New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-01

promise Of restoration to their glorious brthght Of
resscr. They all under control Of Mr.. Rich rds g
I WILL obey hts commands, ard answer his summons.
.,rey nSiay with greater less facility their EFT
ca,op appsra,u. which is most ssillfuy devised for
their weak spprebeufon. Facts srs broadly offered &,
their senses On Saturday We ca " how, by cape and
balls thsy tsugsI to know color from another
p!a irg each ball into own cup Row by sight and
sound they are enabled TO move the letters With pre-
c.itn 10 verbal results and to srcal,te words; and
many other Of hsir exercises But the wonderful fact
i. that they are lively that they appreciate kindoess,
that they fe growing within them the naura sym
pathes Of Children that they not left to NOW aud
humble in a corner. And we ask any reader who is
interested in this profoundly human phenomenon OF
Teas' D. whose heart at this season srs with char
table 6esres TO visit he Institute any Thursday,
and realize what we cannot describe Tne venerable
ard eminent DR. Francis was present on Saturday,
s1d expressed bis warm admira ion Of and sympathy
in the work.
But oily private objects be reached in this H.
ttute. Mr.. Richards desires wider field for bis
practical as we'll FIR his theoretical bensyoence.
OF the thoussI imbscs in midst, the great ma
jority are castaways upon the tender mercy of the
world At Randall LEILA d, there are from hirty TO
forty mbecie children. The city pre- ends to provide
for hen bus they cannot form gst of that interest
iyg corfs which il Ieguar. trced ont for the gra'-
cation 3 distinguished visitors the Lsht Guard-but
are Only very heavy, very stupid aud very ugly little
t1I &C. may well he believed thst no excess OF ten
deruess ia layished upon toem. Iudeed NeI-York
correspondent Of Boston paper remarks, in recent
letter:
during recent vist to the island, my curiosity
led, t,o in II on la ar,
idCtc aud insane little In sT gle room, perhaps
eighteen by twenty eight feet in area, found thirty
seven iubeole children seated clo.ely together upon
ben,ht and chairs arranged around the rOOm-some
roeki' themselves csc y 10 and fro some scream
Ig at tie top Of thNr Voices some yelling out laugh
itte'f the token of vacant nil d. others mosned and
muutrer, emitted unearthly noise, intended for
mutc. He.e they chaitsret and qutncled aud gnnned
their gha,tiy smiles re mingy uud-r little Restraint
ohef than might be eeded 10 keep them glued 70 one
o.. Gazing cy, and @ithoutthe slightest ex-
terDa ny place or ,ducemept for the little thought
tieN might capable Of these chlOr-p Dger Odt tner
fJas n eut Of Gie-imbeciy becoming iIiocy, idilcy
flowing INTO irs4uity, and resIiy ilIily g;aiuaipg
INTO ath. II Beyond GsputJ that who enters here
leaves bore behind "
Ttis x ritter also states that an application was
mace by gentleman who has made the care OF idiots
"lis specially to he President Of the Commissioners
for permission TO tmpt improving the condition of
ese lii le ones at biz expense to time and
" isbor lie received for reply: O, we can't attend to
80 tba, now; we haven't got round to that yet
Mr. Richards per- a9s this gentleman He thinks
great community like this should not wait to . get
round to that He is Iliog 10 render his service
freely 10 this department If munci al charity, aud in
no urging thai no obstacle may be thrown in his way
hut that he may be spe.dei in bis generous mission by
every liberal aud Christian citizen, only ask for
tina fnrtbest possible illustration of the system 90 beau
tiiuliy pursued at the Institute on Thirteenth street.