Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-06-06
Cemetery-Speech OF Governor
GrOOme.

SEOUufC.
One Of the events of the decoration
at Antietam National Cemetery, Wash
inGton county, Md, was the presence
Of Gov. James B. Groome. Gov.
Groome arrived in Hagerstown the
evening before, the guest of Hon. Il. 5.
Claggett, State Senator. Saturday
morning he was escorted to the GENE
terry by members of the committee;
Gen. Charles Albright, the orator OF
the day, came up from Washington. aG-
companied by Gen. S. w. Crawford,
who commanded the first division OF
tho twelfth corps during the battle ana
was severely wounded. Gen. Aloright
was also in the battle, as MAJOR OF the
1921 Pennsylvania regiment. lie no"
renresents his State in Congress.
An immense assem6lage OF people
Gathered in Sharpsburg from all parts
of the surrounding country. and mere
were also several visitors from pau
more Among those present were non ion.
Peter Neglcy, United States A IS1:i
Treasurer: lion. Judge Daniel w eiSe!'
TnI Gilriu. of the third Maryland reSl-
mcnt: Col John Miller, of Sharpsonrg'
The president of the day, an octogenrl-
IN, who took part in the war OF 1877;
Major Ma Henry Kyd Douglas, Edward
Stake. Esq, VIM. Mex. Keppler, Esq;
and of the committee, Messrs. I. n.
Boullt. Z. NJ. Mobley, Hiram II. Seiss,
Capt. VIM. Cronise, Capt. X. Q. BAN
ford. WIZ. B. Zindler, and others. The
procession was formed in Sharpsburg,
headed by the bands from Hagerstown,
Hancock, Keedysville, and Beaver
Creek, and consisting of the Sunday
school children of Sharpsburg and
Keedysyille, who were decorated with
sashes bearing the names of the States
During the ceremonies 1T the cemetery
Gov. Groome was introduced by Capt,
J. NJ. Mentzer, chief marshal, and adj
dressed the audience.
lie said that on an occasion such as
this the asperities Of the past are for
gotten, and the duties Of the present
and the future loom up before us. lie
reviewed the causes of the late war,
claiming that each section had been too
prone to attempt to obtain some adVan,
tage over the other through the general
government, and this had been done by
first one side and then the other, until
each was led in turn to look upon the
general government as oppressive, ana
this finally resulted in war in which
neither party was wholly right nor
wholly wrong. One achieved success
and tue other by their courage and
bravery, in face OF odds, obtained the
respect of the world.
The Governor said the war did not
end until each side had furnished for
the rob of fame more than cone Of the
few. tile immortal names that were not
born 70 de-" and predicted that hereat-
ter parents would teach their children
the names of Sherman and Jackson,
Grant and Lee, forgetting to tell them
that one was once denominatcd 4 loyal
jst and the other traitor. lie urged
his hearers to anticipate the impartial
verdict of history, and depicted IN
glowing language the scene, when IN
The future, both sides forgetting their
differences. would join on the same day
in decorating the graves of the soldiers
of both armies. At the conclusion OF
the Governors address he was applaud
cd and warmly congratulated 10y those
on the stand.
The orator Of the day. Maj. Gen.
Chas. Albright, then delivered brill
ant Grafton, and was followed by Gen.
Crawford. Music and decoration Of the
graves with flowers concluded the cere-
monies the concluding doxology being
sung by the large assemblage. There
were about $500 people present, and
the ceremonies all passed off pleasantly.
The monument with which it is design
cd to ornament the grounds, = colossal
statue of a soldier on guard, cut from
solid white granite, standing on Pc
destal, has been completed by the artist
James f. Patterson, of Hartford, Con
nectjcut, aud will be erected on the next
anniversary of the battle, September
III with appropriate ceremonies.
The presence of Governor Groome
and the appropriate speech he made
was universally spoken off with gratiii-
cation, as a most fitting and graceful
act on his part 1t has gained him
many friends in this part Of the State,
it being the first time since the Gene
terry was dedicated that the Cniet Exc
cutiye of the State has participated In
the ceremonies OF decoration day. The
scene from the stand was very beautiful
the whole battle field being in view, the
hills clothed in their brightest green land
as Gen Crawford spoke of the fight he
pointed out the positions.
BREACH OF PRoMIsE.-ln the Circuit
Court Of Prince Edward, Va, Judge
Asa Dickinson, presiding, last week,
was heard a novel case to Virginia
Courts, viz: A suit for a breach of
promise. 1t seems that in December
last, Calvin Bliss, wealthy old man
from the North, aged Il, who, since
the war, has settled in Prince Edward,
proposed marriage to handsome wild
ow. Mrs. Robinson, of Farmville, about
thirty years old, and promised to settle
npon her one third of his real estate,
and in addition, $4,000 cash, to be