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The following appointments were made at the last term of court,

Madison Co., L. N. Day   Huntsville
Morgan Co., C. C. Sheats   Decatur

In the counties of Calhoun, Cherokee, DeKalb, Perkins and St Clair, I know of no persons suitable for the appointment.

Those above recommended, I am confident will do their whole duty.

I have the honor to be
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt
Jno B Callis

Bt Col USV & Supt

P. S.
Since writing the above, a delegation of unconditional Union men has called on me, and asked that I recommend Thomas W. Green for Madison Co. As my instructions were to not recommend any persons in counties where commissioners were already acting, I conferred with Mr. Day, the present Comr, on the subject; he stated to me that he understood his appointment to have had no reference to the Civil Rights Bill, and that I could safely recommend some