The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1858-09-17
A ST LOUIS ROMANeE-sTRANGE vIcIsaITuDEs
IN THE LIFE OF A NOBLEAAN.

MANY wears ago Baron Frederick Won
Ocrtcl, whose family was one Of the most
independent, and aris,ocratic III saxony,
fell in lose with u poor girl aud deter
mined 10 mary her He thus incurred
the displcasurc of his wealthy father,
who, on learning of the proposed alliance,
at once dsinhcritcd the Young noblcmat
and turned him from his doors This
sudden reverse cXaspcratei and madden
cd the lover. and bidding silent farewell
to the home of his childhood, and with.
on, Informing the ohicct q bis affection
he bent his coursc TO this country. On
arriving here be joined the United States
army, and served ten years as Il soldier
1t is said tAnt his bravery and heroism on
the fields of Mexico won the admiration
If all who had opportunities to observe
them.
At the expiration Of the ten years ser
vice he retained ia Germany TO ascertain
how Interstate IT his family was managed.
He found that his parents were in thcis
graves and that the property was DIS.
tributcd equally among his brothers api
sisters, himself being wholly overlooked
and diuegarded iii the VIII To add u
his dark fortunes he asccstaiucd shat the
Eil who was the innocent cause If his
rum, had married and moved away Won
Oertofs mlnd had never fully recovered
FROM thu shock tins Intelligence had 2 rca-
ted " aaderng IN reason ne returned
to the United States, aud came to II
Louis Here he yeas Frustrated by vio-
lent sickness tpi soeie months. When he
convalcscod bee found himself entirely ecs.
,itute Of means His pride was thorough.
~ broken down, and for livelihood, the
Baron actually took to selling "hretacls."
a kind Of pastry much Ia favor with the
Germans He continued IN his paltry
but honest business tor sixteen or egb-
teen years and gained the sppliation of
"Brrt1el Fritz
Three years ago, having saved mp the
snug sum Of 5000, and having met ono
Of the opposite sex IN WHOM he thought
fe could coll,ide and whom he believed
so'lG make bin a good and faithtul wife
though size was several years his junior
Won Oertci was married One lay few
months afterwards. on going home viii
ms basket. he found that his wife had
ciopcd with o seduccr. and hot content
with bringing her husband IL Disgrace.
had taken his mogty and every thing ot
any value about the house leaving him
in nossessinu of "A bsskc, of br.tzel. and a
dish norcd hpArth The old man tor hc
was now tny-thgpr years of age, qulotis
bore his new wriei and again, with per
uaps au lmure,a lion wa Tie t.lse one. All
dressed himself to the lNe great task ot
his lf forgetting.
Bn pl Fra has been we'll known
IN - Ltn.s---l wr'ukicl Il rw.paccd
siuop.u., I'D man with lis bash.t GA his
arm aul rarrly smile on bis face. H.
.hr m-t three years hc has laid away
500. tle profit, Of his hltir business.
y ,ierlay be- was buried, hasng bees.
,.ck lhrre er i'ur weeks Before he eS-
p.aoa h. honcvolently bequcatnei his
smell ? '-rssioas 90 the orphan children
10 poor uap, well known to many ~
oar citizens, who died ablnt q year ag9.
Aud seconded the cvcutiul career Of Baron
Frederick Won Oeriel
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says
',". II. was HlNi" J - " Sh,i, u,h'
a. W, Eeu'Puo" sFeV'" o' h' " '''iv'
ann FHev gu INVITATION HN''a'es-
To a'''Hu MS p'l''ic'' avis hri '"NiNy 'hc
part "l hN sN'N. nS'' ny a"us,"- u" va
people upon tl.' subject at The Mexico
prptcci"rate. apd the doctriues IT
states rights. Gen. II attended 80 iEc
first, and Indicated u "a the policy IF thc
country
To the la',cr 10 the astoR'abment 1T
ALL he was profoundly silent TAe solp-
ti1u ii his silence was disclosed 80 some