can we not jive together new as we did then, in the bonds ot peace and fraternity 1 These. questions come home to us in the Northwest ] with more force than they do to you even.— Go into the plains of liiinois, and there you i will find the Yankee boy with a Southern wife,: the Yankee girl with a Southern husband— When their children have grown up and have gone to visit the graves of their fathers or their t mothers, or the graves of their ancestors, they t have had to goto Virginia as well as X"' v Hampshire to sep them both. Each child has a Southern ancestor as well as a Northern one and he don't like to have curses heaped <> 'he head of the parent or the grand parent. Then, again, when vou come to talk to us ah >ni a dissolution of'the Union, we tell you, "No ; Never." We trade Southward as well as Northward. We furnish the wa'er tha' flows down the Mississippi as well as the water that flows through the Jakes cf the St. Lawrence.— We intend to follow that water wherever it flows until it mingles into the broad ocean.— : (Applause.) We have social and commercial' relations with the South, aoci the !>.*• alike. ; We have the tie of country and of blood that' binds them together. When you tell us that this Union is to be dissolved we say "Never [ for the reason that we never intend to travel in to a foreign country, and obtain a passport and have it vised by a consul in order to visit the j tombs of our fathers or the scenes of our child- i hood. Hence there rs not a man on the fron tier that don't love this glorious Union : and! because w? do so love the Union our motto is: never to do an act that would alienate one poi- ; tion of the people from another. \ou can on ly preserve the Union by maintaining ppace and harmony and concord among the peopie of the different sections. Remember that one lie after another has already been severd. This fell spir it of sectional strife has invaded the holy sanc tuary, and separated the churches into churches j North, churches South. This fell spirit of sec tional strife has separated brethren at the com munion table. And when you find a spirit of' strife so deadly that it can sever social tie, and religious tie, and poii'.ical tie, what is you; c •litution worth, when you rave made the peo ple enemies who iive under it? You most; bind the hearts of this people together if you expect to maintain the Union. You can only . bind those hearts together, and mould them into 1 one, by observing those great principles of jus tice and equity upon which our whole system rests. (Cheers.) My friends, I feei that I have , done injustice to you as well as to myself. ("Goon.") No, lam not going cn. T have done more talking to day than I expected to summer. I thought I was goi.ig to pass quietly through, but ev-• ry road station was so crowded that my friends were literally overwhelming me with kindness, and it was not in my heart to refuse to respond to them. I made no political speeches because I was wel comed unanimously by a.'i par'ie, ; and it never was in my heart to say an unkind thing to those ' that were kind to me. To-day I have only touched on these political topics because your chairman, who introduced me, invited my spe cial attention to them. I do not intend as a general thing to enter into the political discuss ions of this year. It is the first time in twen ty-seven years that I have looked on at a polit ical fight without taking a hand in it. I am now enjoying a holiday, visiting the watering places for the first time, taking a little recrea tion, and, it seems, speaking a little just for ex ercise. (Laughter and cheers.) Hut, gentle- ; men, 1 must again seriously, and with profound gratitude, express to yon my thanks for the manner in which you have received me this day. It certainly is a magnificent and impo sing demonstration—onthat I feel that I have a right to be proud of, n d one that reflects cred it and honor upon you who have gotten it up. I do not accept it as a personal tribute to myself. ! I believe, and may rejoice in the belief, that it is intended as a forcible manner of express ing your devotion to thos" great political prin ciples with which my public life is mentified. (Long and prolonged applause.) The speech of Judge Dough' occupied an hour and ten minutes. At its conclusion, he was conducted through the crowd to a carriage and driven to his quarters, the residence of Oliver L. Sanborn, Esq.. followed by a large mass of people, who cheered him with the greatest enthusiasm. The people son after be began to assemble in the Court House yard and vicinity, and before eight o'clock, the hour f >r the reception at the City Hall, an immense crowd had collected, filling the yard and the street in front. At eight o'clock Judge Doug las was conducted to the Hall, which was soon jammed full, and the reception began: and lo more than an hour the stream of enthusiastic men continued to pass before him shaking him heartily by the band, Until all hud had the plea sure of so doing. After which Mr. llailey, of the Boston Herald , was called upon for a speech and responded briefl), and Ju ige Douglas a's. made a few remarks, which were received with great applause. While the men were thus honoring Judge Douglas and gratifying themselves, the resi dence of Mr. Sanborn was thronged with iacies, who gathered there to pay th>'ir respects lo Mrs. Douglas. While these receptions were taking plac° cannons were lired in the rear of the Court House, and at a later period a fine display of fireworks was made in front, while during he; whole time excellent music was discoursed by the bands. Among the attractive features of the even ing was a fine display of Chinese lanterns be tween the City Hall and .Mr. Sanborn's house, and also from the pole in front of the Station Hoase. Soon after ten o'clock the crowd bpgan to disappear, and before eleven our city resumed its usual quiet. The thousands who had come here to honor our distinguished guest had depar ted for their homes, highly gratified with the proceedings of the day and evening. should like to know what Pro. M-yere, o r the Bedford Gazette, means by saying we nre Hani to beat at ";#tA lite." Po you intend to be perso nal, Bro. Meyers ? if so, we shall rail up coffee, or "something else," for two, tue fir.t time we meet you.— Huntingdon. Globe. VVe didn't mean to be "personal," but will not Object to your "calling up" coffee for two, or even spirits , s > thev are not from the "vasty deep," or of the Rochester kind. NOTlCE —Persons ia the habit of entering our office and carrying o/T exchanges without the leave of the editor, will please arm them selves before attempting that business in the lu ture, as we intend to commit assault and battery on the first scamp of that sort we detect in the act. Forewarned is forearmed ' BKDFURI* GAZETTE. —BEDFORD, Pa.- FKID lld 37, I *450. bTf. Meyers, Editor and Proprietor. FOR PRESIDENT, 110.1 STEPHEN 1. BOIIILIS, OF ILLINOIS. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, 1101 HERS® V. JOHML OF GEORGIA. FOR GOVERNOR: GEN. HEIW D. FOSTER, or wnsTii or. ELAND COUNTY. FOR CONGRESS, HON. WILLIAM P. SCHSLL, (Subject to trie derision of the District Conference.) DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. I'F.OTHONOTARY, NTAJ. SAMUEL. H. TATE, BECFORD BOROUGH. SHERIFF, JOHN J. CESSNA, BFDFOKD Boa. ( COMMISSIONER, RICHARD M'MULLIN, MAIMER. POOR PI RECTOR, JOHN S. ORUMBAUCH, 6. WOODBERRY. AUDITOR, CCCRGE 3AUCHMAN, U. PROVIDENCE, CORONER, OA CCS V/AUTtZr?, st. CLA:?.. CALL AND SETTLE Persons owing us fcr subscription, job work and advertising, are respectfully requested to settle their bills at or before September Couit, Especially do we expect all Executors", Ad ministrators', and other legal notices, pubiiohed in our paper, to be paid bv that time. I uose desiring the Gazette for the present year, at the advance rat- 1 $!.bQ per annum, will ob tain tt by paying at September Cwirt. CAMPAIGN GAZETTE. We will furnish the Gazette nil the 1 Oth of November next, at the low rate of 30 cents ner copv, or ten copies ior $*2.50, always to be paid in adsance. Now is the time to sub scribe ! THE ELECTOR \ L TICKET- We have always been anxious that there , shoutd be but one Democratic Electoral Ticket in this State, and to this end, have attended ev ery meeting of the State Committee, as well as } other assemblages called for the purpose of con sidering the matter. As our readers are well a ware, it was our first of ject and desire ; > tiavedtie Electors nominated at Reading pledged to the support of the regular nominees, Douglas and Johnson. This the Slate Committee declined to do, but in Heu thereof, "patched up" a fusion which in many respects was exceedingly odious to the fri-nd® of the regular nominees. The Hariisburg Mass Convention m-t, denounced that fusion and demanded its rescision by the Stat Committee at its mating at Cresson.— Obedient t > the demand of the friends of Mr. Doccus, the Stare Committee rescinded its for mer ac! i >n. and adopted, in its stead, tfie pro gramme annexed beiow. This result is a great victory for the Daug'as men—not that it gives them any undue advantage over '.lie friends of Breckinridge, but because in co diance with their request, the fvcm.er propc-sition of fu sion has been abandoned, and a much fairer and more equitable plan of union offered by the Committee. We are, therefore, not without hope that the differences m the party may yet be -o reconciled as to enable the entire Democ racy of the State to vote for one s a t of Electors and thus defeat 3nd discomfit 'h Black Repub lican horde. The plan of Union adopted at Cresson, is as follows : Resolved , That the democratic electoral tick et be headedjwilh the name of Douglas or Breck- Breckinridge, as an elector at large, and in the event of the success of said ticket, if a greater number shall have been cast for Douglas, then the vote of the electoral college ot the Slate shall be cast tor Douglas and. Johnson ; but if for Breckinridge, then for Breckinridge and Lane ; if the vote of Pennsylvania cannot elect the candidates for whom the majority of the votes ar - cast, and can elect any running for Presi oent claiming to oea democrat, then the vote of the electoral college shall be ca-t for that jean dida'.e ; if it will not elect either of the demo crats tor whom it is cast, or any of the demo crats who are voted for tnihe States, then the ; vote shall be cast for the candidate who has the majority of the votes of the Stale, and the j chairman of ttiis committee is r qu-s:ed to ob : tain from the electors their several and distinct p! dg-'.sof acquiescence in ti:e foregoing resolu ! ti in, and report the result of his action at a fu- I lur ■ meeting of the committee. SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE IS SAUCE FOR TIIS GAN- DEP. —Our friends of the liarrisburg Patriot <V Union , are unrein,'ug in their denuncia tion ol what they style "Mr. Miles Taylor's in teiference in Slate politics."' Would it not be well enough for them, at tiie same time, to give never so slight a rebuke to Mr. Isaac I. Ste vens, under whose supervisions! interference irregular tickets are being put forth in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Maine, New York, and other Slates, and under whose sanction and advice, independent candidates Were run for Governor and Congress, in Missouri, for the express pur pose ot defeating the regularly nominated can didates 1 Comr, now, friends, don't be so partial ' Berks County. We learn with much gratification, that the | Democracy of old Berk s , at their County Con vention, notwithstanding the divided sentiment on the Presidential question, resolved with great unanimity, to unite their forces against j the common enemy. This is a worthy exam ple for the Democrats of other counties. Let us imitate glorious old Berks, and present a , solid front to the advancing foe. There is no earthly use in dividing our strength. We must be united if we would conquer. L-it no j Democrat suffer his prejudices, or personal feel ins, to drive him from the support of regular j nominations or to do aught that will enure to the benefit ol Black Republican Abolition can didates. FIRST GUN FOR THE LITTLE GIANT! MISSOIiBIOPOSTHE BALL FOIi BOI'GLAS. VICTORY! VICTORY I! The latest news from the Missouri election, indicates the success of C. F. Jackson, the L'ou glas Democratic candidate for Governor, by from 5000, to 7000 majority. Five of the seven Congressmen are also reported lo be Douglas Democrats. Glory enough for Missouri. LINCOLN AN ABOLITIONIST- On page 24T of the Congressional Gl.be ' for the second session of the Thirtieth Congress, ; we find the following paragraph • "Mr. LINCOLN gave notice of a motion for "leave to introduce a bill lo abolish slavery "in the District of Columbia, bv consent ot the "free white peooie of said District, and with "compensation lo th owners." Thus it will be seen that ABRAHAM LI N COLN is not merely in favor of restricting .sla very to its present limits, as is claimed for him by his supporters, but that when in Con gress, he advocated its ABOLITION whore it exists by virtue of local law. Who v ill say hereafter that Lincoln is not an Abolition ist ! I FULTON COUNTY.—The telegraphic despatch published in a number of the newspapers, alle ging that a resolution endorsing Douglas and; Johnson, was voted down in the recent Demo cratic County Convention of Fulton county, is false from beginning to end. The President of that Convention informs us'hat no such resolu tion was presented before the Convention.— During the absence, last week, of the Senior Ed itor of the Fulton Democrat, his juni r partner took the responsibility to take down the Dou glas Sag and tun up that of Breckinridge, de fending his conduct in an article severely do ! nnncia'ory of Mr. Douglas and Ins fiiends.— ! This mav be a good joke for B'ack Republi : cans to laugh at, but will scarcely be beneficial to the interests of file Democracy.— Phecounty ticket nominated by the Democrats of Fulton, iis an excellent one. It is composed a- follows : I Assembly, Dr. A. V. C. McNeal; Prothoootary, W. C. Mc.Nult v ; Treasurer, Daniel Fore ; Com missioner, Janes Darnels ; Auditor, George j Whitehall. (T M. Barton, P.jrj., 11. (-}. UmitL I E-q.,and Dr. R. J- Hunter were appointed 'Congressional Conferees, with instructions to j support the nomination of Hon. W. P. Rebel], !of this place. —On Fri'ay night last, the De mocracy of Fulton held a mass meeting in Mc- C'onnellsburg. A resolution condemning the doctrine of Popular Sovereignty, was deie.ted. i Hon. John Cessna and Hon. W. P.Scheil were i among the speakers at this meeting. BEDFORD SPRINCS. —The season at the : Springs has been very lively for the past th-ee or four weeks. Visitors are still pouring in and the prospects are that the hotels will continue tube well filled for some time to come. A mong the recent arrivals are Da. C. 11. HUNTER and E. M. CLYMEB, ESQ., of Reading, both j prominent Democrats and the last named Presi dent of the East Pennsylvania Railroad. They j give a good account of the Democracy ol old ■ Berks. | ALL WRONG.—Occasionally we hear Demo -1 crats say that they would rather see Lincoln elected than Breckini iilge, and others that they would rather see Lincoln elected than Douglas. I This is all wrong. The motto of the Democra i cy should be, "Any Democrat in preference to Lincoln !" 1 KENTUCKY-— The majority for Leslie Coombs, (Bell and Everett candidal?) over Clinton Mc- I Clarty, (Breckinridge) wiil.it is thought, reach j ; 30,000 ! It is alleged that the Douglas and ' , Bell men united upon Coombs, though some ' 10,000 votes were polled for ROLLING, a Diug | las man, who ran on his "own hook.'' ! ATTEND TO IT. —The Vigilance Committees J : of the several districts, arid Democrats general- j I Iv.are requested to attend to the assessment ol j voters and to the naturalization ol such persons , as are bv law entitled to "papers." Let this be ! attended to in time. Nest court will be the last opportunity fir naturalization before the coming elections. GREAT YIELD OF OATS. —We were informed, the other day, by Mr. John Brumbaugh, that j Jacob Specht, of Morrison's COVP, in this coun ! tr, threshed out 200 sheaves ol oats which pro duced 48 bushels—nearly a peck to a sheaf. OUT FOR BELL. The Ball rolling ami (lie Bell ringing! Every da}' brings additional evidence of the disintegration of the Lincoln patty, and the newspapers are filled with accounts of defec tions from its ranks, the deseiters being, in many imtances, prominent and influential !ea deis. Among the more recent of these deser tions, is that of H. BUCHER SWOOPE, ESQ., a gentleman who figured prominently as a Fill more and Hazlehurst leader, but who for the last two years, has been an active advocate of the so-called "People's" party. Our readers ; will remembei MR. Swoon; as the gentleman ! who so eloquently addressed the Straight j Americans of Bedford county, in the ia-t : Gubernatorial cainpaign. Mr. S. announces ; his intention fo vote for Bell and Everett in the following well-written letter, declaring , that "so far as the Presidential contest is con • cerned, the "People's party' has ceased to ex | ist : " | LETTER FROM !!. RICHER SIFOOFE. ' LEAP.FIELD, July 27, 1860. -EDMUND C. PECUIN,ESQ., | Dear Sir :— 1 regret that I have been unable jto answer your letter of inquiry at an earlier date, having for a long lime past been confined ito my room by an accident. I embrace the ' first opportunity, however, to sav that while your information in relation to tnv having, in a great measure, retired from politics, is cot reel, ; i have yet no hesitation to comply with your j request and give you "an expression of my opin ; ion." Yon are right in your conjecture that I never had any sympathy with Republicanism, nor have 1 any now. When in ISSS. as the Chair , man of the Ameiican State Committee,f I met the President of the Republican Committee and others at Harrisburg, for the purpose of taking the preliminary steps for the organization ol the "People's Party," I entered into the arrangement with the distinct understanding that tlw principles of Americanism, which i ; represented, should be fully recognized, both | m the caii for ttie Convention and in the plal j form. Triis was accordingly done, and tlie resolu tions of the convention which nominated Messrs Reed and Frazer strongly denouncedjthe con stant perpetration of naturalization frauds, the importation of foreign paupers and criminals, i and urged the enactment of proper laws for the prevention of both, and for the protection of American Industry. This was deemed, at the tune, and certainly intended as a distinct re cognition of the cardinal principles of Ameri canism, and upon the platform containing Hies provisions the "People's Party" >f this Slate was organized and achieved a triumphant victo ry. How this contrasts with the action of the Chicago Convention, it is unnecessary to say : (lor it is paent to every tr.an that, so far at least as iht Presidential contest is concerned, the "Peofl-'s Party of Pennsylvania" has Ceased to sxisl. It becomes necessary, there fore, for those Americans who have hitherto acted under that name with Republicans and oliiers, on he faith of their recognition ot the : peculiar ptincipies of Americanism, —to deter i mine the ourse they will pursue in the pres ent critica anu complicated condition of nation al politics. i: t'i -revere no other iea,ons fir try refu sing to sujport the candidates of Hi-* Chicago Convention, it would be sufficient to siy that I cannot eijiorse, by voting 11: them, a platform | diamttricaly opp site to all mv pavt profess ions, and tius, tacitly acknowledge that I am i governed fy other motives than the desire {-r . si.cce-s otiose principles I have ali iriy lit-* advocated. My support of the candidates ol i either sectim of the D mocratic party, j.-, course, etifrely out of the question. I shall t>te, therefore, Beii and Everett, and give th*m my cordial suppoit, with the firm con vie ion that a time has arrived in our ' history wheiit is nece.sarv fur our pe*ce and po-nerity tht the conservative element of i'ie • | country shuild bave the caolrol of public affairs. . . it is r <t tooe di.-guised tii&l tlie constant a* I iion vi tie slavery question by political leaders ; lorth and South, and. the vacillating course of ' i the prefiit remirkible Administration, hav > | been !h prolific source of much mischief, • which, tmigh t tr.ay rot endanger tlie perpetui . ty "i tfie Union, imped"S our progress, blights •ur proijwity, and mars our peace. It i esssenliai, therefore, to the welfare of our - G ivi rnnieit tint this agitation should be allay - ' ed. and iVi the sectional aniin mtv s> rife in ; our land ilbuld e rebuked. Tins desirable re -uit, itsrff.s tome, can only be attained hv the eirction <tcu:iservati ve men whose administra ' - lion wilirfceive a "national"—not a sectional I i support —T, i:i other words, men who wili . have adifeits in all part# of our great coun try— N )iti, South, East and West. J havecus given you, as requested, my views oftie present canvass, and placed mv . self upH the record. Trusting that they - will prof"satisfactory, and regretting that on . account ' the physical infiimity under which [ still lair, I could not give tnem more fully, i 1 remaii lours truly, 11. BUCHGR Swoore. FOR T IS BEDFORD GAZETTE. ! REPONROR THE TREASURER OF THE ISDFOIU) BIBLE SOCIETY. ] CA R EC D. UN S 0 BSCRIPTIOW i From Ms Bird and Miss Brown $52.50 | " Ms Daugherty and Miss Russell. ,2.j.0l ' Ms. Schater and Mrs. Lynch 16.f>2 i Donatii by \ . M. C. Association 16.57 j Whole amount 111,60 ; * VMOUNT OF BOOKS SOLD. Bv Tnsurer $13.83 " Coorleur 48.67 , Wire Am't Books sold 92.50 'hole am't money rec'd 204.10 | CJII PAID OUT OF TREASURY. j Sent tPenn. Bible Society $125.00 | FreigtM Express charges on 3 boxes books 9.57 j j Book ee ando lank book 4.44 1 Culpot-ur's com. on sale of books 12.17 j fiole am't paid out 151.48 : Balance in Treasury 52.62 I ACT. WITH PEN\. BIBLE SOCIETY. | Cr. v whole am't. of Books Rec'd . .$137.82 j i Dr. o Cash sent by mail 125.00 ! al. due on books 12.82 ! i Bookin hands of Treasurer, unsold, prth about $45.00 Cash! hand 52.62 V'hole am't. of books and Casb.. .97.62 DONATIONS. Bibhdonafpd 20 " sold Total 105 Taments donated 2 " sold 87 ' ' b'al . 89 Testaments and Psalms donated ; . 1 " " sold 19 Total. ..20 Psalms sold 3 Whole number of Holy Scriptures dona ted and sold 227 SAMUEL SHOCK, Aug. 17, iB6O. Treasurer. FOR THE BEDFORD GAZETTE. The Common Schools of Bedford Co, What can b* done for the improvement of our Common Schno's 1 All will admit that much is needed to be done : and much may be done, it all who are officially related to, or personally intnested in them, would cheerfully co-operate wiih each other, and with ! he Superintendent ofour scnools: in carrying out to the fullest p -sso.le .-stent, the spirit and design of our i\ ise and excellent school law. Let the Superintendent, Directors, Teachers and Parents, each and all, but do their duty in regard to our Schools, (regardless of fault find ers) being prompted by higher motives than the fear of censure, or the love of popularity : then, will there be a waking up to the all important subject of education among the masses of Ihe people. Then will a vital and heaithv current begin ♦o flaw through our wholesome school system, its dormant powers vvill be waked to life, and health, development and growth will be the result. Then will ail realize that our school law which provides for the education ofall o ir youth is not only wis-, but supremely benevolent to the rich as well as the poor. Hence, among the first steps towards improv ing our schools, devolving upon the su;erinter rfeut, is, to create a deeper interest on the ol the p.-ople in behalf of thei* schools. i liey should be luade to teei that it is not on ly their duty, but their interest, to educate ev ery youth injthe county. And that 'he cheap est and most successful way to accomplish such a noble end, is to furn'.sii commodious and com fortable school houses iri every district, and then to offer sucn wages lor qualified teachers as will induce young men of the first order ot talents, to spend money arid time to qualify themselves tor the arduous and responsible du ties of teaching. It i- to be feared that the great majority of our teachers are asleep to the great interests ot their calling. Hence, many of them, heretofore, have made little pr no effort lo improve themselves. They fee' rio moral obligations in taking charge of a school, contented if they cau only keep (not t*ach)Uie school and get their money, then t-iey are off t j engage in almost anything, (but self-improvement,) I T the next eight or cine motr .s, then they migrate to some part of the county wli-iethey are not known and again to ; -.,-* themselves Upon the Directors and peo pic. m !h capacity of Teachers. Such teachers we most emphatically term "d; ti-s," and the sooner they can b- stung out - I the h.ve Ihe better. If teachers will mike r.oe. tr! to improve themselves, 'hey should, and will be cut off'from the profession. due County Superintendent will be unflinch ing in the discharge of his duties, without the .-lightest partiality, miking the nec-Nsary dis tinction in giving certificates, between, "live teaci.-rs and drones." School Direct >rs should always give the pref f-r-nce lo those teachers whom th v know to tee] a deep interest in their own improvement, as weli ns in the Improvement of their schools. By thus encouraging true rrieiit, in a few vears the drones wi 11 have been expelled from the hive, (school house,} and we will have a corps of teachers of whom the people will be praud, and whom they will liberally compensate Lr their 'abors. 'Ye urge upon the several Boards of school Directors in the countv, '.he importance of con tinuing tn take the Penn a. School Journal, be lieving it to be indispensable, to the right pt-r --fnrrmnce of their responsible duties. W ere w.* a School Director, we would no mme empl .y a teacher who was not regularly in the reception of a Scho-I Journal, than we would engage a minister to preach fur us, who was 'i~ it tu" p.oss.-s-j of a bible. We there ' 're mo! i arn.-j.tly urge upon every school Board h the county, to pass th- following reso lutions .an 1 carry them im rwdiately i, ; to ef fect : llr.solr J, i ii3t t'iis SC-IQOI board subsetiHe , for the Pennsylvania School Journal for the ensuing y-ar, to be paid out of the school fund" as prm i led by law. Resolved, i hat we will employ no teacher! who i.s not, or will not become a subscriber to ! the Pt-niisyivania School Journal. Let each school board carrv the above reso lutions into effect, and flier- wpi be at once a n agency put into operation which will quicken and eneigtz-.' every department of our school .system. At once, near two hundred torch lights would be scattered broad cast throughout the county, dispensing light and knowledge in tlwir way, to both teachers and people, upor. the important questions relating to the improvement ol our schools. The Pennsylvania School Journal is the edu cation.il organ o( the State, and is tbe principal means of communication between the State Superintendent and the County Superinten dents, Teachers and Directors of the several Counties. In it are published Irom time to tune the decisions given by the State Superinten dent, upon numerous points of Law, and lite various questions of inquiry made by different school boards. Aiso there will be given in each number a series of articles, upon the b>t methods of teaching the common branches, and uuon sc;io<>! government, fee., ccc. We recommend every teacher in the count v tn send ill-' dollar t > the editor,.Thos. 11. Bur r nves, Lancaster, Pa., r id hhus put himself m possession D| one of the b< st j mrnals in the land. GEO. SIUAFOOS, County Sunt. lutrresling Railroad Letter. CORRESPONDENCE OF THE BEDFORD GAZETTE. NEW YORK, Aug. S, 18(50. The great want at the present time, as felt by a'! who are at all familliar with this great city, is a direct railroad connection with" '.he West. Nor is the whole country much les3 in terested than the city. We must have a nation al mart of commerce—where the produce of the country can be sold to the best advantage and the wants of tlie people best supplied. As well might you run a wagon without an axle as a commercial nation without a commercial cen tre. New York has become that to a great de- 1 fionsandj of million* of rfc"a- a,-, bee, spent in i\-r tw,| f jin KB . cantls/'ial'-oad * an 'i "H=h and there is, so closely are the in J.' woven, not a citv, town, or hamlet in the -\ 'ic.i country which rio.-s not in grater or less c!-\ v respond to the prosperity „ r adversity of thi city. Your rfiders tnust therefore f4| an in terest in every effort lor the advancement •/ the citv, and calculated to make her i n the fji fure what London was to the f ast, with the ad ded glory of oar great country to hack it. There is manifestly danger that New York may lose thai position. Her road* and cana to the Western trade are lung and circuitous. British gold and power has constructed the Grand Trunk road through Canada at a cost of $75,000,000, and her circulars piopose to ta<- rv freight from St. Louis to Liverpool cheaper than our own loads bring it from St. Louis to N'ew York. Philadelphia has hep own road to tli- wp*f by Which she is 276 miles nearer to St. Lotus than New York by her roads. Baltimore f a a road by which she is 306 miles nearer to Cin cinnati than New York by her roads. Ttiese sources ot rivalry aie recent works; but Would already have had a crushing effect but for the fin" harbor and precedence this city has attain ed in foreign trade. There is a route to the west entirely within the power of New York, of which she can now avail herself, that would overcome these ditficui ties and place her virtually" as near to the west ern trade as any one of these cities. It is * Grand National railroad through the state oj Pennsylvania, a large portion of which is si ready built and all of the easiest possible con struction and giade. By the request of persons along the ime 1 have recently been over the route from New York to the Ohio river, preparatory to the ef fort to bring the subject before the" citizens ot New Yoik in such form a to induce them to at least guarantee its construction whenever those adjacent to it are prepared to act and do aii in their power. As all may be supposed, lor the realms i have given, to fee I §ome interest in the subj-ct, I propose very briellv to state the re sult of my observations, which will be more ful ly set forth in a report , r.ow in preparation ior general distribution in this. city. The Central New Jersey, Eastern Pennsyl vania, Lebigli and Lebanon Vallev, to<rethe constitute a line to Harrisburg, 182 miles, straight, well built and of easygrade. It is one of the best n.ads in the country and wo4d take a large share of the freight and travel to New York but for the discrimination of the Penn'a. road in favor of Philadelphia. Tnere is ILo a rbal nearly completed from Allentown to Dau phin, either of which would be open to a great through route. From Harrisburg west ther~ are siil! two routes, up Sherman's and Cumber land valley, bath beautiful and rich, separated by a range of mountains, The route up either is almost without curve or grade, and the local ousiiiess ol either vv ifi pav a large interest up ifj the cost of a road as the Cumberland valley now does on the road to Charnbersburg. The' buil ding of the Sherman's Valley would op°n a n-w country, and oring the celebrated Broad To|) Coal nearer to a maiket by near forty miles. At Buint Ca ins, J miles from bv Sherman's Valley, the two rcutesjunite. For thai route there is a good charter and a compa nv organized with Gen. Wilson of Huntington a- pres'dei:!, a:.J pans arc now being matured to give it vitality and progress. The route through Bedford and Somerset Counties I followed closely, and found it on-of the easiest road? to construct that could be irn rr.!igin"d. I* follows tile Juniata. Buffalo Creek and Wills' Creek until it rises to the small tun nel crossing the Aileghanies at the Sand Patch, which tur:ne| j? nearly completed by the Con itellsvilie Road Company. • From this print the rout? dercends Castle man's rivr to Cancel Isvsile in Fayette co., from Whence the r ad i c impleted to Pittsburg. With be completion of a road from a point on the Onnel!vi:!e road to Washington, 30 IT lev, we have a road to Wheeling, Ya., th* western terminus of the R. & Ohio road on the Ohio river, and piace New York within 705 miles of Cincinnati, *3OO miles !?s than by any road now controlled by New York interest, and ' aving no grades or turves like those on the Baltimore or Pennsylvania roads. In a few days 1 shall forward you a detailed 1 report, in which yon may find jhmething of interest, as the subject will yet be felt as one cf national concern. Yours, J AS. E. WHARTON. LOIISIAXA. OUR NEW ORLEANS CORRESPONDENCE. NEW ORLEANS, July 12, 1860. The Belli infers ami Dou gin sites on Friendly Terms—Prosptcls of o Union Ee'wceek Tnem. Vaticination not being my lorte, I will not attempt to tell you what the future holds in store for the use and acquisition of abject mor tality ; but the present status possessing certain interest, as tar as my observation serves me, I place at your disposition. Politically, a be'tpr feeling exists among the B-ll and Douglas men than I have ever observed between rival or op posing candidates for any high office ; but trie friends of bath exhibit an implacable hostility to Breckinridge, as the representative of the fire eating, disunion sentiment of the South and Massachusetts. This disunion feeling is regarded as far more dangerous to the permanence of our institutions than abolitionism of the deepest dye. You can rely upon the result of this sentiment being the union, in some shape or form, of the friends of Bell and Douglas, so as to prevent toe electoral vote cf more than one > >uthern State being cast for Breckinridge and Lane. The federal ad, ministration ticket has not the ghost of a chance f . acmision into the Blouse oi Representatives. The executioner's band will bring about a reac tion, which, comoined with the cry of persecu tion, will sweep the land as a besom of destruc tion, annihilating every vestige of Shdell &. Co. j Peligious rjotics.—The Sacrament ot theLorci sSupper (D. V.) will he administered in the Presbyterian Church, of this place, on next Sabbath, the 19th inst. Service to com mence at 10i o'clock, A. M. ■ X'L I" TIAB 85 BE IS— On the 10th inst., at the house of the Father, by John Smith, Esq., Mr. Henry Ellon hurger, to Miss Elrnira, daughter of Adam Mil ler, all of Napier tp. On thp9th inst., by the Rev. H. Heekerman, Mr. William Mortimore, to Miss Mary AMI "FHtrmSeld, bath of Sr.ake Spring :p.
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