FORT HAMILTON, May 30, 1862.

Adjutant-General THOMAS:

Discharging twenty-four prisoners from Fort Lafayette by order of the Secretary of the Navy. Please send to Fort Lafayette the thirty-six political prisoners from Fort Warren as soon as you please. The guard has arrived and I expect to send off in the morning the fifty-eight* privateer prisoners by steamer S. R. Spalding.

M. BURKE,

Lieutenant-Colonel Third Artillery.

List of privateer prisoners confined at Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor.

Name. Rank. Vessel.

T. H. Baker. . Captain. . Savannah.

John Harleston. . First Do.

lieutenant. .

C. S. Passailaigue. . Purser. . Do.

Henry C. Howard. . Sailing master. Do.

.

Joseph Cruz del Cano a. Steward. . Do.

.

H. Oman. . Cook. . Do.

P. Daly. . Seaman. . Do.

William C. Clark. . . . do. . Do.

John Murphy. . . . do. . Do.

M. Galvin. . . . do. . Do.

A. C. Coid. . . . do. . Do.

John Williams. . . . do. . York.

James Riley. . . . do. . Do.

A. Wilson. . . . do. . Do.

H. Spencer. . . . do. . Sumter.

John Davison. . . . do. . Do.

A. G. Hudgins. . Midshipman. . Do.

John Donnelly. . Seaman. . Do.

James Milnor. . . . do. . Jeff. Davis.

E. Rhul. . . . do. . Sumter.

P. Thompson. . . . do. . Do.

William May. . . . do. . Do.

George C. Gladden. . . . do. . Dixie.

J. P. M. Calvo. . . . do. . Do.

Charles Forrester. . . . do. . Do.

John Gonzales. . . . do. . Do.

John H. Marshall. . . . do. . Do.

William Smith. . . . do. . Jeff. Davis.

D. Mullings. . . . do. . Do.

E. Rochford. . . . do. . Do.

R. M. Harvey. . First Petrel.

lieutenant. .

Colin Campbell. . Second Do.

lieutenant. .

A. Peyrusset. . Sailing master. Do.

.

Robert Barnet. . Gunner. . Do.

E. Flynn. . Seaman. . Do.

A. C. Williams. . . . do. . Do.

H. Oltmans. . . . do. . Do.

D. Courtney. . . . do. . Do.

John N. Morgan. . Steward. . Do.

George Hawkins. . Seaman. . Do.

A. C. Delahay. . . . do. . Do.

John C. Cunningham. . . . do. . Do.

R. R. Jeffers. . Carpenter. . Do.

William H. Hazlehurst. Seaman. . Do.

.

George S. Harrison. . . . do. . Do.

John Mack. . . . do. . Do.

Hugh Monaghan. . . . do. . Do.

John Cronin. . . . do. . Do.

H. A. Rowan. . Sailmaker. . Do.

John Mallings. . Seaman. . Do.

G. H. Roberts. . . . do. . Do.

E. Murphy. . . . do. . Do.

Thomas Woods. . . . do. . Do.

John H. Edwards. . . . do. . Do.

John G. S. Tucket. . . . do. . Do.

J. M. Dearing. . . . do. . Do.

William Brain. . . . do. . Do.

M. Dooling. . . . do. . Do.

George Sawden. . . . do. . Do.

a Sick.

MARTIN BURKE,

Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding Artillery.

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* But see list of these prisoners following, which contains fifty-nine names.

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