The North-Carolinian., 1850-01-26
FAYETTEVILLE, n. c., JANUARY &C. 1850.

anQ good ones III the village. Among
them are Male Academy taught by Mr.
1sham, and Female Academy by Mrs
Butts-both excellent teachers. Board
and education are both exceedingly cheap.
indicating the agricultural abundance Of
the region. Board for adults may be had
from seven to eight dollars month, and
Tor children from five to seven dollars a
month. while tuition is dispensed at six.
eight and twelve dollars. for each session
OF live months, the lowest classes embrac
ing the rudiments Of English, the highest,
among other bran ches, Mathematics and
the Languages. 10 shew the extraor-
dinary cheapness Of living there. l may
add that chickens may be had at to
! cts, turkeys at Is to rs cts, ducks at 10
| cts. geese at 25 cts butter at 5 cts, corn
at 25 to SO cents, beef at 81 8 cts, pork
| 9 to 5 cts.
Cave Spring is also the seat Of
DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTE, OR ASYLUM,
a monument Of the public spirit and benevo-
lence Of Georgia. 1t is nobIy endowed by
the State, with an annual provision Of
! 34,5OO, and has eight male and nine te-
male pupils, under the humane. able and
skilfut conduct and charge Of MIR Oliver
Porter Fannin, as principad.s and Of Mr.
Josephus b. Edwards, highly intelligent
mute, and Mr. Joseph Johnson, as assis-
tants. Mr. Fannin has devoted himself to
the duties Of his benevolent Office, displays
great tact in his peculiar voca ation, employs
| his mind in tevising improved plans Of in
struction, and seems to have won the love
and confidence OF the interesting objects
| OF his tuition and care. In Mr. Edwards,
he has Il valuable assistant. rendered
doubly expert. by his own infrmity, in the
work uf ufinstruction to pspils, laboring un
der the same deprivation Of speech and
hearing, which constitutes his own mis-
| fortune.
While at Cave Spring. l attended the
exercises Of the Institute and was highly
sratiiied both with the skill Of the teacher
and the proficiency ofthe pupils. Among
other exercises, certain words were given
the pupils to be wrought into sentences.
The word - love:' was given Miss Marga-
ret .M'Leod, Of Montgomery county, Geor
gia, who wrote on the black board, as fol-
lows. Many young children love to obey
good preachers. The preachers preach
the Gospel to them every Sunday"
| Eiti,or chs, or anotior wroto-ts want to
love Cod want to road my Bib'c.'
One of the males wrote \ man loves to
talk with the pretty girls:'' One Of the
females, in allusion to little girl had
with me, wrote-'' want to love the
pretty little chiId-th. man loves to talk
with the pretty little girl" Miss Angelina
Antoinette Prior, a very pretty and interest
ing young lady. Of about 5 or Is years Of
age. wrote-.: love Judge P and Mr.
- too" Quite little girl. with live
~ eyes and speaking countenance, on re-
ceiving sugar kiss. took out the joke,
and, after reading it, handed it, with much
gIee and innocent cunning in her looks,
to one Of the young gentlemen visiters.
1t was as follows:
Has it entered your head was green
James ID. Wright, very intelligent
mute from Oglethorpe county. Georgia,
seemed ambitious to display his acquire
ments, and fully succeeded in his purpose.
The principal gave him the words ''career"
and - Washington as his theme lie
resolved, however. to make an independent
exhibition and, of his own motion, as the
sequel will shew, substituted ''Cromwell'
for Is Washington He wrote thus
'.Cromwell was very little known till he
was more than forty years old. when
war broke out among the English them
selves. lie entered the army that was
opposed to the King. He soon became
General, and afterw ards his career was
rapid and brilliant.'' The word ''blessed'
was given him and he wrote Jacob,
before his death, assembled his children
around his bed-he blessed then." This
young man entertains a curious notion OF his
right to dub hi mself Doctor of Medicine,
although he has no diploma, and when he
travels, enters his name, on the Hotel
records. as DR.. Wright.
The pupils, at this we'll conducted asy-
lum, seem contented and happy, and
was SO highly pleased with it, that | cannot
forbear hoping and recommending that
until our State shall pay the debt she owes
to humanity, by similar Institute OF her
own, she will send her mutes to the Geor-
gia Asylum, at Cave Spring. instead OF the
Connecticut Asylum, at Hartford.
While was there, the male pupils were
mechanically employed in making shoes
and the females in plying the needle.
Since left, learn that the art of printing
has been or will soon be judiciously sub
stituted for that Of shoe making.
From the base o: an djacent mountain.
overlooking. in forest crowned majesty.
the quiet anG fertile valley below. gushes,
in bold and never falling flow, the actual
Cave Spring. from which the village. or
hamlet, takes its name. 1t is a clear and
beautiful limestone spring. of delicious
GOODNESS. At considerable elevation. on
the brow Of the mountain and penetrating 9
deeply into its bowels, stands or IS entered
! a remark able
| LIMESTONE CAVE,
adorned with numerous stalacttes, some