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Message of the President to the House of Representatives.

Abstract of Drafts of Members of the C. S. House of Representatives, paid by E. C. Elmore, Treasurer C. S. during, the recess of Congress, after April 18th, 1863, under authority of Act of April 16th, 1862.

Amendments: Proposed by the Committee on Finance to the bill (H. R. 18) to lay taxes for the common defense, and carry on the Government of the Confederate States. Two hundred copies ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 02 April 1863.

A Bill: To regulate Furloughs and Discharges to Soldiers in Hospitals. By Mr. Farrow; Read first and second times, referred to the Committee on the Medical Department, and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 04 April 1863.

From the Camp (David A.) Letters. Letter from David A. Camp, captain in Company D of the 16th Battalion of Georgia Calvary (also called the Georgia Partisan Rangers), to his wife Anna Camp. In his letter dated 20 April 1863, Camp writes about the results of an election for officers of a new company, as well as recent troop movements and activities.

From the Alexander Melvorne Jackson Papers. A letter from Alexander M. Jackson to his wife, Cordelia Jackson, regarding personal affairs and life during the American Civil War.

Report of the Committee on Finance: On the Bill (H. R. 18) To lay taxes for the common defense, and carry on the Government of the Confederate States. Three hundred copies ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 06 April 1863.

A Bill: To distribute bounty, granted as a reward to the officers and men serving on board of the Virginia, Patrick Henry, Jamestown, Raleigh, Beaufort and Teazer, for their gallantry and courage in the naval engagement with the enemy's vessels in Hampton Roads, on the 8th and 9th of March 1862. By Mr. Chambliss, from Committee on Naval Affairs; Read first and second times, and ordered to be laid on the table and printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 08 April 1863.

Letter from Samuel J. Gholson in Verona, Mississippi, to Brigadier General Daniel Ruggles in Columbus, Mississippi, recommending Captain J. F. White instead of Major Inge for command of troops in the First Military District. Gholson was a native of Madison County, Kentucky and a resident of Aberdeen, Mississippi. He served as a Mississippi legislator, a U.S. Congressman and federal judge. He was a captain and then a brigadier general in Confederate infantry and cavalry regiments. He served as Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives, 1865-1867.