ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.

Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 184, 19 March 1867, Page 3

ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.

A strange change of fortune has occurred to a young man known by the name of George Olson, and occupying the humble position of a lamp trimmer and " Jack of the Dust" on board the United States steamship Madawaska, by which he has suddenly come into-poEses lion of 300,000 dols.^ in gold, together with the Hungarian title of Edward Louis, Count Batthyanyi, and the extensive estates attached thereto. It appears that Olson, or the Count left Ins country in the year 1848, when very young, jffter his father had been executed for being concerned in the reballion under Kossuth (to whom he i& nearly related), and has since been in the United States. He knew: htfcle of his family or their real position, and supposed that in consequence of his father's disloyalty all their possessions had been con6scated. Finding it difficult to get a livelihood he joined the; United States navy, was drafted on board the United States steamer Madawaska as a' landsman, and was employed as lamp-trimmer and assistant to the captain' of the hold. He never hinted to his messmates that he was of noble; birth or had ever held a higher pasitiori than* the one he*now occupied. In fact, ifc does not appear that his amntship had any very clear notions himself of the matter. Believing his father to be a disgraced man, he troubled himself little about family matters, arid betook himself with great industry, to the care of hislamps and all other duties on board. Happening to get hold of a newspaper a short time since, he discovered an advertfsement reqiiesting Edward Louis Batthyanyi to communicate ■■■ with certain parties, and he would "hear of something to his advantage." Our young blaeblooded Hungarian lamp-trimmer lost no time in complying ; and having proved his identity, received an instalment of 300,000 dot. Instead of informing his commanding officer of this strange vicissitude of fortune, which hadmetamorphosed i a United States naval lffmp-trhnmer and "Jack of the Dust" into .a Hungarian nobleman, -with a revenue of 50,000 dols. i a year, Batfchyanyi or Olson, deserted i from the Madawaska. He is now in Washington, under the patronage of the Austrian ambassador to procure a formal discharge from the service. ! That he will succeed we have not the j slightest doubt ; and it is to be hoped that this sudden elevation to rank and fortune will have the effect of making him reap the advantage of the.tryirig experience he has had, of the roughest side of life. While on board the Madawaska hewas remarkable for his good behaviour and the regular discharge of his. laborious duties ; and now when exalted to the rank of a Hungarian grandee, we expect he wilLbecome,as he always promised, a respectable and wprthy member of society.— New York Tribune. ■