Mr. WASHBURN, of massachusetts. I do not wish to consume time, but simply to state this case to the House, itbeing a little different from the cases usually reported by the commit tee, and then to leave it to the House to pass the bill or not, as the may deem best. arious individuals who have acted as volunteer nurses in the Army during the war have appeared before the committee asking for compensation, and in all cases the committee have reported adversely upon them. This lady was employed by the Sanitary Commission of Indiana to act as hospital nurse at Memphis, and she had charge of the hospital there as matron for several ears. After takin charge ofvari ons hospita 8 she was sent to Ifew OrIeans, her daughter accompanying her. There her daughter was taken sick, and returned home and died. The steamer North America was about to leave with some 200 of our wounded and sick soldiers, and it was the desire of the medical dept, as many of the soldiers were very i i, that some matron should attend. Accordingly the medical officer requested this lady to accompany the sick soldiers on the return of the vessel. She consented to go. On the voyave the ship was lost, and out of all the 2 100 persons on board only 16, including this dy, were saved. On board the vessel was all that she and her daughter possessed. All the money and every thing else she had left in the world went to the bottom. Even her satchel, which contained the small ittance which she had left, was lost, and she iad nothing but the clothing which was upon her. Now, she asks nothing for her 5 years’ service which she gave, nothing for the money she had expended, which took her last dollar. She simply comes and asks if we will do something to provide the means by which she may supply her wardrobe which went to the bot tom. Under these circumstances the committee recommend the passage of a bill giving her $400 to make up that loss. If the House think the committee acted injudiciously in recommending the passage of this bill they will, of course, vote against it. If. on the other hand, they think the committee have done right they will sustain the bill.