Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1837-01-12

dent which. lc sustained at ,Natcbez. ia
false. 1t is believed that beawinI ,reeover:
The Hon. John Q. Adams, IN DESPITE Of
the pious labours of the Hon. Mr.. Pipckpev. !
has again opened tho crasn,lo ugain,fs theE
people of the, South. - A few days since, hef
presented n Petition from sundry citizens.
OF Pennsylvania, praying the abolition Of
Slavery in the Distsetsof Columbia. and
moved it reference, without reading, to the
Committee on the Distfics OF Columbia
This move of the Ex-Prcsidcnt, rs might
he expected, excited considerable sensation.
Mr.. Pickens asked whether the Resolution
OF the last Session. disposing of all Petitions
upon this subject, was of force. The
speaker SAID not The Resolution of Mr..
Adams was laid. upon the table. Il is be-
lieved, that the majority, this Session, will
receive all the Petitions, lay them upon tho
table, without consideration, and witbou,
printing. The storm, VIC are inclined 10
think; will not hurst upon our heads in all
Its fury, for a few Sessions to come. The
Abolitionists must first triumph at the polls,
and we may look then for the fulElment of
all their wild schemes of fanaticism. We
will await the progress of and have
but to add fpr the present, that that man is
truly blind, who believes that the incendi-
aries have been quoted, and thatthey have
ceased to plot against the pence and secu-
rity Of the Slavc-holdiug States.
we had the pleasure no, long since Of
reading the Twcntie,h Report of the Direc-
tors of the American Asylum at Hartford,
for the Education and Instruction Of the
Deaf and Dumb. In the year 1915, the
first efforts were made in Gbe United States
FOR the establishment of a public institution
for their benefit; and in the year after (1s16).
the Legislature of Connecticut passed an
Act, Incorporating n few bencvolcn, genre-
men at Hartford. as a Society for the edu-
cation of the Deaf and Dumb. The Rev.
Thomas IL. Gallaudet, was the gentleman
selected for carrying forward their philan-
thr"pic purposes, and the School com
mcnced its course Of instruction under him
and II Mr.. Clerc, a distinguished Teacher,
whose services he was SO fortunate as TO
obtain. The Legislature of Connecticut in
a short time, DISQUALIFICATION, made an
appropria,ionsf $4,000. This was follow.
ed Ivy appropriations from Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, South
Carolina, Go rgia and other: States o
The Union, and the CongressAS the United
Stntes, with commendaale libA lily, made
a donation of , 3 5000 acres of Inn for. the
benefit of the Institution. Til fnshaution
was now thought 10 havesH permanent
foundation, aud the Directors determined to.
make immediate arrangements, to extend
its advantages to all the unfortunate through
out the country. From the very commence
ment, the motive was one o. the most en-
larSed benevolence, and we are happy to
say, that thus far the anGcipations of its
friends have been realized: or all the
benevolent institutions of Tie age, none has
higher claims to ourregard:: The price for
tuition, hoard &C., has always been below
the expenses, and now that the pecuuiary
resources Of the Institution AVE become
considerable, il. has suffered n reduction
from two hundred dollars originally. to one
hundred dollars per annum, although the
actual expense to the Directors is now never
less than one hundred and thirty, and often
one hundred and fifty. The number of
Pupils has been 515, of whom $50 wefS1
males, aud 226 females. Two hundred ands
fifty were horn deaf; the calamity in two
hundred and thirty-ninc occurred from sick
ness or accidentsNnd in sixty-one the cause,
was not now Che number o fdeaf mutes'
in the gRa Hates is asccr,ained to be in
the ~ Sse to two thousand of the whole
population; a much larger proportion, no
doubt, than our readers was prepared to
expect. 1t is a fact, however, which only
recommends it more strongly to our regard,
as it enlarges the sphere Of its benevolent
operation. About four hundred of the
Pupils, included in tho above statement,
have ceased their connection with tho Asy-
lum. and taken up their abode in different
parts Of the country, and with hui very few
exceptions, they sustain in society The repu-
tation Of honest, industrious. and Intelligent
citizens.
Wo have thus thrown together a few
of the facts in relation TO the Asylum at
Hartford, in the hope that they would not
be embarrassing to our readers. Whatever