Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-12-15

The qualify Of his captor, and made MN aware
Of the necessity Of receiving back his prop
e,ty. which he was inclined to leave In the
hands INFO which it had fallen. SO great
became the confidence established betwixt them
that Inyernahyle obtained from The chevaller
his n eedom upon parote; and soon afterwards
having been sent back 10 the Highlands 10
raise men, he visited Colonel Nhi'etord al
his own house, and spent two happy DAYS with
him and his Wing friends, without thinking
ON either side, of the civil war which was then
raging. When the battle of Culloden put an
end to the hopes of Charles Edward, lnverna-
hylc, wounded and unable 10 move, was borne
from the field by the faithful zeal OF his retain
ers But as he had been distinguished Jacobile
his family and property were exposed TO the
syetem of vindictive destruction TOO generally
carried into execution thro' the country OF the
insurgents. Ii was now Col. Whiteiord's turn 10
exert himself, and he veal led all the authors
ties civil and military, with his solicitations
for pardon 10 the saver Of his lie, Or at least
for a protection Of his wife and family. His
applications were for long time unsuccessful:
was found with the mark OF the beast upon
me IN every list was Invcrnahye' 5 expression.
At length Colonel Whteford applied to the
Duke Of Cumberland, and urged his sult with
every argument which he could thirk OIL BE-
ing still repulsed, he took his copmisslon from
his bosom, and, having said something oil ms
own and his family's services 10 the House OF
Hanover, begged to resign his situation In their
service, since he could no, be permitted 10 show
his gratitude TO the person TO whom he owed
his life. The duke, struck with his earnest
ness, desired him to take up his commission,
and granted The protection required for the la
| milv OF Inyernahyle The chieftain himselflsy
| conce aled in a cave near his own house, before
which small body Of regular soldiers was en-
camyed He could hear their muster roll CALI
ed every morning, and their drums beat to quar-
lers at night, and NOT change OF the sen'lneiS
| escaped him. AS il was suspected that he WAS
urking somewhere on the property, his family
we're closely watched, and compelled 10 use the
u,mos, precaution in supplying him with food.
| One Of his daughters, child Of eight or ten
years old was employed, as the agent least ike
| iy 10 be suspected. She was an instance, among
others, that time OF danger and difficulty Gre
a,es premature sharpness Of intellect. She
made herself acquainted among the soldiers, I'LL
| she bee anne so famila: to them, that her mo-
tons ESCAPED their notice; and her practice
was to stroll away into the neighborhood OF
the cave, and leave wha, slender supply OF food
she carried for that purpose, under some re-
mark able stone, or the root uf some tree, where
Ter father might find il as he crept by night
from his lurking place. Times became mild
err and nv cxrel!cn, friend was relieved from
prescription by The Ac of Indemnity. Sueh
is the interesting story which have rather In.
ured than improved, by the mann''in which
it i told in Mli6Gg TAs IasI a w TN
tales III question, was communicated by me 10
my late lamented friend, William Erskinc, Ga
scottish Judge, by The title Of Lord Kinedder,)
who afterwards reviewed, with far too much
partially, the Tales of my Landlord, for the
Quarterly Review Of January, 1917. In the
same article are contained other illustrations Of
the novels with which supplied my accom-
! plished friend, who took the trouble 10 write
the review. The reader who is DESTROYS OF such
! information will find the original Of Meg Mer-
rifles, and believe Of one or two other person
| ages of the same cast of character, in the arli
Gle referred TO. may also mention, that the
| tragic and savage circumstances which are re-
presented as preceding the birth Of Allan Mac
Aulay, in the Legend Of Monirosc, really hap
pened in the family o! Stewart Of Ardvoirloch.
The wager about the candes,icks, whose place
was supplied by Highland torch bearers, was
laid and won by one of the MacDonalds of
Keppoch. There can be but little Amusement,
III "ihhoWthS OUT Tue lew grams Oi trutn winch
are contained in this mass ofemply auction.-
l may, however, before Diminishing this suhjec,
alludc TO the various localities which have been
affixed to SOME Of the scenery introduced into
these novels, by which for example, VOLTS
Hope is identified with Fast Castle, in Ber-
wickshire; Tiltetudlem with Draphane, in
Clydesdaie; and the valley in the Monastery,
called Glendearg, with the dale Of the Allan.
above Lord Soneryille', villa, near Melorse.
can only say, that, in these and other instances,
| had no purpose of describing any particular
local spot; and the resembIaH must therefor
be Of tina, general kind which necessarily TX,
ist betwxt sceues Of the same character The
iron bound coast of Scotland affords upon its
headlands and promontories fifty such castles
as VOLTS Hope; every country has valley
more or less resembling Glendearg; ard if cas-
tbs like Tillre,udlem, or mansions like the
Baron Of Bradwardinr's, arc now less frequent
y 10 be met with, it is owing TO the rage Of in
discriminate destruction, which has removed
or ruined so many monuments Of antiquity,
when they were not protected by their mac