dRkSB ISK*HK• If' •*••- BY DAYID OVER. ORIGINAL POETRY. | For Ihe Inquirer, SONG—To Sallie. Beneath a tree, on a moss-covered bank, IVhere a stream Hows flown the valley, 1 sit and muse of the things that tell Of thee, my own loved Sallie. CIIOHFS—Oh! thou'rt a charming spot, Mv bower in the valley, There, ulono, I muse on thee. 31 y beunio, bright-eyed Sallie. t), there to while the hours away, I love to loiter and daily, Whilst the streamlet -in.is a song for :ne, Of thoe, my own loved Sallie. Cuoucs —Oh! thou'rt a cliiruii ig spo:, &c. The sighing zephrys through the leaves, With the throbs of my heart keep tally, They seem to say—' most passing fair" Is thine own idol—Sallie. CUORCS—Oh ! thou'rt a charming spot, &e. Oh ! oft' times when I (eel oppressed, I here thy spirit rally ; One thought ot tl*;e is Heaven to me, My own, my dear loved Sallie. CHORUS—Oh ! thou'rt a charming spot, &e. Then, dearest, when at set of sun The twilight's in the valley, O, think of me -"neath the beechen tree, Absorbed in thee, my Sallt-'. CHORUS — OB! thou'rt a charming spot, &c. COUNSELS FOR THE YOUNG. Never be cast down by trifles: If a -pitor breaks his web twenty tiuivs, twenty tim a will he mend it again. Make up your mind to do a thing, ami you will do it. Fear not if trouble comes upon you ; keep up \our spin's though the day may be a dark < tie — "Troubles ucvir last forever, The darkest day will pass away." If the sun is going down, look tip. to the stars; if the earth is dark, keep your eyes on heaven. With God's presence iud Grid's pro mise, a man or child in-.y be cheerful. 'Never despair when fog's iu the ai>, A sunshiny meriting will come without warning.' Mind what you run after! Never be content with a bubble that will Lursf ; or a firewood that will end iu Mm fee and darkness, ljui that what you can keep, and which is worth keeping. "Something starring that will siv When gold au 1 silver fly away !" Fight bard against a hasty temper. Anger will come but resist it strongly. A spark may seta house on fire. A fit of passion may give you cause to mourn all the days of your life. Never revenge an injury. "He that revengetb knows no tvst ; The meek possess a peaceful breast." If you have an enemy, act kindly to him,and tu;ke bim your friend. You may not win him over at once, but try again. Let one kindness bo followed by another, till ytnj have compass ed your end. By little and by lit t lo great things arc completed. "Water falling day by day Wears tho hardest rock away." Aud so repeated kindness will soften a heart of stone. Whatever you do, do it willingly. A boy that is whipped at -chool never learns Ids les son well. A roan that is compelled to work, eares not how badly it is performed. He that pulls off blB coat cheerfully, stiips up bin clothes iu earnest, and sings while he works,is the iu;ui for mc— "A cheerful spirit gets on quick ; A grumbler iu th<* mud will stick.'' Evil thoughts aro worse enemies than lious aud tigers, for we can get out of the way of wild beasts—but bad thoughts win their day everywhere. Keep your heads and hearts full of good thoughts, thar bad thoughts may not sud room— "Re on jour guard, anj strive to pray, To drive ali evil thoughts away." "LKT ME KISS HIM FOR HIS MoTiit.it."— The editor of tbo Now Orleans Advocate h'd this iucident about the ravages of the yellow fever in that city related to him by one of ti.e Methodist pastors ; The preacher was called a few Jays sinco to attend the funeral of a young man. Uetore his sickness he was a stout, buoyant, manly youth. He was from the State of Maiue, and had been here but a short time. He was at tacked by yellow fever and soo-i died, with no mother or relativo to witch by his bedside, ot to soothe him with sympathy, which none but those ot our "kindred blood" can feel or uiani feat. Ho died among strangers and was buried by them. When the funeral service was over, *nd the strange frieud who had ministered to mui was about to finally close the coffin, an oM udy who stood by stopped them and >aid, "Let. fa kiss him for Lis mother." We have yet to ""d the fi>-!,t tiiau or woman to whose e\ca this s "upie recital has uot It ought teat?. A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &e., &c—Terms: One Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance. Flirt CENTS FOR One of our citizens who loves his joke about as well as folks usually filly cents for my supper Mul break fast, an i fifty cents for :uy lodging." "Twenty-live cents .is all we charge for lodg ing,'' said the landlady. "Yes," returned the .traveller, "under or dinary circumstances! but HI this case, fiity cents is not too much." The strung -r depart® i,and the lady w s deep in oonjciure as to what could be the circum stance which required a man to pay double price for lodging, wheu bet husband retu.u ed. . "lias that man who slept in the front cham ber come down yet?" he asked. "Yes," answered his wife, '-.and Le has gone away, lie paid fifty cent ■ for his lodging, and said, under the circumstances it was right."' •The ueucc he did: exclaim J the luidhud, limbing up stairs. wife toll owed to learn '! • tti.i■ ig ot speli*;/anyo pje>u®rd.i4g# T and. fi uua hi-r husband will t!ie bed-clothes turned d. \vn, and tier best bed looking more lit to plant potatoes in, tlr.n for any human being to sleep in. "You saw that man when he catue here last night?" said the husb.ud. "Yes." "And you saw bis Luois, didu t vou?" "Yes." "Weil," said the 1 mdk-rd, "the infernal cuss slept in "em." A few days after, the traveler, ou his return liuiLt 1 , put.up again at the same tavern. Neith er himself uor the landlord said auytbtug about the Loots, which were in about the same e mui tion as ou the previous occasion: but the bar !- lord looked daggers at hiui, aud eyed LL boots with much anxiety. About tcu o'clock, the traveller s-.iu he would retire. "And, by the way, landlord," said ho, with a merry twinkle iu his eye, -whit do you usually cnaige for lodging? ' -"We charge," answered the 1 tudloid, with a most tremendous emphasis, " tw&niy-jive cents. A COMICAL SCENE WITH AN AFRI CAN LADY AT CHARLESTON. Various amusing anecdotes aro related of the poor Africans who were rescued from the slaver Eclio by the U. S. brig Dolphin during their brief sojourn in the port of Charleston: Among the Echo's living cargo, every one iff whom, he it remembered, were in the condi tion iu which they entered the world, am? un der no obligation to the tailors' or mamunia kera' ait, was a woman who was distinguished from the rest by her evident natural brightness and her superior looks. Moreover, she w s dressed —not, probabiy, after the fashion of oar Broadway belles, but dressed differently from her companions, nevertheless; ami iike all true women, in such a condition, >hc felt and ..Do evinced her superiority. She actually had on a pair of gloves, winch she wore at nii hours, with evident pride in her costume, and felt that she was in full 'tag'.' She was called par excellence, 'the Queen,' and her story get ting abroad at Charleston, some ladies request ed and obtained permission for her to visit them. A loose diess was accordingly furnished her, to cover '.he oher deficiencies of the urifelis of clothing, nn-i she was lauded from one of the bouts an 1 conveyed to tho bouse of a promi nent re.-ideut of CharLston. There, the ser vant was ordered to dress the Qro eu in hoops, broad enough for a dame of upper tendoin, aud u flaunting gay dress. She was much aston ished and pleased with the dress, but more with the hoops, whijh slie would etidcavor to catch assbo turned round and round, utteiing outlandish cries. She alsi oxhibitod some m clin t'.ion constantly to examine mure ciiiSely intu the material beneath her outer dress, but as gentlemen wcro proseut, she was prudently prevented t'rotu gratifying this natural curios!, ty. After spending some hoars nshoic, she was convoyed to tho buselt by a nntuber ot her entertainers.' The boat could not reach high water mark, and lay some liitlo distance out in tho water. The Queen shook bands all round with her friends, and then going to tho water's edge, surveyed the boat for an instant, after waving a last adieu, suddenly hoisted dress, hoops, nu clei clothes and all, liko a huge euubonuet over her head, and quietly waded out to the boat. This reversal oi the purposes of clothing star tled the spectators, and there was a most sud den mid laughable rush from the bcaoh. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1850. SLEEPING WITH THE LANDLORD'S WIFE. We give the annexed incident ir. regard to Rev. Zeb Twitehell, a Methodist clergyman in / full at * d regafar standing, and a member of tho j Vermont Conference: At otio time l.e represented Stockbridge iu the State Legislature. Zeb, says our inform ant, is a man of fair talents, both as a preach er and a musician. Ia ihe pulpit he is grave, ; solemn, dignified, and a thorough systematic < Hi'.rmonizer; but out of it there is no man liv ing who is more full of fun and- drollery. Ou one occasion he was wending his way towards the seat of the Annual Conference of minis- j ters, in company with r,o(Let clergyman- , Pa v tug a country inti, ho remarked to the oth- i er clergyman— "Tlie la-t time I sfnpp >J ..{ that tavern, I .slept with the landlord's wife." In utter ainczameo?, hi- ct tieil friend want ed to know what he meant. "I incan jus' what 1 -ay," replied Zeb; and | or. went the two travel i s in utArokeu silence until they reached the conference. In the early part of the session, tho confer- j enoc sat wi:b doors closed for the purpose of transacting oomc private business, aud Gape- ! cialiy to attend to the animal examination of each member's private character, or lathe. ... j duct, daring the past year. Fur this purpose tho clerk called Z :b's n "Does any one know aught against tho char acter of brothi-r Twifehcll during the past year?" asked the bishop, who was ttie piosi- i ding officer. j After a moin nt'.s silence, Zab's traveling; ooiiipauion rose with a be.-ut and grave eoutiteoauai; sail ho ha 1 a duty to perform— ou-} fii.it he owed to God and the church, and io tuuteeif: ho mast therefore di-ch ;rgc it f. r- Icasly, though ticuiblißgty. lie th ai related what Zoo had told hiru while passing tho tav cru, how be slept with the landlord's wife, cte. j The grave body o. ministers were struck as j with a thunderbolt, al'hugh a few B.aile i aud j looked first at Z b, then upon the hishop. knowingly, for they know better than tho oth- j eis the chariot".!' ot the a cased. The bishop eaLvd upon brother T. aud ask- j ed him what he had to say ia relation to sosc- j rieus a charge. Z:b rose, and said: \ "I did the deed! 1 <. ver be!" • j TlivU- pausing ,witb.,a aw.ul surL.4U-aasw r 4 . proceeded with a slow and solemn delibera- ' tiou: "There was one lit lo circumstance, tiowcv- i cr, connected witli the i.if.tir, which I dir it is tho power of thut institution which God has own ed and biessod, ami which must over give to soe.cty uhariuter uud destiny. A Distinguished American, writer iu writing against what he considers a prevailing inclina tion lo credulity, -ays that "the present gctio ruiioa seem u race of gudgeous." 11a must certainly except tho. babies, they mo only iuokors. I COL, SMITH IA JONI.S FAMILY. Well after dark 1 put up with u first rate, j good natured fellow that I met at tho billiard i tabU. I went in and was introduced to his j wife* a fine, fat woman, looking as though she livej on laffio,' her face was so full of fun.— After a while, after we'd talked about my girl, and clout the garden, and about the weather, in cc>a.e three or four children jlaffiu' tiud skip— pingAS merry as crickets, there was no candle lit, but I couM see that tiiey were fine looking fellows, and I starred for mv saddle bags, iu whiei: 1 bad put a lot of sugar candy for "Hie J children as I went along. 4J pf.'us here,' said I, 'you little rogue.; coino here uud tel. me what your nsme is.' Ti oldest oamo to me and says; My name is Relt r jon-?.' 'Aud what's your name, sir V 'litib Jones.' ' T.,| u xt sai l his name was Bill Joucs, and the "fourth sai l his name was Tommy Jones.— I gave 'ctii sugar candy, and old Mrs. Jones was sa tickled thai she laughed all the time. Mr. Jones looked on, but didn't say much. 'Why,' says I, -'Mrs Jones, I would not take a go.i deal for them four boys, if 1 had 'em, :!■■ v •uc so b'.auitfu! and sprightly.' tys she, laffin,' 'I set a good deal on 'ero, but we spoil 'eai too much.' 'No, no,' sujs T, 'they're well behaved chil dren* and by gracious,' says I, protending to be g tar (led by a striking resemblance between the Loy.s and father, and I looked at Mr. Jones, 'I tii ver did see anything equal to i',' say# 1, 'your own eyes, mouth, forehead, and perfect picture of h ir, sir,' tipping the eldest ou the pate. I thought tii it Mrs. Jones wuld Lave died l iffin, at that; her arms fell down by her tide, and she shook the whole house.' 'Do you think so, Jlr. Smith ?' said she, looking towards Mr. Jones, and 1 thought she'd go off in a fit. 'Yes,' says I, '1 do really.' 'llaw, haw, haw,'says Mr. Jones, kind o' laffii', *you are too hard ou ui°, now, with your jo kes.' ; 1 ain't a jokiu' at ail,' says 1 ; Lney arc bnuda.'tnc children, and do look wonderfully Hhe y u.' .J*- • then a gal brought a light in, and I'll if the little trats didn't tu.a out to be niggers, every one of em, mid ifheir Leads curly all over. Mr. uud Mrs. Joues never had any children, andthey pet ted them niggers as playthings. 1 never felt so streaked as i did when I fouud how things stood. li.WIUU.ISM IS TIIE UEEJEE ISLASiiM. .7 jYt V) Yorker and a Prussian eaten up— Ft r ht between the Cannibals and the United .St tis ddarims. The Uniud States ship VAudalia, GoaimaU' der Siuoluir, arrived in purt on Friday, Iroui a cruise through the South Pacific. Lieu'. J. Dog an Brown gives us some interesting infor mation about a deed of cannibalism and its puuishmtut. While '.he Yatidalia was at Uvolau, iu tbo Feejee islands, iuforwia'.ion was , communicated to Oouiuiaudcr .Sinclair, by the I OODSUI at T.evulia, that the inhabitants of Lo i mati, on the islaud of Ways—a tribe of fero cious cannibals—bad surprised a small vessel, ami murdered, cookod aud eateu ihe crew Thereupon, ;.u expedition consisting oi 00 uieu, was fitted out, placed iu charge of Lieut. Oald | well, with Lieut. Ramsey, of the marines, As sistant furgeou Tiist and Master's Male, liar let t, and sent against them. The natives re fusing to give up the murderers, aud taking advantage of their stiong position (a town situated on the top of a high mountain, 1000 feet above the level of tbo sea) to defy the puity sent Egaiust them, a Ending was affected at daylight on the morning after reaching the lelund ; uud after a most fati 6 uiug march of several hvurr, over declivities, preoip.oes, rocks, I ami through raviucs, the expedition arrived op posite 'he town. X long halt wis made to re fresh the men, who were almost prostrated by their exertions. After icaiing, the town was assaulted aud carried by a flank movement, the natives fleeing to the rooks and fustuessc* ; the tuwn was nearly destroyed, 115 houses having been fired aud consumed. Oct tho return of the expedi tion tbey wore attacked iu t ho most furious man ner in one of tbo ravines by 300 warriors, who were repulsed with a heavy loss, after a severe oetiouof about one-half an hour, tlm natives ! Ming nearly 50 in killed an I wounded, inclu ding two o'' their principal chiefs. The Amer icans had six wounded, and one very severely. The seauieu auu marines behaved in the most gaiiuut uuuuer. The anjuwdy ot their situa tion (attacking a powerful tin.: courageous mountain tribe iu their fastnesses) not moving them, except perhaps to more steady and daring oonduet. The Americans murdered aud eaten were Louis 13rower, a Prussian, nutuiaiiied, ami Ileory Homer of New Y'ork.— San irnn cisco Herald MUDDLING A JUSTICE.—Josh WAS brought before a country squire tor s'euliug a hog, and three witnesses hetng examined, swore that they saw hitu steal it. A wag having volun teered for Josh, knowing tho scope of the squire's brain, arose and addressed him as lol 'Miy it please your lienor, I can establish this man's innoeenee beyond tho shadow of a doubt; for I have twelve witnesses ready to swear that they did not sco btiu steal it.' Tho squire rested bis head for a tew mo mfiots up ttrf ''is baud, as if iu deep thought, and then with groat dignity arose, and brush ing back his hair, said: "If there are twelve that did not see Lini steal it, and only three that did,F discharge the prisoner. Clear tho room." LIVELY TIMES HI WISCONSIN COUNCIL, A Catholic Priest Denounces them as Here ties. A correspondent writing from Shullsburg, Wis., has the following : "During the session of the County Board of Supervisors for this county, at the November term, there were some rich sceDes, one of which claiißtj our serious attention. Some of the lobby members got up a rcselotiou to appro priate one hundred dollars for Roman Catho lic purposes, which was rejected by one major ity. At the evening session of the same day, she Catholic priest came before tho board and remarked : "I suppose the reason why you refuse to grant the appropriation is, that it is to beuefit the Catholics; but I am rejoiced that such things cannot always be, for there is a crisis oomine, and sooner thau the people are aware of. Yankeedom has Lad about its full sway and others ore about to rule iu this country, and then you, nor any set of base heretics, will oare to refuse ns au appropriation for such purposes." Some of the members of the Board explained tlieu* reasons for voting as they did on the question. The priest then said pointing to one, "You toted again.it the appropriation on the ground of the retrenchment, and you," pointing to another, 'say you voted for it, but, having been better informed, would, if necessary, vote against it now. I suppose your information consists in knowing that it is for tlie Catholics, and that, you consider, reason enough for vo tirg against it. Y"ou 1 never saw before ; neither do I ever wish to sec you aguiu, and I shall brand you an infamous scoundrel.' During his remarks, La was several times called to order, but toid them not to'interrnpt him, as he was a scholar, and would not be dictated to by a set of base beraties.' 'Tiiet Say.'—There is a decision in the last volume of Gray's Massachusetts Reports, whieli is at once sound morals an good law. A wo n.au sued for slander, defended on the ground thatshoouly reported. The Court held that to r.pc it a story, which is Else and slanderous, no matter how widely it may kavo bceojoirculated, isattbe. peril of the ih>l>arrer. SKuder cannot always be traced to its origin. Its power of mischief is derived frotu repetition, eve.i if a disbelief of the story accompanies its relation. Indeed, this half doubtful way of imparting slander, is often the surest method resorted to by the slanderer to give currency to his tale. THE RETORT COCRTEOLS.— A Justice of the Peace, seeing a parson mounted on a very stately horse,riding between London aud Ilamp stead, said to some gentlemen who were with him, — "Do you see what a beautiful horse that proud parson has got? I'll banter iiim a little: "Doctor," said he, "you don't follow the ex auiplo of your groat Muster, who was LuorOly content, to ride upon an ass." "Why, really, sir," replied :Le patsou, "the king lias made so uiar.y asses Justices that an honest clergyman can hardly fiud one to ride, if lie had a mind to it"' HORRIBLE GLUTTONY.—In New York, ou Thursday uight, a negro from New LondoD, Conn., named Albert Oorbyr, while at Croun's groggery,Fivo Points,swallowed, for a wager of s>lo, five pounds of tallow caudles, five of raw pork,a pint of lamp oil, and a quart of whiskey. Ho was shortly after found insensible iu the street and sent to the station house, where a physician attended and administered an ap propriate dose. The glutton recovered after a while, but laid his illuess to the Five Point whiskey. He was committed to prison for ten days, for drunkenness. It is stated iu Southern papers that the yacht Wanderer has landed ns many as thice cargoes of negroes upon the Southern coast. The Au gusta (Ga.) Sentinel says: "We learn ou good autiioriiy that the original cargo consisted of -i'2o, auJ that uot one of them died or was se riously ill on the passage. It is supposed that the Wanderer acted oDly as a decoy bout, and that the vessel that brought tbetn is at large. Litizens of our city are piobably interested in the enterprise, and those brought up in the riv er are supposed to be their share of tho spoils, and have bocn distributed on their plantations,' Mr. Gurley, Republican candidate for Con gress in Cincinnati, was formerly a Universalis* minister. One of his opponents was trying to persuade an old Methodist not to vote for htui. "Do you think you are furthering the cause of religion," said he, "by voting for u Uni versalis! —one who does not believe in hull?" "XS," WHS the old Methodist's reply, "if, by the time Mr. Guiley has leeu in Coogress a year, he does not find out there is a hell, then 1 don't understand tho present Administration. I shall vote for hitu." Demand eor the Gospel.—Tbo pews in Henry Ward Boeohm's church, Brooklyn, were routed at uuctu n for the year, on Tuesday, and brought §24,642 50, about §B,OOO more than thev were sold lor last year. Very many who were auxin as to obtain pews woie unable to procure them. The competition among the bidders was very (spirited. Mr. Beecher was present dutiug the sale, and appeared to be de lighted at the groat interest manifested by hie congrcgaiiou to obtain good sents. At ovcry heart there is a fountain of pure water, and all meu at sometime taste its sweet ness. VOL. 3-2, NO. I AGRICULTURAL _ From the Genesee Farmer. Is Stock Growing to be Recommended in the place of Raising Grai^? The two systems of stock-growing and rais ing grain should go together OD all farms and in all 3ituatious where stock and grain can be raised. There may be places where the price of stock is so low that it may be more profita ble to raise grain; but even then stock-raising, to some extent, will be found to pay better in Iho end; for it must be apparent to all that con tinually taking from our farms and returning nothing to them, will be most ruinous to ibe soil. We may, by applying lime, plaster, and ashes, stimulate the soil to greater activity for a while; but this wiil only prove the more ruin ous in the end, for these articles only supply the inorganic elements of plants: and if no or ganic matter is returned in the shape of barn yard manuio, oar crops of grain will by degrees grow beautifully less; and then again, there are some soils so springy and wet that grain cannot be growu to advantage. On ail snch soils, stock-raising of course should take the lead, but as a general thing, the two systems should go hand ip-hand. Many farmers who keep but little stock, raise no more grain than others who beep several head of cattle, horses, and sheep; and selling ail the grain off their farms, and sometimes even their hay aud coarse fodder, and burning up their largo stacks of straw, and in these and various other ways continual ly drawing organie,uitter from the soil, aDd oftentimes "wasting fragrance on the des ; ert air," their farms arc all the time growing poorer; while others, who keep a large amount of stock, consume some of their coarse grains and all their fodder, make largo amounts of manure, their farms arc all the time growing better— enabling theui to raise more grain aud keep more stock. There uiav be, and no doubt is, a limit to this; but 1 have sometimes thought that the more stock a nrm keeps, the more grain he can raise, thus realizing more than a double profit—a profit from Loth stock and grain, and | also a profit from the increased amount cf both stock and grain be is enabled to raise from coin | biuing the two systems. 0. U. WILSON, JYewfane, JW Y., JYOV. 1858. ON THE USE OF BURNT OLAY AS MANURE. -—About four years ago, I had my attention called to the use of burnt clay as manure, by an Englishman, who used the ashes of burnt clay on his potatoes aod garden vegetables.— The good results obtained by him induced me to try the plan. Accordingly I burnt ten bush els of ashes from good clay sods, aud applied them to one-tenth of an acre of meadow land. I sowed them broadcast, about the last August. The effect was quite perceptible during the fall and the next season the crop of hay was at least one-third heavier than it was on a mead ow adjoining, where there had bocc no manure of any kind applied. I was induced by my success on meadow land to continue the use of burnt clay. I burned two hundred bushels during the fall of 185G, and sowed broadcast one hundred and fifty bush els on one and a half acres of meadow land; and the next spring I applied fifty bu9tiels to half an acre of potato ground. The results of the burnt clay on the meadow land was quito as satisfactory as was my first trial of them, and the results of the burnt clay on the crop of po tatoes was equal to an increase of one-third over half an acre adjoining, on which no ma nure of auy kind was applied, both pieces re ceiving the same amount of cultivation, and were of the same variety of potatoes. Beiug well satisfied wi;h past experiments in the use of burnt clay, 1 burned four hundred bushels, in the full of 1857, and during the past season have used tiiem on meadow land, on po tato ground, and on spring wheat. The results on grass and on potatoes were equal to the re sults previously obtained; but on spring wheat, the effect# were not at all perceptible. 1 think its effects on grass and potatoes have been equal to tho effects of plaster, if not more so. 1 shall apply some of it on spring wheat, next season, end I anticipate better results tbau I obtained last season. I shall also continue its use on meadows and potatoes, and shall try jt on carrots, oats, and other crops, and watcb the results with interest. BEE. Hickory Bluff, Erie Co., .V. Y. 1858.—75,