The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-02-01
An Erring Scion.
THE BEST DETECTIVES IN THE WORLD
LOOKING FOR THE YOUNG EARL CT
ABERDEEN.

THE BEST DETECTIVES IN THE WORLD
LOOKING FOR THE YOUNG EARL CT
ABERDEEN.
Two years ago the following aaver-
tisement appeared in every newspaper
in the country:
"DoD-I am we'll, but we are in
affection, and I long for yon that we
may comfort one another. There is a
letter to bod at the postol,ice, New
York.s MA"
1t was continued for nearly six
months, exciting universal curiosity
and comment. 1t was followed by Il
second, rs follows:
"MMTHLiC-I have been seriously
i'll +: getting better, but very weak.
Come if yon possibly can immediately,
tor you are more needed than you can
think. MA"
These advertisements, it is now as
certained, were inserted i'll order, if
possible, to find the Earl of Aberdeen,
Il young man who left his wealth, title
and lIonors, in 1866, when but twenty
five years ofagc, to follow the sea as a
common sailor. The Earl of Aber-
originating in the seventeenth century.
The first Earl was Lord High Chancel
lur of Scotland. The father of the
young man was at the head of the fa
mons Aberdeen ministry during the
Crimean war. He was invested with
| the right to seat in the House of
Lords, under the title of Viscount Cor
don of Aberdeen, by royal decree, in
1914. The estate is estimated to yield
an income Of G40, GOO per annnm. The
young Earl came to this country and
shipped as a common sailor on trading
vessels on the Atlantic coast. Ebrua-
~ 6, 1867, lie was made u mate by GER
titicate from the American Shipmas-
ters' Association, under the name of
| George Henry F. Osborne. On the
ed masters certificate, and was i'll
command of the schooner Walter. OF
Richmond, Maine. In january, 1870
shipped as mate on the three masted
schooner Hebra, bound from Boston tc
Melbourne, Australia, and thence tt
China. On the 9th day out he wa:
washed overheard and drowned. Dur
ing the first two years OF his absence
he renamed in correspondence will
} his relatives. but kept his employment
| Il secret,
A little more than two years ago hi
next younger brother and heir pre-
sumptive died. He then ceased wri
; ting home. This fact explains TIL
= Il hot l,ai hi
pet name. AS it and the suhseqnen
=, advertisement failed, to find him, Il,
1 matter was put in legal hands, and til
e ablest detectives ofEngland and Amer
a lea have since been in >earci of hin
D They had succeeded IN merely strikin
! the trail at the time OF his shipment o
q the Hebra some months ago. Havin
become convinced of his death, q com
; mission was sent ont from the Englis
> Court of Chaneery to gather proof wit
G a view TO the succession of the titlt
o and estate. That commissions is sti
), pursuing its duties, and is now In Boz
d ton at work. 1t has obtained photo
= graphs of the seaman Osborne, togeth'
. with specimens of his llandwriuD
i which fully identify him as the missii
:. Earl. nC snip IltHiit ii"S pSSii e'''
tered 20 proceed to England, with h
" ships company the same as at II
X time of Osbornc's death, to give ev
J. demce of his death. There seems to
Of no doubt of his DEATH and that Il
Sc Hon. John Campbell Hamilton Gordo
" the Youngest and only snrvivi'
40 brother, succeeds to one of the olde
:, titles and wealthiest estate in SEQ
J. land.
n The revenue of the estate, viii
E has accumulated during the Earls Il
= sence, alone amounts to nearly q m
~ lion of dollars. The Earl had refrai
NJ ed from drawing single fartllIng du
id ing all his wanderings, bnt on the eo
d, etrary had accumulated fund from |
# earnings which was deposited in SD
of ings banks here and in Boston. 1t
Il supposed that it was his intentic
"a when able, to purchase a ship, and 81
=. back to Aberdeen on his own quartz
Il. deck, the product of his own ind'
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