The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-28

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Southern benevoleucs NAV not be ou;ts
as noisy and o.tentat;ou. !. .o,. o.h.. 80.
cinema Of he article founa s,.ewh.,. ~.
Il i quite AZ efg;cac;ous n 4. nrsct;c,, ,,o,,
ines.
Larpe doca.;oa. 80. .,.a:.
Southern print. :. aad;..,.a = .h.r;..h,.
uses---nor the worls ~ human;tv t,umn.t-
ed to the world AZ laro. b,t ~. ,vorl !.
done effectually and l;ber.lIv nsv.,.h.,...
Of all classes who have .,.;m I. ~.
sympathies and assistases of conm.,;,;s.
none can prefer stronger ones than those
whom Providence has visited with the lo.s
Of speech, of hearing, or Of sight blessings
orlg EN-, e. i. .,rr..;.4.a II, 3, ~
my WY ~ " aPps oe's'ou W me contem-
plation of the condition to which their absence
reapce. no
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There can be no spectacle more melan-
!,
eno'y tnah " Witness the dim groupings OF an
intelligence thus cabined and confined Nv
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these Darrlers--no sight more cheering than
to see these barriers broken dc,pr ond .,;,ht
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let IN through the agen cy OF the remaining
sense. nnd.r rrorar t,;t;or J,.t;t,t;,,,s e.
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the relief OF these unfortunates are becoming
evarv a.v ,,ors n,ro,. .L.orh. az
'o'o nunAc'ouS 'niousnou' ING
in the last Staunton IVA
g.
~FSs'oso', ~ w iouhu niose interesting
account of the ceremonies attendant ON the
.-.L =. $50
'eh'n commencement OF tne vtr9infd 1nsts-
t,lfi0n for the edpcation If the Deaf Dun,h
$50,
ana blind, on the 3lst UT.
Elouuent addresses were del;vered hv ~
m :, 81 :, nm, ~
J0ueffe Gray, Esq, and II. ~ SheWey,
xxr 81 ~ 1e.tsa$
Esq. we aPPcnu the report oitHe examln-
ing committee.
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lhe commune appointed 70 conduct the ex-
summation OF the classes IN the Virginia Institution
t tea the education OF the Dear Mute and Of the
D, i Deg leave 70 oHer inc ioiiowing report
1ney auended the examination OF the pupils IN
me Deai Mute Department on THURSDAY, Way
3Utn, ana witnessed the most satisfactory evil
dences OF great hdelity N the oficers and silgu-
larry accurate scholarship IN the pupils. Glasses
IN dinerent stages, We're examined IN the various
branches Taught IN TINS department---compriSln
exercises IN the sign language, Wrltng, Compo-
sron. Arithmetic, GEOGRAPHY, &C., all or which
exhiDiied satisfactory evidences OF thorough tram
ING ana accurate attainmehts. indeed, II would De
alfhcait, u not Impossible, 70 ma class, IN out
me geography IN any lnsttution, OF pupils pos.
sessed OF all tneir iacuities, wnicn woud
compare with the classes IN TINS department.
Ihev sketcned from memory, WIN great iacihty
ana correctness, maps OF the dlHerent counties,
ana located the counues, citess towns, mountains,
&C., which the COMMITTEE suggested, with readi-
ness that indicated the most thorough acquaint-
ance with the subject. IN Inc oiner branches,
the committee were gfatihed with similar evil
The exercises IN THIS department were closed
with Vaiedlctory Address IN the sign language,
ny one OF the pupils OF the graduating class. Be-
fore Its delivery, the Address was read to the
audience, an arrangement which enabled us to
appreciate, in some degree, the graceful express
sion of the Sign language. and reel the SIMPLE,
touching narration OF blessings which the institu-
ton had conferred upon himself and Fellowship
dents, enabling
The deaf 70 hea1the Saviour . voice,
That voice, which with word would chase
The dumb, deaf spirit from his place.
On the 3lst, we attended the examination OF the
classes in the Department for the Blind. Various
classes IN Reading, History, Geography, Arith-
metic, Algebra, and French. were examined by the
Professors and the COMMITTEE, and IN every IN
tory proofs Of faithful and laborious instruction
sa class y and suo
scholarship, to specify would needleasIy extend
TINS report. oumce y 70 say mat tne Comnhttee