to be, paid. This is Mr. Jones' favorite mode of disposing of a fund accepted by the Congress of the United States with the pledge of their faith that it should be appropriated to the purposes prescribed by the donor. This motion was discussed by the mover, by Joseph R. Ingersoll, by F. P. Stanton of Tennessee, by William Sawyer of Ohio, and by Jefferson Davis of Mississippi; after which the committee rose without coming to a conclusion. APRIL 23, 1846. At the House, Linn Boyd moved a resolution to close debate in Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union on the Smithsonian bequest bill in half an hour after taking it up in committee. Joseph R. Ingersoll pleaded for an hour and a half. James Graham, of North Carolina, moved to lay the resolution on the table; which was done, and the House went into committee again, Armistead Burt in the chair, and resumed the consideration of the bill. Charles J. Ingersoll informed the House that the managers of the conference upon the notice of disagreement had unanimously agreed upon a report, but that it could not be communicated to this House until it should have been acted upon in the Senate. George P. Marsh, of Vermont, made an hour speech upon the Smithsonian bequest bill-one of the best speeches ever delivered in the House, but not much in support of the bill. His desire is to apply a very large portion of the annual interest upon the fund to the establishment of a public library. Isaac E. Morse, of Louisiana, followed, to whom Owen replied, and was followed by John S. Chipman, of Michigan, against the bill. The committeee rose, and Owen moved a resolution to close the debate in Committee of the Whole. Joseph R. Ingersoll moved to amend by inserting three hours; but the resolution itself was laid on the table, ninety-three to forty-four. Owen asked if a resolution allowing an hour and a half would be acceptable. I requested him not to renew the question in any form, as I wished to offer a substitute for the whole bill. Objection was made to this. I moved a suspension of the ruleswhich was carried. I proposed my substitute which I had prepared this morning; it was referred to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. The consideration of the bill was then postponed to next Monday. APRIL 28, 1846. Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, Armistead Burt in the chair, on the Smithsonian bequest bill. Sims, of South Carolina, opposed the bill in every shape and form it could assume. He held Congress had no power by the Constitution to accept such a trust, and was for returning the money to the chancery of England. I made a desultory speech in support of the substitute proposed by me for the bill. They were both debated till the committee rose without coming to a conclusion, and other amendments were proposed. George W. Hopkins, of Virginia, moved a resolution to close the debate in Committee of the Whole in one hour after it should be next taken up-which was carried, by means of the previous question, and the House adjourned. 51 RADCLIFFE ACCOUNT OF THE UNITED STATES TREASURY WITH THE SMITHSON FUND. FROM THE BOOKS OF THE TREASURY Department. 803 DR. THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, on account of the bonds of said sonian Institution, under the 6th section of an act of Congress, in trust, for the uses specified in the last will and testament of Auditor's Report, No. 103,877: For amount of said bonds, No. 1 to 500, of For amount of said bonds, No. 282 to 294, of For amount of said bonds, No. 359 to 373, of $1,000 each, dated January 1, 1838, payable 1st of January, 1868, purchased per Warrant No. 5859, 21st September, 1840, at 69 per cent., bearing 6 per cent. interest from 1st July, 1840, at a cost of... Cost Principal. For amount of interest, on said bonds, to 31st $538,000 00 |