the American Volunteer RUSHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING John B. Bratton. of'PXCK —no utiiSQUAUR ' , n ,,0-Tffo dollars per year If paid strictly Two DoUomjnnd Fifty Cents If wmiln three monthslsner which Three P‘‘, " _m be charged. Those terms will be ‘f. llr adhered’to la everf Instance. No sub: i.tion discontinued until all arrearages are !C , d P „ p i o aB attlio optljm of tb PLdh°^'_ |bcW. frft c 'Voluriicrr. ; ; MEMQgmB v tir 1 ‘bffidibSaoiy;' j ; ~; 1 i pear homo of my childhood ! fond memories' Ilegor >VIIU loving remembrance around tbyold walls* / But 1 sigh, ae 1 follow the trafje of Time’s Un- ger, which hoe touched ovCry spot my fond fancy recalls, But whore shall I seek for the friouds ol my childhood? J (Chnogcd Is eaoh face and each heart, once so gay,) Happy wore wo we rofuned trough the wild wood, • And Marched for spring lloworson fair days la May. Ah! then we ne’er dreame'd aught of trials or . sorrow,' , But brightly looked forward to each coming morn. And thought but of joys that might come on the morrow, And lived lur the future, which never , was born. Vulr, smooth Susquehanna, that nobio old river, dllll glides on na calmly as ki the days long, ago; And It looks ** lf thaB » u would move ou for over, * Su noiseless uud iigasoless'lts soft waters-flow. Hove lo gase on It; those past scenes reviving, Ami think of the loved ones, now garnered above, w nero they may be watching, each spit It ar riving, 'Mom aciohs the dark river into regions of Love. - VIUGINIA. glistelkiKßiß. THE FATAL PIN. A PIN ! A PIN ! MY KINGDOM FOK A PIN I --* * - l was huirrying by express mail'one Christinas to meet a. lady whom, at that time. I was privileged to call, my Belinda. Even then that phrase was not strictly accurate ; for she was- to .be my Belinda. In short, I was engaged to bo married' to her; .but this anticipa- tion of proprietorship is a privilege gmceiuiiy " iu ,iuvcnt». that, however,.is now thiri air. I can talk of it calmy. “That’s right,” friends say' to me, frequently, 1 “ you won’t care a pin about it.”' A pin! The word gives ’fine a prick like the thing it stands for. It was a pin settled it. ’ . ■ She was-the most delicate minded creature in the world, my Belinda.— A being more highly sensitive it. was impossible to conceive. . Such, words as stout, appetite, healthy, leg, limb, stomach, sea-sick,, she , could: not let ■ near her., I mean,of course, in a met aphorical sense. Such delicacy of mind it was impossible not to admire and praise; -it signified a world of future poesy ; but then it made one’s position almost precarious, and on more than one occasion some unguarded allusion of mine went nigh to' Shipwrecking everything. She told me, indeed, can didly, “she; thought I Was the toost re-; flned and Spiritual being sfcie had ever met.” This was a little exaggerative, for 1 cannot claim to. more than my' fellows in this department, and to say the truth, rather enjoy a good, rough, speech. But still I had to walk warily. We were about to make an expedi tion and the train was to stop at a par ticular station where Belinda and her mamma were to come in. Shall X own it? I felt not a little nervous at this meeting,and made my toillot with great nicety. It was the first occasion, too, on which I “sported” (to upe a popular phrase) a little prenuptial cadeau, which considering that it touched rather near ly on a district marked dangerous, sur prised me not a little. X allude to a set of handsome gold studs, sleeve links, etc., emblazoned with my personal in itials, which were' of course inextrlca,- hly-entangled .together, after the ap proved fashion. But considering- that the locality of ' these ornaments is not far off from one of Belinda’s obnoxious words, It seemed a strange choice. She no d«ubt looked at them in se, as they nestled-in their blue Velvet case, like a litter‘of newly-born puppies ; for her they were simply.stupis with no ulterr ior purpose. I wasaltJne In the carriage, and, as I say, a little nervous. It was the first occasion op which I,had been admitted to such intimacy, ag to bo cavalier or protector. Here was a new .responsi bility, you see. 1 felt lost, and subject to that.pbyßical emotion attendant on heat, wtdch‘ I , wpuhl not so much, as haive wbisper iu her presence. J, wasglapcingdptyn.my figure taking in the general coup d'qdl, from waist coat to.boota, then feeling what I could nof pee, when,! became conscious of a certaln. slaokhess, something flap ping about tl).o region of the throat.— It was very strange, but all was loose; something, In sea-phrase, had gone. I hastem d' to reef‘all in, when lot my nervous fingers Peeking the centre, the stud bh which all depended, I' found that it was gone; Slipped'down, no doubt. I investi gated;' entered On that sleuth-hound chase," which'yet tleflei the explorer— shook all about me—but It was hot there/ I was dbwnbh my knees inah instant, aUover the floor. It Was lost—a substantial loss," for the' -ueckstud is the'ihbs't‘sblld" and’hand somest of the colieotion. It Was to the" others ah. the b-nialh, sheet’’-is the test of the ropes. ; Howvexatious! But there Was 'worsen thaii that lost ; here all waS slaokaif away, collar open and dropping IlkOtAYo-hornH, breast'of the snowy shirt all apart and aliabroad. The ship, Indeed, near the all breaking' up 1 UUd 'going piece by . piece. Whatrshall X dd? l • How present mysolfto the oyer raajltjen ?, I wa»'^jglg*««^jo ippet he*.; That, feeling pi as though a map jyere.bpingrsw.eptaway cution, byceteam or ;maohlnery, made the situation.almost horrible, from: sheer.nervousness. .What was I to do ? Present myself in this , state, my throat In this draggled condlton ? Why, even to the ordinary .boors of the street it would:he a source of vulgar mirth. I could not present myself, try ing to keep all together precariously with one hand. fflie Ammcdiii ■ ■ ’ . / 1.’.: t [i BY JOHN B: BRATION. There were four extremities, dt will be recollected ; no flnger *ould conflne at the same point- The awkwardness too,- evcilif it could, of going-through: so-- '<ydl''nfh'U'lth! ohe-flngetvpre33wl : Yi&oi,i ‘this slippery b.alancel. One of the four. If not two, would fie certain to get free; there would 'be nothing to reveal the escapade, as the eyes could not com mand h view, and the fingers' wdiild have to be probing, nervously to see that all was right. , Why not a pin ? The female reader will have at once suggested.the reme dy, that so simple a cure should, not hrive occurred at once. I had thought of that long before, and had searched desperately on every part of the human figure. Beluga well ordered mind; everything was made fast by legitimate agency—button and buckleeverywhere did the work. One desparate chance I kept fot the last; beneath the coat collar-seat of many a boquet, there was certain to be some stray pin confining the stalk on the under side. With these recurring flowers some stray pin must surely have lingered.' ■ With a trembling hand X turned back the col lar. It was blank. The careful ser ve nt had been at too much pains to re move it. What was to be done ? Ha I a brilliant thought—substitute one of the smaller studs—an Idea to be dis missed almost as soon as thought of. — . xhey iwere of the clans that were no bigger- than seed pears—little, “pops” as it were. They would hold nothing. So that must be dismissed as a futile sham. The only thing loft, on' the stoppage of the train, was to fly precip itately, and lose forever the prospect that was before me. • I -dared not pre sent myself, the human throat thus dis arranged. , Stay 1 here was, the train stopping slqwlyg-not at a station, for ,we itad still: half an, hour to travel.— We were stopping on a; deserted por tion of 'the line, always a desolate pro ceeding, and appeariuga sort of physical personification of agonized uncertainty.. Instantly heads were out of the win , doom ,and-a,guariJL.\¥ltUiiD£. Alone the line was, caUedontopxplain. 1l T)nly a lugiage van in front.” But he was to be >miriemore than theirs. He was to be my rescuer. . “ Guardi” X said “ Well, sir ?” he snswered, walking ouaniunrolllng his flag. “Just come • here.” X did not want all the eats outside the railroad carriage to know dilemma; ' “ Ciin’t attend to you now, sir; must see that tye aren’t run 1nt0,.”,' And ho hurried on waving his bit of red hunt ing.' This was fretting and harrassing. There was a benevolent looking head that protruded from' tW.windo w close to mine, stretching .with; great interest -up the line. The idea seized me—the very thing; T would appeal to him. “ There’s no actual danger ?” he ask ed • None'in -the world, but perhaps you would oblige me with such a thing as a pin 1 ; tiny! collar has 1 got undone— most awkward. . . “ Bht the bther express is due about this lime—A might be run into.— Goodhess ! W this the way passengers’ lives are to be trifled with ?” “There’s no danger,” Xrepeat. “The guard says it is only a luggage van.— Could you oblige me with a pin ? Or, perhaps there is some lady in the car riage—” . , “Oh, I have no pin!” he answered, testily. “ Where’s this guard! Scan dalous!” The guard came running back blown, " All clear,” he cried. “ All right. II ain’t nothing.” I called tohim grown desperate/’See icre, guard. Get on the step, I wai “ Can’t stop sir, we must pull up.” “ But it is most particular. Look here;” He thought I was going to show him something in the carriage and he sprang on the step. “ Look hero;” X said hurriedly, “here’s half a crowd—only please do, do get me, a pin.” ' I was speaking in a, language which is Intelligible, I believe, to guards of all tifibes and nations. The half crown was a mere word; but uttered in the language of money. 'He saw and un derstood, bet looked very strangely at me. “’Alfer crown for a pin!” ho said, withja'grin. “ X ain’t gotsuch a thing.” (The 1 impatient engine driver gave a 1 sharp expostulating wliistle.j “ Bat when We get In I’ll aveono for you, sir, never fear.” . “ It won’t do," I said desperately"; “ask some woman", 1 female, lady, I" must have It now. (Again the sharp remonstrances from engine man.)— “ Five shillings,”. I said, feeling in my " waistcoat pocket, “shall be yours.”— Though lie saw I was a queerlsh gen tleman, the exhibition of the two “ alf ei-crowns” amounted to conviction, to the cog ent argument he had met wltte’ Regardless of the interests of the 1 train—a feature I have remarked iir officers of his class when thus tempt ej j_’x saw him on the step of an adjoin- Ing carriage, making his request, The curlbsity of the., passengers was un bounded. They thought it had some thing to do with the expresses, etc.— The, benevolent man alone, who had heard was in a rage. “It’s scandalous! passengers’ lives to he trifled .with in ti'.islway. I’ll write to thecompany.- You’re not fit to he guard, running abbut:. taking money from the passen gers;” Guard returning in triumph but ilboking guilty, called all his ef- Irontery to his aid. • ‘‘i ain’t doing nothing ol the kind. Don’t'yon Interfere'with me, and I shan’t with you. Here ybu are sir. I managed it,’’ he sald as If he had per formed a service of danger. ■ We understood each' other, the re ward was to be reserved till the end of the journey ; he should have seven and-slx then. Here was the pin. I was saved. I threw myself back re lieved, and went on. As all hopes of Borne rested on this little scrap of wire, I went to work cautiously. Why-Why! When I looked at it I found It was a frail, ghost of a pin, a little delicate consumptive article,'without stamina or backbone Its function was to pass through four ,pieces Of starched linen. ; . ■lTbfihiea was ludicrous.- In'spite of : co.tjfldofapp l^at! Bpema / Ahf) j diah f , I, ; spt, myself Jto make ‘ the attempt—it ■ bent double|in a secondand was so short and feeble that, on my attempting to straighten it, it bent back again the other ay, llke an acrobat. , ;0n this I gave way to a raood of de spair, 'which increased as we'came nearer ;yet nearer to the -piece of. meet ing..' engine jipuste- hrid feigniii tests began to multiply, and the catriagesto reel and jolt n little as we passed' Over - switches ahd.crosslngs, I roused' myself and, through sheer de spair, once more straightened the pin .and by some mysterious balancing, ■or supernatural powers succeeded In for cing it into two or perhaps three of the folds. It did riot, go through, but It held somehow-—would hold for a few seconds, till I could secure a stout strong pin, that would make all fast. Then tying my handkerchief very tightly over all I waited without motion. ■ • Here • was the terminus—here Were Belinda and her mother. lam sure they thought me cold if not surly ; for I onlf smiled, instead of leaping up thrusting my body half out of the win dow, and waving my hand till the train stopped, as any other lover would have done. When I got out and had “reiriemlier” o guard—who followed me with a doubtful eye, whisperlUg to his fellow, and. waiting to see whom I should join, expecting no doubt to find keeper? waiting—l found Belinda .With rather a “hurt” expression briber face; But even then I dared no . relax or be -ethpresse,- it was too dangerous. I would make ■ all up by an effusion of tenderness later. “What is the matter?” she said, coldly; ; “ you : don’t seem,very glad to see me?. Have lioflerided you?”.- ? , “ Offended I” lexclaimed, so impetu- ously, that I felt it had nearly : glveu way i “ no,”. I .added, more h tardily, “ but if you would let me go totfjhmth bTKSir-rox:' a.; lUtriUtjn.-T-. one single second—” “ As many as you please,” she said, really angry. ■ “ Mamma, we should have accepted Captain Bridleman’s 6f- fer; and it-is not too late yet; I saw him at the door. Como !’’ Eridleman : was n rival;and a danger- ops one. ; ‘ “ Let us go,” 1 said seizing her hand; never mind Smith and Son: It was nothing after all.” ’ “And you could give me a pain for .nothing after all. This makes it worse.” ■ “ Give you a pain,”- I said, vehem- ently, “ I declare solemnly—Alas 1 at the moment I felt it go. The frait pin gave way—with a sort of a snap, and the.four ends of shirt and collar flew npart. My ready hand barely saved discovery. “ What’s the matter ?” asked my Be linda’s mamma, “aro : you ill?” •• No—not at all, on the contrary,” X said, scarcely knowing what I was say ing. “No sore throat I trust? Good gra cious I With diptheria so fatal and so contagious.” Belinda looked at me steadily. She . was always a cold meditative girl, that liked working out things to a conclu sions. “ Then why do you keep your hand to your neck in that way ? 1 ‘“Well, I have a sort of cold, or I think it is coming on—” “ And that will cure it, or prevent it?” said she in the same chilling way. ' *• Give me a pin,” I whispered to Be linda’s mother, “ quick.” She started. “A pin 1 What an odd request? What do you want it for? Good gracious?' not—” “ Yes mamma,” said Belinda, “ X suppose to prick my arm,"he is looking so wickedly at mo—X declare Xam so glad to see you, Captain Brldloman. A sort of “ hawbaw” gentleman had. come up, with large mouth and whis 'lrers, and was bending over her. “ Why, good gracious 1” he said, “so, complimentary, I declare, I. don’t know what to say.” “You must come to meeting with us,” she said. “ The gentleman on whom we count ed is too much engaged with his throat.” - Mr. Bridleraan turned on me a halt amused, half insolent stare. “• Why, yes, so it is,” he said, “ seems something in the throat. Go to Hook er at once---grettt doctor.” And he looked as though I would go at once to. the eminent physician. “ It is not the throat," I said smiling -feebly, “ when I explain—which I will’ later—” ' i “ Well, Ido say it Is odd,” said the , Captain critically, “ because, you see,no • person ever heard of a sore throat down there on the cellar bone.” I saw Belinda was shocked at this al lusion, yet was so puzzled at my beha vior that the latter sensation overpow ered the former. Still I dared not remove my hand.. However miserable the present situation,’ what, would fob low would, be more disastrous....'The captain was looking more curiously still. ■' “ Why, 1 declare,” he said malicious ly “If hq'ain’t got something concealed there 11 bet any amount he has. I see it.” .“ The mystery is very odd,” said Be linda’s mamma, “considering your purposed relations to my daughter I think It very odd. Pray take down your hand, Mr. - or you will expose yourself to the very worst construe tibn.” - . What could X say or do? At that Instant the guard came up and ,said, loudly enough- to be heard by all,, but im a jocular .tone:. ” “You got the little sharp instrument sir, as you were looking for?” • ' They all started back; Belinda’s mother gave a cry. • i “ Take it away from him I He’s mad!- He means mischief 1” “Scuseme," said the captain, “but this won’t do, you know.” And snatching at my hand, dragged it down CARLISLE, PA., THBESDtt'WTaE^ vlolently. There was no farther use to attempt concealment. Wide flew the four ends, revealing—Oh, shame I shame I what shall i say? "But-- that was mot the worst. Thb effect must have been as of something maniacal, for the ladies gave a short cry and turned away, and the infamoUs captian exclaimed, •“ By Jove he is mad I” I turned and fled. * Belinda is now Mrs. Bridlemari.— The worst and mortifying part is that he probably owned his selection to a* belle! in his prodigious sagacity in dis covering my state. VON AND LOST. SPLENDID fortune vanishes before IT HAD BEEN FAIRLY CLUTCHED. Mr. CoiematiT. Robinson washorn la Rout, Putnam county, N. Y., January 12,1838, arid died May 1, 1872, in his 35th year.- At the age of 19 Mr, Robinson visited, Europe, and spent several years exploring France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Holy Land, traversing the Nile, bathing In the Dead Sea, and perambu lating the streets of Jeruselam. He grad-, bated with distinction at a German col lege in Berlin . after bis travels, and returned to ids native laud in ISBI. Shrewd ami ventursomo, lie went into Wall street and began speculating in stocks. Success marked all his efforts, and ina fewmontbs be became .the head of the .house,of .Robinson', Cox & Co., stock brokers, in Wall street, where he had many, financial transactions with Drew, i Vanderbilt, Jay Cooke, Henry Clews, James Risk, jr., and Jay Gould. Ho,amassed it fortune, and about two years ago he retired from business a mil lionaire, his property estimated at a mil lion and a half, principally in stock and bonds- A PALATIAL COUNTBY SKAT. Last November he purchased an ele country seat at Brewster’s Station, In hlajnatlve comity, on the New York, and Albany railroad, and fur nished it gorceously; A large- room' in Hkai-konao I1(\ Oil a IUUBQUEU. , .where were arranged an endless number of curiosities gathered during his.travels iln foreign countries. Mr. Robinson, with liveried servants and u team of spanking • baysi-Hhe envy of the surrounding far mers —could .be seen almost every day, dashing ever the country roads, seated in a npat Utile phioton. A man of gener ous .Impulses'he made many friends, and no enemies until after his death. A MILLIONAIRE IN LOVE, On the first day of January Mr. Robin son gave a wooden wedding-reception In bis house to the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher, the Baptist minister of the vil lage. Among the guests was Mr. James B. Jilttle, editor of the Putnam County Courier,, of Carmel, and his daughter Florien.’a eirl oflO, not yet out of short dresses. For the first time the millionaire fell in love. He was a favorite of theaex, but matrimony was the last thing In the world he had ever.contemplafed. Child os she. was. he,proposed Jo her on the spot. aud was as promplTy' rejecEeH: The young miss rather treated his proposition as a good juke. About the next thing Mr. Robinson did was to get on a terrible; spree, which .lusted nearly two weeks, during which time he talked of nothing but declaring that he would marry her, if it was the last act of his life, and he kept his word., A SUITOR AGAIN lIKMKCTND. On the lotu of the same mouth Mr. Robinson gave another reception—this time to hi? cousins, J- T. & A. T. Smith, Miss Little attended, attired for the drat time in the robes of a marriageable girl. Mr. Robinson,' infatuated, pressed his suit again, and was again rejected. Then he appealed to her father and implored him to use his influence with his daugh ter in his behalf. What passed at that and subsequent interviews between Messrs. Robinson and Little bn thatsub ject is not’known. But Irom those inter views it seems Mr. Little learned that Mr. .Robinson had previously made a Will, and it is a common repert that Mr. Little promised the suitor that his daugh ter should marry him provided he would destroy that will and agree not to make another unless it should settle the bulk of big property on the bride elect. Mr. Robinson agreed to the proposition, and said that he would ‘destroy, it..:’But Mr. Little would not take a"promise., He must see the will destroyed. , A MILLION AIRE’S WILL. Mr. Roblusod always carried his will in an .inside coat pocket. But to guard against aooldenl or’,theft he kept a dupli ’oate in Rpblneon, Chase & Co.’s safe in Hroadstreet, New York. Mr. Eugene Robinson, of that firm, is a cousin of the dead; man. Hfs sistei; Mary ,ie Mr. Eu gene’Robinson’s wife. The will set.SlO,- 000. apiece on three cousins in Buffalo, 'sl,6,ooo;more .to the : Society of Natural Sciences, In Buflalo, of whiuii Mr. Rob-, inson was a member, and. the rest of his property he bequeathed to his sister Ma ry. This is tfle will which Mr. Little wanted destroyed. According to promise, Mr. Robinson, appeared'at Mr. Little’s bouse about a . month ago, having with him the original 1 will, and the , duplicate., He called tbd, Llttie'family Jntb, the parlor, and ip their presence be threw the duplicate into the flreJ, The old- man : smlle6 all over the face| and promised Mr. Robinson that his’ daughter should,, become Mi-s. Robinson; whenever he said the word.. The wed ding day was fixed for the first of May, and Mr.,Rpblnson resumed hip spree. A MABBIAOE. On the 28th of April, while driving fu riously on the Danbury road, about a mile from Brewster's,Mr. rein ed his horse too bard to one side, which crodipodandupaet the wagon, threw him out'a'nd broke' hlsiefir thigh, to the femoral joint. ; Dr. Harris set'tbk free juirtd limb,'but the fei(leii|t- 'to grow worse, and on Tuesday, the 30th of April, he sent for Miss Little, requesting that ehesbould nurse him, blit her father refused to allow her to do so unless Mr. Robinson would consent to have the marriage ceyemony performed at once. It being, ijr., Boblnaon'a desire . that the marriage, wl\loh wps to ; have beep sol emnized op_ the next day,sjmuld bo post poned until after he recovered. Mr. Lit tle seemed determined. Finally, Mr. Robinson consented, and the ceremony ■iiT a was performßd'at'Sb’oiobk.tjyMv) bjUthe girl’s jsraMfather, i,«ii J* IC' 7-U A'DEATHt' ’' it '"-''-, t < About , one o’clock , lllat 1 , riigrit, SIV. Robinson became insensible, am! died at (i o’clock the next evening, just 24 hours after bis marriage. Immediately after his marriage Mr. Robinson called his friend, Mr. O. H. Miller, editor of the Standard at Brews ter’s, and told him that he itad not de-. stroyed his .will as. Mr. Little had sup posed, and that- lie itad placed it in his secretary drawer, and requested Mr. Miller in the event of ills death to place thb instrument in his si-iter's possession. Mrs. Robiosou, bis sister, was telegraph ed ber brojher's condition on the after noon of bip death, and site arrived there one flour alter he breathed bis last. Mr. Miller did is liisdoad friend had reques ted, and before Mrs. Robinson had been in the Itouije fifteen minutes site had the wili. /■; . ' A LIJfTLE BRIEF AUTHORITY. it is said Mr. Little told the villagers that bis daughter was a million aire, and said that lie 'should move to Brew3|er’H, and occupy his daughter's house." He engaged Mr. Beebe to preach in piase of Rev. Mr. Clapp, saying he wouia pay him, and he said to the ser vants, "My daugter is , mistress here now. You will receive orders from her, only.” From Wednesday night uulil Saturday night the Littles ruled supreme in theßobirisou mansion. The rightful pwnen kept iu the background and al lowed them to enjoy thelrbrief authority in as lordly a manner as,they choose. Mr. Robinson was buried ou Saturday, tbe 4th Inst. The maid, wife anil widow of a day attended the funeral the same as any, other child would have done and with about as much emotion. After hav ing returned from the funeral and while the temporary mistress was giving or ders lo tbe servants for their guidance on Sunday , Mr. Eugeue Robinson called Mr. Little into a room ami the billowing dia logue ensued: Mr. Robinson—Mr. Little, I perceive that your daughter lias.tukeu possession of this bouse and has assumed control of. matfefover which she has no ibgal au thority. Mr. Little—My'daughler is the widow of the late Mr. Robinson. As his widow she has the right, sir. to assume the con trol of his house. I- THE WILL THAT WAS NOT DESIKOVEI). Mr. Robinson—But tliere is a will left by Mr. Boblnson which disposes of all bis property, and in that will your daughter is not pamed, but my wife is. Mr. Little—Ha, ha, ha ! Unfortunately for you and your wife, Mr. Boblnson de stroyed that will about two weeks ago. Mr. Robinson— Unfortunately for you and your daughter, I can inform you that you are mistaken, 'i'be will is hot destroyed. . Mr. Little—That is very well to tell outsiders; but allow me to say for your future benefit that there is no will. 1 saw it destroyed. He has made none since. My daughter has ppsaeaaion, and will al-. low such persona to remain as’ I spe tit to - auggeat'tp-hor. ■ : '• Mr.-Robinson (drawinga neatly folded document from, his pocket)—Allow me, eir, to present for your inspection the last will and testament of Coleman Towuseud Robinson. This is the origi nal; you saw the duplicate .destroyed, and for the sake of getting possession of my cousin’s property, you allowed your daughter to marry him- He saw your motives and caught you with your own bait, and you have uo.oue to thank but your own avarice for the humiliation which you must now experience. , A FATHER'S remorse. Mr. Little (turned white and tremb ling violently as he ciu tohed the will) — I_X_j—de—de—declare, that's Cole man’s signature. What a d—d fool X have made of myself. Oh, dear! oh, dear! wbat shall X do? What shall I do? • Mr. Robinson (authoritatively)—l’ll tell you what to do. Take'yuur daughter and go hopie to Carmel. Myself and wife will take possession of this house now. .. Mr. Robinson walked out of the room and Mr. Littio mechanically followed.— He lost no time in Informing his daugh ter of the slip between the cup and the lip, and in jess than an hour and a-balf Mr. Little and Mrs. Little-Roblnson were on their way to carmel sadder and wiser than before the funeral ■ Before Mrs. Little-Roblnson quit the house she said that her husband before he died, had given her his nine hundred dollar piano, and requested that they al low her to take it, as it was a dying pres ent, and’all she had to remember him by. The request was granted, and she took the piano away a few days afterward. Last week Mr. Little called upon Mrs. Eugene Robinson, and said that he thought'it would suit his daughter better to have the bay team and pbieton than tbo piano, and'auegested that an ex change be made. /Mrs. Robinson replied that as her 'brother had mode, the piano a dying gift to his wife she could not, under jny cir cumstances' entertain the proposition. That she thought too much of her brother for that, aud finished by saying that If her brother bad desired bis wife to have the team be would have given it to her. Mr. Little went away and has remained in Carmel ever since. Mr. Robinson’s family respect the un fortunate girl, and although she is enti tled to nothing, they have’ consented to allow her $500.00 a year, and clothe aud educate her until she becomes of ago. THE JOSH BILLINGS shoe-box, SNAIX.S, SNAIK3 AND IIAIIVS. The slowest gaited animal on the face ol the earth iz the snail. They are one ov the few who take their houses with them, when they go away from home. riunffa uro eetl lew be deiiuaie ealiug, l,; lt ii .i Kan hav all Ihe hash I want, i Wl ii try, uuil struggle, along without any You Uant phmd me with hash, i .-mail liiM> liuw timt iz made, but i don't kuo l„,w auaila are put lgnorance iK aed* 'tew be bliss, anti 1 have often' [bought that It waz, and If i don’t never know bow sualfa taste i don’t think now I ahull repent ov it. , It hez always been n source ov mutch doubt with me In ml hours ov contem- lit? v. alilnahoi ii ,v4hlohiWaZciuatle fust, theaqnil, tor. big aqellp.lnit A r .1 iittiit, 1 lon’t moau iow bit mttij about it. tow kbcT nll about things, and then yu ain’t certain,- but faith iz cheap, and don’t make enny blunders. ' Sciedce iz smart, but she kant tell yu what iriakea the flowers blush so meuny different colors, but phaith kan. Science on a deth bed iz a plg.my, hut phaith; iz a giant. STRIPED SNAKE. The striped snaft iz one ov the Sllp peryest jobs that natur ever turned loose. They travel on the lower sideov them selfs, and kan slip out ov sight likeblow ing out a kandle. They were made for sum good purpose, but 1. never hav bin informed for wbal, unless it waz tew hav their heads smashed. They ore sed tew be innocent, hut they liave gotn had reputnsliun. They liv in the ,grass but seldom git slept ou, bekause they don’t stay long enuffin the light place. When 1 was a little boy, aud wore na ked feet, and was loafing around loose for strawberrys, i was often, times just a fin ing tew step on a striped snaik, but it al wus oured’me of strawberrys. It a striped snaik got into a before 1 did, i alwus Uousldqrod that all the straw.berrye in that lot belonged tew the snaik. “ Fust cum, fust sarve,” was mimotto, I am Just as fraid ov suaike now az 1 waz 40 years ago, and if i should liv tow be az old az Nebudkennezer waz, and go tew grass az be-did, one stripod snaik would spile SOakors ov good pasture for Wlmmin don’t luv suniks enny more than i do, and i rospekt.ber for this. How ou earth Eve was seduced by a smiik, Iz a fust class mistery to me, ami ifl hadn’t read In tbe blble i would bet uHftioat it. , . . . . * I believe everything Umre \v : in the bl ble, the things I bunt umleraturul, i be lleve the must. ■ . . . . I wouldn’t swop ouh the phaith I huv eot for any living man’s kuowlege. B Shalks are all sorts, and all sizes? and the.smaller they are, the more i am afrado of them.. , ... . „ I wouldn’t buy a farm tit hart price that haz a striped snaik ou it. . Ded snaik are a weakness, with me; i alawys respekt them, and whenever i see a ded one in the road, i don t drop a tear on him; But i drop another stone oti himi, for fear he mlghtalter his mind and cum tew life agin, for a snaik hales tew die . just as mutch as kat duz. . . ,1 never could uokonnti for a snaik or a kat hating tew die so bad, unless it waz bekause they waz an poorly prepared tor doth. rarys. Babys I'luv withallrai heart; they are ml sweetmeat!), tliey warm up mi blood like a gin sling, tbe krawl Hito mo m l nestle by the side ov mi aoul, like a kit ten under a Cook stove* . I have raised babys mlself, aud know what lam talking about. , I bav got grandchildren, and they are WU9B than tbe fuat krop lew riot amung If 1 could bav mi way, 1 would change all tbe human beings now on tbe faceov the earth back into babys at once, and keep them thare, and make this footstool one grand nussery but what 1 should do for wet nussea i don't kno, nor don t "’’'"would like tew huv 15 banys now on mi lap, and ml lap ain’t the hundyest lap in the world for babys, neither. My lap iz long eiiull, but not tbe wi dest kind ov a lap. I am a good deal ov a man, but i kon sist of length principally, and when i make a lap ov myselt, It iz not a mat tress,. but more like a couple of rails with ailntinthem. . • . I can hold more babys in my lap at once, than any man in America,, without spilling one, but It hurts the babys I never saw a baby in,mi life that i didn’t want tew kiss ; 1 am wuas than an old maid in this respekt. . Perhaps-tha’re iz, people who don ten vv me all this, but it izone ov the sharp, cut, well-defined joy's ov mi life mi love for babys and their love for me. n Perhaps thare iz people w.ho will call it a weakness, 1 don’t care what they call it, bring on the babys. Unkle Josh has al - ways a kind word and a kiss.for tle ha bya. . I love babys for the truth thare iz in them, i ain't afraid their kiss will betray me, their iz no frauds, dcd beats nor Counterfeits among them. I wish I was a baby tool only once more) but forevermore. SUMNER’S GREAT SPEECH (Continued from last week.) . DUTY TO MAKE EXPOSURE Pardon me if I repeat that it I* my duty to make this exposure, spreading before yo.p the proofs of that personal government which will only pass with out censure, when it passes without ob servation. Insisting upon re-eleotion the President challenges inquiry, and puts himself upon tbe country. But even if ble pressure for re-election did not men ace the tranquility ot the country, t is important that the personal pretensions he has set up should be exposed ; that no President hereafter may venture upon, such way, and no Senator presume to defend them. The cose is clear as noon. Two typical instances in opening this catalogue I select. Two typical iustuu ces, uepotl&m and gilt-taking, olllcially compensated, each absolutely indefensi ble in the head of a Republican, most pernicious in example, and showing be yond question that surpassing egotism of pretension which changed the Presi dential office into a personal instrumen tality not unlike the trunk of an ele phant, opt for all things small as well as great, from provision for a relation to en forcing a treaty on a xeluctaut benatej ox forclng-i re-election on a reluctant people- NEPOTISM OF THE PRESIDENT. Between these two topical instancea I hesitate which to place foremost, but since the nepotism of the President is a ruling passion, revealing the primary Instincts of his nature; since it la main tained by him in utter unconsciousness of its offensive character; since, instead of.blushing for it as an unhappy mistake he continues to uphold it; since It has been openly defended by Senators on this floor; and since no true patriot, anx ious for Republican institutions, can doubt that it ought to be drlvenwith hissing and scorn from all possibility of repetition, I begin with this undoubted abuse. There has been no ca lof Con gress for a return of .the relations hold ing office, stipend or money-making op portunity under the President. The country is left to the press for Impor tant information on this important sub ject. If there Is any exaggeration the President is in fault, since, knowing the discreditable allegations, he has not has tened to furnish the precis© facta, or, at least, his partisans have failed in not calling for the official Information. It Is evident that any resolution calling for if, moved by a Senator not known to be for hla re-election, would meet with oppo sition, and an effort to vindicate Repub lican inatitlona would be denounced as an assault on the President. But the newspapers have placed enough beyond ouestlou for judgment on this extraordi uory case, although thus far there has been no attempt to appreciate it, especi ally In the light of history. One list makes the number of beneficiaries ao many as forty-twtf, being probably every person known to be allied to the Presi dent by blood or marriage* Persons seem ing to speak for the President, or at least after careful inquiries, havo denied the accuracy of this list, reducing It to thir teen. It will not be questioned that * VOL. 59.-NQ-2. there is at feast a baker's dozen in this oategoty.- Thirteen relations of the Pres ident billeted qntbo country, not onp of whom, but for this relationship would have.been, brought fortfoid, the whole constituting a ease,of .fiftAbtlsrpijot un wofth*, rof' thoee .worst, govemmpnls whereloffloe is a family possession. Be yond the list of thirteen are other reve lations showing that this strange abase did not stop with the President’s rela tives, But that these relations obtained appointments for others in their circle, so that every relation became a centre of influence, while the Presidential family extended indefinitely. 1 Only one Presi dent has appointed relatives, and that was John Adams, but he found public opinion, inspired by the example of Washington, so strong against it that Bi ter a slight experiment, he replied to an applicant, " You know that It is impos sible for me to appoint my own relations -to anything without drawing forth a torrent of obllquy.” [Letter to Benja min Adams, April 2,1799, John Adams' works, voh 8, page 031.] The Judgment of the country found voice in Thomas Jefferson, who, in a loiter written short ly after lie became President, used these strong words: “Mr. Adams degraded himself infinitely by his conduct on this subject.” J3ut John Adams, from one diplomatic place to another, appoin ted only two relatives. Pray, sir, what words would Jofleison usp if he were here to speak on the open and multifari ous nepotism of our President? PRESIDENTIAL APOLOGIES 1-OK NEPO- TJSM, Without tho avalanche of testimony against this Presidential pretension it is only necessary to glance- at the deienses sometimes set up. For such is the in sensibility bred by Presidential exam ple that even this intolerable outrage is not without voices speaking for the President, Sometimes it is said that his salary being far from royal the people will not scan cU.soly an attempt to help relations, which, being interpreted, means that the. President may supple ment the pettiness of his salary by, the appointing pbweiv Let John Adams, who did not hesitate to bestow oflice up on a few relatives of unquestionable mer it, judge this pretension. I quote bis woids: “.Every public man should be restrained from perquisite not known to the laws, and should make no claims upon the gratitude, of the public, nor ever confer an oflice within, his.patron age upon a sou, a brother, a .friend, up on pretense that he is not paid for his services’ by profits of his oflice.” It-ls ibpossibie to deny the soundness of this requirement and its completeness as an answer to one of the_ Presidential apologies. *• ' 7 ' ' Sometimes the defender la more auda cious, insisting openly upon the Presi dential prerogative without question, un til we seem to iu.ar in aggravated form the obnoxious cry, “ To the victor belong the spoils.”. I did not suppose that this old cry could be revived in any form, but since it is heard again, I choose to expose it, and here I use the language of Madison, whose mild wisdom has Illu mined so much of constitutional duty.— In bis judgment the pretension was odi ous “that efforts and emoluments were the spoils of victory, the personal prop erty oi the successful candidate for. the Presidency,” and he adds in words not to be forgotten: • ■. *» The principle if avowed without the practice, or practised without the avow ill, could not fail to degrade any admin istration—both together completely so.— [Letter to Edward Cole,. August 29, 1834. .Letters and writings, vol. iv, p. 35G. These are strong words. Tne rule in its early form could not fail to degrade uuy administration. But now this de grading rule is extended, and we are told that to.the President's family belong the spoils. , , Another apology, vouchsafed even on this floor, is that If .tho president cannot appoint his relations they alone of all citizens are excluded from oflice, which, it is said, should not.be. - But is it not for the public good that they should be excluded ? Such was tho wise judgment of Jefleraod, and such is the testimony from puother quarter. That eminent prelate, Bishop Butler, who has given to English literature oueof its moat mas terly productions, Unown.ua “ Butler’s Analogy," after hla elevation to the see of Durham with its remarkable patron age, was so self-denying with regard to his family that a nephew said to him, “Methinka, my lord, it Is a misfortune to be related co. you.” Golden words of honor for the’Euglish bishop ! But none such have been earned by the American President. Assuming this in ease of positive merit designating a citizen for a particular post the President might appoint a relation,- it would be only where the merit was so shining that his absence would be no ticed. At least it must be such as to make the citizen a candidate without regard to family. But no such merit is attributed to the beneficiaries of our President, some of whom have done little but bring scandal upon the public service. At least one is tainted with fraud, and another, with the commission of tho republic abroad, has been guilty of indiscretions inconsistent with his trust. Appointed originally in open defiance of Republi can principles, they have been retained In oflice** after their unfitness became painfully conspicuous. By the tet/timouy before a congressional committee, one of these, a brother-in-law, was implicated in bribery and corruption. Here 1 leave for the present this enor mous pretension of nepotism, waiting to hear, if it can again find an apologist.— 1». there a single Senator who will not dismiss It to judgment? GIFT-TAKING, OFFICIALLY. DOMPKNSA- TED. From oue typical abuse I pass to an other. From a dropsical nepotism swol len to elephantiasis, which nobody can defend, I pass to gift-taking, with which our President haq , assumed an unprece dented form. Sometimes public men even in our country have taken gifts, but It is not known that any President before has repaid the patron with office. Fora public man to take gifts is reprehenal i)le • for a President to select cabinet councilors and other officers among those from whom he has taken gifts is an anomaly in Eepublican an nals, Observe, sir, that I speak of .it gently, unwilling to exhibit the Indigna tion which such a Presidential preten sion is calculated to arouse. The coun try will judge it, and blot it out as. an example. . There have been throughout history corrupt characters in official station, but whether in ancient or modern times, the testimony is constant against the taking of gifts, and nowhere, with more force than in our Scripture, Where It is said, “Thou shall not wrest judgment, thou shalt not respect persons, neither yikc a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise.’ 1 (Deuteronomy, xvi, 10.) Here is the inhibition and also the reason, which slight observation shows to be true. Does not a gift blind the eyes of the wise? The Influence of gifts is repre sented by Plutarch in the life of a Spar tan king: For he thought those ways of entrap ping men by gifts and presents, which other kings use, dishonest and inartifi cial, and It seemed to him to bo the most noble method, and moot suitable to a klhg to win the affections of those that came near him by per sohal Intercourse and agreeable con versation, since between a friend and a mercenary the only distinction is, that we gained the oue by our character and conversation and the other by our mon ey.” [Plutarch’s Lives; Clough's Edi tion, von IV, p. 479.] What is done under the influence 01 gift Is mercenary, but whether from ru ler to subject or from subject to ruler, the gift la equally pernicious. An an cient patriot feared “the Greeks bearing gifts,” and these words have become a proverb, but there nrb Greeks bearing Rates of Advertising. | I HU, | a H(|« 1 8 Bd. | i BfU I M O i w si to 92 oo sfoo woo roo sia oo w o» *1 80 800 4DO '•5 00 -0 00 14.00 28 00 «« 200 400 500 (fOO 1100 10 00 MOO 2»* 260 475 575 075 12 50 .18 00 02 50 !„ ono r5O 050 750 14 00 20 00 05*00 a- ■5 60 OGO 760 860 15 60 22 »• i 37 60 I? ss S’S .SBSS isSS K I; Jigs li s^SM£&SSSS«ffiim«i|« For Announcements flye.cofitappr line* ioJcsp Do«b lo column advortteom oftta extra gifts elßcwbeife than at Tfroy*;iA',public .• ! man can traffic with auoh only at his peril. At their appearance the prayer should be said, " Lend us temp tation.” . ■ ' , ' 'j■ ; ; 1 examples testify. l Thns. In thie autobiography of Loriißroughman, posthumously.published, it appears that at a great meeting in Glasgow ,C5OO were subscribed os a gift to him for his public service, to be put In such form as he might think best. He hesitated. “It required," ho records, “ much ootiside atlon as such gifts were liable to abuse.” Not content with his own judgment, lie assembled his friends to discuss It, ‘•Lord Holland, Lord Erskiue, Romilly and Baring," and he wrote Earl Grey, alter ward prime minister, who replied; «> Both Gran Ville and I accepted a plate from the Catholics in Glasgow, m no great value indeed, after we were, turned , out. If you still feel scruples:! can on ly add that it is impossible to err mi the side of delicacy with respect to matters of his nature.” It ended in his accept ing a small gold inkstand. Ih our country Washington keeps Ida lofty heights, setting himself against gilt taking as against nepotism. In LSo, while in private life, two years after lie censed to be commander-in-chief of our armies and four years before he became President, ho could not be induced to ac cept a certain amount of canal stock al tered him by the State of Virginia, as ap pears ip an oflioial communication : " It gives mo pleasure to inform yon that the assembly, without a dissenting voice,complimentedyou.with fifty shares In the Potomac company and one bun dred In the James River company.— [Washington’s Writings, Vol. ix, p. SS ; letter of Benjamin Harrison, January;!), I™. ; ... ■ ■ Fully to appreciate the reply of Wash, ipglon it must be born in mind that,‘ac cording to Washington Irving, his biog rapher, “Some degree of economy.was necessary* for his IlDanciiil affairs hud suffered during the war; and the pro ducts of his estate had fallen on - .” But ho was hot tempted. Thus he wrote; " How would this matter bo viewed by the eye of the world, and what would be its opinion when it comes to be related that George Washington accepted 4>20- odo? ‘ ■ . ' . ' ■ Under whatever pretense and however customarily these gifts are made in other countries, if I accepted this should I not henceforward be considered as adepen dent 7;X never for a moment entertained the Idea of accepting it ."—lbid., p. 85. Letter to Benjamin Harris, January 1785,’ , ‘ How admirably ho touches the point when he asks, “ If I accepted this, should I not henceforward bo oouaiderad an a depetirteht? ' According to our Scripture the gift blinds the eyes ; according to Washington it makes the receiver a de pendent? In harmony with this senti ment was his subsequent refusal when President, ns is recorded by an ingoiiius * “He was exceedingly careful about committing himself, would receive no favors of any .kind, and scrupulously paid for everything. A large house was set apart for him on Ninth street, on I lie grounds now covered by the Pennsylva nia University, which ho refused n, ac cept.— Colt Forney’s Anecdotes■ By such Instances brought to light re cently, and shining in contrast witji our times, we learn to admire anew the-vir tue of Washington. . ■ , B would be easy to show how m all ages the refusal of gifts has been recogni zed as the sign of virtue, if not the re quirement of duty. The story of bit. Louis of France is beautiful and sugges tive. Leaving on a crusade lie charged the queen regent, who remained behind “ not to accept presents for herself or her children.” Such was one of the injunc tions by which this monarch, when far away on, a pious expedition, impressed himself upon his country. My own strong convictions on Una Presidential pretension were arouapd in a conversation which It was my privilege to enjoy with John Quincy Adams, as he sat in bis sick chamber at his son’s house in-Boatou, a short time before he fell at his post of duty in the house of repre sentatives. In a voice trembling with age and with emotion, he said that .10 public man could take gifts without per il, and he confessed that his own judg ment had been quickened by tho exam ple of Count Romanzoff, the eminent chancellor of the Russian empire, who, after receiving costly gifts from foreign sovereigns, with whom he had negotiated treaties, felt a difficulty of conscience in keeping them, and at last handed over their value to a hospital, as he related to Mr. Adams,.then minister to St: Peters burg. -The latter was impressed by this : Russian example, and through his long career, as minister abroad, secretary of* State, President and representative, al ways refused gilts, unless a book or some small article in its nature a token and not a reward or bribe. * Nor does the ease of the first secretary of state differ in character from thn other three. The President, feeling under per sonal obligation to Mr. Washburne lor important support, gave him a compli mentary nomination, with the under standing that after confirmation he should forthwith resign. I cannot for get the indignant comment ,pf the late Mr. Fessenden as we passed out of the’ senate chamber, immediately after the nomination: "Who,” said he, “ever heard before of a man nominated secre tary of state merely as a compliment?” But this is only another case of the pub lic service subordinated to personal couj sideratlon- Not only in the cabinet but iu other offices there is reason to believe that the President has been under the influence of patrons. Why was he so blind lo Thomas Murphy ? The custom house of New York, with all its capacity as a political engine, was handed over to this agent, whose want of. recog nition in the republican party was out balanced by presidential favor, and whose gifts have become notorious. And when the demand for his removal was Irresist ible the President accepted his resigna tion with an effusion of sentiment natu ral toward a patron, but without Justifi cation in the character of tho retiring bfllcer. . ‘ Shakspeare. who saw Intuitively tho springs of human conduct, touches more than once on the operation of the gift.— "I'll do tho service for so good a gift," said Gloster to Warwick. Then, again, how truly spoke the Jord, who said of Timon, " no gift to him ' But breeds tho giver a return exceeding Ail use of (lulttunco and such were the returns made by die President, Thus much for gift-taking, reciproca ted by office. The instance is original and without precedent in our history. I have now completed the survey of the two typical instances—nepotism and gift taking ofllcidlly compensated—iu which we are compelled to see the Pres ident. In these things he shows him self. Here is no portrait drawn by cre do or enemy; it is the original who stands forth saying, “ Behold the gen erosity X practice to my relations at the expense of the public service, also the gilts I take, and then my wily of reward ing tho patrons always at the expense o the public service. 1 ' In this open exhi bition wo see how die Presidency, in stead of a trust, has become a perquisite. Bad as are these, two capital instances, and Important Is die condemnation, is that they may not become a precedent, I dwell on thorn now as illustrating the ad raintralion. A President that can do such things and not recognize at once tho er ror he has committed, shows that supop emlnence of egotism under which con stitution, international law, and,munici pal law, to soy nothing of republican government in its primary principles, are all subordinated to the presidential will, and this is personal government. Add au insensibility to the honest convictions of others, and you have a characteristic Incident of this pretension. o (i co
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