Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-01-20
TIE MISSING EARL OF A1Eh-
DEEM.
she True Story of the Noblonian :
Life and Adventures.

BosroS. Jan. "A writer in Tie
! Su,,,eu1. i I,.,e,-( harles +. Payne
gives W hat purports to be Il true and
authorized statement OF ali the CIR
cunstallccs in connection with the
! remarkable career and early death
ot the late Earl OF Aberdeen. The
writer assisted in taking evidence
in regard to the Earl III this coun-
1r,. and l,iasn.uch us the accounts
heretofore published are III Il large
Lcurec purely sensational and false,
and calculated to wound the feelings
OF tie Larl's Surviving reiatves, he.
deems ii his duty to give to the pub
lie "the true account oi thls wonder
! tul case" lie denies that COM
mission was sent 10 this country,
which employed detectives to dis
cover the youn. Eari's whereabouts.
The Earl, he says, gave minute and
interesting accounis, under an AS
sumed name, to hls mother, OF al
most every voyage he made, and 1t
WAS entirely from the clue winch
the letters gave that IN intimate prl-
yatc friend OF the family followed
him step by step in America. Ihe
Earl was OF age, when, with the I"ii
knowledge and consent OF his iaiil-
". he lett home, and all efforts to
,iissuade him tailed. 1t was also
well known to his mother and his
dearest friends that he meant to as
sumo a strict incognlto, and 1t was
only when an unusual silence of sew
eral months alarmed his mother,
that the intimate friend came by her
reoucst to America and traced him
step by step by the light OF his own
letters alone. The very silence was
but too well explained. He was no
longer alive, having been washed
overheard from Boston vessel
three days ont OF port, on the 2lst
OF January last. Mr.. Payne states
that the Earl was fond of children,
| but there is no evidence that he had
shown particular attention to amy
Young American lady, and hence
could not have been ':jilted' by a,
capricious "tair one" The Earl
lett home without IN attendant III
1866, and shipped as landsman on
board Il vessel bound to America,
assuming t! c name of George IL.
Osborne. In the spring OF that year
he visited his uncle at Fredericton,
y. b., but was quite restless during
the visit, apparently disliking com
rany and the dcierence paid to his
rank. His uncle, the Hon. Arthur
Hamilton Gordon, G. Nj. g., was
Lieutenant Governor of New Bruins
wick ut the time.
He next came to this city and
shipped before the mast in New
Brunswick bark bound for Cardc-
mas. 1t is not known whether he
really performed the voyage, but it
I rs known Ihat he sailed several voy-
ages in the coasting and West In
dia trade, and thus acquired an init
mate knowledge of working schoon-
crs. His career has been traced
aiorv the coast from Maine to Pen
sacola. Bccol,,iH. intimate with a
shipnatc, Sewell Small, he accom-
panied him to his home in Rich
mond, Me, and for several years,
when on shore, made Sewell's home
his abiding place. While living in
in Richmond he, in company with
Small, purchased boat, and sup
ported himself by fishing. His
excellent character, great strength,
and known ability as Il seaman and
navigator, soon led to promotion
and he finally became captain OF
,, the schooner Walton, owned in
Richmond. lie joined Masonic
: Lodge while there, and, also became
Good Tcmplar. lie was regular
; in his attendance at church, and
strictly temperate. lie was yer!
skiliul marksman, and wonderful
! stories are told by his Maine friends
Of his performances with gun and
pistol. lie played the piano fort'
=. well, and spoke several languages
j, tlucntly. His knowledge of naviga
i ton was something quite wonder
full in one so young, and he was
!. always willing to impart it to Others
i when desired; and, indeed, for s"m'
{ time taught the science in both New
York and Boston. He was yer.
| cocl cf ,,,r;tinua of rtomaa Ward