New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-07-16
On the eyeballs OF toe blind
Can pour celestial hghtf


Can pour celestial lghtf
Some read slow other. quick now and then pupil
seems deficient In that decacy Of touch that requisite
In reading the raised characters. We shut eyes and
felt the page but could rot decypher the first letter
Some OF them read with she fingers Of hand only
Multiply s7Il by e. said teacher 10 lad of 10
he did tered Ia one figure only and corrected that
instantly How IL doEei Thus The characters
T and L. when marked on two cubes OF meta. and
turned 10 various positions represent the hgares J. 3
456Tsq0; aud With enough Of these cubes the boy
not only savs the result but showed the calculation 10
full TO the audience Other children had states their
knees and worked sritnmetcs questions with marked
cube, almost could DO with eyes open.
There was much spelling, long lessons In geography,
and now and then question proposed which would
puzzle many well educated persons who have the OF
their eyes A boy set up opposite raised map Of
south America and asked hundred questions about IL.
Though stone blind, he answered promptly ielt 90 the
large board fore him tor each place. and nnAy when
AGED 10 point out the Mississippi stretched his little
arms lar above them ap and CROPPED 10 md IL where
North America should have been.
We have not leisure ~ tell Of half bat sure
ly such school this srOrds most satisfactory eyi-
dsnc. OF the increasing intelligence and rejecting hui
maniiy OF the IL Is practical Cnristiany-good
men In NegY0rk seeking " make some amends for the
evils which their less consierse brethren in1lctns
Ia Ireland and Mexico. The minds OF the pupils
stocked useful dess-they hear Of the Past snd the
Pre- sent and they hope Tor the Futurethey have play
IruAuls,
sLescs set ~ airy dormit0res and two supPerfoous
one tor The glrls, tOther tor the boys. We saw
them sit down % their plain and wholesome fare-Ve
listened % the earnest enuesry Of one, for all That
Heaven would bless their fOOd-we examined lnelr
baskets mat and other manuisctures-and sier oene
fung by Fourth Of July Orauon, delivered oy young
lady Dot with much passion or Pathcs out gracefully
and with very good eject eit the school Tor the Blind
pleased win ts pupils, teachers and msnsssra, and
s,i more with the community that upnolds aud pro
vdes for H.
~ The weather yesterday was fully equal TO
th., which drew from old George Herbert the exesms
ton,
sweet day. % cool. 30 calm, 90 bright
The bridal OF the Earth and say -
II was radiant and refreshing enough 10 awake
don Of satisfaction the heart Of misanthrops, take
shade from the soom Of the deepest sorrow or lend
new glow the JOY Of bridal Such day Is an omen
Of the srs when nations shall learn no more-when
poverty injustice and crime shall be banshed, and
when as some writer nss said the Atheists seeing
the inmen.y Sf the blessings conferred BY Gods Provi
dence Will PROSTATE themselves at His affairs
10 o5er their burning gratitude for the Goodness and
Wisdom Of which they no longer doubt.
= Hon Mr.. CRASsTos, OF Newport r. l. il
At the Astor- House. Mr.. Crans,on has been a mem
Der Of Congress for several and reelected 70 thu
maxi Hsss fathful and able Representative