Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-10-14

We were Joined at the foot or outlet of Loci;
Losnoad by alarge and fashionable Eoudon par
Y. among whom Was a Diana vesmonsin habit,
hat. manners, Sc, but doubt much whether
ass, francls oshsl iatene would have discovered
blance 70 the Charming criginal. The party,
consisting of about sixty, was taken in a large
Durham boat from the Balioch Suspension
bridge to the steamer that lay putting her high
pressure steam out in the Lake, and when aboard
and under way q scene opened as iich and beauti-
t.d as painter or poet ever imagined. Loeb, I.o-
mand Is twenty eight miles long, and varies. yin
WON rom ha.s mile 10 1--WE miles. It is stud
ded with Islands, some Of which are half or three
quarters OF mile long, while others are but a
FEW rods. inch Mulvin,' the Largest Island in
the Loeb, belongs TO the Duke of Montrose, and
hundfeds OF deer are seen feeding anu sporting as
you pass. When We came in sight OF Ben 1.o-
| mond, his head was hid in the mist, but as we
approached, the veil was rent aud splendid
spectacle presented itself. Ben Lomond Is 3. 2oN
feet above the level Of the Lake, and taken n
connection with the objects that surround it, is
em5Aently bold and striking. But it is not to
ny vhgle object that this tour owes its attrac-
tons. The charm is continuous and variecated.
OF the thirty-two Islands IN Loeb Lomund, some
! are rocky and precipitous, others are Of even
surface and carpeted with verdure, while Others
are handsomely wooded. There is one view
Shich reminds you strongly of West Point
0cugh It lacks the grandeur Of that scene, Al
another place you see1a as at a pass in the Mas.
sachusetts Railroad. running into the mou ntain
without any possibility of an opening. s. Fs
The tour, it will be recollected, takes you into
the country Of the Mac Gregors. These hills
are memorable for the protection and impunity
they gave to Rob Boy. II was from these noun.
tain Businesses that Rob Roy used to make his in
cursions upon the herds and fiocks Of Lowland
neighbors. And il was here. when pursued
| that he used tc hurl destruction upon his cne-
mics. You are pointed, in passing, to shelving
rock, still called sRob Roy's Rock from which
it is said he used to suspend gentlemen who re.
| fused to paw him Black Mail. Without h,uuir-
Ing into the authenticity of his tradition sought
for points of interest in relation to which there is
no question; for there are localities, you know,
connected with Rob Roy's history, attested by a
writer of eminent and ventable character and ac-
curacy, II was to this region that Rob Roy des-
| patched sBaihe Nicol Jarvies and Crank Osbal.
distone.' under the guidance of the scwature
Dugald.' The sClachan of Aberfoili where the
Battle foarishcd the shot poker with such cal
lantry and effect, is situated few miles from the
: Loeb, aud out Of sight; but was enabled to
trace their route into the Highlands, along the
precipices bordering Loeb Lomond. And ! Ell
Their identified or imagined the narrow pass
where Capt Thornton was hailed by Rob Eoy,s
/
rock above, with a mans bonnet and feather, an
unsheathed sword and pistols at her girdle. com
manding the soldiers to stand! and tell me what
! We seek in the Mac Gregor,s countrv?' And
when assured by Captain Thornton that he smate
no war upon woman she replied: SAY, I am no
stranger to your tepder mercies. Ye have lef,
me neither honor nor fanie-iny mothers bciaes
win shrink from the contact when mine are hid
beside them in the grave. Ye have left me nei-
ther home nor hold, neither cattle to feed ncr
/ f1ceks to clothe us. We have taken from ms all
--all--the very name Of our ancestors, and now
| We come for our lives.' ffsfY
And here, after the English officer, disregard
| ing the caution Of Helen Mac Gregor, had en-
countered q fire from her followers, which prov
ed fatal to most Of his men, and led to the cap
| ture of the survivors, looked peeringly around
/ for sthe projecting branch Of a haggard thorn,
which, catching hold Of the Baiiie's riding coat,
supported him in mid air, where he dapgled not
unlike to the sign Of the Golden Fleece over the
door Of mercer in Ludgate Hill.' Andrew
Fairservice, with better fortune than the Bailie,
attained foothold on a cliff higher up, from
| which che roard for mercy during the encounter,
ID Gallo and English alternately, according 10
the sidescn which the scale Of victory seemed to
pfedominate.' And, finally, almost saw the
bubbles rising from that portion ofthe Loeb into
which Helen Mac Gregcr, while her blood was
up, took hasty vengeance upon one Of Der hus-
band's enemies. by ordering the wretch, Morris
manscled and weighted, east from the rock into
the waters, which settled calmly over him, sad
the Unit Of that life for which he had pleaded so
strongly, was forever withdrawn from the sun
81 human existence. ~ hNrlow Weed.