The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-09-23
DeatI, of the DaupIin.
BOMBAY, Franklin Co., N. Y, Aug. 80,

BOMBAY, Franklin Co., N. Y, Aug. 30, '58.
''Are not these woods more free from peril than the
enviOus COurt?n
80 And this our lie, exempt from public haunts,
Finds tongues in trees books in the running broks,
Sermons in stones and good in everything"
"The Dauphin," alias Rev. Eleazer Viii.
liams is dead, gone to the spirit land, where
that mystery in regard TO his parentage is
made plain He died at 8 O'Clock, A. NJ.
on the 2Sth inst, after protracted illness,
His disease was complex, but the chief was
dropsy. t.
These facts will doubtless reach you long
before these lines are perused. My pur.
pose is not to touch on the truth or talsity OF
his claims to Royal lineage, or his sincerity
in making them, but rather TO sketch mat
ters pertaining to the man, which at and
about his last dwelling place l have seen
and otherwise learned. The township from
which | date, embraces part of the ST.
Regis Reservation, aud here, at q small set
tlement called Hogansburg, the Rev. Eleaz.
er Williams has lived and died. Approach.
ing 81. Regis river from the East, and about
one thousand feet from it, on the North side
of the road, is q square enclosure of one
acre, nearly covered by beautiful pine
grove, with only one white and one yellow
birch tree besides. Midway, and about one
hundred feet from the road in this grove
stands modern one story house, forty feel
square, with Gothic roof, gable front. and
piazza, painted outside dark brown, inside
oak grained. ,.
From front to rear runs wide hall, di
viding the house equally, making two smal
rooms in front, one each side of the hall
whilst the rear, from which is a flight o
stairs above, has no room deserving more
dignifed name than closet or pantry. The
windows are small, with diamond glass, ant
hung with outside green blinds. No Other
bdiding, or shed, grnces the premises. Thi;
is where the Dauphim lived and died.
The tidings Of his death spread rapidly on
Saturday. Lodges of Masons were conven.
ed that evening, and arrangements made in
places as distant as Malone, about twenty
fine miles, to attend and bury him with ho-
ncrs, yesterday at Q O'clock p NJ.
About one O'Clock entered the grounds
and dwelling, where | found about twenty
pers0ns, mostly females. In the west front
room upon stools stood large sized coffin
covered with black bread. cloth and silver
mounted, and a rich pail having two deer
velvet borders thrown over. No plate, let
ter, or figure, indicated its contents.
The lid was open, and. therein lay the de
ceased, clad in his Episcopal vestment;
with a small black velvet cap covering tht
top of his head and the upper part of hi
brow. The Countenance was remarkabl,
fresh, the eyes not sunken, and but for
parched appearance of the lips, nothing in
consistent with a hole man in calm repose
On entering, was not little surprise
to see Mrs. M, Of your city, OF the hea
of the corpse, tanning off the flies, as hav
seen her do for her sleeping child, and
stalwart Indian standing at her back. Sh
had made the acquaintance and won the con
idence of equaw who had attended the de
ceased, and thus enabled me to inspect tn
library, royal robe, &c. Ascending TIL
stairs before mentioned, there Is smal
garret-like room with plain shelves, con
tanning a library of about thousand vol
umes. Its general character is theological
and its most prominent feature in this re
spect is the large collection of sermons b
eminent French divines of the last century
There is little of History or Biography. La
martine's History of.the Girondists, Carly
sle's French Revolution, Documentary CO
lonial History of N. Y, Lives of Madison
! Monroe, and Kossuth, were observed. Th
miscellaneous books would indicate littl
Care in selection. Walkers Rhyming Die
tionary is there. In small closet unde
the roof were about bushel of loose mani
scripts scattered about, which | only locke
at.