The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-10-22

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On Thursday afternoon last, Colonel
Carr, the postmaster, received asheavy
sealed document at his Office post mark
ed Vienna" and directed TO iHerr
Carl von Veohter,r Galesburg, Knox
County, State OF illinois, United States
of North America" Knowing that the
massive letter must be of Importance
from its crested seals and general official
appearance, he despatched Mr.. William
of the Herr Won Vechter. Mr.. Post
made diIigent inquiry of several, but
could not End any trace of the individual
wanted, until he met with Mr.. John
Loos, the well-known saloon-keeper on
the East side of the square. Mr.. Loos
knew Charley Vechter; he was working
on the new hotel building, and both
walked over there, where they found
Vechter about to ascend ladder with
hod on his shoulder. When Mr.. Post
handed him the letter, and he read it,
the delight of the holman knew no
bounds. He threw his hod.ful of brick
away, and embraced Mr.. Loos, calling
him his dearest friend. The letter con-
tanned q draft for $1,000 on the First
National Bank of Chicago, and he insist
ed on paying Mr.. Post S500for being the
bearer of such joyful tidings as the docu-
ment contained, which, Of course, Mr..
Post refused. .s.Sr.
This morning, Herr Won Vechter, AZ
rayed in suit of fashionable clothing,
and having passed through the hands of
the barber, called at our office in com.
pany with Captain Henry Heinrich, an
attache Of the Free Press estat tlishmcnt.
No one could recognize in the noble
looking parsonage before us the ex-hod-
carrier. His manly and commanding
appearance attracted general attention
and remark, and the ease and suavity of
his manners were truly remarkable He
clearly and succinctly related to us the
eventful chain of incidents in his career,
which terminated in his carrying hod
in Galesburg. In the year 1857, Herr
Won Vechter (being then nineteen years
old and of noble family entered the
Austrian armyas lieutenant. and through
regular graduations, in 1860 rose to tho
rank of major. In the month of Sep
tember of that year he WIS insulted at q
levee by the colonel of his regiment
Proud and high-spirited, he resented the
insult, and challenge was passed be-
tween the two officers. They met (pis-
tolls ut ten paces) and the colonel fell
With great difficulty Vechtcr eluded the
authorities, and at length escaped to
England. There he remained but IL
short time, and finding no suitable en-
ployment, he embarked for the United
States, and upon his arrival proceeded to
Chicago. He arrived here the day the
intelligence of the fall of Fort Sumter
flashed through the country, and his
means being nearly exhausted, he enlist
ed in the Ninth Illinois, then being or
ganized. The man who had worn the
epaulets of an Austrian officer for more
than three years, carried musket in the
ranks of that battalion, and was severely
wounded at the battle Of Pittsburg Land
ing When he was mustered out he OBJ
tanned employment of various kinds,
and endured many vicissitudes incident
to the lot of a laboring man. He feared
to write to his relatives, as tho Austrian
Government might learn his wherea-
bouts, and cause his apprehension under
the e1tradition treaty, and SO he suffered
and toiled in silence, until finally he
found himself in Galesburg, carrying
hod on the new hotel.
The packet he received yesterday con-
tained full pardon, under the sign
manual of the Emperor. The colonel
had only been severely wounded, and
freely acknowledged that he alone had
been in fault, and that the duel had been
OF his own seeking. By the death of his
uncle, Won V. inherits u rich estate and
the title of Baron.
IGalesburg (M) Press, 9h.
We arc promised still another install
ment of the Byron controversy, in the
shape of true account, written by the
poet in 1916, of tho difficulty between