The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-10-10

Masonic Hall beeS Introduced 10 Mrs,
Porterfield, vile n = wealthy, and fespec.
| table merchant, M ihtimacy b,tween het
and Ned soon becasise manifest. Ms.
Poriefield WAS Then. considered The ,poat
beautiful and magnificent woman IN Nash:
vile. We knew her. il her beautiful bo,rs
the mother Of 4 sheet child, the, idol Of n
noble b,isbahdy and the DiJect OF adnira-
ton and s!ifctions We have. seen her
since her FAIL, sbeadtiiul IN her ruin.
tail and graceful, with ss majestic and
symmetrical figure anti. as dueenly A
bearing as Cleopatra's; with q clear. soit
I yet beautiful complexion, With 4 proftfsiofi.
Of hair, black as n .ravet's Ainr; larref
dark, expressive eyes, with long droopins
lashes, and In each cheek q beautiful
dimple, in which play thousand smiles
every time she speaks=she is yet beau,is
ful. -z =. -.
A report soon came, to the cara OF the
confding husband Of q criminal intimacy
between bis loved Mrry and the ex.ofliref
Of the navy. He promptly ,repelled the
insinuation, having too much coniidence
in his wife to cherish such suspicion Tot q
moment. II came, again, however, i'm
such way as TO startle him. He beliey-
ed, and with q revolver in his hand, he
sought the ruiner Of his happines, deter
mined TO take his life. On making the
accusation, he denied il In the most Eor,i-
bic and pathetic manner, bearing his boss
ON TO Potierfield, telling him TO shoot il
he deemed him base enough to perpetrste
such adeed-that his honor was dearer
to him than his life, &c. He desisted.
feeling that the man had been wronged.-
Thus the matter remained for several
weeks, when such evidence Of Ned Bunt-
lines" guilt and his wife's urfaithfulnsss
reached him rs no longer 90 leave him in
doubt. He sougb; liiia again will. The Z
same purpose rs before. Ned, having
learned his intentiop, 6ed from, him in the
direction Of the Sulphur. Spring, near the /,
city. Potterfeld fired several hines, bit
without effect After running some disial-
&c, Ned fell down, and while ON the ground
he turned and shot Potterfield through
the head. He was near him and f.ii dead
Ivy his side. Ned Immediately returned
70 tue city, gave himself up TO the author
ties waS tried, but acquitted on the ground :
OF, self.dsfence. 1eHrs3 s..tsi o. -, ky
The citizens were insa rage. He had
wronged and killed one OF the m,st re-
spactable Uf their number. On leaving
The eonrl room. several shots were fir.d.
Immediately Mt him; aed to the City Hotel
amid the shouts Of his pursuers.
lie reached the third story and locked
liimselfinto room. The door Was forced
open, when he jumped from the window
on to the ground below. Stunned aud"
crippled by the fail, lie was easily taken.
Aiarge number of the citizens conducted.
him to the street bordering on th. Cum
beriand river, and hung him to one ,,fthe
bars across the awning pos,s. The mo- +
'nent ha Sas swung off the rol,e broke.
Another rope WAS procured, and as they,
were about tying il around his neck he
lnade tile most pathetic appeal to them
to spare his life, asking, Tor an opportunity
to explain himself, asserting his Innocence,
and telling them it was q shame. and
cowardly, for so many To take HE III. of
defenceess man without affor,ling him
an opportunity Of defence. Meanwhile.
the authorities Of the city came 10 his.
rescne, and he WAS placed il the county
jail for protection. After remaining there
tor three months the public feeling some
what abatsd; he was privately conveyed
some distance down the river, when a
steamer took him to Pittsburgh, Pa, the
residence Of his father.
Being ut Nashville when these events
Occurred, VIC have given then, briefly, but
in accordance with the best of our fecoi.s
leciions. S~ .ss ,su-
Spending the summer and autumn in y
Europe two years since, we became init,
mata in the family. of Dr. Batemau,a
distinguished surgeon aud physician. n,
No. o lslington Square, London. While
there we often heard them speak of y
beautiful and accomplished lady from
New York, a Mrs. B., sho, with her
beautiful boy. had spent much time with
them, and to whom they appeared very
much attached. On leaving London we
were requested to bear n package or let-,
ters TO Mrs. b. We complied, and foansl
her 10 be all that slIe had been sepre.e.,-t
Ell, and the daughter Of one OF the first
citizens OF New York. On learning her
history. we found Il 10 10 full of ,orusatio
tst painful interest.
She had been the wife Of Judson, alias
Ned Bnntline," and he was the father Of
her noble by, born while he was engaged
at the Astor Place riots he having been,
several weeks previously expelled 6y the
family from her fathers house, where, for,
two yesrs, size bad suffered every indieniiy
aud wrong, and abuse. from fIeaven-i-
bandoned wretch, a noile hearted woman
ever endured and lived. ~ f
BY securing the iniiueaee ard co opes-
alton ofa officer in the army, q Lisutsn.
ant Potter. aadby writing beaaiifai Iet.ess
and beautiful poetry, and BY asserting
that the attack in Nashville was hy =
band ofgambles, whom he had sxposedI
in his paper. aud by ski!IhslIy managing
the affair he succeeded IN inauyine ti,ss
lovely spd talented Mrs, b. Aiier tlleir
marriage and while IN state o. gintoxiea-
Ton, he would ohen recount 70 her incidsu,a
and scenes 10 his own history, and among
the rest, true version Of the NsshyiIle
tragedy. together with Others fsichuuS