Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-02-17
JOHN HOWARD PAYNE.

Ill NOuutCtlOu Will bllt DlOJtSb
which w. w. Corcoran has on hand
for the removal of John Howard
Payne's remains to this country and
their reinterment in lakewood Gene
terry, there is an incident which de-
serves to be recorded, for it shows
not alone the exquisite sentiment dis
tinguishing Mr., Corcoran's act, but
illustrates the fact that q great deed
may be instigated by an ordinary and
apparently trifling cause. Andrew
Fletcher 'of Saltown," as he was
commonly called, was wont TO say,
Let me make the songs of nation,
and L care not who may make the
laws"-a sentiment which has found
an echo in many hearts. But did
any recall it among the multitude
which gathered in the avenue of
Washington that bright day in last
October to greet the return of the
Arctic explorers? There was one who
did. AS Mr.. Corcoran drove down
the avenue watching the advance of
Lieutenant Melville and his compan-
ions, his ears caught the music of the
band playing "Home, Sweet Home"
Tears sprang into his eyes as he
listened listened and reflected how
these brave men, after their perilous
voyage in the northern seas and their
desperate journey across the trackless
fields of snow, had come back to their
native land, rejoicing the ear of the
nation at their delivery. And as
the bands played "Home, Sweet
Home" each note of the perfect
music brought the recollections of
him whose sigh for home had been
denied, even in death Mr. Corcoran
may have thought many times before
of the poet and his grave in a far
country, but in this hour thoughts
shaped themselves into purposes,
and the resolve was made that the
author of our dearest song should
find his home in his native land.
The papers have given an account
of the proceedings in the matter, the
correspondence between Mr.. Cor
coran and the Secretary of State
relative to it, and the courteous note
Of Earl Granville to tho American
Minister in London. The removal
of the remains is now fat dccompli,
and occurring just at this time it
seems doubly significant, for while
England is discussing the question
of raising monument in Westmin
ster Abbey to the memory of Long
fellow. an American private citizen
asks the assistance Of the British
Government in obtaining the per
mission of the ruling powers in Tunis
to exhume and remove the mortal
remains of John Howard Payne. The
''home' he sighed for was denied in
life, but In death he shall find his
resting place in the land he loved so
we'll. There. where every day on
thousands oflips his song finds utter
ance, shall he sleep It'll the last
writer shall write no more"
The population OF Mexico is 10000
900, and there are LAG cities, 372
towns, 1856 villages, five missions,
$3.50 haciendas, 14,605 ranches, beside
224S collections or groups of houses,
denominated Congregations" "bar-
rios" ''rancherias," etc. Value of
private real estate, rural, SITS, 000, 600;
value of private real estate in cities,
$2,56S. 036, 600; value of cattle of all
kinds belonging to individuals, $780,
100000; property belonging to the
nation, $240,000,000; total real estate,
without including mines, coasts, bays.
lakes, rivers, etc, 1884, 060, 600; an
nual crop of Indian corn, $212,174,-
424. Total agricultural products,
$177,451, 086; industrial products,
$14,000,000.
The Methodist ministers of Chi
cago differed almost to the extent of
a downright quarrel in their discus
sion of the Sunday law question
If you allow bad men to trample on
the rights of Christians in civilized
community" sail the Rev. Mr.. Cur
ney, then you are a sneak and
coward" The Rev. Dr. Edwards re-
scented this as personal remark, and
then the debate became so hot that
the Chairman reminded the speakers
that their words would not look we'll
in print.
/ hear that General Wallace has
written book called ben Hur." If