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MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT. 
 
 Richmond, Va., February 27, 1863. 
 To the House of Representatives : 
 
 I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of War, 
 covering a list of the civilian prisoners now in custody at the military 
 prison at Salisbury, N. C, in further response to your resolution of 
 the oth instant, and invite attention to the recommendation in regard 
 to a class of officers to be charged with the special duty of inquiring 
 into the cases of prisoners arrested by military authority. I think 
 such officers would be useful, they being selected for special qualifica- 
 tions, and invested with specific powers. 
 
 JEFFERSON DAVIS. 
 
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 COMMUNICATION FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 Confederate States of America, \ 
 
 War Department, y 
 
 Richmond, Va., February 27, 1863. ) 
 
 To the President of the Confederate States : 
 
 In answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, I have 
 the honor to enclose a list of the civilian prisoners no y in custody in 
 this city and at Salisbury, North Carolina, under military au- 
 thority. No arrests have been made, at any time, by any specific 
 order or direction of this Department. The persons arrested have 
 been taken either by officers of the army commanding in the field, or 
 by Provost Marshals, exercising authority of a similar nature, and 
 the ground for arrest, is, or ought to be founded upon some necessity, 
 or be justified as a proper precaution against an apparent danger. 
 The Department has had commissioners to examine these persons, 
 with directions " to discharge those against whom no well-grounded 
 cause of suspicion exists of having violated a law or done an act 
 hostile or injurious to the Confederate States." 
 
 The Department appointed, in November last, a commissioner to 
 examine prisoners in the South-western Department, embracing a 
 portion of Georgia, Alabama, and a portion of Mississippi. This com- 
 mission found some obstructions in the performance of his duties, 
 from the Provost Marshals, and some difficulty in obtaining reports 
 from them. He resigned in the latter part of January, without making a 
 report of the prisoners remaining in the department for which he waa 
 appointed. These commissioners have been found useful, and I recom- 
 mend that the Department may be authorized to appoint them for the 
 objects before mentioned, and that they be clothed with the authority 
 of commissioners under the act of the Provisional Congress, No. 27$, 
 respecting commissioners appointed by the district courts. 
 
 In conclusion, I have to say, that under the examinations that have 
 been made a large number of prisoners have been discharged, and 
 none are retained unless there be a cause of suspicion, supported by 
 testimony rendering it probable that the discharge of the prisoners 
 would be prejudicial to the public interest. 
 
 Most respectfully, your obedient servant, 
 
 JAMES A. SEDDON, 
 
 Secretary of War.. 
 
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