New-York daily tribune., 1842-11-15
horrible Outrage.

committed at Old Fields, about four miles from
that town, on Sunday night. The victims were
| Mr.. Alexander Smith and his wife. MIR. S. was
respectable farmer not far from 20 years Of age,
and in good circumstances. He owned some GOO
acres of land upon which he lived, and had in his
employ eight or nine laborers, among whom was q
young German, who is supposed to have commit
ted the murder On Sunday all the laborers had
left except this German, who with Mr.. Smith and
his wife were the only persons known to have re-
mained in the house. At early hosr yesterday
morning the bodies of the two former were found
in their house by Mr.. Weeks, tenant of Mr.. S.
The body of Mr. Smith was partly lying in the
FIRE, and entirely consumed from the feet up TO the
chest. There were indications of a severe scuttie
having taken place with Mrs. Smith, whose body
was on the opposite side Of the FIRE place, her dress
being very much torn and some of her hair pulled
ont. The heads OF both were beaten in, and a
heavy stone-hammer with which the deed was
perpetrated, was found stained with blood lying
but few feet off. The German is known to have
taken passage ia the steamboat at Cold Spring
Yesterday morning for this city, and unless he left
BY the Eastern or Northern boat he is undoubtedly
here yet He is about % years old, some feet
inches in hight, and speaks broken English.
When last seen he wore mustaches and was dressed
in green coat and pantaloons and checked waist
coat, and wore small green cap. We understand
that our city Police are in active pursuit of him,
and trust that he will be in the hands Of justice
within day or two at farthest. 1t is supposed
that the horrid crime was committed for the sake
of the victims money. The German on Sunday
asked Dutchman there if Mr.. Smith was not
rich; and his desk was found broken open and
riaed. A reward of 5000 is offered by the Sheriff
Of Suffolk Co fer the apprehension the murderer.
% Mr.. R. H. DANA, of Boston, delivers Lee
turs this evening at the Tabernacle before the Mer-
camille Library Association upon the mutual rela
tiens of Literature and Life. Mr. DANA is one of
the few men in this country who have devoted
their lives to the cultivation of the highest Litera-
ture, to its assiduous advancement and perfection
as an Art, and to the production OF works, not
adapted to ephemeral, popular tastes, but fitted
to endure and be admired by the judicous of all
ages. The elevated tone of his Poetry, and the
power which stamps all his productions, rank him
among the highest of our literary men as Critic,
formed upon the soundest principles and gifted
with tie most eminent qualifications, he has no su-
perior in the country. The subject of his Lecture
tonight is one upon which he is peculiarly fitted
to speak and we trust his discourse will be heard
by thousands of our citizens, disposed not only to
admire, but to profit by, the views of Life and Lit
erature to which he may give utterance.
Mr.. FARNHAM's LEcTuREs.-The Introductory
TO this course was delivered yesterday to highly
respectable audience. The object of these Lee
lures is so important to the community, and so di-
tectly interesting to Women, to whom they are ex-
clusively addressed, that take particular pleas
ure in calling public attention to them. See adj
vertisement.
70 Mr. T. MOONEY delivers the first of Sc
res of five Lectures on the Origin and History of
the Irish Race tonight, at Concert Hall, No. 40S
Broadway. He is represented to be highly quail
fed for the task.
20 DR.. J. AUGUSTINE SMITH delivers the sec
ond Of his Geological Lectures tonight, at the
~ ROCHESTER gave for Governor-Bouck 1929;
Bradish 1926; Stewart 79 votes. For Lieut.
Dickinson 1921; Furman 1925; Shepard SO. For
Cengress-SampsonU Uoco) 1886; Patterson 1889;
sperry (Abo.) Sc.
BUFFALO (City) gave at the late Election ,444
votes for Bouck, l,l9O for Bradish, and 40 for
/ Al
vote as ever was given in that City. The new Ty-
Ter Collector has two hundred late Wings on his
list for appointment to the three lnspectershiPs
under him, and these probationers were made
aware that their master wanted New-York to go
for Bosck and Dickinson. A wink is as good as
nod to blind horse
SIYGuLAR.-The American says that several
days since two strangers left two horses and some
trunks at Mr.. Sabin's livery stable in Broad-street,
saving that they were from Pennsylvania and that
one of them was going to Liverpool. The next
day they called and got their trunks nothing
has been seen of them since nor has any inquiry
been made for the horses, which remain with Mr.
Sabin.
NEws.-The Cahawba (Ala.) Democrat an
nounces that Governor Seward has pardoned Colt
and proceeds to preach crusade against such
manifestations of mercy towards notorious crim-
mails. The Editor must have got his information
from the Foreign Quarterly Review.
MEETING OF THE BAR.-A meeting is called for
to-day at 9 o'clock, of those members of the Bar
who are opposed to the action taken by which
leave was refused to John C. Colt to take the