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We take the following summary Of the art.
Gle published in the last number of Putnam
Monthly, under the above caption from III
New York Times Of the I'd. The points Of tn
whole argument 70 prove the identity betwee
Mr.. Williams and the Dauphin are stated wit
accur ~:
We have here before Us the following asserte
facts:
l.. That Prince eJoinviIle, on his arrival il
the country, inquired for Mr. Williams an
sought and obtgined an interview with him a
Green Bay, in which, after demanding cond
tionai pledge of secrecy, he required of him re-
signation ofthe crown of France, as it's legiti
mate heir, in favor Of Louis Philippe, and af
tefwards corresponded with him through his Sc
cfetdries
2 That after the Princes return. Louis Phil
fppe, wrote with his own hand to Mr.. Will
ans
B. That Belanger, in l843, confessed, when
dying, that he brought the Damphin to this
country.
a That the French AMBASSADOR, Genet, in
presence Of Dr. Francis and others, acknowl
edged that the Dauphn was both alive, and in
this country, and in the State ofNew York in
l5l7.
S. That lie Rayde Chaumont, who accord-
ing to Genetis statement, was acquainted with
the affair, had much dealing with the indians
IN the neighborhood where Mr.. Williams was
brought up. once in conversation with him,
made a remote allusion to- the Dauphn.
6. That Col de Ferrier, one of the body
guard Of louis XVI, married, and resided
among the Indians at Oneida, where consid-
cradle part of Mr.. Williams life was spent, and
that he and LIE Ray believed member of Louis
XVIth's family to be in an INDECENT condition in
America.
Z. That the Able de Colonne, resident at
Trois Rivieres, near Canghnawaga, believed
the Dauphin to be alive. and in America, and
that Bishop Chevruse did the same.
B. That efforts were made to induce Mr..
Williams to return to the Romish Communion,
only explicable on the suppostion of his being
more than an ordinary person.
That the name of Eleazer Williams is not on
the baptismal register at Caughnawaga.
10. That he has none Of the characteristics
of aeIndan.
IL That he closely resembles Louis XVI
r.. That various marks on his BODY cores
nelly With these known 10 have been
pdy Of the Dauphin.
80 bat the name Of the Dauphn was
&mitted from the solemnities for the departed
1purbops, in the reign of Louis XVIII.
IA. That the Indian woman, his reputed
mother, does not acknowledge him to be her
child.
Is. That boxes Of clothing, and medals of
Louis XVI, and Marie Antoinette was left with
the child, one Of which is still in Mr.. Williams
possession.
That an unknown Frenchman came to see
Mr. Williams in youth, and wept over him.
II. That this board and tuition were regu.
larly paid at DR.. Ely's, when it is known that
his reputed father had neither means nor incli-
nation to do so.
IT, That Williams remembers a CONVERSE
ton OIL the subject of his education between |
Thomas Williams and his wife, in which it was |
stated that means were provided for that
purpose !; and and another between Thomas
Williams and Vandefheyden, in which the fact
of French boy being committed to the care of
the former 1875. was mentioned.
49, That he recognized the portraits of Si-
mon the jailor, and Of Madame Elizabeth, when
Unexpectedly placed before him by Professor
Day.
20. That Williams was idotc at the age of
thirteen or fourteen.
81. That the Dauphin, at the age of ten, was
produced to the same condition by ill-treat- /
lhent.
faint, dreamy remembrances of the past, have
returned to the mind Of Mr.. w corresponding
to known scenes in the Dauphin's history.
90 That decree for the Punishment Of the
son Of Louis XVI, passed the French Con-
vention in 1894.
"a. That the President and Ecclesiastical
dignitaries Of France have written to Mr..
Williams, making inquiries concerning his
history.
25 That there have been various attempts
TO personate the Dauphin.
Is. That Rechefoucauld Linanc, urt was at
Oneida, Albany and Saratoga, in 1875, under
circums, ances~ which create suspicion of his
having some agency in the transaction,-and
also in the close communication with various
persons of the name of Williams,-and that
shortly after, Louis Philippe and his brothers
were aneng the Indians in Western New York,
and also in New Orleans, in the vicinity of Bel
anger.
~. Tint Rev. Eleazer Williams has been
for twenty-sfx years laborious Missionary in
the Protestant Episcopal Church, and is at pre-
sent Clergyman in good standing.
Now, there can be no question that, it all
these points could be proved, the irresistible
conclusion would be that Louis XVII, and Rev.
Eleazer Williams age idential Even in the inn
perfect degree in which | know and have sta
ted them; much more if Brought out in detail
with all attendant circumstances.
Question OF identity among this most dif-
6cult and interesting with which law is convers
emf. The settlement Of them requires varied
) nd peculiar evidence. The negative and af-
frmative have both TO be clearly shown. Two
apparently things must be demonstrated to be
one. Resemblance must be not accidental, but
inherit to the degree of sameness.