The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-05-19
SUMMARY.

SUMMARY.
The Dauphin.-Mary Ann Williams, mother
of the so.called, long lost heir of the Bourbon
about whose identity, in the person Of the Rev
Eleazer Williams, the newspapers have been
very much exercised of late, makes oath in
Franklin county, New York, to the following
facts that she is the widow of Thomas Viii.
liams; and that she i. the natural mother Of
Rev. Eleazer Williams; and that she is aware
Of his pretensions to be the son of Louis XVI
and knows them to be false that he was her
fourth child, and born at Caughnawaga; that
at the time of his birth, her sister took him to
the priest to be baptized, and that her sister
gave the priest the name of the child's god
father, which was Juser, from whom the child
took his name that he was born in the spring
thinks in the month of June says that, when
he was about nine years old, some of his fathers
friends from the States came to Caughnawaga
and took him and a younger brother away, to
send them to school that some time after, he
returned home, and had a sore leg, which
made him lame; that they doctored his leg
the sore was in his knee; that sometimes it
would heal up, and again break out, and that
they sometimes were fearful it would never get
well that she has no recollection how the scar
came on his face and that she never knew of
his having any trunks or medals in his posses
sion and that her son Eleazer very strongly
resembles his father, Thomas Williams and
says that no person whatever either clergymen
or others, ever advised or influenced her, in any
manner, to say that he was her son that the
first intimation she ever had of his pretensions
to q royal birth, was from one William Wood.
man, an Oneida Indian, who came to her about
three years ago, and asked her if she would not
be willing to 60 before magistrate and swear
that Eleazer was not her son, but was given
her to bring up; she told him she would do no
such thing, as che knew him to be her son
that Eleazer has since mentioned to her that
some of his friends thought he was not an In
dian, but descended from royal parentage she
told him it was no such thing, that he was her
own SOM
If this testimony is reliable, it completely ex-
tinguishes the pretensons Of Mr. Williams to
kingly descent
correspondent of the Fairfax Neps thus
enumerates some hard points against ex-Gov.
William Smith who is anxious to come to Con-
gress from Virginia without the endorsement
of a Democratic Convention
q In lQSn Gnvorco- C-.:ll l.. r.
California, but with tho intention either of re-
turning, or making that his permanent abode,
know not which but it is very certain that
while there, by acts of his he forfeited ali
claim as a citizen of this State Was he not
candidate for seat in the United States SEN
ate a. the time Col. J. B. Weller was elected
allowing his name to be before the Legislature
| for two days? Was he not member of the
Convention to nominate candidates for Con.
gress and electors for President and Vice Presi
dent of the United States Did he not leave
California for the purpose Of applying for the
CollectOrship of the port of San Francisco
Has he not on various occasions, shown him.
self willing to accept Office from the citizens of
California And would now ask every i'm
partial man if by these acts, he has not for
feited all claim as citizen of this State? Not
withstandng these facts, no comes back to
Virginia, and, with the greatest boldness, and
without blush, asks the voters of this district,
recently redeemed, and for which no never
struck blow, to send him to Congress"
Virtue at Premium SOME of the South
ern journals have high appreciation Of the
uses of Christianity. Witness the following
"The Fort Gibson (Mississippi) Herald thinks
that the disadvantages of religious instruction
to slaves are, on the whole, rather moro than
countcrbalanced by its favorable effect on the
prices at market 1t has been known to make
difference of eight or ten per cent"
Christian virtues advance the value of slave
"eight or ten per cent" Let no one, after this,
charge Southern men with disregard Of the
advantages of religious instruction to slaves.'
Eight or ten per cent. is not the highest mo-
tive to induce religious education, but it had
better be done for that reason than not at all.
The editor of tho jefferson (Mo) Inquirer
repudates the favorable notice Of " Uncle Toms
Cabin i" which appeared in that journal last
fall He says he has "never read Uncle Toms
Cabin, and does not expect TO-" He adds 4:
uc uOtce Was WTittcu W " - Lachcy, ESP
Virginian, and q stakeholder, who occupied
the chair editorial in our absence Honor to
whom honor.
Tennessee The Democrats of this State
have nominated Hon. Andrew Johnson, and
the Wings have nominated Gustavus A. Henry,
as candidates for Governor at the next election
Mr.. Johnson has served his district in Congress
and is the originator of the bill granting 100
acres of land to each landless settler, which
measure he supported with much zeal The
bill passed the House, but was defeated in the
Senate The Wings Of Tennessee are ralyng
their forces, and warmly contested election
is anticipated
Christopher Carson, better known Us "Kit
Carson" has written letter, giving his opin-
ion that the railroad route to the Pacific
through New Mexico, is preferable to the route
through Utah. He says;
al know but one route across the continent
which can bo travelled winter and summer,
and over remarkably level country, and that
one must cross the Rio Grande del Norte with.
in fifty or sixty miles OF Santa Fe, and from
thence as direct to the California mountains as
the nature of the country will allow The pass
known az Walkers Pass through the noun
tans, is good one, and has no very abrupt
ascents or dosconts. There is another pass,
higher up, which IL nearly if not quite as good
as WaEer's' That comes in somewhere about
one of the -Four Creeks and DIR. Maggie, OF
Santa Ce, has mentioned to me the fact that a
relia hla and iutalli0ent man an old mountain.
eer, and whose Statements ! know arc 10 bs