The New York herald., 1872-04-12

some measure incompatible with the highest ends
OF human llle. But whatever may have been the
them. In January 1870, he shipped as mate on
board the Hera a small sloop bound from Boston
az four III the morning TO take MS turn at the watch
Inc moon was SHINING snd the sea was running
nlg nlgn inc crew were lowering the mainsail, aud
Osborne lent hand at bringing IL down. Sud-
Pratt sailor VINO had been within few yards OF
tne mate moment before, says, 81 knew at once II
was osborne,' who must have got his foot IN the
SLACK OF the rope, 30 that when the ship gave heavy
roll the rope got tadJ and threw him overheard. He
was good swimmer, Dut he was wearing u
heavy overcoat, which may have impeded his
leaves a painful Impression that more might have
been done TO save the noue and gallant young
man. some OF the men threw out ropes. Pratt
ana tue second mate heaved heavy plank over
the shlos stern. But We near nothing OF life-Dnoys
and the boat was never lowered because 1T was
before II could have been lowered OsDorne nad
ceased TO cry.n The crew may or may not have
have heard that the boat was got out at all hazards
without stopping to calculate whether II would win
or lose Id match against time. when the stake
was the lie oil drowning man, who cried several
times fot The help winch was near but winch
never came to him from the ship which tnen
tells us that he was three years soldier In the
American war, and ''had heard many men give
tneir me naSr,, last crv." SO tnat ne speaks VIVA
k nsstd an e6fRSss 6sRSsrnes wh'a as ns says cy
though IS al least possible tnat the sound was lost
I'LL daylight, but nothing more was seen oil Osborne
and though there Is, OF course, bare possibility
that he was picked up, al Sir Roger TlcnbOrne was
said TO have been ater the loss OF the Bella, we
must regrefuy agree with Pratt 10 believing that
tile loss 0f poor OsDOrne's lie Is moral certainty.
There Is little need 10 point the moral OF this
rowfui story. IL furnishes new illustration 0I the
old saw, that truth Is stranger than hcllon, and 1t
has sometimes been referred to as helping TO eX.
plain much tnat was inexpcaDle IN the prOtracted
trial that has so recently concluded. But In
truth the cases are not only not parallel but
absolutely antagonistic True, the lost BarOneJ ana
lost Earl bOth left fortune. friends rank, pros
poets and position behind them-thc Que to seek
peace OF mind and the other strength or body in
scenes WIN which lhey were uptapHlar and asso.
clalons lor winch Inc, were only pid idc'e ;,nar-
ferentiy lifted But both retained the habits and
manners OF gentlemen, unchanged by changing
circumstances. Both Kept up constant ana ailec
tiOnate correspondence with heir relatives al home
and bOtn only ceased that correspondence when
the career they had chosen was closed by sudden
and accidental death. The end OF the one strange
eventlul history differs from the otner IN that no
survivor was lett TO tell the tale OF the Bclla's
1Oundering. while the mate OF the Hera perishei
wtnin sight and hearing OF numerous witnesses, who
have been sought out and examined by his surviving
relatives. From the strIctness OF proof upon which
the House Of Lcrds insists when claimants to peer
ages cOmc before them the formal recognition OF
the present Earl OF ADerdeen's right may be de-
layed In consequence or technical difficulties. But
these can prevent no one from arriving at the
morally indisputablc amt only rational conclusion.
tnat the claimants eldest brOLner lost his lie under
the circumstances We have detailed.