G30 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



The PrcsidtMit pro tempore (Mr. Solomon Foot). No objection 

 being made, tlu^ letter will l)e read at the request of the Senator from 



Conneetieiit. 



Wasiiin(;t().\, Miirclt 27, 186£. 

 My Deak Sik: I thank you for the kind manner in which you were pleased to ]»re- 

 sent ni\' name to the Senate in nomination for the ])ostof Regent of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. I see by the papers that tlie name of President Woolsey, of Yale Col- 

 lege, has been presented to the House for the same vacancy. As an "older and bet- 

 ter soldier" in the cause of good learning, Dr. Woolsey should receive that appoint- 

 ment by the vote of every friend of my nomination; and I beg, therefore, you will, 

 in your own time and way, withdraw my name and give your vote and influence 

 lieartily for his appointment. 



Very truly, yours, Henkv Baknakj). 



Hon. James Dixon. 



Mr. flACOB CoLLAMER. 1 merely wi.sh to say that the gentleman is 

 mistaken in one idea. I know he was present when this resolution 

 was called up. He was sitting in his seat. 



Mr. Dixon. I presume I was, but my attention was not called to it, 



Mr. CoLLAMER. The Senator might not have heard it, but he was 

 present. 



Mr. Dixon. 1 was not aware of its being called up. 

 AprH2, 1862. 



Be It resoli^ed., etc.^ That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than members of Congress, 

 caused by the decease of Cornelius C. Felton, be filled by the appoint- 

 ment of Theodore D. Woolsey, of Connecticut, 



(Stat., XII, 617.) 

 January 29, 1863— Senate. 



Mr, Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, offered a resolution expel- 

 ling George E, Badger from the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 

 Institution and appointing Louis Agassiz in his place, 

 February 2, 1863— Senate. 



The Vice-President (Mr. Hannibal Hamlin) laid before the Senate a 

 letter from Professor Henry, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 transmitting the following resolution, adopted by the Board of Regents; 

 which was, on motion of Mr. Charles Sumner, referred to the Com- 

 mittee on the Library : 



Resolved, That the Secretary be directed to inform the Congress of the United States 

 that George E. Badger, one of the Regents of this Institution, has not attended the 

 recent meetings of the Board, and they are advised that he is now in rebellion against 

 the Government of the United States, and submit whether the name of said Badger 

 should longer remain on the list of the Regents of the said Institution. 



February 6, 1863— Senate. 



Mr, Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, I move to take up the reso- 

 lution I submitted some days ago, removing Mr, Badger from the 

 Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution and appointing Pro- 



