The “Missouri Republican” of July 29, 1837 published the details which follow from the Louisville Journal.

MOUNT STERLING, Ky.  July 20, 1837.

“Gentlemen:—­A most unfortunate and fatal occurrence transpired in our town last evening, about 6 o’clock.  Some of the most prominent friends of Judge French had a meeting yesterday at Col.  Young’s, near this place, and warm words ensued between Mr. Albert Thomas and Belvard Peters, Esq., and a few blows were exchanged, and several of the friends of each collected at the spot.  Whilst the parties were thus engaged.  Mr. Wm. White, who was a friend of Mr. Peters, struck Mr. Thomas, whereupon B.F.  Thomas Esq. engaged in the combat on the side of his brother and Mr. W. Roberts on the part of Peters—­Mr. G.W.  Thomas taking part with his brothers.  Albert Thomas had Peters down and was taken off by a gentleman present, and whilst held by that gentleman, he was struck by White; and B.F.  Thomas having made some remark White struck him.  B.F.  Thomas returned the blow, and having a large knife, stabbed White, who nevertheless continued the contest, and, it is said, broke Thomas’s arm with a rock of a chair.  Thomas then inflicted some other stabs, of which White died in a few minutes.  Roberts was knocked down twice by Albert Thomas, and, I believe, is much hurt.  G.W.  Thomas was somewhat hurt also.  White and B.F.  Thomas had always been on friendly terms.  You are acquainted with the Messrs. Thomas.  Mr. White was a much larger man than either of them, weighing nearly 200 pounds, and in the prime of life.  As you may very naturally suppose, great excitement prevails here, and Mr. B.F.  Thomas regrets the fatal catastrophe as much as any one else, but believes from all the circumstances that he was justifiable in what he did, although he would be as far from doing such an act when cool and deliberate as any man whatever.”

The “New Orleans Bulletin” of Aug. 24, 1838, extracts the following from the Louisville Journal.

“News has just reached us, that Thomas P. Moore, attacked the Senior Editor of this paper in the yard of the Harrodsburg Springs.  Mr. Moore advanced upon Mr. Prentice with a drawn pistol and fired at him; Mr. Prentice then fired, neither shot taking effect.  Mr. Prentice drew a second pistol, when Mr. Moore quailed and said he had no other arms; whereupon Mr. Prentice from superabundant magnanimity spared the miscreant’s life.”

From “The Floridian” of June 10, 1837.  MURDER.  Mr. Gillespie, a respectable citizen aged 50, was murdered a few days since by a Mr. Arnett, near Mumfordsville, Ky., which latter shot his victim twice with a rifle.

The “Augusta (Ga.) Sentinel,” May 11, 1838, has the following account of murders in Kentucky: 

“At Mill’s Point, Kentucky, Dr. Thomas Rivers was shot one day last week, from out of a window, by Lawyer Ferguson, both citizens of that place, and both parties are represented to have stood high in the estimation of the community in which they lived.  The difficulty we understand to have grown out of a law suit at issue between them.”