The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1853-02-11

Such Is he beading . very long article
- Pninnm1s New Mugnzine of his month.
II lfthsslsIements made ID this article be true,
ii "Opens tale Of neal life, as iomaniic ss any
sser conceived By the most celebrated WI.
tsn Of fiction. The substance Of the. story
is that Charles Louis. the SON Of Louh XVI.
and Marie Anioinetie. and heir 10 the throne
Of France, who was reported 10 have died
when ten years old from the effects Of the III
treatment received at the hand Of his iailor
isaot dend but now living in this country,
and Is known as Rev. RLAzRR W1LLlAns.--
We add recapitulatron of the facts contein.
ed in the disclosures, the details being too
lengthy for our columns:
lst That the Prince de Joinyille, on his
ARRIVAL IN the country, inquired for Mr.. Will.
Jams, and soughtand obtained an interview
with him at Green Bay, ia which, after de-
manding conditional pledge OF secrecy, he
required Of him resignation Of the crown 81
France, as It's legitimate heir in favor Of
Louis Philippe, and afterwards corresponded
with him through his secre taries.
ID, That after the Princes return. Louis
Philippe wrote with his own hand 10 MIR.
Williams.
3D.. That Belsnges, in ls4s, confessed
when dying. that be brought the Dauphin tc
this country.
4th. That the French ambassador. Genet
inthe presence of DR.. Francis and Others
acknowledged that the Dauphin was botb
alive and in this country, and IN the State OF
New York in ls47.
6th. That LIE Ray de Chaumont who ac.
coTding to Genet's statement, was acouain.
ted with The affair, bad much dealing with
the Indians in the neighborhood where MIR.
Williams was brought up. once in conyer-
sation made "a remote allusion 10 the Dau-
phin.
9th. That Col. de Fenier one Of the bod,
guard Of Louis XVI. married, and resided
among the Indians at Oneida, where con-
siderable part of Mr.. Williams life was spent
and that he and LIE Ray believed member
Of Louis XVItb's family, to he in an indi-
gent condition in America.
9TH. That the Able de Colonne, resident
at Trois Rivieres nearC Caughnawaga, believed
the Dauphin to be alive, and in America, and
that Bishop Chevreuse did the same,
9th. Tha. efforts were made 10 induce Mr..
Williams to return TO the Romish Commun.
ion, Of nature only explicaple on the sup
position Of bis being more than ordinary
person.
& 9th. Thatthe name of Eleazer Williams
10 not the Baptismal reglsterat Caughnawaga.
10th. That he has none of the character.
inticS of an Indian.
Mth. That he closely resembles Louis
l2th. That various marks on his BODY.
correspond exactly wilhthose known to have
been on the body OF the Dauphin.
18th. That the name of the Dauphin was
omitted from the solemnities for the depar-
ted Bourbons, in the reign of Louis XVIII.
l4th. That the Indian woman, his repu-
ted mother, does not acknowledge him to be
her child.
10Th. That boxes Of clothing and medals
OF Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette. were
lett with the child, one Of which is still IN
Mr. Williams possession.A
18th. That an unknown Frenchman came
TO see Mr.. Williams in youth, and we pit over
him.
l7th. That his board and tuition were reg
nlarly paid at Ely's, when it is known that
bis reputed father had neither means nor in.
6iination odo so.
II 18th. That Williams remembers conyer.
sation. on the subject oil his education. be.
tween Thomts Williams and his wife, in
which II was stated that means were provided
Tor the purpose, and another between Thom-
90 Williams and Vanderheyden, in which
the fact of French boy being committed to
the care of the former in 1895, was mentioned
18th. That he recognized the portraits of
Simon the jailcr, and of Madame Eliza beth,
when unexpectedly placed before him by
Prof Day.
10th. That Williams was idiotic at the
age Of l3or IA.
2lst. That the Dauphin at the sge Of ten
was reduced to the same condition by ILL
treatment.
22d. That since the recovery of his reason,
faint dreamy remembrances OF the past have
returned 10 the mine of Mr.. w. correspon-
ding to known scenes in the Dauphin's
history.
2Sd. That decree for the banishme mt of
the son Of Louis xvi, passed the French
convention IN 1874.
34th. That the President and Ecclesiastical
dignitaries of France, have written to Mr..
Williams, making inquiries concerning his
history.
25th That there have been various at
tempts to personate the Dauphin.
18th That Rochefoucauld Liancourt was
at Oneida, Albsny and Saratoga, in 1895, un-
der circumstances which created suspicion
OF his having some agency in the transaction
-9.ard also IN close communication with va
rious persons of The name of Wiliams-and
that shortly after, Louis Philippe and his
brothers were among the Indiansin Western
New York, and also in New Orleans, in the
vicinity Of Belsnger. '-
9th Thatthe Rev. Eleaer Williams has
been for 26years a laborious Missionary, in
the Protestant Episcopal Church, and is at |
present Clergyman in good standing.
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