The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-06-24
Tnursday evening, june ~, 1882
INrEREsrINc FAor.-The Rev. J. D. Ty-

Of the, Virginia Institution, states in his last
interesting report, that our own country is
the only one in which the question whether
the children of deaf mutes are themselves
apt to be deaf has approached solution Two
hundred educated deaf mutes assembledin
Hartford, Connecticut, Sept 26, 1850. OF
these, lO3 were married, some quite recent
ly. Seventy-two were parents, of l09 chill
dren, ninety-eight of whom can hear and
speak, Instances are given of parents both
deaf from birth, having children able to hear
and speak. "Aninstance" says Mr.. Tyler,
"exists in our institution, in the case of an
instructor and his beautiful wife, both deaf
from birth, but their two bright little boys
have all their senses in perfection. So that
the apprehension in question:" continues
the principal, "is not sufficient ground for
denying to deaf mutes the chief earthly hap
piness, the "school and exercise of virtue
the state which preserves nations, and fills
cities and churches, and heaven ITSELF"
THE THREE GREAT STArEs.-The EN-
pire, Keystone and Buckeye-New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio-are the great States
of the American Union. None other ap-
proach them in population, wealth, commerce,
manufactures, agriculture, or internal i'm
provements.
The first named is the great commercial
centre ofthe continent, The second is the
chiefmanufacturing State in the Union; and
the third, our own beautiful Ohio, is the gar
den Of American Agriculture. To New Y,
may be added internal improvements; to
Pennsylvania mineral resources; to Ohio in
land commerce. The population of these
States isfully equal to one-third of the I'm
nion. The whole white population of the
fourteen Southern States only number six
and quarter millions, while New York
Pennsylvania and Ohio foot up Seusn and 4
half millions. The entire population of the
south, free and slave only exceed those three
by an inconsiderable fraction. In the Pres.
idential Electoral College they cast 45, 81
and 23 votes respectively-total 85 A can.
didate obtaining the votes Of those States
requires but 81 more votes to secure an e.
lection: and he has % States left, in which
to try his popularity.
With harmony among the Wings, and
strong popular candidate to unite and bring
out their full vote, they can poll in the State
ofNew York 275 900 ballots; in Pennsylva
mia 100000; and in Ohio l75,O0O-in al
75O, 1000 votes This is more than half thC
Whig vote of the II free States.
The New INSANE AsYLUMs.-A letter fron
Philadelphia, says that the Commissioner
appointed by Governor Wood (by virtue o
an act of the Legislature of last winter) tc
select sites and prepare plans for the con
struction Of two additional insane Asylum
in this State, have been in that city for sev
eral days, and have adopted the plan submit
ted to Samuel Sloan, architect The write
says:--"The plans contain many improve
ments, suggested by DR.. Kirkbridge, tina
cannot fail to make them even more perfeC
than our own" The buildings will eac
present front of l5O feet the entire bloc
surmounted by handsome cupola, and tn
whole present beautiful architectural al
pearance, doing credit to the bountiful lit
erality of our State.