The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-04-11

proved enenty successful IN various parts of Europe and
some American phanhroplsts attempting introduce
them into this country In Boston the subject has received
favorable attention The Christian Register published in
that city, in noticing the matter, says
"The msfortunes of the blind have been ped and eec-
tual measures have been adopted for their relief 1t
than forty years since institution established in
Paris for their education and employment Here they
taught readng writing, geography mathematics the
and modern languages, and vocal and instrumental music
For the last, they have generally decided taste;
always cultivated in order to enable them obtain lve-
hood by becoming organists in churches With the
vew they all taught kind of manual labor parcu-
lary printing for which they evnce partiaity justified by
the circumstance of its being the most intellectual of the
mechanical arts They perform the various parts of this bust
and have printed considerable number of volumnous
works for the public They also print the books used by
themselves which are differently executed ror common books
they read with the fingers The types which form
ed of the material and in the way common
types except being much larger nked but pres
SEQ with such force against the wet sheet oil paper that the
letters proruded and stand bold relief the
of the sheet They have already printed this way two
catecsms the offices for morning and evening prayer gram
the French, Lan Greek, English Italian and Span
ish languages Latin Seecta, selection from the English
poets and prose writers, geography of general
history of literature with selection of pieces from
the best French orators The of feeling delicate
blind persons, that they read books thus printed with per-
feet This is great blessing to the blind since they
in this way instruct and entertain themselves when aloe
has also been found that they remember much better what
they thus read for themselves by the ouc than what read
them orally by others The only inconvenience of these
books u.s. that they necessarily youmnous and expensive
SO signal has been the and beneficial the eff
fec of this Partisan institutions that similar asylums have
since been established in the principal cities of Europe in
petersbgh VIENNA London, LIVERPOOL Edinburgh, Dublin,
Bristol and Norwich
At election for Directors of the Bank of TTnington
Brddyne, held Monday last the following persons
duly chosen viz:
William Seal, George Griffin
Washington Rice, James Gardner,
Robert Porter, Jesse Mendenhall,
Joseph c, Gipin, Edward Inskip.
David Bush,
On Thursday morning, meeting of the Directors Will
LIAM SEAL was duly chosen President of the Bank
appointments by the President of the United States.
George M Dallas be Attorney of the u States for the
District of Pennsy yania, vice c.. j. IngersOH, removed.
John Pebert0n be Naval Officer for the Port of Phil
adelphla, vice Philip s. .Markley, removed.
Uiiidm Duncan TO be Surveyor of the Revenue for the
Port of Philadelphia wee James Glentworth removed.
Darid Henshac to be Collector of the Revenue for the
PORT of Boston, vice Henry A. $. Dearborn, removed.
LenueI ITiiiaas Collector of the Revenue for the
Port of New Bedford, Francis Boyies who declined
accepting the office vacated by the removal of Russell Free
VashingtOn, dpra THE Postmaster General Of the
United Sates (ltHiam r Barry) arrived in this City on
Sunday night and proceeded Yesterday with great promp-
tude, the discharge of the duties of his Office Intel
The several foreign Ministers present at the seat Of Gov
ernmen yesterday presented TO the President by the
Secretary If State.
Buren, Secretary of State, visited Mr. adams,
at his residences Meridian Hill ON Saturday last.