The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-08-09


See luing's Hist. Of Scotland, toi. Il. an,
.Scottth Uorihiss, &c. f,ussinl.
AnIther consequence Of this national ex
citek bnt was a holy zeal which put fortt
its, Whites in repairing the iombs and M
M, Its over the bodies of the martyrs
En- wFed spot, on monntains.in Vallies
an, moors, where the patriot had I'll
leip,G, the steel of the life guards, W..
5, III. out, and monuments erected and
tuh;' N ines repaired /; and host of Old
N.en ties put in regtnsition 10 chlsae
d hb, the names and the epitaphs Of III,
hbelIiHf.
M ri; iImy introduetion--I now offer you
III nj bvfle of Drumelog." And the " Bat.
tlea - 4othwelln shall be forthcoming
Tn ,rl y may Judge of the contrast between
tn, z 'ount of these battles, in the Waiver.
~ ,aE6aance, and in history.
.Eis Battle of Drumclogo the "greal
wiz. LAY makes the Cosenanters' army muir
der ,,45,ftrsahnt young officer, who came "a the
ilagI u lthing can be more crHneous and
slan, Idiar, Ii is an outrage 10 history
1t isd ufrhgpassed by the more outrageous
iictid. h ueir intended murder of young
Mo I'll a vorthe night after Boutwell, battle
i4,t,1e wing is given in the words of the
l.ol bovh erioot, whose estate is this day
in tferaIb lssion of two brothers, his lineal
deseFnr, I'm of the fifth generation. The
Lag, SIS of what he saw and what he
did a. e carefully compared his account
wit Htatemcnts handed down by family
ira aX oh-partcularly with the statements
of Z 81 gable aunt, who died lately in Penn
syiR, ana Dyed nearly ninety; and who was
the On H. 4 daughter OF the Laird's second
son.s~anEve also compared the account,
with fhts trief printed account OF these bat
ties in e Scottish Worthless and the
"Cloldlf Witnesses" this last book, (p.
S54, lfEll. edit records the Laird's name
in the ofthose driven into Punishment
but VI p, in spite of Clavers and Charles,
and sfi kreeks, by the grace of God, re-
gained native halls.to bless his afflicted
family ID who, finally, died in peace, in
in the Essence of his fanny, in good old
age.
The Battle Of Drumclog.
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June, OLA. ID. 1879, that an assembly oi
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saving the pecsweep,* and the heather
cock. AS usual we had come armed.
was for self defence. For desperate
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