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iMrtal at Um rata* o
*m Mlar par aqaara tf twalra Minion Wart
(thi? lis* t type) or law for tha drat Imaartion,
Iftj dart. aaak for tha aaeood aad third inaartiona,
aad twaotr-flra ooaU for aubaaqnant
^aeeedena. Taarly tiartraala will ha aiada.
All adrartlaaiaant* araat hara tha aaaabar
of h.aartioDa markad on than, or tbay will ba
llnrM UH orduiad art, aad ahargad for.
Ualaaa ardarad atharwlaa, AdrertlaataenU
will lararlaUy ha " displayed."
Obilaag notlooa, aad all wattara ianring to
fo^tha^hawaBt^af aay ana, ara regarded aa
|From tha Waahingtoa Patriot, of tha 14th.]
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Bo wen's ligany.
His Sentence?Scent in the Court
? What He had to Say- -Exit
Congressman.
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
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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."
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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