Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-02-03
ALBERT NEWSAM.
The Deaf and Dumb Orphan Boz.

Soon after the establishment OF The Pennsyl-
vania Institution for TIE deaf and dumb, in
Philadr lphia in 1920, information was eommu'
cated 10 the gentlemen mos active 10 us con-
Germs, that two n1ufes had arrived in This cry,
whose condition entitled them 10 uolioe aud as.
sis ance.
They were accordingly sought for, ard found
at an obscure inn on The wharf, near Market
stree; one of these strangers was ar adult, The
other boy about ten years old.
Some surprise was e1ciied bv the ability OF
the m an 10 write, bu, as he represented thai he
had been laugh, 10 the school Of the Able ST.
card at Paris, and as his style OF writing was
marked by The ptculiar,li,s OF the deaf and
DUNN in the earlier Stages Of heir education;
and a.. moreover, every attempt to 'hrow MIN
IF his guard, by sudden que,;io,s or loud and
unexp ecud noises. failed of thtir object, suspi'
cion was completely iulled. The natural pri-
va,ions Of his arl,s> companion whom he re-
presented to be his brother. could not Tor mo-
mi mt be Questioned; and after some persuasion
he consen,rd to leave the boy at the ins,itu' i'm
until his return from Richmond, in Virgins,
where he pretended to he going. in order 20 re
cover a SUN Of money due TO the estate OF their
fa,her He was furnished with complete suit
of clothes, and with means to defray mis- rs'el.
\
mond, leaving the boy behind him: since then
nothing has been heard Of lis movements,
though circsmstanees have transPirrd which
leave no doub, Of his beng an ImPoS,or.
The subject Of this notice became an object
Of deeper sympathy and interest when il wss
discovered iha he had been rhr associate, and
probably he dupr Of SO unprincipIed an indi-
yidual and every effurt wos h. refore made 10
4: n II
before his mind could be reached by questions,
or his ideas hrcom- so far de, elop d IS 10 en-
able him satisfactorily ,oIeply His first com
mum, a,ion, as to hi. former residence, was
rvGs drawing repre- sening town OIL the mar
Civ of a river, which, after many unsuccessful
efforts TO determine the original, was rse"gnis-
ed bv an accidental visiter, TO be S,eubenvil'e
in Ohio. Soon after the disc"rerYa gentleman
from rha, pl,ce was ,,ken TO The ius tuition and
i'm media,ely designated the boy as hiber' New.
| S m the son Of hUa'man on the ONO, VINO
| h ID been drowned Or his other relations he
| could give 40 a. count, no, has any infoiina-
| ton been subsesuen " obtained. From Al
| ber,, him ,elf, il has bern as'er'sinrd mat the
person 10 whose company I've irst appeared was
| no, a relative, but had eD'iced hnn fom his
home, probably with q view TO aid him IN I'm
| posing on the CT ari alb e and benevolent.
Albert passed through regular course oil
{, due ion al the Pennsylvania Ihstitu ION, ana
made respectable progress in all The br'nr mes
OF learning TO winch his attention was directed
The evidences he furnished Of natural talent Tor
| copving, attracted tie notice Of Mr.. Cbilds the
engrayer, who generously offered 10 receive him
as a pupil. For more than two years his zine
has almos, exclusively been devoted Z" draw
ing, under Mr.. Childs' direction, vi h sue
ces, no, merely extraordinary In one 10 young
and labouring under such serious dIsadvana'
ges, but whicn entitle him 10 high rank In the
art. A considerable number OF hi. drawings
have been purchased by gentlemen OF the eat
es, taste ans Judgment both in Eorone and this
country. Baltimore Sporting Magazine