
provements are such as are required by law; 
or he may delay payment until the lands are 
advertised for sale, and make payment any 
time before the day appointed for the com¬ 
mencement of the public sale. Land War¬ 
rants will be received, acre for acre, in part 
payment for the claimant’s preemption ; and 
this is the only use that can be made of land 
warrants in these Territories before the lands 
are in market, as the law requires that the 
lands shall be first subject to private entry 
before warrants can be located thereon. 
Cashmere Goats. —A letter from Dr. Da¬ 
vis, of Columbia, S. C., to the Greensboro’ 
Beacon, states that “ the fourth cross of the 
Cashmere upon our native goat, is fully 
equal to the pure Cashmere ” This animal, 
the Doctor says, is destined to make a great 
revolution in the agriculture of the whole 
South. Beautiful cloth is now made by 
negro weavers, with ordinary plantation 
looms, from the second cross. All the na¬ 
tive goats in South Carolina, he states, are 
now appropriated to crossing with the Cash- 
mere breeds, and Georgia and Virginia are 
also breeding these animals extensively. 
