Irish-American September 19, 1857 News in New York On the 8th inst., Mrs. SMITH, wife of Thomas SMITH, storekeeper of Hastings, NY, and a little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. SMITH, came to their deaths by being struck by a locomotive of the Hudson River Railroad, while walking on the track. Thomas KELLY, who resided at No. 198 Thirteenth Street, died last week in the City Hospital, from the result of injuries received some days previously by being thrown from his cart, by which his leg was broken and had to be amputated. News around the US On the 6th inst., at Gloucester, Samuel DAVIS shot his wife dead with a revolver, and with another shot killed himself. Jealousy is said to have been the cause of the deed. Mrs. MAXWELL, wife of Matthew MAXWELL, who keeps a receiving barge for wood near the Hoboken Ferry, was drowned by falling into the water while spreading out clothes to dry. On the morning of the 8th inst., at Roylston Hall, Boston, James LAMBERT completed the extraordinary feat of walking 1,000 miles in 1,000 successive hours. He was dreadfully exhausted at the conclusion, and had become so reduced that he only weighed 113 pounds. A man named John SULLIVAN, who came from Massachusetts a few weeks since, to work upon the Erie Railroad Tunnel, at Bergen Hill, N.J., was found dead on the 8th inst., near the 2nd shaft, with his skull fractured and other marks of violence upon his body.