Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-09-17

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crown on his head that DR.. Bohan recog-
nized him. What was the character of that
crown is not known. 1t was probably only
temporary preparation designed to meet
the eXigency of the occasion. At that time
the Scotch possessed no royal diadems. Af-
ter the battle of Dunbar in 1896 Edward the
Sceptre, Sword, Crown and Ring" The
temporary diadem prepared for the corona
tion of Robert Bruce, in 1906, fell into the
hands of the English at the battle of Meth
ven. It is certain that the GROWN now eX-
hibited in the CROWN Room in Edinburgh
Castle was not in existence prior to the bat
tie of Bannockburn. It is also very proba-
BILE that the crown with which Bruce was
adorned on the day Of the battle of Ban
nockburn, formed pattern for the present
crown. If this supposition is correct, the
first time that it was used, was at the coro-
nation of David the Second, the son and
place in 1929, and was attended with great
solemnity, the whole affair being conduct
ed according to the direction of the Pope of
Rome.
Whatever difficulties there may he in de-
termining when the crown was made and
when and by whom1irst worn, there is no
difficulty in learning when it was last used.
This was at the coronation Of Charles the
Second, at Scone, on the 1st of January, 1861.
There is little incident connected with
the croWning of Charles the Second which [
will venture to relate in this place. The
crown was put on the head Of Charles by
Alexander Campbell, the Duke of Argyle.
That noble man was the progenitor of Col
William Campbell, one of the leaders in the
battle of Kings Mountain. The sword
which the Duke of Argyle wore when he
crowned Charles the Second, passed, as an
heirloom, into the hands of Col. William
Campbell, who wore it all through the Rev.
olutiOnary war. It then passed into the
hands of the Preston family of Columbia,
S. c., and Gen. John S. Preston wore it du-
ring the late war between the two sections
of the United States. Gen. Preston, some
years before he died, gave it to a gentleman
in Virginia, whose name l have forgotten.
known only three by the same maker exist
in America. One of these now hangs in my
study. This one was captured from an Off
Ger in Lieutenant Colonel Tarleton's Legion,
few days before the fall of Charleston,
South Carolina, in May 1880. From this di-
gression I return to the CROWN OF Scot
LAND. Charles theSecond was crowned by
the Scots under no favorable circumstances.
1t was not long until he had to leave the
kingdom, to which he did not return until
in 1860, the whole nation becoming tired Of
the unstable state of affairs under the Pro-
tectorate, brought him back and crowned
him on the Goth of May.
During the sittings of the Scotch Parlia-
ment, the Regalia were kept in the Parlia-
ment house. At other times they were
placed, for safe keeping, in the hands of the
Lord High Treasurer. In 1861, the Parlia-
ment being in session and the English army
advancing rapidly, it was deemed necessa-
ry to remove the Regalia to some strong
place, lest they should fall into the hands of
the Republicans. 1t was decided to place
them in the keeping of the Earl of Mares
chal, and that they be deposited in Dunnot-
garrison under the command of George
Ogilvy, soldier of experience, was placed
in the Castle early in July, 1851. Before the
close of the year Ogilvy began to be pressed
by the English Regicides. He applied to
the Lord High Chancellor of Scotland for
instruction as to what disposition he would
make of the Regalia, and received in sub
stance, as reply that he would be held ac-
countable for their safe-keeping. Ogilvy
applied to Charles the Second for a small
ship in which he might transport the Rega-
able to grant his request. Early in 1862 it
became evident that the capture of Dunnot-
tar Castle was an event which must take
place in the near future. The siege was
close and Ogilvy was repeatedly summoned
to surrender. The surrender of the Castle
was regarded by those in authority as mat
ter Of minor Importance, provided the be-
siegers could be prevented from getting pos
session of the Scottish Regalia. This, ap-
parently, was an impossibility: In the
emergency three ladies came to the rescue.
The Countess dowager Mareschal and the
wife of Governor Ogilvy planned that the
wife of Rev. James Granger minister Of a
small parish in the neighborhood, should
enter the Castle, take the Crown, Sword and
Sceptre of Scotland, and conceal them until
such time as they could be deposited in
their proper place. Accordingly, some time
near the latter part of March, 1862, Mrs.
Granger rode into the camp Of the Repub-
lican General, Dean, and obtained of him
permission to visit the wife of Governor
Ogilvy. She left her horse in the camp of
General Dean and in his charge, and pro-
ceeded on foot to the Castle, attended by
servant girl. The two were admitted into
the Castle, but the plan for secreting the Ma
tional Regala was kept a profound. secret
from Governor Ogilvy. This was done in
order that he might, on the surrender Of the
Castle, deny, truthfully, all knowledge of
the removal Of the Regalia, and also assert
with a clear conscience that he had no
knowledge of the place of their concealment.
In due time Mrs. Granger returned from the
Castle with the crown in her dress and the
maid carried the sword and sceptre wrapped
up in bundle of flax lint. This lint she
reported she was going to spin into thread.
General Dean gallantly assisted her to
mount her horse, and Mrs. Granger quietly
rode home, followed by her servant-grl on
foot. Either that night, or some night soon
after-certainly on the night of the 3lst of
March, 1862 Rev. James Granger entered
the church Of the parish Of Kinnef and
having taken up some of the pavement
stones in front of the pulpit, "and digged
under it ane hole" deposited therein the
crown and sceptre, both carefully wrapped
up in cloth, and replaced the pavement
stones. In the west end of the church, be-
tween the two first seats he made similar
opening in the pavement and deposited the
sword. In this place Of cOncealment the
Regalia remained until the Restoration in
1860.
From the Restoration until the time of
the Union of England and Scotland in 1907
the RECiALIA OF SCOTLAND continued to
be kept as formerly and used on all state
occasions.
The Union, as is we'll known to all read
ers of Scotch and English history, was viO-
lently opposed by many of the Scotch no.
bles and people. Lord Belhaven on the
eve of consummating the treaty, madea vio-
lent speech in which he declared that the
throne of Scotland was about to bedemolisl-
ed and her Regalia seized and carried to