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VOL. XIX.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1877.
NO. 63
WASHINGTON.
SKNATK kWm lOlWAf AT LATEST.
Kellogg Postponed to Winter I
'•OUT
MIXED CALLERS ON HAYES 1
THE REQUEST OF THE NINE!
Hit Fraudulancy and Plnchback—Lattar
Against Packard!
Cabinet Did MkH| Detalte—The
Kind at Civil Service te Expect—
Hnree 1 Purpne Regarding Seuth
. Crrellna and Lealelamn—Extra
Seeelen at Caapreee Vanvaldable—
Ta be Called Abaat Jana.
SIMON CAMERON VACATES.
Washington, March 14.—Simon Game*
ron baa formally vacated bis seat in the
Senate.
It is supposed that Hamlin will sucoesd
him as Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs.
RADICAL NSW ELECTION PLAN. ,
Senator Patterson baa submitted to the
President an elaborate plan for a new
election whioh he favors.
LOUISIANA BADS AND DEYENS.
Attorney General Devons Recorded ths
Louisiana Republicans a prolonged inter
view. They seem well satisfied with the
rasnlt.
STRONG PRESSURE OP TEE NEW ELEC
TIOMISTS.
The pressure in favor of the new elec
tion plan is becoming earnest from the
more radical Republicans.
It may bs said Hayes is not oommitted
to it. Ha and his advisers are reported
as not seeing how it oan be dons,without
Federal interference, whioh is mors in
discord with the spirit of ths inaugural
than the use of bayonets.
SENATE BEAD! TO ADJOURN.
In the Senate, Messrs. Authony and
Whyte were appointed a committee to
wait on tha President, and inform him
that nnleaa he might have some further
communication to make, tha Senate wss
ready to adjourn without day.
PROTEST AGAINST PATTEBSON's NSW ELEC
TION PLAN.
Ex-Benator Robertson, of Sooth Caro
line, accompanied by ex-Gongreiaman
Wallaoe, oalled on the President to-day,
protesting against Senator Patterson's
proposition for n new eleotion, on the
z ground that tha snbatantial industrial in
teresta of Sontb Carolina^would be mate,
rially damaged by anoh eleotion. It
was further stated to the Preeident
that none of the Repnblioan membera of
that State had beeu eonanlted on the sub
ject, end therefore it was in the nature of
an independent proposition on the part of
Senator Patterson, stimulated, perhaps',
by Governor Chamberlain. Mr. Robert
son stated that the solution of tha Sooth
Carolina oomplioationa oonld be aoeom
pliabed by more simple means—namely,
tha withdrawal of troops from the Stato
Capital, when the people themselves would
adjust tha difficulty. The President re
ceived Messrs. Robertson and Wallaoe
oourteously, and as they are natives of the
State said they would at all times be wel
come.
KEY OVERCROWDED.
Tha Postmaster General ia so over
whelmed with letters of all aorta, that it
is useless to attempt to reply to any of
them at present.
CONFIRMATIONS.
A few Northern postmasters.
SENATE NOT NEEDED AFTEB TUESDAY.
Tha Senate Committee appointed to
wait on the President, reported the Sen
ata in extra session would not ba required
lqngar than Saturday, possibly Tuesday.
Adjourned to 12 to-morrow.
NOMIEATIONS.
Archibald M. Hughes, Attorney Mid
die Distriot, Tennessee.
POSITION TENDERED EX-SENATOR HERDER-
SON.
It ia reported Sohnrz tendered the po
sition of Assistant Seoretary of tba Interior
to ex-Senator Henderson, of Missouri
This ia the Henderson who was dismissed
as assistant eonnsel against Babcock for
reflections on the White House.
OALLEBS
at the White House to-day, wars Senators
Btek, Gordon, Bnrnside and Jonas.
ASKING FOB A P. M.
Five oolorad men from Virginia, thir*
teen oolorad professors and inatrnotora
from Maryland Seminary, two Baltimore-
dalagatione, one headed by an ex-Post
master General, favor Askew for ths Bal
timore postmaster, whioh tha President
has deoidad to give General Tylar.
A MODEL COLORED PETITION
Nina oolorad man from North Carolina
appeared, asking for tha appointment of
Col. B. D. McLindsey as Commissioner of
Agrionllnre. The nine’s petition oloeee:
"For God's sske end the people's sake let
it be recorded in the history of the Gov
ernment that one request we asked wee
granted."
DEATH OF MADAME LEVXBT.
The death of Madame LeVert, the poet
ess, ia reported. [We have yet to hear of
her having written any poetry.—Ed J
EXLLOOO PASSED TO NEXT SESSION.
By oommon oonaant tha Banatoriel
question from Louisiana goes over to next
extra session or ooxomaaa
will not ba convened before about the M
of Jane, if at all.
INSTRUCTIONS TO REVENUE OOtUWMM.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has imued a oirenter to eellaalote ia the
South that ordinary sendee of nnllaeting
revenue in portions of North Carotins,
South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Ala
bama, and Tennessee have failed. He
ad vises‘collea tors that tha uae of tha mili
tary abonld be avoided when possible,and
assign three deputise for eaoh ooUeotton
distriot. These deputise are apeelally de
signed to suppress the ilUoit manufacture
of spirits and tobaooo.
THE CABINET
did not oommanea until half gaafl nine.
bla to tha absence of Evarta, who had a
heavy retainer in the Vanderbilt will
case.
The President's Southern polioy, so far,
baa not yat ripened into any plan.
INTENSE LOOKOUT—THE CIVIL SBEVIOl THAT
IS EXPECTED.
Intense interest attaehas to tha Cabinet
to-night, bat it is mostly artificial. Borne
twenty legitimate newspaper men are on
the gui vine, bnt none of them have as yet'
their special “black oat.” It te improb
able that any definite Southern plan oan be
adopted to-night, or that anthentio details
oan transpire. It is most likely that some
oivil servioe device will be adopted, where
by applicants for offioe may bs subjected
to speoial tests that no one oan bear.
Every one will fail, and thair places will
go to favored ones.
EXTBA SESSION ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
Special to Enquirer-Sun.)
Washington, Maroh 14.—Judge Advo-
oate General U. M. Dunn writes Gsnaral
Sherman that supplies for tha army, un
der a foroed construction of tha statutes,
cannot ba pnrohaaad in advanos of appro
priations. Under oertaln axoeptional cir
cumstances offiosrs may borrow money
for thu pay of men. Ths opinion te pos
itive that a proper maintenance of the
army requires appropriation by tha and of
Jane, sod consequently involves an extra
session.
WHAT WAS DISCUSSED.
The Cabinet did not discuss Southern
affairs to-night. Oivil servioe and an ex
tra session of Congress have ooonpied
there attention. There was a fall Cabi
net and it lasted until midnight. Details
are icsoeesaible.
PINCHBAOE AMD HATES.
Governor Pinohbaok, of Louisiana, had
a long interview with the\ President.
Pinohbaok is qnotsd it follows: Jostles
to the whites end meroy to the blaoke
forbade any support of Peekerd's Gov
ernment.
President Hayes replied : I think I eee
my way dear to saonre harmony end
peace among the people of yonr State.
PEE90NAL.
Coi. F. W. Dawson, of the Charleston
Newt and Courier, is at Willard’s.
NOTHING DEFINITE IN CABINET.
It has transpired that nothing definite
expected in the Cabinet to-night.
Messrs. Sohnrz and Everts had not pre.
pared their tests for oivil ssrvios, and the
question of an extra session was postpon-
edfor farther consideration.
PURPOSE OF ms FBAUDULENOY.
Special la Enquirer-Sun.)
Washinoton, Mareh 14.—The purpose
of the President appears to be to postpone
any definite notion as to Louisiana and
Sonth Carolina until after tha adjourn
ment of the Senate, whioh will take plaoe
Monday at the latest. The President doss
not now favor tha Wheeler Compromise
programme, nor is he oommitted to the
new eleotion plan.
GME8IA
■OH. H. P. BELL ELECTED TO OOHOBEU.
Atlanta, Ga., Mareh 14.—Ball (Dam.)
haa baasi alaotad, to annoaad Senator Hill,
from tba Ninth Georgia Distriot. Hate
tha regular nominee.
BAILBOAD AOOIDXNT—NBGEOBS TO BE BUNG.
•■Mails Enquirer tee.)
Augusta, Mareh 14.—An aooidant on
tha Chariaeton and Savannah Railroad
this morning resulted in throwing from
thatmek and damaging fonroars. No
passengers ware hart. The mail agent
was alighly injured. Tha accident was
by the breaking of an axis under
are to be knag at Aiken
Friday.
SOUTHERN STATE DEBT*.
e
PBOPOSSD SETTLEMENT WITH NORTH CAR
OLINA.
New Yoee, Mareh 14.—The committee
consisting of George S. Cos, J. D. Ver..
millys, B. B. Sherman, B. B. Oornegys,
and Enoch Pratt, who, at tha recant meet
ing in this oiiy to oonsiderthe adjustment
of Southern State debts, were appointed
a committee to confer on tha anbjeot with
oommittee from asveral Southern
States. After oonferenoe with the com
mittee recently appointed by the Legisla
ture of North Carolina,has deoided that the
following plan would ba an eqnitable one
for adjusting the debt of that State: Xfter
adding all tha arrears of interest and the
interest to aoorne np to July 1st, 1877, the
then aggregate amount of the State debt
wonld be re-adjnated by the issue of new
bonds at tha rate of sixty per eent. of the
total amount for every sum of #1,000
than due, new bonds should ba given in
exobange and full settlement t
for #600, or for proportionate amounts—
tha new bonds to bear interest at tha rate
of six per oentnm per annum from the 1st
of Jnly, 1877, payable semi-annnally in
thaeityof New York—the first payment
of interest to be made on January 1st,
1877, and tha prinoipal to be made paya
ble in New York in thirty years from date.
The interest oonpons are to be reoeived
by the State for all taxes doe to it.
The oommittee think that the bonds
issued under the proposed adjustment
should ba uniform in terms and condi
tions of payment, and in their getfnrsl
■appeeranoe; and they also express the
oonvietion that tha Btate will be able at
an early day to provide a fund, however
small, in exoasa of tha interest to be used
for the gradual extinguishment of the
debt.
Western
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
DEMOCRATS EE-ELECT ONE CONGRESSMAN!
Republioant Probably Hava tha Root.
Portland, Maroh 14. —The Bepnblioena
eleim the Btate by 3,500 majority, and tha
Beoond and Third Congressional Dietrtata.
The Democrats olaim tba First.
Portsmouth, Mareh 14.—Jones (Dam.)
is elected by a good majority in tha First
Distriot.
a Telefrmpli
psay.
Special to Enquirer-Sun.]
New Yoee, Maroh 14.—Tha Exeoutive
Committee of the Western Union Tele
graph Company presented s report to the
Board of Direotors for ths quarter ending
Maroh 31st, 1877, to-dsy, whioh shows s
surplus and net profits Deoembsr 31st,
1876, of #1,044,203.45; dednot January
dividend and other disbursements, #794,-
808.36; left surplus January 1st of #249,-
395.09; net profits for qnsrter ending
Maroh 31st, based upon offioial and partly
itimeted returns will be about #757,613.-
43, making with Janaary surplus #1,007,-
008.52, dednot neoeaaary disbursements,
leaves n batenoe of #964,506.52. A one
and a half par oant. dividend requires
#507,175.00, leaving a surplus of #357,
333.52.
Tha direotors adopted resolutions dee
oiaring a dividend of one and one-half
per oent. payable April 14th.
Mr. Cambridge Livingston was appoint
ed direetor in plaoe of Col. W. R. Vem-
nlye, deoeased, and Samuel F. Birger in
plaoe of Cornelins Vanderbilt, deoeased
Mr. Wm. H. Vanderbilt was eleoted i
member of the Exeoutive Committee in
plaoe of Cornelins Vanderbilt, deoeased.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
A CONDEMNED NEGRO RESPITED,
Special lo Enquirer-Sun.)
Columbia, Mareh 14.—Governor Hamp.
ton to-day respited Dave Anderson, one
of the five negro criminals condemned to
be executed, on the 16tb, for the murder
of Hansemsn and Portmenn, in Aiken
oonnty, in November last.
Pau Presbyterian Coasaetl.
London, March 14.—A meeting was
held at Edinburg yesterday to oomplete
the arrangements for the Pan Presbyter
ian Counoil to be held from July 2d to
Jnly 9th next. The obairman atated that
abont 200 delegates were expected.
America would probably send tha full
nnmber allotted to her, inelnding soma of
the most eminent men connected with
the church. Representatives are expect
ed from the Canadian, Anstrailian and
South African colonies, and a large and
influential body from tbe continent of
Europe. The meeting resolved to rate*
#7,500 for expenses, and promised to do
all in its power to promote tha comfort
of members, and the anooeaa of tha Conn-
oil. A oommittee was appointed to carry
oat tbe determinations.
NEW YORK.
BUIOIDE—SEIZURE OP SMUGGLED TOBACCO.
New York, Maroh 14.—A dispatch re
oeived from Canada, at the Polios Head
quarters, says a man, supposed to be
Kingan, an active member of the Prodace
Exchange, baa oommitted snieide.
Speoial Treasury agents aaiaad, this
morning in a house on Rector street, 6,500
fins cigars, 28,000 olgarattas, and n large
quantity of fine leaf tobaooo that had
been imnggled.
Richmond, March 14.—The new hotel
at the White Sulpher Springs, known si
the Peyton House, was burned last mid
night sooidentslly—from tbe flue in tbe
kiteben. Tbe hotel was finished lest Jane.
Loss on baildiog $30,000; insured for
#25,000 in Baltimore companies. Part of
tbe furniture was saved.
THE EAST.
The Crisis wf the lltiallsa.
London, Maroh 14.—A Berlin dispatch
to the Timet announces Germany, Italy,
Austria and Franoe will support Russia's
-proposals.
The leading editorial of tha Time con
tains tha following:—
It may ba truly said tha oriaia of tha
Esatern question haa arrived. Neva r
daring any phase of tha question has a
more Important oommnnioation been ad
dressed by one State to another than that
of which General Ignatieff and Ooont
Sohonvaloff have been tbe intermediaries.
Tbe snbatenoe of it is that, if Grant
Britten and tha other Powers will agree to
maintain tho settlement insisted upon at
ths oonferenoe, and to urge it upon the
Porta, Rueaia will be oontent to aot in
aooord with them, and will demoboliaa her
army. Thiscommanioation ia now under
the Beriona consideration of ths English
Government. The terms era oonslderad
moderate by the other Powers, and if
Rnasia is oontented with this settlement,
we oan aae no auBoant reason for daolin-
ing it.
MEXICO.
TURMOIL IN THE LAND OF REVOLUTIONS.
Special ia Enquirer-Sun.)
Havana, Maroh 14.—The steamer City
of Havans.arrived from Vera Gras,brings
Ihe following intelligence : City of Mex-
ioo, March 3.—Complaints of fraud and
ooeroion in eleotions are reoeived from tbe
iuterior. The Conservatives were beaten
in nearly every district.
Foster, United States Minister, gave a
ball on Washington’s birthday. An [im
mense attendance. Ceremonies of visits
have been exohanged by President Diaz
and Mr. Foster. Dias has bean reoognis-
ed by Minister Foster aa President de
facto and dejure.
After the meeting of Congress the in
auguration of Diaz will tsko plaoe.
Congress meets on the 21st instant.
Tbs Senate has been ignored by tbe
Provisional Government, who have de
clared that the law ereating the Senate
wss forced by Lerdo appointing bis
friends. This violation of tbe Oonetitu
tion is considered outrageous. Diaz, how
ever, promises to observe tbe constitution
when not too inoonvenient. Enlistment
of oonvicte into tbe army bas been pro
hibited.
The Minister of the Treasury disap
proves of tbe six foroed loans whioh have
been made in Tsmpioo.
A religions procession in Merida waa
dispersed by the military. Two offloers
of Soostics's State troops were engaged
in the persecution of Protestants. Cries
of death to Protestants! mingled with
hurrahs for Porfiro Disz were heard in
the streets of tbe Capitol on Sunday, and
some abases were committed.
A man was tortured at Cuernsvsoa for
the purpose of obtaining information
about sooreted arms.
Crowds in tho Capitol on Monday
Bhonted, “Hurrah for Disz and death to
foreigners! ”
Au agent from the United States is en
deavoring to obtain concessions for
steamship line between Vers Orns and
Galveston.
Business is exceedingly doll.
Weather.
Washington, Maroh 14.— Indications—
For the South Atlantio States, oooler
northwest winds, rising barometer, and
partly oloudy weather will prevail.
THE MEXICAN CENTADB.
A LEGENDARY QUADRUPED KILLED BY AN
ARKANSAS DOCTOR.
Jeiforson (Ark.) Republican.!
We were shown last week by Dr. Col
lins, a resident of Little River oounty, in
this State, one of tbe most remarkable
phenomena of nature we evor saw.
was nothing less than the body of a well-
formed .red deer, with a head that resem
bled a baboon, and had a,suit of long,
brown shaggy beard. He says that it had
been seen in tbe neighborhood frequently
by several parties jnst after the war, bat
for some time had been misting, until one
day lately his wife and a negro girl, who
were returning from a visit to a neigh
bor's, discovered the horrible orestnre a
short distance from them standing in tbe
woods; they became alarmed and harried
to the honse, when Dr. Collins took bis
gun and started in hot pursuit of tbe
phantom, which he soon found snd killed.
He says when he wss aiming at it,its large
eyes seemed to melt in pity snd compas
sion, as though it was aware of its dread
ful danger; he had no sooner fired than
the orestnre leaped high iu eir, and utter
ed a most heart-rending scream. Tbe
Dootor says it must be a species of the
Mexican centaur, as described in legend
as existing in certain portions of Mexieo.
‘HELEN’S BABIES.
An Interview with the Perente
"Budge" end “Toddle."
of
How Mr. Habberton Came to Write the
Greatest Literary Sensation of
the Period.
Speoial Oorrsspondsnot of ths Ohio ago Trlb-
ana.]
New Yoax, Maroh 2.—Psrbapa no
pbraas haa been ao commonly used in tha
literary world,no question more generally
aaked, than “Who in the world are
'Helen's Babies V " Many a oopy of tho
book haa been sold from the simple curi
osity created by tbe tantalizing title. The
appetite for this knowledge being satis
fied, tba reader of tba book then bsoomss
intensely anxious to know who tba author
was. The stories that were printed ware
vary amusing to tba author, and ths
amount of information reoeived about his
little book oame with tha delioioas arums
of constant surprise. As I happened to
know that there waa an Immense amount
of trash accumulating about tba book, its
writer, hia wife and children, I oalled at
hia honse to-day for ths purpose of get
ting the golden grains of troth abont the
greatest sensation in the literary world for
years.
Standing on tbe heights of Brooklyn,
ont-looking on New York and its em
bracing waters, is a spacious vine-olsd
house, ooonpied and owned by a wonder
fully energetio Eastern woman, Mrs.
Grsnnis. Some three years ago ahe fait
it her duty to start a weekly paper, advo
cating the union of obnrobes—she doss
It is Btill going on, has a large list of
contributors (she pays nothing for her
copy). She has jnst spirit enough to keep
at it till ahe dies; but the Chyirch Union
will fail in its objeat. It is the eise of
Beeoher’s Christian Union.
John Habberton, parent of "Helen's
Babies"—book and babies both—has the
aeoond floor of this honse. When I wet
nahured into his parlor I found Mrs. Hab
berton, who said Mr. Habberton wonld be
boms in e few minutes. “We have reed
a greet many fanny tbinge, provoking
things,stnpid things snd kind things abont
my husband's ‘Helen's Babies," and the
amount of ingenuity that has been wasted
by some writers wonld be invaluable to
them in original work. Why, some of
them have gone so far as to say that I
was won by my husband in that supreme
ly ridionlous fashion. Why, a woman
who wonld be won in that fashion wonld
be a goosie—but, good gracious, Mr.
Habberton nbver oonld write abont love.
Ah ! hero he comeg."
Mrs. Hsbbeiton turned to her husband
and said : “Jack, this gentlemen wishes
to know the only true end aconrate so
connt of ‘Helena Babies.’"
dorsad 'Rejected' by two of tbe rnoBt
eminent readers and finished scholars
of tha day. For what reason F ‘The
work ia entirely witkont shape’ was ths
flat. Reading a few pages I was strnck
with the vigor of the style, the brightness
of its fsnoy, and tbe absolute fidelity to
real life in the sketching of character. I
pat it in my pooket, took it home RDd
read it through. Why, the book was all
sonl. The learned reviewers were right
in their verdiot There wee no Hhapo in
the book, bnt that wss but tbe silver side
of the shield; bad they ridden aronnd they
wonld have seen (he other side glittering
gold. I took it book to tho publishers,
and told them to print the book. They
laughed, and pnt their fingers on tbe
sealof my distinguished oo-readers. I
still persisted. They printed the book.
It had a large sale, muoh to tbe publish
ers’ surprise, and they have printed since
several others by the same author. Now
I am not glorifying my own judgment
over these other gontlemen; I am simply
insisting that the reading mind is like the
eye—it longs for bold, outline spirited
action, and, above all, true, honest, deep
feeling. The shape of a book is like its
oover—it only holds the oontenta "
I here asked Mr. Habberton when hia
sequel to “Helen's Babies” was to appear.
He replied: "It is almost finished. I
was obliged to put it aside for some little
time, although weeks ago it only wanted
the olosing chapters. Bnt my oontraot
compels me to oomplete it promptly.
Now, I think I have talked to you," oou-
tioued Mr. Habberton, “quite enough
abont my book. I particularly desire
yon to state, if you write anything abont
tbe opinions I have expressed, that
Helen’s Babies’ wss not a history of my
family in sny sense, end that the qnsint
sayings tbe babies used from day to day
bear but tbe relation to the work itself
that the blocking out of a canvass beers
to tbe finished piotnre. And now I must
bid you—good day.”
"Good day, sir,” I replied, snd with
drew. It is very plain to me that Mr.
Habberton la pained by the illsnatured
remarks that are being made about his
issuing the ‘‘Sequel to Helen’s Babies,"
when little Toddie has been deed only e
few weeks, and I think it only jnst to him
that It shontd be announaed that I 'saw
myself tha agreement entered into by
Hr. Habberton to furnish this book be-
tore Toddie was taken sick. Then the
foot the author has stated that he is not
irinting his private family history in this
took, coupled with the above simple bus.
inees obligation, ought to silenae ell such
ungenerous remark. The loss of tho child
bas been e terrible blow to him. I knew
him well, and he was s boy of wonderful
iromise. I hope .this information will
rash all such cruel criticism. '
Cyril.
IMPROVEMENTS* IN TEI.EURAPHV
■lx Lives Lost.
Special to Enquirer-Sun ]
Gape Lookout, N. C., Maroh 14.—Tha
bark Limbadog, from Liverpool for Balti
more, with salt, ia agronnd off Lookout
Shoal. Six of bar oraw of thirteen are
lost, end three ere still aboard. Tha bark
will certainly go to pieces.
VeedlBi out she Federal UBm« In
Louisiana.
Tbe Tribune speoial Bays: It is reported
that one of tbe earliest sots of President
Hayes’ Administration will bs to change
some of the important Federal officers in
Louisiana.
Several of these are negroes who can
neither read nor write. Even tbe impor
tant position of Nsvsl officer at New Or
leans is held by e negro whose aooonnts
coma np to the auditing officers of the
Treasury signed by “his mark.” This
person is notoriously nnable to read snd
write, snd is reported to divide tbe large
emoluments of hia offioe with ontaide per-
Elliott's Opera House, at Wonaooket, R.
I., is boned. Low #80,000.
A Remarkable Career.—It will be
bard to find e man who has had a life of
more vioissitudes than William A. J. Mo-
Clare, who lives at the Soldiers’ Home
in Dayton, O. He was born in New 'Jer
sey, end from his fifteenth to his thirtieth
year waa in tbe merchant servioe, visiting
almost every port in the world. In 1804
he turned trapper on tbe Ohio river, and
finally enlisted in the Amerioan army,
being osptured in Ilnll'e surrender and
taken to Dartmoor prison, but was
freed in time to fight in Lun
dy's Lane, under General Scott.
He served afterward as e soout for Gan.
Jackson in Florida, and also served in the
Seminole war end in tbe American mer
chant marine. While a sailor be wss
wrecked in tbe Mediterranean See, and
was held as a slave by the Arabs until
purchased and released by an Amerioan
eonsnl. Ho wss also one of tbe nine sur
vivors of the wreck of the Albion on tbe
coast of Ireland. Ho has been married
four times snd is the father of twenty-two
children. There ere said to be papers at
Washington whioh show that ha fa one
hundred and seven years old, and that hia
story of sarvioa in tha Amerioan army is
true.
Mr. Habberton motioned me to a east,
and talked to me after thia faahion:
“Well, yon went to know ell abont ‘Hel
en 'e Babies. 'Now if yon will let mo jnst talk
ahead I will tell you whet I think I know
abont that book, for I am rapidly ooming
to the conclusion that I am all wrong in
my knowledge. Some hundreds of wri
ters have snob an absolute fond of infor
mation abont if, radioally different from
mine, that I hesitate shout putting for-
word my solitary opinion against theirs.
However, I will do what Mrs Dombey
didn't do—I will ‘make sn effort.’ I look
upon ‘Helen's Babies' as a literary waif,
which went into the world without a sonl
to acknowledge it and suddenly wakened
ap one day with greatness thrust upon it,
Its origin is Amply as follows: Some time
ago my wife bad s prolonged illness. You
know how colorless the hours are in a aiek
room; ao one rainy day my two ohildren bo
ing kept home from sohool, oatnmenosd
to give as one of those freqaent unsolicit
ed performances of private nursery thea
tricals that parents never tire of. Btruok
with the hnmor of their semi-theologioal,
aemi-wioked remarks, for yon know 'fool
ishness is boand up in ths heart of a
child,’ and they are all a mixture of tba
saint end the imp, I seized aome paper
end rapidly wrote off some of these quaint
sayings snd pranks. It delightedmy wife,
end for the pn're purpose of amusing her
I oontinned the record from day to day
for e few hoars. As the mennscript in
creased I saw the opportunity of taming
it to some little aooonnt, perhaps; so, to
pat it into readable shape, I composed sn
introduetion end sn ending. I wss jnst
ten days et it in ell. It
more e story of my boys than
of yonrs. And the hundreds of
letters I have received saying, ‘That is
just what my boys do’ tolls tbe simple se-
aret of its enormous sale; it puls into print
Ibe actual delightful experiences of in
numerable families, and ‘Budge’ and
'Toddie' oharmed them all because they
were their ‘Badge’ and ‘Toddie.’ So I beg
you will jnst dismiss the idee that all tha
romantio narrative of the book ia anything
but pura imagination."
I hero aaked Mr. Habberton if be had
heard the book had been attributed to
other authors.
“Oh, yes," be oontinned, “among oth
ers to my wife. One paper trsoed bar
genealogy back to the revolution, indeed,
across to England before the settlement
of this ooantry. We were both very grate
ful for the information. To be sure it
wss all wrong for s century bsok, but then
the rest we did not know anything abont
ourselves, aud that part we cannot con
tradict. Now the fsot is, if my wife had
only been well enough to have had e hand
in it, the author could have taken more
pride in it. It would not have been with
out form, and almost void of respeotable
oonnection of narrative. Indeed, I read
the proof io seotions, and never saw the
book oomplete until it was issued for sale.
Now, I do not want yon to think that
I am specially proud of the enooeaa of
a book that I say was so oare-
lsssly treated. It wonld be
a conceited, unmanly boast. I had no
idea the book wonld run over 8,000 oopies
sale. I- never intended to own it, end
threw it upon the ooean of literature, ex-
peoting it to live a day in the ennshine
end then go into oblivion. Indeed, so far
wss the idea from my mind that it would
be more than ‘a painted ship upon a
painted ocean,'that I entirely forgot to
ohange the family names in it, end it wss
this orazy omission that eventually be
trayed tbe authorship. Although I would
not be so foolish as to say I am not more
than gratified from a pure personal sense
of pride st the wide circulation of ‘Helen's
Babies,' I tell you frankly that there is a
much stronger feeling I have about it.
Tbe sneoess is s tremendous blow at liter
ary readers (who pass upon MSS. for pub
lishers) in general, and sn unexpected
support of my own judgment as a review
er. I recollect aome yean ago pieklng np
In the editorial rooms of a publishing honse
the MSS. of an author which was in-
THK QUADBUPLEX AND ITS UBKS.
From Loalsvllle Uonrlsr-Journal ]
Tha Western Union Telegraph Gompa-
nj has had in operation at its offioe in this
oity, for two weeks post, two sets of
qaodraplex instruments, by means of
whioh two telegrams may be sent siuiul
taneonsly in each direolion over a single
wire; in other words, when tbe iostrn-
menta are in use to their fall oapaoity,
fonr messages are passing over tbe wire
at the same time.
The old system of telegraphy allowed a
single wire, worked on tho Morse system
with ordinary rapidity, to average per
hoar about fifty messages of twenty words
esob. A message going ono way or tbe
other ocoupied tho wire to the exolusion
of every other message.
About five years ago the Western Union
Telegraph Company adopted tbe duplex
system, invented by Joseph U. Stearns,
of Boston, by meaus of which two mes
sages, one in each direction, could be
sent over a wire simultaneously, thus in
creasing ths oapaoity of tbe wires to about
one hundred messages per hour. These
instruments have been in use in the com
pany's offioe here for nearly four years.
The suocess of this invention led to ef
forts on the part of Thomas A. Edison,
eleotrioian, of Newark, N. J., and George
B. Presoott, tbe Western Union Com
pany’s electrieian at New York, to in
crease tbe carrying capacity of the wires
still farther, and resulted in the invention
by these gentlemen of the qusdrnplex
system.
This system was first used for general
bnsiness about two years sinoe, between
New York snd Boston, snd found to work
very satisfactorily on circuits undor three
hundred miles in length. It has since
been improved and modified, until now it
is capable of being worked at full speed
upon the longest land-line circuit*. Tims
the oapaoity of the wires bas beeu increas
ed to two hundred messages per hoar st
ordinary speed.
Ordinarily the instruments at the office
here are so arranged that two messages
may be passing between Cineinnati and
Memphis or New Orleans, through Louis
ville, at the same time ;that two messages
are passing between Lonisiville snd Mem
phis or New Orleans, snd two messages
between Louisville and Cineinnati, all
upon the same wire, bnt the instruments
may be disoonneoted from this wire and
need upon sny other whenever necessity
demands it, so that during any general
derangement of the wires by storms so
long as one wire remains complete to any
of the prinoipal points that wire may be
made to answer the purpose of four wires.
Ail tbe principslr offices of tbo Western
Union Company arc being equipped with
these instruments as fast as they oan he
supplied, and the facilities of that com
pany for handling business are being iu
this way largely inoreased.
MM. HATCH’ FIRST RECEPTION.
SIMPLICITY, BirtXEMHNT AND ESTNUBIAAM
THE PREVAILING CHARACTERISTICS.
New York Herald eorreapoadanM of the IMh.]
The streets of Washington, near tho
White Honsa, looked this afternoon like
Irving plaoe when the ladies ere going
into or coming ont of en operetta matinee
at the Aoademy of Mnsio. The oooesioo
waa Mrs. Hayes' first reception, and if
the snooess of tbe effeir ba measured by
the size end enthusiasm of the orowd,
Mrs. Hayes’ first raoeption at tbe White
House was a transcendent snocess.
Before tbe boar of three tbe orowd be
gan to gather, and aa the minutea peesed
the ariivala oame thieker and faater until
there waa a crush, a jam, a mob of dia>
tiuotion, fashion and beanty. Evary one
was anxious to get a view of the Chief
Magiatiate aud bis wife. The raoeption
took place in the bine parlor, whioh waa
rendered a oonservstory by the profusion
of flowers snd plants with whioh it wee
decorated. The President was in good
spirits and reoeived the shower of con
gratulations with quiet dignity end re
pose of manner.
Col. Casey introdooed the callers, and
any nnmber of ushers fonnd employment
in keepiug the orowd within bounds and
preserving order.
Mrs. Hayes wore a Prinoesse drese of
black ailk, with the loops end folds faoad
with pale bine aitk. The drese was very
plain bnt extremely elegant, the sleeves
snd throat finished with point laoo. Her
abundant hair, blaok and fine and glossy,
was brushed amoothly’ over the temples
and gathered into a large ooil at tbe bsok,
the only ornament being e handsome tor
toise shell comb.
Mrs. Hayes’ grace and gentleness were
tho theme of all tongues, snd her
praises will be sounded all-over the land
if she but keep even half tbe good will
whioh she won on her first reception.
At Mrs. Hayes' right was Mrs. Govern
or Denison in an elegant toilet of blaok
velvet and thread laoe. Her hair is slight
ly mixed with gray, and waa without or
nament save a comb.
Mrs. Tyner, wife of tha ex-Poetmsster
General, joined theperty in tbe oourae of
tbe afternoon. Her dress was of e
black silk end velvet end very be
coming. She wore a very elegant bat of
oreamy silk and velvet, with long plumes
of the same shade.
Miss Platt's Prinoesse dress of creme dam-
matte wss very muoh admired, and the
long sprays of flowers were ornaments
most appropriate to the delioate face and
dainty figure of the fair guest of t#e fam
ily .
Miss Foote wore a bine silk with bands
of embroidored roses snd leaves in natu
ral colors. He hair was dressed in pnffe
and ornament.
Little Miss Hayes is a bright pretty
child of nine years, and oame in and
played her little part to perfection. Her
dress of white oambrio was very simple,
with wide sash of pale pink ribbon. Her
bait is quite short, and brushed pleinly
bsok from her pleasant intelligent faoe.
She is the only daughter, end pet of the
household.
Mrs. Rogers, the wife the President’i
private secretary, a tali stately lady, with
a very pleapant faoe, waa dressed in a
very pale bias dammatte, with feoinge
and raffles of navy bine. Her heir was
worn without ornaments or orimp or
frizz.
T'Uo entire ebsenoe of anything like
ornament in tbe Presidential party wee
remarked by every one present. Every
thing was absolutely simple and elegant
iu its way. Tne gloves were faultless;
the laces exquisite; the fabrioa the choio-
est productions of their kind, bnt there
was in nil studied simplicity snd an ab-
sonoo of fashionable ornaments. "Are
we to have in tbe fashion e leader of good
souse ?" was asked by more than one lady
who culled at tho Exeontive mansion to-
day.
Among others present not already men
tioned were Mrs. Shermen, wife of the
new Seoretary of the Treasury, e lady
whom Washington admires end respeote
for her many estimable qualities. Her
dress was blaok silk, plain but elegant.
The Secretary of Btate, Mr. Erarts, and
wife were also present, the latter in blaok
velvet with bands of gray fox.
Mrs. Chandler wore blsok velvet.
Mrs. Eugene Hale, blsok velvet and
silk.
Mrs. Hay, the same materials. Indeed,
it might almost be oalled a blaok silk re
ception, as nearly all of the dresses were
of this favorite material.
Mrs. BankH wss dressed in black velvet
snd laoe, and her daughter in bine silk.
Senator Blaine wss present, end in the
best of spirits. He entertained a merry
party with his witty oonversation.
The reeeption wsb to end st 5 o'olook,
but long after that hoar tbe parlor con
tinued filled with osllers, who drifted intQ
quiet corners and obat about tho new ad
ministration and its probabilities.
A PROPOSED TOUR THROUGH THE SOUTH.
Postmaster General Koy ssys that it is
his intention in the administration of hiH
offioe to do exactly whut President Hayes
will require him to do in the matter of
appointments, and that he will so manage
tbe affairs of his department as that every
sot shall be guided by respect for a broad
national polioy in aooordanoe with the
polioy of the President.
He also intends nuking a tour through
tbe Sontb, and will make these state
ments to tbe Sonthern people,with a view
of oresting an era of good feeling, and
tbns endeavor to re-estAblish a better
understanding and more friendly rela
tions between the two sections. He
speaks quite enthusiastically and hope
fully npon these points, and intends to
use every effort in his power lo bring
about these desired results.—A’. V. Her
ald Special.
EttrUYR WOOES.
I have reoeived to-day twenty-five
pounds of Zephyr Wool iu blsok, white
and oolors.
ootl oodAwly J. Albest Kiivcn.
Evarts looks like Dr. Henderson without
a mustaohe. Shermen looks as fishy aa
an eel snd as gaunt as a greyhound. Mo-
Crary resembles ex-Msyor Baxter, of
Lunisville. Thompson I He looks like
doing anything with the navy! don't he ?
The new attorney general looks like the
Dev—ons family generally. Key ia tall,
broad-shouldered, with full, shaggy,iron-
gray whiskers. Sohnrz looks exaotly like
Nast's caricatures of him in the ’72 cam
paign—a thin, red-haired, red-whiskered,
Hour-sighted, absent-minded, professor -
looking German, with eye-glasses. —
Frankfort Yeoman.
Tho old story about impending tronbie
between Germany and Frsnoe orops oat
in the dispatches to be denied almost im
mediately. If Franoe is fortifying her
eastern frontier,whioh looks toward a foe
which held her by the throat a few yean
ago, Germany bas also been at the same
business around Metz and Strasbourg.
Tho Gorman government thought Franoe
was financially orippled for twenty yesra
or more when a war indemnity of #1,000,-
000,000 wss imposed on end oolleoted
from the Goals, bat Franoe bse not only
recovered from that prodigiona drain, in
addition to the large expenses of tbe late
war, but is becoming more prosperous
then ever, snd is spending more on her
army than she did in the days of ths Em
pire. It is not likely that Germany will
deliberately provoke another war with her
neighbor, although tbo military party is
constantly endeavoring to alarm the Ger
man mind with stories of foal intentions
on the part of Franoe. Bismarok wonld
be unwilling to hazard the undertaking in
the present state of the Eastern question,
as ho desires to watoh Rnasia. His only
ohjeot in assailing Franoe would be to
oouipel harmony among the discordant
politioal factions st home, no one of whioh
oan command a majority vote of the peo
ple, a foot whioh makes eaoh succeeding
eleotion more bitter, snd weakens the
Bismarokian programme of German uni
fication. — Courier-Journal.
