Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-09-29
John Howard Payne.

iNs hhi itnutf ualladi =" Home, sweet Hone,
is Washington Irving, Soon after The lfs
appearance Of this statement, Mr.. Irving. n
dgnani that so foul sn attempt should be n,ait
10 strip this beautiful wreath of. poetry flrou
the dead brow of hUn who iwinedii. wrote y
letter denying the authorship Of the song, sad
FeallFming the fact that il was the eomI5si.
iion Of The gifted John Howard Payne. We
cannot too heartily desp Sc the man who os'yi
mated the falsehOod. and We cannot but ile.
that Il Is The duty Of every editor into who.
! paper the fabrication has been allowed 10
creep, 10 publish also lis rcfuintiOn.
The details OF Mr.. Payne's history are yctT
interesting, and should be be,ie' known lhsu
they are TO his connirymen. lie was boru m
the city Of New York on the 9th Of .Ilj,
| I92 but was soon after taken TO Boston. "a
which pace his father removed TO take ihg
charge OF n new educational esiablshmeai 80
His precoeily displayed itself in various f,rmt.
and when aGou, the year 1905. he reiurnrl ~
New York aud catered a counting hou,r, hg
amused himSplf by publishing little rerI5 h.
cal cniitlcd 9Th, ThespiAn Mirror" Som,
Of his articles thus disseminated a,t,,ct,l o.,
much attention. aud argued so lavorsbly r,
behalf Uf his ability, TINT a benevolent gtr.,.
man Oi that cltY, Mr.. John L. Seaman. 1'.
untecrcd 70 dcfray The youths expenses Ju.
ion College. The offer WIS gladly acc pied,
and Payne took his departure for Albany ns
sloop, in company with his friend and kiul al.
WISER. the celebrated American novelist, c., cs
Brockden Brown. The bankruptcy q bis
father led young Payne 10 insist upon trying
the stage ns means ot support, md nas much
tashc had already displayed histronic upacir,-,
he obtained the consent OF his parent an PIT.
ron, aud leaving college made his first appear
ance at the Park Theatre Us Young Norya'.
on the evening Of February 81 1900, in hi,
sseenth year, The performance, like tboso
OF the whole engagement, was highly success.
| ful. He subsequently fulfilled engagement N
the principal cities Of the United States To-
January, 1913, he sailed for England, where
and in France he remained until the veg;
1892, when he returned home Ofthe varied
scenes in which his life was passed on tn Is,
land and on the continent, we have nct .he
space to write. An account of the ,rarsac.
ton which resulted in the composition thu, is
sung wherever the English tongue ,s sp ra,
must not however, be omitted.
| When Charles Kemble became manager Of
Coven' Garden he, like his predecessor up.
piled to Payne for aid. Payne otere the
new manager number of manuscript Ion
f230 "The odd Thirty was the value Sc op.
posite the piece afterwards called "Cla,i."--
ksmbe closed with the offer. and produced
this piece, which, at his request, the author
had converted into an opera. II made tn FOR.
tune oil every one prominently connected with
it, except the usual exception in these Gu So
the author. 1t gained for Miss NJ. Tree thg
elder sister of Mrs. Charles Rcan), who tirss
sang Home, Sweet Home" wealthy hGs.
band and hled the house and the treasu 49,
Upwards of one hunirea thousand copi. oi
the song were estimated in 1882 to have beca
sold by the original publishers, whose profits
within two years after it was issued are sold
TO have amounted to tiro thousand guinness
After his return to the United States, Payne
issued the prospectus of Il periodical which
was to appear simultaneously in Engani and
the United States. The prospectus Of eight
pages was the only part o! the work thai ever
saw light. He subsequently became con.
trlbutor to tac Democratic Review, and hog.
ing twice received the appointment Of t.aaut
t. runis, died there in 1852, The sor ov
which he is bee. known appeared origint.T a5
folows.-
Sd pleasures aud palaces though NO may n,
A charm from the skies seems to hallow it there
Which 70 through the world yeul not meet else 5c1s
Home, home
Sweet homer
There's no place like home
There's no place like hons.
An exile from homc pleasure dazzles in vain,
All give my lowly thatched cottage again
The birds singing swcctly that came to my call
Give me them, and that peace Of mind, dearer the
Many songs, on whose composition iar aa7a
time has been employed than was ever sai
on this, haze faded from recollection. not az
they were destitute of merit, but because 'ta,
failed to awaken that thrill Of the heart RI
is the true measure OF the power Of mus
How different the fate of this ballad NE'-
ten with nothing o! the delights ol t5as
about him, but the recollection Of ii home
ness, its cottage tfatch, and its bird the 900
thor strung the song with chords whose fqnsa
find a response in every heart the ever h Z "5.
dreamed of home This sbpHe lyria
known all over the world, and dnbtless soe
ted its authors ears in far 81 f FUnis He
once heard il sung by felloy captive While
! in London prison, and sigh for the freq
dom of The birds of which he had writteC.--
| In the parlors and saloons Of the great, ,ac
rich, and the fashionable; n the simple sbool
of the humble, the poor, and the afflicted 57
the wavside, in the COD ert hail, al mid ''s1t {
in the serehndc, at mrFning and at evenine ?
the street and through open windows, IS hSasa
this song, which viii be remembered as ogg
as the language remains in which II was Srit'
ten. Still its author wanted the daily lec OF
mutton while London was dissolved in ltrs
BY his lyric, and he not only lost the tvN''y
five pounds which was TO have been pa A5'u
for the copyright OF the opera in whic' 'he
song appeared on the twentieth night q i's
performance, but was not even complla2Hfa
with copy OF bis own ballad by the ri5.lah
er.-TrcJ Amerieaa.
We have been shown by. T. W. Ho'se lns
.a,n-nei f-,,n the Nnrth a very ha ndsa 1a :.