Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-12-04

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at the Citadel lO3 Zone hundred and
three and at the Arsenal 27 (twenty-se.
ven.) The incsasing popularity of these
Schools call for an extension in the build
ings. At the hast annual meeting of the
Board of Visitors, at least one hundred
applications foTadmission were rejected,
for the want ofmeans Of accommodation.
If the buildings were extended, and the
annual appropriation increased, the num-
Der of Cadets might be doubled in the
course of a sEar. Already sixty-eight
applications haFc been made for pay-pu-
pills alone, and this number we may cal
culate will be greatly increased by the
next meeting sof the Board. The Board
with the viewsdlreceiving larger num-
Der of Cadets,ask for an appropriation of
$4,000 ten thousand dollars,) for the
purpose of eniarging the buildings of the
Arsenal in Columbia, SO as to accommo-
date the wholeYof the fourth class in that
place. By doing this, two hundred Ca
diets (200) cansbe received at the two
schools. think that the funds of the
State could nofbe expended in more
profitable mannas.than to grant the sum
asked for, Ibes leave to call your atten-
tion to anotherISatter connected with this
subject. ThePfofessors in these Institu-
tions, althoughtheir duties are exceeding.
ly orerous, and dsdischarged with great f.
deity by them, are more poorly paid than
any officers of their grade in the State.
Their salariesgHfs scarcely sufficient to
support them,aaa j have reason to believe
that we cannot procure their valuable
services much enger at the same rate.
If the number Of Cadets is increased land
the popular voics calls for it) an addition
al Professor mustbe employed. ! there
fore recommendSa further annual appro-
priation of threcahousand dollars to these
Academies. Eel less hesitation in re-
commenting thisTas the State has, as yet,
done little or nothing for them as institu-
tions of lear11ilgs Not a single dollar
has been added8o the annual appropria-
tien, beyond Whstwas given originally to
hire a guardt ssotect the arms; and it
seems to me sth;fsthes Legislature cannot
refuse to graTt sun SO small to an in
istitutiop q iostering care
of the State, bids fair to rival in useful.
ness any one of the kind in the Union.
Already many young men, entirely desti-
tute Of means, who might have ever lin
gered in obscurity, have been sent forth
from it useful members of society, exhib-
iting the practical utility Of that mode of
education they were designed to illustrate.
Upon these institutions, founded in de-
signs of benevolence to the poor, as well
as usefulness to all classes of the commu.
nifty, feel assured that l can with success
invoke your liberality.
visited during the summer the Cedar
Springs Asylum for the education Of the
Deaf and Dumb. This benevolent In
stitution, founded in lS49 by the enter
prise of Mr.. N. P. Walker for the educa-
ton of some of his own connections, has
grown into importance, and excites the
deepest interest in every philanthropist.
The number of mutes is now twenty
seven. There are many others too poor
to pay their own expenses, who are now
applying for admission, but cannot be re-
ceived because there is no provision made
for them, by the State. | think that in
stead Of appropriating specific sum to
this purpose, as is now the case, it would
be better to allow one hundred and thirty
dollars (S130) for each INDECENT mute
native of the State that is admitted, with
out regard to the number of them.
There should also be appointed Board
of Visitors to regulate the admissions, and
take general supervision over the bene-
ficiary pupils. This plan would suffice
for the present to secure the means of
education to all the mutes in the State
As this subject begins to excite great in.
terest in our community, | have no doubt
but that some plan will be soon proposed
by which this Institution will be put upon
permanent basis, and this unfortunate
class, who have heretofore been cut off
from all the enJoyments OF social inter-
course, will be educated as to be put in
communication with them, and thus not
only rendered happy, but be fitted to act
their parts in the drama of life. For the
information of the Legislature, herewith
transmit Mr.. Walkers letter on the SUBJ
ject
During the past summer, l visited off.
cially the Lunatic Asylum. There are
now one hundred and fifty (l5O) patients
in it. Fifty (50) have been admitted this
year; nineteen (l9) have been cured;
seventeen IN dismissed much improved,
and nine have died. The male apart
ments are now full. Justice to those to
whose management it has been commit
ted requires that should testify to the
fidelity with which they have discharged
their duties.
The cleanliness and good order of the
establishment reflects great credit upon
its excellent Superintendent; and the COM
plete control exercised over the patients,
not only exhibits the skill of the attending
Physician in the management of them,
but his benevclence and kindness to them.
7 uoo ornotIv struck with his kind. pa.