Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-10-05
CASTLE OF OLMUrZ:

CASTLE OF OLMUTZ:
Being some account Of az attemtt m4de
By Mr., BoHniqn, Hqnoverian, and
Mr.. Francis X TIMER, an American,
20 Hberate NJ dc La FATErrR f'on,
ms confinement ia The Castle Of o.
mafz, l794.
Amones, the many extraordinary cha
raciers which the even,ful times we live
in, have produced to the notice Of the
world, no man has undergone greater
vicissitudcs o. fortune than La FAYETTE
A, one time we behold him tearing him.
sell from The destinations of the most H.
centious court in Europe, Drawing the
elements in search Of fame, aud combat
ting Tor the cause of liberty under the
banners of Washington; at another ell
gagged in revolutionary scenes in his ma
tive country, idolized by an enthusiastic
popuace, and raised to the chef com
mand of his emancip tied countrymen-
then prescribed and hunted by nose as
sooiates who no longer stood in need Of
bis assistance; at another, a fugitive 10
foreign land, Obliged TO seek an asylum
among his enemies; and lastly, seized
as a traitor, and delivered up to The En-
peror of Germany, who regarding hin
as one ofthe chief instruments Of the IN
sulting degradation and subsequent
death OF the royal family of France, or
dered him into close confinement in the
castle at Olmu,z. Compassion for his
fate drew petitions from all quarters for
his release. TIE Emperor was inexors-
bic, and Fayette had dragged ontv o mi
serable years in his solitary prison. when
stranger and foreigner slept forward.
from pure motives OF compassion, and
an anxious wish To be Of service to man
who had so signalized hinself in the
cause OF lbertY. Boll,uan Fl b
n.sverian by birth, yeung, active, intrepid
and Intelligent. He repaired alone and
on Foot to Olmu'z, to sain suca iotorma-
rion as nigh, enable him 90 Ildge OF the
best means to execute the purpose he
had in view, To assist Favete in making
hts escape from tbc power OF Austria,
He soon found thai. withon, 40 able CO.
adlutor, the difie ulties which presented
Themselves were insurlnountable. lie
was forced, therefore, for the present 70
abandon his design, until he should be
SO fortunate as TO find a man equally
zealons with himself, and with 9biiIy
sufficient to execute the hazardous plan
lie had formed. Accident threw u his
wav the person in TIE world best suited
10 the enterprise, by nature and edcca-
lion. At Vienna he entered into the
company of young Americans, whom
he thought most likely, from tn If vene-
ration of the character of Fave.te, 10
dare such an undertaking. 4 soon
singled ont one, to whom, after proper
precautions he impaired his secret.
Hnger entered into and adopted his
schemes with all the keenness of youth,
and that enthusiastic enterprize peculiar
to the lnhabnants OF the new world -
Francis K. Huger, was the son ii Col.
Huger, oi Charleston, South Carolina,
who lost his life in the service OF hi.
country against the British roops on he
walls ofthe town, when hesicged by Gen
Provost. The year before bis death br
had retired 10 small island OF the
Charleston bar, with his family, for the
benefit of sea bathing. There happened
one evening violent storm, the repW'
OF cannon was heard at distance. Cow
Guiding the firing came fro n Bri'ish
shiDs, tlen crnizing in those seas, II was
! necessary to avoid giving suspicious tnst
the island was inhabited. About mil-
Il. a ,l,,,r If the
tage Obliged Col. Hnger TO omen it,
Two persons appeared, who in foreign
accent, informed him that their ship had
been driven on shore by the violence OF
the wind, and the crew had dispersed
Themselves over the island in search OF
assistance. They were Hospitality re-
celyed, and provided with such necessa-
ries as they stood most in need of.-
When he strangers we're made lcqnaint-
ed with the qualify Of their host, and his
political principles, they made them
selves and the object of their VOYAGE
known to him. The one was the Mar
quis de l., Fayette, then about eighteen,
and the other an elderly gentle nan a
Chevalier de ST. Louis, who like ano-
Their Mentor, had followed the fortunes
ofthe young Telemachus. They be-
held" they said, " with indignation, the
tyranny the inhabitants Of North Aneri-
ca labored under from the mother coun-
try, and, animated with the true spirit ol
liberty, they resolved to esponse the
cause Of the Congress, and either par
take with them the happiness OF enanci-