New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-02
orr CITY RKcEylT'NE SYSTEM
HOW at WORK..


OUR CITY RECEUlT'NG srsrEr--
HOW At WORKS.
| We observe that our Board of Supervisors az
their last meeting passed an ordinance increas-
ing ,he County bounty to one thousand dollars
for each recruit, and directing that the Con-
truller. who is hereafter 10 have charge Of
directly paying the bountics, sLall forthwith
issue bonds to the amount Of four millions of
dollars to be applied TO this purpose. We have
already spent very many millions-let the
Citizens ssociation report how mnny-butp prob
! ably from seven To ten, in boun,ics not rang
| Ing higher (" hand money inrludcd) than : go
/ for each three years recruit" ind even at
this comparatively moderate figure, up 10 few
days ago. no complaint was made that recruits
were scarce, or could not be had for The money.
or the contrary, indeed all the organs Of the
! Supcryisorial "ring" were filed with lauda-
tons of the successful working Of their sy stem
for obtaining recruits; and, Of Il verify, SO well
pleased were they with their sucocSs, that il is
not many days since they voted the no, con-
tcmptbe sum of Sjo,Ocu 20 Mr.. or,on Blunt,
the chief officer of their recruiting system, ~ a
gruf dam honorGrium, or complimentary fee, IN
Acknowledgement Of his distinguished services.
How comes il, then, that, ~ q single jump,
they pass from bounty Of three hundred dollars
for each three years recruit. 70 one of one
thousand dollars-and IN regard 20 which larger
sum no term Of service is SET forth Why is it.
too, that the present system under which Mr..
Blunt, We have been told, pays the whole
bounty into the hand OF she recruit himself, is
to be done away with, TIL, ncw ordinance pro-
yidiug that hereafter, oil recruits shall be paid
LAT the office Of the Controller or such place
or places "a said Controller may designate ?"
Tocomprehend the possible incxpediency If this
arrangement. it can only be necessary 10 refer
to the report OF bounty in New
York made last year TO the state Senate by
Gen. Dix-as 10 the particulars of which in
connection with the Controler ve do not care
at present moro pointcdly 10 rcfcr.
But our objection TO the proposed Increase of
orr County bounty does not alone rest Oh
belief that We consider il grossly excessive, and
fully double the sum for which mon Of the right
stamp are procured elseNhcr, and both could
AID should be secured for us. Our objection
takes tho broader ground that foT fcry large
proportion of the recruits enlisted by tho Super
y.sors' Committee during the past year no
bountios whatever should have been pad-the
fact being that they were persons ie.d IN arrest
for nearly al classes of icloH.ca pnd minor
oiionses, who were allowed the option either Of
cnlisting, or taking their chanco5of convictions
that would send them either 20 Tie State Prison
or Pcnitentiary. 1t is q lamcntab'o but we'll
known fact, that from such aourccs we have
drawn during the pas gear large, ii not the
larger part OF our city recruits, he recruits Of
this class themselves bit ra-' y he.rg allowed
10 retain more than from iivo to iiity dollars Of
the el.m paid them, all the balance coing "a his
Toe 10 tho friendly lawyer. .. friendly with
t.e Police Justices and District-Ntomey-who
has been employed to secure forthem eprivilege
of enlistment in lien Of tho certainty Of trial
and the strong probability OF Sing Sing or
Backwcll's Island. In oeGh Police District,
wo know, there is friendly lawyer" Of this
class, who is officially introduced to each newly
arrested malefactor; while the particular AZ
L." who has the monopoly Of this business at
the City Prison feels So conscious OF having
acquired much popularity and fortune in the
business, that only quite recently he put himself
forward ~ candidate for lucrative and ex-
tremely responsible Judicial officc-ths whole
bounty .swindling" and "bounty-iumping
fraternity of our island supporting him with
enthusiasm and brass knucklcs, tongues, ballots
and slnng-shot, money, menaces nnd revolvers
Under these circnmstances-of which We give
but brief glimpse, though the full particulars
are within or reach, TO be used In the proper
qusrttr-wc may, perhaps. be psrdoued for not