Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1869 — Romantic Adventures of an Austrian Barou. [ARTICLE]

Romantic Adventures of an Austrian Barou.

How often lias it been said and written that “ Truth is st ranger than diction ”; and every day further verities and corroborates the axiom, The elements of actual birth to occurrences and incidents that seem trirly astounding,Eterfflay meh become richer ami men become poorer. With one Hash of the telegraph hundreds are and, consequently, others become enriched- • But it ia.aot our purpose, at pri;seii(,,u> deal 'Vth generalities and siwulatiojjs, but to narrate as accm as poi&TOle, ati eveht ihht has startled our German citizens from their usutil propriety, and caused them even, for a time, to target, their local ehuroh feud. n On Thursday afternoon last, Cok Can, the postmaster, received a heavy sealed document at his office,,. postmarked, ‘Vienna," and directed V** Herr Carl Vort Vechbjr, Galesburg, Kriox County, htate of Illinois, United States of North America. Knowing that the massive letter must lie of importance£9l%& staled of the office," ih seatch of the Hdrr Von Veehter. Mr. Pbst made diligent inquiry <>t several,butveWd aot find any traee of the individual wanted, until he met with Air. John Loos, the well-known saloon-working-fiifttfc hsy hotel bhildfhb, and both walked ovvf there; where they-fmmd Veehter abode t» aacend w ladder, >ith ! ’a .h*# shoaktaSi When Mri Port surd.lw.had readdk the delight 0" the hodman knew no bounds. He threw his hod full of bricks away, and embraced Air. Loos, calling him his dearest Mtfer ctoftttdhdd a'-fifaft for |i',ooo, (BVlhe First- XAttamri-Bank bf Chicago, and * j*e inairtcdi »a paying Mr? Post 4or butog .the hearnrx-of such j°y Jhft. toqniepta contained, which, of course, "lr. Post refused? This morning-, Herr Von Veehter,“arrayed in a suit of fashionable clothing, and having naffltd thsotigh -tiro -hands'of'thfe bartterycaited ata our office i» company with C.'njt;dlenry HuinricU, ab altacho.ot th « 2‘r<w- ,No one ‘' Ol 44llWfcjß WBg PSlnonage befin-e us the ex-nod-carrllir. His manly and commanding appearance attracted general attention and remark, and the case tfml atwwity of hi ss manners were truly refcarkalde, 114 clearly and suc-emctlyyelaUid-AJ jw chain of entered the Austrian army as lieutenant, tween the ifcbsefficetrt' X J’ i "^ f j7 8a . d r the colonelfeh land. TOlFy WfflV’® time, anffWiHlwwlinffeWfebninWawW herw»mWM’-h*»Gi> iijMMkihiMrriawl prouemted tftGhfrmXfffe a rviwd'tMMtka.jday „r awptetJlashga thrwuh thecoflntry, afyl his meapß beimf nearly exhausted, he enlistecuin ‘the (nh inf.

Mis, then being organized. The man wnti liad worn the epaulets of an Austrian officer, for more than three years carried a musket in the ranks of that battalion, and was severely wounded at the battle ,of Pittsburg Landing. When -he was mustered out, he obtained employtfihnt of various kinds, and endured many Vicissitudes incident to tho lot of a laboring man. He feared to write to his relativcp, aa the Austrian government might learn tfis Whereabouts and cause his apprehension under the extradition treaty, »nd so-he suffered and toiled in silence, unt 1 finally he found himself in Galesburg 'chrrying rt hod on the new hotel. ®.Thc packet heweccivcd yesterday contained a full pardon under the sign . manual of the Emperor. The colonel had only been severely wounded, and freely ackpwlodged that he alone had been in fgult, and that the duel had been of his IQHfAiXeiiking. By the death of his uncle, Von V. inherits a rich estate and the title of Jbaron. Thus has the humble hdd-car-rier been elevated and restored to his Sopopplace, and at the time he lands in s nativq country’-, he will receive his mmissidn of colonel of his old regiMnent. I'roviou's tolds departure, on the 9:20 train for Chicago-—from whence he Will Jgo to New York, where he will embark' for Europe—lie made generous presents tq many who had .befriended him here. Capt. Emricb informs us that a marriage ,in high life will- take place in Vienna jshortTjr after the baron’s!arrival there. thtsts an actual occurrence, and rte that trujy demonstrates that “truth is stranger than fiction,” indeed.— Galesburg, yree Press, October 9,