INSTITUTIONS,   ETC.                                   83
 

INST1TUTI0NS.-SOCIETIES.-ASYLUMS.
Asylums.

Observe that the arrangement is Alphabetical.

Bloomingdale Lunatic, connected with the New-York Hospi¬
tal, and located at Bloomingdale, or on One Hundred and Seven¬
teenth-street, west of Avenue Tenth, 7 miles from the City Hall, is
a large and fine building, attached to which are 40 acres of ground,
laid out in gardens, pleasure grounds, and gravelled walks, from
which is a fine view of the Hudson river and the surrounding coun¬
try. The principal edifice is of stone, 210 feet long, and 60 feet
wide. It cost, with its grounds, over $200,000, and contains about
150 patients, none of whom are admitted free of charge.

Coloured Home, for the Aged and Indigent, is located in Forty-
second street, c. Av. 5. .Officers: Miss Mary Sholwell, Ist Direct¬
ress; Mrs. P. G. Arcularius, 2d Directress; Mrs. W. W. Chester,
Sec; Dr. J. D. Filch, Treas.

Deaf and Dumb—The Deaf and Dumb Asylum, on Fiftieth-st.,
near Avenue Fourth, 3J miles from the City Hall,is 110 long and 60
feet wide, and will accommodate a large number of pupils, with the
teachers and family of the principal. Il is under a principal and
eight professors. The charge for a pupil is $130 per year, including
all expenses, except clothing and travelling expenses. Persons who
wish to visit it by the public conveyances, should proceed to the
junction of Chatham and Centre-streets, opposite the City Hall.
From this point the cars for Harlem leave every 15 minutes during
the day, and pass directly by the Instilution, where they stop to re¬
ceive and land passengers.

Institution for the Blind.—^Is located on Avenue 9th, near
Thirty-third street, where are 32 lots of land presented to the Insti¬
tution by Jas. Boorman, Esq. The Legislature in 1839 appropriated
$15,000 towards the erection of the buildings, besides which, consid¬
erable donations have been made by individuals, particularly $12,000
by the late Miles R. Burke. The pupils are taught the usual branches
of English education. There is a manufacturing department, where
they learn basket-making, weaving, band-box work, &c. There are
usually about 60 pupils at the Institution. Officers: A. G.Phelps,
Pres.; Isaac Wood, V.-Pres.; S. Brown, Treas.; E. Jones, Cor. Sec;
G. F. Allen, Rec Sec; J. W. G Clements, Physician; Isaac Wood
and J. C. Bliss, Consulting Physicians; J. Kearney Rcdgers, Con¬
sulting Surgeon.

Leakk and Watt's Orphan—is situated at about One Hun¬
dredth street, between Avenues 4th and 5th.

Lying-in—for destitute females, is situated at 85 Marion-street.

Magdalen Female Benevolent—is situated between Eighty-
eighth and Eighty-ninth streets, west of the Harlem Rail Road.
Officers: Mrs. George Warner, 1st Directress ; Mrs. Thomas Hast¬
ings, 2d Directress ; Mrs. Dr. Pierson, Treas.; Mrs. S. Van Antwerp,
Cor. Sec; Mrs. J. Clibborn, Rec. Sec; Rev. C. C. Darting, chaplain.

New-York Orphan—Is situated at Bloomingdale, near Eightieth-
street, about 5 miles from the City Hall, and is a handsome building
120 by 60 feet, connected with nine acres of ground. It was instituted
in 1806. The present number of male and female orphans at the
Asylum is about 200.

C)ld Ladies—is located in Tvi'entieth near Av. 2.

Orphan (colored)—Male and female, is situated in Twelfth-street
between Av. 5th and 6th.