Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-01-29
family will give every cosia.ra,ioD to the distinguish

family Will give every cosu.ra.ioD to the distinguish
ed departed.
Sir Henry IIsv.lock married, in 1897, the youngest
dnugher nt tn. eminent b:hl'cn! scholar, Rev. DR.
Ma'shman, Hannah Shepherd. lie leaves family
Of three daughters and TIRES snrs. The eldest soi
now Sir Henry Mar-hman Hsvr!uck md ii tha title
Of BarunetGy conferred to his inth.r second baio
net, was born in,lS3O lie holds at pres-n q Cap
tGln'a commission ia the 18th Royal llish, aud has
bsen serving in ln"!ii lately deputy assistant Adj
uamt General under lis honorrt father. Lady iinve.
lock, but fortnight before the reception "i the
"t her husbands '.ea'h, after short stay at Bath.
-lt Eng!nud Tor Grrinany, amid he congratulations
at her friends. Whi!e in hrr sorrow she will not
want ,hs sympathy Of the British public. .he will re-
alize that her beloved husband has sacrificed his lie
IN hi. c"uEry service and that her bereevenentls Ia
a nHiiOns loss.
1t will be interesting to the public 10 know Gays the
London Chronicle OF JAN ., that Lady Havelock
aud her daughters-in whose sad aud sore beresve
nent there is suci profound and u,verBal sympathy
Are now residing at Bonn, Oh the Rhine. They re-
paired thher weeks ago, aud meant 10 remain
for some time in Germany. II is a curious clrcuu.
stance that about SIX nr seven weeks ago. Lady llnv
elock, who up to that tinis, cherished The firm con
vciion that her husband sSond Iet Only come tri
nnphanly through the q Gpnign, but that she and
her daughters should room meet him in England, then
bsch,Ds flIa victim of powerful prerenr!inen--o -ot
which she WIS unable To rid heraclf-that She should
hear OF his death before many We. ks had elapsed.
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THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SCHOOL. FOR PER-
SONS OF IMBEClLE MIND, IN THE COMMON
WEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
Our sympathies warmly enlisted in the henevo.
lent project of establishing school for those niru
III Intellect, whom disease accident has deprived
Of ordinary natural advantages. We learn that II
bill is now before the Legislature, which has
this touching AM phiianthtopic ol.ct in view
Tn a ,,Nu,s
vote, would bs 20 wrong tho scnss o! bcnevoence, OF
pity of justice, which rrisus in tho hosnm' of our
legislators How can they whs hourly enjoy Mi ;l't:
bnun!ies and beau-s revealed tlrea.h the intellect
aud the sense.-w!oss eya, ,isily contemplate the
SiI! les of Nature and Art--whoJe ears nro open to
ali delicious Observation-Disclosures hand, have known
the tender touch Of friendship OF love-whose IN
telccts revel in tho delight Of coping with other
minds-whose hearts stirred with all the varied
emotions that give charm 70 liie-(evon The n!"st
plodling aud prosaic lifel how can they refuse to
the poor IDIOT whosu intsllect il immersed IN !nld'
night darkness whore eyes, fixed vacancy, "dee'
ing sec not'-whos, osrs sealed-whoss hsart Is
uuawakened by single throb of tenderness or hap
pineas-whose frame ia total stranger to the uyous
pulse Of health. which makes the "very sense oi ba
such pable object that uinelipration of couditIu
which it il in their power to grant!
The reault oi fh schools in successful progress in
France, in England and other part, Of Crop. -
in Massachusetts and in Pennsylvania = gi. ~
abundant testimony that tho physical and NEIL
tai condition of the idiot, pronounced hopeless
may be wonderfully improved. Man lacks the great
clentvs power which belongs to the hand Divine.
The former cannot gre the faculty atch the latter
has withheld but the power 10 dcctioP is :" potGn!
that in some of its sltcs, it nearly spp:ouches to
power to create.
S. &. Howe, President OF tbs Massachusetts, acho'
for liots states that "ihe doctrine OF . riS nedirG
| t,ir lntur9-the curative tendency Of nature-evrr
holds good and should be kspt continually in mind
J in the treatment of idu:ic children. Just AS belt
plant continually strives to grow psrpendicuIarly, 81
an abnormal 0r Diseased body tends 10 bscome norm,
and sound, during iss period of growth" Tia tru'
tees the school report that great changes are m4n
| tested in imbece children placnd under their care
in the course OF few months. The turbulent an
uncleanly become neat, docile, md cheerful; ihor
who were more vuracous and gluttnnOus than ari
| mails coon eat moderately and decently-fo!d their
napkins and await the signal 10 arise and go 10 'hei
sporfs They attend church regularly. and, II. tre-
exhibit faint idra Of devotion. Who shall IN!
through what small, unseen crevces Of the darksne,
mind beam from Oh high may n, thass moments ell
Ter in and show tlI. far of image Of Deity!
DR.. Connolly, in his description of a visit to Bce'r
Asylum, at Paris, says. the: the idiotic pupils wer
taught to sing accompanied by various instruments
aud kept excellen, time and tune. Both the epilap
tic aud dioiic wers instructed how to write and the
copy books would have done credit to any writin.
school for young persons. Numerous exercises OF
military character Vera gone. through with prrtec
CORRECTNESS and by collection of bsines ciE-rn
the smallest degree of ntellectna! promise.
Joseph Parrish, superintendent of the Pennsylvn
MIA training school for the iintic and feeble minded
reports, in 1851, tha. number of III. c,iliren g.,
siny in concert; others can reni short senisncr'
others SPELL others study geography and arithmetic
others engage in elementary drawing and wrtn!;
| others ssw or knit, eto.
We feel assured that publi sympathy must b
aroused in Virginia when i; i. known how much th
lsbors of the Psychologist aud phlanihropist, tn
strict but gentle discipline OF training schools, tinv
ACCOMPLISHED elsewhere. Not in vain shall ~a r.
neat TO the members OF our Legislature the impress
sive words of President Howe: ave must dee tha
our brother aud our ward, the poor IDIOT has not hi
single talent no buried in the napkin OF h- flesh. ta
il shall fail of returning 10 God wh lent IT, the in
crease which is required from all.
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