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 '
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—BEDFORD, Pa.-
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OF GEORGIA.
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or wnsTii or. ELAND COUNTY.
FOR CONGRESS,
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DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
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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.