Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-05
LoCAL A FFAIRs.

/ NJ city Councils Of baltimore together with the
Councils Of this city, Visited the Columbia Tnsti-
\ int for the Instruction Of the Deaf, Dumb, aud
! blind The baltimore delegation consisted Of the
[ foloving-nAmet gentlemen: Messra. Edward
LAmdin, Alexander stewart, aud X. q. Green, Of
Ihc First Branch, and 7. D, Bnrch, J. Y. Moore,
= and J. J. Robinson, Of the Second Branch Of the
Baltimore Councils special committees ap.
I pointed BY their respective Boards.
L The delegation was met VI the baltimore depot
by our Couneils, when tho patty proceeded to
Among those present at the Institute were Hon.
Amos Kendall, Hon, y. Il. French, James C.
Mcclure, Rsg. and many other prominent eiti.
bens Of Warrington and Baltimore.
The Institute Is under the charge Of Dr. r. n
Gnllandet, assisted by Richard S. slorra, A M. (;
| Roswell Parish, A. d. Joseph II. Ljams, Samuel
A. Adams, Peter Baumgras, and Mary l. O. Cor
4 The attending physician Is DR.. N. 8. Lincoln /:
Ms. Thomas H. 0allaudet is the matron.
y Tho visitors having assembled In one Of the
class rooms DR.. Gallaudet welcomed them In a
neat aud appropriate address. Hon. Amos Ken
h5ulI. the nrst Vice President Of the Institute
Fthankcd tho visitors for tho Interest they mani
fe.Oed In the Institute.
Mr.. J. r. Cox, Of The arst branch Of the BAliI.
kmore Councils, replied. r..-.
The classes were then called, and each class
Nexanined by Its own teacher. The hrst exam.
lned was the one composed o. the youngest
n pupils, and Is taught by Mr.. Samuel A. Adams,
deaf mute frsm Baltimore. The class is In ,
Pstrucled by signs almost exclusively, aud all
teachings are taken from nature, because natural
Hoblects are more easily understood and eompre-
Eheudcd than any others. The members Of the
telass write comparatively we'll aud with great
kngllty, and but few errors were committed In
hwrIiGg out sentences given them by their In
arnctor. One Of the brightest Of the elias. was q
Nliule boy, son OF Mr., Dennis, an uphOlsterer OF
hhs city, who detected errors In the photography
Of his follow-PuPils. and quickly pointed them
The second class Is taught by Mr.. Boswell Pa.
Erf.h This elngs L. alEO lauull nv Mr.
kparish, having drawn the attention Of the class
kio himself, went TO book case. took tberefsSm
70 book opened II; glanced over . page or two ;
%thcn replaced me book, and by signs requested
the pupils to write upon the blackboard what he
fhad been doing. One wrote, =" Mr. Parish took a
hbook read In Il, and then put Il back. " Another
Evrotc, Mr., Parish read In big book. - The
Eeass had never before seen book case, aud e0n
.cqa Cutly could not write whence Mr.. r. took the
book. They were informed, however, by, Sign,
aud wrote the word correctly. This class was
Hmuher exercised by one pupil writing \ question
on the blackboard, aud another writing the an
EsweT underneath IT,. Thn- the question was
askod. what Is AR. GAllAudot doingl" An
sWer "He IL sitting down. -
II The third class " taught by Mr.. jos, II. IlAms.
mud eylnced great proficiency III their studies.
The fourth aud most advanced class " Taught
by Professor L. $, storrs, This class Ia purHulng
thc regular collegiate studies. Having been
Narawn up 10 front Of the black board, each one
was requested TO write welcome greeting, W hleh
WAS done In neat manner by each one In the
glass. One OF tho best, by Mr.. Melville Ballard,
HWAs as follows: .
This beautiful day greets your presence We
arc happy to zee you. How many ways Of inter
Managing the human ideas there are! You are
.behOlding = deaf and dumb eommunfty, aud
.uOnder In what manner we can express our
ideas aud, In particular, the system OF instruct
|tng a deaf aud dumb school seems 10 you 4
.mystery There are many methods In which the
humGu mind can advance 10 the highest point Of
porectlOn, In spite ofrsome peculiar priyAtious
(which seem to retard II frog developing Its
natural abilities; aud we hope that you will
cord Us the praise Of some success In our work,
notw outstanding our hindranees. - 90 .'
The teacher requested that gentlemen in the
audience would suggest a subject aud the pupils
we're requested 70 write upon the subject sng.
.Hestsd. p. ...-.. ..- $50.
4 To Mr. Strong was given the subject, "The
Bible. " He wrote: 1.-THE Bible Is lamp which
gu,dos our way when all around 10 darkness, -
MI" EmuA speak was asked the question,
natural aud sincere feeling which comes from
fhe heart, aud true love eau never do. "
Mr. Cross was also asked TO express his Opln :
lon Uf Jea. Davis and Abraham LineolR. He
wrote JET Davis Is lnOdern CAln fugitive
from justice, and, In addition, coward, AbrA
ham Lincoln has passed away, but his image
wil not die out from our hearts. We are proud
him. He was great man, and Posterity will
Miss Anna sITmAnoskie, a Polish lady. was
Given the subject, POLAND and Liberty She
wrote "AbOut two years ago war broke out
between Poland ahd Russia. The Polish pa
lTiots, though Few In number, and inferior to
The Russians In skill, fought for their liberty
put the war did not last long. J was not sur.
prsed that the Poles did not aneceed In regaininR
yAst an army. But hope the time viii come
"Nhen my o0untrymeR will throw of the yokd Of
fuhjeetion and enjoy perfect freedom. Poland
bad distinguished aud rcliable men, and her
benefactOrs will ever endure In memory ~
Attic request ofthe teacher, Mr.. Ballard was