The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-05

Stevenson, the prettiest of all. Belle
has the most perfect figure and face
L ever saw, and Miss Pleasonton has
style about her that makes her the
most attractive of the two.
''The ball was a brilliant one, ad-
mirably lighted, and not crowded, the
ladies all we'll dressed and showing to
advantage. spent a delightful even
ing. As I declined dancing, I had
the pleasure of talking to many grave
Senators, and among the rest had a
long conversation with Mr.. Southard
Samuel j. Southland was Secretary
of the Navy during John Quincy
Adams administration
"As we stood at the end of the
room, which is the old theatre trans
formed into ballroom, he said: On
this very spot where we stand I saw
the best acting 1 ever witnessed. 1
came into the theatre and took my
seat beside John Quincy Adams.
There were never two more delighted
people. Mr.. Adams said he had seen
the same play abroad-in France and
in England-John Kemble and the
great Talma in the past, Keen, Cook,
and Macready, but he had never seen
it so well acted as then. 1 entirely
agreed with him in his admiration,
though / am not so capable of judg-
ing by comparison as he.'
Mr.. Southland here paused.
Though my heart told me to whom
he was alluding, I could not help
asking him, What was the play and
who was the actor?' The play was
Macbeth, and the performer Mr..
Cooper
II could not restrain the tears that
sprang to my eyes as heard my dear
father so enthusiastically spoken of.
l looked around and thought not only
bad papa's footsteps trod theseboards
looked down at the velvet dress of
Mrs. Tyler and thought of the one I
wore there, six years before, as Lady
Randolph when we struggled
through miserable engagement of a
few rainy nights -
Curiosity still queries how much
these sympathetic people had to do
with the appointment of John Howard
Payne to Tunis. 1t is very evident
the same influences were not at work
when Mr.. Polk stepped into the Pres
idential chair, for Mr.. Payne was re-
called.
1t was during these years that Mr..
Payne tasted the very dregs of power
ty. The time had not yet arrived for
prophet to be known in his own
country. In the course of years he
was again returned to Tunis by Pres
ident Taylor, position he reluctant
ly accepted because more congenial
locality could not be obtained. After
a short illness he died and was buried
in a foreign land. He laid at rest
thirty years in garden of carnations,
roses and heliotropes, but not at
home; his memory was tenderly
cherished by Europeans and the na-
tive inhabitants. A marble slab was
erected to his memory by the Ameri-
can and English residents. In 1873
a monument was erected in Prospect
Park, Brooklyn, by the Faust Club,
surmounted by colossal bust of Mr..
Payne.
In 1883 w. w. Corcoran secured
the action of Mr.. Frelinghuyson, Sec
retary of State, to have the remains
of Mr.. Payne disinterred at Tunis,
and brought to this country under the
authority of the United States, to be
buried in Oak Hill Cemetery with
appropriate ceremonies. June 5th,
1883, his coffin was disinterred and
borne, attended by his old Arab drag
oman and few personal friends, to
the little Protestant Church of Tunis,
where the chancel window is inscrib-
ed with his name.
As the remains were brought into
the church an Englishman at the or
gan softly played Home, Sweet
Home" which was feelingly sung by
an American lady. The body was
left during the night to be guarded
by the faithful dragoman. The cas-
ket was placed on board a French
steamer, from which it was transfer
red at Marseilles to a steamer for
New York, and in June it reached
Washington, D. c., where solemn
services were held III Oak Hill Gene
terry. He was reinterred in that
beautiful Gods acre, in his own land
that he loved so we'll, while thou
sand voices joined in singing the i'm
mortal song of Home, Sweet Home
A beautiful monument bears this
significant inscription