The Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1822-1822, 1822-05-25
DOCTOR BOLLMANN.

Union.
DOCTOR BOLLMANN.
The late DR.. Erich Bollmann, VIII
died on the 9th Dec. 1891, of the yello,
fever, at Jamaica, was the ".jeuns Han.
overien, genereag ct spiritusp SO uer
toned by Madame de Stael, in hs
"Considerations, "who contrived thee.
cape Of Norbonne from Paris, after tn
prescriptions which followed the lou
Of August, 1892. After many hal, 3
breadth escapes, they arrived in Eng
land, and Joined the other ~distingui6.
ed emigrapts, then collected in sorrw
and anxiety at Kensingtop. The par,
did not confne their exertions in fave
of their friends to mere wishes-and
was agreed. that among them one VITO
could be most relied on, should under
take a journey to Prussia, for the pur.
pose of obtaining the liberation Of Is
Fayette by entreaty, and, if that failed, +
by stratagem. !
DR.. B. was the person esteemed mos.
fit for the enterprise: he arrivedin Pru.
STA, and upon making application to tho
ministry, received for answer, tina: i!
was not in the power of their govern.
ment to release La Fayette. since h,
custody had been entrusted to them b!
another power; but that, in order to-.
void the obloquy of his detention, The |
Marquis La Fayette should be forth.
with re delivered to Austria. Allhcps
of fulfilling the object of his mission By
fair mea being extinguished, the lis
defatigable Bollman employed every
means to discover the new place ofcol. !
fnement to which La Fayette was con.
signed. His conjecture at length led
him to fix on Olmutz; nor was be mis-.
ia en-. He formed an acquaintans
with the surgeon of the prison, from ap,
parent motives of professional pursuits,
Bollman having taken his degree IS
doctor of medicine at Gottingen, and i;
being the custom of the German stu.
dents in physic to make a professional
tour round the hospitals of the Cont.
nent. Through the surgeon Dr.. B. COZ
veyed pamphlets to the general, which,
written vel with sympathetic ink, de-
manded all the necessary information.
This being procured, he determined to
adopt the only mean of liberating the
prisoner, which was to attack the guard
and rescue him during the rides thathe
was allowed to take once or twice a week
for the benefit ofhis health. The guard
consisted of an officer in the charioles
with the prisoner, and two soldiers be-
hind. To attack the escort alone was
impossible; the doctor associated with
himself in the enterprise, a young A.
merican, Hugar, by name.
They attacked the guard, on which
the soldiers took to their heels without
loss Of time; they %pinioned the officer;
the Marquis mounted one Of their h0r'
ses. and galloped of, but, unfortunate
ly losing his way, was re'taken' hu'
gar was taken a little distance from the
spot, but Bollman was able to gain tho
Prussian frontier, where nevertheless,
upon the requisition of those in pursuit.
he was seized and conveyed back to ol'
mutt. Here he remained in solitary
confinement for twelve months, Till az
length released by the intercession o.
friends, but banished forever from 'ne
Austrian dominions.
The active mind of DIR. Bollman then
betook itself to the new world, wheF0
mercantile concerns, chemistry, and Po,
litical economy seem to have DIVIDED
his attention between them.-He pos
sessed the secret of rendering pIatlna
malleable, the knowledge Of which 10
we believe, confined in England to nr.
Woollaston. Various writings on tas
subject Of political economy attest INC
a~cuteness ofIhis talents. A pamphlet on
the subject Of banking operations, pup.
lished in America, was allowed to have
beeu of considerable advantage to thss
country. and also several STRUCTURES on
the theories Of Mr.. Ricardo, since 10
returned 10 Englapa, lad excited the az