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Mr.. EDITOR: The exhibition last Wednesday
evening, in the Hall Of the House, by the sixteen
pupils from the New York Institution for the
Blind, was most interesting affair. The Italian
temperature and purity of the night attracted to
the Capitol, in addition to many members of the
two Houses, hundreds of our fellow-citizens,
among whom were brilliant array of the youth
and beauty Of the Metropolis.


Hon. d. D. BARNARD, of New York, was ad-
dressing the assembly at our arrival in exposition
Of the origin and establishment Of this New York
institution, OF its object and its cost and the graf
flying success of the managers in improving and
ameliorating the condition of the unfortunate
blind.


OF the sixteen pupils, there are composed
brass band, choir, and general scholastic class,
in which one of the number controls the exerc.
ses in arithmetic, geography, grammar, and ge-
ometry. MI


Alternating with these exercises, there were
some exquisite performances on the piano, by two
of the young ladies' Of the institution The Ita-
ian air, D Placer, by Miss Ann Smith, was ac-
knowledged with the warmest applause. Her skill
upon the instrument, the fine melody of her voice,
its sweetness and it's compass, are unsurpassed.
The original poetical address by Miss Crosby, as
composition-as an example in recitation
might well have shamed many college bachelors,
and many gentlemen who are the exponents ofthe
will and the wisdom of 7O65O free white males
over and above the third Septenniad. We were
compelled to leave before the close of the exerci-
ses, for aunt p, who is rather corpulent, suffered
from the heat of the crowded hail. and wished to
avoid the press and confusion of the general dis
charge.


To those present who have any sympathy in
the rendering useful and happy the stricken and
the afflicted of their fellow creatures, the exhbi-
ton was one Of pleasure, of hope, and of pride
ANons. BACHELOR BOB.