Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-12-15
No. o.-WmOLE No. 4gy

we " III receive IN return an ample re-
wlrd in the recollection 0i having cone
tfihnrcd 10 melinra'e the condition. ol a
c ass OF our cuizens, who, above all
o hers. are entitled TO public sympathy.
The number Of patients who have
haoo inmates Of mis- institution. since
November -, 1912, is TWO hundred and
seven -maIes. one huudred and five;
females. ono hundred snd two. tbs
n0mbar Of psli. remaining m The
Asylum A, the end Of last year was nn9
h0ndfrd and forty twO-males. seventy
five; females, stx'v seven, Daring me
past year sixry five patients have been
admitted - males. thuy two; (ema ess
lhny three; all cnuzens oI this State.
The nunbrr discharged, io the pas; yesr
was ofiry nine- males, thirty; Iemale',
twenty nine. OF these thirty eight
were discharged recovered; seven, I'M
proved; len, stationary: and four by
death. Allihe recent cases discharged,
we're restored Uninlerrupted good
health has prevailed 10 The institution
duriog the year. TINS institution has
now been IN operation five years. Dn-
ring this re e,iad. 'oUr hundred a1d sew
envy three insane persons have been
nnderils care; and two hundred ond
three have been discharged, recovered;
which is a traction less Than forty three
per cent The Institution ls SUI pres
sed with applceions Tor admission ifom
our own curzeos lar beyond the means
Of accommodation.
Ai,he ast session of the Conceal As.
semblv, an act was passed for the en-
argeman, NJ The Asylum bv the erection
oi two aili'lonaj bulldIOgS one for each
sex. The act arproprales ;he sum OF
J ltwen'v rhousand dollars. in money, and
twenty i've thousand dollars n convict
labor Five thousand dollars OF this
money ws' appropriated for the com
mencemeut ot ope rations last year--
The cnnvicts Of the PsnileGllary were,
accordingly, sci 20 work eor'y spring
al making he necessary brick. and pre-
parrng materials, &c. The foundation
o. the vest udtng, intended for males
was commenced the first week OF Sep
,emher last, and the walls are now as
high "a the basement. 1t is two hum
dred and eighteen feet long, and will
accommodate abou, one hundred patients
The necessary contracts for lumber
have been mode. and lia principally d.
livete1 and ready for use. Fhe con-
ylc,s have now about one million OF
bri,k seadv Tor next spring. would.
therefore, earnestly recommend that The
necessary appropriations Of money and
convict labor be continued unil the
. buildings are fully completed for each
sex.
n The Asylum for the education Of The
- Blind, il fully organjzad and in pros
ne rnvs condIIinn. There are now hlty
p elght pupils in this institution who ara
, receiving he advantages Of education
y and moral instruction The inmates
are instructed in all the branches usually
taught seeing children in our high
. schools, including most orihe moral and
. natural sciences In addition 10 this
the male pupils are taught four mechan'
r ica branches, in which they make good
NJ proficiency, preparing themselves, as We
trust, 10 depend hereafter on their own
q industry. They will thus relieve The
! community from their support, and them
selves from the real and greatest mis-
Q fortune Of blindness.
q 10 the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, thers
= are now eighty six pupils, greater nun
Il ber than at any former period. The
Il education o(the deaf and dumb was one
c Of the frst benevolent enterprises ID
!. which the Safe Of Ohio engaged From
J. the want Of experience and The necessa
nj rv means. and with All indefinite ldes o.
II the extent of The Accommodations re-
, olireJ, "a knowledge which experience
. only can lurnish,l The buildings erected
are not go spacious Hs they should have
. been. They are consequently, al the
present tune, very much crowded; and
there now exists a pressing necessity
| that they should be 81 enlarged as 10 be
3 adequate to the growing wants oI the
p country, nscr provi5ing for the edu
cation Of an increased number oE pupils
and prolonging the time Of their con!in.
uance at the Asylum, passed the Senate
at the last session OF the General Assam
blv, with liltIe or no opposition, but
through the hurry of the adjournment
was not called up for lie third reading
and final passage in the House OF Rep
= resentalyes, aud consequently did no
become law. 1t is highly important
., for the interest Of the Asylum, that a
law, embracing the above objects should
;, be passed atthe present session. This
ins tuition never has been more success
fully employed IN accomplishing the
= high objects for which it was Instituted,
and never more worthy nf public esteem