New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-01-01
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Tho An1t-Rs,a, Troubles.

: TIE outrage upon ~. GrayaE q Nassau, the
murder Of Elijah Smith OF Grafton, in this Conn-
~. and the death OF yc;,ng Reifeabarg of colom-
b;a County, have been commented on IN various
newspapers, with strange iningling Of truth AID
untro.h, have thought II best 20 send you a
brief statement OF the circpns .ances Of each
case: and as have obtained them from the most
reliable sources, I have n doubt Of the Truth CT
what state.
And first, as to the outrage upon cFGTcr.
fr. Crayer resides In w6et is called Slab CITY
in :he town Of Nassau; and the name OF the place
will pivo you cloo tc the Character of lis ~
habitants. Craycr IS noisy, harum-scarum
fellow, and fond of practical joEc. lie tooktho
lead. not long ago, in playing off one upon a wo-
man called Old Sue. Tins led ;osome difficulty
with hisneighbCrs, ana ten or twelve OF thcn, as
suming masks cnd calico dresses, seized hun and
ordered him to confess that ho had done wroHe,
or thew would tar and Father him. he refused,
and thew set about the work. lie resisted, and
fought tam Ill, wcared and exhausted, ne fell
in an opillpic 81. lie had been previously sub
,ect to euch fits. They waited tiiI he recovered
from the fit, and thcn sppled the tar gnc feathers.
He was so seriously injured that he had 2 SEXES
life. He has since got about, though : vii p5o-
baby be long time befyfs he Will DC entirely
well.
This village quarrel has been called an anti
Rent outrage, aiihosgh II had no m9ro coanec-
ton with rent Or An,i-Rent than with Repeal Q,
Modification.
Secoad in relation 10 thc mnrde, Of Elijah
Smith. \ man by the name Of Plumb @ar.in
claimed 10 have purchased @o0d lot ii Grafton
of William F. Van Rensselaer, tic attempted
TO draw wood from the lot A company Of men
disguised in masks ana calico dresses, and call
ing themselves lnoians, forbode his taking any
thing from the lot, I'LL some dispute bet~ceo
Martin and another man in respect TO the title
should be settled. Last Ihursday, Martin, as
sisted by Smith, who was his nephew, and ano-
ther man, went up2n the lot, cut 4 load oil wood
and had got cut into the road with 1t, when they
were stopped by about thirty Sc Indians and
commanded TO unload ii. One Of the Indians
seized hold OF the horses. and Martin raised his
axe to strike, when another caught hold OF it
and wrenched it oct OF his banda. Smith, who
was upon the load, immediately jumped oil,
stripped off his coat and came towards the In
dians, swinging MS axe In threatening manner
and using proiane and violent language As he
came up to the Indians, one of them took hun
by tho collar, and twilched him suddenly round,
when another placed pistol at his back and
shot him. A subsequent examination OF the
wound, by two surgeons summoned hy the Coro
ner for that purpose, showed that the bullet passed
through the right shoulder blade, entaIed the
body between tha first ard second rbs. pierced
tho right lob6 Of the lungs, Euptutod the Jugnar
vein, and lodged near Tic breast bone. Smith
died in about five minutes. Al iiIs., when ASKED
if he vas hur, he SAID he did not know or care
He was carried iHt1 house near by and his coat
md vest taken off, and no blood appearing, some
une remarked that he guessed it was a sham shot
10 frghten hun, but Smith replied, g ] am dead
man." and almost instantly exprcdi
1t is supposed that man by the name of
N C fired the fatal pistol. q has be
fore had difficulty with Martin and Smith, and
it is possible that he took this occasion TO settle
an cid rrudge. G. is known to be desperate,
vicious fellow, reckless and Tevengeiu lie
nigh. have thought that, in company with so
many dressed IN disguise like las own, aad whom
it would be hard to distinguish fror each other
he could do the deed and escape detection. Bat
whoever may have been the actual murderer,
there is no doubt that each and every one OF
those present, armed, disguised, and aiding IL
the Illegal act of stopping Martin on the high
way, is equally responsible IN law, although, per.
haps, not equally guilty anu 1t may be all OF
1hom but he entirely gullless IA intention AND
here are mon who have always held thsmselrea
To be respectable, who have never deeme6 them
selves capable of any crime, who would have
been shocked at the very thought OF il, who
have thrown away ihoir good name and risked
their lives by banding with rasceis 10 rid them
selves of real or fauccd grievances The folly
and madness of this Indian organization must
now be az apparent 10 than as It has all along
been to those vino, without excitement, could
calmly Judge of lis tendency and foresce It's con-
sequences Every one OF them has q murderous
plague. spot branded upon his conscience and the
eallows staring him IN Tho face
Tie Sheriff yesterday went out 90 Grafton
with two ut his deputies aud arrested Norman
Goeyer and Henry Lund, against whom warrants
had been issued No attempt was made 10 re
sist him or TO rescue the men.
Third-as to the death ot RcIlenberg ct Smoky
Hollow, near Hudson
Notice had been given Of an ANT. Rent meet
ing to be held at that place last Friday, and II
was given out that company ol Indians wouSo
be present A large concouIse OF people assem-
bled, estimated at 1900 or 5000, many of them
from the City OF Hudson, and nearly ali out a
curiosity TO see the Indians. The Indians had
hired for the;c use tho large hall Of the tavern
After they had got ready 70 come out FOR cShlbi
ton, the door was cleared Mud the spectators
ranged themselves in line on each sidc, fiee
passage beng made Tor theG through the crowd
They passed out one by one, eapng from the
Threshold TO the giouud, and each OF them CIV
ing out ,hair peeuhar whoop, ana some OF them
brandishing their hatchets, pistols or other eeap
ons. About hall OF them AGd thus emerged iom
the house when one attempting 20 draw ms pis
toll from his belt the trigger became entaneled N
his dress, aud by his efforts to disonGage II It was
discharged. The bullet passed through yonng
Reifrnberg's heart and killed bnn instantly. The
pistol, beyond doubt, went otFaccidentaliy. The
story that Reiepberg was ordered and refused 10
cry,s Dozen sct,a The Rent" is sheer fiction,
such rs Dame Rumor always sends abroad on
similar occasions. Indeed the father OF Reifeu
berg is said 10 have been one of the indians. J;
so, verify he hath his reward