The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-06-30

Report of the Manses Of this insstution to the Ls-
cisature of the state from which CLEAN some In
terestng facts
During the year 1s47, twsnty-sigh pupils entered
the institution and nineteen left it, At the close Of
the year there were one hundred and thrtyfoar in
mates, of whom hundred and four benensiariss
of the state of New York. six of New Jersey nineteen
are pupils who support themselves by various
employmcnts in connection with the institution and
five pay pupils.
The Of the institution all sources for the
past year amounts to $2S5l8 49, sum which, notwth-
standing heavy draft upon IL for the construction Of
sewer and the Introduction Of the Croton water has
been sufficient to meet the expenditures, and leave
bala nee Of 81 1871 SO unexpended.
may be here proper to remark that the institution
possesses resources beyond the regular appropria
W sms sssss iOs ems t pup
limited in number with occasional grants by the State
for specific Objects and donations and legaciss from
individuals
During the past year, font Of type has been pro.
cured, and q commencement has been made in print
Ing 1t has until very recently been supposed that
press Of construction, and great expense
necessary TO do the printingor rather the embossing
for the blind but experiments made at the ms ttu-
tion have proved that it can be executed on common
press with ordinary type-a primary Reader for the
blind, having been printed, embossed, on such
press in this city, under the direction Of the Board
and that an arithmetic in two volumes Is now in pro-
The managers express their regret that indispostion
deprived them Of the Of the Superintendent
H.
nasmuch the annual visit of that oicer affords the
pupils opportunity to show to the represe ntave Of
the State thai Its bounty is not bestowed upon uuwor
Thy recipients The teachers ambitious Of the
prova Of the head Of the department Of education,
while the maAagers themselves glad to exhibit to
The personal inspection Of the Superinte the man
ner in which thsy ars disch arging their trust
In the absence Of the Superintendent Of Common
Schools, committee Of literary gentlemen consisting
versity aud the Rev. Dr. Turner, Of tho Episcopal
Seminary, attended the annual examina-
the
Of arithmetic, geometry asrosmy geography, chemis-
try rhetoric &c. and lisened\p the answers Of many
Of tho pupils with agreeable Nirprsc. When we re-
membered to what extent our ON acquaintance With
those branches derived thro the sense OF vision
we prepared to DO satsfedhith very humble at
tainments from those who areteprived of this aid
and when understood that, win some inconsdera-
BILE exceptions there were no Hientihc textbook
printed in ,ssd characters tor use Sf the blind
teacher whatever knowledge they obtained, we con-
cuded that their progress must DO linfuly Slow and
therefore, agreeaby surprised Mind that In tho
extent their studies we'll as the A,uracy of their
knowledge the pupils compared favoNly with those
who in the full enjoyment OF - their senses.
The course of studies pursued by th4upils during
their regular term is as follows Fin ciass--Pupis
entering ON their 9Th yenr-Geometry. 4nistrv rhe
toric, whiting. Second cass-Pupils en},g on their
4th year-Aigebra, grammar, philosophy stronomy
Third class-Pupils entering on their 3rdH r-Arth-
Pupils entering their End yearSpellineA deHni-
tions, arithmetic, geogr Apply, reading. ii class
Papils during their first year-speing, ready mental
arithmetic, geography. Tho frst second NJ 18th
classes attend school in the forenoon, and wn the
shops in the afternoon the third and fourth asses
IN IN @ sns hs noS.s sp Of h
attended school at the close of the past year, wa
Tho number Of pupils pursuing each Of the pus
"A; writing, 20; algebra, 70; history, 20; grankr,
20 natural philosophy, Is astronomy. IL aritH \.
tic, 80 geography, 80 spelling and aea;aitaiSSn'
1t will be perceived, from the remarks Of the exan
ing committee, well from a schedule Of the cou1
ara enumerated which are pursued by youth in "a
highest seminar Of learning Hitherto, 1t has b
made point to teach these in regular course to al
suitable capacity who have entered the institutions
In view however Of the great end If alton, WI
is to At men for usefulness, it has become ser |
question with the Board, whether the instruction.
the blind, class might not be more Advantages
ly confined to the ordinary branches OF common SCI
education. I'll
The experience of this, and all similar nstituti&
clearly demonstrated that in manual labor, at ~ |
handicraft employment, the blind are to seek II |
sursst means Of support; and. however desirable ~
may be the delights Of hly cultivated INTEL.
the means Of earning honest living are to the y
whose condition we aim to ame!iorate, incompaSG |
the greater blessing.
strength Is required to devote portion of each dp
the acquisition Of some useful trade The trx(6so |
ing, mat making, and carpet weaving. The f@rs |
are taught paper box making, plain and fancyf3t |
10 say that articles manufactured by blind pS,ns
are equal in point of workmanship, to those mr. y
the seeing, would be to assert that eyes of n In
that n point Of 's strength and durability
suffer In comparison with any, and are genera4ype-
rior II the blind cannot work 80 smoothly tl,ose
favored with vision neither have they the SAM fifty
The census Of the state for ls45 shows that " the
number of the blind of our State keeps pace the
increase of population the proportion of
ing instruction Is constantly increasing II ensus
also shows that the whole number of blind, ages.
in the State is $751; of whom 1872 are under ars of
age or the latter, there are 165 whose Eats are
able to support them, and 167 whose paren . una
bio to support them. The blind children u q years
Of age Is a. viz, males 49, females IL; and hnumber
between the ages Of and rs Is 258, viz, l4S fe-
The expenses Of the school for the year ls cluding
teachers salaries books printing, school atus pre-
miums and travelling expenses Of the sui late nde MT
are 81 So In addition to the above u was, also
expended from the printing fund.- (derivek ON volun-
tary contributions Of the bcnevoent) foe purchase
of font of type for embossng, printing ases print
ing primary reader, addresses. &C., $230,5&
During the year, there were msnufafred In the
institution. 100 knife baskets, GA hes baskets,
1918 market baskets bandbox basketspl work bask-
cts, 2iS cradles 10 Troy cradles 1853 bns 10 Troy
wagons IA chairs Troy chairs 30 |cule baskets
40 dinner baskets. 60 carts 102 msY BIZ yards OF
carpet. 1902 bandboxes 97l2 shoe boz li4o hat box
es. 1888 cap boxes; 100 muf box4and OH fancy
boxes Tho female pupils during 1e same period,
made Al shirts 81 sheets 155 skirts pairs Of sleeves
80 pairs of drawers 207 towels, Aynight caps l35
pairs Of stockings So chemises. So oas. 80 boeoms,
10 collars, 50 pillow cases. 80 night Rwns 16I handler
chiefs and bed spreads. I'LL
The health of the inmates durin IN, vast year, was
remarkably good. With the lEcel ion Of four
Of unusual reverity, one &hicl proved fAtal
nothing of epidemic or alarm q cH racter mas APP
peared among them, and the aFs Of the institution
seem to give very general satisfac en- W
Police INTEL gepces
Arrest Suspicion. Officer xvy and McCarty, OF
the 9th ward police, arrested erday long-shore-
man known to be in poor crcur4snces BY the name
of Charles IIenigcr, having in h possession 500
bank bill one Of the city banl and near 500 in
gold The bank bills he Wa Exchanging At m OK,
change Office in the Bowcry Audtupicion was aroused
from his appearance that the mbey was stolen which
authorized tho officers to nakethe arrest ON be.
ing brought to the stations uuso before Captain
AIagnes the money exsmp, and on hei.s asked 60
how he came in possession Of no7sE ne sa,d ~. nc
found three 500 bank bills, ivy OF Encn nc nso cA
changed for gold aud the othss vas ABOUT doing 30
with, when arrested By the ncsts .s rsry pvS,
sibe that the money ma nptoteni therefore, any
person missing money Of that kscription, VIII DO wen
by calling on Captain Magnes, , the 0tn ward ponce
station. The man was dstaind for fnreher nearing
SteaI;nr D,ffer Omar (,a}ner Of the sixth ward
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