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for the same vacancy. As an " older and better soldier" in the cause of 

 good learning, Dr. Woolsey should receive that appointment 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 

 heartily for his appointment. 



Very truly yours, HENRY BARNARD. 



Hon. JAMES DIXON. 



Mr. COLLAMER. I merely wish 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. . I was not aware of its being called up. 



April 21, 1862. Joint resolution from House of April 17, 

 adopted. 



June 9, 1862. The following resolution was adopted : 



Resolved, That 5,000 additional copies of the report of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, for 1861, be printed ; 2,000 for the use of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, and 3,000 for the use of the Senate : Provided, That the aggregate 

 number of pages contained in said report shall not exceed 450, without 

 wood-cuts or plates, except those furnished by the institution. 



January 16, 1863. Mr. TRUMBULL moved that the Vice 

 President appoint a member to fill the vacancy in the Board 

 of Eegents, occasioned by the death of Hon. J. A. Pearce. 

 Adopted. 



The VICE PRESIDENT appointed Mr. Garret Davis of Ken- 

 tucky, to fill the vacancy. 



January 29, 1863. Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, offered 

 a resolution, expelling Geo. E. Badger from the Board 

 of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution and appointing 

 Louis Agassiz in his place. 



February 2, 1863. The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the 

 Senate a letter from Prof. Henry, Secretary of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, transmitting the following resolution, 

 adopted by the Board of Regents ; which was, on motion 

 of Mr. SUMNER, referred to the Committee 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 sub- 

 mit whether the name of said Badger should longer remain on the list of 

 the Eegents of the said institution. 



February 6 ? 1863. Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts. I move 

 to take up the resolution I submitted some days ago, remov- 

 ing Mr. Badger from the Board of Regents of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution and appointing Professor Agassiz in his 



