The New York herald., 1865-03-12
COL. BAKER AMONG THE BOUNTY BROKERS.

Wholesale ArreSts-seven Hundred Pris-
oners Captured, &c.
The upon the bounty brokers and jumpers, hike
that upon the rebels s drawing to close. Yesterday
they received the most signal defeat beyond all com
palison that they ever before sustained The affair was
complete SURPRISE and must be as demoraizng as the
capture Of Richmond will be 10 the rebels To give
clear and concise idea Of how this brilliant result WAS
obtained is necessary to review the previous operations
Of the campaign little.
The Provost Marshal Generals including Generals Fry
Kinks and Others suggested various plans recently for
trapping the brokers and jumpers but was all TO no
purpose No plan they could devise would work True
a jumper here and there woald be pinned once in
whe-perhaps shot, the Ike Of that; bit what did
the great croxd mind thsr How dd IL affect the sue
cessful jumpG saho had made his fortuncY He only
laughed a. his more unfortunate fellows and continued
his course trusting 70 luck which Y always good
Till il turns bad Colonel Baker captured few on tho
old principles OF his but even this was be-
coming very light business, for the brokers were
growing more and more cautious on account OF
Colonel Bakers operations At length, boldly cut,
.ng .oose from M orer n hnnr p'ans co ha
opened recruiting once IN Odd Follows Hall, Hoboken,
about week ago The stars and stripes flew from every
part Of the building and large posters informed brokers'
Jumpers and else that fabulous bOuntes were
paid Mt the United States rendezvous All hands
got their eye the place. was freely circulated
that large bounes paid and that il the easiest
thing in the world 70 get OF with pocketll Of green
backs. Some Of them were enlisted and let OH. bar
gains were made With the brokers, who TO bring
none but those who had jumped the bounty and were
well posted In the business. Thus everything
worked To charm Yesterday there was
immense rush 70 enlist Thrmen could not be mustered
In fast enough. The medical examination caused little
delay Tho door blocked by nearly all the bounty
jumpers in the city The design was 70 get In az many
possible before closing the days work for u the day
passed without the eappearance Of the enlisted mon no
world be enlisted The trick would b. discovered
Towards evening" when the business at its height,
The brokers held consultation They demanded OF the
recruiting agents where these that were en-
listed in tho morning Excuses werc given, and
the work went Al length they delibernted
again, their suspicious having been now keenly
arouscd. They determined TO suspend opera
tions concluding this to be more OF Bakers work,
and shut down. II was now too late. Colonel
Baker had soldiers secretly conveyed from Governors
Island They already among the jumpers enlisted,
and these, To the number Of hindred, were se
cured Besides these seventeen brokers taken.
placed among regulars for safekesping, they
uhered into the large of the depot described al
extraordinary II only equalled by the diainay
OF the brokers when they taken. All hands were
placed In irons, and in this way they will be
marched down broadway to day their way from Hobo
ken TO Governors Island.
ANOTHER ARREST.
George II Sttcrly, Attachc Of the Second District
Provost Marshafs OGcs, 20 Grand street. arrested
yesterday forenoon also by Colonel Bakers men, while
his way the Kings County Trcasurcr's Office with
large of county bonds In his possession-stated
at about twenty thousand dollars Its not known what
disposition has been made Of him.