Has our dear Sally quite recovered her former health? Do you have pleasant and frequent accounts from James? By the way Mary don’t forget to tell him, that I calculate next summer with the exception of misfortune to see him here with you.... Oh, my dear Mary when I suffer my thoughts long to dwell on you, and a few others of your circle, my _bosom swells_ and my _eye fills_, but tender, and even painful, as such feelings are, I have no wish to be divested of them.... At present I am _all Fanny Smith_, not a particle of my interest in my dear Mary abated—Adieu, my dear, rest assured of the love of your own affectionate FANNY SMITH SKINNER. NOTICE OF SEMI-ANNUAL EXHIBITION. “FEMALE ACADEMY.” “The Semi-annual exhibition of this School took place on Monday evening last before a crowded and highly delighted audience. The weather was extremely unpleasant, and a melancholy interest seemed to pervade the assembly in sympathy with the leader of the exercises and instructor of the school, who had on that day been called to close the eyes in death of an interesting and beloved son. The compositions, and the music, previously prepared, were providentially of a character suited to the occasion, exciting nothing like trifling and levity, yet so good as highly to interest and engage the attention of the audience. Some of the pieces read displayed a brilliancy of imagination and a depth of thought rarely exhibited by young school misses.— Miss M. Wadsworth and Miss J. Seymour, of this town, received diplomas of having completed to the satisfaction of their instructors, the whole course of studies pursued at the Academy. The first prize was awarded to Miss H. Smith of Hanover, Mass.—prizes were also awarded to Miss J. Reynolds, of N. Y; Miss E. Beman of Troy; Miss G. C. Lindsley of Washington D. C; Miss E. Deniston of Blooming Grove, N. Y.; Miss M. Wadsworth, and Wm. Norton. The evidences of improvement, and of diligent attention to the studies and rules of the school, must have been highly gratifying to the parents and friends of the young ladies. The exhibition of music was good, and gave evidence of much improvement in this polite branch of education. The display of drawings and paintings bore strong marks of improvement and diligence on the part of those who attended to this art. Upon the whole, all the services of the evening gave pleasing evidence that there has been no falling off, either on the part of the instructors or the pupils, connected with this valuable school; and we believe that no previous exhibition ever gave greater satisfaction to the friends of female education. Copied from Litchfield County Post of April 24, 1828. 1829. LITCHFIELD FEMALE ACADEMY.