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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-30

We have received, says the Post, b the Arabia, tn
following appeal from prominent G,ek, now residins
at Athens but who was educated In tie United States
which is understood to express the sentiment Of his
trymen in relation to the strife now pending oetweei
Turkey and Russia
AN APPEAL TO THE FREE AND BENEVOLENT NATIo1
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AlERlCA, BY TIL
GREEKS OF MACEDONIA, THEsALY, THRACE
EPIRUs, IONA AND THE GREEK STANDS.
Four hundred years Of intolerablt bondage inAnt
and suerings, brought pom by the yok
Of the Mussumans-a yoke that madtthe cup Of life
overflow with bterness-oblige totake up arms tina
we might be Free and assert the trut that all men
born free and equal
Christians of America-free and hppy people OF tn
United Stacs-the present Panhellenc movement is bu
the continuation Of the great work bgun in 1921 whic
the whole world then rejoced TO see.
The citizens Of the United States then heard Of GU
wrongs ptied us, and assisted Er that assist
we call upon you now. The PRESENT is a hol
war; it 10 q righteous war We struggling agains
oppression II ia the great etrugg between light
darkness-the Gospel and the Koran
Americans, your former compassion for the Greeks la
not been forgotten by them. The American name Ina
always been dear TO the people Of Greece Our gra
titude for your kindness past has lasted for NOR
than thirty years, even to the PRESENT moment--w
people have nothing to look back on our past conduc
and feel discouraged to ask again for your assisancs
And you, the Americans, can with the approbatio
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-30

has taken amongst Of late years we NAV mention that
about twenty years ago there were not dozen musical
teachers in New York. and in fact there were but few
female schools In which this accomplishment was Taught
at all There less than hundred per
sons Of both sexes engaged in the musical profession
here Tie teachers of vocal music are might be ex
peced in general Italians whilst the instrumentaists
are Germans with sprinkling Of French 1t is estimat
ed that their incomes range from 5000 to year.
or an aggregate OF $500 paid for musical tuition in
year The number OF schools in which music is taught
as regular branch Of education can only be counted
nv the GROSS aggregate OF schools themselves there
are but few If any whose programme OF education 1T
does not figure. At some Of the weekly and monthly
sorses which is the practice 10 give in the highest class
of our female schools musical talent Is displayed by the
pupils Of order and excellence not 10 be exceicd in
any similar establishments in London or Paris There
various excellent female schools where music forms
very important branch of educaton-sueh schools for
instance, Mrs Aears Madame Chegary, Madame Xix,
Mr. Gibbs Misses Rogers, and many others. Among the
schools which have most distinguished themselves by the
attention which they have paid to the development of
musical genius with their pupils is that of Mrs.
Mears Of Sixteenth street, whose admirable system
Of education is attested by the large number Of
pupils who placed under her averaging
generally from sixty to eighty of the children of some
of most respectable citizens. The musical teachers
in this establishment Madame Stoepel Wallace and
Mr. Tins in the instrumental and Madame Bouchelle in
the vocal department Dnring the last winter the must
cal evenings at Mrs Mears house the theme gene
raj conversation in best circles and there doubt
that is to the effects Of this and other establishments
Of the kind, that to be attributed the growth
and development Of the taste for music which, since the
time Of Aalbran, has made such wonderful strides
amongst us keeping pace with rapid progress in
population commerce. the industrial arts and other ele
ments Of civilization and refinement.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-30

MADAME SoETAG ENGLISH OPERA. Mr.. Ullman,
Madame Sontags agent has departed for Europe, where
he will engage English tenor and other artists to
sst Madame Sontag in the production of English operas
series of which she intends giving in all the principal
cities of the United Statescommencing at Nblos in
this city Since Madame Sontags arrival here she has
received hundred and ten thousand dollars of which
forty thousand have been expended and seventy thousand
invested Mr. Ullman will remain in Europe two months.
Previous to his departure his evidence taken de ne
esse in the great of Fuller editor of the Mirror
against Madame sontag This appears to be sort Of
black mail suit and the evidence, Which is very curious
win excite some interest when it appears in full
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-30

sia and Austria at once; and no earthly
obstacle could prevent Nicholas sending half a
million Of men to the Rhine, with instructions
to proclaim Henry V. King of France. In this
case, Louis Napoleon might be glad Of quiet
lodging in Jermyn street again. Defeat would
be less disastrous in its effects on the govern
ment of England; but more SO on the people,
obstinacy would prevent it's termination and
British pockets would be bled as freely as they
were during the last war, before Englishmen
would make up their minds they were beaten.
The national debt might be increased from eight
hundred to fifteen hundred millions of pounds
sterling in twenty years war AMI, to our
thinking no disaster that the mind can con-
ceive or the pen describe would b, so over
whelming to an honest nation as the existence
of such debt.
These reflections are not confined to this side
OF the water. There is good substantial reason
for the lack of enthusiasm which prevails in
France; and though the martial spirit has been
successfully reused for time in England, signs
are not wanting to presage its decline. The
funds may rise and fall, as spectators knock
them up OF down; but the real effects of this
war must be injurious to the commercial and
monetary interests Of Europe. They stand at
present between the horns of dilemma. If
the allies are successful, the absorption of ca
pital by the war will only cause temporary
embarrassment and injury to trade; if they are
not, ruin is inevitable.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-30

WAILACK's THEATRE The successful comedy
Hearts at Fault, is the production Of Mr.. Watson,
young differentiation years of age The comedy
enthusiastically received the first night (Thursday,)
and win probably have
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-30

regular monthly meeting Of the Farmers Club
held on Tuesday at noon-Mr. Coleman, Of BrooklyI
the chair. The meeting being called to order,
The SECRETARY informed the Chair that several ps
were lying the table, relative to the discovery
hitherto unknown tree in Washington Territory; on
way to treat diseased pear trees; and also paper,
extracts from some French papers, relative TO the nj
beets for the purpose Of making alcohol
paper was read from John Bullock, upon the dis
and probable extinction of the potato The disease
which the plant was alicted-which baled all the eff
Oh learned men-was in his opinion certain sign o
ultimate death.
MI ColkAAs exhibited model racks for holding fot
mace IN the same manner and by the same machines
Is used by him in the construction Of neat fences
The subject Of the day for discussion" Wedding
the cultivation Of spring and summer crops and the
and best tools to do it with-was than dscl.raa
for the discussion of those present.
One gentleman said he would like to know what
other than wedding with the hands could be shown
Mr.. MnGs, the Secretary made a few remarks
tending that where any one wanted good crop Of !,
lowed to live on the same plot Of ground for he
plants hated one another than men did each OF
and could never thrive where weeds or other obno1
plants were growing.
MEMBER stated that tho best machine he knew q
removing weeds was that manufactured by a Mr. 7
of Elizabethtown, N. j. He spoke of various other
Of partially removing weeds but could not suggest
plan for their total removal.
After some other remarks the discussion concludes
"A very fine sample of Egyptian millet was exhibits
MI. Coleman, Of Long Island, and was pronounced
best ever produced.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-30

Appropriation.
From the Evening Post.l
We have the following highly important despatch
reliable authority =
WASHINGTON, April %, 49,
Col Benton will oppose the appropriation for the \
can treaty -
!. For invading the privileges Of the House of Re
sentatiyes In originating burthens upon the people,
2 Because 1t is case in which the House OF Repre-
tatiyes has right to be consulted in the making
treaty, and to withhold the appropriation.
g. For the manner in which 1t was made.
4. For it's provisions and objects.
He will also move for select committee with D.
to send for persons and papers, and take testimony
reported to the House of Representatives
He will resist the consideration of the approprs
The researches of the committee, if raised will ex
to the circumstances Of the ratification of the treaty
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Probable Discontinuance Of n Large Mum
OF Wcatern Post Offices.

In advertising for contracts for carrying the mail
the western States during the succeeding two
Post Office Department has issued the following inst
lions as to special post Offices
;, Postmasters and bidders will particularly notice
me service to special Offices differs entirely from tha
the regularly numbered routes in this respect-tha
contractors pay must be derived exclusively from
net proceeds OF the Office supplied, within certain
10 be named by him. that the excess of net proceed
any, beyond such sum, must be held by the postma
subject to the draft OF this Department. and that Il
net proceeds fall short Of the amount of the bid or
ment the deficiency cannot in any case be supplieS
this Department II no bids be made under this az
tisement, or no one named as contractor by the
master at special Office before the 1st july 1854.
Office shall be reported for discontinuanoe.
There are hundreds of Post Offices in the West W
do not now net sufficient to pay for the expense Of
rying the mails, nearly all of which, no doubt ARD
Gated in enterprising little villages and settlements
ere long would pay premium to the Post Office Del
ment II their facilities for receiving letters and gs
intelligence were not to be summarily cut off, n
are probably many Offices in the more populous 81
which do not receive sufficient to pay the contractor
bringing the mails to Them and if the above princiu
carried out on all subsequent lettings they, too,
have to be discontinued and all mail facilities will I'll
after be confined to the densely populated cities
villages. We shall probably hear more of this wher
principle begins to work.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-08-26
JRG, WOOD COUNTY, OHIO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1854

wild flowers, clover, and wild oats, growing
up luxuriously under the green trees, for dis
tance of twenty miles. There can be no
prettler country than this any where this
side OF heaven. Such is the country around
or near San Francisco, at this moment teem-
ing with rural beauties and agricultural pro-
ducts. Some day, not far distant, an iron
rail will be laid down, one end of which will
be at st. Louis. 1t will be laid on the
ground last described.
The prosperity of San Francisco is not so
rapid as formerly. Heretofore every pound
OF flour, meat, and nearly all the grain and
vegetables consumed by the population Of
the State passed through this city, affording
business and employment for thousands of
people.
Now no flour comes from Chill, and but
little from the Atlantic States, for the reason
that, in addition to large stock Of old
flour on hand, the country is full of wheat.
1t is also full Of cattle and hogs, and of bar
ley to feed them on, and the country raises
It's own bread and meat, and the country
people send it TO the mines themselves, and
the consequence to San Francisco is, that
her trade in provisions is not one quarter
what 1t was two years ago.
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From the London Times.
England9s Strength-Neglect of Means.

England has advantages possessed by no
other nation on earth in money, material.
and mechanical skill. Her means, properly
applied, would render her invincible at
home and irresistible abroad. but they are
Systematically neglected by our war admin
istration. A great fleet has been sent to the
Baltic, but the improvident admiralty did
not take time to think of the shoals and the
forts which there form better defence for
the enemy than his ships or his seris, and
even now the feet is without gun boats fit
to act in the shallow waters The Daily
News sensibly remarks OH the defects in our
armament =
Already the powder made in England is
said to be considerably stronger than that in
use in Russia. Is the government quite sure
that it cannot be made still stronger, and if
X can, is there any degree OF expense which
ought not to be incurred to make it so 3
IAlready the guns made in England are eX
tremely strong and well made, but there is
no end to the strength which, with our ia
clllty and superiority for casting iron, may
mot be given to them. The oak of England,
too, is very tough some elm timber is pro-
badly tougher than oak; but there can be
no question of our ability to build boats of
sufficient strength to carry the largest and
heaviest gnn that can be made, and to send
the heaviest ball with the greatest force nee
essary TO knock down the walls of Cron-
Stadt. If ten, or twenty, or fifty such boats
have been built and one such gun placed in
each OF them, we have heard nothing Of the
spirited exertion. That is the sort of gun
boat, however, required in the Baltic-boats
Of great strength, carrying one great gun,
supplied with the very best powder, and
having steam engine as compact as can be
made to work screw.
Such boats can be made invulnerable, as
well as strong 1t is the great utility of
steam that it places the moving battery-and
the guns for the Baltic ought to be moving
batteries and nothing else-without a stick
except the ensign staff to display the flag,
entirely under the command of the engineer,
whether he be sailor or soldier; she can be
placed therefore, in any position the engi-
neer pleases--she can, for example, be kept
/" END on " to the enemy. She can go nearer
or further off without ever turning round
She might take up her position at pleasure,
and the end placed toward the enemy might
not only be made doubly strong to resist
shot, but 1T might also at a comparatively
small expense, be covered with an elastic
material like vulcanized india rubber or gut
ia percha. or something of that kind which
would be impenetrable by shot. A ball
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-08-26

might drive the boat back, but it could not
enter Its sides. Gun-boats, with guns car
rylng further than the guns of Cronstadt,
might safely batter that or any other for
tress. ..
Such gun-boat so armed, does not re-
Iqure to come to anchor with springs on her
cables like great ship, in order to keep her
IN position She is low and small, Offering
mark difficult to hit, especially by gunners
whose nerves may be a little shaken by the
stones she knocks about their ears, and she
may always be kept in motion, moving
backwards and forwards, so as to increase
her chance of escaping shot, while the
large fort offered mark that could never be
moved or missed. Fifty, sixty, or a hundred
of these boats might, we believe, dismantle
every fort they could be brought within
reach of. 1t is only question Of time and
powder and even now, six months after it
was known we should be at war, no proper
advice has been asked, and no proper means
taken to have such fleet of gun boats. We
have superb fleet of great ships which can
scarcely act we have nearly half a thousand
vessels lying up in our harbors to rot, or re-
.qulrlng continual expense to prevent them
rotting; but we have not got large num-
Der OF gun-boats or batteries, moved solely by
steam, armed only with one great gun, made
in the best manner and provided with the
best powder offering an almost safe means
of assailing and destroying the enemy. All
advantages are on our side, because the me-
chanical powers of England are so much
greater than those of Russia and if the gov
'ernment knows not how to employ it, such
ignorance is highly discreditabe TO the au-
thorities especially to the permanent Admi-
ralty Board.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-08-26

DEPARTURE OF THE SANTA FE MAILS
Quite sensation is felt in our town at the
beginning of each month, when the time for
departure Of this mail arrives Messrs.
Hockaday & Hall are carrying out their
contract with great energy, and in the most
public spirited manner. Our attention was
yesterday, called to their means for the con-
veyance, comfort and security of the passen-
gers, on the long and dreary route between
here and Santa Fe. They consist of coach
with three seats, SO arranged, when the
backs are let down, as to become a soft and
elastic couch, wide enough for the accom-
modatlon of four persons. 1t is of course
intended tor the sleeping accommodation of
lady passengers, when there are such. An
other great convenience In the construction
OF this coach Is, that by drawing curtain,
persons occupying the hindmost seat may be
completely secluded from those in 'front.'
The coach is drawn by six mules of the best
description and now in fine condition. A
wagon, also drawn by six mules, carrying a
portion OF the mail matter, baggage of pas
sengers, and such other packages as are con-
fided to the company for transportation
Three outriders, mounted on mules and a
spare one besides, making the entire number
OF that species Of stock amount to sixteen.
These mules cost from one to two hundred
dollars each, in this market, and are the best
that could be procured for the money.
The conductors and drivers, five in all,
are each armed with Colts revolver of
dragon size, and Sharp's rifle, supposed to
be the most deadly of all the weapons in use.
1t shoots with immense force and precision,
at the distance of $50 yards, and in the
hands of person skilled in its management,
can be discharged thirteen times to the min
ute. 1t will thus be seen that the force ac-
companying the mail, would be more than a
match for any hostile force likely to be met
with on the route. The wages paid by the
company to its employees, are from forty to
sixty dollars per month. The weight of
mail matter for the present month, is about
200 lbs.
Messrs. Hockaday & Hall deserve to make
money by their enterprise, and we doubt
not they will do so.-[Agrarian, Indepen-
dence, Mo.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-04-22
For the Journal.
Correction.

Mr.. CLARK In your paper Of April 3d.,
you remarked in substance, that | had left
the school, and that Mr.. Smith was to SUI
persede me as Principal. AS member Of
the committee on schools, and in Justice to
Mr.. Hollenbeck, intended to have correct
ed this error of yours in the succeeding is
sue of the Journal;-a multiplicity of cares
banished the thing from my mind and caused
me to neglect it.
In the Journal of Saturday last, the for
mer notice was purported to be corrected by
saying (on the informati of some person)
that had not at any time been Principal of
the School, but merely teacher in the High
School, and that Mr.. Smith, of Vermont,
was my successor as teacher in said room;
the latter of which only, is true. A correc-
tion of the last article will necessarily cor
rect the first
should not have deemed the matter
worthy of notice, so far as / am individual
ly concerned, but for the following reason:
The question was frequently asked me, about
the time that went into the school, if |
took Mr.. Olneys place as Superintendent
answered the question in the affirmative.
Hence trouble you with this communica-
ton, that the article may not, by silence, be
CCilSlEucl do d tdClL dullSSlOll VI LIS COTIeCL-
ness, and thereby be a reflection upon my
regard for truth in the minds of many.
Mr.. Hollenbeck is now, and has been for
some time past, Superintendent of the
School, and am happy in being able to say
that the school was never in more healthy
and prosperous condition than at the present
time. /" beLieDe' the chairman of the COM
mittee on schools, Mr.. AveriIl, and the
president of the Board, Mr. McCaughey, by
whom was employed, engaged me tempo,
rarily to superintend the different depart
ments, and to teach the High School, until
permanent arrangements could be made fol
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-04-22

The following taken from the New Or
leans Bee, of March Oath, shows how little
the people of the southern part of the Union
care about the Nebraska question. The
truth is that if we had not so many northern
demagogues constantly paying court to the
South for the purpose of securing office, the
slavery question would rest quietly, as it
really should for the best interests of the
country. Nothing tends more to retard the
progress of the emancipation of the slave
population of the South, which must nee
essarily be work of time, than this con-
tinual revival in Congress of the excitement
about question purely local in its charac-
ter, and which if not supported by agitation
would die out of itself; as will any politi
cal evil in an enlightened nation when left
Iundisturbed to work out its remedy among
those whom it directly and individually
affects. %x#
"Were it possible for the Nebraska meas
ure to be brought up during the session, the
unlimited debate allowed in Committee Of
the Whole would easily enable its oppo-
nents to talk it to death. The North will
exult, and her dismal apprehensions will be
Temporarily quieted. The South, on the
other hand, 1--WE speak of the masses, not the
politicians,) will remain, as heretofore, in a
condition not very far removed from indif
ference. There never was a particle of ex-
citement in the South about this Nebraska
business, for the issue was too purely alb
stract to agitate the minds of the communi-
ty. All the fuss in relation to it was con-
fined to the North while we of the South.
though bearing the daily brunt of the fiercest
objurgations, could not be driven into wrath
and retaliation, for the simple reason that
we really cared too little for the result to
suffer ourselves to be forced into rage. We
certainly went for the principle, and would
be ready to go for it again, but we had no
idea of getting up crusade against the
North or clustering about State Rights, in
the contingency either Of the success or de-
feat of the bill The result will show that
we did not err in our estimate of Southern
sentiment
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THE PERRYSBURG JOURNAL.

a full corps of teachers. The board of edu-
cation settled with me and paid me as such
for the time claimed. Shortly after the
committee had concluded to employ Mr..
Hollenbeck as Principal, gave the charge
of the lower rooms over to him, knowing
that his experience and ability would enable
him to benefit the scholars therein much
more than | could.
At my request the board settled with me
at the rate of $l00 per annum below the
stipulated price, for the fractional part OF
present term, and added said amount to MIR.
lis salary, virtually making his superinten-
dence commence Feb. 30, 1854.
Respectfully yours,
J. w. ROSS.
Aor;l 1874
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O~yNow is the time to take papers, ant

Og-Now is the time to take papers, and
get the war news. Every one of our sub
scribers could easily induce one or more of
his neighbors to subscribe for this paper, and
thus double our list by slight effort, and
the money arising from this increase of pat
ronage would enable us to employ more help
and give us some time to devote to the edi-
torial department, whereas we are noao con-
stantly confined to the mechanical depart
ment of our Journal.