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?|v;!c/ & An Independent Family Jonrnal?Devoted to Politics, Literature and General Intelligence. HQYT & CO., Proprietors. VOLUME 6?W. j% MT3S& FIVE YEABS. Beautiful she looked, as she lay there in quiet fcl?mber on the sofa in the drawing room of the Howard'mansion, which is situated in the town of Deepdale, in the eastern part of Suffolk. Her complexion was of that marble whiteness which contrasts well with black hair; clearly defined eyebrows; long and heavy eyelashes; a full Ted mouth; a straight, delicate nose; a beautiful chin; in fact, a face of exquisite love? liness. She might have made a fit subject for a Madonna, only that there was too much pride, and too little meekness, in the contour of her fece. If she is lovely in repose, what must she be when animation and activity light up that won? derful face ? Ask him who stands by her; he will tell you of her rare beauty, and her ex exquisite figure. In short, she seems "a "daughter of gods divinely fair." He who stands by her side, and looks at her bo lovingly, is Guy Wilford, who loves her in vain; for he is the son cf a poor gentleman, while she is the daughter and heiress of the wealthiest man in Deepdale. Guy had come to see old Mr. Howard on some matters pertaining to his profession (that of a lawyer,) and had been ushered into the drawing-room to await his appearance. There on the couch lay Helen Howard?asleep. Guy stood looking at her when Mr. Howard entered the room. He seemed so considerably sur? prised at witnessing such a tableau. He must have read the love-light in Guy 's eyes, for he crossed over to him laid his hand on his shoul? der, and said, in a kind voice: "Wilford, you love my daughter? Ah, I know you do. Well, my boy, you have my per? mission to woo her; though you win her or not, "she w?l decide. I know of no man to whom I would so readily give my daughter as to you. Money does not make the man, in my estima? tion." And he smiled pleasantly upon perceiving the joyous look on Guy's face as he caught his ?hands, thanking him and declaring his love for his daughter. "Well, well, Guy, I understand you," said Mr. Howard, with a shake of his head. "But don't be so enthusiastic, or you will arouse my lady. Come, we will withdraw before she dis? covers our presence." They left the room quietly; Helen sleeping on, all unconscious of what had transpired. ** * * ? * * "Helen, do you love me ? Will you be my wife?" Guy Wilford leaned towards her as he spoke reaching out his hands; but she put them back coldly saying: "Mr. Wilford, if I had anticipated a declara? tion of love, I should have excused myself from seeing you this afternoon. I have given no en? couragement to warrant such a course ; and you will excuse me, but I think you too presump? tuous. I have always regarded you as a friend, but never'supposed you would aspire to Helen Howard's love?or money." , "Helen?Miss Howard?you wrong me?" ?ried Guy. "I have naught but the purest love for you, 1 am sorry that I have so displeased you by my presumption, but I could remain in uncertainty no longer. Since you look so unfa? vorably on my suit, I bid you farewell 1" And almost before she was aware of it, he was gone. She wished then she could take back all the harsh words she had spoken. Not that he had shown any suffering or sorrow; but that she herself experienced a lonely feeling, as if she had deprived herself of some good. And this was increased upon hearing his departure for India, where he remained for five years or more. - Her&ther guessed the causeof Guy Wilford's departure. He knew the man's noble nature, and that it was Helen he loved, not her money; -tot he said nothing when she told him all about it. - Helen was more brilliant than ever that sea? son : notwithstanding which she was always possessed with a dissatisfied feeling, which seemed to mar all pleasure. She could not de* fine it She had at first tried company as a remedy; but she soon discovered faults and flaws in those whom she had considered her / friends. So, at last, she begged her father to take,her abroad, which.he did. Three years passed before they returned to Deepdale. They had gone through nearly all the countries of the Continent, met with a great many new forms and faces, and yet Helen How? ard was Helen. Howard-still, Old friends again flocked around her, and she threatened to be? come as much a belle as of old. I Eosa Oarrington came to stay with her?a : gushing bright young lady of eighteen or there? abouts. One evening a large party had con? gregated on the lawn of the Howard mansion carrying on a perfecttide of conversation, when Miss Rose exclaimed: "News?news! who can guess? Brother Harry tells a good piece of news. The one who guesses shall have the first introduction." "Half told petite, Rosa." said Helen: "some one is coming. It must be no less a personage than the Grand Mogul, to disturb my lady's equanimity so." Then there were cries of "Who ? Who ? We can never guess-?let us know," etc, before Rosa would condescend to satisfy their curiosity. "Well, you all remember Guy Wilford who flourished in this town about five years ago, and who left very suddenly for India ? It is no less a person than he.come back, wealthy, polished, - traveled?the handsomest man in the world, my Drother says, with the form of an Appollo, the pride of Lucifer, the wealth of Crocesus, the ?Helen, are you ill ? What is the matter," she criea, as she happened to glance where Helen stood, and saw her reeling, and trying to support herself by the column. Guy Wilford was immediately forgotten and all attention now turned to Helen. She soon recovered, excused herself on plea of sickness, and retired to her room. "Why should I be so disturbed because Guy Wilford has come ? I don't love him. Pshaw 1 I'm foolish." She laid herself down in her bed and tried to sleep, for she felt weak and faint. She was now possessed with a longing to see Guy which increased every day. She heard no more of him until about two weelcs after the first announcement, when Rosa received in? telligence that Guy Wilford would accompany her brother to the ball, which was to be given by one of the leading families in the town. She determined to be present. On the night of the ball, Helen Howard stood before her mirror, just from the hands of her maid. Beautiful she always was, but this night she was superb. A slight flash lit up her usually pale lace, increasing her loveliness ten? fold. She was attired in a robe of dove color, -draped with black lace, her marble white shoul? ders fairly gleaming against the costly fabric, Her eyes almost outvied the diamonds on her deck and hair, She felt strangely uneasy, Upon entering the ball-room, Helen saw Guy WHford, the centre of an admiring group, five years since last she saw him I Ah, me! how things have changed. She had no chance to speak to him tilHhe latter part of the evening, when Rose Carring ton brought him to her and introduced them, thinkiotr they had never met. She was glad that he nurried her off to dance; for ishefelt almost faint now that she was at last with him again. They separated after the dance, Helen re? tiring into a deep bay-window, complaining of weariness. He soon returned, hardly expecting to find her alone, and requested her to accompany him to the conservatory, to view a large cactus they they had been discussing. Whilst there, almost before he knew it, he took her in his arms; telling how he loved her, and asking her to become his wife. Oh 1 how happy and peaceful she felt at last! After five long years she had found contentment. They had much to say to each other; and though she danced little, and was in the com? pany of him whom she had once termed pre? sumptuous, ube afterwards spent pleasantly in his company five years. Rosa Canington often visits Mrs. Wilford and declares that she never saw such a case of 'love at first sight." Helen never told her what happened five years ago. A Nut that Burglar Cankot Crack.? The London correspondent of the Boston Com? monwealth narrates the following: A strangei- in Threadneedle street, standing in his narrow thoroughfare, shortly before ten o'clock in the morning, would have his curios? ity aroused by the number of well-dressed men whom he would see entering a silversmith's shop, and in a few minutes reappeared with small Japan boxes under their arms. If by further chance it so happened he was at the same spot between five and six o'clock in the evening, he would probably observe the same young men return to deposit the same Japan boxes on the counter of the same shop. The explanation is simple. The boxes, which contain the uubanked securities and cash of merchants and brokers, are locked up for the night in the silversmith's strong room, built in an excavation of sand rock far below the sur? face of the street, and upon which falls, when closed up 1'or the night, a considerable flow of water. The merchants and brokers pay a rent for the use of this secure depository; and, acting no doubt upon this idea, a Mr. Stree ter, an extensive jeweller intends to give the wealthy possessors of costly jewels the oppor? tunity of using his "Chatwood safe," with its hydro-pneumatic envelope and patent water level guage. This safe stands on the floor of his shop, and is open in daylight. Its rests upon a foundation of many details, and of sufficient solidity to sustain more than ten times sixty tons, the weight of the safe itself, which is encased in concrete, embedded in which is a water-chamber connected with an apparatus and air-tubes to give timely warn? ing of sinister assaults. Besides this security, the safe is burglar-proof, engineer proof, gun? powder-proof, chemical-proof, miner-proof, and expert or dexterity-proof. It cannot be fused, melted, wedged, or bored, nor can the lock of the door, which weighs nix tons, be picked or tampered with by the most skilled mani? pulator without bringing down upon himself a detector. The key consists of four parts, each in the possession of different persons, so .that danger is averted in that direction; while, supposing the whole key to be lost, the wards of the lock admit of no fewer than two thou? sand variations, and a new key could be made that would render the old one perfectly useless. Granting, however, the possibility of a success? ful breaking into the safe, it would require sixty hours to accomplish the feat; and, as be? fore stated, the first blow, nay, the merest scratch of the operator would at once be shown by the index of a patent water-gauge level. The inventor is relieved of a good deal of anxiety in the protection the safe affo:rds for his valuable stock, and already many wealthy clients have secured space in it for the safe keeping of their jewels and title deeds. Water on the Plains.?Some curious ob? servations on the important change going on all over the great inland deserts between Mist souri and California are given in a paper pub? lished at White Pine, Nevada. The fact thai the great plains appear to be gradually losing their arid character has recently been noted bv many travelers. There is abundant testimony that the streams are carrying, more water than in former years, and that in many places where there was not a drop of water twenty years ago there are now running streams that do not dry up in the summer mouths. The first emigrants who crossed the plains were subjected to great inconvenience from a scarcity of water, and often perished from thirst in places where to-day there is water for all purposes throughout the year. The Arkansas was dry in 1862 from the Pawnee Fork to the Cimaron Crossing, and previous to that time the Pecos was dried up so that at many places the inhabitants were obliged to dig for water. And the Moro valley and plains were at that time almost destitute of vegetation. Now, the vegetation is luxuriant, and it is one of the very best wheat-growing sections. The town of Denver, Colorado, was built on the banks of an extinct creek, which, it was supposed, would remain dry, but after the set? tlement, to the astonishment of the people, it became quite a stream, and is now crossed by bridges. The writer gives the name of several rivers that were dry during the summer months ten years ago, and are now constantly running in fair streams and predicts that the man who travels over the Union Pacific road twenty-five years from this time will find that the sage brush has given way to crops of all kinds growing in the greatest luxuriance. In the State of Nevada, the old settlers do not hesitate to say that in many places the streams have increased more than one-fourth in size during the past five years, and in eome places where there was no water there are now small but constantly-running streams. Salt Lake is seven feet higher than it was ten years ago, and is constantly rising. The National Revenue.?After October 1st, the tax receipts will be affected at the rate of about $21,000,000 per annum as compared with last year, by the operation of the new tax bill passed last July. The modification of the income tax to the extent of $23,700,000 per Annum will tell upon the third and fourth Quarters after January 1st, 1871, and the modi cation of special taxes to the extent of $10, 674,000 will tell upon the fourth quarter, after May 1, 1871. The custom duties on sugars are to be reduced about one-third, and upon coffee and teas about two-fifths from existing rates, after December 31, applicable to these articles in bond at that date, so that the effect upon the the general customs will begin to be felt before the close of the second quarter. ?- "Remember who you are talking to, sir," said an indignant parent to a facetious boy; "I am your father, sir!" "Well, and who's to blame for that ?" said young imperti? nence, "taint me I ? London is said to have one baker for ev? ery 1,206 persons; one butcher for every 1,533, and one grocer for every 1.800. Tnere is one policeman for every 608 inhabitants. From the Charleston News. What the Bayard of South Carolina Thinks of our Cause and Candidates. The folio wing letter has been addressed by General Wade Hampton to Colonel Charles H. Simonton, of this city: Columbia, October 8. My Dear Sir?Some time since your letter asking my opinion as to the Reform movement in our State reached me, and whilst reasons both of a public and private character have re? strained me from taking an active part in the canvass which has grown out of this movement, I have never had the slightest hesitation as to the course I should pursue, nor reluctance in expressing to my friends what that course would be. Whatever differences of opinion may have existed among the honest citizens of the State as to the best mode of redressing the grievous evils under which they have labored for the last few years, there were and could be none as to the existence of those evils, and of the vital necessity of making a vigorous effort to reform them. It was this conviction on the part of our people which gave birth to and now lends impetus to the Reform movement. It was this which induced the originators of this move? ment, if I estimate their motives correctly, to make an earnest and patriotic struggle to res? cue the State from those who are disgracing her hitherto proud name and dragging her to ruin. No aim can be higher, no object wor? thier than ?iis, and though the means adop? ted to accomplish the purpose are not such as I should have suggested, I sympathize too fully with the object in view, to withhold any assistance in my power from those whose mo? tives are the same as my own and whose judg? ment may be better. If this movement has for its sole purpose, what I trust it has, the redemp? tion of our State, the nominees of the Reform party should command the support of every true son of hers. The effort to save the State deserves success, even should it fail to win it, and as I have not yet made it the chief article in my political creed, that success can sancitify a cause that is wrong, or justify apostacy from/ one that is right, I regard it as my duty to sup? port the candidates of the Reform party. Be? lieving that they are moving in the right di? rection, I shall not, from mere pride of opin? ion, refuse to accompany them, because they have taken a different road from the one I have chosen. I cannot vote for the nominees of the Republican party because, to quote the em? phatic though ungrammatical language of one whose high official position in that party makes him an authoritative exponent of its true con? dition, as his political character renders him a fit type of its officials, "in some of its depart? ments Retrenchment and Reform is, doubtless. freatly needed. Some of its offices are filled y incompetent and corrupt men, who should be driven from the high places they occupy. More economy in the appropriation and ais disbursement of public money should be prac? ticed." Because their nominee for Governor is, to my knowledge, false and treacherous; be? cause this party is notoriously corrupt, venal and profligate, and because in my opinion, any native white citizen of South Carolina who votes for that ticket will cover himself with de? served disgrace. I can well understand how honest and true men may doubt as to the pro? priety of the Reform movement, and question the soundness of its platform, but I cannot comprehend how any South Carolinian can identify himself with a set of adventurers and Elunderers, who have made the government of is State what an influential Radical paper has justly characterized as "a disgrace to civiliza? tion," and I am uncharitable enough to believe that none will do so, except such as have been, or expect to be, paid for forming an alliance which they must feel is disgraceful. I could as readily be persuaded that Benedict Arnold ac? ted.from conscientious motives, and in good faith to his countrymen, as that any true son of South Carolina who venerates-the ancient hon pr of his State, who is jealous of her past fame, and desirous of her future welfare, could, from patriotic impulse, affiiate with men whose only tie to bind them to our State is the "cohesive power of public plunder." Some of the recent converts to this new faith?that faith whose cardinal doctrine it is that the strongest side is always right?may boast of their devotion to their State, and, as proof, point to the scars they have received in her defence; but to these I beg to commend a reply once made to this same patriot Arnold, who asked a friend what the Americans would do with him if he was cap? tured. "They, would bury the leg which was wounded in their service with military honors and hang the, rest of your body," was the prompt and suitable answer. Unfortunately for our State, this wholesome discipline cannot be administered to the patriots of this same stamp among us, who parade their patriotism while they are selling their country; but it is in the power, as it is the duty of every honorable man, to treat them with the scorn their treach? ery so richly merits. Let them find, if they can, in the price for which they have sold them? selves and their kindred, compensation for the loss of their own self-respect and the esteem of all honorable men. "The ox knoweth its owner, and the ass his master's crib." The few who have joined the ranks of the enemies of their State in this supreme hour of her trial, can neither give character to the party to which they have allied themselves, or weaken that which they deserted. Their desertion should but stimulate those who are honestly working for a reformation of abuses to renewed exer? tions. Even if the nominees of the Reform party should be defeated, an event which seems now most unlikely, infinite good will result to the State by Bending honest men to the Legis? lature, and, in any case, it is far better to fall in a good cause than to succeed in an evil one. It has been said that the nominations of both parties are alike in presenting a Republican to the people as candidate for Governor, no real difference exists between the two tickets. Is this the case? It is true that Judge Carpenter is, like Governor Scott, a Republican, but does that make them alike in all other respects ? The Bar of Charleston, composed of gentlemen of the highest standing and character, have borne willing testimony to the ability, the im? partiality and the integrity of Judge Carpen? ter. Can an equal number of gentlemen oflike respectability in our State be found to endorse the official character of R. K. Scott? Can one decent man be found to do so ? But admitting, for the sake of argument, that the nominees of the respective parties for Governor are on a Sar?a supposition which does gross injustice to udge Carpenter, and is too extravagant to gain credence from even the most bigoted of Radi? cals?does the nomination of the Reform party for Lieutenant Governor present no higher claims on the people of South Carolina than that of the Republican ? Of the Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor I know but little. It is hi6 misfortune, however, to be in bad company. He was an influential member of the last Legislature, perhaps the most cor? rupt that has ever sat in the United States, and so far from endeavoring to prevent or expose corruption, he is using every effort to continue the rule of those who have plundered the State and degraded her character. On the other hand, the Reform ticket ishon ' ored by one of the noblest historic names of our State; a name which comes to us covered with glory from the days of the revolution; which shone bright among the brightest on the plains of Mexico, and which has received additional lustre by being borne by that heroic son of Carolina, M. C. Butler. All classes of our people, white and colored, who are opposed to misrule, dishonesty arid cor? ruption, are vitally concerned in breaking down this dangerous monopoly by which a few venal, foreign adventurers, aided by their baser native white allies, are systematically plunderin g the State and bringing her name into disrepute among all honest men. The candidates or the Beform party have this end in view, and to the full accomplishment of this happy resiult I cordially wish them God speech My best wishes for the attainment of this object go with them, nor shall I let any difference of opinion on my part as to the expediency of themeann they are using prevent my extending to them a hear? ty support. I am, very respectfully and truly, youm, Wade Hampton. -?> Beef-Packino in Texas,?Curiosity and a desire to pick up an item induced me to visit the new beef preserving establishment being under the supervision oi Mr. J. H. Bichaidson. As good luck would have it, I arrived theiejust after they had killed their first beeves and were putting them through the trial process of expe? riment. The machinery was all new, and it was not expected that it would perform in all respects perfectly at first starting off: but there was nothing save a deficiency in the pump to retard operations, and that was Bpeedily re? moved. The beef after being killed, skinned, and the entrails taken out, is taken from the slaughter house to the dissecting room (as I shall call it,) where the flesh is taken from the bones. It is then placed in a retort or re? frigerator ; by the use of an air pump and some other process the impure gases are removed from the meat, which is then strung upon wires, similar to the Western plan of "jerking" beef, and placed in a large oven and roasted by heated air. This is done by an admirably contrived machinery. It is then let down to the bottom of the oven, and taken out while the fresh meat is placed in at the top?the killing is still going on. When the meat is taken from the oven it is placed in a hopper and ground up like sausage meat; it is then canned and placed for several hours in a tank filled with hot water; then it is hermetically sealed, and is ready for shipment. The whole system seems to be a decided suc? cess, and is destined to effect an entire revolu? tion in the cattle trade of Texas. The meat, though, cooked and ready for table use, can be kept for any length of time, and in any climate, and retain all the rich juices and fresh flavor of I the newly-killed meat There is one thing connected with the estab? lishment that commends itself and speaks high? ly in commendation of the proprietor. There is nothing offensive about the premises, the hides, horns, bones and entrails are hauled away as soon as removed from the animal. By next week they will be prepared to kill and preserve about ten large beeves a day, and soon they will be able to supply the market with meat, than which there is none bettei, or better adapted to the use of only private fami? lies, but hotels, restaurants, and lunch roomu. Connected with this manufactory is an exten? sive tin and sheet iron shop, where they make their own cans. In a word, the establishment is complete within itself.?Oalveston Civilian. -o Letter from Marshal McMahon.?Mar? shal McMahon, who has been residing at Pouru-aux Bois, near Bouillon, at the chateau of the Mayor, has sent to the Organe of Namur the following interesting note: "Marshall Mc? Mahon was wounded on the 1st of September, at six o'clock in the morning, at the very commencemeot of the last battle, in which he had no command. It was by order of the Min? ister of War, Corate de Palikao, and of the Committee of Defense, that he executed the march which proved so fatal to the arms of France. This is what infallibly happens when people take upon them to direct the movements of distant armies from the closet." In these circumstances one can draw up a general plan, but one cannot descend to details, and this is what General Cousin de Montauban forgot Marshal McMahon's intention was to fall back on Paris, after having re-organized the army so unfortunately undone at Sedan. He was not permitted to accomplish his wise j project As soon as the state of his health will Ermit, Marshal McMahon will not fail to pub-! h proofs that he cannot be considered respon? sible for the immense disaster at Sedan. Be-1 tween a victorious army and tbe frontier of a neutral nation there was no escape if an acci dent occurred. A Remarkable Incident.?The Portland Argus gives currency to a most remarkable in? cident. It Bays that a few evenings since, as a train, behind time, was passing Oak Hill Sta? tion, in Scarboro, at a speed of thirty miles an hour, it struck against a horse attached to a sled, which was crossing the track at the time without a driver. The sled was smashed into kindling-wood, and it was supposed that the horse was instantly killed, but the train sped on for some distance, when the engineer, look? ing out, saw the horse staring at him from the cow-catcher with a puzzled look, as much as to say: "What is all this fuss about ?" The train was promptly stopped, and it was found that the horae had been picked up by the cow-catch? er and deposited on the platform in front of the engine, where, too much stunned or frightened to move, he lay until lifted off, and was found to be comparatively uninjured. He was led back to his astonished owner, who stood gazing at the wreck of his bob-sled, and wondering what had become of the animal. ? Correspondence from the headquarters of King William states that the bombardment of Paris will begin during the present or coming week, probably on the 16th, the anniversary of the battle of Leipzig, on the refusal of the city to accede to a formal demand for surrender. This announcement has created intense feeling in London, in view of the horrors which must inevitably follow such an event. The advo? cates of mediation and armistice are more elo Siuent than ever, but the British Ministry thus ar manifests no intention of moving. Gener? al Burnside writes that the people of Paris are calm, and that the appearance of the city is much as usual. It is reported that his mission is in the interests of Jules Favre? it is stated, was on Saturday expecting a visit from Bis? marck, from which it would appear that there is yet some prospect for the avoidance of bom? bardment. M. Glois-Bezoin, one of the mem? bers of the defence committee, writes to his constituents that he has every confidence in the situation, and savsthat 200,000 men, proba? bly 300,000, have been organized outside of Paris, and will soon be ready to march to its relief. ? An eminent painter was once asked what he mixed his paints with, in order to produce so extraordinary, an effect. "I mix them with my brains, sir," was his answer. Proclamation of the President. At a special meeting of the cabinet held on Saturday, to consider the European situation, it was deemed advisable to issue a proclamation of neutrality. In accordance with this decision, and in compliance with the directions of the President, the Secretary of State has promulga? ted the following proclamation: Whereas, on the 22d day of August, 1870, my proclamation was issued enjoining neutrality in the present war between France and the North German Confederation and its allies, and de? claring, so far as then seemed to be necessary, the respective rights and obligations of the bel? ligerent parties and of the citizens of the Uni? ted States: And whereas, subsequent information gives reason to apprehend that armed cruisers of the belligerents may be tempted to abuse the hos? pitality accorded to them in the ports, harbors, roadsteads, and other waters of the United States by making such waters subservient to the purposes of war: Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and declare that any frequenting and use of the waters within the territorial jurisdic? tion of the United States by the armed vessels of each belligerent, whether public vships or grivatecrs, for the purpose of preparing for ostile operations, or as post of observation upon the ships of war, or privateers or mer? chant vessels of the other belligerent lying within, or being about to enter the jurisdiction of the United States, must be regarded as un? friendly and offensive, and in violation of that neutrality which it is the determination of this Government to observe; and to the end that hazard and inconvenience of such apprehended practices may be avoided, I further proclaim and declare, that from and after the 12th day of October instant, and during the continuance of the present hostilities between France and the North German Confederation and its allies, no ship of war or privateer of either belligerent shall be permitted' to make use of any port, harbor, roadstead, or other waters within the jurisdiction of the United States as a station or place of resort for any warlike purpose, or for the purpose of obtaining any facilities of war? like equipment; and no ship of war or privateer or either belligerent shall be permitted to sail out of or leave any port, harbor, roadstead, or waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, from which a vessel of the other bellig? erent (whether the same shall be a ship of war, a privateer, or merchant ship,] shall have pre? viously departed, until after the expiration of at least twenty-four hours from the departure of such last-mentioned vessel beyond the juris? diction of the United States. If any ship of war or privateer of either bel? ligerent shall, after the time this notification takes effect, enter any port, harbor, roadstead or water of the United States, such vessel shall be required to depart and to put to sea within twenty-four hours after her entrance into such port, harbor, roadstead or waters, except in case of stress of weather or of her requiring pro? visions or things necessary for the subsistence of her crew, or for repairs; in either of which cases the authorities of the port or of the near? est port (as the case may be) shall require her to put to sea as soon as possible after the expi? ration of such period of twenty-four hours, without permitting her to take in supplies be? yond what may be necessary for her immediate use; and no such vessel which may have been permitted to remain within the waters of the United States for the purpose of repair shall continue within such port, harbor, roadstead or waters for a longer period than twenty-four hours after her necessary repairs shall have been completed, unless within such twenty-four hours a vessel, (whether ship of war, privateer or merchant shipl of the other belligerent shall have departed therefrom, in which case the time limited for the departure of such ship of war or privateer shall be extended so far as may be necessary to secure an interval of not less than twenty-four hours between such de? parture and that of any ship of war, privateer or merchant ship of the other belligerent which may have previausly quit the same port; har? bor, roadstead or waters. No ship of war or privateer of either belliger? ent shall oe detained in any port, harbor, road? stead, or waters of the United States more than twenty-four hours, by reason of the successive departures from such port, harbor, roadstead or waters of more than one vessel of the other bel? ligerent. But if there be several vessels of each or either of the two belligerents in the same port, harbor, roadstead or waters, the or? der of their departure therefrom shall be ar? ranged as to afford the opportunity of leaving, alternately, to the vessels of their respective belligerents, and to cause the least detention consistent with the objects of this proclamation. No ship of war or privateer of either bellig? erent shall be permitted while in my port, har? bor, roadstead or waters within the jurisdiction of the United States to take in any supplies ex? cept provisions and such other things as may be requisite for the subsistence of her crew, and except so much coal only as may be sufficient to carry such vessel, if without sail power, to the nearest European port of her own country; or in case the vessel is rigged to go under sail and may also be propelled by steam power, then with half the quantify of coal which she would be entitled to receive if dependent Upon [ steam alone; and no coal shall be again sup? plied to any such ship of war or privateer in the same or any other port, harbor, roadstead or waters of the United States, without special permission, until after the expiration of three months from the time when such coal may have been last supplied to her within the wa? ters of the United States, unless such ship of war or privateer shall, since last thus supplied, have entered a European port of the govern? ment to which she belongs. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. U. S. Grast. Let Your Boys Use Tools.?If your boys have a desire to use your tools, be you farmer or mechanic, let them do so. It is much more economical to have to sharpen them often, buy new ones to supply the place of those broken or lost, than to nave your sons grow up ignor? ant of the use of any kind of tools. If he is to be a farmer, lawyer, doctor, machinist, prin? ter, or a merchant, the use of tools and the knowledge of their uses when a boy, will never be a useless acquisition. Let the boys manu? facture toys and destroy a little lumber; it is the cheapest education you can give them in idle hours. From observation, we believe but few parents can understand the need of the young boys' mind for employment. If you do not give "them an opportunity to spend their leisure hours attempting to create something by the aid and use of your tools, they will be very apt to engage in less worthy pursuits. Let the boys have the tools, and when grown to manhood, if you live to see its benefits, you will not repent your course. ? Miss Marianna Thompson, who has just completed a three year's course of study at a theological school, is preaching at Grand Rap? ids, Michigan, to large congregations. She is said to be a fluent and eloquent speaker. 1 - Forty Buys Without Food? Yesterday morning at about six o'clock, John French, son of George French, Esq.. of this town, passed from this life, after an illness of more than two weeks, brought about in ainost remarkable way, The facts, as we h ave learned them from intimate friends of the deceased, are about as follows: For two or three years past it has been noticed that the young man had pecu? liar views upon various subjects, and especially upon religion and his future state, but it was not surmised that they were imbedded very deeply, much less to such an extent as to de? range his mind. On the contrary, being more than usually gifted with intelligence and acute ness, credit was given him for more than the average amount of common sense, He, how? ever, became fond of reading that class of works on theoretical religion, in the transcendental style, too many of which are to be found in the libraries of persons who are not aware of diese high'flown, but delusive disturbers of the mind of the genuine seekers after truth. To such an extent did he become absorbed in some of the mysticisms and sophistries of these quacks in theology that his brain gave way, and reason, at least upon religious subjects, took flight, and, whilst laboring under the. misfor? tune, became impressed with the idea that he had some special religious task to perform which could only be accomplished after be had fasted forty days and forty nights, which feat he began nearly two months ago, and actually finished two weeks since. Every effort during that time made to induce him to eat utterly failed, and those who were inclose contact with him all the time say that not a mouthful of food passed his lips. Strategy, after persuasion had exhausted itself, was resorted to by his friends; tempting fruit and other things were placed in his way, and in such manner as to leave him under the impression that their pres | ence was unknown to all but himself, yet he re? frained from partaking of them in every in? stance. Of course, during this time he became very much reduced, looking more like a skeleton than a living human being. Nature, at length, could stand the strain no longer, and a few days before the expiration of the forty days he was compelled to take his bed, and, although every' thing that could be done for him was done, he at last gave way, and his spirit sought that sphere where the great mystery finds solution. After the forty days he was fed with great care, but his system had sunk too deeply to recuper? ate. There are very few in this community who doubt that French really did what he pro* fessed to undertake, namely, with the exception of drinking freely of water aud smoking con? siderably, to actually live forty days and nights without tasting food. It is pronounced by physicians to be one of the extremely few cases of extended fasting that has come to the knowl? edge of the world.?Hagerf town Twice-d- Week. Missing Fifteen Years?A Strange Sto? ry.?The Kansas City Times gives the follow? ing story: "Nearly fifteen years ago there lived on the banks of the Ohio, but a few miles from the city of Louisville, a man by the name of Henry C. Dun forth, the family consisting of himself, wife and one child, a daughter only a little over two years of age. One day the child escaped the vigilant eye of the mother and wandered from the house. Search was made, but no trade could be found of their darling/until reaching the banks of the river her little bonnet was seen near the margin of the water.. Then, indeed, the little one was mourned as dead, and only a mother's heart can fathom the agony of the be? reaved parent;; "Time passed on. Other children came to take the place of the lost one at the fireside, and the first storm of grief at the terrible afflic? tion had given way to quiet submission. Still, the blue, dancing waters of -the Ohio always catlsed inexpressible sadness to the bereaved hearts. Five years ago the family removed to St Louis, where they have resided ever since. "Last Saturday Mr. Danforth received an anonymous letter from the city, urging him to come up immediately if he wished to find hi> daughter, whom he supposed was drowned thir? teen years before. He arrived, in .the city on Monday, last and proceeding to the place de? signated in the letter, fouud a woman whom h< had known in other days rapidly nearing tfcc grave, and a young girl in attendance upon her. She pointed to the child immediately upon hi:a entrance, saying, 'This is your drowned child,' and entered upon an explanation which con? vinced him of the truth of her words. : "'" "It seems that he himself was the innocent cause of the affair. The woman loved him previous to his marriage, and when the Words were spoken, binding him to another, all the worst passions of her nature were aroused and she determined upon revenge, and how faith f ally she executed her threats the above will testify. She had kept herself informed of his whereabouts, and when she knew that .shortly death would claim he? as Mb victim, sheFdeter mined to make all the reparation itt-'Uer pow eTi Who can paint the joy of the- father on finding the dead alive?. The woman it seems had only been in our city some six months, coming from Cincinnati, to which place she had first fled with the child. She said she had always treated her as her own daughter, to which the child testified, and begged that tbe woman might be taken with them. The result was that the three took the train on" the North Missouri Railroad for' St Louis, and ere this the waiting mother has received the embraces of her long lost daughter^' . j ; . A Durst of Eloquence.?Western elo? quence continues to improve. A Western re porter sends the following sketch. A lawyer was defending a handsome young woman, ac? cused of stealing from, a large, unoccupied dwelling in the night time, and thus he spoke in conclusion: "Gentlemen of tbe Jury, I am done. When I gaze with enraptured eyes upon the matchless beauty of this peerless virgin, on whose re? splendent charms suspicion never dared to breathe, when I behold her radiant in the glo? rious bloom of lustrous loveliness; which an? gelical sweetness might envy but could not eclipse; before which the star on . the brow of the night grows pale, and the diamonds of Bra? zil are dim, and then reflect npon the utter madness and folly of supposing that so much beauty would expose itself in the cold, damp, dead night when innocence like hers is hiding itself amidst the snowy pillows of repose ygen? tlemen of the Jury, my feelings are too over? powering for expression, and 1 throw her into your arms for protection against this fool charge which the outrageous malice of a disappointed scoundrel has invented to blast the fair name of this fair maiden whose smiles shall be the reward of the verdict which I know yon will give." The Jury acquitted her without leaving their seats. ? A little four-year old boy sat alone on the piazza, when a new physician carmrto see his sick mother. The doctor naturally wished to make acquaintance, and said: "How old are you, my son?" "I'm not old, Fm.new','said the boy.