The New York herald., 1872-04-12
G0RD0N'3 EMIGRATION
SCHEME.


A Scotch Nobiesnan nnd His Colony In MIN
nesota-His Appearance aud Promises
What Is HeS
Correspondence Of the Providence Journal April 81
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 20. 1s72
paper reerrns ii to the estaSshmens IN
OF colony OF Scotch emgrants by an English
n0oleman termlng himself Lord Gordon. Deceived
by the accounts which the Western papers pub
llshed OF the great and marvellous improvements
Ais Lordship was to make IN the towp he mad
tage TO the State and the country having men Of
such position and means as Lord Gordon engaged
western prairies. Not knowing Lord Gordon
personally, you were quite justified IN believing that
ose nay accounts were rqe but we IN Minnesota Who
l0rtwo or three years past are quite OF dlferent
mipqa was 9p the point Of writing YOU, when |
fead your article, to undecelve you regarding his
true character, but, not feeling quite sure OF my
Re New 9orn an as1ee eaaere
detailing Lord Gordons connection with the recent
s s
who knew the gentleman here. They all tended
to 1ors pr9ys what that aea mere nan Se
GeorRe Henry Gordon, and who was ever
ION the poinr' OF engaging In some great
scheme, was not what he caimed to be. and had no
right TO the title he assumed. His great scotch set
tiement now proves to consist OF one Old man,
Bob Scambler by name, who, with MIS- squaw wl'e.
lives on the banks OF Pelican Lake me American
families OF "culture and refinement, with pianos and
OIL paintings in their nouses, OF which papers nave
spoken, have dwindled down to one family at Pelt.
can Rapids, who own the only plano In the valley.
The $4,000 church, the school house, the bridges
ana other G costly improvements n, winch have long
distant to-day as ever. The millions OF lumber pur-
chased for his new town and paid for by his
misunderstanding to his report-havc never yet
reached their destination ana people are quite
willing to lay the blame on any one but HIS Lord.
ship. In line, "Lordn Gordon has filed Minnesota
with promises, but neither with cmigrants nor
houses, nor has he done anything which ne said he
would.
According to "Burke's Peerage,, the only noble.
men who nave the right be called Lord Gordon are
the Earl OF Aberdeen. the former, whose name IS
Charles Gordon, was married III 1869, and could not
therefore, have son wandering about In Minnesota:
unmarried, aud, thefelofe, has no children. II
George Henry Gordon mas the right 10 the title OF
IN H annual @ income me Of ESQ 600 rom landed estates ii
the Old Country, one would naturally suppose that
Burke would insert his name IN either his leerage,'
have been searched In vain for such name, and
people here have come to the conclusion that he Is
most unmltigated humDug. ] do not say
that he Is not man with noble blood
In his veins, or that ne may not be IN
family OF Gordon, FOR am in no position to prove
such an assertion. But do say that he has I'M
during the past few years as being great .'biow-
hard and talker while those who have looked into
!ne w. mater generally pronounce im certainly not
acting as a tool OF the Northern Pacific Railway,
inducing, by the widespread report OF MS great colo
nMaton scheme, many emiRrants to settle upon the
company's land, and capitalists to invest in their
bonds.
Lord" Gordon 49, should judge. man OF from
twenty-slx to Lwentyeight years or age. He has q
gentlemanly appearance aud BEHAVIOR ana I'M
presses one as having been used to good society.
HIS pockets are always well hlled with money,
which he spends even lavishy, often giving pres
ents TO MS gentlemen friends valued at several nun
| dred dollars. He exhibits TO the gaze OF his
| acquaintances great many nne jewels, con.
| sisling Of diamonds ami rubles. and many
other precious stones. hut he always promises TO
give much finer presents next time, and always tells
| or the handsome ana more costly Jewels at "my
place in Canada' or in the ''oid country.n "Lord
Gordon certainly i an enigma What he Is can
not tell; only know what he IL not.
Americans, though as rule strongly republican
IN their feelings vet are more easily deceived by
snam lords and counts man any other people. Ii
'.Lcrd" Gordon should again visit Newport during
the coming summer, as he has done IN former ones,
trusttnis article VIII prevent some from being
HOODWINKED Dy that gentleman. And II there are
any Rhode Islanders VINO, Influenced In the least by
the reported schemes oi MilOrd, contemplate emf.
grating to the lands OF the Northern Pacific or IN
vestlng In Its bonds trust that what have said
will undecelve them. Some OF the lands along
thai railway are unsurpassed by any III the coun-
try, but they owe no Improvements 10 "Lord'
George Henry Gordon.