The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-05-10
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THE DUMB SPEAKING AND THE DEAF HEAR
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ose al The wonders Of the age y the grcss .
ce,srs 1. she "InssitutioD des seusos M; ~
49, ina DEAF are taught 10 hear ana tue
DUN, e pSen,d Busa, E.q sends tho following
interesting description o. Ms ''' "
s'cn mid. took hi. yis.or. inso reom wneI s.s
...chss. surrounded BY thiIv sn-sssr rssrs. Vas
tween the - LAMA sicai sxercises on the black
~IA.aps The teacher said no was very Siaa I" ~.
coata' .,.,sors. and that he woatd exnioit ZONE
specimens Of the prssasn sy,bsorh they we're a.
nso 49, The boys nrst called up looked closely
oe.n s.~.cher's iips while the latter told hinl 70
la M rood day The boy Immediately enn" sa,~
Ted bis words ele.rly ana ma a LA ""'
asn,,sI and the teacher requested me 70 AJAX
g. nv a auction. l did 90, merely moving .ne
organs Of speech without r. a sSS '0""'' ""'
ssnen .s.sn,iv replied .9hirteen years and half
Ioan being told by the teacher, ne asked me
~whsre did you come fronp ,.e from,
rsnlied IN the same manner as before, from
America. n.aa ..t ,,0 . n,ece
~ ch.ik wrote upon the blackboard:
W .yor have come from great distance and must
have seen a great many savages, who were very
wicked" ,, .,, III,
,ha teacher. he giving me Information about his
punils. and requesting me TO question them,
vitbout ever having suspicion that was talk
ing with deaf man and lstening 10 duno on.
ana should have remained in this ignorance, had
not the guide, after he had peImls'ea me 20 s'!os
that the teachers 40 we'll ~ the pupils, had been
horn deaf and, until within the last fve years
had never spoken word
Two OF the boys stood upon PLATFORM, ut the
teachers suggestion, sud held . conversation Win
each other, and then wrote sentences on the BOARD
and read them In . loud and distinct voice.
Another boy Was called up and handed pook,
which / opened for him ct random, ana rom
which he read two or three pages rapidly ano
without the slightest hesitation, and Win realty
musical, agreeable voice.
The pupils, of course, receive the idea INTENDED
70 be conveyed to them through the formation
Of the lips, and once or twice, when the tescner
VA, speaking to them, they made a motion signi.
fvins that they did not fully understand him, and
once one Of them drew him to the WINDOW, where
the light played fully upon his lips while nc was
uttering quite q long sentence VI course .ney
can have no idea what sound is, and 'ne guy
difference noticed between their utterances ano
those Of other children was that the modulatlons
were not always correct, and some OF them KEEP,
the voice at the same pitch while speaking or read
ing 40 entire sentence. Bot perfectly eau they 10
placed 90 that they could not see the side o
the teachers mouth, they understood hin e,i
IDENTIFY as well as when looking directl!
at his lips. So perfect, indeed. was tn
whole exhibition, that hsd l dropped III acc'
deutalIy without knowing where was going
the last place should ever have suspected my
self to be in would have been among the deaf ant
dumb children. =,
It was in this room alone, I learned from tn
teacher, that spoken language was employed a1'
III, va aad ha chifdreu being
their lessons either by speech or writing, ana IN
smartest and most capable children are place.
here remained ttere an hour, and crowd o
strange suggestive thoughts cane over me as
left. Where, after such exhibition as l ha
witnessed, could bounds be put to the results o
patient labor where eau be placed the limits o
possibility! doubt whether the good Able L'Eoee
who founded the institution, ever dreamed that u
so short time the truths Of the text from 81
Mark, which his inscribed over the chapel altar
al a bein fat t0utes chases. IL fat entendre fe
Sounds ct parler les muets" would have been so lit
orally verified ~ had seen it during my visit.
TIE MoRrHY TEsrIMorIAL.-The following des'
cripton of the set of chessmep which is to be pre-
scented to MIR. Morphy upon his return home from
Europe, appears Ia New York paper:
The white pieces are Of solid silver, and the
black pieces of solid gold, standing upon bases
cornelian-the metal being covered, Ia all cases
with elaborate and delicate workmanship The
PaWns, Bishops, Queens, hiDgs are Gil nunau
figures; the Knights are horses rampant; the cas-
ties are elephants, each with q houdah upon his
back, surmounted by spread eagle. The white
Pswns are Gothic belligerants, with clubs aud
helmets, and are dressed In skins, with horns oil
the animal projecting from their heads. The
black Pawns are less barbsric soldiers, armed with
the shields and short swords of the Roman legion.
ry. The Bishops evidently belong to the church
militant, being staiwart warriors, with elevated
swords, bucklers, heImets, and even pair OF Mer'
cury's wings. All the royal personages bear
globes or balls upon their heads in plsce of the
crowns, which lie unused at their feet. Upon
the shield of the white King is seen the motto
stLiberty" The chess board is a slendid piece oil
workmanship, and artistically iolaid with ebony
and mother of pearl. The border is made OF silver,
and will exhibit at each corner: encircled 10
wresths the letters "P. NJ" the initials Of the
greatest chess genius that ever lived. The sides
of the border are chased and beautifully designed
PAUL MoRpHr -Morphy, the American chess
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