Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-01-01
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Tho Founding Hospitals of Russia.

One of Bnynrd Taylor's letters from Europe 10
tho New York rribnno contains a noteworthy ex-
position VI tho extent and character of founding
hospitals in Russia, where they appear to be con.
Quoted ON u vast scale,
The hospital Of Moscow is an immense quad
rangular. building or collection Of buildings whose
white front towers high over all tho neighboring
part Of the city, and quito eclpses in its imposing
appearance every palace. church. military bar
rack, or other public buildings whatever. II can
not b. less than thousand feet in length, and nt
u rough estimate is three times ~ large as tho
Capitol NJ Washington. The govsrnorship Of the
institution is always conferred upon nobeman
Of high rank and attainments. Tho annual OF.
penditurc OF the hospital amounts to the enormous
sum Of five millions Of dollars. A portion Of the
Government revenue Ia cot aside for its use, in
addition to which successive emporors and veal
thy persons have richly endowed it, The ontire
property devoted to the foundling system Of
Russia ia said To reach ilve hundred millions of
dollars.
Tho institution ut Moscow was founded by Cath
arinc II. in l,62, Eight years afterwards she o.
tablshcd branch mt st. Pe,ershureh, which has
outgrown tho parent concern, aud is conducted on
n still more magnificent scale In the summon oil
the children were sent into tho country. There
s villnge near tdoscow whose inhabitants devote
themselves entirely to the work of bringing up
these foundlings Tho institution last summer
had under it's caro- twelve hundred orphan chill
dron OF officers. who enjoy some privileges over
the ioundlines and poorer orphans Tho boys are
taught some practical science or profession, and
not frequently receive places officers IN the
army. Tho girls receive nm excellent education,
including music and tho modern languages. and
becomes teachers or governessas. Signs of dec-
dcd talent in the children noted and develop
cd in the proper direction. by means of which
many poor chp,lren have risen 10 wealth and dls-
linction
The apartments Of the hospital nrc remarkably
clean aud neat Each infant has separate nurse
and in e,orv hnll .hcro is IN ovcrSccress' Tho
number Of children coniidcd To its care in 1887
was $4,000. and tho ontire number received since
tho foundation Of the institution is 100000, to
which may be ndded G0,Q07 more boru in the ly-
ing-in hospital during The samo period. lncud-
ing those taken at the st. pctersburgh branch. tho
number Of children received ky,,hc Government
yearly is 10000. very large proportion of them
aro the poor offspring of poor married people in
all parts of the country Tho children may af-
tcrwnrd. bc reclaimed by the parents ON certain
conditions, Tho child is taken without questions ,&
therefore reliable statistics of tho public moral
ity can he obtained from this source. Tho office
is open night and day, aud no living child is re.
fused The only question nsked iswhether ii has
been bnpiiscl if il il not, the ceremony Is imme.
dintev performed. lts nnme and number are
then entered in tho official book, u card contain
ing thom and the date of its arrival is attached 10
its neck, and another given to its mother, so that
it may afterwards he identified and reclaimed,
cry frequently the mother is allowed to become
its nurIe; IN which case she receives pay like the
other nurses. After six weeks or two montls in
the institution it is sent into thr country, where
|, remains until old enou III II receive instructions
Tho regular nurses n,c pniJ nbnut $50 yeur. IN
addition to their board aud lodging. II the pa
rents pay sum equal to 80 qn tho depostionof
the infant they are entitled t law it brought up
exclusively within the walls of tho institution.
where it ia more carefully attended 10 than else
where. The payment of 5000 procures for il. il n
boy, the rank Of an officer The parents nre allow
ed to scc their children at stated times, but the
grcntcr number do not avail themselves Of this
privilege
Connected with the Moscowssnstituion is n
beautiful church All parts Of tho building nro
carefully and substantially constructed. with
admirable arrangements for heating and ycntia
tiun.
The ST. Petersburg establishment covers TWEEN
tv-cehi acres of ground and employs over ivc
hundred Teachers manv uf them NJ high salaries
and upwards Of five thousand nurses. servants,
and similar omployes. Tho boys and girs. both
here aud NJ Moscow. nrc taught separately. The.
nuay B.sdca the soldiers common mechanics'
and factory girls which tho children of more
ly ordinary capacity become, tho Government
has, of late years. established many of them
farmers and colonists GU ths uncultiyated crown
lands.