Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-03-02
DAILY NATIONAL ERA.


THE BOURBON QUESTION AGAIN.
| The following notice has appeared in seyera
papers Of this city, and we have been requesteG
to copy 10:
Gentlemen. Have we Bourbon among US
The Rev. Mr.. Hanson, Of New York, has given
. true history of the lost prince, who is now in
America, and who is an humble missionary
among the Indians, our red brethren Of the
forest A son of the late Louis XVI, who has
with great acceptance oficiated in the several
congregations in the cities Of Washington and
Georgetown, and has excited great enthusiasm
tor the aborigines of our happy Republic, has
made an appeal to the Christian public on the
SUBJECTS Of erecting q church, forming library,
and establishing an academy for the educating
and Christianizing his nation--to teach them
70 read, to write and to speak the English lam
guage. Any gentlemen who are DESTROYS Of
aiding him in this benevolent and religious I'M
dertaking be win be most happy to see, or to
hear from, and to record their names as the
donors and founders of this church, and return
his grateful thanks and the Indians blessing.
Books may be forwarded TO Mrs. Anderson,
second door from the Irving House, Pennsyl-
vania avenue.p
We earnestly hope the gentleman here re-
ferred to may be successful in the humane pur-
pose he has in view. But we do not like all
the means that have been adopted to insure it's
success Seemingly authoritative disavowals
are from time TO time published Of any partioi-
patton by the Rev. Mr.. Williams himself in
the pretensions set up in his behalf and fol-
lowing close upon them come the repetition Of
the oftrepeated assumption, and in such con-
nection as to force irresistibly upon the minds
Of the public thu conviction that these publica-
tions could not be made without his knowledge
and approval. The first half Of the above mo-
tice, for example, might have been written by
the Rev DR.. Hanson, or any other person; but
who would undertake, unauthorized by Mr.
Williams himself the publication Of the latter
portion Of it Mr.. Williams either does or
does not profess to believe that he is the son Of
Louis XVI. fhe does, he should say so if he
does not he should not permit any one, wheth-
or 70 give him Or his mission eclat, or for what
ever purpose, to place him in an equivocal
position before the world. c.
THE PHILADELPHIA RESIDENCE OF PENN
The Philadelphia Historical Society wish to
purchase, with the ten thousand dollars be-
queathed to them BY Elliott Cresson, the Penn
House, at the corner Of Second street and Nor
ris's alley, in Philadelphia. This Slate-roof
House. the Sun remarks, twas among the first
edifoss erected in the city, having been built
by Samuel Carpenter, prior to the landing Of
Penn himself Mr.. Carpenter soon after offer
cd the property for sale, and it was purchased
for Wn. Penn, az il was considered the most
ct for Governors residence of any Of the
houses ID town. Governor Penn, on his arrival
in his nav city, took possession Of his splendid
mansion The property now belongs to an old
maiden lady, named Sally Norris Dickinson,
who resides in Arch street. below Twelfth She
is directly descended from family which &C
companid Penn to this country, and was born
in the building which is the subject Of our no
ticen
10 Hon. Thaddeus Stevens lectured last
evening, tDfore the " Free Reading Room Asso-
ciation," d the Spring Garden Hall, Philadel-
phis
70 The Detroit Advertiser says that Mr.
Stewards late speech displays considerable
ability!n Is not this editor the same gentle
man who was once SO profoundly impressed
with the grandeur of the torrent Of Niagara
that he exclaimed that ii aOas niesa