if they sought one.  Col.  Ward went from the room to the passage, and was followed by the brothers.  He said he was unarmed, but if they would lay down their arms, he could whip the whole of them; or if they would place him on an equal footing, he could whip the whole of them one by one.  Caesar told Chamberlayne to give the Col. one of his pistols, which he did, and both went out into the yard, the other brothers following.  While standing a few paces from each other, Lafayette came up, and remarked to the Col., ‘If you spill my brother’s blood, I will spill yours,’ about which time Chamberlayne’s pistol fired, and immediately Lafayette bursted a cap at him.  The Colonel turned to Lafayette, and said, ‘Lafayette, you intend to kill,’ and discharged his pistol at him.  The ball struck the pistol of Lafayette, and glanced into his arm.  By this time Albert Ward, being close by, and hearing the fuss, came up to the assistance of the Colonel, when a scuffle amongst all hands ensued.  The Colonel stumbled and fell down—­he received several wounds from a large bowie knife; and, after being stabbed, Chamberlayne jumped upon him, and stamped him several times.  After the scuffle, Caesar Jones was seen to put up a large bowie knife.  Colonel Ward said he was a dead man.  By the assistance of Albert Ward, he reached the house, distance about 15 or 20 yards, and in a few minutes expired.  On examination by the Coroner, it appeared that he had received several wounds from pistols and knives.  Albert Ward was also badly bruised, not dangerously.”

The “New Orleans Bee,” Sept. 22, 1838, published the following from the “Nashville (Tennessee) Whig.”

“The Nashville Whig, of the 11th ult., says:  Pleasant Watson, of De Kalb county, and a Mr. Carmichael, of Alabama, were the principals in an affray at Livingston, Overton county, last week, which terminated in the death of the former.  Watson made the assault with a dirk, and Carmichael defended himself with a pistol, shooting his antagonist through the body, a few inches below the heart.  Watson was living at the last account.  The dispute grew out of a horse race.”

The New Orleans Courier, April 7, 1837, has the following extract from the “McMinersville (Tennessee) Gazette.”

“On Saturday, the 8th instant, Colonel David L. Mitchell, the worthy sheriff of White county, was most barbarously murdered by a man named Joseph Little.  Colonel Mitchell had a civil process against Little.  He went to Little’s house for the purpose of arresting him.  He found Little armed with a rifle, pistols, &c.  He commenced a conversation with Little upon the impropriety of his resisting, and stated his determination to take him, at the same time slowly advancing upon Little, who discharged his rifle at him without effect.  Mitchell then attempted to jump in, to take hold of him when Little struck him over the head with the barrel of his rifle, and literally mashed his skull to pieces; and, as he lay prostrate on the earth, Little deliberately pulled a large pistol from his belt, and placing the muzzle close to Mitchell’s head, he shot the ball through it.  Little has made his escape. There were three men near by when the murder was committed, who made no attempt to arrest the murderer.”