New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-01-03

ost in the afternoon, for tue purpose of going
aos ohon, a mile distant, lying in the town Of
70 pan N order. rs he siatc; to his family ON
johas. , y shelter his stock. lie look foot-path,
leau l,ssnerallv requented and in which, at almost
sss ,sn minutes in the day, and especially on Sun
aay there was passing:
.hoIt one mile from his house, lying IN the foot
Duh sa,b nerecty dead, with such marks upon his
sa left no doubt but he had been most bruially
murdered -, a. ~. r.,,.,..
a. ah,ch Il was taken up and brought to the resi-
a l.s.e Of the deceased and the whole neighbour
lsa a rvas of course thrown into the most intense
luz uooment. Another Coroner Jury was summoned
sAV Soon rs possible, and physicians sent Tor.
u ~ examining the body and the place, II would
on bat Mr.. Sprague was first shot in the right
s.e inst near the wrist, and the blood found sprin
s,ad IN zie-zag course the ground showed that
M bo5 RIM a short distance after receiving this
,rornd He was then probably oyertaken by his
assassin or assassins, and made away with with an
az or as the physician stated on examination OF his
vonnds some other sharp instrument. no other
tnlst wound was found upon his person, with the
oyeen,on of the one first alluded to, in his wrist
His Head was most sllockiDgly mangled, the brain
being barred in one or two places. 1t would seem,
,ye are told us if the murderer or marderers had
stood over him after he was dead and pounded his
he,d. The body of Mr. Sprague must have been
discovered not more than fifteen or twenty minutes
after the murderer or murderers left him.
The verdict Of the Jury was, that the deceased
had come 10 his death by wounds inflicted pron HIM
Nv some person or persons TO the jury unknown.
A number OF our citizens went ont to the spot OF
The murder Yesterday afternoon. 1t would be I'M
possible TO describe the sense of horror which so
fearful an announcement produced in the commu
niy The last day of the year 1913, stamped upon
the memory in such bloody characters, will not soon
be forgotten
Mr. Sprague was the senior partner OF. the house
Of slessrs. A. & w Sprague, a large manufacturing
firm. The other partner is the Hon. VIM. Sprague,
one of our Senators III Congress-
No money was taken; hence the object OF the as
sassination was not plumber. The body was found
By workman Of Dir. Sprasue, who was on his way
to the barn when the former left his house TO go.
The Sheriff passed last night at Mr. Sprague's
but no arrests have as yet been made. The perpe-
traitor or perpetrators of this act cannot escape;
they must be detected, sooner or later.
reward of one thousand dollars has been offered
by the friends of the deceased for the detection OF
the murderer Providence Chronicle, lst.
UNUSUAL CoSsIGNMENT.-We understand that
one of the bills of ladng of the barque Natchez of
Portland, which arrived at this port from New Or
leans, yesterday, was one negro slave, Martin, 10
ST.. Shaw We do not know that this may not
be the simplest way OF emancipating q negro hut
The phrase sounds strangely in this latitude
Boston Advertiser.
The facts of the case as given by the n. Y Ami
S. Standard, are these. a lncrchan, of Boston, SEM
orders to his agent TO obtain something, If possible,
from the effects of man IN Louisiana, who owed
him $500. The agent replied, that IN obaymg his
orders he had been so lucky rs To secure Martin,
likely negro boy, OF nine wears old: that he had put
o,,1 TOD
dispose Of him at auction or private sale. The New
England merchant felt ii little queerabopt this pecu-
liar species oiproperty. He was not al anti slaVeIy
man. but the buving and selling Of children affected
him unpleasantv He accordingly offered TO gaze
the boy to Ellis Gray lorng Giad 70 save the h1tie
fellow from life Of bondage, our trend accepted me
offer He caused The human chatteI TO be brought
from Lnuisans. AT the expense OF $50. has taken MIN
under bis own protection and. given hnn the name
OF Martin l.oring. aay a blessing rest upon the
deed kennebeck Journal.
TnoRwAIpsEN.-Thi celebrated sculptor has
Just completed al Copenhagen the colossal statue of
Hercules, destined to adorn the front OF the Castle
Of Christianberg, the residence Of Christian Will
This Prince IS said 10 be remarkable ior his spirit
and intelligence, as for the generous protectonwhlch
he bestows upon the arts and sciences in his donn
ions. Statues of Escuapius, Minerva, and Nemesis,
cast in bronze, and also oicooSsai proportion, have
nsuccesson becnp before the FROM OF the above
named palace as il 10 hear witness at the same time
10 poserity Of! the genius of the great artist whose
immortal works shed so much glory upon DennarI,
and lie muniicencc Of the sovereign who holds at
this moment, with so much distinctions the scepne
oil the country. journald dies Deba;S.
WROLEsALE MAu-STAGE CoNTRACToRS.-The
Cincinnati Gazette states that the firm OF Neil,
Moore Co. are very large Maii-Contractors, and,
with the Branch under the management OF ID. Iai-
matge, cover over 100000 miles of Mail service per
amman, in the STATE OF Ohio, Pennsylvania, New,
iofk and Nichgan-operatlng 29O teams and iVu
eoac!les--and employing - agents and 800 drivers
The capital employed BY the Company in their
Slase business is estimated at about S231,0OU, and
lleir annual expense at about $3O0,e00.
SRlpwREcK.-We are indebted to hIessrs. C!ild'&
to' Express Tor the following intelligence:
Schr. Albion, Capt. Arey, of Hampden, from
New ork for Frankfort with -four, corn. &c, WAS
wrecked on Stage, near Wood Island, during the
storm Yesterday morning. A part oithe cargo say
ed IN damaged state-vessei tota! loss-crew all
saved We understand that there was no insurance
On Tue vessel, but there was ON the cargo.
IPortland Bulletin.
ELopEasNr.-A Mr.. Asa Whitman. of Waipole,
mass, cotton manufacturers cloped last week with
one OF the girls employed in his mill and went to
81 where they put up as man and wife.
me man IS TO Years Of age and the father of family
osehdren, and the girl but22
LUNAR MISUNDERSTANDING Saturday evening.
some OF the most beautiful lunar Rainbows we ever
saw We're visible. Clouds ohscured the moon, and
as they passed beyond its Disc the most brilliant and
gorgeous arches would appear and disappear }lich
up The heavens. They continued a, intervals until
near midnight. lNew-Haven Courier, Isl.
FlREs.--The Pittsburg Sun of Saturday saws, a
IRE broke ont yesterday morning about hall past
1aee O'clock, IN the steam mill Allegheny, be-
low 10. the iron works, winch was totally destroyed
We learn tha, the saw mill was owned by Mr.. Nix
on L. and that the loss was considerable.
nsNlmbal at McIndoe's Falls VI, took fire on the
aosa nit, and was consumed, together with large
quantity of wares and lumber. The saw mills al
~, ,as place barely escaped destruction, Loss estima