The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-08-17
4. Ta'nons :;0a,!.c.n Belle.

a few days 400 the telegraph disseminated
the information that Mrs. Salie Ward Hunt,
of Louisville, had sued some gentleman for
breach of PROMISE assessing the damage to her
affections at three hundred thousand dollars.
1t subsequently transpircd that the name of
the gay tleceivcr WIS Ncwconb. Of his posi-
ton H life, and lis means to meet so large
financial draft upon his credit, We remain un-
informed
The lady and her funiy have been noted in
the annals Of the country. Twenty years ago
She W.. belle in Louisville and her personal
charln5 brought nurlorous ;nmircr, 10 her feet.
cvents o. tha; period distinctly, say lh9l her
WIS nl tic softer blondc STYLE Of baauty, tall
stately with Ill those unalti,s Of face and fg
urc that delight and oi!cain the bcloldcr.
Her nan:icrs wcrc Winning rather bccaiisc of
their case a:l negligent abandon, than because
rf Tic ajl;et c.:e and good 5rccdn. t,iat came
ol thought and culture Her EDUCATION was Of
the superficial type common in TIC South a
NJout the ycal 1913, cal!io Ward was united
II; marriage To IL sI.;i OF Ah1ot Lawrence, the
Boston millionaire. The aup;ials were cc!c-
britc,; with >rlcndo: remarkable even III
Louisville, where thing. were then done i'll {.
princclv fashion. The uaicn did not result
ianpily The pair went 10 Boston and lived
with tie parents OF the bridegroom for Il brief
;rrio,! Il would be Idle to attempt 10 repro
,Ivcc ai the gossip Of tie time. -l!tcr few
weeks the particS separated, and iew months
later. through the influence o! the Ward fam
Il they were divorced by = special act o! the
Icgi>;atlrc OF Kentucky. Thc lea was in
compatibility Of temper. Public opinion i'll
-. ,,f tl,c
case Elsewhere Tie sympathy wa- principally
with Mr. iawrer, :. i was s:iCi th, the viii
FIJI :>oulhcm girl hrou@ht !lom her distant
homo hcr accustomed freedoms of manner and
liccn,. cf acton. which rrovc'l too mitch for
YaiEcc primne-; and Gucor:n twas ALLEGED
that she treated the elite o.. E'>on q: Che fam
ilv receptions with grciyious t!isrcspcct. Onthc
other hand it was affirmed t:lat unnecessary re-
.;.sin. was attempted by her prudish mother
in-l:tw. vino even went 10 Tar as TO forbid tho
bride IL rcna;r with rouge her charms. which
soon began 10 he wasted by tho nippins air Of
The New Englanc: coast.
After the divorce, Mis-. Ward sought relief
once more IN tho society of Louisville. Her
brother, Matt ,Eartl, killed . school-tcachcr
named Butler, who, he thought, had too severe
lv ci;,,tise,l Younger brother The excite
mcnt consequent upon this murder was general,
and the pcrpetra.or was iorcc,i 10 leave LOUIS
vile. Tile social relations Of the family were
considerably disturbed, but not broken by this
event The gay life Of the young lady conin-
ucd. Matt wen! South, and w;ls killed under
peculiar circumstances in Arkansas.
Some Years later tie divorced lady married
Dr. Hunt a physician in good standing in
Louisville But the new husband drank to cX-
cess. and the domestic happiness of the couple
was intnitesim&l He went into the army AS
surgeon and coming 10 Chicago to practice,
died there about three years ago in q sudden
and singular manner.
The Ward family have of late years been in
reduced circumstances The old mansion on
General lLom;,~ during the late w;l:, and since
then :;a.it AID her mother have either lived
humb.y in lie suburbs, Or in plain and retired
,;uaricrs wili.;n The city The appearance OF
Mrs. Hunt ag::;n in public: and with such pc
culiar concomiants cannot but be painful! to
l.cr friends, aili will revive all the old dls;'
erecahc "reminiscences.