The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-15

Many YCaE-~Hpers-tions 1pIi.ftet-
ed With the Castie-Nhy Present
Dnkc Of Argyll VIII Not Reside
There.
Graetlv 10 the satisfaction Of all good
Sotchmen, the flag cf the house Of
Campbell, known UP iii the north as
the galley of Lorne.' once more but
tiers in the breeze on the OF IN
verary Castle, showing that The s;rang-
ers have departed from the ancestral
abode Of the dukes ofArgyll and ina;
the Campbells have come to their ovn
again. True, it is not the Duke Of
Argyll himself who is in residence there
but his youngest brother, Lord George
Campbell, who has taken over The
lease of the place from Mr.. Cresswcll.
its recent tenant, for the remainder
of the four years that il has tie run.
Mr.. Cresswell Was only too anxious 10
get rid of the piace. for there is an
superstition in Scotland. and especially
in the County OF Argyll, TO the effect
that the occupancy of ~Inverary Castle
brings misfortune to n n who is
not a Campbell. Certainly the expe--
fences of the tenants of the place, since
the present luke decided to let it at
ter the death of his father, would seem
to lend color TO the story. for during
the six years that have elapsed since
the six years that have elapsed
since then several lesses have uc-
ceeded one another, Two Of them
dying rather suddenly while a
third was Overtaken by financial dis
aster. No wonder, therefore, that Mr..
Cresswell has been glad TO give up
the place.
If the duke decided 70 let it, on he
death Of his father, it is because The
latter left every vestige of money that
he could away from his eldest son tOr
the benefit OF his third wife, whom lie
had married Il few years before his
death, against the wishes of mis- family.
Then, too, there were the eIOrm0 Isly
heavy succession duties On the entlil7d
property, and, besides this, the present
duchess, who is a sister of King Ed
ward, has always diSliked the castle,
which is a terribly sOmber though
stately pile. When the duke and
duchess go to Scotland they make
their home at RoSemeath H use, which
commands most superb views Of Dam
bartonshire scenery, ana it is unlikely
that they will ever occupy the castle.
Inverary Castle, as it now stands,
is one of the works of the famous ar
chitect Adam, who began it in the
wear 1744 for the third Duke of Argyll
The banks of the River Array have,
however, been the home of the chiefs
of the great clan of Campbell for more
than 500 years, and the ruins of the old
baronial hall, built by the first Eau Of
Argyll, are still to be seen close to
the present castle. The latter is con-
~structed of a sort of slate-colored stone
in the castellate style, with round low
ers at the angles, and surmounted by
a great square tower in the center. The
great hall of the castle, which is be-
meath this central tower, is filled with
ancient armor and weapons comprising
one hundred muskets which were used
in 1745 by the Campbells when Prince
. Charlie as pretender, had at Scot
land up in arms. One side of the cas-
tie slopes down toward Loeb Fyne. one
, of the most famous and beautiful or
, the lochs Of the western highlands.
: The history of the Campbells is the
f. history of Scotland. No family has
borne a larger share in the trla's
and tirumphs of that northern kingdom
] than the clan of which Macarthur
More is the chief. 1t is owing to this
fact the name of Inverary figures so
frequently alike in Scottish history and
Scottish literature, and it will be IA
miliar to every reader OF the movers
of Walter Scott Burns. 100 has peer
: eloquent about the castle in his poems,
] though in an unfriendly strain, foI
failing to receive proper hospitality On
the part OF the duke of his days, when
, he visited the castle, he revenged hlm-
self by the following wel-knoWn lines:
.sWhoe'er he be that s~ojourns here'
I pity much his case,
Unless he come to wait upon
The Lord, their God, his grace.
There's nothing here but Highland
pride,
And Highland cauld m hunger;
If Providence has sent me mere
Twas surely in His anger
~Inasnuch as the union of the present
Duke of Argyll and Of Princess Louise
has remained childless, the next nel1
to the dukedom and to the many othel
IDENTITIES and estates is his brotner
Lord Archibald Campbell, who, beln;
a very rich man and an enthusla9l
Highland devoted TO the m%1lten
ance Of all the Old custors and tridi
tons Of the Land Of the North mas u
! relied upon not only to eetao in nj
headquarters at Inverary, hen he sue
ceeds to the dukedom, but kew
to revive all Of it's former sl0r e5 an
grandeur. Lord Archibald, 20 whom
the Scotch regiments Of the Britt
army are indebted for he retention 6
their distinctive kits and tartans
which the war department was ben
upon abolishing in 1881, is today IN
senior partner and most active mara
e Of Coutts' Bank, where BON ID
King and Queen keep private account