The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-09-24


Tn6 6n.
Several 5f 6e cine
many of their clans, hac not 'tslzen
the benefit Of orr gracious ITide1n-
nity p he issued orders. tcr gen-
eral massacre, TO this rhGs we
4 have given Sir Thomaf II i'lIigston
orders TO employ our tr9oEs, which
ne have already cOhyenlel1tly post
I ed. to cut off these obstinate rebels,
lby al manner Of hostility and you
are required to give your assistance,
and concurrence in all other things,
that may conduce to that service
The order further directed proclaIa-
atfdns to be published for.1idding
upon the highest penalties known to-
the law, any correspondence or in
terrommuning with these rebels
This monstrous mandate which
was in reality, the death warrant of
many thousand innocent people, no
distinction of age or sex being made,
and which would have sanctioned
every form of cruelty and horror,
which ffendish malice, and irrespon-
sfble viIlianry could prompt or
devise. would have been carried in
to execution, to the lasting shame
and dishonor of the English name,
Int for the circumstances OF the
humane and high-minded Lord Car
marthen. and the influences he
brought to bear upon the monarch
william of Orange finally per-
suaded of the impolicy OF the IN
tended measure in all its enormity,
and impelled by the apprehension,
that an act of such savage severity,
might lead to his undoing, and not
through any feeling of humanity,
decided to recall the general order,
and, instead, to direct single deed
of Slaughter and determination, by
wav of revenge and warning.
TTbe chieftian chosen as the vic
tim Of this governmental atrocltY,
through the malign influence OF
Dalrymple. being MncIen of Glen
coe. Macdonald, or as he was more
generally styled, EIacIan of Glen
coe. was the head of a nuulc tous
sent or branch of the G eat Clam
Cola. He was Iineally descended
from the Lords of the Isles, and re
lated to the blood royal of Scot
land. He Is. described By con-
tennporaries, as " person Of great
integrity, honor, good nature, ana
courage 'and his devotion to those
nrinciples which he believed right
was deathless. Although this un-
fortunate gentleman had endeavored
10 tender his submission to the new
government, after the sanction oil
King James had been received, pc
fore the expiration of the amnesty
oaainst the utmost difficulty, in an
exceedingly tempestuous winter sea-
son. and had rendered ! i slF71ature
for that purpose, to the m1lta az
Governor of Inverlochy, and on the
frst dav of the year 1892, had
reached Inverara, where the sherln
of The county had administered the
oath required, which fact was certl-
fed TO the Privy Council ; yet not
witbstanding all this, his doom was
sealed 7r
1892, this order regarding ddencoe
was issued and transmitted: :.
9, EsWiIIiam R.-As for MacIan OF
Glencoe, and that tribe, if they can
he we'll distinguished from the resi-
of the Highlanders, it will be prop.
or for public Justice to extlrpate
that set of thieves. W. n. nd
This document was signed ana
countersigned by William OF orange
then King. o1o,1ron a
antoin in the Argyle Regiment, was
The man chosen to perform thus acC
If otiG +nTntit7rde and well did he do nus
| masters bidding. BE was asslsSGI
bv a wretch named Drumn lai
The whole was directed by the MAJ
or of the regiment, one Duncanson5i
O1tbougE not present, brutal anu
aeP Gantain Ca Campbell, with a Por55
0H Pt +Iis regiment, which had
been recruited from the ioTes1 S SeJI
ments and refuse Of the CamP Poen
sent many of them having De5n
o go and outlaws, and renegaoe
ga o,,t- +i t,,,1 from other clans 70
c rathar With hardened ruftians from
g fSe IowIands. the whole fit and
tne 7, to tor any deviltry, was station
ed in the valley OF Gle ll ;;rbabit-
time. chartered upon the lnl,aGnS
ants The reason for selecI LIZ
men OF this regiment, to 40 sIl+ S
I ~ work. were two-told: nrsE'
i t1ol lOrod;+a,-v and bitter hatred SUD