The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-05-13

In The ut ttuton hut eight months having been entirely
ienoJ Of the use Of words or OF wiring when they
cine Their Instructor Mr. Conckllng also deaf mute,
first cauecd write their names then proceaded
10 write the puras OF various nouns, showing their
of the proper occasions for changing the ter
minat OF the letter f' 10 ves in making the plural
IRON this they passed to indicating the grammatical con-
struoon Of the een,ences and finally wrote number of
sentences embodypg given words. 10 one or two cases
they made ludIous mistakes by emitting necessary con-
meeting words but evncns wonderful progress Tor only
The class consisted Of two boys and girls of about
the ages seventeen each who bad been four and
half IN the institution, under the charge OF Professor
Morris. They answered number Of questions relative
board 70 al he questions put they wrote sem
lenses embodying given words with much readiness
The next class consisted OF ten young ladies' and ten
young gentlemen, about twon,yiso wears Of age EACH
who had been IN the institution nine yoss. nd 10 the
highest class three years under charge Of Mr. Isaac Lewis
ree They were first directed to write their emotions on
| be boidng such vast assemo'see While these
being writer, tic mite boys WAY ha' been in The irs,tu
tor tNree years under the drernon u Mr. LOWS pee
tie vice principal gave Illustrations q various Objects
such eagle, hawk stool, goose, an elephant,
horse lock key, &c, Then one Of hem, named Peter
Urtchched, illustrated (amd much laughter and ap-
pause the process Of starting beard and OF shaving the
latter intending every action an 5S% @ ena "ma
Misses Eastman and Montgomery, aud Messrs Barnes
and Strong, had now nnished writing their expires,
sion Of their thoughts Of the occasion upon the
dieuce They were ali written with classic
elegance Astounding with beautiful illusions to their own
msfor tunes the benefits they deriving from edu
cation to the purposes to which thu building was devoted
| privilege Oh
OF science bad allowed them to enjoy, and other
ideas eminently fitting the subject The reading was
| greeted with loud applause.
The following is a portion of Mr. s.rong's compost
| tom
ct gives US much more pleasure than express
by words 10 look around upon 60 vast concDurse OF u
eleent gentlemen and Iaiies assembled in this edidce,
and reflect that they, by their presence manifest sym
patby with those who in Gods providence have been
| deprived of hearing ard speech, and that while the
claims Of benev ocnce and philanthropy urged In be-
hulf of those who in our native republic are without
|
who in foreign dominons beyond the deep waters, wor
ship deity that which is not God and knowing nothing
the existence the dolly Trinity the efforts success
fully made 10 educate the children Of ignorance which
have bound and called their throbbing hearts and 70 il
illuminate tie darkness which has envc!o ped their mods
touch responsive chord in the hearts Of Christian com
nuniiy."
audience allowing them 70 write sentences suggested by
| voris named by the audience.
| Nb,e trey we're writing, one OF the highest class
sghaars Mr. Sidney Val, described the scene OF boy
s,ealog sfples being discovered by su old man, the
and grass AMI ansly stones, compelling him to
Gosn and beg bis pardon. Mr. Vail then gave illustra
then II love- hatred, anger, joy sorrox then OF fear,
terror, ooefsse, awe sdmraiiou PRIDE vanity seorn
ssye'co ecec'i,n despair which, for tho trutafuness
o. Their representation brought down the house.
The conn osiions the words liberty, immortality,
music anu poetry, now aoshed and read to the au
cbrce, aod characterized by the intelligence
tia, marked the others.
Next came dialogue between MISS Goodrich, of Brook
lyn and Mr. Newell Of New York. pupils of the institu
ton Tor about si1 years Miss Goodrich was particularly
iptelgent In her demonstrations, and could view
her sweet face without at first shade Of SORROW at her
misfortune, Which, however, her wonderful power OF
preston would immediately In measure, mitigate Nc
wilkinson, the teacher. who prepared the dialogue inter
preed 1t to toe audience, and besides being attentvey
received, II wBs loudly appdaude6.
The class was further cxercGed writing compositions,
embotying words selected by the audience, evincng
great aptitude and intelligence.
Mr. GAMAcE Of the high class pupils, next gave
illustration Of Christ calming the tempest as delineaed
In the fourth chapter OF Mark.
Dr. ADAMS Of the Madison square Presbyterian church.
pes u to ID, the audiences on behalf Of the Insulation suggest
ing, among other thiOgs that should be remembered in
| last wlls and testsmente.
Msa GERTRUDE wAL1sR, piece Of Gerri Smith, closed
the exercises with beautiful rendition Of the Lords
| Prayer in the language Of gesture.
THE FIVE POINTS HOUSE OF INDUSTRY.
The Academy Of aasc crowded to Overlooking
evening" upon the occasion Of the ninth anniversary
Of the Five Points House Of Industry, showing in
stakeabe the high estimation 10 which the socie
| ty is held.
About $50 of the children ranged upon the stage
facing the audience amongst them noticed slight
sprnklDg Of colored boys and girls. They were all
neatly and ccauly dressed aud presented quite an int
resting feature in the proceedings Mss Ryan, Of the
teachers put the children through dumb show exercise
with their hands, after which they sung
We come, VIC come, in joyous spring,
With flowers that bloom and birds ths. sing,
| The notes Of praise 20 swell;
| Their sweet perfume, that mellow song
| Borne the gentle breeze along,
| Must please their Maker well.
Prayer was then offered by the Rev. Dr.. Hatfield and
the Lords Prayer chaunted by the children, when
A RUSSELL, Esq the President, addressed the udlence
He conrased the spendor Of this hail aud the wretcsd
asyums Of the poor in the Five Points. 10 this spa
cous building, those wide spanned roofs and those
architectural designs, we hsd shown what science
| could do and in the lively coorings and bril-
liant effect We traced the influences Of the
heart, which are grand aud important truths in ele-
waiting the mental powers of the race The subject which
they were to upon the sad exhibition of the de-
graduation of our TIE sight these Children enter
log upon life amOst devoid Of 50 pahy was surely suf
hcent 10 arouse the hgheat interest OF humanity Con-
trasrg their homes With those of the auience how fear
full the difference. Vice ana degradation usurped the
Place Of the family altar II difficult for any bat those
who visited the Five Points TO picture the Every
attribute Of home seemed wantns Could We wonder at
the degT aiding consequence Of this? Ye. the success
which this society had met with small ia c0mp8rison
with what they should be. Iabnr more need
ed than at present. yet they met with Sigh,
support They could not, unaded, carry the work.
they could only picture the wants Of these children, and
depend the public amoners. Tho works Of the so
ciety during the past year had been conducted
the same 10 that prece ing ttra1iug and ad
ing The young subject. He alluded 10 the jud icious
zeal Of Mr. Peace wife fully justify log the &C
ton OF the trustees In selecting them He then i1,o
history OF the workings Of the society during the past
year showing that the first of Marc1 were
naming in tie House 1872 pcrsors, snce which 800 had
been received or these is3 hsi been sent to situations
~ pnepts, Hole 10 nOusskeePngsS
to the hospita II to other institutions and IS expelled
The day scholars averaged about $780, and the tea h
with exception, continued in charge uas adding
TO their former efficiency the advantage Of increased
perence The position Of the school to the Church of the
Ascension Of great satisfaction to them aud
untold benefit W the children In the past year efforts
bad been made 10 establish farm houses, aud Mr. Pease
devoted bis un.ring efforts TO that purpose which would
lead to most pleasing results. Although the year mad
been one Of great financial difficulties, anu many Of
,he most kindly inclined donors were unable TO
continue their wonted assistance yet still they de
sired to acknowledge the Kind mercy Of Pro-
whence. Some months ago calamity seemed
10 be lowering the house; fever probably from tho
th OF the neighborhood, spread amongst the Children
and at one time twenty thirty laid up, and the
play room turned into an hospital Bat in Gods proyi.
dence they all recovered aud many here tonight
10 help In ewellng the hymn Of praise. With feelings OF
deep regret he announced that who had regned for
five years amongst them bright example of female de-
nhf u l0rn nr,ad a4n.ir