Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-05-06
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lfNiNo, GIRL DAUGHTER OF GOVERNOR
sc,,yroN WEEDS sTANHoPE BOY.
.srowN, Md, April l9.-This !
HAet ii,,Ie town of Western Maryland, !
preIlii tnown as the home of Gov. Will
30 WEI, Hamilton. is just now all agos |
ism scanCall which has risen in the
rit Win Of the distinguished gentleman
Ia"med. The cause OF TINS eHei .na Gh,n IS
n nS.t explained by an entry on tne Iha a.,
pes srr docket of the Circuit court iof
Washington county, iocarea mere Eh
,.hn J.. Stanhope, April loth-blll In
' y"i,v filed and summons issued TO Baltl-
cure Ci,y." The plaintitt in the case is
Nv Nv Youngest daughter OF Governor Ham
ine who is suing for divorce from her
ln"a SI John l.. Stanhope to whom she
Ipos married last August. The circum-
',Snres of the union are of the most TO-
nantic character, the bride being
.'sbool-girl sixteen years old, and the
'.room a boy of twenty. Miss Clare HAM
Ei,on. who is very small and Juvenile look
;"r came home to the country seat OF her
%,iher's in this place last June, from a
i,shionable boarding school in Nyack, \.
Y where she had been pursuing her
sndies. The young lady, in addition 10
The charms of her personal beauty, was
rsndered even more prominent IN soclai
,ircles in the State by the fact thaI her
cher il one of the wealthieSt men OF
ycrvlond and that she was known 10
rossess an individual fortune OF S20,0oo,
80, her by 4 deceased relative. MlSS HAM
;,ton at the time of her fathers Inaugural
ION ~ Governor, in March, 1880, despite
rsr extreme youth, was prominent among
,be ladies assisting TO receive the guests
., the official State-house receptions, and
:, vas here that she first met her husband
,,bo is of good family, but only has the
;ncome of clerk in dry goods house in
Baltimore.
The acquaintance appears to have rapid
l. ripened into warmer feeling, and the
:3ronile lovers are believed to have been
lighted to each other during the summer
II That year, 1880 The family of the
vonnc lady had not the slightest suspicion
that Young Stanhope's attentions were
othrr than of the most casual character
until the early part of last summer, when
Mis-, Clare, having returned from school,
Young Slanhope became frequent visi-
Tor at her home in this town. Governor
Hamilton, who is a man of strong preju-
dces and proud of his family, which is
one of the best in the State, it is said, be-
came convinced Of the young mans in
tentiOnS, aud, after stormy interview
with the precocious youth, forbid him
holding further communication with OF
visiting his daughter.
SlanGOpc disappeared from Hagerstown
shortly after, and the Governors family,
with the possible exception Of Miss Glare,
imagined that they had seen and heard
the last of him. a few weeks later, how
eyer. and Just AS Miss Clare was prepar-
inc TO return TO boarding school, a rumor
became current that she had married
Young Stanhope, which rumor the Gov
c!nor. on hearing, promptly investigated.
What his feelings were when he discOv-
cred on record in the Circuit Court here
marriage license issued To Clare Hamil-
Ton aud John l.. Stanhope, may be left
for conjecture. TEe,stern parent inconti-
ucntly sent the young bride, who made a
full confession of The marriage, back to
school az Nyack, n. y, and when young
S.anhopr, learning that everything was
known, came TO demand his wife, he was
refused admittance and left in doubt as to
her whereabouts.
The youthful bridegroom did not hest
tate 10 make public the circumstances of
lis marriage, which hud been accom-
rli.hed in The most audacious manner at
Pea Mar Park, pleasure resort of the
Blue Ridge Summit, while the girl was
attending picnic with party OF friends
and relatives, among whom was the Gov
c.nor, his wife and other daughters.
Slanhope obtained the license in iagers-
Town and securing the services of cler-
.vman from Westminster, Carroll county,
vas present by appointment with his
iuamorata on the day OF the picnic. The
park is located at the base OF peak
which reaches from the mountain. Upon
the topmOst point of this peak is rock
famous for excurSiouiSts, known as high
rock, from which twenty miles of the
Cumberland Valley and the States of
Pennsylvania auG West Virginia can be
seen. This rock was chosen by the TO-
mantle couple as the scene for their
union, and while the picnic was in prog
rcSs Miss Glare slipped away from her
friends and fastened up to the rock,
where sic found lover, clergyman, Ii
censc and witnesses waiting for her.
At an elevation Of two thousand feet
above the sea the marriage was performed
and the young lady FASTENED back TO her
family. whom she joined without causing
the least suspicion as 10 the decisive step
she had taken. The marriage was con-
cealcd until early in September, when the
license Oh record caused some talk and
led TO the discovery rs shown. The dis
appearance of the young bride after the
discovery led many to suppose she mad
been sent TO a convent; but as stated, she
simply returned, amid many lamenta-
tons. 10 the boarding school, by order Of
her father. The extreme youth of the
girl aud her husband, and the superior
social and financial standing of the bride,
led many 10 anticipate that the Hamil-
tons would never recognize the marriage
and ould invoke the law to annul il.
The Governor has engaged Gen. Bradley
T. Johnson and Mr.. John p. Poe as coun-
sci, and it is said, will make strenuous
Efforts to secure the divorce on the
ground of the brides youth. Young Stan
hope will contest the application, which
ne claims is not made with the consent Of
his wife, and when the taking OF testimo-
ny is commenced SOME interesting deyel-
OpMcnts are looked for.
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