The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-06-29
Institution for ahe Deaf and Dumb
and the Blind.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.

Correspondence or the Richmond Dl:patchI
sTAUNToN, VA, June "a, 1871.
The closing exercises of the Institution
for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind took
place III the churel Of tho Institute at II
A. III. on tue 22d inst. Band" Star
| Quickstep," which was splendidly played,
| and | have rarely heard music executed
| with greater expression. Mary Steers, a
child TO years old, delivered the Lords
Prayer in sign language, which was most
sinoularly graceful.
This was one Of the most interesting
school exhibitions l have ever witnessed.
The proficiency displayed by the pupils in
| the different departments or schools Qor
both deaf mutes and hlind) was indeed
wonderful. Here we see Il girl or boy,
| deaf and dumb, conversing with his or her
teacher with as much facility as if he or she
had the full Use Of the tongue. The teacher,
with u few motions Of the hands and lin.
gers, would convey whole sentences to his
pupils Ill English, Latin, and French and
every one present was charmed With the
rapid and singular!y accurate manner these
sentences were written out upon the black
board. In arithmetic and algebra like
scholarship was shown. The blind were
examined in history, and read on raised
letters with great 1luency and marked accu-
racy. They were then examined i'll arlth.
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of proficiency IN that department.
| Tue school OF music cannot be eXcelled,
and the pupils exhibited most convincing
evidence OF successful training by their in.
strucior professor Turnerl. The splendid
| orchestra was a source Of delight to all,
and the pieces seCc ed were of high or.
1 der. There cannot be TOO much said in
| praise of Major Coyell and his corps Of In
structors for the high standard they have
| brought this school, which is now one oil
Virgiula's greatest OF naments. The phrase
is peculiarly applicable "that Maj. Covel
| is lhe right man in the right pllce."
BrIu:v | send you u list OF graduates and
general programme. AUGUSTA.
EXAMINATION, JUNE -, 1S71-PKoGRAMNE;
Band, SIar Quichstep !; Lords Prayer,
| Mary steers: Chorus, Holy Lord, &C.;
Deaf Mut"-. Monitors; Deaf Mutes, Mr.,
Saun i"r. lass; Deal Mutes, Mr.. Bears
Glass Nu:eS, Wr. Williams's Class
Deaf g.. Nr. Turner's Class; Band,
Monitor Reading, Porly G. S.;
Ali,hn y aud Mental; Geography
Maps; In .s:i jiistor, Girls; Orchestra,
! overture; NrcncD, Captain McCoy's Glass;
Geometry, Captain McCoy's Class; Alge-
| bra, Captain McCoy's Class Orchestra,
Overture to Mas'tniello; Distribution of
Prizes Orchestra, Storm Galop; Faledic-
tory, j. Austin Chorus, Gloria, by II.
Homes. .-ss--a.<
PRIzEs-DEAF MuTEs DEPARTMENT.
Super7orty.-Gold medal, Miss Morea
E. Deariug.
Language.-eilver medals, Miss Ann
! ehearer, Miss NJ. 4. Dcaring, Mr.. c. B.
Iumpkfn, Mr.. John Michael, Miss Mary
Steers. Mr.. Levi Wolfong.
HStory.-Silyer medal, Miss E. l.. Gallo
way.
GeogrHhy.-Silver medals, Misses May
T.. Oyhurn and Susan Il. Edwards.
Arithmetic. Silver medals, Miss Ann
Shearer, Mr.. G. Ii. Ferriber, Miss 5. E. Ed.
wards, Mr.. @. l.. Lumpkin.
Dratcing. medal, Miss. '. s.
Fultz.
| Binding.-Silver medal, Mr.. Jones G
Austin.
CaJtnet.-Silver medal, BriS Carter.
Shoes.-Silyer medal, Mr.. W. II. Grim.
Taii0rs.-Silver medal, Mr.. S. w. Bow
man.
Mattress.-Silver medal, Mr.. R. Leonard
Latin Language.-Sllver medal, Mrs. K
Z. DIgges.
Indust1y.-Silver medal, Mrs. V. A. Ar
genbright.
BLIND DEPARTMENT.
Super1outy.-Gold medal, Miss M. NJ
EliuSon.
Distinction. Silver medals, Mr.. Wrel
Frammell, Miss l.. A. Mcdowell.
Reading.-Silver medals, Miss Liz!
Franklin, Mr.. Wren Frammell.
Hlst0ry.-Silver medals, Miss Pattie AL
berton, Mr.. james kenyer.
Geogrdphy.-Silverm medals, Miss NJ. Kyle
Mr.. Ryley Brandon.
Ar7thmetic.-Silver medals, Miss Patti'
Alberton, Miss Minnie Kyle, MIR. Johl
Griffin.
Music.-Silyer medals, Miss b. B. Gibson
MIR. j. w. PultZ, Miss Battle Maddox.
French LanJuage.-SilYer medal, Miss '
Clements.
In the Deaf Mute Department diploma
have been conferred upon the following
graduates, viz: Mr.. Luther Fry, of Shen
andoah county, Va; Miss R. L. Diggs, o
tluVanna county, Va; Miss A. L. Shearer
Appomattox county, Va; Miss V, B. Fultz
Augusta county, Va.; Miss Matte E. Or
burn, Greenvule county, Va; Mr.. james
Blind Department, viz: Miss Mary S. Kyle
Miss Lucy A. Mcdowell, Botetourt county
Va: Mr. John W. Garland, .Spotsylvani
county, Va; Mr.. James II. Holmes, Eau
quier; Miss Virginia Clements, OF Au
gusta.
THE CROPS, &c.-A farmer in Stafford, G
fifteen years experience; informs us tha
his crop Of wheat this year exceeds by ta
any previous crop he ever made. The GRO
was raised on corn land, and without th
aid of any fertilizers whatever. He ha
sold his crop of potatoes, amounting t
about five hundred bushels, to one OF ou
merchants, at tifty.five cents per bushel.
An old farmer OF Spotsylvania informs U
that his crop of wheat is better than an
previous cropfor the past ten years, an