54 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



Mr. SMITH, of Tennessee, moved to reconsider the vote 

 by which the resolution was adopted; and also moved that 

 the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table. Agreed to. 



THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. 



SENATE, January 26, 1860. 



The PRESIDENT of the Senate reappointed Mr. Stephen A. 

 Douglas as regent. 



June 11, 1860. Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 for 1859, presented, and ordered to be printed. 



On motion, by Mr. PEARCE, it was 



Resolved, That 10,000 additional copies of the report of the Regents of 

 the Smithsonian Institution, for the year 1859, be printed ; 5,000 for the 

 use of the Senate, and 5,000 for the use of the institution : Provided, That 

 the aggregate number of pages contained in said report shall not exceed 

 450 pages, without wood-cuts or plates, except those furnished by the insti- 

 tution. 



January 12, 1861. Mr. DOUGLAS offered a resolution that 

 the vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 

 Institution be filled by the appointment of Messrs. George 

 M. Dallas, William B. Astor, and Cornelius C. Felton. 



February 21, 1861. House bill making appropriations 

 for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the year 

 ending 30th June, 1862, was taken up for consideration. 



The next amendment was to strike out from lines two 

 hundred and twenty-three to two hundred and twenty-six 

 inclusive, in the following words : 



For the preservation of the collections of the exploring and surveying 

 expeditions of the Government, and the construction of suitable cases to 

 receive said collections, $6,000. 



And to insert, in lieu thereof: 



For the distribution of the collections of the exploring and surveying 

 expeditions of the Government, and the construction of additional cases to 

 receive such part of said collections as may be retained by the Government, 

 $6,000. 



The PRESIDING OFFICER put the question; and declared 

 the noes appeared to have it. 



Mr. FESSENDEN. Senators certainly do not understand 

 the amendment they are voting against. 



Mr. HALE. I confess I do not. Let us have it explained. 



Mr. FESSENDEN. I will give an explanation. This sum 

 is necessary to be appropriated for the distribution of the 

 collections of the exploring expeditions. They brought back 



