Evening star., 1933-03-26
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

The publication Of congressional
speeches never delivered on the door
Posthumous 81 Senate sne IN a'qss Il. o. asisi sns
0rations respF yesoFa was p1act':sd ,So 20
following in The Star Of March 10. 1883.
attests:
THE leaves to print accorded to
members Of the House In the expiring
hours Of Congress are now filling many
pages Of the Congressional Record,
which must still be issued in order to
accommodate men who seem to imagine
that the country Is anxiously awaiting
their productions. Many Of these
speeches now being published at public
expense have been prepared since Con-
gress adjourned, and much Of the space
In these posthumous numbers Of the
Record Is taken, up by men who have
been relegated to private life"
If ever the old Pension Building on
the north side Of Judiciary Square Is
Pension Office if not EXTENSIVE,
Buried Coins. eessute eoSered mAS as shis De em u
in The Star Of March 40, 1883, indi-
Gates:
"The first brick Of the pressed-brick
exterior Of the new Pension Building
was laid yesterday afternoon at the
northeast corner. Gen. Meigs and Mr..
Jones, the foreman Of the works, were
presented and deposited . number Of
coins-amounting in the aggregate to
thirty-one cents-under the brick. As
there were a number OF gamins about
u,hav fHfc IN rAYaYnnnv uraS Yar-
formed the new brickwork was weighted
down with quite load Of boards and
bricks last night for fear some piratical
vandal Of boy might tear away the
bricks and secure the coin intended as
a memorial for future antiquarians."
So
1.-THE remains of John Howard Payne.
the author Of Home, Sweet Home, the
Poets Remains the sa cOronet 3eIs Of sim a.
Reach Capital. PIE Pile sSns;, ss.p e. Ms1ss says
"a, 1883, arrived in this city
shortly after s O'Clock this morn
Baltimore aSi refe a. IsS potomsc nU De DEPOT ~ when
the train arrived except Mr.. w. w.
Corcoran and the undertaken, Mr..
Gawler. Mr.. C. M. Matthews and Lieut..
Nicholson, who had accompanied the
remains from New York, stepped from
the train and greeted Mr.. Corcoran.
The undertaken, with the assistance Of
some of the railroad employees, lifted
out the CONN, which was inclosed In q
wedge-shaped. foreign looking box Of
wood, heavily bound at the sides and
corners with straps Of wrought iron
The box was covered with black pail
and draped with an American flag. It
was borne at once to the hearse, fol-
lowed by Mr.. Cofcoran and his two
representatives, and the entire party
accompanied the remains to Oak Hill
and saw the remains placed In the
chapel. Shortly after 10 o'clock In.
Corcoran drove over to Oak Hill and
superintended the removal or the outer
box which encased the hardwood CONN.
The original CONN when exhumed In
Tunis was found to be greatly decayed.
Besides the bones Of the dead man, 1t
contained traces Of the uniform in
which Payne was buried It Is said that
the lawn facing the entrance Is thought
Of as place Of interment for The
remains. A monument at this point
would be very conspicuous. Mr.. Will.
tier declines, 1t is said, on account ol
Ill health, to write dirge for the Payne
burial, and DR.. Holmes declines because
he 'despairs Of conveying any new
thoughts