The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-07-05
AN INTERESTING CHAPTER IN HIS.
TORY.

We published somo weeks ago a brief NO
lice oflhc probable'disrogcry Of an heir to
the throne Of France, in the person Of a Mr.
Williams, nov residing IN Canada The at
lair Is attracting considerable attention, and
Il IA certainly one abou, which there Ia some
Thug mysterious A friend has kindly baud
ed ~ letter received by him from one Of
Ais correspondents which presents somo Very
interesting particulars upon the subject The
lcuJT waz not 'r-irrir- t''r Publication Il "A
lated Ncwhuryporl, june Is, 1881.
NV DrAu Smi--I intma,cd in my last
letter. written a few days since that ! might
perhaps, trouble YOU again shortly. Aud now
/ | will cndcayor to itGl iha, intention.
lis Tor the purpose Of stating curious
question or history or romance, which has
| recently been brought 90 my notice in the per
r7rr Of ftrv r ir7zrr W iiiii1TrV, nova ruiV-iuu
| airy Of the Episcopal Church 10 tho 81. Regis
tribe of Indians on the shores Of the 81. Law
romeo Il Improbable that you are acquaipt-
/ ga with the gentleman and his history, living
.as YOU do nearer hi. location than myself
/ and as be has just been through portion Of
: vrur s,1tc 70 TtcNt- lis cause. ffis Object in
/ his visit Is 20 obtain hclp flr he mission,
I aud hc appears very much engaged in it. lie
w,s supposed 10 hc a defendant Of that Mr.
Williams clcrgYman--who was carried
into captivity from Dccrfcld by the Indians
Fin 100. Bu, another supposition, which
would appear, prima .f1ric, to be extremely
absurd, but which ON examination is made
quito plausible, represents him as Louis 9TH
of France, the SON of the unfortunate Louis
tlCtr out Mario tntoincucwho were hrhcad.
ed in 793 hy the French Jaeobina
You remember Burkc's splendid cGoay
upon tho Queen of Fnucc-"Thcre reSSf
lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed
to touch, moro delightful vision"
You are also familiar with-fkt tby7ting de
tails orthc Revolution, the falrpf tAo Giron-
dists, the Reign Of Terror, Sc. History re-
cords the death Of the Dauphin,7 ! 795, at the
age Of ten years, in the hands Of Simon, a
shocmakrr,and nm agent Of Robcspiesrc whore
he had been at first tortured, (according to
Theirs Ilistory)in order to make him confess
aud substantiate the charge Of incest, which
they hal made against the Queen, and after
wards subjected TO n course Of i'll treatment
aud abuse, OF So great severity as 10 deprive
/ him of reason and TO destroy his health, and
at last, a. was supposed his life, by deliberate
design. But it is now said that the physicians
were secret loyalists. who devised plan for
his escape, being employed for this purpose
| by the Emperor OF Austria the guards were
bribcd or intoxicated, the dead body of an
other boy introduced at night and exchanged
for the living one that the Dauphin was
carried from France to Holland, from Holland
to England, from England to New York at
first in helpless condition, and deprived Of
rensun, but recovering his health gradually +;
from New York proceeding to Lake George
(yia Albany and there placed in the hands
OF an lroquois chief named Williams.
In 1893, being then Is years ofago his rca-
son was restored to him by n sudden shock
he experienced, and Mr. Williams's rccolloc-
tons of his early lifo do not extend beyond
this period. A few years later, Mr. Ely of
Longmcndow, Mass, benevolent and chart.
table gentleman, being DESTROYS Of obtaining
and educating descendant of the Rev Mr.
Williams, Of Decrfcld, ono of whose daurh-
tiers. lEuuico) remained among the Indians
and'marrisd, sent gcnt(epan to Canada for
the purpose and obtained Eleazer and-etl,.-
Gated him as an Indian Missionary, and in this
capacity hc has laborcd for 35 years, never
supposing himself any other than the son of
Thomas Williams, a haIcbreeF- Indian, until
1871. when the son of Louis Philippe, tho
Prince des Jujnyille, camo to this country in
a French ship-of2warr and onqnirna- at-sSes.=
York for Elcazer Williams. Mr. w. was then
stationed at Green Bay, Wisconsin, and mot
the Prince at Fiutfoio, ar,ri- had IN interview