, 1873-01-08
WASHINGTON.
Proceedings in the Credit Mo-
bilior Investigation
Yesterday.
Schuyler Coifax Explains How
He Retired from the Com
pany Minus Five Hun
dred Dollars.
Allison Telegraphs Fills Disclaimer
from New York, Saying
Ames is Mistaken.
A Dull Day in the Legislative
Ha1ls~--Blighting Effect
Of the Investi~
cation.
The Colorado State-Makers Li|,elv
to be Greatly Disappointed.
Immense German Immigration Proba-
bio In tho Spring.
Proceedings in Congress Yesterday.


Special Despatch 10 The Chtea7o Tribune.
DULL. DAY.
WASHINGTON, Jan, 7.-Tle reaaion Of tin
House, today, was unusually dull and
langutd. The memborH had been occuptcd
nll tho tho morning in reading B,,ch ab-
Htracts Of tho Credit Mbbi1ier testimony as
appeared In the local papors, md they caino
to tho Capitol with doIcctod air, md with very
little spirit for taking hold Of public brsiuoua
Tho almost u1liyersal fcding seemed to bo, TINT
tho developments mado by the Investigating
Committee would shock tho public Bouso, md
greatly lcason tho confidence Of tho pooplo in
Congress-. a new member from tho 1Yest OK
pfessou tie gonoral sentiment, when he naid to
group Of friends, just bofore tho House con-
voneu, "wEon such mon as thoBe," mentioning
nall dozen named n tue Amen testimony, "nro
shown to bo Implicated in this wrotchcd bust.
ness what would the public think Of the rost Of
9aT throughout the whole day, bnsnoas
dragged heavily, and barely quorum could bo
got to vote upon any question.
THE CHINESE INDEMNITY FUND.
In tho morning hour, tho Foreign Affairs COM
mitte9 n repnfted through h1r. Wood bill a,l=
olnlms Of certain insurance companies for losses
sustained through tho bark Ohaldcn, which
was driven, through HtroBa Of weather. on
tho Chinoso coast, boardod by an nr1nod force,
plunderod aud burned. Tho innurora now ask
for. repayment OF tho losses from tho Chin oEo
hnoomnlsy aos N iuno: Ihi1 bill waa benten. chiefly
Woods explanation of tho CASE
VENEZUELAN CLAIMS.
mr. Packard, from tho Bamo Committee, pasB-
Cd without opposition tho bill to compel Vono-
zgela to Pay the claims Of Unitod States ctizeus,
ad1ud1catod by tho Convention Of 1866.
APPROPRIATIONS,
!, Tho roBt Of tho day was spent In Committee Of
the Whole on tho Executive, Legislative,
and Judicial Appropriation bill, max
ing put httlo progress. Two hours were
tor tho paymont Of members OF Congress from
Mach to bccombor. prior TO tho mooting Of tho
.,sE Oongroas, and before they aro sworn in.
Now that tho spring session has boon abolished.
organizes in December as tic law now roads,
aud many OF them object to being cut of from
tho public crib for 30 long Q tmo. Tho para-
graph was finally adopted with IN amendment,
providing TINT whero notice Of contest is aent
to the Clork, tho member whose scat is contest
cd shall not receive pay.
INDIAN SURVEYS.
Tho Acting COMMISSIONER Of Indinn Affairs
asks Congreas to appropriate s5o0,000 for tho
survey Of tho exterior boundaries Of Indian res
aa1ne monoy, to 10 expended in Washington Ter
ritory aud III tho Indian Torritory.
ENGINEERING srATIsr1cs.
Goneral Humphreys, Chief of Engineers,
III AoR4t " u 4HaU4AA1uu VI tJl0 410uHG 1uT11tHAG0
some interesting itolns Of information to-day.
These aro, fret, That it will cost abont 81 500 600
to dig canal from tho mississippi Nivor to toop
wator IN tho Gulf of Mexico; second, that
s., 7G9, 200 Las been Bpcnt on tho canal around
tho Dee ,t hoines Rapids Of tho Miasiasppi River,
an, third, that the canal around tho Falls of the
Ohio, at Louisville, has thua far ooHt the Gov
crnmont s2,887,4 aga.
RECOMMENDATION WITHDRAWN.
Secretary Belkrnp has informed the House
TINT h1 wishes tn
for m appropriation for supply depot Mt San
Antonio, Texas. AS O reason for changing his
opinion OH this subject, no furnishes T. letter
from General Sherman, who says that tho COM
Aouthwhrd from Kansas, through the Indiaii
Territory, will make it advisable on the ground
Of economy, that tho supplies for all tho forts In
Northern Texas slloull 20 by that route instead
Of BY the old route yia Galveston aud San Anto-
MO, and TINT supply depot ut tho lattor place
would therefore soon become Of littlo uso.
THE CAPITAL DoAND OF HEALTH.
Tho House Appropriations Committee agrood
teddy, to give tho Washington Board Of Health
$4,000 for the purchase Of ambulancos, lilo
erection OF al hospital, nnd the proper cnro OF
smallpox patients, and to provide for universal
vaccination, and tho adoption Of such measures
% will preyont tho spread Of tile discaao, which
Is a1arming1y prevalent in tho city. There seoms
propriato tho money, oxcopt that tho District
Government IL impoounious, the Board of Pub
llo Works having cloanel ont ita Treasury. Snr-
Eont failed to got consent to Introduce tho bill
i'll the l1ouso for passngo.
GERMAN IM3IIdNAT1ON.
Tho President Of tho German Emigration 3d.
cioty Of this city, to-day, received lotter from
tho North Gorman Society, advising him that the
Commission representing tho latfor organiza-
ton, and which contonplatea purchasiuj; largo
tracts OF laNd in the West for bonoiit of itnmi-
grating colonies, will Hai1 for Now York on tho
18th init. Tho letter proplleaies MI enormous
German emigration, wlleu the Honson opens, In
nplto Of the advanced transportation rates. ills
stated that the conviction Ia profound among tho
German masses, notwithstanding all tic
professions made to tho contrary, that
the home Government expects war, aud
that emigration In discouraged on that
account. 1t also Bnys among those who
will eanbark tor this country In tho spring are
II, 600 from tho wino countries, whore tho vino
crop failod thla yoar, and wloro 1hero nro no
prosreetg for yearh to como. Thsn tlloro arc
about ton thouHn,ltl tol1acco growers and uan,,.
fncturern, wliu aro tlinguHtod with tho duty and
il1s Internal tux OH thiH article, who propoHe to
transfer their onorgioa and their industries to
this sdo Of tho Atlantic. Tho letter oloaes by
saying that, notwithstanding tho glory
attending Germany CONSEQUENT upon
tho war with Franco, tho low
wagoH. ligl, cost Of living, mud expectation OF
service III tho Lanilwehr III times OF peace, and
IN the rank and file III oauo Of war, tho eplrt Of
dHcontenL was neyor 10 strong as at present
among the German nlnHsoB.
TIE ooLoRAn0 OFFICE SEEKERS.
According to adyiccs received horo. thore Ia
In tit1}3 f,,f