of the petitioners has subjected them. They therefore report a bill, aud ask to be discharged from a further consideration of the subject. ISAAC MAGOON, W. NORMAN MAC LEOD, H. STONE, January 9, 1845. Select Committee. No. 2. 1845. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, To the Speaker of the House of Representatives : } I transmit herewith copies of two communications from Alexander Vattemare, on the subject of an international exchange of literary productions, works of art, and specimens of natural history. The books mentioned, to have been sent for the use of the State, have not yet come to hand. Notice of their arrival in New York was not received until after the close of navigation. JNO. S. BARRY. |