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additional misfortune to many of this class of persons, not only 

 to be deaf and dumb, but poor. 



The Asylum is managed by a board of Trustees, appointed 

 by the Legislature. It is at present under the immediate 

 superintendence of a Principal, and two Assistants. The 

 expense attending a year's residence at the Asylum, is seven- 

 ty-five dollars. This sum covers all expenses at the institution, 

 except those for clothing. Pupils remain at school four or five 

 years, during which time they study Arithmetic, Geography, 

 History, &c., and become able to do business for themselves. 

 The system of instruction is that of the Abbe L'Epee, and per- 

 fected by his celebrated successor. Abbe Sicard. The eye is 

 the avenue through which the instructor communicates with 

 the minds of his pupils. Signs are substituted for sounds; and 

 they are found sufficiently copious and expressive, to teach 

 written langague, or any branch of education. 



There is now erected in the vicinity of Columbus, a build- 

 ing for the accommodation of the pupils. Its dimensions on the 

 ground are eighty feet by fifty. There is some land belonging 

 to the Asylum, on which it is expected the male pupils will 

 labor. 



In this Institution, the unfortunate Deaf and Dumb children 

 of our state will for a time find an " asylum," and will, through 

 its means, have light shed on their darkened minds. H. N, 

 Hubbell, A. M., is the Principal. 



TRADE AND COMMERCE. 



EXPORTS. 



We export, wheat, maize, or indian corn, hemp, flour, bran, 

 salt pork, beef, bacon, feathers, hops, iron in hoUowware, and 

 bars and pigs of iron; cider, apples, hay, whiskey, mill stones, 

 grind stones, earthen ware, glass, cordage, cattle, horses, hogs, 

 sheep, wool, boards, shingles, coal, woolen and cotton cloths, 

 janes, gun powder, printing types, cabinet ware, beer, fowls, 

 ,butter,cheese, boardsjplauks, steam boats, frames for houses, 



