The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-06-09
JOHN RoWARDPAYNE AM GENERAL,
LAMAR.

rs;anav Herbert in Southern Cultivator.l
As PAYNE was something of a Bohe.
mian. no drifted into Georgia during
the tronblous times that preceded the
removal of the Cherokee Indians. HIS
Intimacy with the noted chief of the
tribe. John Roos, resulted In his arrest
rs dangerous visitor, The State and
National governments were in conflict
as to Indian affairs, and white men
were prohibited from visiting the tribes
without first securing the permission
of the State authorities. Payne had
failed to do this, and being news
paper correspondent aud writer, his
actions were considered supictous. A
thorough investigation, however, Sc
cured his release after a brief impris0n-
ment. and he went on his way rejoicing,
and carrying with good supply OF In
formation.
It is beyond question that Payne was
a great admirer of the ladies, and with
ali his poverty and misf0rtunes ne
be could always find an entrance Into
the best circles of society, where ms
brilliant talents made him the central
figure. During his Southern tour he
was quite lion In society, and there
are not a few old albums In Tennessee,
! Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana, In
which he indited verses to some fatr
| lady whom he met and admired.
have before me as write once elabo'
rate album, then the property OF
charming young lady of Alabama, IN
which PAYNE inscribed few lines.
This album is now in the possession
of son of the lady, who was q Miss
Emily w. Goode, daughter of Judge
Samuel Goode, of Montgomery, Ala.
She married Rev. David Finley, DID,,
an eminent Presbyterian divine, who
Graduated a. the old Franklin College
at Athens, Ga, with such distinguish
ed classmates as DIR. Crawford w. Long
Gen. Francis s. Barlow and Hon.
Jupius A. Wingfeld. Both parents
are deceased, and the son, Thomas
Finley, Esq, well-known young
, LAWYER of Atlanta, treasures thes album
: as a rich legacy.
: Miss Goode was lady of rare lowell
ness and varied attractions, and had
MANY admirers in her circle of society
It was not strange, therefore, that
9 when the brilliant author Of "I1ome,
: Sweet Home" met her and was cha rm'
: ed by her beauty and accomplishments
there should have been equally bril-
liant rivals to challenge his knfghtly
C attentions and contest his advances
So when he wrote the following fiatter
q inp verse in Miss Goodies album
Il there was at hand knightlier ant
D and equally brilliant Georgian to mattel
It with verse as ssgood' If not SHELTER
- Lady your name, if understood,
Explains your nature to letter
And NAV YOU never change from Good<
Unless, If possible, TO better
j. II. PAYNE.
MONTGOMERY, July 81, 1885.
T. Mirabeau u. Lamar, like Payne, wa
a journalist, a poet, and gifted man
He edited the Columbus, (Ga.) Enquir
err. from 1928 to 1880, and again in 1873
re- he resumed for time its editoria
tc management. 1t was at this perio
that Payne was roaming about In tn
I'd South. and Lamar coming across hi
a. verse in Miss Goodies album, penne'
l. the following sharp and personal reply
1 am content with being Goodc,
= TO aim at better might be vain;
Bnt if I do, tits understood,
What'er tho cause-it Is not Layne.
MIRABEAU Is. LAMAR.
Lamar knew, better than Payne
how to pay delicate compliment to
really beautiful woman in poetry sui
ed to the task. He was indee
s.the warrior-poet," and we are tol
that tho nbravest are the tenderest.
surely no drawer soldier ever penned
tenderer gem of poetry to fair lad.
10 than this Miss to Goode, from LANAI
tic The rose 7 saw upon thy breast,
10, deemed the happiest of it's race;
,ed In such world of beauty blest,
an How could it wish brighter place.
But all its hues departed soon.
Like fading clouds at closing day;
IT, could not brook superior bloom,
And sank in Envy's pale decay.
ru What different fate awaited the
err two men, both brilliant, witty, geni
and poetic. Payne, after many 81
wanderings and misfortunes and fe
40 blessings and joys, died In a far
, 900 foreign land, an "exile from home
WV and desolate even to the last Lam,
I. brave, ambitious, impulsive, respon
ed TO the call of Texas, and the mai
- of the General Mirabeau b. Lamar, t
uE. President of the clone Star Republic
shines brightly today in the annals
her struggles, her victories, ana
Nv grand developments.
Payne died an unhappy, disapPoin'
man. whose long life had failed to
complish any great work for his col
best try. humanity or the world at lar