EXTRA.CTS 



FROM THE 



PROCEEDIXGS OF THE BOARD OF REGESTS 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



Washington, March 16, 1857. 



The Secretary, Prof. Jos. Henry, made a communication to the Board, 

 [A,] relative to an article which had been published by Prof. S. F. B. 

 Morse, containing charges against his moral character and his scientific 

 reputation. 



The Chancellor, Chief Justice Taney, corroborated Prof. Henry's 

 statement as to his advising a delay in noticing the publication referred 

 to, until the public mind should be more settled in regard to the policy of 

 the Institution, and the discussions which had arisen in Congress in refer- 

 ence to it should be ended. 



He stated that it would be seen by the report of the decision of the 

 Supreme Court, in the case in which Professor Henry was a witness, that, 

 in the opinion of the court, Prof. Morse had produced no testimony that 

 could invalidate the testimony of Professor Henry, or impair in any 

 degree its weight ; and that the court gave full credit to it in the judg- 

 ment it pronounced. 



On motion of Mr. Mason, the following resolution was adopted : 



Resolved, That the communication of the Secretary and accompanying 

 documents be referred to a committee, to examine and report upon it at 

 the next session of the Board of Regents. 



