Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-02-22
The BODIES OF THE CONSPIRA.
TORS.

kem0voI OF the Remains OF Payne.
Not many days since the officers at the arse
nal being DESTROYS that the remains Of Lewis A.
Payne, one of the Lincoln assassination con-
spirators, who was executed on the 7th Of July,
1866, and buried under the floor of No. 2 store
house, should be removed, the necessary order
was procured from the War Department, and
one Of our undertakers was employed to remove
the body. The trench from which the remains
OF the other conspirators, together with those of
WirZ, had been removed, was found open, and
the box containing the bones and dust which
constituted all that was left Of the body of
Payne, was raised and given in charge of the
undertaken, and was quietly taken out of the
grounds, the officer Of the guard not even know
ing the fact.
The undertaken was instructed to be very
quiet in relation to the affair, and he has, from
all We can gather, followed his instr tructions TO
the letter; first purchasing a site in one of our
District cemeteries, and having a grave dug, i'm
which he afterwards saw the box placed. and
covered. Neither the keeper OF the cemetery
nor the grave-diggers knew whose remains were
buried; but in case Payne's family or friends
ever apply for thea to the authorities the un-
dertaker has the namber OF the site, 70 that
it may be identiiedf
The removal of ..,;s body closes the list, and
now none Of the re.rsi ms of the conspirators,
which were buried inside the Arsenal inclosure.
remain there. The remains Of the others were
removed about a year ago. The body of Mrs.
Surratt was inferred at Nit. Oivet by Messrs.
Harvey q Mari; that of Herold was buried in
the Congressional Cemetery by Joseph Gawler;
Booths remains (frst buried in the rear room
of the Penitentiary, and then with the others in
No. storehOuse,) were removed by his family
and inferred at Greenmount Cemetery, Balti-
more; Atzerodts body lies in Glenwood Gem
etery-he was inferred by j. w. Plant; and the
remains of Wirz (the Andersonville jailor) were
placed in Mt. Oiivet Cemetery by Augustus
Burgdorf.
Rev. Father Walter officiated at the inter
msnt Of Mrs. Surratt, Rev. j. V. Lewis at Her
ODDS, and Rev. Father Walter at Wirz's. There
were no services over the remains of Atzerodt
and Payne. No application was ever made for
the remains Of Payne from his relations residing
in Florida, although about the time the remains
we're removed there was some talk OF raising a
subscription to have his body removed and prop
erly inferred.
The proper name Of Payne was Lewis PAYNE
Powell, and he was a son Of Rev. George c.
Powell, who, during the war, resided at Live
Oak Station, Florida. He was about twenty
he took in the conspiracy, and was a remarka-
bly, fine looking man physically, being over six
feet in height, and well proportioned. He en-
listed in the Second Florida infantry in 1861 and
after serving near Richmond was wounded and
taken prisoner at Gettysburg in July, 1862 and
sent to Baltimore for treatment. He remained
at the hospital until October following, when he
left for his regiment, and near Winchester
joined a regiment Of Confederate cavalry, in
which he remained until January, 1865, when
he deserted and coming into Alexan lria took
the oath Of allegience as q refugee. Subsequent
ly he went to Baltimore, where he met Booth
(whose acquaintance he had made in Richmond
previously and the conspiracy was subsequent
ly planned, for participating in which, by at
tempting tostake the life Of Secretary Seward,
he lost his life.
IT WILL ss good news 20 many 70 know that
the conference committee on the Naval bill, ap-
propriating two millions Of dollars to continue
work at the navy-yards, has agreed on that
amount Of appropriation.
THE CADETsHIP SALE BUsINEss.-Some feel
ing was exhibited to-day amongst members by
the appearance in a morning paper of q card
signed by Ed. Z. Brooks, one of the witnesses
before the Military Committee. The para
graph in Mr. Brooks card taken exception t.
more particularly is that In which he speaks Of
a certain class of members of Congress who can
be bought like sheep, at SO much head. There
has been some angry talk about expelling the
cardist from the reporters gallery, &C., &C..
but it is not probable the threat will be carried
out
To-day Mr.. S. Newton Pettis, eX-member of
Congress, was before the Military Committee,
and made a general denial Of the charges
against himself. LandOn was also recalled.
THE HOUSE To-pAY.-The House tonic of ex-
element to-day was the Mungen speech on
Cuban belligerency printed in Sundays Globe.
Mr.. Nungen received leave to print his speech
in the usual way without speaking it," and the
House has discovered that the said speech Is
a remarkable piece Of nud-finging at the Pres
ident, Secretary Fish, and most especially at
Senator Sumner, such as would have been in
terrupted in the first ten words had Mr.. NJ. un-
dertaken to deliver the TRADE in the House.
The language applied to Mr.. Sumner can only
be characterized by the word, nasty. 1t is much
too foul for reproduction, but its character
may be indicated by saying that the member
from Ohio seems to have ransacked ancient and
modern history to find allusiOns for his use.
Mr.. Dawes, in the morning hour, rose to a
question Of privilege, and offered resolution
censuring Mr.. Mungen and ordering that the
speech be excluded from the Globe. The reso-
luton was adopted, after considerable debate.
1t is to be hoped that this example will have
the effect to stop the abuse Of printing speeches
never delivered.
The COLoRED PEOPLE OF THE SoUTH-THRiR
CONDITIoN-AN INTERESTING MKETINa-Quite
large gathering Of leading Republicans of the
country met at the residence Of Senator Pom
eroy last night, to take into consideration the
material condition Of the cOlored people Of the
South, and discuss plans for their improvement
and advancement. Among those present were
Senators and Representatives from most of the
Southern States, and leading cOlored men OF the
country. The members Of Congress present
gave statements of the condition Of the cOl0red
population in their respective states, and all
agreed upon the system as proposed by the Ma
tional Labor Union Convention as the best
means to improve the material condition Of the
cOlored race. 1t was decided to send an agent
into the South for the purpose Of introducing
the system among the working classes; and Mr..
Isaac Myers, of Baltimore, President of the
National Labor Union Congress, was designated
as the proper agent to send there. 1t is proposed
to send agents into each one OF the States to
start the ball in motion, and through the Union
Leagues to reach the class to be benented.
Perfect unity OF sentiment on the matter under
discussion WAS apDarenf and the ncccSSltV OF