The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-03-11

INTERESTING ExHIBTTIoy.

Il
INTERESTING EXHIBITION.
There Was . erowded sudbury 81 both
sexes 81 The Presbyterian Chureh. on
Thursday morning last. 20 witness the
I iTsi Public Exsm,nanon Of The Pupils -
iached 10 lie Deaf and Dumb School in
this city. The Institution hss nov been
in operation sbou, ten months, under The
superinlendenes OF Mr.. WIliisn ID. Cooke.
and the rapid proficiency Of the Pupils
fssvenlesn IN numbeIl si,ssIs most EN-.
?halieally. the peculiar publication. Of Tho
Principal, and his Assistants. Messfs.
Totem and Albright. Tor The duties oil their
i station.
Three classes were examined--one BY
esrh Of The MISUNDERSTANDING in Q most
Satisfactory and crafty ing manner. The
progress which has been made during The
Acsdemical year. II was wonderful. most
wonderful, 10 witness the eOrse,ness oI
lhe Spelling. The excellence OF the Wri-
ting. ard the knowledge nr Giarmsr.
which even the most recent Pupis dis
plyed. The Teacher would make lev
signs 10 the Glass. and. in On ins,sri. on
each slate was written the required
answer 10 his question. Indeed. all
their replies eyinced intelligence, end
no, mere sehool.room drilling Ter rie pur-
poses ofexh,hi,ion. We were psFncula,ly
struck with the evidence which was atFord.
cd Of their Advance in religious inslruc-
ten. let il be reelected that. few months
ago, they had no idea OF God, or his sl,ri.
hutrs. The Bible was 10 them, indeed, q
sealed book. Mr. Cooke asked them va
rieiy Of questions. for the purpose ofshow.
! ing the care that 10 taken 10 eonducl them
sSIss ssd ssr fassalt q ;sss ssr.
took down one or two answers, which
struck US with peculiar force. In answer
10 the questions Docs God know your
thong hisr-was wriisen--. God know
sll ] think, Ill I say, all do" "Where
is Godl" IVES another question a,ked.
And, the answer was" God IL 10 Hra.
ven--he Is hefe-hs 10 every where."
"How does God produce the irunsof lse
ear'h!" was then ssked, and tie suswes
was" He csu,elh the rain 10 descend
upon The just and the unjust" in .I,ort.
there was the most ssi.fscioty evidence
Of the fact. that The Institution has fulfilled,
and is now fulfilling. It's otligsuons 10 the
State, and that It's management is eonduc-
Ted upon most admirable system.
The closing srene was one that drew
Iesfs from the eyes Of macy. Mr.. Cooke,
the Principal. reri,sd Payer in the Ian.
guage Of signs. 'Fhe intelligence Of man.
with all lis conventional rules for opening
the springs Of thought. SINKS into insieniti-
canoe, ~hen conuasIed with the pure aud
simple eloqueuce Of silent nature. Never
was prayer uttered by man with more
thrilling furce, or mora convincing eiu.
qutnse, than by the sllea, language en-
ployfd on Tins occasion. We confess that
our sensibilres were reused, and deeply
afec ed by this remarkable aud ssul-str-
ring prayer. a.-.@.#
Al the close Of The Exercises. hi.
Exceilency, Gev. Grsham. who 10 P,esi
dent. er o6fcio, Of the Literary Board
(under whose charge this u suiution ISL
aud who has taken deep interest 10 the
subject. delivered the following neat AID.
dress. which We Irusl, will have the effect
81 more fully awakening puthc attention
~ this noble rnierp,z.; H. ~ ..
" The close Of the first Academic term
ofIhIs iLfsnt Institution. 10 d, emed IA
Forable occasion for endfagoriug to dis.
semlnsie more general knowledge Of lie
ehJecis, and Of The success with which
hey have been prosecuted thus far, than
has heretofore oblsineJ ~ The community.
and in the State. LIS eudnw men, by lie
General Assembly a, their last Session,
9Th ihe progress which has been made,
u carry log their bereffceni design into
sfecuilnn. is destined 10 be regarded ss an
eta in our educational history. #
Founded in public charity. and main.
intended for the benz floi The q Dor aud
tsst'tu,e, i.s first Objects 10 insttuct these:
FL them for moral, social and inteIlec.
stal enjoyment, and TO en,ble them 10 earn
"Reminiscences in household employ meni,,
me Mechanic Arts. or in Agriculture.
iut those more fas ored BY fortune are no.
excluded. A, their own expense, the
sime opportunities of improvement ate
ifeiy offered to them. And although
exempted IRON the necessity Of labor Tor
ny 70 support, education would seem 10 be
SUI moro necessary 10 relieve them from
Faculty Of thought" (sInos. a. fatal l.,
re mental constitution. as a vacuum in
'ne atmosphere to sbe physical, to luInis,