St. Mary's beacon., 1858-09-30

attention, aud argued 50 fsvorahly in behalf
Of his ability, chat a benevolent gentleman
Of that city, Mr.. John B. Seaman, vniun-
teeiel 10 lcEray The yce4th's expenses at Cuion
Cypege. Thesczstk was gladly accepted, and
Payne fork his departure for Albany in Sloop,
in company with his friend arl Kind adviser.
thf celebrated American Novelist. Charles
Brpckden Brnwn. The bankruptcy of his
fa-fler led yoi'ag Payne to insist upon trying
tlfs stage As means Of support and inas-
n. III - he had already displayed histrionic
\ eas Cities. che nbtaired the consent Of his
parent and patron. and leaving college made
mis- FIRST appearance at the Park Theatre as
/ Yoang Nvrv4l. on the evening of February
oath, 1909, i'll his sixteenth year. The per-
:urnlancc, like those Of the whole engage
melt, was highly successful lie subScquent-
( ly fcIltF~i engagements III the principal
cities Of the United States, In Ja"uarv.
1913, he sailed for Ln..InG, wnerc Ant in
! France he remained unit! the wear 1882.
when he returned home Orthe varied scene,
! in which his life was passed on tie island
and on The continent, we have not the space
to write. An at7>:rnt cF the TRANSACTION
which resulted in TIC con 0,ition thai is sung
wherever the English tongue is spoken, must
| not however, I've omitted
When Charles kcmblc lie, s'nc manager Of
Convent Garden. he like his predecessors ap-
piled t. Payne for aid PAYNE offered the
new manager number cf manuscripts for
ESS0. The odd thirty was the value
set Opposite the piece afterwards called
! 'Clart. kem6te cl,sed with III" o:!vr. and
! produced this rc"e which, at his request.
the author hui converted into an opera. I.
made the fortune of every one prominently
connected with u, except the usual exception
III thcs" rases-thc a"ihor II gained fnr
| Miss NJ. Tree THE elder sister Of Mrs. Charles
kean, who first sang Home, Sweet Home, =
a wealthy husband, and fiiird the house and
treasury. Upwards Of one kuur1red Mou,and
copies "t the song We're csiill..tei in lS@2 l.,
have been sold by the o!igual publishers.
whose profits within two years after il was
issued, are said t. have umpuut,l :, two
! huuScM guincus
! After his return t. the TLircd States
! Payne lSSuc': the prospectus ,f periodical
winch was to appear simultaneously IN Eng
land and the United States. The prospectus
of eight pagrs was the only part "f the work
that ever saw the light. lie subsequently,
became a contributor t. the Dcmocatit Re-
view, and having twice received the appnmt-
ment of Consul to TunS. dic,i there in 1852
tIhe song by which he is best known. appcar-
ell originally As follows:
! HOME. SWEET HOME.
I 'afsi pleasures and palaces though we nay rcom
Still be it ever so humble there = no plac. Jk,
home;
4 charm from the skies seems to haow 1t there
Which, go through the world, you'll not meet
! elsewhere.
Home, Home,
! Sweet Home.
There's no place like hom e.
Theie's no place like home
An exile from home. pleasure dazzles in vain,
All give me my lovely thatched cottage again:
The birds singing sweetiy, that came to mv call
GIVE me them, and tlia; le1cc OF mind, deare,
than ali.
Home. home. &c.
| Many songs. IN whose composition far more
time has been emrhy", than WAS ever spent
"n this, have faded from r"cnll"~,ion, not tina,
they were destitute Of merit but t"caus. they
failed to awaken that thrill of the heart which
l. the trrc measure Of the power Of music How
different the fate o. tlis ballad Written viii
nothing "f the delights o.: i..'l,c about him
but the rccollections of lis hoine!incS. il. cot.
tagc thatch, AMI its birds, tn" a..hcr strung
the sui.g with chords whcSc tone, find n rs.
ponSe i'll every heart that eyer lad or dreamed
of home. This Simple lyric is known al
over the world. AMI doI.Gtl"ss saI,.e.l It's a,l-
thor's ears in far "l Tuui<. lie once heard
it sung by fiow captive while il. a I.rn,:m
prison, and - ,hci for H." freedom of the bird
"i which he had writer. In the pari0r4 and
sttons Of the great the rich ami the fashion:,-
BILE; i'll the simple a5nle Of the humble, ia.
pcnr, and the afflicted: by the waysidr, in tie
concert hall at midnight in tEr scrcnade, a,
m"rnng aud ~ evening in the street, and
through open windows, is heard tins song
which will be remembered as lorg a.thc Ian
suage remains in which i was written Still it.
author WAITED the leg "f mutton while I.ondn!
WAS dissolved i'll tears i.y his lyric, and lie Tot
only lost the twenty-five pounds Which was
to have been pail him for the copyright of tn,
opera in which the gong appeared on til.
twentieth night Of its performance, but was
not even complinrcntcd with \ copy of his own
ballad by the publisher Troy Wing.