Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-02-16

both New York battery who is In charge
~ tho rendezvous on the island, and
who has power 10 give passes TO the men
IN visit the city, Carron has been able to
yet several hundred men out OF the ser
vice by his own confession Sergeant
Malherpe received $50 for every man he
passed out, as also did Sergeant Brown,
An three of these men have been arrest
ed aud are now in the Old Capitol pris-
on. The proofs of Carron's rascallty
were procured by two Of the detectives
enlistiug, Colonel Baker agreeing to buy
them or They enlisted one day, were
sent To the island, and the next day Col.
Baker gave Carron $500 to get them on
and by four O'Clock In the afternoon they
were in New York AS soon as they
landed the detectives arrested him and
brought him To the Aston House, where
he made 8 confession duplicating the
others.
John Fav, Il substitute broker, corner
OF Hudson avenue and York street,
BROOKLYN, was at one time hack driver
in this city, and eight months ago had
not dol ar in the world, and was an
ignorant, illiterate Irishman. He went
into the substitute business, and when
arrested he had a large drinking saloon
in operation, and owned S25O,OOO worth
Of real estate in Brooklyn, purchased
from the sale of these forged enlistment
papers. He had so completely got con
troll of the naval rendezvous, that it was
a common remark around there that he
run the institution. Policemen were
stationed at the entrance, and nobody
but Fay or Devin could get in.
One of the articles from which we
have quoted concludes as follows
A report like this will undoubtedly
| starte the community, but were we per
mitted to publish the names OF all who
have been arrested. we might well ask,
to what are we coming Not alone the
ignorant substitute broker, but others
| high in position and trust are crimi-
mated and will before long follow in the
| footsteps of the twenty-seven already
| arrested.
Our citizens can see from this and
| Judge for themselves why our quota has
| been increased from little over toul
thousand to over twenty one thousano
1t is because the government wants the
men now that should have been fur
| nished on back quotas, and we have now
got to raise in lump the men that we
understood had been raised to fill every
quota, but which the foregoing fact:
prove to have been only on paper, anC
not men in boots.
There is reason to believe that thest
New Workers are not sinners above, Of
to the exclusion of, all Galileans; anC
that General Fry perhaps does not de
serve all the blame in the matter Of quo
tas Taking it altogether the case il
sufficiently disheartening,
Thousands and millions of dollars ar,
paid in bounties, and yet the govern
ment gets no men, What is worse, mel
OF hi9H social position ale willing t.
hazard the existence of their countr,
for the sake of filthy lucre 1t become
military and imperative necessity tina
/ some scores or nunuIous Or tAeaa vvb,
are implicated should be brought to con
dign punishment. We may as well re
linquish at once all idea of prosecuting
the war with vigor, or bringing it to ;
successful issue, so long as such rotten
ness and corruption is allowed to leste
in the nation.