built house, whereof he sent notice to Wade at
Edinburgh on 21st of June, who thereupon ordered a detachment of foot
to march forthwith thither, where they arrived on the 24th at night, but
the guard room being unprepared, they put off taking possession of it
till next day, the soldiers being dismist to their several private
quarters. During the night time a report went about that Daniell
Campbell had brought these soldiers to enslave them, whereupon the mob
got up and destroyed his house, and had he himself been in town, they
had certainly dewitted him. Whilst this was in hand the commanding
officer got his men together, took possession of the guard room and drew
up before it, and tho he met with no insult but from some boys and
women, who threw a few stones at his men, without having previously read
the proclamation, as directed by the law on such occasions, he fired
allongst the streets, which being full of innocent people that came out
of curiosity to know what the matter was, and the windows at the same
time crowded with spectators, about 20 men and women were killd dead and
many more wounded, some whereof in the streets and others in their
houses: the citizens being thereby enraged did ring the fire bell and
brake up the magazine, from whence they armed about 400 men. In the mean
time the magistrates advised the officer to march off his party, for
they could not be protected within the city; on which he made the best
of his way to Dumbarton, but not thinking himself safe in that town he
retired into the castle. The Glasgow mob pursued him a few miles but
could not overtake him.

GENERAL WADE'S ROADS (1726).

+Source.+--_Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his
Friend in London_, vol. ii., p. 183, by Captain Burt. Fifth edition.
(London: 1822.)

LETTER XXVI. CONCERNING THE NEW ROADS, ETC., 173-.

These new roads were begun in the year 1726, and have continued about
eleven years in the prosecution; yet, long as it may be thought, if you
were to pass over the whole work (for the borders of it would show you
what it was), I make no doubt but that number of years would diminish in
your imagination to a much shorter tract of time, by comparison with the
difficulties that attended the execution.

But, before I proceed to any particular descriptions of them, I shall
inform you how they lie, to the end that you may trace them out upon a
map of Scotland; and first I shall take them