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This Georgian Saw Victoria Crowned—
Wales’ Visit to United States
By DR. R. J. MASSEY.
Wtttten for “Che Sunny Sotith
LEXANDRIA VICTORIA,
daughter of Edward, duke
of Kent, was crowned
queen of England In June,
1837. On the 3th of Au
gust, 1902, King Edward
VII was crowned as her
successor. Between the
two coronations there was
an interval of over sixtv-
flve years. Here In m the
United States, the nearest
country on the face of the
earth to Great Britain In
kith, kin, customs, commerce and all
other ties serving to hind into one com
mon brotherhood any two nations, there
*tave been performed during that time
°lghteen inauguration ceremonies at
Washington city, and eighteen different
presidents have occupied the chair of
state. To the reflective mind, this is
certainly a lesson in political economy.
Happening so often in an ordinary life
time. it might be considered of no very
great import to witness one or manj'
such events in America. Tn England it
is the epoch of a lifetime. Very few In
England, scarcely one in America, none
that I know of. have enjoyed the double
privilege of witnessing both the coro
nation of Qiu^n Victoria in 1837 and
that of King Edward in 1902.
In all probability, there is but one man
at all now living in Georgia who saw
Queen Victoria crowned. This is an old
gentleman, a Mr. X. T>. I>ewls. fast ap
proaching his nonogenarian post, residing
in Bartow county. Physically he is as
lively as most men at fifty or sixty, and
when In a reminiscent mood (and who
ever saw an old man otherwise?) he is
inclined to talk by the hour, very inter
estingly. of incidents connected with the
coronation. In a recent conversation, he
said: “How long did we stay in Lon
don? Fully a week.
“I saw' the queen and her party in
carriages, but it was impossible for me
to get near enough to recognize them. I
know the lads and lassies were all there
dressed in their best and with happy
hearts and smiling faces they were sing
ing a jingling song that rings in my
memory today. I have forgotten most of
it. hut I remember it began something
like this:
‘ Of ali the flowers in full bloom.
Adorned with beauty and perfume,
The fairest is the rose of June.
Victoria, queen of England.
And on her coronation day.
She lifted up her voice to say
Her people all must have fair play—
Victoria, queen of England.’
"I shall never forget the crowd.’’ said
he. “There w'ere simply miles and miles
of people, and around the building in
which the coronation was taking place
there was a regular ocean of humanity.”
Mr. Lewis was born in Herefordw'hire,
England, where he lived until he was a
good-sized boy. Then he came over to
America In 1833. and spent some time
with an uncle who lived in Emanuel
county, near Louisville. Being loyal to
his sovereign, he returned to England
In 1837 to be present at the crowning of
the young queen. Victoria.
Continuing, he said: “I stayed in Eng
land four years, and then I returned to
America, where I’ve been ever since,
most of my time having been spent In
Georgia.”
In this connection It might prove in- j
teresting to give some of the reminis
cences of the only visit which Prince Al
bert, now King Edward VII, ever made
to America. He first landed in Canada,
from which, through New York, he pro
ceeded directly to Washington city.
The prince of Wales was expected to
arrive bv special train on the 3d of Oc
tober, and proceed at once to the
executive mansion. Here extensive prep
arations had befcn made for his sojourn
£s long as he should see proper to re
main in Washington. It was most gen
erally known, and had been so announced,
that his royal highness was merely on
a visit to the United States in the ca
pacity of a private individual. The
officers of the government understood the
nature of his visit and made every ar
rangement accordingly for his reception.
A dinner was given him on tfie first
day by President Buchanan, to which
were invited to meet him the members
of the cabinet and their
The families, the British mtn-
Prlnce Ister, Lord Lyons and his
at Dinner family and the first sec-
- with retary of legation and a
Buchtnn. few of the ladles. It Is
said that Prince Alherf
enjoyed this dinner very much. Indeed.
Before Mr. Buchanan had become presi
dent he had been minister to the conrt
of St. James for many years and was
thoroughly conversant wlt| English af
fairs and especially English court cus
toms, besides possessing a degree of con
versational powers. He at once attracted
the full attention and admiration of his
English guests.
Prince Albert also met at this dinner
Miss Harriet Lane, niece of the president,
to whom was accorded the honors of dis
charging the duties of hostess of the
occasion. Whilst Mr. Buchanan was min
ister to England for many years. Miss
I/ine accompanied him and was often
present at the court of St. James with
him. At tills supper Miss Lane was ac
corded the honorable post of sitting be
tween Prince Albert and the duke of New
castle.
At 9 o’clock this evening a reception
was given to the prince, to which func
tion only two hundred cards were Issued.
The object of this exclusive gathering
at the white house was to afford his
royal highness an opportunity of meeting
a few favored guests, and mingling more
intimately with the society of his charm
ing hostess and her special favorites.
Prince Albert had often met Miss Lane
at Buckingham palace, the favorite resi
dence of his mother. Queen Victoria. Th?
prince, accompanied by the president and
Miss I*'ine. appeared on the balcony to
witness the grand pyrotechnic display of
fireworks, when he was cheered from
the voice of thousands of American citi
zens. The next day Lord Lyons gave a
dinner to which the same guests who
were present at Mr. Buchanan’s dinner
were Invited. Lord Lyon's magnificent
service of plate was displayed to advan
tage. In the center of the table stood
the large golden tray with three orna
mental golden vases, which were filled
with flowers.
This dinner the prince was said to have
also enjoyed very mutt'll. But the next
day the president gave another dinner,
to which an entirely different set of
guests were invited. Here were assembled
the foreign ministers of other nations,
members of the supreme court. United
States senators, the mayor of Washing
ton. the assistant secretary of state and
their wives and the suite of his royal
highness. (The suite was not admitted to
the president's first dinner.) At the sec- i
ond dinner, the diplomatic dinner, as it j
was called, the prince did not seem to ‘
enjoy himself at all. He appeared very j
much fatigued and somewhat bored.
When Prince Albert first arrived at the 1
railroad station there were more than j
one thousand people in waiting to get i
a first glimpse of this scion of royalty |
and his suite. Lord Lyons was in waiting ;
for the arrival of the prince, and at once
Introduced him to General Lewis Cass, |
who at that time was the only living j
American who, some twenty-five years |
before this, had been present by special ;
Invitation to witness the coronation of |
Queen Victoria, mother of Prince Albert. ]
In this connection, it Is fit also to state
that General Cass enjoyed another dis
tinction. According to the English theory
of government. "Once an English sub
ject, always an English subject.” Gen
eral Cass had been born before the
treaty of peace between the L’ntted States
and England consequently, being born
an Englishman, he was, according to the
English version, yet an Englishman.
Hence, it was eminently meet and proper
that this Anglo-American should take
charge of his royal highness, escort him
to the white house and Introduce him
to the president. This he did in com
pany with the duke of Newcastle. There
was a heavy mount of police on guard to
prevent Intrusion upon the private
grounds around the executive mansion.
It Is but meager justice to Miss I-one
to give a short sketch of her at this
point. She was the youngest orphan
niece of Mr. Buchanan,
Something and had been for many
About years his special protege,
the She had spent her early
Historic years at the village of
Miss Lane. Mercersberg, Pa., in the
midst of an intelligent
and refined society. Possessed of ample
fortune, she accepted a home with her
Uncle James, preferring his guardianship
to that of any other relative. Mr. Bu
chanan took sole charge of her. and sedu
lously saw that she had every advantage
of the very best Institutions of the land,
finally placing her at Georgetown, at
that time the most Justly celebrated sem
inary in the United States. Georgetown
being contiguous to Washington, Miss
Lane could easily visit her uncle every
Saturday and Sunday. When he became
minister to England, she acompanied hii;#
and remained there many years.
Her first appearance in the queen’s
drawing room produced a marked ifi-
pression, and on many occasions she re
ceived personal attention from Queen
Victoria and other members of the royal
family, notably the prince of Wales, the
present visitor to the white house. The
years spent by her in England peculiarly
fitted her for the honorable task thus
accorded her in the entertainment of the
royal guests of the land. She had taken
extensive tours throughout Europe, and
at one time for many months was the I
guest of the family of Mr. Mason in
Paris, who was minister to France.
Is it any wonder, then, that his royal
highness, a youth of 20, was greatly de
lighted when, at the first dinner, he
found himself sitting by Miss Lane,
whom he had so often met in his moth
er's drawing room at Buckingham pal
ace? Besides, she was a blonde, with
deep violet eyes, golden hair, classic
features and bright expression and a
mouth of peculiar beauty.
It is also an interesting reminiscence
that although by no means an admirer
of Mr. Buchanan, Jefferson Davis, ex
president of the confederacy, when a pris
oner at Fortress Monroe, stated to his
physicians that the white house, under
the administration of Buchanan, “ap
proached more nearly to my idea of a re
publican court than the president’s house
has ever done since the days of Wash
ington.” This brilliancy was justly ascrib-
er to the charming personality of Miss
Lane:
“Her form had a statuesque majesty
and every movement a grace.”
The next morning the ropal party, ac
companied by the ladies of distinction,
the president and Lord Lyons, went to
Mount Vernon. Miss Riggs, vice regent
of Mount Vernon Association, acted as
chaperon on the grounds, and other visit
ors were excluded. The prince stood rev
erently uncovered In the room where
Washington died, and all expressed grat
ification at the taste and neatness dis
played in the arrangement. In the thicket
nearby the marine band played a solemn
dirge while the party stood before the
tomb of Washington. The prince, the
president and the party grouped in front,
and the cloud softening the sunlight, roy
alty thus contemplated the last abode
of one pronounced a rebel and a traitor
to his ancestors, and now in rank above
the kings of earth. The scene indeed was
historical. At the special request of the
ladies, the. prince planted a horse chestnut
tree on a little mound in commemoration
of his visit.
It wa« a memorable occasion when the
prince of Wales stood by President Bu
chanan before the gateway of Washing
ton’s tomb at Mount Vernon. The great-
grandson of George III praying homage
to the chief who took away the brightest
Jewel of his Imperial crown, when the
heir to William the Conqueror’s throne
bowed his knee before the greatest rebel
of all time.
After the prince’s return. Queen Vic
toria sent the following letter, written
bv her own hands:
• ’’Windsor Castle, November 19, 1869.—My
Good Friend: Tour letter of the 16th ulti
mo has afforded me the greatest pleasure,
containing as It does such kind expres
sions with regard to my son, and as
suring me that the character and the ob
ject of his visit to you and to the t'nited
Sta:es have been fully appreciated, and
that his demeanor and the feeling evinced
for him has secured to him your esteem
and the general good will of your coun
trymen.
“We have been fully compensated for
the anxiety which his long voyage de
layed his coming by finding him In such
excellent health and spirits, and so de
lighted with all he has seen and ex
perienced In his travels. He cannot suf
ficiently praise the great cordiality with
which he has been greeted everywhere
In your country, and the friendly manner
In which you yourself received him. and
whilst as a mother I am more than grate
ful for the kindness shown him, I feel
impelled to express at the same time how
deeply I have been touched by the many
demonstrations of affection personally
toward myself which his presence has
called forth. -
”1 fully reciprocate toward your na
tion the feelings thus made apparent,
and look upon them as forming an Im
portant link to connect two nations of
kindred origin and character, whose mu
tual esteem and friendship must always
have a material Influence upon their re
spective development and prosperity.
’The interesting and touening scone at
the grave of General \\ ashington, t j
which vou allude, may be fitly taken aa
the tvpj of our present feeling, and I
trust ’ of our future relations. Believe
me always YOUR GOOD FRIEND.”
Several months after the return of
Prince Albert to England, he sent Miss
Lune a set of engravings of Queefi Vic
toria and other members
]g| (( L, ne of her family. He placed
Presented these pictures in the
* hands of Lord Lyons to
Hsndionis be forwarded to the
p resent. United States, begging
Miss Lane to accept
them. They were immediately forwarded,
duly received, kindly accepted and highly
appreciated Accompanying the engrav
ings, his royal highness seqt the follow
ing note:
"Joffa. March 29, 1862.—My Dear Mr.
Buchanan: Permit me to request that
you will accept the accompanying j>or-
tralts as a slight mark of my grateful
recollections of the hospitable reception
and agreeable visit at the white house on
the occasion of my visit to the United
States.
’’Believe me that the cordial welcome
which was then vouchsafed to me by the
American people and by you as their
chief can never be effaced from my mem
ory. I venture to ask you at the same
lime to remember me kindly to Miss
Lane, and believe me, dear Mr. Bu
chanan. yours very truly,
’’ALBERT EDWARD."
Recurring to old man Lewis, the only
living Georgian who saw Queen Victoria
crowned, although far past the conscript
pge during the late civil war. he was In
the active service of his adopted state,
rnd was the Inventor and manufacturer
of a bowie knife to be used when at close
quarters, if necessary. Long may the old
gentleman live to delight his hundreds
of friends in detailing interesting remin
iscences of men and things of three gen
erations agone.
Mr. 1-ewis also claims another distinc
tion. of which at times he seems to be
prouder than having seen the queen
crowned—of having put up the first light
ning rod ever erected in Georgia. It was
a great wonder, and people were all ask
ing what It was and they aughed at him
when he told their, what It was for. He
never tires of telling of the fun he
seems to have had with the aboriginal
Georgian when on his canvassing trips
soliciting orders fer the lightning rods.
The average Georgian seemed lo regard
"lightning” as a divine agency designed
for the punishment of mankind, and any
art or device to control its action was
but the result of the machinations of his
Satanic majesty.
Hon. R. R. Butler, Who Held Tennessee’s
Record For Public ^Service
By JESSE S. COTTRELL.
Written *nr Obe S%* n .Vouth
ON. RODERICK RANDOM
BUTLER, who died re
cently at his home in
Mountain City, Johnson
county, Tenn., at the age
of 74, had the remarkable
record of having given to
his country in the army,
county, state and national
legislative halls fifty-
seven years of service. No
man in Tennessee has ever
made this record, and per
haps no man in the
United States who was only a liftle over
three score and ten years could say that
he had given to the people this much of
his life. At the time of his death he w r as
state senator from the first senatorial
district of Tennessee, which district he
had as representative been its exponent
In the Tennessee legislature for more
than twenty years. The record of R. R.
Butler, or “Old Rod,” as he was denom
inated many years ago by the facetious
and renowned Hon. N. G. Taylor, was
four years postmaster at Mountain City.
Johnson county; eight years county
Judge, four years county representative
in the state legislature while postmas
ter, three years colonel of the Thirtenth
United States volunters during the civil
war, six years circuit Judge, twelve
years congressman, eight years floatertal
representative in the state legislature,
and ten years state senator.
He rounded the cycle of his years of
public service and as a citizen rich in
the admiration and respect of his fellow- x
man, and the public funeral which took
place from hl«5 home recently was nn»
of the most elaborate that has been
seen in east Tennessee since the funeral
of Andrew Johnson at Greeneville, Tenn.,
in 1875. People came for many miles to
attend the funeral and look for the last
time on the face, pallid in death as it
w’as, of the man for whom they had been
voting for nearly half a century. One
man who attended the funeral, bent with
age as he was. stated that he had voted
for Judge Butler for different offices
twenty times. ‘ And he was my colonel
during the war,” he said, “and I voted
for him for that office when it was left
for us to decide whom we wanted before
the commission was granted by Presi
dent Abe Lincoln.”
Roderick Random Butler, tenacious,
pugnacious, always ready for a bout oil
the stump or in legislative halls, based
his success on one principle: “His confi
dence in the people and his efforts to
please the masses in preference to
bosses.” The foregoing was the state
ment that he was wont to make on the
stump and forum, and it expressed his
platform. A few weeks ago he refused
another nomination as state senator, say
ing when he was asked to take the honor
again: “I am too old. I won’t be here
much longer, and I have done all I can
for my people.” Then the convention,
which was to meet at Greeneville, Tenn.,
met and nominated Captain W. H. Nel
son, who was a captain in Judge But
ler’s command during the civil war. For
many years after the civil war, and espe
cially after the death of Andrew John
son. the republican “boss” in east Ten
nessee was Judge Butler. He dictated
federal appointments in every section of
the state, and it was said that none
could be made without his, approval In
this connection it Is notable that of the
men who fostered and inaugurated ffie
movement in east Tennessee to go with
the union in the great strife, and who
participated in the noted convention of
1861, known as “the Knoxville-Greeneville
convention of 1861,” that there is surviv
ing only one member.
This is Judge Oliver P. Temple, of this
city, ripe in years and good works. This
convention had R. R. Butler as one of
its leading spirits, and
Eminent among those who com-
Men posed it were Horace
Were Maynard, Andrew John-
Closely son, O. P. Temple, T. A.
Associated. R. Nelson. D. T. Patter
son, W. G. Brownlow,
Dewitt Senter, William Baxter,
Leonidas C. Houk, Jacob Thorn
burgh, John Netherland, J‘. W.
Deaderick James P. Swann, W.
B. Staley, Joseph A. Cooper, W. B.
Carter, John Arnold, William Trigg and
others. These were the men who asked
the Tennessee legislature at this conven
tion to permit them to form a separate
state, and when this request was refused,
went with the north into the strife that
devastated the south. It was a historic
convention, and the men who attended
it all achieved fame. Johnson became
president; Johnson, Brownlow and Pat
terson became United States senators;
Nelson became United States supreme
judge; Brownlow and Senter became gov
ernors, while Houk, Butler, Maynard,
Thornburgh and Deaderick became con
gressmen. Cooper became a brigadier
general, and others of this gathering won
fame In other walks of life.
It was In 1S28 that Judge Butler was
born In Wythe county, Virginia, the son
of respectable .and Industrious parents.
He was given only a limited education,
and was told to find work. A tailor had
just come into the town of Wytheville,
near where he lived, and he worked for
this man until he learned the tailor’s
trade. He worked at the trade a short
time at home, and then turned his face
toward Tennessee. He had relatives at
Mountain City, and he located there,
when he was 22 years of age. This was
in 1850, long after Andrew Johnson, at
Greeneville,had deserted his tailor’s bench,
as he had been in congress since 1843.
The young tailor went to work at his
trade diligently, but there was an open
ing for a lawyer in the town, and he
soon began studying, and within a few
months had been admitted to the bar. A
year later the congressional race in the
district waxed warm, and Johnson was
opposed by Judge O. P. Temple, the only
survivor of the Knoxville-Greeneville
convention.
Butler, ambitious and a fluent talker,
took the stump for Johnson and carried
the county for him. This caused him
to come into the notice of Johnson and
really shaped his political destiny, as in
1854 he was appointed postmaster at his
home town through the influence of
Johnson, fte continued law and, in 1858,
at the expiration of his term as post
master, he was elected county judge of
Johnson county, and he served in this
capacity until the war broke out and
the courts became disorganized. While
county judge he served two terms In the
state legislature, and when the Knox
ville-Greeneville convention was called he
was elected as the Relegate from his
county. When he saw that his section
was hard against the south, the Thir
teenth United States volunteers was or
ganized by him, he was chosen by the
men as their celonel and his commission
soon came. Three years he was a gallant
soldier, kind to his men and beloved
by every man under him. At tlV close
of the war he resigned on account of ill
health, and no sooner had he returned
home than he was appointed circuit Judge
of his circuit. He served a year under
this appointment and then was elected
by the people and served for five years.
It was in 1867 that he made his first
race for congress. Hon. N. G. Taylor had
been in congress since the retirement of
Andrew Johnson and was regarded as in
vincible. Butler met him on the stump
and the debate was a memorable one.
Butler jvas elected chiefly on one incident.
He and his opponent were staying at
night at the home of a man by the
name of Jobe, one of the best known
citizens in the famous Watauga valley.
It was a hot night in late summer and
Taylor slept on the porch on a pallet.
The next day Butler faced his audience
in rejoinder to Taylor and declared that
Taylor had been to‘ Washington and was
now in his mind better than the people
of his district, for “he won’t sleep In the
bed of one of our best citizens.” He
called upon Mr. Jobe to prove that Tay
lor slept on the floor and this carried the
day and Taylor was never able to ex
plain why he slept on the floor. He
went to congress continually from this
until 1874, when he was defeated by
William McFarland, of Morristown. But
ler had beeq charged on the floor of the
house of selling a cadetship to a Virginia
young man for $1,000.
He admitted the charge and a commit
tee reported that he be reprimanded. Only
the efforts of General John A. Logan,
chairman of the committee, saved him
from disntfssal. But In two years he
was again on top and went back to con
gress over J. H. Randolph, of Newport.
McFarland died at the end of his term and
the mantle fell to Butler. He did not
run in 1878 nor In 1880, but went from
Johnson county as a member of the
state legislature. In 1882 he def«*ited Con
gressman H. c. Pettibone and was re
elected twice after this. He met his de
feat lastly at the hands of Hon. Alf A.
Taylor in 1888. The 'Saylor family, with
Alf and Governor R. L. Taylor as broth
ers. used both parties and overthrew
Butler as congressman. The following
year he was elected to the lower house
of the legislature, and in 1892 he went
to the senate from his district and served
as the leader of the republican minority
in the Tennessee legislature until the
time of his death. He was strong with
his people and gave them anything he
could. He admitted the last year he was
at Nashville that he had secured 1.800
passes for people of his district. Judge
Butler was a man of great energy and
would never give up. He never broke a
promise and this was why he held the
confidence of his constituents.
Spoiled the Dog.
London Answers: ”1 don’t think there
ever was such an unfortunate individual
as 1 am,” growled Short as he flung him
self down on the couch. “It does not
matter what 1 try to do, something is
sure to upset my plans.”
“It is like that with some people,” re
marked Long, sympathetically. “What is
it this time?”
“Why, as I reached the door Black came
up and bullied me Decause my dog had
bitten a piece out of his leg.”
“1 don’t quite see where the misfortune
comes in for you. You won’t have to
pay compensation; it’s the dog’s first bite.
It seems to me that the misfortune-^
“You don’t understand at all,” rejoined
Short savagely. “I’ve brought that dog
up from a pup as a proof that dogs can
live on a vegetarian diet, and Just as I
am attaining my object the dog gets hold
of a piece of meat. It’s enough to make
a man use bad language. Why on earth
did that idiot go and put his leg in the
dog’s way?”
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AUGUS1 30, 1902
THE SUNNY SOUTH
FIFTH TAGE
Historic Southern Homesteads >? Lane ®. Haywood Residences in North Carolina
Residence in Raleigh, N. C # built shortly after the foundation of the city by Hon John Haywood, state treasurer,
and now (1902) owned by his descendants.
By LUCILE WEBB BANKS.
Written for TT/ba Sunny South
iN Raleigh, N. C., are two
residences, the Lane and
Haywood homesteads,
whose quaint architecture
Is suggestive of more than
a hundred years ago. In
dependent of its ancient
architecture and age, the
Lane homestead possesses
a history that gives the
place a national Interest.
It has been said by one
familiar with its past that
it speaks of generations
that He buried with dead centuries—of
Tryon, marching with his army against
the regulators; of Burke, Spaight, Lenoir
ind their compatriots in the revolutionary
assembly which met beneath its roof*
This residence, which still stands as the
oldest house In Raleigh—much older than
the city itself—was built by Colonel Joel
Lane, on whose plantation is the city of
Raleigh. In his day Colonel Lane was
a man of recognized ability. His influence
was far-reaching. extending bej'ond
Wake county and the state. During colo
nial and revolutionary epochs he filled
many positions of honor and trust.
Before the revolution he erected his
home. Then It had no equal within .an
hundred miles and was considered pala
tial. To the present generation it is an
unimpositig structure.
“A kind of old hobgoblin hall.
Now somewhat fallen to decay.
With weather stains upon the wall,
And stairways worn and crazy doors,
And creaking and floors.
And chimney huge, and tiled and tall—
A region of repose, it seems,
A place of slumber and of dreams.”
But to the observer at all familiar with
the stirring scenes it hits witnessed, gaz
ing upon its unpretentious architecture it
awakens a feeling akin to awe.
It saw the advance and victorious re
turn of Governor Tryon’s army, when, in
1771. he marched from his palace at New
Bern to suppress the Insurrection of the
regulators, who were routed at the battle
of Alamance.
At that time Mr. Lane was lieutenant
colonel of the provincial troops of Wake
county and. possibly, fought under Tyron,
who was supported by the principal gen
try of the coloney.
When the revolution came on Colonel
Lane was an active whig and served his
county and state on the committee of safe
ty in the general assembly and provin
cial congresses. In June, 1781, the legis
lature-driven by the tories from the
larger towns of the state—met at Wake
court house. As the “court house” was
an unpretentious log building, Colonel
Lane’s residence was used as an assembly
hall and In the quiet rooms of this little
dwelling the resolute patriots of North
Carolina planned more trouble for King
George. After sitting for about three
weeks, strongly guarded by companies of
light horse and other provincial troops,
the assembly adjourned. In closing up
the session’s work the sum of £15,<>00
was voted Colonel Lane for house rent
and pasturage—a forcible commentary* on
the value of paper currency In those
troublous times.
After the war the long discussed ques
tion of permanently fixing the state capi
tal again arose. In colonial days the gov
ernors of the province
Xhe had usually had it locat-
Hi*toric ed at the place which
Founding best pleased their fancy,
of and during hostilities It
Ralelrfh. had been buffeted around
by the contending armies.
So the state convention of 1788 ordered*
the seat of government to be placed, with
in a given radius, in Wake county. This
was the beginning of Raleigh, the capital
of North Carolina. Later the commission
ers who were charged with the duty cf
carrying out the convention ordinance
met in Wake county and bought the site
for the new city from Colonel Lane who,
however, retained the tract on which his
house was located and many hundreds of
acres besides, for the original owned by
him was a vast area.
Hon. Marshall Delancey Haywood, of
Raleigh, in a charming character sketch
of this distinguished pioneer and patriot,
says of him:
“In things spiritual Colonel Lane was
most exemplary, and enforced religious
observance upon ali within his household.
It has been noted that his ancestors were
adherents of the church of England; so,
when this sturdy pioneer came to the
wilds of Wake county, the “Book of Com
mon Prayer*’ came also. Under the Eng
lish church establishment at that time
the territory embraced in Wake was
known as the “Parish of St. Margaret.”
Though the adjacent country was too
thinly settled for the church to thrive,
the Lane residence always remained the
home of religion, as well as of hospitality.
Not only was the family balled to daily
prayer, but Colonel Lane himself observ
ed each fast, and other devotional exer
cises prescribed by the church, in which
he remained a communicant up to the
time of his death.’’
The death of Joel Ljane occurred the
29th of March. 1795. In an address deliv
ered in Raleigh, on August 24, 1867, ex-
Governor Swain, Colonel Lane’s great
nephew, refers to the last resting place
of the old patriot, saying that his re
mains “moulder in the midst of other un
recorded dead, beneath the shade of a
mulberry, on his ancient domain.” There,
indeed, is his grave, of which no vestige
now appears. The spot is in an open
field (upon which the town is fast closing
in), and lies a few feet east of Boylan
avenue, almost thirty-five yards south
of Morgan street. Mr. Haywood further
adds that after the death of Joel Lane,
his son, Thomas, to whom he bequeathed
his residence, sold it cn December 31, 1808,
to Dr. Allen W. Gilchrist, who married
Colonel Lane’s daughter. It was after
wards bought by Peter Browne, a native
of Scotland. In 1818 the property was
purchased from him by William Boylan,
and, since that time, it has remained in
possession of the Boylan family.
In the years which have flown since the
old patriot passed away many changes
have been wrought. At some of his
haunts,
“The scenes are desert now, and hare,
Where flourished once a forest fair.”
Circling around his old home lies a
beautiful city, and panting locomotives
shake the air which once rang with the
music of the hounds. In all the shifting
scenes this quaint little house alone re
mains unchanged, though the posterity
of its original owner are scattered far
and wide or gone to the realms where
peace reigns supreme.
The old Haywood place in Raleigh is
the only lot now within the corporate
limits of that city which has been occu
pied by the same family ever since Yhe
foundation of the borough. The city of
Raleigh was made a municipality before
there was a house built, and the state
(which purchased the site of the city from
Colonel Joel Lane) appointed commission
ers to lay out streets and sell building
Colonial residence built by Joel Lane in Wake county, North Carolina, previous to the Revolution*
lots. The lot on which the Haywood
house stands was purchased by the Hon.
John Haywood, who for forty years and
until his death was state treasurer. Mr.
Haywood was a native of Edgecombe
county. North Caiolina, and a son of the
revolutionary statesman. Colonel William
Haywood. A brother of the last named
was Major Egbert Haywocd, of Halifax
coir.’.#-, father of Judge John Haywood,
the Tei.nessee jurist and historian. Hay
wood county. Tennessee, takes its name
from John Haywood, the judge.
Marshal Le Lancey Haywood Is a great
nephew of John Haywood of North Caro
lina. He is assistant state librarian, and
Is widely known as a
Tryon'* charming historic writer.
Achieve* Mr. Haywood’s most re-
ments Pre* cent book, “Governor
served i» William Tryon and His
Literature. Administration in the
Province of North Caro
lina, 1765-1771,” is now in the hands of
publishers. It will tell of Tryon’s services
In a civil capacity, and of his military
career as commander in chief of colonial
forces which suppressed the insurrection
of the regulators, and cannot fail to
be of great interest to the general publi|.
and especially to a large number of Ken
tuckians, including the Harts, Bullocks
and other southern families, who are de
scendants of officers of his command.
Besides Hon. Marshall DeLancey Hay
wood. a distinguished citizen of Raleigh,
are other Haywoods in Raleigh and Ten
nessee as closely allied with this note I
homestead and descended from the treas
urer and his three brothers, Sherwood,
Stephen and William Hayw'ood, Sr.—the
last named being the father of United
States Senator William H. Haywood, Jr.,
and of the wives of Governors Dudley and
Manly. Before serving as treasurer of
the state, John Haywood was first mayor
of the city of Raleigh, or “lntendant of
police,” as the office was then called.
In a centennial address on the city of
Raleigh, in 1892, the Hon. Kemp P. Bat
tle says:
“The first intendant of police ol the
city, as I have stated, was John Haj-
wcod, the treasurer of the stale from
1787 to his death in 1827, forty years, so
popular that a county and a town were
named in his honor, one of the most con
spicuous citizens of early Raleigh. Hi
Hndness to the sick and afflicted and hi;
hospitality knew r no limit. He made 1‘.
a rule to invite to a meal every mem
ber and officer of the general assembly,
which in his time met yearly. Ratjier
uncultured guests he had sometimes.
Funny stories about some of them once
flittered about the social atmosphere of
our town. I recall one of a backwoods
legislator who, in the dim light of the
treasurer’s parlor, gazed with inquiring
wonder at an animal lying on the rug.
‘That,’ said the treasurer, ‘is my daugh
ter’s pet.’ ‘A pet, is it? A pet, you say?
I thought it was a cat!’ It was at a
Tarty,’ as receptions were then called,
given by Senator Badger, some years
later, that one of the guests took his seat
on an old-fashioned piano, remarking
that ’these Raleigh big bugs have benches
With mighty long legs.’ ”
The last surviving son of Treasurer
Haywood died in 1894. This was the dis
tinguished physician, Edmund Burke
Haywood, M.D., LL.D., sometime sur
geon in the confederate army, president
o; the North Carolina Medical Society,
etc. Dr. Haywood owned the above house
at the time of his death, and it is still
in the possession of his family.