, 1870-12-19
ROMANCE OF THE PEERAgE.
Ing Lords Experience In this Conn-
Fy-1Its Sud Entc--ScarchluR tne
1kecprdHs

uE-I1ts ~nd Fntc-Scarchlng rho
Records.
Go.son tnte. 13} corrt.pond<,,ee or tAe .sfu Forf
Herald.
the late Earl OF Aberdeen. y Scotch Commits
eionet is now IN this cit{ bunting up evidence
to prove his death, and be has been quite
successful thus far. As hAA already been
stated IN bs1et paragraph this young m1n
shipped before the mast IN an American veg
nob1enan having developed lore for the
romantic and for the Sea- In this con-
rection it may be veil enough to state
that, during the past twelve months.
para graphs have been published iu the
papers giving IN account Of the death
Of George Hamilton Gordon, third Earl OF
Aberdeen, of the pearage Of Great Britain.
he was chief mate on the three-1n -1nasted
schooner HerA. Captain Kent. which sailed
from Boston January 81, bound for Mel
bourne. About week after leaving port the
schooner encountered severe gale, IN which
she ahipped heavy eea that washed both
Captain md mate overheard the back esash
entbled tho Captain to regain the vessel but
the mate retished. This mate was the Earl
Of Aberdeen. He shipped under the assumed
name Of George Z. 0sborne4 and On the ves-
ee1s articles, now In tho Boston Custom
House. he balls from Massachusetts, But
another acoouut says that he hailed from
Richmond, Ne. Il be had IN American pro
tectiou, it il pzoba bic th1t one with his name,
somewhat answering his description, h1d been
used by him, and hence the assumption Of the
naune in it.
Tbs Earl who lost his life from on board The
Hera w1s about q ycars Of age 1t the time Of
his dexth- He 1eft home without m attendant
in 1855. and shipped - lA1.dstnAn On board
Of ship bound 10 America In tho eprins OF
that rear he visited his unc1e at Frederickton,
y. B., Hon. Arthur Hamilton Gordon, c. n.
G., Who Nas Lieutenant Goyernor Of Now
REunawck It the tins, and Who used evetE
oesns within his power to induce the young
Earl to give up his rowing life and return to
| Scotland, but n vain. Tbs Earl WIS ue1t
heard from in Boeton. He wrote to his uncle
| eatty in June, 1856, thAt he intended to sail
the next day for Buenos Ayree. he seemed
| utterly Indifferent TO any busines 1t home, In
| tent only On becoming sai1or.
His uncle employed agents here to find him,
| and furnished I specimen OF his writing - I
| guide By which to trace him 1t Any Of the ho-
/ tels. He also described him ~ about six fee,
| two inches high. strong and robust appar'
| entity not more than q, b1t in fact AZ ; Of re-
eerved c4et Of countenAnce. The gentlemar
who has kindly fuEni*hed me with The factt
F.! in this cxee also states that, nfter 4 careful
search. twas asceztsinsd that be had uo
sailed for Bueuoa AyTes. bat hsd shipped be
fore the mast On board the bark James u
Churchill. Of St. Andrevs, y. B. commanded
By Captain Hutchinson, on the 2sth Of Asy
1866, bound for CAriienas. P. ". Grautharn
Esq, the Br1ti.h Vice Consu1 1t this port
recognized him bs the description, and asket
him when the shipping articles we're befos.
know the nature OF the agreement he hat
signed. sob, yea. sir" Be- replied. in Al
easy, off-hand style. and stepped aaids TO
othe1s 70 come forward and snswer to thei
nsmes. Mr.. Grznth1m has forgotten tn
n; me he signed. but feels confident it was tn
l Il FE% H$A nj t%A%1 II CNkn
quent inquiries showed that he left the HI
we're House On the 18th day Of Nay, two day
before be signed articles As the weasel di
not sail for several days After she cleared, tn
fact that be wrote to bis uncle in juno is al
plzined- His uncle supposed that It this tim
to correspond with the letter "A" marked o
acme OF his clothing. Il is supposed, In or
position to this surmtee, th8t he hid son
friend In Boatou, 70 whom he inHusted Ill b