Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-03-28

FIIJn
Mardef41 Lynch Law by the citizens ~
W. are indebted 10 a passenger on the
steamer CiafkeYilla, which arrived from Nasil.
vile last evening, for the suhioined psftIen-
lars Of the murder Of Mr.. Robert Poftetlield
a clerk IN tie house Of Conner 81 Co. Of That
city, BY II t. K. Judson, formerly an officer
ia tle1U, IL. Navy taBd at the lime editor OF Q
sGurritods paper called "Red Bdhtlin's own
printed at amtlhland, Ky, but issued aud p1r-
porting 10 he published at Nashville, together
with tho popular u8Citgmgnt &C. winch iol-
lowed.
70 Begin we are Informed that, Judson
bad Tor some time been circulating 4 report
that be had had criminal connection with Por.
terHeId's wife. Poftefield, q day Of two
previous, 10 company with q friend 10 whom
Ildsob Ind related The report, met the latter
on Capital Hi, and charged tt upon bin,
which !. positively denied. Potteftield, tn
der intense excitement, drew bis pistol TO
shoot him. when Judson pulled upen his yost
and told him to fire, saying that, If he did, he
would shoot an innocent man. Upon this,
rofteffeId'a brother, who is one Of The firm Of
Pitcher Il Potfortioli, iatorfgred, and proven
ted further difficulty at that time.
Things remained thus until The afternoon Of
t1HLiiEuHFs tBB A4ti itl1tf4 "HBh y E5ta1bItSs
look place at the Sulphur Springs about a
milo from the Nashville Court House, be-
tween Robert porterfsld and Judson, in rom
sequence Of tho reports referred TO above.
Porteffeld IT Ia said, Cred d pistol At Juds6n
without effect, when the fire was returned,
Juda6n'B ball taking effect In PoFterfeld's
head, which proved fatal an hour or 50 aftor4
wards. The moment tho death Of P0rtpfieid
..4 I,..,,,., Ia nJR4tvViIt1# fbYE H4F4grTf4 old haI
young. armed themselves and turned out en-
tnaasa with the intention Of Staying the mur~
def6f. The police officers, however, succeed.
cd in arfesting him before the popular ven-
gsance was WreaHBd upon him, and conveyed
him for examination to the Court House,
which was soon throBged With AN infuristed
multitude. In Inc midst Of the examination,
he brother Of the deceased entered the Court
Room, and fred two balls from a revolving
pistol it hudson, neither d which struck hin,
but ono gf which, wounded Mr.. James Wall
ker, Secretary If m Insurance. Company
there, slightly IN tho back, the other, wound.
linH d 1ff. PentiGost In the arm. At this ms
iant, Il cry went up from the crowd,-"Gtve
POrter6ald a Cltahce Al him /" The crowd
then opened 10 the right aud left, and Potter
field, who was armed with three revolving pis-
tolls, Of five batrels each, again commenced
firing Mt hudson, who rushed from the Court
House, and fed 10 the City Hotel. Before,
however, he had reached the Hotel, Porter
Il Id bad discharged at linn the eont6nts Of bis
three pistols, one ball only, appearing after
wards, 10 have slightly arazed bis head. Jud.
son bastoned up 10 the third story, bnt find
lug ]ltrnaeIf 20 holly pressed, attempted to Ca
cape by sliding down tbe posts Of lie balcony.
He foot slipped and he fell to the ground,
breaking, i, is said, one BE- bialleas, and being
stunned ia Tho fall. I'D was thon conveyed
10 jaiL
The next day, Sunday, JHlson was taken
by The citizens from thejaiI to a place hard by
for the purpose Of iuAieting upon him, aecor.
ding to The "lateet and most approved" forms
Of Lynch law, the summary punishment Of
hanging A rope was put about his neck, ltH
was placed upon the gaIlows and swung off
but The rope broke and he fell to the ground,
when The authorities again inteffGred and re1.
veYed bin back to jail We ore informed, that
when he was taken upto The gall0ws, Juds0h
told the l~yHGberg 10 do their worst, but That
the lord was on bis side Without ex4cIlg
believing that lie LurdWas with him. il would
yet Epcn that he "bgio q charmed lifa,' eix.
teen balle from two PERSONS having been dis
charged Mt him, and ha having once fallen
from atbreo story balcony, and finally escaped
the E3Ilows front which he WAS swung by an
infnriafed multitude
We have only 10 odd That, whether JudsoD
was guilty Of his 0gn bruited enorDilies ar
not, nothing can lu8tffythe hiebh4udsd outfa.
60 Of the gItizoHg upon the lass Of the land.
Iropic II
AuRuer hND l~HrafsoNnG5r or An An.
GHtoAT cAprAt1 Ar HoNTEGe gAV, JhIhf-
cA.--Goycpor Johnson hos rccci1ed a lct-
ter from a gentleman in 1aIn1ica, stating
that Captain Nc Ffiybie ofthc brig EEGRgY
ofYrw York, has been arrested and I'M.
p]riaonrd TT Montcgo Bay, charged with
abducted II black man md wolna from
tbut place in 1887, and sold them into
slavery in New Orleans or some Southern
STATE. The mans name was Edward
Duaston, and the woman's, Rebccca Scar
lett after detailing the circumstances Of the
arrest, which appeared TO have been ofan
aggravated and attroCi0us character, re-.
quests ofGrycrnor Johnson such inl0rma-
ton Ms may bc obtained in behalf Of Capt.
Frisbic.
Wear ol'horigcd by Governor Johnson
70 say, that Information left at the Govern.
or's office, will chcerfully receive the pro.
per attention and irection.--JeGcrsoHjjaa
WAN AS IT IA writer in one of the
English journals, abiding to the probable
ola war between this country and his own,
in which cities on both sides would be de-
vastatcd, and thousands Of lives usclessly
sacrificed, strips the "plumes Of war" Of
their glory, and shows forth It's loliy, by the
following proposition to both nations
"For the English government to under
take to level Liverpool with the ground on
the condition that the United States Coy
eminent destroy New York for England
to lombard Bristol, and America to burn
down Baltimore and so on with all the
cities on the scabosrd, until sufficient mu.
tual injury has been affected, after which
the two governments could settle the mat
ter in dispute by negotiation and treaty.
After all, what else is war than this ?
Millions Of property are lost-rivers OF
blood are shcd-hearts are broken and
souls ruined, and for what4 That two ma
lions may shake hands again and be glad
to be left no worse off than when the con-
test began. War is only the picture, on a
large scale, Of two Pugnacious urchins fgh-
ting, to, to determine which Of them shall
be ~schooLbully.
We have almost thought the Day ofAl-
eiers a much more sensible fellow than
many who would laugh at him for a bar.
barian /: for which Lord Ex-MoUTH threat
ened to lombard the Castle of Algiers, I'M
less certain conditions were complied with,