Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-12-05
THE DEAF AND DUMB.

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New 0rk school for the instruction of the
ueai and dumb, for the year commencing on
.he ISL OF September, took place last week i'm
presence OF the board of managers. several
members of the Common Council, and other
invited guests-Rev. DIR. Milnor, President. i'm
the chair. 40
there has been large accession of pupils
since the summer vacation, and we have new
or seen the school so full. We mention the
TACT with pleasure, as it indicates AN increas-
ing disposition on the part of the parents of
this unfortunate class Of our fellow beings TO
avail themselves of the muniicence OF the
State in their education.
ne classes were all examined in course.
each unde. the guidance of its own teacher,
beginnlng at the youngest-those who
nave just begun at the simplest elements of
written language; and the results were hiph-
~ satisfactory to the Board and to the ladies
and gentlemen present.
Inc examinations in arithmetic, geography,
and history, the construction OF sentences
from given words, different parts of speech.
&c. Were protracted to so late an hour that but
q brlef space of time was allowed for the ey-
erclse CT the senior class in composition. An
incident occurring during one of the invasions
Foi the Mohawk valley by the Indians and To-
RES LED by Sir John Johnson and the celebra-
ied Joseph Brant, having been communicated
70 TIL: Grass by signs, was with great rapidi-
" written down by the pupils upon their
states. Every one caught the shirt of the
story, and many Of them were happy in COM
uniting 1t to writing. Three oil these ver-
sions, at our request, Were transcribed literal
ly for publication.
"During the summer of 1871, Sir John
! Johnson being accompanied by Brant, the
cniei ol me Mohawks, led up their forces and
attacked Fort Hunter. That post was situa-
ted on the Schoharie creek. They found
that It's inhabitants had been massacred. and
a great deal OF blood had been shed, and that
tortined place had been set on fire. Those
ioi,incailons were still envcloped in flames,
and the smoke was rolling up in thick cIouds
During that time, an Indian rudely entered
ih'o ahouse, and snatched little pretty child
from cradle, and returned out CARRYING him
away. AT the loss of this kidnapped Child.
MS ihollier was exceedingly grieved, tearing
out her hair. The next morning they saw .
young Indian bounding toward them. with his
White flag, alta distance. Atlength the Indian
reached the place, and returned the same child
10 Jus mother, and thus handed ND to her q
!eter. lie mad Just been sent with the same
infant 10 her, bearing also a MESSAGE from
brant. Then she unfolded it, and thence
LOOK nouce that the chief acknowledged his
reluctance to meet this innoceot victim to de-
suoy ninl' nut, though sorry to say that the
tories mad often seized and killed these chill.
dren, he protected this little child for her
sake.'' ioi iiei
~, Durihg the summer of 1871, Johnson, at
Tue mead OF the army of Tories and Indians.
IN company with Brant, the chief of the Mo,
u. tflbe, set out on their march toward the
ochoharie creek, on which a town was situa-
tea, and then they made an awful destruction
~ "a lhe Town and 1T inhabitants. The town
.e.hg III terrible blaze, one Indian rushed in
ob; 'I,e mouse OF white family, snatched the
enid from the cradle, and carried it away -
.Iuch was the unexpected bereavement that
'ie nolher OF the child was in desperate
So''uiIon III The next morning when it was
brought back to her, and she must have heen
overcome with joy at the sight of the child
Which had been taken away by the savage the
day before Brant had sent a Young Indian
TO the town with the child, and q letter which
ne himself wrote, stating that he Would not
like to have put it to death. but. boyyeyar
some other Indians had natural disnositinn
OF delight in numbering every BODY whom
'i,ey captured, and he was sorry to acknowl-
eage inc loyalistS often had also This infer
es,ing feature In the history of Indian warfare
eAiilpliS nm, think, as one of the most kind
and humane chiefs or warriors whose name
ever was recorded in any history.''
''ln the summer of 1871, Sir John Johnson.
having the command OF Tories and Indians,
Wen' In company with Brant, the chief of the
hcohaWk tflDe' and arrived near the junction
OF the Schoharie creek, with the intention of
making war against the colonists. When
the tories had arrived there in pursuit they
saw that the Indians had set fire TO the build
lngs and murdered many of the whites in the
most cruel manner, whenever an opportunity
presented, and the cloud of smoke still ascen-
ded up toward Heaven. In the mean time.
one OF the Indians by chance had seen one
White child, whowas laid in cradle, and he
caught 1t by the hand, and ran away without
the least feeling of pity. The mother was
overwhelmed with despair at the loss of the
beloved child, and continued to think of it
with the most tender emotions. The next
morning, one young Indian came in sight,
running with handkerchief tied to stick as
token OF peace and friendship. He soon af-
ter presented the child, who had been captured
70 tne whites again, and the mother was filled
win JOY at the sight of her own child The
mother must have been thankful to Brant. be-
cause he was so kind as TO send the lost child
to her by one of the Indians, with the letter
In which Brant related that he did not like to
XIII the child at all, and that he could not bear
10 murder any women and children, and he
was very sorry that the loyaists delighted in
war and cruelty to them.
The life and death ofJoseph Brant, think
must be one of the most interesting of bioo-
raphies."
The whole exhibition served more strongly
thah ever, TO convince us of the pre-eminent
excellence OF this institution. The organiza-
tion seems to be perfect-the principal and
Professors