be altered to suit your views, or if there is any objection to my putting up a sign I will be glad to have you say so. I have heard nothing from General Van Vliet in reference to the shipment of supplies to the prisoners (Elmira Depot, Fort Delaware, and Point Lookout) to- day.

I ma, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

WM. N. R. BEALL,

Brigadier- General, Provisional Army, C. S.,

Paroled Prisoner and Agent to Supply Prisoners of War.

37 BLEECKER STREET, New York, February 3, 1865.

General W. N. R. BEALL, 75 Murray Street, New York:

GENERAL: I have the honor to inclose a statement from General Wessells of the number of persons confined at different posts. Inasmuch as a peremptory order relating to the subject was issued from the War Department,which has not been rescinded or changed, I suppose there is but one course to take. I will speak with you on this subject when I meet you. My note was sent to General Van Vliet yesterday. You will doubtless soon hear from him.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

H. E. PAINE,

Brigadier-General of Volunteers.

[Inclosure.]

Statement of prisoners of war on hand at the following camp prisons, &c., up to the latest received dates.

Prison. Civil. Officers Non-

commission

ed

officers.

Alton Military Prison, Ill 262 50 68

Camp Chase, Ohio 140 177 1,417

Camp Douglas 6 ... 1,588

Camp Morton, Ind 21 2 329

Fort Warren, Boston Harbor 104 3 67

Fort McHenry 72 4 19

Fort Lafayette 17 21 3

Fort Delaware 82 1,260 778

Fort Columbus 1 ... 3

Johnson's Island 28 2,883 1

Lincoln General Hospital ... 7 1

Little Rock 25 32 9

Louisville (a) (a) (a)

Memphis (up to January 25, 8 ... 29

1865)

New Orleans, La.(up to January 33 19 ...

10, 1865)

Ship Island, Ill 167 43 40

Point Lookout, Md. 232 3 1,130

Elmira Depot,new York 67 ... 1,097

Nashville, Tenn 101 100 218

Old Capitol, Washington 120 43 7

Rock Island, Ill 23 ... 768

West' s Buildings Hospital, ... 13 48

Baltimore

Wheeling, W. Va. 7 4 2

Gratiot Street Prison, Saint 1 4 2

Louis

Hospital, Pulaski, Tenn ... 15 13

Hospital, Columbia, Tenn ... 4 7

Hospital, Franklin, Tenn ... ... ...

Total ... ... ...

Prison. Privates. Total.

Alton Military Prison, Ill 976 1,356

Camp Chase, Ohio 7,339 9,073

Camp Douglas 10,082 11,676

Camp Morton Ind 3,945 4,297

Fort Warren, Boston Harbor 135 309

Fort McHenry 100 195

Fort Lafayette 19 60

Fort Delaware 5,642 7,768

Fort Columbus 30 34

Johnson's Island 122 3,034

Lincoln General Hospital 53 61

Little Rock 215 281

Louisville (a) (a)

Memphis (up to January 25, 476 513

1865)

New Orleans, La.(up to January 115 167

10, 1865)

Ship Island, Ill 255 505

Point Lookout, Md. 9,732 11,097

Elmira Depot,new York 6,790 7,954

Nashville, Tenn 747 1,166

Old Capitol, Washington 126 296

Rock Island, Ill 5,513 6,304

West' s Buildings Hospital, 156 217

Baltimore

Wheeling, W. Va. 13 26

Gratiot Street Prison, Saint 27 34

Louis

Hospital, Pulaski, Tenn 82 110

Hospital, Columbia, Tenn 24 98

Hospital, Franklin, Tenn ... ...

Total ... 66,621

a None permanently.

Sixty officers and 200 enlisted men of Sherman's captures have been ordered to Point Lookout, together with some wounded prisoners from Fort Fisher. number not yet ascertained.