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 Index. 595 Departments, Executive (Continued): Request of House that President cause State Department to trans- mit estimate of expenses for dip- lomatic affairs refused, reasons therefor, 253. Desertions, reports of court6-martial in cases of, transmitted, 303. Dimmock, Charles, mentioned, 181. Diplomatic Affairs, request of House that President cause State De- partment to transmit estimate of expenses for, refused, reasons therefor, 253. Diplomatic Relations discussed, 76, 142, 278,348,444,485. Dixie. A popular name of the States of the Confederacy. The name Dixie, or Dixie's Land, was originally applied to New York, or Manhattan Island, where it had its origin early in the 19th century. Bry- ant, in a note to "Songs from Dixie's Land," says, " In the popular mythology of New York City, Dixie was the negro's paradise on earth in times when slavery and the slave trade were flourishing in that quarter." Dixie owned a tract of land on Manhattan Island, and also a large number of slaves; and his slaves in- creasing faster than his land, an emigra- tion ensued such as has taken place in Virginia and other States. Naturally, the negroes who left it for distant parts looked to it as a place of unalloyed happi- ness, and it was the "old Virginny " of the negroes of that day. Hence Dixie be- came synonymous with an ideal locality, combining ineffable happiness and every imaginable requisite of earthly beatitude. It has been the subject of several popular songs. Dixon, J. E., prisoner at Johnson's Island, case of, referred to, 315- Domestic Passport System referred to, 401. Doughface. A term applied in derision of certain politicians of the North who it was said were overanxious to please the Southern people. John Randolph, of Roanoke, was the author of the term, or first gave it na- tional significance. Douglas's Battery, resolution of thanks tendered, 430. Dowling, Richard W., resolution of thanks tendered command of, 424. Drewry, A., resolution of thanks ten- dered command of, 275. Drewry's Bluff, Va., defenses of, re- ferred to, 202. Droop Mountain, W. Va., battle of, re- ferred to, 3S5. Drunkenness in Army: Report of courts-martial in cases of, transmitted, 255. Trials and convictions under act to punish, referred to, 505. Dunnington, John W., report of, on engagement at St. Charles, Ark., transmitted, 238. Duties discussed, 361. East Tennessee, Department of, mar- tial law in, proclaimed, and orders regarding, 224. Echols, John, report of, on battle of Droop Mountain, W. Va., trans- mitted, 385. Eckert, Thomas T., correspondence in peace negotiations, 521. Editors and newspaper employees, joint resolution exempting, ve- toed, 465. Election of President and Vice Presi- dent of Provisional Government, 29. Notification of, 30. Elkhorn, Ark., Battle of. (See Pea Ridge, Battle of.) Emancipation Proclamation. A proclamation issued by President Lincoln Sept. 22, 1S62, and which was supplemented by a second proclamation, Jany. 1, 1S63, declaring the freedom of the slaves in certain States and counties in the South, engaged in the war. Effect of, discussed, 290. Engineer Bureau, appropriation for, recommended, 24S, 306, 395, 515.