The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-06

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ss Z. some things tho real history. OF
/ the agent Sof General Grant in giving the
i Mexicans such assistance as enabled them
1 60 kccpS their country republic, Louis
i Napoleon wanted ITO make&it a monarchy.
i He was backing Macmillan, and was in
\ a fair way to- succeed. This was just at
4 the close ofat1le rebellion. when we. were
| still in an 4 unsettl led condition. and did
! not dare risk a war with France. was
sent by General Grant without the kno vi
! edge OF secretary Steward to consult
! with General Juarez the Mexican Pres.
| idcnt,.to see II We could not in some way
assist the republic went to the Rlo
Grande and pushed my way through the
| country to Chihuahua, where met Jua- :.
req. He was In q bad way, had but rev
| troops aud no arms and It looked as
though Macmillan must succeed. we
| discussed the matter, and as result he
! sent tho Governor OF Tamaulpas with me
! back to the United States, and There,
| in connection with Maths Romero, the
| Mexican minister to Washington, We
bought about S. 0o0. 900 worth of Winches-
| ter rifles. cannon and other munitions Of
| war, and paid for them with Mexican gov
| eminent bonds. We put these arms on
| a ship, and In broad daylight started for
New Orleans as our nominal port. Antef
| a. while we changed our course ana mace
for the mouth Of the Rio Grande where
we unloadcd the guns and passed them
on 10 The Mexican troops. These guns
changed the tide of victory. From that
time on President Juarez conquered UNI
til nnally he executed rMaxlnlllan at auer-
! etaro. = 7s n Z
A Story of the Telegraph.
Before coming to Charlottesville ! att
tempted to call up General Wallace by
Telephone but the pretty little Hello
Glrl"j In Indianapolis told me It was useless
to try. She said the general had no
! phone In his residence; that he, wouldn't
have anything to do with telephone mes
sages and that he thought tho system
was a nuisance. / telephoned Crawfords-
vile nevertheless, but succeeded only IN
finding that General Wallace was IN town.
During my .conyersa ton Wit him the SUD
jects of the telephone and telegraph came
up and he told me how his father was
instrumental In making the trst telegraph
limo successful Said he; Is II
After Morse had invented the tele-
graph he wanted Congress to- appro-
pirate $4,000 to build a line from WASH
ington to Baltimore, This was to be ex-
detrimental, no practical long distance
test Of the telegraph having been made.
The matter created o. great deal of dis
cussion. AIorse was Sneered at and jeered
at, and many thought him insane. My
father was q melnbe Of Congress at that
lime. and he was ono OF the committee
to which the question OF the appro pria-
tion was referred, When The committee
met my father was watching the eNperi-
,nent of telegraplling from the HonseAto
tho Senate, Wires had been sire tched,
and tho Inventors were operating the in-
struments. Ny father saw them work he
sent messages and received replles, He
saw that tho Invention must be a, sue
cess, and believed that II words could be-
dispatched from the House to the SEM
ate they could be sent from Wash gton
to Baltimore and II to Baltimore. to any