Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-26


Sir Bernard tells us that Sir Colin
Campbell, Of LOchOW, in recOgni-
ton Of the great additions which he
had made to the estates Of thehOuse Of
Campbell and to his achievements in
war, acquired the name Of "MOre." or
the Great, and that from him the head
Of his descendants down 10 the present
day Is known among his Gaelic ten
antry and clansmen as McCailum
More" He received the honor OF
knighthOOd in 1850 from the hands Of
Alexander III, Of ScOtland, and eleven
years later was ne of the nominees
Of Robert Bruce in his contest for the
Scottish crown. This renowned and
gallant chieftain was slain in a con
test with his neighbOr, the Lord of
LOrn, at a place called the String Of
COW8l,' where an Obeiisk of large size
is erected over his grave. This event
O%cC4siOned feuds for a series of years
between the neighbOring Lairds Of
LOchOW and LOrn, which were ter
minated by the marriage of Colin,
second Lord Campbell of LOchOW, and
first Earl Of Argyll. Lord High Chan
cellOr Of Scotland, at the close Of the
fifteenth century, with Isabella Stew
art, or Stuart, eldest daughter and
heires5 Of John, Laird Of LOrn. In
consequence Of this union he added TO
the arm of his ancestors the galley"
which still figures in the Campbell
shield, and assumed the additional
title OF " Lord of LOrn." The Mar
quisate of LOrn was created in 1901 in
favor of Archibald, tenth Earl and
first Duke Of Argyll, in recOmpense
Tor his services to the new monarch i'm
the troubled time Immediately after
the revolution in loss.
PROPHECY REGARDING THE HOUSE
OF ARGYLL.
"When the mole shall reach the
Null; when the holly tree near Inve-
rary shall be destroyed; when a road
shall be made throughout the county:
when bells shall ring from a rock in
Loeb Fyne; when Stone Point, near
lnYerary, shall he covered with wood,
high enough to conceal an invading
army, and when the Atlantic shall
flow into Loeb Fyne, then shall the
Argyll Cdmpbells be driven from Cam
tire, excepting so many Of them as
shall escape on a crooked and lame
white horse"
So runs the ancient North British
prophecy; and although its ConcIu-
sion leaves a singular lOOphOle of es-
cape, yet this prophetic wish that
was father to the thought has been SO
far fulfilled that, although the head OF
the Clan Campbell is the ruler over
Cantire, yet it is also true that many
properties in the peninsula, not so
very long ago held by the Campbels,
have passed into other hands, whose
owners do not bear the old familiar
name. There is still the Duke OF Ar
CYL, and Campbell Of StOnefeld, and
Campbell of kilialloig to represent
the clan in CdntiTe; but SkiDuess.
Saddell, Carradale, Machrihanish,
Barr Glen and Tangie Glen are no
longer under the sway Of a Campbell.
Inverting the six clauses of
the prophecy, / may note the
singular way in which each portion
has already met with q partial
or complete fuihllment according
to popular belief. That the Atlantic
should flow into Loeb Fyne may, per
haps, in a few more years be the case
if the long contemplated ship canal
across the narrow neck Of the PENN
sUla between East and West Loeb
Tarbert should be carried out. The
plantations have clothed StrOne Point.
the bells have rung from the LOch
Fyue rock, which was quarried to
make a belTy for the church at In
verary, and the high road has been
made from InveraTy to CambeltOwn,
and from thence TO SOutheud. Con-
corning the holly it is said that tine
grandfather of the present Duke, out
of Difference to the prophecy, insisted
on an awkward bend being made in
the line of the public road, in order to
avoid the necessity of cutting down
the tree, which still exists, although
its roots are exposed and threatened
by the tide. The holly is q tree that
often attains to a considerable size in
A~rgyleshire, where the hight Of one
specimen vas found to be twenty
three feet and IFS trunk three and q
half feet in circumference.
The portion Of the prophecy relating
to the mole and the CampbgIls bears
upon q very curious fact in natural
history. The peninsula Of Cantire
had been Overru1 by wild bOars ana
wOlves-althOUgh the poems Of OSsisn
never mention the wolf, q CircUm-
stance of which the opponents OF Mac
phersOn were not slow to remind him
had never been OverrUn by
TIOIes until the present day-sO re
Gently, indeed, that it was not till
after the birth of the Prince of Wales,
who, as Lord OF the Isles, may be
looked upon as the representative Of
the old MaCdOnalds of Cantire, that
the Land's-end was thoroughly in
vaded by the mole. 1t had COM
menCed its inrOad into the northern
district Of Saddell and Skipness about
the year 1922, but had not made
eighteen miles Of progress by the
year 1913; for the author of the "SJa-
tisticdl Survey Of that portion of the /
peninsula, writing in that year, says:
- The mole has not as yet made its
appearance in the parish though he
has to correct his statement in 2 foot
note: "Since writing the above the
mole has advanced into the parish"
also says: " 1t is a very singular
circumstance in the natural history of
the mole that it travels by the hills,
and colonies the sterile districts
before il attacks the cultivated
1 am unable to state
whether the mole has reached the
lighthouse extremity O the Null; but
il has spread so rapidly in the penin-
sula that Mr.. Alexander McPhaU, of
Drumgrave farm, near CampbeltOWn,
in a letter dated early in April, 1862,
wrote as follows: "As a farmer /
have been suffering for a number Of
years back from the effects of mOles,
more particularly in new grass and
turnIp fields. Not being aware of the
extent of damage done by these crea-
lures until recently, / lost no time in
Securing the services of R0bt. Walker, |
a mOle-catcher in the neighbOrhOOd.
came to my farm on the 18th OF
March, and then left me for Mr..
Clark's farm, Pdngy; and during the
week he was with me he destroyed
with his traps AS mOles. On Mr.
Clark's farm ne destroyed 162 mOles,
nearly an equal number on Nj. John
Bannatyne's farm, aud several on Mr..
WatsOn's farm, at Drum, among
which was q specimen Of a white
mole, the first that he had met with
in an experience OF fourteen years as a
mole catcher.
But though the moles may advance
to the Null, and the Atlantic may
flow into Loeb Fyne, that the Camp
bells should be driven out of the
Lands's-end, would be the COhsum-
matiOnsOf a prophecy that no Cantire
tenant would desire so long as the
elan supplies such excellent landlords
as the late and present Duke of Ar
gyll. Go where you will in Cantire,
from Tarbet to the Null, you hear a
good word for 'the Duke" The
statesman is there fargOtteu in the
landlord, and political influence is
exchanged for territorial. a position