The National Republican And Cincinnati Daily Mercantile Advertiser

The Bump.—The daily Advertiser contains a communication on the New York Institution of the Blind in which it is stated that an educated blind man from Glasgow arrived in that city about ten days since, and has been received into the family of the Institution, No. 62, Spring street as a teacher in various useful mechanical arts, in which he is well skilled. He makes baskets, ropes, twine, cords, mats, mattrasses, shoes, &c. with great dexterity, and is of course, far better able to instruct other blind persons in those arts than any teacher ignorant of their habits and manner of receiving instruction. What renders his services particularly desirable is his warm interest in the welfare of those who suffer under the same calamity as himself. Many of the benefits of education are realized by him. A day or two after he had landed and before his baggage had been passed through the Custom House, he had used his powers of observation to such an effect, as to lead him in conversation with a gentleman to remark, that the lower part of New York is very irregularly laid out, and it is difficult for a stranger to find his way; but in a few days he will be able to walk about without difficulty. After his first visit to the institution one day last week, he set out to seek one of his fellow passengers, declining a guide to conduct him; and soon after returned having accomplished his object. The only mistake he made, although he went and returned alone between Spring street near Broadway, and Catherine street, was that he rang at the house adjoining the institution, No. 60, instead of 62, the steps of which are connected.