The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-01

men relieved from the drst draf, the number
Of substitutes secured by individuals, end the
amount thus saved 10 the city In the way Of
bounties. It has been truly hsrculsan task
to perform all this labor connected with volun-
teering, and to secure ct the same time the
rights and interests Of the soldiers, who ever
found In the members of the committee, and
specially of its chairman, who was ever pre-
sent their truest friends.
It appears from the report that tho whole
number of men-not including the $4,000
three months men-enrolled for the war
from this city was 1852. and years Of service
267 ,651; that the amount paid in bounties and
premiums is 50 ,87O, 1927, to which must be added
expenditures not directly connected with pay
ment Of bounties, such as relief fund, defence
committee, &C., amounting to $6,9l6,2Sl,
making grand total of SIT ,5l2,671. IS
In this is included the whole expenses Of the
Volunteering Committee, from its organization
to Its close, which amounts to $724,064 Ga
small percentage on the disbursements made
and for the work accomplished,
1t appears further that .g1e average cost to
the public fund Of all men enlisted, including
expenses Of the committee, is but $3.50 At, and
that the average cost per year of service Is
500 %. OF Substitutes for enlisted men there
were furnished 1908 by OF through Mr.. Blunt's
committee, and some $4,000 paid for these
by individuals. This was owing to the arrange
ments made and facilities granted by the COM
mittee for procuring substitutes, and caused q
saving to the county Of the above amount
nearly enough to pay the entire expenses Of
the committee. The entire report is replete
with important facts Of great interest to the
community, and should be carefully read and
treasured up for future reference and as evidence
of the magnitude of the affairs of this city
as connected with the late war of rebellion.
$500 s..ss..s5am. Rrsmiet.. h.. haar
giving the people Of Kentucky some wholesome
information in regard to African slavery. He
tells them that the institution is dead-stone
dead. He advises them to prepare at once for
system of free labor. He calls upon the
masses Of the landless whites to look to their
own interests; he wants the constitutional
amendment abolishing and interdicting slavery
ratified by Kentucky, and this will no doubt be
done by the next Legislature; but he has little
or nothing to propose in regard to the black
population beyond a fair compensation for
their labor. Now, as leading Southern HI;;on
man, and in behalf Of the present and future
material and political interests of the South, we
should like to see Governor Bramlette break.
ing ground in favor ola judciously regulated
system of negro suffrage We want to see all
the late rebel States back in Congress next
winter. and there is only one thing which can
keep them out, and it is q test which is raised
to keep them out by a Northern faction anxious
only to maintain it's own power in Congress
That test is negro suffrage. If the Southern
States fight against it they will lose by 1t; il
they take it into their hands they will soon
command greater degree Of power in the
political affairs of the country than they have
ever had in their best days under slavery. The
abolition of slavery has effected great revolu.
ton in regard to the political rights Of the
negro; but it, under certain limitations, he has
voted in the South az q free man in the mids,
Of slavery, what danger can there be To
Southern interests in giving him the franchise
slavery being extinguished Leading Southern
men should look into this matter, and decide
upon it, not according to the old, but according
to the new order of things.
Tup OupsrroN pon THE SOUrH-Whether the