The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-07-31
VOL. ky. NO. As.

saving BY the construction Of this road two hun
dred and four mifs.
1t viii be seen from the comparative distances
that this road possesses superior advantages over
oHy alter route leading from Philadelphia or
New York 10 The West: and the completion of
the Ohio and Mississippi and Other railroads,
promise n large Accession Of both Southern and
Western trade, which viii undoubtedly prove
Of great benefit to The State
The maximum grade east is 80 $40 feet to
the mile, and The estimated cost Per mile, incIu-
ding rolling stock, motive power, &c. sufficient
TO do lhr business oflhe road the first year af-
ter opening, IS $@G 600, making the total cost
for one hundred and torty-one miles S., 500, ,00G.
The amount ri business the second year will
10 doubt require an increase Of the rolling stock,
motive power, &c, say $1,000 per mile, making
the aggregate cost Of the whole road, when iia-
ished, 33,877 ,560.-~ Harrisburg Union
CoNvENTIou or CounrY SrPERtxTEuDrsrs
MIR. Hickock, State Superintendent, has issu-
ed a circular requesting all the County Super
ntendents Of Common Schools 10 assemble in
Convention at Reading, on the 22d Of July, st
10 o'clork in the forenoon, Tor consultation with
regard 10 the condition and PROSPECTS of The
Common Schools The fail and fsep discussion
Of the duties and workings Of the County Su-
perintenden;s, and the presentation Of such adj
ministraive changes and reforms IS the expe-
rience ofthe last three years may have demon
s'raied to be necessary or advisable. This Goa
veniion will be one Of special Importance, and
the punctual attendance Of the Superintendent
Of every county is regarded as Indispensable
RENrDy FOR Cur Wonus.---B correspondent
ofthe Atlanta Americon. saws The liquor from
tobacco made by boiling two pounds Of cheap
strong tobacco in q large wash pot of water pour
ed around the roots Of the plants troubled by
cot worms, is an eiectlal remedy against their
depredaiions. He says the taste OF tobacco is
disiastefal to their wormships, and they 0ill
yamoSe the rancho instanter, wherever il is ap-
piled lie has tried il several years aud al
WAYS with success Why did nobody ever
think OF that before1 1t IS a self-evident thing
for it is a notorious fact that man is the only
animal that can stand the smell or taste OF To-
bacco after it has been cured. The tobacco
worm itself will back cut from IT,
}rF vElrcANIsu ON TIE DECLINE TX New
YoRE.-A meeting of the Young Mems Cen
-raI Committee met IN New York, on Thurs
day night, at the Sludeyaut's Institute, and du-
rang its proceedings
j. B. butcher, Of the Eigth Ward. called the
attention OF the committee to the necessity Of
ha~ing a "Dncnmcnt and corresponding Corr
E&ttee" appointed 10 scatter r+pubican pub-
cations throughout tine State. The speaker had
jus. returned from tour in the Western. part
OF the State. and he regretted thai republicansTn
was AZ such low ebb He found tht leaders
apatheiic and the free soil masses cold and in
different. while the democrats were active and
Jealous in the propagation Of ISLANDERS against
the republicans The acts of the last LegiSia-
ture had excited had feeling among the farm
els on account Of the lavish expenditure Of the
State money and the consequent increase oil
taxation. Tie new police bill was criticised
adversely and on all sides he heard complaints,
which assured him that unless an effort was
made, and strong one, the party would lose
the State in the coming election. He Mr..
Dutciterl for one. endorsed all that had been
done by the Legislature, and he brl'eved that ii
II was known why thos- measures We're passed,
they would be acQuieScrd in by the People
He was Of opinion that Life Of Fernando
Wood" wonid do good deal OF good. Anoth
er reason for these documents being spread is,
that the Know Nothing party are about being
dissolved, and the members Of it will Join the
democrats uuicss tteY are brought under good
ininencp By proper publications. He inSanced
the express as being g newspaper with most
PrrniciouS influence.
Mr. D. also stated ,hat The documents should
BE- got Up under the bead OF "Facts for the Peo-
pie, for il trey are known 70 be party docu-
ments they viii not be read