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AZ, therefore. trust that, before the
close of your present session, lien
law will be passed providing that the
charge for the rental of the land,
pursuant to the terms of the lease,
shall constitute q preferred lien upon
the crops raised thereon, during the
continuance of such lease: Provided:
that the lien for the yearly rent shall
not cover more than one-tourth OF lhcI
annual .rops.
The lien for supplies advanced to
carry on the farm should be restricted
10 one-half of the entire crops on
. which such advances arc made.
3gasYEuM FOR THE DEAF, DUMB AND
I forward, herewith, the twenty
fourth annual report of the Supern-
tendent of the above named institu-
ton.
The number of deaf, dumb and
blind inmates at the date Of the Su-
perintendenls report, December l6,
1872, was forty.two. The number
admitted during the fiscal year end
ing October 81, 1872, was torty-onc.
The report furnishes the welcome
intelligence that the pupils have
made commendable progress for taelr
very extended course Of studies, and
that no death has occurred among
then during the past year.
The institution is we'll designed in
all its parts to effect its humanc OBJ.
iect. 1t is located at Cedar Springs,
a healthy point surrounded by agree
able scenery, in the vicinity Of Spar
tanburg Court House.
1t was founded through the philan-
thropy of benevolent citizen Of the
State in January, 1S40. The depart
mcnt for the blind, however, was not
established until April, 1855. In
1857 the institution was transferred
to the State, and additional buildings
were erected. ..
The Hon. J. X. JilIson, Supcrin-
tcndeut of Education, and Secretary
of tho Board of Commissioners, unitcs
with the Superintendent of this Asy
lum in asking an appropriation Of
fifteen thousand dollars for tho pres
ent fiscal year. l cordially concur i'll
this recon. m mendation. That amount,
at least, is required to meet, the exist
ing needs Of the institution. Its
prime object is to enable its inmates
and pupils to become selfsupporting
by furnishing them intellectual train
ing, and thus assist the victims Of an
awful natural calamity to acquire
skill in the mechanical arts.
To effect that object requires cost
ly class of text books, specially adap-
ted to those who Gun neither speak
nor hear, and to those who are total.
y deprived of sight. This class of
text books is very expensive, q Bible
for the blind costing from twenty np|
to forty-eight dollars. Musical instru-
mcnts and peculiar school apparatus
are also necessary, and workshops
are requisite, in which the leading
trades may be taught.
It is noble charity, and should be
literally maintained.
The subjects of this mysterious
and fearful visitation Of Providence
will always continue to pear ce"-
tain propo, tion in number of the
population of the state. That pro-
portion appears to be regulated by a
law of nature in all civilized coun-
tries, aud can, by close observation,
Bio accurately determined.
The white race, it has been ascer-
tanned, is far more liable to deafness,
d. dumbncss and blindness than is the
black-the average being one deaf
mute to about six thousand in the
colored race, whorcas therc is one to
about every two thousand in the
white. The average Of the blind
among the two races in this State is |
shown by the United States census
of 1850 and 1860, to be. III the white.
one in one thousand seven hundred
and sixty-one, while among the COL
ored inhabitants the proportion Of
blind is one in three thousand three
hundred and fifty-three. The mum.
Der of blind in the State in 1860 was
III.
The first attempt recorded in his
tory to instruct the deaf and dumb
was made in Spain about the 1850, |
with marked success by Petra Ponce
"a Benedictino Monk, who succeed.
cd in educating several deaf mutes
among the nobility
The beautiful and bencfcent art
was greatly improved and made
more easy and efficient by the good
Abbe' de- Epce, who established
srhoolfo for deaf mutcs in Paris, France,
where he Taught them with surpris-
ing skin and success about the year
1856. Teachers trained by him fonn-
ded schools throughout Europe
The system of teaching the deaf
and dumb by a manual alphabet, ma
king signs with the hands expressive
Of letters, was first introduced into
the United States in 1916 by the
Justly celebrated man Thomas Gal
laudet. who founded the famous
"Amcrican Asylum for the Deaf and
Dumb" at Hartford, Connecticut, in
the year 1S17-thc first institution
of the kind established in America.
'.'Ail the New England States send
their benefciaries Of this class to the
parent Asylum, at Hartford. New
Jersey sends hers to New York and
Philadelphia, and Maryland and
Delaware send theirs to Philadelphia,
orto the National ASYLUM Of Wash.