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List to the Song of the mountain stream, From its old rocky chamber springing ‘, Hailing the earliest morning gleam, With its frolichingâ€"-â€"â€"spark1ing-â€"-â€"siiiging1 “ Oh, ’tis a glorious thing to bound Through a world ofsuch wondrousbeauty; The flowers are breathing sweet odors around And hark, the old woods with gay music re- sound , Pleasure is glancing, ' Sunbeams are dancing, Life is a boon, and enjoyment a duty 1” List to the song of the mountain stream, As its murmurs are gently swelling, Bounding along with its iioouiido theme, Of the glory of labor telling, I’ll water the land, and cool the breeze, And set the young grass blades growing, I’ll creep round the roots of the old oak-trees, And call to the cattle their thirst to appease, Lambs shall come skipping, Birds shall stop sipping, And shall be glad for my pure liinpid flowing.” List to the song of the mountain stream, As it rolls \\ iih its heaving motion. Calmly reflecting the sun’s last beam, Ec it loses itsell‘in the ocean. “ No more through the beautiful vale I’ll woud, 1 have finished life’s changeful story. l’eacefullyâ€"thankfully seeking the end, VVhoro with the main my small tribute shalt blend, Minglingâ€"not dying, Smilingâ€"not sighing, Singing forovor llis gieatiiess and glory. ___. ELI...’ ROB ROY MACGREGOR. From the Scottish American Journal. On all the countless hosts of readers of Sir Walter Scott’s fiction, few indeed are aware of the romantic truths of Rob Roy’s history. 80 identical has the bold Highlander become with the character in Sir VVeltcr's romance, that few can imagine him in any other light than as a hero of story. Yet Rob had an actual existence beyond a doubt, as many a Lowland bordcrer knew to his cost in the last century-w rWhether “The famous outlaw. Robin Hoodâ€"- The English ballad singer’s joy”â€" cvcr had an actual existence, is one of those knottyproblems which an- tiquarios and historians will never solve to their own entire satisfac- tiOu. \Villiam Tell even may be a myth, as the learned have endea» vored to prove of late, and have, been more successful probably thanl many of us would like to own. All the heroes of our youthâ€"the incoâ€" uoclastic gi'ubbersbftcr-ihcoritcst- able-facts, may scatter into frag- mcuts. But thank fortune that cast Rob’s days in these later times, and enables us to get a clue to him before the dust of ages has buried up every trace of his history, and thrown a veil of iinprobability over the oral traditions concerning his deeds. Turning over some volumes Of‘ old magazines, the other day, we came upon one containing a memoir of Rob Roy, iii the compass of a scorcc or so of pages. It was a long time since we had met with any- thing iu the realms of fact so ple- santly like fiction; and in the hope that our readers may share our en- joyment, we venture to weave into a briefer narrative the history of the old magaziuist. When the article appeared, in 1818, the world was anxiously expecting the publi- cation of ‘Rob Roy.’ This story of his actual life was written to inâ€" form the public concerning thc hero of the tale. The anecdotes are tra- ditional, and it was believed au- thentic. The clan Macgrcgor, at the end of the seventeenth century, having been almost persecuted out of ex- istence by its powerful neighbors, the Dukes of Moutrose and Argyll, was reduced to very small tltltllCCl‘S.. Robert Macgrcgor (Celtically named Roy or Rel, from his complexion and the color of his hair. and as a distinctive appellation among his kindred) was the second son of Donald Macgrcgor of the family of Glehgylc, a lieutenant-colonel in the royal service. by a daughter Of Campbell of Gloulyou. Bob was consequently a gentleman born-â€" His education was liberal for the times, his physical powers considerâ€"l able, and he was accomplished inl manly exercises, excelling especially, in the Use of the broadsword. Bold1 and resolute in action, his manner was pleasing, and a considerable IIIâ€"CIIMOND HILL, FRIDAY, IDCIIIS. the chief of clans. He made raids OCTOBER 25, [861. knowledge of human nature con- duced to the success of his achieVe- demanded their despatches. _r AI‘C/a‘zv m. dochart, and ordering them to halt, sistaucc was useless, the packet was \thn Rob Roy succeeded to his given up, and having helped himself him to depart. restored,aud the escort suffered to go on Its way. By this bold stroke TERMS: $1 50 In Advance. wool; Mites. after deliverirg the message, and Re- told Rob that his master knew no- thing of such a person, and desired But Rob summoned Highland estate, he entered readily to the precious bond, the rest were his men by a blast on his horn, which had the effect of bringing the laii'd and his guests to the door, and upon his neighbors, levied bladbmail many Chieftains kept their heads on he had commenced driving oil" all upon those whom it was though, their shoulders. and the I’Oi‘fciture of the'cattle within reach when the lupou all the practices usual with proper to make tributary, protected those who chose to pay for his aid, and carried off the cattle of those who were at feud with him. _, All this, according to Highland custom, was strictly right and proper, and not only what a Highland gentle» man might do, but what it would have been thought degenerate not to do, But Rob Roy was not quite in the position of other Highland chiefs. The Macgrcgors were un- der a ban, an-l everywhere beyond the territory of thelclun, and for all legal purposes, the name was later» dictcd. The second Duke of Ar- gyll, for some reason, thought it do- sirable to secure the friendship of going first to l‘CCODthlIl‘C. Rob Roy; and Roy, by the Dukes announced himself as a stranger permission, assumed his patron’s who had lost his way, he was no- uuriie. By the name of Campbell, litely shown by Rob into a laf‘gc therefore. he was known to the law room. 6 many estates was prevented, A droll story is told Of an Edin- burgh messenger who had under- taken to execute diligence against lob Roy for a debt of considerable amount due by the chief to a Low- landcr. The messenger Set out with half-a-dozcn well-armed men, to bring Rob to Stirling jail. They arrived at the public house at Bal- quhiddar, and inquired the way to Rob's house. The landlord, having first sent. notice to Rob of their coming, and having learned their business, advised them not to go; but the advice was disregarded, and they went forward, the messenger Ilavmg laird thought it prudent to apologize for the nihtukcu rudeness Of the porter to ‘ his good friend Rob Roy Macgregor,’ and paying his demand 11 cy parted very good friends. In raising the tax of black-mail Rob Roy was in some measure sauc- tioued, if not by not of Parliament, at least by statutes of local institu- tion, as he was for some time a contractor for assisting the police of different districts in collecting duties of a somewhat similar character:â€" These affairs of police were nearly the same, though not constituted under the regulations, as the suc- ceeding Black \Vatchâ€"the origin of the gallant Forty-Second Regiment. Rob, who was in a great degree thus supported, Openly demanded \thn the door was closed, â€"--‘ Robert Campbell of lnvcrsuaid, the messenger found himself face to on the eastern border of Loch L0- facc with the stuffed skin ofa man, mond.’ This prOperty oflovcrsnaid Rob had mortgaged to the Duke OI Montrose, but the Duke’s factorhad failed to pay the whole of the sum borrowed. By and by, the world used Rob well, and he wanted to rc- fore. and that he had had him killed, deem his estate. Upon some pre- tence the Duke refused to receive the mortgage money or to restore the land, and by foreclosure he made good his title. Considering and in not a little alarm. he asked Rob the meaning of the exhibition. Rob coolly answered,that it was the body of a rascal of a messenger who had come to the house the night be- but had not had time to bury him. The story bereft the poor messenger of his senses, he sank fainting to the floor,,and was only revived by a sound ducking in a neighbouring this transaction an unjust one, on stream, out of which he scrambled the part of Montrosc and his factor as well as he could, and made the (Graham of Killearn), Rob watched best of his way to Stirling, followed his opportunity to make rcprisal.â€"â€"- He waited until the footer made his Collections Of rent, and while the factor and some of the gentlemen of the neighborhood, including Rob were at dinner, Ilob determined to strive for what he held to be his own. "He observed the factorfs motions, and saw that be deposited the money in a portmanteau which lay in the room. Dinner was no sooner over than Rob gave a signal which brought twenty of his men round the house ; six of them on- tcrcd the room with drawn swords, and Rob, taking his own, desired the factor to deliver the amount of his collections. Resistance was use- less, the factor rcsigned his cash, and Rob graciously gave him an, acquittance. But as be conceived that the factor had been accessory] to the woug done him, he took him to an island near the west end of, Loch Ketturrin, and confined him there for several weeks. When he set him at liberty, he warned him not to collect any more rcntsin that' country, which he intended to apâ€" propriate to himself. The Government, which had set} its face against the customs of the] Highlanders, had planted a garrison in the Macgrcgor’s territorv of In- versnaid, much to the annoyance of Rob and his followers. Rob deter- mined to dislodge them. Unequall to the task ofdriving them out vi ct ai'mis, he resorted to stratagem. lâ€"le supplied the soldiers with whisé key through an old woman of his clan, who supplied the fort. While the sentry was happily ObliVious, Rob Roy and his men rushed upon the red-coats, threw combustibles about in all directions, set fire to them, and rapidly withdrew. The soldiers escaped with their lives with great difficulty. Rob left no trace of himself in this exploit, and though he was suspected, the deed could not be brought borne to him. Rob Roy did a piece of good ser- vice for the Highland chiefs who met at Breadalbane after Dundce’s unsuccessful attempt, in favor ofthc Stuarts, at Killicraukie. They met ostensibly for a great hunt, but they pledged themselves to one another in writing to mutually Sapport the Pretendcr’s cause. The bond fell into the hands Of Rob’s relative, Captain Campbell of Glenlyon, from whom (he being a Hanoverian and at personal cumitv with the chiefs, besides being the commander of the party that perpetrated the massacre ofGleucoc) little concealment was expected. Capt. Campbell was at Fort William, and thither went Rob in disguise and unattended. Here he found that the bond was already in the hands of the Governor of the fort, and was to be sent away on a certain day with an escort on route to the Privy Council. Rob went home, gathered his l’l’lel‘, and with l l l fifty of them met the escort in Glen- ,ing With him.’ by his men, who had likewise re- ceived pretty rough handling. But Rob’s treatment ofthc emis- sary of the law, though not trans- cending the limits of a strong prac- tical joke, was so greatly exagger- ated by the messenger and his men that the commander of Stirling castle was rouseil to vindicate the majesty of the King’s writ. lob, made aware of his intention, took refuge in the hills. After a fruitless search of many days, the soldiers, unaccustomed to the fatigue of climbing the mountains and scramb- ling over rocks and through woods, took shelter at night in an empty house, which they furnished with heath for beds. But the Macgreg- ors, unwilling that they should leave their country Without some token Of remembrance of them, set fire to the house, greatly to the confusion and damage of the red-coats. Some were seriously hurt, a number lost their arms, and one man was killed by the acmdcntal discharge of a musket. This broke up the expedi- tion, and the rest. of the party were very glad to get back to more civil- izud quarters. The tributary impost of bldCfb-mflil had long prevailed in the Highlands; and though lawless and generally oppressive, the usages of many ach had sanctioned the pracrice of levy- ing it, so that it was considered neither unjust nor dishonorable to exact it; and from its beneficial ef- fects in securing the forbearance and protection of those to whom it was paid, it was usually submitted to as an indispensable measure. It c0n~ sisted of money, meal or cattle, ac- cording to agreement. Under Rob Roy‘s rule, the tribute of black-mail, was extended to all classes of poo-t ple, to inferior proprietors, and to every description of tenautry ; but the more powerful chicftaihs,though they at times considered Rob as a useful auxiliary, and though their property was often subjected to spolizilion, considered general sub- mission to his levies to be too de- grading to the consequence which,I they were anxious to maintain. Robl did certainly, as occasion required, exact what be conceived to be his due in this way,wiih some severity, but he often received the tax as a1 voluntary Obligation. Of this last; de-, scription was an annual payment made to him by Campbell of Abru- chil. This proprietor had,however,' omitted to pay Rob for several years, and at last the chief went to the proprietors castle to demand the ar- rears due to him. Leaving his men at some distance, be knucked at the gate, and desired an interview with the laird. But he was told that thcl laird was feasting some great men and could not see strangers. ‘ Tell him,’ said Rob, ‘that Rob Roy Macgregor is at his door, and must see him, ifthc King should be din- his dues of the owner of Garden Castle, which had long been with- held on various prctcnccs. The owner being absent when Rob made his claim, he took possesiou of the fortress; and when the owner rc- tui‘ncd refused him admittance until he paid the price of protection. But the luird was stubborn ; Rob took a child from the nursery, and on threatening to throw it from the battlements the dues were paid, and Rob restored the keys of the castle to the owner. The most inveterate enemy that Rob had to guard against was the Earl of Athol, who had long har- assed his clan, and whose schemes were even more alarming than the course of the law. Rob had, no doubt, given cause for his enmity by his forays on the Earl’s pro- perty in quittarice of Old grudges. On one occasion Rob very nearly came to grief. The Earl having sent out unexpectedly a party of horse against him, they surprised him at his house of Monachaltua- rach, situated in Balquhiddar. Rob was placed on horseback, to be conveyed to Stirling Castle ; but in going through a steep defile, lie leaped off, ran up a wooded hill, where the horsemen could not fol- low, and so escaped. On another occason he defied, single-handed, twenty men whom the Earl had sent to capture him, disdaining to fly or to summon assistance, and by strength, agility and diring, and a good knowledge of the locality, compelled his pursucrs to return CIDPIy-ll'dIldCd. Against the violence and iniquity of the great proprietors,uncontrolled as they were by law and overlooked by the indifference of the Govern- ment, Rob Roy manfully and openly drew his sword. lie was the champion Of the poor, the or- phan and the Widow; usmg peace- ful means where these would ac- complish the end, but not falling to use force when necessary. Con- tracts Of ‘wadset,’ as it was called, were then common in the High- lauds, and many small proprietors were swallowed up by the superiors through these contracts. They were in the nature of the mortgage known on this side Of the Atlantic by the vulgar but exceedingly gru- phic title Of ‘ scrcw-augur mort- gages.’ Upon one of these redeem- able bonds of t'adsct were the lands of Glcngyle, when Rob Roy‘s ne- phew succeeded to thorn. \thn the bond had nearly run out a tender was made of the amount of the loan, but an excuse was made for not re- calvingr it until the bond actually expired. The holder of the bond then sent a party to take posscssmn of the estate in his name, and or- dered young Macgregor to move in eight days. But Rob would not suffer his relative to be so cheated. He seized the lender 0f the money and held him until the bond was re- stored, and refused him payment, telling him he might be thankful to escape with a whole skin after per- petratiug such an outrage. SO he served an emissary 0f the Duke of Argyll sent to seize certain small estates. But after taking away the documents he gave the messenger a good ducking, at the same time warning him never to come in that quarter again to rob a poor man of his land. Though Rob Roy Macgregor was conscious how little the per- sonal virtucSofthe Stuart family entitled them to support, yet be conâ€" Thcpmmncmrmd sidcred their right to the crown as x- 4 E i ‘1,“ '.;-_~ hereditary and indefeasible. When the clans, therefore, began, to arm for the Pretender in 1715, be pre- pared the clan Gregor for the con- test. His friend and patron, the Duke of Argyll, having joined the Hauoverian king, paralyzed Rob's intentions, and he remained an in- active spectator of the battle of Sheriff-main When the Highland army dispersed, the Macgregors re. married together; and though not actually engaged in the Earl of Mar’s proceedings, so daring had been their practices on their own account that in the subsequent act of indemnity the Macgregors were especially excluded from mercy, and Rob was attained as a Campbell as well as a Macgrcgor. What Rob's religion was it would be dillicult to determine. He Was born and educated a Protestant, but converted to the Romish creed. He drove a‘vay the Presbyterian minis- ICI‘ appointed to the parish of Bal- quhiddar ; but though he would not have him ncar,he supplied him with beef and mutton ata distance as long as he lived. The fame of Rob Roy Macgregor had travelled fur and over many countries At length, worn out with the laborious viscissitudes of a restless life, he sank calmly to his end at the farm Of Invcrlocharig- begi, among the bracs of Balquhid- dar, in 1740. His remains rest in the churchyard of that parish, with no other monument to mark his grave than a simple stone, on which some kindred Spirit has carved a swordâ€"â€"-‘Clan-Alpine’s omen and her aid.’ In the first years of the present century a traveler in the Highlands came into the company of the chief of the once-powerful Macgregors. He was reduced to the situation of a common farmer, and had lately sold his chicfship to Sir George Macgrcgor Murray, for a sum un- der £100. He still were the High‘ land garb, and was distinguished by the name of Gregor-Mor, or the great Gregor. W'hcn this traveler expressed surprise at his selling his chiefship, he made this prudent re- ply : ‘ Of what consequence is it to me to be chief when l have nothing to support the rank? Sir George is rich, and will give dignity to the name; besides, he has promised to push all my sons forward in the world, which is better to them than an empty title.’ This veteran be- ing at Gi'ccnock when the Dutch ship, the Jason, anchored in the roads (being brought in by her mu- tinous crew), and when the whole town was in confusion at the sight of an enemy’s ship moored abreast of them, he, with the true spirit ofa Macgregor, ran to the magistrates and demanded arms to repel the in- vaders in case they should attempt to land. This, however, was not found necessary, as the Dutchmen peaceably surrendered. LIFE ON FHE TOP OF MONT Brunoâ€"Five German savaus, and among them Professor Pitchnes, are at present in the midst of the ice near the summit of Mont Blanc. They have not suffered from the cold, having taken all necessary precautions to guarantee themselves against-it; but they have sustained great incouvcuencp from the at« inosphei‘c, and cannot succeed in satisfying their thirst. They took with them abundance of provisions, but could not out without pain, and only desired to drink. As a protec- tion against the reverberation ofthc sun on thcsnow, they wear a cover« ing over the face, and their features have become so blistercd that they can scarcely be meognized. Ac; cording to the last accounts they would uotbe able to live long at the hegght at which they are without being subject to great changes, phy‘ sical and moral. They took with them some animals, which have also suffered greatly ; a cat was incapa able of making any movement, and a dog for some days had ceased to bark. Sonic pigeons appeared to suffer less. A ROYAL Pornâ€"On the arrival of the first consignment of Scidlitz powders in the capital of Delhi, the monarch became interested in the accounts ofthc refreshing box. A box was brought to the King in full court, and the interpretm CXplained to his Majesty how it should be used. Into a goblet he put the twelve blue papers, and having adds ed water, the King drank it off.â€" This was the alkali, and the Royal countenance expressed no signs of satisfaction. It was then explained that in the combination of the two powers lay the luxury; and the other twelve powders were quickly dissolved, and as eagerly swallowed by his Majesty. With a shriek that would be ren'iembered as long as Delhi was numbered among the kingdoms, the monarch rose, stag- gered, exploded, and in his full ago- nics screamed~â€"‘ Hold me down 1’ then rushinrr from the throne, fell prostrate on the floor. There he lay during the long continued effer- vcscence of the compound, spurting like ten thousand penuyworths of imperial pop, and believing himself in the agonics of death; a melan~ choly and humiliating proof that kings ui'c mortal.