The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-12-26
INSTITUTION for IN. e,,n5.

Institution for the Blind.
The senllannual examination of the pupils a.tac he'd
oths institution and the usual attenda ut Giles
held at the New York Institution for the Blind on We'd
n'sday last Having attended the last public examina
lions throughout could not but be forciby struck
with the great improvement evncsd by some who were
here then and there We doubt much whether
Il most popular schools, solid land rapid edu
alton can be acquired than here though the sense
Of sight is wanting to the instructed.
Although sense OF pain must, 10 measure influence
any spectator who looks upon many children some
most beautiful In feature others endowed with L.
able intellect all deprived of that light without which
not" vet there is pessurable interest in OBJ
serving the happiness, in hearing the merry laugh, in
watching the patsrnal the hand and the IN
devating confidence the other between master and
pupil tits our duty, and pleasing too to award
to Mr.. Chamberlain, the superintendent of this instu
ton, most unqualified praise for the unwearied kindness
and with which he exercises his time and
with. under his charge In his tssssonts, Messrs
| Johnson and McClenachan, and Misses Swetsnd
and Crosby the latter graduate Of the Institution
he has invaluable aid; in all of whom the pu
pills cluster around with childish confidence
| their kind Instructors.
In the afternoon we heard different clssses in geog.
raphy elementary philosophy arithmetic, hstory-an.
cient and astronomy, examined by thsir DIFF
eren teachers, and that they satisfactory, 10 the
p, sweet girl of Is, Miss Susan McLane as she per
formed her sums in long division and the accuracy and
rspidiy with which her delicate fingers worked their
way on the prepared slate, would have shamed many
| seeing students Of double her age.
After the scholastic exercises for the afternoon
concluded we srolled through the apartments aprro
prated to the manufacture and keeping of articles by
the inmates of the establishment One room filed
with paper boxes capetng baskets and mats and other
things made BY the pupils some of whom earn, during
the course ofthe year, very respectable sum.
IN the evening, numerous audience was collected in
the chapel, which, bythe.by had been most tasefuly
decorated with evergreens listen to the music from the
pupils end the examinations in the bigger branches
stody The music of the usual excellent character
and we observed that young friend Kanisky, we'll
iavore Instrument Though boy Of but ten or eleven
years OF age, he has more music in him than many Of
en %
political economy, which was peculiarly ready and
rect in its answers but the members will most decidedly
vote the democratic ticket if Wayland is to be their
guide Other classes examined by their teachers
Messrs johnson and McClenachan, and Miss swetland
all rejecting great credit the perseverng industry
Of both instructor and instructed.
The audience sgreeably SURPRISED by address
though rather Polksh for our neutral columns We give
at length We might say that Miss c. is deprived Of
inromptu address shows that the light of poesy shines
| within her.
Dear friends, pray do not think me rude,
II on your patience | intrude
lew brief moments; for the muse
Hath babe me speak. If refuse,
might the consequences dread
To WOO her back the task were vain,
So by your leave will obey
Now for my subject, grave or gay
| Kind goddess, that she leaves to ne.
must decide well, let me see
~ sSssa on Sa sI I'll r. Sn s ;oc naS
| And If fail. why then must
Hide my diminished head. dare
Again before you to appear.
III seek some weeping willow tree,
And bid fafewel to poesy.
ha mn oyphi arip in NV oar
Something about the closing year;
And one by one event. doth name,
And hints, If would manage rightly,
'rwsre well to treat Of, tho lightly.
First then, you all Of course well know
We are at with Mexico;
This thing has been aRitated lsng,
Was its adoption right or wroDgi
Affirm who may, condemn who will,
We hold our own opinion still
We 10 her government complsin'd-
Redress for injuries we clsimed-
Wrongs unprovoked, from her we BORE
With patience long-what could we more
That government refus'd to hear:
Nay, closed sgainst our prayers its ear.
Perhaps among this congregs ton,
There's some would like dissertation
On General Tay lors merits we'll
] OF his noble deeds could tell
And were he here, that warrior, nov,
A laurel wreath should crown his brow,
And chaplets wove OF blossoms rare,
Smile mid the wavipgs OF his hair.
Oh! gallant Ringgold, more,
How soon thy bright career was DER!
The spot thy slumberiDg dust endosrs
Is mostensd by nations tears.
Thy son, Columbia, and her pride,
How proudly in thy he died
Britannia, or the mother land,
Hath claspsd once more her daughters hand.
They are on friendly terms again,
And ever may they thus remain.
oh. wondrous age. glorious roy
ofkuowledgs bre ks this our day
Our good old fathers in their time,
Coulj govern well the infant cline,
Their constitution then was good,
And century hath stood;
But wiser heads, It's not surprising,
Have found Of late it needs revising.
Tho summer in its green array,
And autumn too, hath passed away;
Stern winters adamsnine chain,
Hath locked me I'ouniain streams ssain
No moIe the bark with slken sails,
Is waited By the sporting gales
Ger the still lakes translucent breast;
The Atfui blast sweeps wailing by,
And mournful, echoes natures sigh.
Its requiem to the closing year.
! OH can it be that thou hast flown so rapidly;
Unclouded was the hrst puro ray
! That usher ed in thy new born day.
The waning star that fades with thee
Til lost yet lovely may it be.
= Oh gaze upon this fairy scene,
Our chapel in its robe of green
Though all without il cold and dresr.
Methinks it seems like summer here;
Fen Flora hath beheld and biest
The hands these walls SO kindly drsst;
Friends, guardians teachers, suppose
You wonder when Pm now to close,
You all shall know anon, just hear
With four short years, "A bright New Year"
This address was received wi,h great applause by the
audience. At the close of the exercises returned
better pleased than with the admirable manage
Of the Institution. Mr.. Chamberlain, who We obscrye
since last visit has found that good for
be alone, is in his capacity Of superintendent both
father and teacher 10 those under his charge
the institution q model Of Its kind to the world.
| City Intelligence.
| CHRmrMAs DAv- MILITARY TARerr Excursions
AVID so oS-Chrismas passed of merriy, notwi,hstsnd
ing the weather was gloomy enough to make any other
day the very festival for ends ia blue The morning
vusJl cr~ or1 ~. 1sxso
But Santa Claus had 1t all his way and despite the
elements the children were happy and their happiness
had the eject to render others around them happy also
The day was remarkably quie, out Of doors The still
occasionally interrupted by the music OF mill
tary fremen, who turned in large numbers in the
morning, and marched through the Streets bound on
TAR vVo han ~s