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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Jan. 10. 1S6-5.— Referred 
 to Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. 
 
 [ By the Chair.] 
 
 MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT. 
 
 Richmond, Va., Jan. 4, 1SG5. 
 
 To the Senate and House of Reprcscntatices : 
 
 I herewith transmit, for your consideration, a commu- 
 nication from the Secretary of War, covering an estimate for an ad- 
 ditional appropriation required by the Engineer Bureau. 
 
 JEFFERSON DAVIS. 
 
 COMMUNICATION FROM SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 War Department, C. S. A. 
 Richmond, Dec. 21, 1S64. 
 
 To the President of the Confederate States: 
 
 Sir : * 
 
 I have the honor to transmit herewith, an estimate pre- 
 pared by the Chief of the Engineer Bureau, for the Schooner Isabel, 
 seized by military authority and sunk as an obstruction in Dog river 
 bar channel, Mobile bay, May -5, 1S62. 
 
 Very respectfully, 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 JAMES A. SEDDON, 
 
 Secretary of War. 
 
ESTIMATE 
 
 For the valtu cf the Schooner Label, *eiz*d ?»j military authority* and 
 tunic as an obstruction in D<g liner Bar Channel, Mobile Buy, 
 May 5, ISGsi. 
 
 For the value of tlie Schooner Isabel, seized by military authority, 
 anrl sunk as an obstruction in Dog river bar channel, Mobile bay, 
 May 5, 1SG2, ibur thousand five hundred dollars (S 4,500). 
 
 (Triplicates.) 
 
 J. F. GILMER, 
 Maj. Gen. § Chief Engineer Bureau. 
 
 Approved : 
 
 JAMES A. SEDDON, Sec. tf War. 
 
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