Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1869-12-25
Charlotte Temple .


Among the cOUn,less lhr3ngs who dai-
ly pass and repass Trinity Church, no"
many know that within a lrw leei Of the
crowded thorOughfare of Broadway Is >
grave that covers all that remains OF
once beautiful and fascinating woman, the
eyss Of thousands No date of blflh. no
Inciiuation OF family, no ds;e OF des.h,
appear on the stone that covers TIE grave
Of Charlotte Temple, whose tragic story,
once tie !heme Of every circle, Is rrob3-
bly unknown to the greater number Of
young readers. The mosI beautiful eirl
IN New YOrk-sO II was claimed-she
s!racted the attention of a Young Officer.
member Of one Of Englsnd's oldest and
proudcst families, who with his regiment
entered the city when The B;iush entered
New York, tner lhe baUle OF Long Island
Charlotte. then only seventeen, was
wooel and won by Gashing young Off
Ger. lie deserted her, and Ihen-lhe old
storv-she soon after died OF Q broken
heat. A Itde daughter ths, she lief, was
lenderly cared Tor, at proper sRe was
taken TO England aud a fortune OF one
hundred thousand dollars set!y1 upoL
her 10y the head o. her fsthet's family, tie
late Earl OF Derby, grsnJ-lsIher OF ,he
present Lord Stanley. She, Ike uuc
daughter aud q true WON n, reformed 10
New York, and erected tie monument
that now marks the mothers grave. TIE
inscription upon il was engraved on sol
id tablet OF brass, an inch in thickness,
( heavily plated with silver, and TINS it
read "Sacrej to the memory Of Char
loue Stanley, aged nineteen years
This iIiaI dury performed, she returned
TO England snd lived life OF unottrusve
pie,y and usefulness. The plate upon
T The s'one that marks the grave Was sup
| posed to be Of solid silver, and tempted
the cupljlty Of certsin vsndsls, who, with
( hammer and clsels, succeeded in pryins
il from the slab. They were never de-
tccIod. Many years afeywsrJ, some
good Samaritan caused the uuple name
Of Charlotte Temple g, be cut .pp1 M srh
the eXcqv2'iQn. There il InSyue seen
t%i!hin few fes q, .hsst1ay, by any
oH .who ,SiH take the trouble TO look
through the IRON railing.
The last time We glanced at the slab,
now almost lmbedded IN the ground, We
saw several spsrrows taking a bath in the
water which had collected IN the oXcava-
ton from which the Williams removed the
plate /; and other lldo songsters were
singing rcquium over her erave-near
which we were graIIfed TO obtain for
Eet-me-not, doubtless planted there by
some kind heart who in childhood had
wept over the cad and romantic story oI
the bIue.eyeJ girl.-.AppiefOn'S Journal
Tie President sent messape 10 nc
House, in response to a resolution asking
wha, States have ratified the proposed
amendment 10 the constitution. He en-
closed letter TO him from the Secreiar'
Of State, giving the following name,
states as having ratified it: Missouri. Kan
sac, North Carolina, West Virginia. Mas
sachusetis, Wisconsin. Maine. Louisiana
Michigan, South Caroline Pennsylvsnia
Arkansas Connecticut, Florida. Illinois
Indiana, New York, New Hampshire
Nevada, Vermont and Virginia. In MI.
souri, and Kansas the returns are defective
In the former the second section Of lht
amendment is omitted, and in the latte
the pbroseoloeJ Of the second sechon i
changed.