Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-03

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swss bride.
A Philadelphia special says: The
story Of changefal career 4 contained
n 4 /, petition fled in the Orphans Court
bv Joseph G. KcKenna, counsel Tor
Charles i. Herbert. for the allowance
~ 4 commission TO Germany to take
testimony respecting the birth and mar.
r;aee Of Adelina Herbert, the mother Of
the petitioner and the daughter Of Baron
Won Bunsen, Of Obcrwesel. near Cob
lentz. Germany. The petition sets out tn n.
Mrs Herbert died November Is, 1882,
leaving an estate valued at u, l0o thai
( still TO be settled up. Mrs. Herbert
was. in 1859. living at her fathers
castle. near Oberwcsel. She was then
about eighteen years old, bine-:yea,
fair-haired, bright-minded, and highly
educated. Her father kept her almost
in secIusion, she having been betrothed
when a child to the son OF wealthy
German landowner of rank. Her be-
trothed was four years younger than
herself. slightly lame, and, it was
thought. dnll-minded. The estate to
which he was heir, however, was OF
great value, and AZ against that Tact
Adelina's want Of love or admiration
for the youth was not thought Of much
weight by her father.
In the spring Of 1859 there was
among the crowd of tourists that yearly
floats down the Rhine and stops at
Oberwesel an American artist who had
been studying at Munich. He was
Charles Edgar Herbert, the son of a dry
goods merchant who was well known IN
this city al that time, but very soon
afterward failed, and died insolyent.
Herbert was. it is said, strikingly hand
some. intellectual, and cultured. He
met Adelina Won Bunscn at an enter
tainmcnt given by mutual friend to
whom he had carried out letters OF IN
PRODUCTION. An attachment sprang up
between the two that soon ripened into
love. The Americans suit was vigor-
ously opposed by the German noble
man. who. to break the attachment, de-
termined to send his daughter for a
time TO the residence Of relative in n
distant part Of Prussia. Before he
could carry out his wish, however, the
lovers. who had continued to meet
clandesiincly, were privately married.
The Baron thcreupon dismissed his
daughter and refused to recognize her.
The young artist and his bride came to
Philadelphia. The failure and deat1 OF
Herbert's father occurred soon after
their arrival. The artists hopes and
plans were almost destroyed by the
double misfortune. lie enlisted in the
Union army and was given lieuten-
ancy of Pennsylvania volunteers. lie
was killed at Antictam.
The widow ekcd out an existence by
giving music lessons, and succeetei IN
giving their orphaned child good com
mon school education. Later he took
a position as Philadelphia agent Of the
bay-rum manufacturing firm Of St.
Thomas, West Indies. His mother
during the last five or six years OF her
life resided at the clearinghouse of
Mrs. Agnes Mayer, in Eighth street,
below Locust. Up to the last she
maintained unbroken silence with re-
spect to her father and the home
of her childhood. She died without
making will, and the little property
that she had gathered together in the
course Of years was put into the hands
of Henry r. Peters, as administrator
to be settled. About six weeks ago
the administrator received a notice from
the Obermeister of Oberwesel, inform
ing him that Baron Won Bunsen had
died. and that by his will, made several
wears ago, he left 10000 marks to Ade-
lima Herbert, formerly Adelina Won
Bunsen. once." as he said, "my
daughter" The legatee being dead the
money goes to her estate, to which. un-
der the law, Charles F. Herbert, the
present petitioner, is the only heir.