The New York herald., 1850-04-25

The Annual Report OF the Institution for
the Deaf and Dumb.
We have received the Thirty-tirst Annual Re-
pert Of the above institution, as presented by its
officers 10 the Legislature, according TO law.
This sort of reports, Of which great number are
annually made TO our Legislature, are il may be
said, proper and necessary, but how far they are
useful and valuable must depend upon many ercunl-
stances and contingencies. They are, in TACT, re-
ports Of their own conduct and management, made
by the individuals themselves; and as persons be-
longing to any institution naturally become very
Jealous in its favor, and are inclined TO believe 1t to
be the best and most perfect of lis kind, while under
their management, hence there is little tendency
10 self laudation and parality in these reports,
which is all put down to the credit of great zeal
and interest for the institution itself. From the
natural existence of such tendencies, which are
common to all mankind, these reports of their own
conduct by the individuals themselves, are most
valuable when they are mere business reports, con-
fined TO truthful statement of facts, without fore
stalling nerences by sentiments opinions, or flat
tering representations. This report, now before
u.s. we are happy to say, seems to more free from
the sin of poetry, in the sense above referred to,
than some others which have heretofore come
under our notice II appears from the 1reasurer's
account that
The receipts of the institution, during the ls49
every source including the balance of Se4 6 on
hand at the close Of 1S+s, amounted to S5325O 04;
and the disbursements Of the year have been
el leaving balance against the treasury ON the 3lst
day of December, 1919, Of 80, l2S 81.
Then follows long list of sundries, and the
amount paid for each article, filling up about
twelve pages of the report, containing such
items as the following: currycombs, l41c.; cork
screw, 22 cents; potato FOUNDER, Is cents /;
cutting boys hair, IS 40; cranberries, So; pie
plant, 3Sc.; shaving boxes, doZ., 81, Nc, Nc;
including every possible article which has been
purchased for the asylum, from sixpence paid for
pot of blackng, to Sl2032 81 paid to the employees
for their salaries We think this is going too far
for report it is like copying the account books,
the journal, and the ledger, and having them
printed unnecessarily, at some little expense to the
people of the State of New York. Certainly, all
the accounts Of such institutions ought TO be most
strictly supervised and looked into, but we do
not see the necessity of printing the kitchen ac-
count books by the Legislature, 1t does not help
in the least 10 make them correct
The following is the present state OF the mstitu-
tuition as 10 the numbers admitted
The number Of pupils returned to the last Lcgsla-
OF these thirty nine have left and three
have been removed by death. During the year Just
closed forty-two new pupils have been admitted and
tive former pupils readmitted making the number Of
pupils resident in the institution, the 3st Of Dec,
ls4o will appear by the accompanying catalogue ~
OF these the State supports one hundred and sixty
the city Of New York sixteen. and the State OF New
Jersey nine Their friends defay the expenses Of
twenty eight one IL supported by the Commissioners
Of Emigration and the number OF those who Tor the
by the institution, eight Most Of these as in former
years had been selected by the superintendent Of Com
mon Schools, in anticipation Of vacancies.
Including graduates Of the institution. employed as
teachers, In the mechanical and domestic depart
ments the whole number Of resident in the
establishment, II 234
The following extract from the report we cannot
refrain from making. II is delightful TO the feel
ings to meet with such an oasis IN the wilderness
Of this lfe and il reflects great credit TO the
managers Of our steamboats,, railroad lines, and
other companies il is an example worthy of being
followed. The liberality Of such public bodies and
companies in this country is well known.
Some times, also, steamboat railroad companies
tend to whole school invitation 20 some excur
sion by which not only our pupils derive much plea
SAINT excitement to diversity the monoony Of schoas
tic life but In which their knowledge Of geography and
OF natural history acquires a surer basis.
We must no; omit, here. to mention the honorable
hberalty Of the proprietors Of the Peoples Line of
steamboats, TO Troy and Of the several railroad compa
mics between Troy and Nagara Tails, by whom, last
summer two similar occasions before, free pas
sage was granted TO pupils going home to spend
the vacation with their families But for this generous
permission poverty would compel many Of them to
foreeo year after year the happiness OF visit to their
long unseen homes The like favor was also shown to
some of our pupils by the Erie Railroad Company.
A lie Of all the pupils names now in the instiu-
tion is then given, with account of the classes,
and the several items of study. after which an ac-
count of the annual examination OF the progress OF
the scholars IL given, which s very interesting.
Specimens are here given of answers made in
writing by some Of the deaf and dumb scholars,
which Indicate wonderful intelligence and mental
developement. The physicians report, annexed,
IL very interesting. The following statement Of
the daily course OF meals will be pleasing TO every
one, and will show the liberal scale on which our
public Institutions are conducted in the dietary de-
parimeni -
ON Mondays they have for dinner roast beef with
mach lettuce eggplant cabbage In tho form
OF cold .aw picked cucumbers with boiled beess
and boiled turnips and potatoes always with some one
or the other Of each vegetable IN hs season besides
Tuesdays cornrd beef.
Wednesdays. small meats.
Thursdayr. cornei beef
Fridays pork and beans. codhsh and potatoes.
small meats
Saturdays roast beef
rolH hau M r led hgef
Vegetable Monday. for every day in the week.
Desert every day in the week either Of boiled rice
rice pudding or bread pudding or apple dumplincs,
or mush, or pies Of various kinds according to the
season.
potatoes cooked on the preceding day and bread and
butter.
Al tea bread and butter, and cheese smoked beef
or cake.
The accounts of the intellectual Improvement Of
the pupils and the evidences of IL in their
to questions propounded 70 them, are deserving at
,eniion. We select the following specimens
At the request 81 of the gentlemen acting
miners the class wrote aprelimnary exercise their
names and few facts concerning themselves. They
also stated the names q the Gentlemen who had just
entered the room. with the object q their visit The
following. copied from one q slatos, may serve
specimen Of the ease snd coeetness with which the
class Y, morally performed this cxercisc-
My name is y Is i reside In Malone, Pranijin
county. New York was born In the year ISIS. but
d. not know my birth place came 20 the institution
y vhsn was II years old MY parents are living. My
f her " butcher by trade but he s not now engaged
IN that business One Of the gentlemen Who hN Just
been conducted into thls schoo by DR. peet. the
resident of the insttuion, is Mr. johnson the Dc.
putty surerntcnden Mt cf common schools We sorry
hat Mr. Morgan has been prevented from coming 20
attend the annual examination Of the pupils. but
though ~e do not see him, we are glad to have Mr.
Johnson examine hope that he will prove that
be 90 enthusiastic friend Of the deaf and dumb
Nr Morgan One Of the board OF directors, namedMr
winthrop. has also come to examine us, and We are
very happy to see him
A. closing exercise, they requested TO give
Individually succinct account of such historical sub
ect a. had especially interested them The following
nrid synopss Of the revolutionary gar was copied
rom one q the States
" War Of n, Rerol,t,on The war which resulted
N the national independence of the United states
allied the War Of the Revolution. was begun In the
rear 1515 Before began the cocn'sts Of this coun-
ny we're subjects of the King Of England The King
md Parliament Of England treated the people here so
injusty by taxing them severely that they resolved
,oi to submit 20 such uesge " hen the King heard
THE he sent ten thousand soldiers to America TO
the people behave better; but the disturbances
lere increased so much that at last the com
NJ need The first battle which was fought during the
evolutionary var that ~ Lexington. II took |
,ace the 10th day Of Arr 1TT5 The second battle
that of Bunkcrs il which 10 In the vicinity Of
lo.ton In this battle the Americans were CON- /
,a Lv Gen Putnam, nr Warren. a brave Ancri.