The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-04-28
NATIONAL t~srlTurE.

NATIONAL .~s-rTuTE,
WASH Gro>, MAY 81 1850.
SIR: have the honor 10 make known TO the he
rtnent U state the action hIch this institute has
rken on the subject y'"r communication Of the
9TH lnstan'. That action is comprised in thr follow
,g resolutions, unsnim usy adop'ed after full dis
u~soi At The meet ng held this evening
f'Re soired, hat the In fitn will take tion
the subject submitted to it b, the Department
State
s'Resolved That the Institute do now proceed t
onSti'ute ro,Ini'tee suitable be recognised b,
he Government, to hold correspondence with tn.
British Commissioners. md to the reception OF
,mericsn prru ti,ns al the proposed Industrial Ex
hlbitt,n ts,ndon.
'sResoiped, That committee of no. less than rrne
teen be ppnnted to itu'e Central COMMITTEE
N the Industrial Exhibition. and toe rsp'md will
societies and local committees throughout the United
States
"Rssoired That the Presid, nj of this T. sti'ut- b
m nber Of The Central tomnitiee.
''Resoircd That the Corresponding Secretary cnn
uunicat' Ia the Secretary OF State copy OF the FIR,
DING r solni ons, oeether with th Of tn
Central Comm tee"
The tllowing he names ni tn members
h. en- raj COMMITTEE appointed IN acc mdance VII
he foregoing re- niu',ons
in Willard Film re, N-e President 4 the Unite,
States, and er odicio hsnceior o. the Regents ol
the Sm' hsonisn rstiuion
ol le' 70 CT, fr .4ihent Of the National ST
tui..
Board 4 Regents tn S nuh-,nisn Institution
u n. Levi ~ ,"dDnr, VI. t., Associate Justice /"
the Supr m Cont of he Tinted STATES.
omm dor Lewis Warrington, U $. v, NJ y.
Chief II III Bureau + Ddusnrc ID nj II ,droyrsph,
t'rf .,-eph ii.n,, We Pre- ideni IF the y. | See
reta'y If IN Smi h-''n u i,stur.
Prt Walter Joans'n, C'riespo ding Secretary OF
tie National sfi,ute.
prf Alex .nder ~ Bacbe NJ ". L., m-mb " tn
Bard If Il, gents If the Smi h-,,nsn Institute, an
>up.rinien,ivn n; IT he Coast survey.
Comm nder Charles Mikes, U v, NJ. y. L., lau
Command = Exploring t~pe iitin.
Ion. William w Seaton, NJ l., Mayor of Wash
i,gfon.
Ion JEFF iavi>, U : Senate, member Of tn.
Board of Regents ot IN Smithsonian destitute.
leu Matthew Mary, u. : N, Vice rr,-i zen,
of the National institute, and Superintendent of tn,
Mammal Observatory
: mes ~ eprugb, Esq M. y. l.
Charles S'an-burv, Esq Recording Seer tary Of
the National -'itu'e
% J, J Albeit, NJ y /, Chief OF the Typographical
Bureau
zen Js ph G roucn, Vice President N 1, Chi,l
Engineer u - ,rmv
Thomas Ewhank. Esq Commissioner VI Patterns
William Easily, Esq, Treasurer y tional Institute.
!" onari ID. Gale. NJ d., M. ~ H. Examiner OF
Patents.
Ios,ph Z. O. Kennedy. ESQ.,, VI. N, L., Supirin,en
dent ~ Census.
T.. Seaman Esq, NJ. NJ.
have the honor to be
Very respectfully, your ob't .erv',
WAITE X. OH\SDN,
Cor. Secretary of the N ,tional Institute.
Hon. JoHN NJ. CLAYTON, Secretary Of State.
DEPARTMENT or STATE,
Washington Jiine 8 1850.
Sin have duly received your letter Il the 9th
'imn, communicating To- tn Dep ,rmen the pr,-
ce-d,ng Of the Naional Institute the subject IL my
note ct the 18th OF the same MONTH Those pr coed
'ngs appear to me to be perfectly tsfactyy and
have accordingly 'nsmtted thm to tn, British Mn
lister ~ this city, with the communication. copy o
which is enclosed Tor ur infrma'i m.
am, sir, respectfully, your obj srryt,
JOHvM. CLAYTON.
WALTER N. JOHNSON, Esq, Corresponding
Secretary Of The Nation Institute.