The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-05-11

q olssns Who crowded ne spacious halls Of the ASss
NJ, hon auAnssiun 70 eahsy. Ths hour axsd for the
Commencement Of he sx9osss vs. bur O'Clock p. n;
but for fun hour before Ne lower division q The build
wss crowded, whis oootinual saseam u visitors ON
nusd to pour into the yet unified part OF The house
rhs propsrtsoa Of adiss was very uest-being fully
thres 70 one over Tie mas vsiters me female pupil,
clothed very simply and yss beautifully IN snow white
easmsns AT on right hand side Of the first tier Of
boxes where their smiling oounts1snccs we're tne 90
served Of all obseEvera Inc msies on .no osnca soe
eye the casual observer appeared " happy ma CON
Of The evening By announcing that the Rev Dr. Bu cnard
would ODER the introductory prayer
Dr. pm gave succiDct ACCOUNT Of the Hesitation for
the Deaf and Dumb, and the mode Of instruction there
pursued There are nov IN the Institution 49, sUz pupil
while The large proportion belong 70 oasses which are
when these unfortunate cidren nst enter the nsuton
very great difficulty experienced nyng NE oun scon
whatever of written language, and entirely unacqusnted
with The srpelaons animals or things, or even Of their
he examinations began win four pupils from the
md two 1S e. y.s C;D and
sophisticated specimens Of composou thai they produced
immense laughter among 'he audience One little boy
A Sie boy takes big apple and sah H.
Another boy wrote,
love . nne orange
A little girl wrote,
A kind gentleman kisses pretty girl
An old gentleman loves pretty lady.
he last sentence perfectly convu.sd the house
FIVE members q me nisn ciaS, we're then examined
ted themselves satisfactorily that the audience could
mot refrain from loudly spp.ndDg them albeit they could
Three four sautatoy addresses the audience were
written impsomptu BY - many young men and girls 20
the best judges could ind In them nothing 70 condemn
Several Of the pupils were then made 70 give exempt
. s q 50
well did the "chidrtn Of silence" perform their task
that TIE stories Of joseph and hi, brethren saul and
Others, fan liar 0scrpure readers were made almostas
plain 10 the audience a they had been spoken with the
Mary Fsnwood, Charity B. vogelbursh, Abram s.
Gardner and william j. Jones were the Representatives
The high Glars was well snd ably represented by Mss
Ida Mop,sopery and Sarah Il Eastman, Of the fem
and wills Wis husSsld, q ,bs male branch CIV 's''
Among the female pSp q the high class; were some
poetic fire, and Of vvaciy Of Imagination ordinarily
spcoun.ered in every day life among hose Who hear ard
The slightest movems ut b To them . word, nod,
tentsrce and gesicniaton, whole paragraph. Such
exiracrdinsry activity they displayed in The exchange
pre- Of The signs Of ober people was az amssps
a. perplexipg to the spectator.
The progress Of the Institution on the whole has been
very rats aetory As shown by the last annual report
During the ust closed forty eight pups been
aSni.sd, and four former pupils 70 admitted. makog
1859, three bupdreL and nfiy on these ns nine
have returned TO their friends, leaving IN the neiator
Of the cvse OF the year two hundred and prey eight
pupils and residences win appear from toe
sccompany ing catalogue. There rs rmal decrease in
pupis having from various causes failed return After
vacation. The income Of The institution for calendar
ls ooS sods from a. ne ,s
10 the appropriations Of former year., amounted
srs sea Seventy i've oepts and The arSu,scmsos.
Dg the balance Of three thousand five hundred aud
fxty eight dollars and fourteen cents due the Treasurer
the settlement OF last years account have been
vsnty thousand six hundred and sixteen coars and sy
nine cents leaving, on the first day OF January 1860,
dollars and lreiyfcur cents. BeJond visitation Of
mssslss by which thirty forty OF the pupils
taken the general health OF the Institution has been
good curing the past year No death has occurred In the
family of than three hundred Two pupils, boy
ard girl who went home last winter on account Of Nj
be sb died smong their Kindred Nhss long aimee been
observed that The defects Of constitution that make
children liable Die. to the early loss loss. Of bearing
TO the attacks OF pulmonary diseases. The
discipline OF the iustution is mild snd paternal; corpo
real puns ment, though still retained possible
sort, Ia reserved for those extreme which very
rarely occur, and the more rarely In proportion to the
ton possess hope 10 have become able
WELD the most Wild aud untuiored Of the deaf
tors among the other pupils exercise BY Their example
and ooupses moot sanitary influence.
the teachers aud the reverend supern,enient Of the
school have discharged their srduous and charitable
deaf and dumb, on whose ear The music Of Ian.
suses and the mory Of sweet sounds have
%Ss may ~ u.s. Sss when v. .se inc ~oo
cerful progress which this invaluable Institution has
sS s.1 s0osrs 70 the . dumb :SS = ear % tie
Mr. sasc Lsws Pcet the Vice Principal Of the institution,
TO the talented and wonderfully endowed Mrs Macy
ross Peet (be,sef deaf mute) much Of the advance
mebt Of tho pppis 10 due
The exercises evening concluded with variety Of
Rotations, among which were hp PeetS "Day Dreams"
and CsnpbeIis 'Nsriners Of England"
humber OF prominent Gentemeu sat on the platform,
great interest In the blind children and their intensely in
teresiipg exeroisss.
THE woMENs RIGHTS CONVENTION.
srTEcnEs BY MISS ANTHONY, MRS ROSE, MRS.
JOINS, MRS STANTON AND WENDELL PHILLIPS
he hrth National women's Rights Convection was
held yesterday 81 the Cooper Institute, commanding At ten
O'Clock. charge Of ten cents for admission MAZE
Al the hour appointed the numbers few the eose
Of the mornings proceedings there ys six
hundred prescn,, chiefly, Of course, isdies
The Convention called 70 order By Mss Susan n
Anthony, who the nomination the following
officers for the ensuing year
Pr,ssdent-hrs. Martha Wright, Of Auburn.
Wee Prendsnfs-nrs A n. Gibbons. OF New York;
Wendell rhilnps, Of Mssssehusetu hrs Asa fsisoAass
Of Rhode kland Dr. Brown, Of Vermont; Rev Ant0acte
Bro~n Bscxv of Ecw Yak; Robert Purvs (coored),
OF rsr nsy vsnia; Thomaa Gnrtt, Of Delaware; Exs
beth Jones' Of Ohso and Giles Hebbins, of Mrhigsu.
Se,aayss-ss.D ID Anthony, Lncy ~ Oosnsn and
Marietta Richmond.
Bussnss Cspminsr-wrs Rose, Mrs. Stanton, M,s
Blseh well, Mrs Grey, Mas Gre~, Mr. Gsrfson sad Mr.
Ihilirs.
me above oacers being duly elected,
The President, Mrs. wncnr, t,snksd tho ocavenuoi
for The hotor conferred She sat bad bson sstod ~hs
vas the use Of all ihcse convcntorss whsn 90 sss rha
has been tops BY the foo,hpess Of the preaching Of
vomsns rights, the answer apparent Aner all ths
work wa done, the New York OtsTu1 vii p,ousy fold
10 bsnts ron UP fs eyes srd cay, N bereooert
movement have assys advo ;stec 4 and all The pull
tlts VIII say amen daughter and applsuse
Mise tfen snnotnctd Al The arst speaker.
sue briefly revsed the pfopess that had been made In