Donations from churches.
The following resolution; adopted in secret session, was yesterday made public by the Congress:Resolved, by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, That the sum of $5,278,88, reputed by the Secretary of the Treasury as received into the Treasury from donations by churches on the late Fast day, be appropriated as a fund for the use of the soldiers and officers wounded at the late battle of Manassas, and that the same be disbursed and applied by the Secretary of the Treasury, with the concurrence of the chairman of the committee of this House.