Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-03


The body Of joan Hovard Payne is OF It's
Wy to this oorntry from tne cemetery OF
Tunis. Alr y " Carcoran, WIN made the
poa.', sea aairtsnce l. 1910. AID cay him fast
ia 1909, viii bear the tota! xpenses Of the re-
movsl and reintermso5- The body Of the au-
thor sf Home. Street Home, vii BE- placed
In Ok II II CsmeLery, Geors etoEn Nights,
near Washington. on JAM next. Sim
DIE nonumeas Wil be erected over the re-
mains. bearing the Inscription " John How
ard Payne. author of Home, Sweet Home.
Born June 8. 1892 Died April 10, 1852"
John Hsw I'd Payne WAS not bonn IN BoS-
ton as is ststsd OF the monument at Tunis,
but in New York CITY. His father removed
to the Capital OF NJ lssacnusetts whea his
son was very ycuug. and opened beard
ing school il that cisy, The future poet
was . clever, smti Jus boy. While still
a5 schccl ne Published a weekly news
paper. The F7H which Is said 70 hive
given promise OF great Rsrary ability. BE
was q good elocu icaisi, and loved things The
atrical. One OF his sports was Is commander
Of 3 military company known SIS the Boston
Federal Guards. Wien thirteen years of age
he was placed il a counting house in New
York, situation most oistasJsful to Eim, the
tediousness OF which he relieved by acting as
the editor of Tile Thespiaa Mirror. The ex-
csllencs Of the oIamG.lc CT icism contained
il this 1urnal made hin some icfnentlal &C
quaiut&nees, among them q Mr.. Seaman, who
srat HIN a. Schenectady CUiisg9 80 he eGu-
Gated While there he edited PdstiBie, q
weekly msgazine, the irst number Of which
appeared IN 1907. Ia 1903 he returned to
Boston TO prepare for the stage, and continued
literary labor there as editor OF the Mirror
His frat sppeafanee en- the stage YES mad9
at New York in February, 1909 and
was q success. l. was followed by en-
gagements in New England, the South
and West. Il 1918 he went TO Eng
land and on ,Tuue 4Jh Of that year appeared
il Drury Lare Ih5ateT, Lnodon. be c0a-
tinued as actor several year,, after which ne
devoted himself TO literature. His editoTship,
in London, of theatrical j Urnal called The
Opera Glass, did not last iong. BY the year
1925 he had COMPOSED FeVe a. dramas Of
merit. Including - Brutu7, ms masterpiece,
and Clari the Maid Of Milan" which con-
tanned Home, Sweet Home" This drama
was inolu led IA EnaHuscrps sold l. the year
1925, to Charles ksmbl-, / Concert Garden
Ihsater, London, for thic5y p3uads. Miss
Tree, = Sister Of Ellen Tree, sang the song
upon It's frst production l. was popular in
medis tsly. 4 hundred shoussn3 copies were
sold Ia one year. bus rot one cent was paid
to the author hy tn fortunate publishers. It
has baan distributed " millions Of copies
since tnent aiu LlS SEHSSS5@ sloSSES LaFS CS-
lighted myriaIs If hearers with It's simple
aud touching music and sentiment. Mr.
Payne's literary wesk while il Europe
was carried On sometimes in Psris. Il was
precautions "a to its financial results, and
the gifted author il said to have endured
cruel herdships b. reason u poverty. Some
relief TO his uufhr -urste condition wss found
in his acqusiasafc, waile in Pay!s, With
Washington irving He returzed to AUerics
10 1881 aud maas his home il New York
with younger brother His literary schemes
proved unpr5 f-ahls. For sone time Payoe
acted as tue agent Of the Cherokee chief,
john r ss, both ia TIE country Of his tribe
and in Wa hing.on. This chivalrous
kindness 20 the Icdisus led to bis arrest by
party Of the SCzt5 militia OF Georgia, end
temporary imprisonment. Pre5jdeut Tyler
appointed him Consul as Tulis, in lS4l. He
was recalled dusioe the Admiaiatra5ion Of
Polk President Fillmore reappoin5ed him,
aad he heid the position Of Consul 80 Tunis It
the time Of his death. An account Of the ex-
huming and removal OF his remains TO his
native country was given BY Us few days
gigce.