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Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-10-19

fIRISG 90 THE MANunTH CAySos.-Tho great gun,
lately Ayers foundry ond described in the Post
fired few times at South Boston Point yesterday Of.
ernOon. Shells, twelve inches IN diameter, and $50
pounds m weight, thrown various dstanccs accord.
ing the charge, elevation and length Of the fuse used.
With charge Of twenty pound, Of powder 20 seconds
fuse, elevation Of p degrees, shell thrown
two mud quarter miles, and buried deep the earth at
Squanum. a ficocho shot tired with a ton seconds
fuse, 20 pounds powder charge and pounds IN tho she'll
II shed through and The water awful rate,
nnJ exploded distance o? about two mile, ~ the
water, throwing tho fragments several bundled yards In
every dros elton. Next week the gun will bo tried with
higher charges Of powder Tho regular charge 10
% pounds. which, duo elevation will project the shell
somewhere between three and hal four miles Thus
far al tho previous calculations Of the poWcs Of the gun
have been verified by tho experiments. Tho firing was
under the direction Of Col. BunfOfd the inventor Of tis
tremendously formidable species of ordnance, intended Tor
hsrJor dsicnco.-Bosfon Post.
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oc 10 eotd
GARtSrtr,c\

AN IDEA WORTH INvEsrIGaTINo-A,, ,,
discovery has been made Engls OF
mre mus OF metallic substance melted by in,en.,
neat AID when in this ae the poles o. powerful
battery brought melted i'm
med ATE result H. that all tbs impure particles eanared i'm the
metal combine and directly In the
mus leaving the immense condition purity This
physical fact as yet unexplained Nov. 10
suppose that what thus happens
cur To the animal fnnef and
ter Gus benefits resulting from application The
cure OF human disease and s giving srcnr
anu heah TO the animated sysem,he partie the
o ana OF the 1uii. being eIpeiei DR.
Chsue 'usses the dea with the tho
nelnauon and ability may give It attention
nj
paper explanatory pamphlets Ia
the agents for this city, Me,srs DUvAI PURCELL ptu.ri
~ 'Ia'n.I-c', hIchhona,N va ie2f
O sands SarsaparilIa.-Allt that the ntnios-
phere yieds To plants plants yield
to air Eternal round in which death life
but In which matter merely changes in
THIS Interchangeable there regirss
which may be modhed by the aid OF
Numbers who in the days would Ia
ershe under the eouree oscrou
and In society by that admirable
and thus while luxury has introduced tho
and the chemist
equal proportion For diseases
and sores of description abd. found IN
most eases specific.
Q Prepared and Sold wholesale erposton
BY A H. d. SANDS Druggists and Chemizls uing,
No a Broadway Chambers also
by DUNhL PURCELL. Agents Main street. Richmond Va
Price, 81 bottle sir bottles % collar.
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Nav suoiR.-Tho New Odoans Bulletin Of the 9Th
instant says -" Eighteen hhds new Sugar and the same
number n bbls. Mo1sos. arrived yesterday on board the
Belle Creole. consigned to Messrs. Mccall g.
Adams. from the plantation Of Mr. Mccall DonsIson
vile We told IL is Of fine quality and portion Of
ths Sugar has been sold AZ cents snd Of the Moasses
thirty cents. Tho hrst afuya of now Sugar last year
was on the 9TH II October.
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N q TIC Els .

pMcDoweil Division No. 10, Son. OF
Tcmpcrancc.-The IN, mbers Of ,h. D,ision a,o
requested To meet at tho Hall OF Marion Division, on
this Monday evening, at u O'Clock.
oe ~ RrcoRDiso scRisE.
ar ship We-tphalia for Bremaen.-'r6o
Letter Bag OF ship Weiphaha, Capt wts be taken nun,
our coanuns Room. this afternoon, at 4 o'eloek.
HENRY Ittnr q .,n
W The annual meeting Of Riehusoni Tine, roeisty nj,
be held % 'hi. evening i"h Oct O'Clock in ,Le Lee
nre Room Of Mr. sus Church. Address win b. de-
hversd Tho public genera y, are invited 10 attend.
10 BENJAMIN TArs
hienrico Agricultural and Horticuitu-
raj Society.
Tho members Of this Society,". and citizens Of Richmond
and Henrieo generally, invited TO attend general
meeting At tho swan Tavern Saturday. tho 2lh instant
At 10y o'clock. when address will be delivered by VIM
c. oser,on, Esq The Society will then ren.ir IN m,
place selected for conducting The ploughng ,ch which
was postponed on the 18th instant.
Premium for tho best specimen Of ploupbin, Nv . man.
Der Of tho Society, SEQ. "
DO do by eolored man. owned by member si5
committee TO regulate the match and award premiums
0h'res Marx. WIN. Nelson, DIR. j. r. Garnet, Fr.neis
Staples aud Jos. e. Burton.
PERSONS intending to compete for the premium, will en-
ter their names at the store Of Messrs T. & C. Fiji.
Ch' b. WILLIAMS, President
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The New York ESpross sayr .--" Among the officer,
killed AZ Monterey Captain Field 81 the United States
Amy Ills lady visit 20 New York city, fefid-
inR 81 the house II Assistant Alderman Oliver anTiousy
expecting letters from her husband The frat intelligence
that reached her, after her arrival hero his death
Mr.. r. y the dsughor Of the .io Colonel Vose gallant
officer who with the army the Rio Gfande and
wh0fe death also she called 10 mourn a short time
since Thus has she 70 lament tie loss Of husband IN
whom her very ho seemed wrapped. Sorrows sufficient
loE one, % Ieasi. % Do caI-ld % brafn
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THE DEATH or CAPTAIN VILLA M5-Tho
Gcorgoovn Advocate says; "CapL Williams of tho topo-
graphical engineers, lied during the series Of desperate
conflicts before Monterey, a resident ~, for umo
and mared in this llo married daughter Of the
esumlbo widow oi the late Thos Pctcf Esq, whose
residence the orphans Of Capt Williams f,man--ihoir
m,thor being alec dead. Georgetown is only fully
represented n the ga,nt army the South but offers her
share VI tho shining victims To be inundated the altar
Of this most uninrtunato war"
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FT0m thc Nat. InItU geHceT.
'TrCulN with The WinncbagOes.

The Delegation OF Winnebago Indians, having at length
concluded Treaty with the Uaed States Commission
have departed for their homes The general provisions
OF the Treaty, stated by the Union, follows:
The Wnnebagoos quit claim the United States all
the territory which they inhabt and TO which they
have the fall title OF occupancy This embraces about
100000 In addition this the indians all
the title which they claim To between 0gO, 600 aud 5000
600 Of more Being the right the same as
hunting ground. TEs treaty, with that entered into ast
spring with the PottaW alamies exngushes all Indian title
whatsoever 10 lands c0mpreheudcd in the State To-
The Indians remove from the lands thus ceded
within year. Whaisoovsr obstacles their presence
might therefore present 10 the growth OF the population and
the development ci the of tho State of Iowa
thus eiccuully removed.
." la confederation Of this cesson of lands on the part
of the Indians the Government OF the United States
deftlkcs assign them a suitable land west Of
the Mississippi for their homes. OF the fund which
treaty ipuiates be paid them very consdera
Bile proportion Is, by the Of the treaty, be cGpend
ed under the direction OF the President tor improve
Ia the arts and occupations OF civilized life. sum
for the establishment of manual labor schools
among them. To maintain these establishments among
the different tribes, $4,000 per are, we be.
lcye, already appropriated by the Treaties 1T 1892 end
1887 The additional allowance made for this object by
the present Treaty will to the Wnnobsgoes great
facilities Tor education and improvement. portion II
the fund ia also set for the purpose Of breaking
and fencing the ground IN the territory which the
Indians TO remove. commencement OF agricultural
operations will thus DO made among them, which
hoped they may be induced continue. Another very
considerable portion Of the consideration money named
the treaty in the hands Of the Government Of
interest OF 1--WE per u be paid Annually the n.
dams, for their and benefit through period of thirty
years. Indeed throughout all the provisions Of the treaty
the purpose has been kept steadily in pay
distribute the stipulated % the Indians for their lands
their comfortable subsistence and To ope
to them as lar "a possible opportunities foI Improvement
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TuK LBEL CA,E-The great Libel Case Of the u States
against tx overnor Thomss in which Col Benton tho
prominent witness. down. see il stated. for the
third Monday this month. The trial will doubtless be
highly exciting, and draw large audience the
Washing tOn.-Aisx. Gas.
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EcsTAcY AHoss THg MULEs.-Tho n. o. Tropc says
1--WE credbly informed by eye witness that when
the Of the splendid victory Monterey reached the
Nude Regiment Mobile, there a general kick
up among the younger ones, and that the veterans
startling the noghbohood with their brays OF EMULATION.
And further by express that such the effect
brethren have gone, that general siImDsde took place.
rendering all authority OF their officers them utterly
hope II Is rumoej that this splendid regiment will Le
overland 10 California operate with Col Stephen.
sons Cones and a market fogimont.'--Sdu. Rep.
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Married,

On Wednesday. October 18th, Mt ST. Pauls Church, by
Rev. William Norwood MIR. RicuARp C. HALL to Miss
ELrzABEra A. RANDOLPH.
o. Thursday the l5ih inst, by Elder Shaver, Mr. THos
HksRY BL,KES TO Miss SARAH EizApkru, eldest daughter
OF Mr.. John G. Wade. all OF this city.
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Died.

In Manchester, Thursday, the 18th inst at O'Clock
NJ, LAuRA, infant daughter of Archibald d. and Eliza
beth A. Bot, aged months.
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rEr launch.

~ who have mot Witnessed me IbUms spe1t,o'r, oi
''''s'ng -'up o..waf 10 10 r,op,r .,reui, should n
toud t1-day o ..sioet
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pIGGER's OFFICE, Basem,nf Rooms Eagle
ID Hotel, 1874 ST.
For to-morrow-Tuesday- received Ut ~
ocock' Pines S27 900, 1000, 5000 5000 2i95, vi
2OO0 10 Of 100 so Of 500, SO Of 400 so 800 50 Of
$50, &c, SC. IS Nos, ~ drawn. Tickets -, shares
in proportion. Alec. 1900, 2l44 Of 1000 2 Of 7OO
Of 100, of $50, no Of 3Ou, SC. CO nunbcr ~ drawn.
Tickets 81 SPLENDID for Packages. Risk on a Psck-
agc u Qonrers only 81 35 Sales Close In each tomor
~. Packages, single tickets and shares to be had
Of J. u. BIGGER.
Drawn Nos. of Delaware 2l7:
CT 80 ~ 10 2 80 81 81 % 30 % o.
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Tvs RfNAiE5 or Col. WArsJy.-Tho independent
Bucz have appointed Sergeant Samuel 5. Mills proceed
forthwith 10 Monterey to bring the Of their
lite commander, Col. WIN. H. Wntson.
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Canal Commerce.
Arrivals by the James River Kanawha Canal the
ending sept. 30 1876
Down Leads Up Loads
i67l hhis. Tobacco 1904 s,cks Salt
1879 bones mrd tobacco ttCi tons Plaster
sos hhds stems 5Il nns Coal
s0ss bbi., Flour
ss1lI bath Wheat JAS p. TYLER T. "a.
~ bush, Corn
~. tons bar Lead
1879 pig Iron
~ bar Iron
56I5 Coal
22Iti Stone
$50 bags
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CONCERT

CONCERT.
MIR. w. l.. bloomfield
Brgs iars respectfully iJsrH Ead.ss Of
H40Hd tAai As usH gi.sa
CONCERT OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC,
With the Band Of the fourth Artillery frum Old Point,
ON Monday Evening, October 18th, Isi8,
AT THE EXCHANGE CONCERT ROOM,
Consisting OF Sacred, operate and Military Music.
PROGRAMME.
Tbs Fayorte Touba lour, from John OF Paris Boieheu
The loved My Love Is DER tho Sea,
s-nd him home-Seotch Mountain Melodi Alex Lee.
sun gently DER sealtg from La somasmhula, Beini.
4 The Banks of Al al Water, Kew. Mr. T.eessa
Mss Lyons Waltz Bloomfield.
The Bauls OF Falo ho descriptive pieee viz Morn
ing breaking; Gail for Reveine; Morning Gun. The
vrile; su,pen,e The EGcm,'s Trumpet American
Army Rallies; Quick March To the Battle, Ringsods
Battery Opens. Bauie 5, Inphony; Dirge he Dead
aud Giles Of the Wounded Grlnd March Of Victory
Composed, arranged and DC Heated to the memory OF
thole who fell in by Bloomfield.
l Farewell yet still my memory II, from Beatrice
d reRda, BelinL
Andanre ard Polonai,e, dedicated WIN 81. Rob
ins9n, Eco bloomfield.
Vital Spark OF Heavenly Flame by dcsire, Haywood
I The I.amsut OF the Irish Emigani, DcmpseT
Miss John.on's Waltz, Boomleld
The Riehmond Greys ickSc,, bloomfield
Selection Negro Melodies (.uey Neal &e-) Bloomfield
0 Tickets b; obtained Office Exchange
r. II TaJlos Music Store, Diinker Morris w. Randolph
& Cos BOOKSTORE Union
performance.
por Tickets SO open O'Clock
commence al Z! precisely. oe 10
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the .onad policy OF agre ing convention by which
strong French army would be quisy on, Ola eoun-
y that hsd complete military pO'scssion OF nnd by
which not only moral cec; in favor o the general
would be Produced but actual made, both OF
men aud time, for the further prosecution OF the war in
Spain.
The basis OF a de6niiivo treaty then arranged sub.
ect the final APPRECIATION of Sir Charlie. Cotton, without
whose concurrence u was not To- be binding.
Article Is, and ID declared the OF the aTmsec and
| provided for the mode Of future proceedings.
Article 30 indicated tho river Ssandrc the line Of de-
marcauon the between armies The position Of Torres
Vedfas TO he occupied by neither.
Article 4th Sir Hew DalFymple engaged TO have the
Portuguese included In the nrmsnce and their boundary
line extend from Lsfa To ThomaT.
Article 9Th declared that the French not be
sdered prisoners of war, and that themselves and their
property, public and private, without any dctsner to
be transported to France. To this article Sir Arthur OBJ
Jected sordng for the abstraction Of Portuguese
property; wheroupon keerman said that II TO be
ken in its fair sense OF Justly obtained, and
this assurance 1t was admitted.
Article Sh provided, that oil guns OF French caibrc, aud
the horses of the cavalry he France
Here VIC have almost precisely parallel Gene.
raj Tayors and that he adopted almost precisely
the adopted by Sir Arthur Wellesley
now the Duke OF Wellington, under similar circumstan-
and IL will be that almost every consideration
that influenced him to accept the of cessation OF
hcstiles, prevailed, and doubt perceived by Gen
era Taylor, and influenced him in coming the eonea
sioo he did. In both cases line OF demsrkaton
drawn-n both the vietors eppehended scarcity Of
provisonSn both further victories could be
acquired without great loss. There points ut dlfer
enee however. which clearly show that the OF
Pituaon in General Tayors case, far iavora
be to than the OF the srmisice that the
Duke Of Wellington agreed BY that the French
not 10 be declared prison OF and themselves and
all their property public aud private, be transport
cd to France by the British.
We think that all this shows that General Taylor is still
"od Rough and Ready" and OF the greatest Generals
OF the age.
--------
Our Now Orleans paper. Of the tenth which should
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DANCING ACADEMY.

M X. Goodwin respectfully informs the Ladies
W and Gcnromen NJ Richmond that Dc vii open HE Aoadc
NY IN ODD Ielows Han. On Tuesday next. tbs 2Oh.
bay ~ Tuition, Tusuiays Of Thur days fcn " O'Clock.
ior Ladies sni hase-fo Gentlemen from 10 10, In the
Ing
NJ Goodwin has from Now York and m ader
and b. IN pos 0n NJ ~ The and aih onab dances We has
The rclsur, announce, addition tho tanoes arady
snoWn ~ Richmond, be- will Instruct be pupils IN tho Polka
Wahes AID Quadrcs which the popular IN tes 50
cisties. both IN London md Faris
Terms PEI quarter SO hafto be paid In advance.
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III SONGS FOR THE PIANO.-The Resting Place
Of Wash nston, "a beautiful soRE!-swet pensve evenings
hour; by Pterss Of my sou,1 hey forge tuee BY
Mrs No ton-Tbofe good time coming on
kss, by Petcns-Joy IL Bird-The Od YanEee Lady.
PlECES.-Tfos themes choisfes, from Robert 10
Dube arranged with brilliant vaTaons, by Czcey" Lee
oar" bril- AIT variations upn tho favonts Love BY
GTobeNest Bronsh PoloRass by RI haTiCape Island Gallo
psd, Int odutifg the popular air of Rokaway
weiahd-Orsni Waltz, from LueTeza B1Ga Monterey Waltz
Msinoras waltz Gtobe-watz ofthe Rose, Batsman-Gmnd
March, Gom the Brewer of Pfet,n gobeTho
BY BlancJour-Paday carey Folks; PeeEeL
ALSO, several aud astfu GUITAR Songs and Pieces
DOT Always hand, general Musical Mecban-
diIs. Catalogues gwen Rrafs.
Uan tho SIGN OF THE LYRH,
No. l64 Main street
oc 10 uppositc the Banks
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Our New Orleans paper. Of the tenth which should
have reached us on Saturday morning did not come to
hand We indebted the Times for slip containing
the following;
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sITUATION NYANTEn.

. = sHON " nv I'D
A YOUNG MAN, n graduate ~ Northern
- Coiere dgrous Of a. teacher Ne has
s'e erprf cncc IN teaching Va fnrnhh
e'tn"nah or character and a. English b. nstol,
mHehf win TIE attn Greek and French Languages ~ as
particular ioeimonis proficiency in Tho Frcnh ngusge,
ietE able % reed write ard 'peak u aasn-y
W Aoaf',s -hoI ep '. o. Rerwoni Va % i7-sr
GLOTHS. CASIMERES AND VESTINGS.
- In stor' French Rngihh snd Ansr ~ n
ah Grades; Cssimeres aud Vestinrs of sl tnds.
oeI7-cGd0 D.H LONDON
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-10-09
IRELAND.

FMINE--DIsTREss---P MEEryGs---Rr1lEr
MEASURES.--l'he Irish journals are filled with The
most gloomy accounts o the condition OF the people
OF Ireland, owing to the future OF the potato crop.
The Clare Journal gives gloomy picture of the
state OF distress in that district, as thus =
We feel it absolutely necessary. from the prcsan,
state OF the county, to call upon the Government to
take immediate and decisive steps satisfy the ca-
nors OF starving people Provisions are rising in
price every day As tor potatoes there are very lutte
indeed in market and it Is almost dangerous to make
use OF those offered for sale Not of potatoes
can be obtained, without some of them being found
tainted ; and even those bring I'd. Indeed, We are
strongly inclined to believe that for the sake of their
health, the people should not be any longer allowed
to use this diseased food
The state of femanagh--the county of all others
IN Ireland where there Is more to be said in favor OF
the landiords--seems to be unsatisfactory any OF
the Southern or Western districts. The following is
from the Emc Packet -
" On Wednesday, the 9th inst, about 1000 of the
laborng pcasantry entered the village OF Ncwtownhut-
ler ana having proceeded to the police barrack, called
Tor the constable IN charge of that station, whom
they stated that they and their families were pershng
Tor lack OF lood--at they had hitherto waited patient
y in hopes something would be done for their eei by
the neighboing gentry but no measure having been
adopted TO give them employment and thereby save
them from starvation, their only alternative was to
take by force what they could not otherwise obtain
The constable demonstrated with them on the evil
consequences that would attend violation of the law
and told them that Lord Ene was on that day gone
TO Enniskllien to hold meeting. for the purpose OF
adopting immediate measures for their relief Upor
wcl 'iley az returned peaceaby 10 their respective
places OF abode
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BY TIE # II = nrBERNrA.
scss. a.,sz
2 Days Later From Europe.

The Royal Mail Steamer Hibernia Capt. Ryre,
arrived at Boston, Saturday morning. 81 INST about
o'clock, from Liverpool the 18th ut, making the
passage in 10 ~ days, including the detention at
Halifax
By this arrival. say the Boston Atlas, have re-
ccNed our several tcs of foreign papers The dates
from London 10 the evening of the 18th and from
Liverpool 10 the morning OF the l9th ult We have
also received letters from regular correspondents
Liverpool, London and Paris.
The foreign news received by the IIibera is quite
uninrorant, with the exception OF the commercial in
telligence.
Prices of all kinds of grain and flour continued to
rise in the English and many OF the continental mar
kets, OWING mainly 10 the failure OF the potatoe crops
and the scarcity Of wheat in the large grain growing
countries. The MARK Lane Express says that England
will require assistance to extent which must raise
the value OF agricultural produce all over tn, world.
The failure OF the poatoc crop Ill Ireland has caused
general and severe distress among the lower classes in
that country The people assemble IN masses, post
threatening notices and demand food work. 1t i,
stated that their condition must soon be m.5 deplo4a
HE
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1t was resolved that the regular meetings OF
the board OF regents shall be on the second wed
nesdav of December. and the third wednesday
of February in each year. and on the first We'd
ncsday of June in each alternate year, commen-
cling with the first Wednesday of June, in the
year 1913.
1t was resolved that Mr. Rush be a committee
to ascertain through the solicitors formerly en-
ploycd by him on behalf of the L. States III the
suit TO obtain the Smithsonian bcqncst, or other
| wise. whether Madame de Ia Batu still survives
and. if not. what steps are necessary to be taken
to obtain the fund reverting tothc United States
at her death, being portion of the original pro-
perry of James Smithson retained by the En-
glsh court of chancery, in order to furnish, in
the shape of interest. an annuity TO said Madame
de la Batut. And. further. in case the said ma
dame de la Batut survives. to adopt measures by
which her dccease may be communicated to the
| board whenever that event may occur. Ana
| that Mr.. Rush report to the executive committee
the legal charge thus incurred, which the said
committee is hereby authorized. to pay
1t was resolved that the secretary be requested
to contract for the printing. on good paperaud in
neat pamphlet form. of two hundred and fifty
copies of the original law accepting the trust
and of the law of last session organizing the insti
tuition the pamphlet also to include the names
| ana rcSldenceS OF tne present DOaru OF regents
and that six copies be sent to each of the regents
and to each member of the establishment.
1t was resolved that the subject of the selcc.
| ton of a site be referred to the committee on the
buildings, constituted at this meeting, to report
at an adjourned meeting of this board.
II was resolved that when this board adjourn
it djourn to meet at the Vice Presidents room
at the Capitol, in the city of Washington, on the
last Monday of November next, at II o'clock a,
noon.
1t was resolved that Mr.. Choate and Mr.
Pennybacker be added to the committee appoint
ed yesterday to digest a plan to carry out the
provision of the act establishing the Smithsonian
| Institution.
1t was resolved that the secretary be request.
ed, without unnecessary delay, to collect, on
behalf of the institution, all the documents, con-
prcssonal and Others connected with the his
tory of the Smithsonian bequcst. and of its legs-
lation, and cause them to be substantially bound
as a commencement of its library.
William Archer, esq, architect, Oft the city of
Washington, presented to the board plan and
drawings for a building for the institution, to-
gethcr with specifications and estimates of the
cost, &c. which was referred to the committee
on building.
And then. on motion, the board adjourned
until the last Monday in November next
WILLIAM J. HOUGH,
Secretary Smithsonian Institution.