Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1831-12-09
From The Frankfort Kentsck;un.
CASE OF DOCTOR PIERCE.

OF DIR. Pierce, the last and present menu
Der, has been mentioned in the papers.
with Sos@e allusion to tire vuormities
winch produced n catastrophe so appall-
ing.-Thc chiefincident ia this tragedy
was awfully sudden and striking The
county court was sitting in the village
where the parties resided. Some bust
ness called Pierce into court.-The first
object which fixed his eve was Robert
Son-who by agreement had left the
county, never to return-now there,
writing at the clerk s table. Pierce gaz.
ed upon him, for moment; then sudden
ly turned, and retiring by the door, re-
appeared presently at the window, be.
meath which Robertson sat, in the pre-
sence of the court. Reaching in with
pistol, near to the head of his victim,
Pierce fired. and lodged the charge in
his brain-a fatal shot What could
have moved gentleman, till then ever
mild, patient and conciliatory in his de-
pertinent, to deed ofsuch singular dar-
ing 1-Robertson had riolated the mari
age-6ed Of Pierce, his friend struck at
has honoT-ruined his family-planted
daggers in his bosom And, with hui
mility be it spoken, there was no law in
the land for the adequate punishment Of
such an outrage! The fact was notorious;
not denied-not even by the offender
himself. Satisfaction" in the way
called honorable, had been demanded
but not rendered--The wrong was ire
parable no adequate amends could be
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of his neighbours
peace-whose unprincipled indiscretion
has cast deep shade over virtues which
might otherwise have brightly shone, as
some concession, had agreed to 90 forth
from that part of the country to return no
more.--Yet he did return; he was there;
the consequences have been seen.
DIR. Pierce was required, by the judg-
mcnt Of two magistrates to give bail for
his appearance at the next circuit court in
that county, TO answer what might then
be presented against him, in relation to
this matter. THAT court was in session
last eek and Pierce was in attendance.
One Indictment against him for muir
der, another for manslaughtcr, were laid
before the grand jury. Having made such
investigation, as they, under their oaths,
deemed proper, they returned both in
dictments into court, with their finding,
endorsed upon each-"Not true biIl'
Mot true bill :" and whatever an
opinion, made up upon views merely
| technical, might be, upon the sheer JUS
tice of the case, upon the diligent inqui-
ry ofthe grand inquest of his county, the
accused stands justifed-acquitted, =
He appeared in the assembly yesterday,
and was qualified as the representative
of his county and, notwithstanding all
that has happened, mayYet be, as he has
heretofore been,a faithful representative,
and useful member,
From CelomJia.-The New York
Courier and Enquirer contains despatch
| from General HERARA to the minister of
war of the Republic of Colombia, detail
ing his operations against the isthmus of
Panama, which had declared itself an in
dependent state from which it appears
he was completely successful. He took
the fortress of Panama by surprise, with
out firing gun. He subsequently had
an engagement with the enemy near the
Rio Grande, and after four days skirmish-
ing succeeded in defeating the insurrec-
tionary troops, twenty-tbree Of whom
were killed and many wounded.
| Long lice HE Physicians Of Vienna -
"The plague of the Cholera has been
stayed at Vienna. BY using a spare diet
and appling the remedy recommended,
people will recover unless their constitu-
ton should have been previously broken
down already. Ice, given in small do
ses, has done wonders. A spare diet is
now the order ofthe day atVienna, where
the grandecs, accustomed to dinner Of
thirty courses, are now satisfied with
three, and eat no supper "a miracle
which nothing but the Cholera could
have brought about"
Singular deoth at Christening .-On
| Sunday four or FIVE children were taken
to Bourn church, to be cbristened. A.
mong these, one an infant being taken
by the clergyman, was discovered to be
dead, and returned to its afflicted parents,
who could assign no cause for the event.
| Stamford Champion.
Tailor's Work.-By a recent state
ment from a tailor, in London, il appears
that there are 1928 stitches in a coat,
viz blasting, 7S2 stitches IN the ed
ges ofthe coat $500 do; telling the edg-
,~ C,ooe 60 - m 10 o,,t oc e;,ht