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The Daily Dispatch: November 23, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
or consulting on the best method of effecting a cessation of hostilities, " and respectfully report that no intimation, direct or indirect, has been received by this Government of a willingness on the part of any State of the United States to go into convention with the States of this Confederacy for the purpose of negotiating a peace, or consulting on the best method of effecting a cessation of hostilities, or for any purpose whatever. I am, very respectfully,Your obedient servant, J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of State. To the President. House of Representatives. The House met at 12 o'clock. Prayer by Rev. Dr. Hoge. Mr. Miles, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported back joint resolutions of thanks to Major-General N. B. Forrest and his command for the numerous brilliant achievements in the West and South. Passed. Mr. Foote, of Tennessee, made a personal explanation, in which he said that he had received a letter from Colonel Tyler, editor of the Richmon