The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-02-12

DHA5 AND DUMB AND BLIND INSTITUTION.
are indebted to the Steward, LIZA. N. Brecken
ridge, for copy Of the annual report Of tn
BOARD of Visitors and Principal Of The above In
stitution for the fiscal year ending Sept So 1873
From the report Of the Board Of Visters, we learl
that the executive committee. consisting Of TIL
four resident members, under resolution adopt
ed by the Board, rendered the position of speak
ing and hearing teacher for the deaf mute dc
partment, to Maj. J. G. Covell, which he declined
in consequence Of other engagements already
| entered into. No further action was taken t.
carry out the resolution Of the Board. Sine.
their last report, the Institution has been called
upon to mourn the death Of W. H. Tams, Esq.
one Of the Visitors. ss
From the report Of Capt G. D. Mccoy. the
Principal, we learn that during the present ssca
year there was actually present 125 pupils-35
deaf-mutes and 40 blind, aud the average atten
dance 1875. There have been two deaths amsng
the pupils, both deat-mutss. viz: Sarah Brown
and Joseph F. Bowman.
At the date Of tho last annual report the bal
ance 1emSiniag against the Institution vas $4,-
247, 49, Tie fnancisl condition at the date OF
the report stood, Institution creditor, &c. 006 SO
s.iebtor, 81 975 ,0o-ba!aace in fevor Of IaEtitu-
ton. Oct, LIST, 1873, $l,03l,sS.
The financial condition Of the Institution is
favorable, the expenses having kept within the
appropriation, leaving small balance. The
Principal recommends the establishment OF q
Laundry and an In6rmary in connection with the
Institution, and other con yeniences indispensa-
BILE to the health and comfort Of the pupils. He
also calls attention :othe inadequacy ofthe build
ings tosthe accommodation .of4all the deaf mutes
and blind in the State, fSs'Ssfs'
These recommendations are well-timed, and
commend themselves to the careful consideration
of the Board of Visitors and the authorities of the
State. The officers Of the Institution are
Board Of Visitors.-JH Skinner, President
Thos Elder, James Bpmgardner, jr., Geo Rye,
A Anderson, A R Blakey, James q Patterson,
clerk ..,e
PrincYal.-Glas D Mccoy. sa,ss.. :.
Instructors in Blind Department. Thos Doyle.
A Turner, W Geiger, Miss NJ NJ Kerr, Miss NJ
B Berkeley. In Deaf Mute Department.
Turner, Thos Williams, Henry A Bear, VIM N
Berkeley, D Eurltt. 7'+#
Talbsrt B Coleman, teacher 0. drawing and
painting.
p J NJ Hanger, NJ D, attending physician:
N Breckenridge, Steward.
Mrs Francis B Johnson, Matron.
Governess, Miss Mary M Kerr.
Forsmen of Shops, E r Moon, Amos Holler,
Robert Mullen, Geiger and Williams, P. B.
Graves, J. D. Kenzie, J. A. Garland, i. Il.
AN ESCAPING DEFAuLTER.-In another column
will be found brief account of the defalcaton of
John G. Henry, clerk and cashier in the Internal
Revenue Office at Lynchburg and his escape. On
Saturday evening, on the II o'clock, p m express
train, going east, young man arrived, and stop
ped at the American Hotel, registering his name
as that of.sF NJ ellis, Maryland He com
planned of suffering from neuralgia and went to
a drug store to procure remedy. On Sunday
morning he came down to breakfast. having sha-
we'd Of his whiskers. and met at the table gen.
tlemen named Warwick, from Nelson, who has
recently purchased farm near Staunton from
Col 6 Hartman. The two gentlemen recogni-
zed each other, and conversed generally while
eating. Mr.. Warwick. thinking it possible he
had made a mistake, asked the clerk the 1ame of
the person to whom he had been speaking, and
the clerk referred him to the register and the
name Of .sdiilis.', Mr.. Wsafterwards approaeh-
ed him and said he was mistaken, and thought
his name was Henry, to which. the latter respon-
dod in tho of nh that he hsds ot rauia
tered Mr.. Warwick kindly proposed to walk
with him around the city on Sunday morning,
which Invitation was promptly accepted, and the
two strosled through the principal streets, Mr..
W. never. suspecting that anything was wrong
Gillis, or Henry, he proved to be, took the ex
press train at 8 so n, Monday morning, going
west. Some four Or FIVE hours after this, Mayor
Trsut received description Of Henry, but it was
too late. He had gone, and was at least one hun
bred miles west OF us. Win the exception of the
whisksrs. which had been shaved off on satur-i
day night,th person registered as F NJ ellis, an
swered perfectly to John c Henry. He came
from Lexington to Goshen on Saturday, and
west on Saturday evening. A
Chief of Police Parent sent a telegram to the
conductor to- arrest Henry, and place him in
charge Of the conductor coming east. About the
same time this dispatch was received by the COM
ductor, another was received from Chef of Po-
lice at Lynchburg, commanding him to secure the
person at the place where he might'be captured
until an officer could reach there. ~.
On Monday evening Mr.. Wagner, a special
deputy S Marshall from Lynchburg, arrived in
Staunton and placed himself in Geographic COM
munication with the authorities holding Henry
under arrest Informal ion was received that the
defaulter had on his person $l4, 2l9.9O, which
was properly secured by the parties arresrng
him. Mr.. Wagner, with Chief Of Police ] 7 Par
rent, of this place, left on the express train for
the west, passing here at $50 am, and returned
on the evening express reaching here at II 80,
with the prisoner.
We learned from Mr. Wagner that after the dis
erepancy in the accounts of Henry had been DIS
covered, and he had left the Collectors Office on
prstense of getting the books he said were at his
rooms, which would explain the irregularity. he
quietly put on his pistols, went 10 d hardware
stere and purchased some ammunition for them,
and hosting his umbrella, cody walked cut of
town to station some six miles distance from
Lynchburg on the canal, and took passage on a
boat for Lexington. When his escape was mate
the TELEGRAPH was broug ht into raqui sition