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The Daily Dispatch: February 28, 1865., [Electronic resource], Proclamation by the President, appointing a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer, with thanksgiving. (search)
ive thousand dollars for making the purchase. The bills were passed. Mr. Clopton, of Alabama, from the Committee on Claims of States, under a suspension of the rules, reported a bill to refund to the State of Tennessee money expended by that State in prosecution of the war, and the vouchers for which expenditures have been destroyed or captured by the enemy. Passed. The bill provides for the appointment of a commission to audit and examine into the claims referred to. Mr. E. M. Bruce, of Kentucky, under the further suspension of the rules, offered a resolution instructing the joint committee on the exchange of prisoners to inquire whether the Winder Hospital cannot be used as a home for returned prisoners, or what other arrangements can be made for their comfort. Mr. J. M. Leach, of North Carolina, moved to add, "and why the returned prisoners from North Carolina have not been furloughed," but subsequently withdrew the motion, stating that he was informed that