THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1857-59. 653- 



YEAS Messrs. Adrian, Ahl, Andrews, Arnold, Billinghurst, Bingham, 

 Bliss, Brayton, Buffinton, Burlingame, Burns, Burroughs, Chase, Cava- 

 naugh, Chaifee, Chapman. Eara Clark, Clawson, Clark B. Cochrane, 

 Cpckerill, Colfax, Comins, Corning, Covode, Cragin, Curtis, Davis of Mas- 

 sachusetts, Davis of Iowa, Dawes, Dean, Diminick, Dodd, Durfee, Edie, 

 Fenton, Foster, Gillis, Gilman, Grilmer, Grooch, Goodwin, Groesbeck, Grow r 

 Hatch, Horton, Owen Jones, Keitt, Knapp, John C. Kunkel, Landy, Love- 

 joy, Humphrey Marshall, Maynard, Moore, Morgan, Morrill, Edward Joy 

 Morris, Freeman H. Morse, Mott, Nichols, Olin, Parker, John S. Phelps, 

 William W. Phelps, Phillips, Pottle, Purviance, Keagan, Ricaud, Ritchie r 

 Robbing, Roberts, Judson W. Sherman, Sickles, Singleton, Samuel A. 

 Smith, Stanton, Tappan, Underwood, Walbridge, Walton, Elihu B. Wash- 

 burne, Israel Washburn, and Wood 84. 



NAYS Messrs. Atkins, Barksdale, Bennett, Blair, Bonham, Branch, 

 Burnett, Caskie, Clemens, Cobb, John Cochrane, James Craig, Curry, 

 Davis of Indiana, Davis of Mississippi, Dowdell, Eustis, Faulkner, Garnett, 

 Gregg, Hopkins, Houston, Huyler, Jackson, Jenkins, George W. Jones r 

 Jacob M. Kunkel, Leiter, Letcher, Maclay, McKibbin, Miles, Niblack, 

 Peyton, Potter, Powell, Royce, Ruffin, Russell, Sandidge, Savage, Scales, 

 Henry M. Shaw, William Smith, Spinner, Stevenson, Miles Taylor, Toinp- 

 kins, Trippe, Winslow, and John V. Wright 50. 



So the resolution was agreed to. 



HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, December 16, 1858. 



Report of the Committee on the District of Columbia on 

 the memorial of the National Institution for the Promotion 

 of Science, praying for an appropriation for preserving the 

 collection of objects of natural history entrusted to their 

 charge ; shows that, in fact, the collections are now in the 

 Smithsonian Institution they were formerly in the Patent 

 Office, under the charge of the Government and, therefore, 

 the committee ask to be discharged from the further con- 

 sideration of the memorial. 



The report of the committee was concurred in. 



January 10, 1859. Resolution of the Senate of January 

 7, adopted, to elect A. D. Bache and G. E. Badger, regents. 



March 2, 1859. Mr. SMITH, of Tennessee, from Commit- 

 tee on Printing, submitted the following resolution : 



Resolved, That there be printed 5,000 extra copies of the report of the 

 operations of the Smithsonian Institution, for the year 1858 ; 3,000 for the 

 use of members of the House, and 2,000 for the use of said institution. 



Mr. SMITH, of Tennessee, demanded the previous question. 



Mr. JONES, of Tennessee, demanded a division. 



The House divided ; and there were ayes 88. 



The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman insist on his divi- 

 sion ? 



Mr. JONES, of Tennessee. Yes, sir; unless it is pro- 

 posed to pay for this printing out of the Smithsonian fund. 



The division was made ; and there were noes, 45. So 

 the resolution was adopted. 



