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Yoetordfcv morning, at 9 o'clock, In tbeCriminal Conrt, Justice Olin presiding, (be case of Christopher C. Bowen, convicted of bigamy, was resumed. The arjgnmertt on the motion to suspend sentence baring been concluded, tbo action of the Court was anxiously awaitod. There were but few spectators present, owing to the earliness ot 11... %UV Shortly before the opening of the Oenrt, the prisoner, with his wife and Messrs. Riddle and M"Orc* bis counsel, came in and took scats in front of the bar, and the prosecution was represented by District Attorneys Harrington and Fisher. Tns oouwr's mcmoN. Jndgo Olin said : This is a tap tion to suspend the sentence of the law in this case; and, as a consequence, to let thb prisoner go at Inrgfe on bail nntil the exceptions | takon at the trial are disposed of by the Court in banc. I havo heard a somewhat protracted argument on this question, conducted with much research and learning. - * The conclusion at which 1 have arrived, after a careful examine tion of this question, is, that it is my duty to pronounce the sentence of the law upon the verdict in this case. * Possibly this Court has the power to suspend passing sentence for any time charged in an indictment after verdict of guilty by the jury, bnt, from all the authorities, it is, 1 think, clear that such a power should never be exercised nnless it was clearly and manifestly appaparcnt to tbe Court that injustice hod been done the defendant. Since thetrial of this case I have carefully reviewed the exceptions taken on the trial to my rulings, and I am unable to discover any | error ih them, and, so believing, I think it my duty to prouounco the sentence of the law. There is another ques ion incidentally involved in this case which I d) not decide, and that is, whether, upon pronouncing sentence in this case. and whan a. Kill of exceptions has been filed, a Judgo tf this Court may not sus' pend the oxecution of the sentence, and let tlte party to bail nntil the questions raised by the bill of ox ccptions have been settled by the Court in banc. This question I do not decide. I am of the opinion, it 1 hare power to snspend the ex I edition ot the scntonco,any Judge of tbli Court has tho same power, and as I hare come to the conclusion that I committed no error on the trial of the cause, an applies-' tlon to me to suspend the sontem > would be unnecessary. The Judge asked.44 Do you wish to say* anything, Mr. fcowen. iu addition to what your counsel has ?aid f Tf so y ou can havo the . privilege of doing So." . . us. DOWEIl's SPKKOU. Mr. Bowen arose and took a step forward, whereupon his wifo, who bad exhibited greet emotion dorfhg tho remarks of the Conrt, clung to uitn, sobbing convulsively, ana, was with difficulty persuaded to resume ber scat. Ifr H/tvon aoi/l If your honor ploasca, I tin aware that perhaps anything loan , M]r would bare no effect. I will tay thia, and perhaps all that I hall aay : In this tranaaction I took the step that I did last Auguat in good faith, and for several reaaona. First. 1 bad relied dpon tbe record that I had obtained in New York; , and bore let me aay to my frienda a ibat if there waa anything wrong In that record. It waa the fanlt of ibone who took my money and obtained that record in 1865. If year Honor will bear witb me one . moment I will go ore* that point, aa perhaps it ia the last time 1 shall ay anjthing upon tULa question. The entry made in that bcok, and the testimony, nnimpeached !n this Court, as it stands to day, is that tbe. whole entry, though there are erasures there* waa in the handwriting of one person, corroborated by the expert that tbe A* sietasrt District Attereey himaelf put upon thq stand. * Farther thsh that, the clerit twtided that it was In the handwrit* ! i .. .? :l ?V fl -l. ingot ino oiera in that office, who died three years ago. That testimony stands to-day uncontradicted. One step further, and I am done, so tar as that record is concerned. One year ago she [pointing in the direction of his wife] enclosed her money to the clerk of that conrtA and obtained a copy of that decree, and on that copy she got married. ' If the record in New York was wronp, it is the fault of those men ana too way mev ao easiness mere. I am now done, so. 1'ar as the record is concerned. * ? Ontsido of that, the act of Con* gross, which I had seen and read, and wliiclrl bad shown to lawyers, there was bnt one universal opinion in regard to it. They all said that that covered the case. Much was said abont my abandoning the woman in Angnsta. If I could have opened my mouth. 1 could havasbown perhaps why the abandonment or desertion took place. Butra\ month was elosed ; so was her>. t will say this much : I would have been wilting to have bad Ifer Open her month lipOU that question. Whatever may have, happened in 1852?the difference between us at that time 1 do note plead as any exteuuatiou?a boy of eighteen and a mother of thirty T - T J x %mr ? ?x owj- x uo noc mean mac. nf oneing for a living, toiling every da}*, was 1 to sit down there in that littlo town and starve to death ? When I went was she to go with me? If she did not go, whose fault was it? This conld have bepn shown. I made every effort that I could make in 1862. I made what might be called the last?1 sent a messenger to her, trying to settle this difficulty. It was pot into her hands, though when the messenger went and knocked at the door, ho was told that no such person lived in tho house. After persistent inqniry lie found a per son who said her name was Frances Ilicks, and that perhaps the letter was intended for her. W hen she was told that the letter was from me, and that I was stopping at a hotel in the very town, she said : " lake liie letter back ; I want nothing more to do with him; tell him to send me no more messages." The next day I sent again, and with a similar results That is the testimony in this cose. The District Attorney seya that I could have found the woman; that I could hare gone to her at Ar.gnata. Grant Uiat I could, but had I any encouragement at any timo, after that, thai I wonld meet with any better reception? Was I to go there and force myself into the house? Nay, no. l>ut time passed on, and as I say in 1865 the divorce wrs granted. 1 troubled myself no further. I did not soCrete myself. I did not run away; but within 100 miles of that wo mao I sat down in publiel fe, and he (Mrs. llicksN nor any ot her friends can to day say she ever ?4rt A An umuo vii'viii^uirj , iim( hi)c ever opened her mouth, notwithstanding newspapers were filled with my name from day to day, being twice elected to the position which 1 had the honor to fill on the hill, (the Capitol.) This woman never opened her mouth at this time.? When I made up my mind to get married, the newspapers heralded it all over the country. It was shown that no one had any claim npon me, lor no one said a word. They all stood muto; and when enquiry was made of the vory man who took that stand, (Hatcher,) when enquiry was made of him, ho denied to the counsel in Augusta that he knew anything about it Anil Imra lut ? ? ! ??* 1?V? Iiv* V IW U4U Pf?J IIIUV 3V/ far At malioc aud prejudice are concerned, I do not wish to say anything about that, though I could tay much. But suffice it to say tiiat this prosecution?if you are pleased to call it that?grow out of this, and this alone. I stood in the way politically of some one. I mnst be gotten out of the way. In a few moments more the sceue will close, (with head bowed, evidently much affected.) So for as politics is concerned, that is at an end. Tbsy did not go to this woman at the commencement of this proseontion. They traced up sotne one else. They eanse here and got! an indictment. It made but little difference npon what I was convicted. so ionp- as I wm Mntlnn nut i of the way. A woman by the name of Park waa found, who had said, previously to that, in her own handwriting, that she had no claims upon me. , . ' On that indictment I was put am trial in thia very room. At the very time that I was pot upon the trial, the District Attorney I..J ?_ t J .1 <? ' uhu in me n?nu me name oviaonce that b? iiad hero; and while be NtJiere holding that evidence, ho urged mv wpviction {9 the Park r F * ' "| Hatclier and Christian, the two witnesses in the last case, were i concerned here in the first: bat ( not a word did they say. Why, , then, ,did . Hatcher not. say, " I bare an auutio Augusta, who feels aggrieved I*1 No ; but there beset, saying to himself, " 80 long as 1 this man can be convicted, gjo on.* > They failed iu their conviction. In less than an boar after that fail are, I was arrested upon a warrant in the case ot IHclcs, and from that time down to tbia it has beoo going on. I am tired and worn oat with this pursuit of me. Tl?e whole combined South at one time attempted to fight the Government of the United. Btates. They continued it for four rears, and failed. It is useless, it is lolly for any one man to attempt that. One man, ? ?J ?? miuuui iiiuiiori kuu, (wruups, only a limited number of friends, to cope with the Government in ft prosecution ot this or any other kind 1 I say it is impossible. They pay tlieir spies. They pay their men. Tboy ransack the country f om one end to the other, having all tho money needed at their command. In this I do not mean to cast any imputations or reflections upon the District Attorney or his assistants. I only soy that I aiu tired and worn out. A new trial is spoken of. I do not know that 1 nave any assurance of any better reenlt. Not that I have acted wrong in this case intentionally, your Honor; but sent to prison at this time, what conld I hope if a new trial were granted this tall, and I returned hero without money, without friends, and was put upon my trial for the secoud time I Those geuIlomon /niof A iv? iiviui ll\)J miU ftJID assistant) having the privilege and the means of roaming the country to linnt op all sorts of witnesses, it seems lo ine that I could not hope fur a much better result. In conclusion, I say that whatever punishment may fall upon my head, I Bland hero to recoive it. From the commencement of this affair I have not shirked. I married that woman (pointing to his wife) last August, in good tuith. 1 hough the laws of the country may annul that, I have a firm belief that the laws of God never will. When whatever punishment that may be inflicted by this Court shall have been served out, if we are spared, (turning to his wife, who rises and receives his oxtqnded hand,) I return to her. (Mrs. Bowen here clung closely to her husband. Mrs. Bowen in a moment or so resumed her seat at the request of her husband.) Mr. Bowou continued : I contend, or did, that that statute of limitation was a sufficient bar to tho action of bigamy. I agree with your Honor, that it it had been proved here that I bad deserted that woman in Aupnsta. and rmno off, that that statute would rW Have applied. But such is not the fact. Sitting down within 100 miles o 1 that woman, and she refusing to communicate with me, she never making a solitary enquiry for me during those five years, I say that statute was a sufficient bar to the i indictment that was obtained here in this Court. One word more, and I am done. To these gentlemen who kindly offered to go my bail, I am much obliged. I have acted by thein,as I have in this whole transaction, ill good faith. To day they aro relieved. 1 am truly grateful to them. Now, your Honor, I am done. Pass your sentence. Yon know tho case and the circumstances that surround it. ths sajtvuics. The Court. The sentence of the ' Court is, Bowen, that you be confined for two yeais in the Albany Penitentiary. Mrs. Bo wen, (dinging closely to her husband.) in s feeling manner, said, in s firm, yet gentle voioe ; M If be did it, I did it. If he h to be sentenced, please seatenoo me. You have no yght, your llooor, before God Almighty, to vuit punishment upon him sloes for what I did slso. With tbst record in my beod, I stand before this Court, and before my God. 1 procured it. It was obtained in good faith. If irregular, if ] invalid, we are not io (null. Ob, sen* tetxe me I I cannot part with him I Hais too pare, too good i You know him not; 1 do know him.** The Court. Madam, I have a duty to perform here, and, while I sympa- J this* with yow from the bottom of my heart, I muit atill perform that duty. In addition, Mr. Dowen, to the imprisonment for two years in the Albany penitentiary, you will pay a fine of IfifiO, " j 1 hope the warden of the jail, if you _ ' ' * *? his custody, will postare eopjromeu ?. 7 r pone the\xr<fai1on of the sentence HB!ll | you hm no opportunity lo ^pply to some of my brethren on this Bill of Ex ceprtons for n stay of the execution of tbe ?en Unco. I may bo mistaken. I do not profess lo b? unerring About this but I b?v? given my beet judgment to it. Tbo mm is so end thai it draws blood from tbe heart. Tou are a man of great intelligence. You are surrounded in such a way that it is sad lo be compolled, as I tbink I am oompeiled, to pass the sentence of tbe law. I wish, from tbe bottom of my heart, that it were otherwise. But I hare brought my best judgment to the OUti The law roust be administered, how* ever high your social position may be, and however sorrowful the surroundings nsay be. If I had any doubt about the rightfulness of the verdict, I might have taken another course. But I do not see how I could do it. While I sit here I roust perform my duty, as I understand it. The prisoner and his wife then r6? sumed their seats, and clung to each other, both sobbing audibly. The court then adjourned, and Mr. Bowen was conducted into bis office by the Marshal, where he was followed by his wife and two or three personal fiiends. He remained there long enough to re> ceive his letters, when, the commitment having been made out, he was escorted to a carriage by Bailiffs Sprague and Stahl, and was then carried to the j?i' and surrendered into the custody ol Warden Crocker. An effort is now to be made for a pardon, even before the motion for a new trial on exception* can be heard in the Court in General Term. % FROM TlIK IDAHO WORLD. How to Distinguish Poisonous Serpents In this connection, it may not be un interesting to mention some characteristics by which poisinous serpents in the United State can always be distingu'sbcd. Tn the first place, we have no venomous species with longitudinal stripes, nor any of which the color is entirely green, black or bioen, We may, therefore, eliminate all striped and all uniformly colored snakes, " garter snakes," "black snakes," 44 green snakes," etc., from the series of the kinds that are to be dreaded. Our poisonous serpents are all marked with transverse blotches, which aro also characterised by having a broad, triangular head, considerably and appreciably wider than the narrow neck, this expansion of the head being required to accommodate the poison glands. Again, the poisonous species possess a deep pit or cavity on each tide of the face, between the eye and nostril, ah ways very definitely marked, tbe nostril being at tbe snout. Tbe stories, there fore, of tbe venomous character of tbe " black aoakes" and " garter snakes" are fabulous. It may be well enough to mention, frhile on the subject of poisonous rep tiles, that no lizards of any kind are known to produce poisonous wounds, Some, like the alligator, produce a serious wound bv a bite; but there it nothing whatever analagous to tbe ven om of the seipent to be found in this order. Nor is there any credence tc be placed in tbe stories of snakes will a poison aparatus in the tail. Ever) neighborhood in the United States bar a legend of a so called " hoop snake,' which takes it tail in its mouth and runs npiuijr uuwn inn siier iviuo icnr fied individual, nod on reaching Linn uncoil* and lashes out the aling of iti tail, which fortunately strikes into i tree near by, to the great relief of the expected victim. The tree than has tc bear the brunt of the charge, and in 24 hours it is found to have boen com pletely killed, and all the leaves on tlx branches having withered. It is not uncommon for oertain spo ciee of snakes to have the terminal platee of the tail coalesced into a kind of hard, conical point; hut this has nc penetrative power, and coataias no eon cealed sting, like that of the bee 01 wasp, such as is atoribed to the booj; snake by its credulous historisns. One North American serpent, tlx Elaps fulvius (the " harlequin,"or u cor al '* inskr i a inrriiu ItAiulifullv intim luted with black, red and yellow, be longs to a poisonous family, in wbicl there are small, permanently erect poi son fangs, instead of the moveable one of the rattlesnake and copperheads.? Our species has, however, never beei known to attempt to bite, if, indeed, i possess the power to do any injury.? The Sooth American ooral snake, aa al IL.1 aesAiss ta aai J iA l\A aviaemati | IIOU l|irvic?| 19 OI?'V4 U/ W * --*roa?. | art.*.. Alter The Battle?Conquered fuii ?Destruction of the Palaoee?fad Seene in the Place de la Concorde. < The correspondent of the Lou- < don Times writing from Paris af- I tcr the city was occupied by the ' Versailliets save: % i " I bur? been over a large por- i tiofi of Paris to day, and I am hap- i py to say that, though large fires < are still raging, the conflagration I Is not spreading to the extent that i had been Apprehended. The des- < truction done by the street fight- i ing and the desolatioa which pre i vails in the principal boulevards i and other loading thoroughfares 1 exceed all I could have imagined from a distant view. I entered to- ! day by tho Porte delaMuctte, and getting round to the left, approach- j ed the Arc do Triomphe from the Avcnno de rimporutrico. All < along I found trees, lampposts and the facades of houses smashed by shells. Turning off by the line < do Mornv, I worked my way round ' to the Boulevard llausstnaifn. It was impossible to proceed along by ' the pavement, as on either side at I intervals of a few feet felled tree* and thick branches had been laid down by the insurgents to obstruct the passage of the troops. On Monday Inst the fedorals had occupied the houses, and fired from the j corridors. All tho fronts of the < houses were disfignred by rifleballs, the corridors were broken and the handsome stone cornices very much battered. The beanti fnl columns of the Madeline are sadly injured, the fluted edges having been in many places shot away. The honses in the Rue Royale, at tho corner of Rne Fraubourg St. Ilonore, were blazing still, and the smoke and ashes that fltfw from them were stifling the pompiers who were working onergetically there and at other points; but while I was in tho city some of their corps wore shot. It had been discovered that they, instead of throwing water on the fires they were called npon to extinguish, were actually pumj i ig petroleum into tho flames, and so adding to their fnry. When this was detected tho guilty firemen wore surrounded by a body of cavalry, conducted into the Pare de Monceaux, ami there shot. 1 could count the number of pcoplo I met along the Boulevards, so lew were those who ventured to walk abont. The fears of petroleum, and explosions i fin.. t _ t *. a are universal. xne lnnaoiinms bad eithor stopped up or were en griged in stopping up, every chink through which petroleum might be thrown into their houses. Their cellar lights, their ventilators and their gratings were being made impervious by sand, mortar and other materials. This precaution was taken because women and chili dren, partisans of the commune, have in numerous instances been , detected throwing petroleum into I houses. Not a shop was entirely open, and those that opened only doors wero iuferior rost an rants and wine honees. Around the rail ing in the Place Vedome troopers' horses were tied. The bronze figure of the Einperor was on its back ; the shattered, and protrato column lay about in fragments * * * On coming ronnd by the quay to the Place do la Concorde I ' found that all the ?tatucs of the ' Kroncli cities are iniuriod, and some very considerably. Of sevj eral the arms and heads are off.? , The splendid fountains in the cen, tro of the Placo are dreadfully r smashod. Tho stone balustrade is badly broken in a hundred places. \ The lamp posts ac all down, and this once charming spot presents a I most melancholy appoarance. I found a crowd looking over the i wall of the wharf beside the bridge. , I looked over and found a number k of laborers d:gging a huge square ( gra%*e in which to bury some twen ty tive insurgents, who lay man* gled and dead along the wall, ' 44The Hotel de Yille was still smoking when I loft at fl o'clock. j So were tho ashes of tho Tuileries. ITnnnilv not v?r? mnMi of th? . Louvre is dostroyod, aud at flic I Paint< Royal the tiro was exfinI gufshed when only a portion of that building hnd boon consumed. * The Prefecturo of Police is consumed, but the Palais do Justice r is not, find the Sainto Chapelle has > suffered but Mttlo injury. The grc?itcat conflagration of today , was that at the Grenier d'Abon. dance. The flames and stnoke from it roee high over tho city.? * Thcro were other fires, but, happi" ly, not in tho contro of tUo city." i ?-?? - ?? Fnti An a u'ninnn uliA rrnla a luia. 8 band bv means of showy dress and costly jewels, nine fail to got bus- , bands beeauso of the costliness of 0 thoir attire and the disposition and 1 taste it indicates. A tube character is like polished steel; if dimmed by breath, it y almost instantly recovers i t s brightness. Help Tour Mother. The throne of Prnssia has been >cctipied by monarch? with some )f whose names pleasant memories bave been retained. One of these, we are told, was one day a little annoyed at having to ring his belt more than once without anybody answering it. On opening the door of his cabinet, and entering the ante chamber, he was snrpris* ed'to find his page fA?t asleep in a ah air. IIis first iinnnlso vim in waken liim, and had he done so, no doubt he would have doue it rather roughly. On coming up to the blooper, however, a playful thought seemed to seize his majes ty (for kings are but men), arfflT he resolved to amuse himself a little at the page's expense. There was hauging partly out of the boy's pockot a paper, on which the king observed something was written. Ilis curiosity was excited. He would gratify it. It would be mean for a fellow servant to do such a thing no doubt, but it was different wit?) him. Did be not wear a crown ? So he quietly leaned forward, and as stealthily as any London pickpocket, extracted the letter, and retreated j into the royal apartment. Taking ' his seat, he opened it; and with a gleam of amusement in his eve. ho commenced reaflng. The letter was from the boy 'a mother, and was as follows : M My Dear Son : I return you many thanks for tho money you saved from your salary, and sent to me. It has proven a great help to me. Ood will cortainly reward you, my boy, for it, and, if you continue to servo your God and yonr king faithfully and conscientiously you will not fail of success and prosperity in this world. From your loving mother, ; Mary ." By tliOtetime the king had finished the letter his amused look had given place to an expression of admiration, justice and beuevolenco. " Worthy boy," ho exclaimed, " and equally worthy mother. The act shall bo rewarded." And then, stepping softly into his closet, he fetched a number of ducats (worth 9s. 6d. each) and {. ut them, with the letter, into the boy's pocket.? a n?? -:~i?* utiei who uciuiig iuu UOll > JUlUlltly, which brought the pago into bis presence. 41 You have been asleep, I sup pose," said the king. Tiie Page stammered out an excuse ; and in doing so, he put bis hand into his pocket, and felt the money. Pale, and hie eyes full of tears, he looked at tho king imploringly. 44 \V hat is the matter with you 1M said his majesty. 44 Oh," replied the boy, 44 somebody has contrived my rnin ; I know nothing (4 this money !" 44 What God bestow?," resumed the king, using a German proverb, 44 he bestows in sleep; send the money to your mother, and give my respects to Iter, and tell her that I will take care of both her and yon." It was with a light heart the page wrote home his next letter.? Although the reader may have no royal master to reward his virtue, he may still by being kind to his mother, if he have one, enjoy that which after all wa^ the principal ingredient in the boy's cup of happiness, namely, the satisfaction of denying one's self of something, for the sake of her, who sacrificed so much for us in our infancy. A Modern William Tkll.?It is very woll known that Recorder ilackett, of New York, is a first class intuitive sportsman, but it is not generally known that he is the monuinoutal expert of the ago. A few days since ho was off with young Jim Bennett on his yooht. Standing at a distance of twenty" two yards Mr. Bennett held between his thumb an i finger a small clam shell, which a hall from llackctt'8 pistol broke to pieces.? Another friend hold at the same distance a small bit of tho nock of a bottlo, which was shivered in tho sarno way. The yacht mean while was rolling like a cradle.? A bird was let loose, and, flying with tho wind, mot its quietus at tho word, and its feathers paid tribute on the crest of the wave.? When Bennott was a little chap he had* the pluck to hold an applo on his head, and llackott, in the presence of Mrs. Tlonnott, shot it off, I time and again. N umerous friends have hold $cui\s in their fingers as invitations for the certain ball. It is relatod that at Saratoga the lie ftkrilor liav inn L-nnnt-art a ftrtin vx/. uvi I MM w ' ' ?> i*?VU??V^ ? from tho hand of Mr, Jenminga, present editor of tho Timca* woe about to go for an %pple on hie head, but Mr. Raymond was bo af feoted by tho possible killing oi his friend that ho begged him tc dosi9t. Won't somebody challenge this man??Washington Patriot 1 [From U>? Contrail* (Mo.) Ghrar*.), a Extraordinary Execution We are indebted to Mr. James A. rercmann nf T?n?.k. B??. w. wuctuurz, woo lately arrived borne from Texas, for the particulars of the following extraordinary occurrence, which took plac i a short time since in theIadiftn nation: * A certain Indian of tlie Oboetaws was some years ago suspected of having killed another Indian of his tribe, but for lack of sufficient proof was not arrested. Afterward* he committed a willful murder, and was promptly arrested, tried and senteuced to be shot to death. Ho asked for twenty days in which to prepare, and visit his relatives and friends, and gave his word ot honor as a brave to retnrn at the appointed time. Whereupon he was released, and allowed to go forth without a guard or bail. At the expiration of the twenty days. ' according to appointment, the hour for the execution arrived, and the Indian, true to his word, at the very hour and minute galloped up to the place whero the sentenco WRS to lie Pftrrifwl aiO i? ? - . ?? vua, ill Wllipiklljr with three i?f the sisters and three brothers, all appearing iw cheerful as though they had cotnc to a danco or frolic. The coffin was then brought on the ground, but some one remarked that it was too small, upon which one of the doomed Indian's brothers told him to lay down in it and measure, which he cheerfully did, and laughingly said: 44 It fits all right." The crowd meanwhile appeared to bo in the most cheerful spirits, and cracked jokes and laughed. At last, when all was ready, the doomed man wa9 ordered to sit on the ground. A handkerchief was then placed over his eves, by his sister, whilst the sheriff held one hand, one of the condemned Indian's brother's held the other, on each side of hiin. The deputy sheriff then stood in an old house, about ten ste]>s iu front of the condemned, with a rifle.? From some cause the rifle went off' accidentally, the bullet passing up through the roof of the house.? The Indian, believing he was 6hot, drew himself up and shuddered, hut did not speak or move from the spot. A biack mark was then I made over tho Indian's heart, with spittle and powder, by liis brother, while tho deputy sheriff reloaded his rifle, and at a signal he took 6teady aim, fired and pierced the centre of the mark. The Indian, with a few struggles, fell back, dead, with his brotLer and the sheriff still holding his hands. No one seemed to be in the least affected, except the doomed Indian's mother, who shed tears, but was told to "shut up" by her son, that all was over. Tons ended this extraordinary execution. Mr. James A. Ferguson, our informant, a well-known and worthy citizen of Jonesbnrg, was in tho Indian nation when this took place, and stood within five steps of tho Indian when shot, and was an eyewitness to the wholo scene as dc-? scribed. We forgot, at tho time, to inquire of the exact locality in the Indian nation whore the occurrence took place, but we give tho account as related to ns. Such is the confidence that tho much abused red man has in each other, and their faithfulness to keep their word, even unto death. Would to God tliat the white man were half as faithful to keep their pledges, and to their own people, as the poor Indian is to his tribe. A dispatch from Washington to the New York papers is as follows : 4' Mrs. King liowen is ah ready at work procuring influence to securo her husband's pardon ; and llmugh liowen's career has been a long scries of law-breaking,, culminating with his service in the rooci army, public sentiment is in favor of bis pardon on account of Mrs. King, whoso fir at husband was killod in the rebel army i\t tho battlo ot Seoossionville," Wonders or S*t\Lt. Life,?Lewtm bock telU us of an irsoct srsn with the microscope, of which twenty seven rail', lions would only equal a mite. Insects of various kinds may be tern in the cavitie* of a grain of sand. Mould is a forest o f beautiful treat, with the ' branches leave*, flowers and fruits.? ' Butterflies are fully feathered, llaiis are hollow tubes. The surface of our bodies is covered with scales like fish ; ( a single grain 01 sand would cover oiiq i hundred and fifty of these real?*, and yet a single scale covers five hundred, pores. Through these narrow openings the sweat forces its way out liko > water through a aeive. Tho mites ' make five hundied steps a second.? Each droD of ataffnnni waior - t 0 ? ?-*WI VVII t MIIIP A r world cf animated beings swimming , with a* much liberty n* whales in tbo > sea. Eaeh leaf has a colony of insects . grating on it, like oxen in a meadowN