Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-31
OWE HAVE MET AT TICONDERoGA.

The Remarkable Story Told ds, Dean Stanley
to Bishop FSIJianIs-Dumcan Cam E,JeII' s
Dream.
A correspondent of the Troy Times re-
lates the following:
When the late Dean Stanley was in this
country he spent an evening with Bishop
Williams in Hartford. The conversation
had turned to the subject of the French
and Indian war, and the dean displayed
great knowledge concerning the history of
those days. At length Ticonderoga was
mentioned, and the Englishman asked,
'Did you ever hear, bishop, the story of
Duncan Campbell of Inveraugh? Well
there happened, shortly after the defeat of
Edward the Pretendsr, to be a meeting of
gentlemen in the west of Scotland, whose
conversation turned upon political sub
Jects. 1t was dangerous ground, for part
of them were in favor of the family of
Hanover, and the rest were partisans Of
Charles Stuart. The discussion waxed hot
and at length swords were drawn. The
quarrel was only ended when one Of the
contestants fell dead. There lived at that
time, as to-day, near the place of the quar-
rel, the family of Campbells OF Inveraugh
Duncan Campbell was then the head of the
clan, and to him the unfortunate II urderer
appealed for protection. With the usual
hospitality Of Highlander the Campbell
gave him shelter, and swore TO defend him
in his misfortune. The following day the
startling news came to the chief that the
murdered man was his own cousin, a d
that be was sheltering the slayer of kins
man. That night the cousin came to
Campbell in dream, and demanded of
him vengeance for his death. The honor
able soul of the chieftain revolted from
any treachery, and he told his guest of the
dream. Again night came, and again the
cousin appeared, asking for retribution.
Unable to break his VOW, Campbell sent
his guest away to the noun tains under a
strong escort and trusted he would at
length sleep in peace. But at dead of
night came that ghostly visitor and said in
tones Of aliser; Duncan Camp we will
meet at Ticenderoga." The Highlander
ewoke tic next morning with & great feel
ing Of relief. TlcOnderoga was word he
had never heard, and whether the spirit
referred to q realm of the other world, OF
was inventing words to scare him he
neither knew nor cared. Years went by,
and at length Dancan Campbell found him
self major in the Scotch rangers under
AmbercrOmbie in the expedition against
the French on Lake George in the summer
of 1853. The army, the largest ever as
sembled in America up to that time, had
sailed down the lake in thousand boats
and landed near its outlet. To the Scotch
major the name Ticonderoga, against
which point the expedition was directed,
had sounded with an awful and ominous
report. His colonel, by name Gordon Ora
ham, who knew the story, endeavored to
cheer his dropping spirits, but it was with
heavy heart that the Highland chieftain
prepared his men for attack. The story of
that days disaster is well known; how. the
brave Lord Howe fell early in the action;
how the brawny Scotchman attempted to
scale the breastworks, and how at length
the retreat was sounded after the loss of
1000 men. Mortally wounded, Duncan
Campbell was carried from the field, and
breathed his last in the hospital at Fort
Edward. just before his death he said to
Gordon Graham: "As I slept last night
after the battle, colonel, the spirit of my
cousin came to me and said: Duncan
Campbell, we have met at Ticonderoga.'
Such" said the dean, ''is the ghost story
of Ticonderoga' as I heard it from the
present Campbells of Inveraugh, the
descendants of the unfortunate Duncan"
The bishop listened with great interest
to the tale, and at its close said: 'Your
story, dean, is new to me, but nov recol-
lect that have seen the grave of Duncan
Campbell at Fort Edward. 1t is marked
by crumbling slab that tells of his death
from wound received in the attack on
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Thus it happened that one of the only
men in England who knew the strange
story of the Scotch major, told it, by a
peculiar chance, to perhaps the only N an
IN America who had noticed the existence
of that neglected grave.