, 1873-01-17
| WASHINGTON.
Proceedings in the Credit
Mobilier Investigations
Yesterday.
Durant's Testimony About His
$10, 900 Gift to Ser
ator Harlan.
Senator Sherman's New Bill for
3. a Resumption s.: Of Specie
Payment. =: :.
The Union Pacific Railroad to
Be Sued for the Inter-
est Due the Gov.
ernment.
An Atmospheric Telegraph Scheme---
The Agricultural College Bill.
An Atmospheric Telegraph Scheme---
The Agricultural College Bill.
Proceedings in Congress Yesterday.

Proceedings in Congress Yesterday.
Special De.patch to The Chicago Tribune.
AEaEAL TELEGRAPH SCHEME
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The bill incorporating
| the Loomis Aeroal Telegraph Company was inal-
| ly passed by the Senate to-day, and, with tho
signature of tue President, will become law.
This aereA telegraph scheme is o novel. thing.
The plan Of DR.. Loomis, the inventor, is to tc1e~
graph from high peak Of the Rocky Mountains
to the highest attainablo peak Of tie Alps, at
which point tower is to be erected, on
the top OF which large mast is to
| be placed. An apparatus capab1o OF
collecting electricity is to be put on the upper
end of this mast, by means Of which, On such
elevation, it is claimed a. strata Of tho atmos-
phe1e will bo reached which is charged with
electricity. Ground connections, the same as in
ordinary telegraph, will be erected. This cleo
! tn lied stratum OF the atmosphere WILL as with
the ordinary single wiro and ground conrec-
o make H., f6npsts2 2ohtast circuit aaa IT,
produce 1qo '1'l's Similar puiaation I "s At tue tie
other. The Company is to hare capital stock
OF a200 900, With the privilege OF increasing the
Ii
pnny sha11 require it. The business objects OF
the corporation stated in the bill to be to de-
yelopo and utilize the principles and powers OF
natural electricity to be used In teleCraphy. gem
Grating Light, heat, and motive power, and opcr-
ate any machinery run by electricity for any
purpose.
THE ALABAMA n1oSEY-BUrLER's BILL
Buffers singular action in regard to tho bill
introduced by him before tho recoas to regulate
the distribution of the Alabama money was re-
! marked at the time. The bill VAS referred to
the Judiciary Committee. He took it to the file
room, and after it had been recorded, carried it
to the Government Printing Office, where ho had
it privately printed. In Committee he had it
referred to himself, as Sub Committee. No
member of the Committee has .eser seon It.. It
is now said that be haaprepared long and care-
fullywritten report, in which be takcB the ground
that equity requires that the claimants, where
the aggregate OF their extra charges on account
Of war risks from the aggregate OF their losses
by the Alabama, DC, in order to determine what
the amount OF their claims ia and, in the casos
recovered shall be subtracted from the amount
OF loss sustained in determining the value OF
their claims. >
TIE CREDIT MoB1L1ER CONFESSIONS.
The most extraordinary speetIaclee, that has
mitteo has been in session occurred to-day.
Two Senators and three members Of the House
f1ocked there as to confessional, and told their
stories to judge Poland. The f1rst to cleanse
bis bosom "as Representatlge eooneld, OF
meut to tho effect that he had agreed to take
ten shares OF Credit Mob1lier stock from Anes,
and had paid 81 OIL for it in January, 1868, the
odd dollars BENG for accrued interest,"; oanse-
quently changing bis mind, ho concluded not to
take It, and he settled the traneacsion oy takine
an equal number of shares OF 0nion faclnc
stock, and 81 900 frst-mortgnge bond, paying
Anes $3.50 extra for it.
Then came Senator Patterson. He agreed to
take ~ ahares Of = Inc sIoGk, nns qua not no &c gos
eummated: subsequently no nongns IRON Afnee 4
Union Pac3ho STOCK On two occasions, W1lch no
P4acoo LII tno n@uoe VI y aa4en" IL No" 1oiA Ao1
sa!e.
oeha1or Hueon, VINO Gaao ne1t, lnaoe sUfs
.! stump epeecn, N s "n1en 1o ne "ens on oyer ine
nlntoty OF n1s u1e, ns I9vel.ys n!e ,.t tIl@s, ~
failures auo s1ocesses. ae .o1d S oan - Ais aufeT
"eooing, eno me present u To,oop ~ W nls miae,
1i Mn'eh ec Mas ,n tsn ho short tina
a1teIHaro nearing tne coapany w. .nso1'Sa .
IN ls~sults, and tea11ng the consequencea, ne
insisted On naFlng tne money :, 1etui1ls9' n:a3-
ames an paio Il b9Sh 20 mrs mMsohz wl.n
2oo ul'loeuo. Ana "aiso. p1.u patA io n,a 49,
plalneo OF tne "long uono ~ nono'aue . n'el. ~
re on1ust suspie.nns & Ia11 uH9n tIsa ilH.u
t9eI eonne1uon Misn sne LEU. ~, Mo"ol, ~ ~
Thsn tbat Mhum nc nr ibis I'D - bee
INC presa1icatns u sno M hocus1u "hoh ~ III 'ne
cnaiges were nsue Paont. ~ ',,t %au.eu e ~ een
nt1a'euk ssoty noni We esot., 2o1 "ac peaoaau,
60 a1bm oos 80 " as aIt t1;tnaes adn,itfad
1ueo:n'' muo Ma sng neAx "1tAGes' auna:s9 1
that, II common WITH others, ne 1ecelved
81, QUO in stock OF the COMPANY and immediate
", also, received large Dividend thereon: Ho
tnnde written contract with Amos, aud tile
dir,idonda vera iudoraed tlereon. When he
rnre nn h;e contract with An,es. ho raceired
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