New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-20
Gcw:a1ork Daily Gribune.
THE EDUCATION OF THE BLIND.
Convention Of sHperiBteadesfs and Teachers a In
stitnlions for the Insrruc ton Of the Bitad.

st,tutior. for the Insrruct ton of the Btssd.
This Cow 81 ton Lei the 18th. nth. and 18th Of
Argu AZ he Ne~ ork Institution for thu Bias aud Vas
called {, order BY WIZ ,hsla Es OF Phi1e eiphli $40
roubA,ed Golden Copper Superintendent Of th- Ne
lcrk Ir,fita'ior, Or-rTA pro TIA and Jas Bose,
All sarerir'erd. n.s Of las,.,aton. Gr ihs Bad sad
Teachers Of tns Bind in such atulJns were declared
en'iflso 10 sssts n this C0hv-b;i'n
The follow ing gentlemen re then Appointed the fe-uaa
nent Ofsctr. Of th- Convention
Fer Pr,.d-rr-Dr. 5. q HOWs
Fer secE,,s.-T CoLoEs CoOFfR
The delegates p-.-snt were:
Hsre Dsseiei Pe5.las ln',.'a;iS. nss Wa Cs,s.s
sI,trYel In,'i:siioa z .s, saesTai,a--u: oS' Ia.i
ssIeitsle VIs. 81 SsaSsV.nt sssI'n;. adss
Iss X % & s a Ssalsl .s w.a
Biz Las s5 Is,.Ss . SAM. ssn
D.,d L.rstsIy Pssp.l MsIylAed rs; sten Ed-e "as,-
srrtrrttrcsEt Missouri lrsutsoo' 8 Fay tet-f 90 ans
,'isstB' Rsa, Teacher Ss~-Yofk Hs,tasion J. Bish
Lyifsiions v.r- -yi.nded 70 Mes1s Russ Jo-es al
CbsnbeIlsr. former sspeI n,-Dcen;s Of tho New York
In siuion for the Biuc, ~ stt-nf ss n-encgs Of tbs
tonveIiion. and 10 share its Deliberations.
Ar.soDtion also passed inviting The msrssers OF
the New York I1si;ution FOR tn Biuj and Nr L w II
Ellis Trr the lncsns Inslitas - ate nd the siiiins
a hi, Cow eniiJn.
On isklrg Tie Chair d.. Hove addressed The Conven-
ter, sldssd
GssrrErIs: accept with readiness the place AMI the
Guy Inch your vote assigns me
Il Is plea snt to rect m.ny delegates rom 80 many
II sturicrs or the Bind Isee o-fre cee gates fro
rs,,tuiiops n T.. ru,,le.na Msr,lsnd Virgins &c rg
OAio Tennessee, Ian ns Illinois, l1Ss Wisconsin. l. pais
lana besSe NeSYork aud Massachusetts BIT this - not
sl tor nany Of ihs States give generous support 30
these Il ,uihiois and n th-r puYis Whea We consider
this TACT snG lcos Upou; uv-bo1 80 have assurance
f ince, sny needed ihs til 81 th3 ed icson
If tie Bind f r tb- 1uniTy for want OF pao
lie favor or ardsn AID able promoters.
II sight Of such Couventr i. moreover surprising
a. well pessan Tor teems but yesterday Though IL Is
rsly than twenty yesrs that undertook % organ
ze snc put operation Institution viii ~ bad b-sn in
corpors,d four yea's b-fore IL Massachusetts, ana ssn
leok ed around tke country 10 ysu e. practically
,oQusiLtd with the sunJ-cf There WAS not then be-
leye upon this coLtnt H. School ter M hnd Icacner
q the nd or even blind person shn had been taught
by one bsa some knoslscge OF the European schools
but Oily sul travellers ob;sn. supp set therefore
thst houo gain tine ana start With greater Oh nce Of
,ucee.s ia what garded by many ~ visionary en-
i,rprse by gong Europe for teach rs And for actual
kIOwl.dge If 81 hat b been d9Ie there.
Invent, therefore, AID returned within few months,
brineI teacher o. the intellectual shes from France
aid Of ne cbarical bsDches om scotland Mes1 ms
n, old Ii,uo Ano companion d. Rus had baen laying
ih foun att of The noble n.iu'vn in Shch we are
low mU.td, and SIR Friediahder had come from I'd
rope aud beea urg The inhaot mts o., PhAielPnis 20
CIV. tiu OppouIry Of showing bis sAii ~ the SRI OF
texl ing tue bId, which he had 80 successfully P7ac1csd
il GtImsny.
Dr. Rus long stree turned :, ,iher slt OF phsn
ilr'p, -bcb hr still Isoors vita zssi and aoyi ana
ri CLIMBER having sGccssin, uish,d his rS on Earth
hs gone receive IN Heaven ths Welcome Of we'll done,
good snd faithful All three thus sI'c--sfd
but seuem. ad al failed in The first ptAsd We
sl o.d out the scrj sill the work would rave gpus,
ard TO morrow II LOr 20 day the many beautiful AID ur
rhIg usiiuuoIs for the blind nat noe sdpn our cJun'
nv v,uld b. in exisf+n,e {; "a does not leave the fulfil
nfn bis iufpo~es upon such ui niinEeucI's AS iae
,'r # Of many men Wherever H- -uH- r. an
infrmi, evil 10 exist he soEs Or afc7st over the
ssr'h in Ell human bsuns the steds OF brypi-pce ~hich
I'm due season frrrg up Md h-ar iu.'s Of beD-tcencs.
B,rce the smus eorsusrs OF gTss, crcOgeres ~h-ner
Of mtans OI rOmo ipg material good OF Jesse nlnr physical
.Hht everys here sc az soon ~ Inc n-cesaTy
con hI.iion of Influences arrive-, tney germn,ts In
this case they have 40 In5 tB.!y perhaps more
oslty than zond have been possible 's-shsre 1t
ssra. li.aV
mid the prevailing storm of hnman p>ssions p ,ntsd IN
France he frst seed 81 an ia-;on Tor tn Bod it
hot Of years nce ,hs fret iced pN1ted 10 nis
couiny,ye now We End here about - nsny nttn,ons
a. IN all Eurcpr.
Thence il !, iha, though 10 80 woui have looked
around The country IA van .oE sose s;h oi TOR the
bId-a sir gle teacher 'or ohn tlind bind person
Who h4c been taught in fcho5l tire Ar ur shHg in
siinrs in most Of ne great STATES from New Englsni
q G,of.ia la the SOath AID 10 " s3)nn N ths West
HIRE ,ie ardent aud xcl-n, tea hers-tlsrv hIniT.ds
If ohicrsn under 1s;ructoo, besides those rhD have
.raouaied from tnos- schools and are ws-r batter ii
hal pier aud women from having sojourn-d within
hem. sId let s.y, gentls men. though Ia NJ spr Of
tCasirg that the schc l. for The thod cpmpHe INST "A
NTaty With those 90 Europe Ba! Tor wby should Mt
the truth be spoker general sJsts:n Is psrior sad
We b.se iIoisd ii schools that rank a. leat ls with
the bet that Be found broa Oae might say
more Tor j. strictly true lb though this couatry to
Eur u the first thought Of he sys,en.s nsirl Oa u
The Bind srd ID, hrst pra teal effort g. demonstrate i,
she hEs already paid the debt Nth more than empoand
interest by grea, proyemen Ia the general system, and
nv specsl iuyfCy eLt the modes of imp .rtug II OF
erest value But this u II enc upon which #
Car dw. without dger a encouraging feeling Of self
cratu which lad better b. .upPrs sed let III, past
be nCbirg bat the loE er stopping store tom sti5h
have our present. hight Ia ascot toward NE yt VI
FAMED hight ~ which We lin.
Wenayu.n G. nsrstniai- ur-elvss g-serneD pm the
present. pea meeting tn frs, Of Tie Mind
tc heeN 10 any country, but may De sure viii
Dst he the .t oae Of tie recognized sd und"u5t-d ID
vsl gs Of tbs present aEo past pAss IS The sur isa
nies or the ntrailon of the m-nh AID pers1ns
powers # rsny persons upon particular int This
ss been h.r9ofor done by tree snd rap nterchanges
Of thou BIZ through the press Is 10 u u n1t igh that
there be lnp.rso1Al in.,chane 81 Thought l. iodni
MAT every De, aImelt Of knOsi-dge and science may
enlarged arc 1.ored With greater advantage when "a
rssgsd 10 il meet face to face aud gnetize
WHY each other BY F.rsonAl ia.rrnrse
We y, ctors sho had pcr=d alone cstsoogy.
reuial gy 4 years until h-y bpdght they
the ueies ana bounds Of every or the E5rss AID
hbrs ~ very veil they KEGS th- sh,ps OF
ibair orn fug.rs-vs tnd thsm gaisg homs iron their
skeletons h feei that after all they had not esroei
half e vii, h l. 10 BE- lear Cd.
Tie pur,ui At ans literary calling ia solitude almost
surely axes edanis and cuiarcs. Tho country sch Do
Cocto minister b. minges not With others OF
Is craft is be- coIc-i ed ped a1d 70
ccusiosr hius II the Sik1sI tha II his PROCESSION
The lie circle rounc him looss uPto hin As great
sid b looks down upou u AZ though were tbs world bat
goI grs ~ C0rV-r TOO of Members " bis profession
tak much q tbs on, Of him Iadesd boone
ioslr, hist nothing but nonsense LEFT SIihn hn
hu' If Re usetu AID AIRY tor p-r.Ons II Oth-r
calm protesiens 20 met togethsr for taking oli
aud put good into -sch other II is
PAL gsIly for lie c)ct0r. lazy err clergyman 4nd
sehos n AFTER nsy adj with others If tie Ike
CSEing the daily vs II Ike bst Mt 90 With
u, widely spsrt-s thu nsar-t IN contiguous Ats. Il IS
therefore Nc; Only Oh ssAn be hS profit .b
ccrselVr- 70 those whose 'Od ousl. dsgOts
,Urtut oDght that meet os-th-r ana halt Enis
Convention IT'D great pleasure, and regsf Il With great
respect
Ano, the advantages Of Convent Ike this will BE-