The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-03-15
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| city intelligence.
The wE,rHxR.-Yestsraav was another foe day and
the weather became ertremelv mild about o'clock,
when we had bright supshne The wind shifted to
words thu south about O'Clock
Nrw MoDv or CLEAvIve rux srRrErs.-One Of those
large piles of mud and gutter hh that be In
manv ofour streets and thoroughfsres and which has
been allowed 70 remain for some time, In Courtlapdt
extracted much Yesterday In consequences
of ceran naspensabo appandsge to the equipara Of
the he'd chamber being pacsd rsveraed the top of
this heap Of mud. an was labelled az follows .
FoR NsALx-Arplv to the Street Inspector 81 ward
The purchaser will be obliged to in month
sbend purchaser the wavthis dav presume he
with the articles Of sale The state Of the streets in
era' throughout the CITY perfect disgrsce to the a
among the Inspectors. Commissioners, ons else
The streets ought to be paved and swept regularly
SUPPLIES FOR THE srAnvrro.-We learn that the Joint
Completes of finance of the Common Council. under
whose direction IN. appropriation Of ave thousand dol
lars for the relief Ireland is to sesxponded have de-
erminsd to send such srce, as they may purchase by
the frigate Macedonian. Com. De Kay.
COMMON ourcrL-Both boards will hold their regu.
lar meeting this evening at o'clock
SUMMARY JUSTICE Patrick McQuade who has for
number Of years mast kent store in catharne street
was tried IN the Court Of General Sessions few days
seo on charse Of receiving stolen property was cor;
himself tn inmate Of the State prison.
CHARIrABLe MovyMvrr-ws refer oar readers TO the
resolutions of the Hbernian B. B Society. publ shed In
dsp.nssd with tho usual festivities Of 81 Patrick Dsv
and have voted the handsome sum OF $500 towards amo
isra'iOe the condition Of their distressed counrym.n
charitable and sympsthec character this society has al
ready attained We advise the members 10 their process
sion the l7h, 10 dispensA with their badges and wear
crane on their arms and hampers that day, will
truly svinee their sympathy with those OF the American
citizens who have 70 uobly and generously contributed
towards relieving unhappy Ireland
A MsLAvcuoIv Ears About ago. a girl Of
rrerossessng appearance. namsd Emma L-e. then In
her 9Th ysar induced to leave her homo in qpet
vilnxe in ectcut, and to this city with view
Of seeking her fortune, IN other words to improve
her condition :. @ M., r.. ana
less villsn wbe under professions Of makipE her bis
wife suocasded IN accommodating the ruin Of the unsus
time he abandoned her TO hsr fate Find ing her
self in dslicste situation amongst atran gers and with
out money. she bsssme DISCOURAGED and while wander
ing through the streets lameutng her uuhsppy situation
she induced to accept Of infamous proposition
Consigned to coll in the Tombs for some petty offences
sgain leaving her. il possible In more destitute con
with men Of bad character and being unable as well as
unwilling to return home on account Of her state Of
presnsney che resigned hsrssf become tho mistress OF
gave birth to child; while her own emaciated Frame
arising from disease end want Of proper medical aid
assistance Of those whose victim she bad besn Death
put an and to her suhsrngs on Saturday morning,
before she expred-wiih the dead had been
dead for about twentyour hours lying by her side.
The Coroner hold an inquest upon the bodies; afer
which they were consigned to pauper's grave in
Potters Field
DRAF Dunn IrsrIrUrE.-We have been favored
with copy ofan address delivered at the New York In
sttuton for the Instruction Of the Beat and Dumb the
ID December last by HarveyP. Pest. M President Of
We have condensed part Of it. which very interesting
need not tell you that the possibility of instructng he
deaf and dumb ID comparatively modern discovery In
ancient times philosophers them incapable Of
mental or moral improvements the civil law placed them
monuments Of the divine dseasure having the form
without the faculties Of man.
The first successful attempts to instruct the deaf and
of houo dot hail I:kA1~
more than two centuries and half
little past the middle of the eighteenth century.
whose real and opened era in the history
of the art Thomas Bradwood in Britain, and Samuel
parents of many others Each of these distinguished
devoted himself chiefly the teaching of artcua
ton and the system Of each still prevails more or less
however the teaching Of articulation once nearly uni
,erssl, il gradually falling into dsuse; and even
pertnacity not warranted by their though the
German Language is far more favorable for this branch
Of instruction than the English or the French.
But it to the labors Of the third instructor
especially that the deaf mues of this age indebted
1850 there lived in Paris ecclssast named Charles
Michael De lEpse man Of piey genius and learning,
and Of sos S az
two daughters deaf and dumb The sympatbies of the
good Able were awakened by this accidental meeting.
Having perhaps of successful attempts to instruct
deaf mes but either ignorant of the modes of proceed
ing, not satisfied with tine principles on which they
/
mind. and originated system. now acknowledged, by
the best and philosophical instructors to embrace
The pioneer in the cause on this side of the Atlantic
was the Rev. Thomas H. Gallaudet Of Hadford-s man
who to have ossn ruc up and
girl the daughter Of Intelligent and highly respectable
Parents who had been BY the early loss Of hearing cut
moral and religious influences OF Christian family he
felt that part Of the duty Of Christian pro
vide means of instruction for those whose lot without
instruction. peculiarly wretchsd. Encouraged
and aided by few friends at Hartford he visited Europe
and with n
Clerc, himself deaf mute, one OF the most distinguished
pupils Of and Ct the sane n time one of the a0''
Under Mr. Gallsudet and Mr. Clerc. the school at
Hartford opened in 1917, acquired high and deserved
reputation Other institutions wore successveiy found.
ed, and other States acknowledged the claims of tho
deaf and dumb, for the means Of education. At this
time there ten institutions in the United States in
successful operation provision is made for the edu
cation of deaf mutes in twenty States including all the
older and more densey settled Parts Of ee country and
the number now under obstruction Is not far from
seven hundred.
The site Of the present institution in this city was
given by the corporation Of the city, and special doua-
ton of ten thousand dollars from the trea sury Of the
State, secured according to a condition snnexed by
savings from the income from the institution and contri
buttons from benevolent citizens to equal amount fur
nished the mean: for lis erection These means
by repeated appeals to public benevolcnce while the
building was in progress proved inadequate, and 1t BE-
buildings This debt was however in ew years dis
charged chiefly by savings from the ordinary revenues
: OF the institution.
Seventeen years ago, the sOh September 1899 tho
eice was dedicated 10 its appropriate in the pre-
sehce OF large ssembage, composed them as now, OF
those whose sympathes enlisted in behalf Of the
deaf aid DUMB.
The pr ceedngs at the dedication we're very imposing
part OF them being examination Of the pupils hsir
studies.
The buildings of the institution proper with the
additions, present front 40 feet 50th street. the
IRENE depth of the wings being 80 feet. They oil
brick and succeed appearing ut distance like white
marble. Beautiful and ornamental portcos are erected
in trent and The by the porch in the
north front opening into hall each side of which
parors for visitors This hall extends 60 feet to the south
porch and crossed by another $50 feet in length
mnang at one end in the boys, and at the other in the
girls sitting room, the former occupying the east, and
the latter the west wings. The dining room is spa
cous apartment in form OF the letter in which all the
inmates of the establishment including the President
his family and the teachers whs not houseke
take theirmeas together, forming household Of nearly
$50 persons.