Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-06-13
versity at Chapel Hill They will remain
there until Friday.

THE ELoPRMENT oF THE DRUMMER
Boy OF THE RAPPAHANEocK. The fact
of the strange elopement of the drum.
mer boy OF the Rappahadnock from
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, with the daughter
Of wealthy merchant in that place has
already been announced. A POUCH.
keepsie letter of the lst inst., gives the
following interesting particulars of the
affair:
1.-THE hero of the affair Is 20 less q
parsonage than Robert Henry Hender.
shott, well known as the Drummer Boy
of the Rappahannock.' His fair bride
is the daughter of q prominent mer-
chant in Poughkeepsie, a lady much
esteemed by those composing the circle
in which she moved. The attachment
sprung up between the parties nearly
two years ago, and progressed in in
teusity until it eliminated on Friday
morning in an elOpemcnt, the cause
being the parents opposition to young
Hende~shOtt's addresses to their daugh-
ter. Young Hendershott, up TO within
q month or two past, had resided iu
time since and commenced making ar
rangements for an excursion to the
Holy Land, and also secretly made pre-
paratlOns to take his bride with hiM A
previous contract between him aud the
lady had been drawn up on parchment,
by which they were TO be united in mar
riage after his return from the Holy
Land, or at any time after the l~t Of
December 1867. He repeatedly asserted
TO one or two Of his Intimate friends
that the parents Of the girl were Op-
posed TO him. At lines curing the last
month they have met at different trvSt-
ing spots by mutual agreement, riding
and walking about the city, when finally
young HendershOtt deemed it wise to
bring matters to termination, which
ne did by planning and carrying ont Jn
elOpement yesterday Previous TO the
elOpement he proceeded to Newburg aud
engaged the services Of the Rev. Mr..
Sproal, Of the Presbyterian church of
that city, to oiiciatc at the uuptlal cer5-
monies. Taking precautionary mea-
sures, he also secured the services Of q
clergyman on the east side of the river
who was to be in waiting at Fishbill To
marry them in case they were so closely
pursued by the parents as not to be abL
to reach the NewbuTg shore in time
Yesterday morning the young LADY
left her residence at an early hour To
visit some friends at the residence Of
Benson J. Losing. Instead, howcye,
Of doing So she quickly walked to a.
unfrcquented part Of the city, whcle
young Hendersh0tt was in waiting vita
splendid team Of fast horses and q
carriage. Getting into the carriage, tie
nervous lovers, at o'clock In the mora
ing, started southwark on the man
road, the soon-to- be happy bridegroom
plying the whip vigorously, and urging
the horses along at the top OF Their
speed. In a little over an hour Fishki,l
landing was reached, horses, carriage
and lovers embarked on the ferry-b0ag,
crossed to Newburg, and in less than an
hour afterward, happy Robert Hender,
shott and his no less happy bride with
the marriage certificate duly signed and
stamped with United States revenue
portrait, were on their way back 10
Poughkeepsie, ready, if necessary to
brave any storm in waiting for hem.
They reached here at o'clock yestcr-
day afternoon, she going back to her
fathers house. and he returning to the
Morgan House, where he boarCed, the
parents being in bIissful ignorarceo of the
event. This morning they lie. again,
and, going to the depot in arrage,
left for parts unknown. Th young
ladys parents heard Of the affair for the
first time on Saturday. IN, young
lady's name is Alice Blanchard Hen
dershott has with him over 10000 in
coupons and gTcenbacks."