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THE ATMOSPHERIC TELEGRAPH

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 11, 1856

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 8, No. 19.

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THE ATMOSPHERIC TELEGRAPH.

The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says that the experiment of an atmospheric telegraph for the conveyance of the mails with lightning speed has been authorized by an act which has passed the Senate. The act directs the Postmaster General to test the plan of Mr. Richardson, by laying under ground a tube between Washington and Baltimore, and appropriatesninety-five thousand dollars for the expense of the same.—Sel.