The New York herald., 1865-01-08
The Tribune and the supervisors' Boun-
~ Paying COMMITTEES.

~ Paying Committee.
TO THE EDITOR or YHB HERALD.
The Tritxne, in q three column article 'our City
Recruiting System, +" having commenced with - mis-
statement fair 70 conclude that the whole 10 false
from beginning 70 end That is sianderous and via
dicsive there doubt Let nsst look a some Of
the most glarng fasehOods
First-H is nos true that The "Board Of eupsvisors
have passed ordinance increasing the county bounty
70 81 900 for each recruit"
second-Iti not true that "at single jump they pass
from bounty Of $500 for each three years recruit 10
one OF 81 600"
The TrbSse seems 70 infer that as $500 bounty has
heretofore been enough 10 recruits when they
plenty that sunis sufficient now, when they have
become scare We have three tmes filed our quotas
with what the Tribune calls these moderate bounties
But in these the committee received from fty to
hundred recruits per day but now, with greater effort
the average will scarcely reach twenty per day.
The proposition ordinance fixes no particular sum
the bounty be paid; but recruiting has greatly d.
mnshed pnder the present bounty Of three hundred dol
lars the committee authorized increase the amoun
but not to thousand dollars No change at
all has yet been declared but is perfectly evident that
an increase must be made II we would secure the
Der OF required from US. Whether that increase
will be 70 four hundred Ave hundred dollars
Mr.. Blunt Is chairman.
Third- is not true that the larger portion Of city
recruits made up OF persons held in for nearly
all classes of felones Common would show this
20 be base ialsehood But this Is not the worst Oft II
is base and wful reflection and dastady charge upon
the hundred and fifty thousand gallant soldiers sent
from this city the field and ir they had the writer Of
the slander the front they would place him in
trench from which he would be likely 10 return 10
camp
The writer In the Tribune is so familiar with police
Justices district attorneys" iriendly lawyers mys
terious ''F s." ''brass knuckes 'bounty swndlers
and bounty jumpers thai rather suspect that he is
of the latter class OF worthless checked in his mis-
guided zeal by the hand OF military power and Is
turning States evidence against his friends in the bust
The further declares that of these bounty jump
en- with whom he 50 familiar and the best Of
tcrms) s'thcre to-day Manhattan Island from
three I'VE thousand, besides The squads
Seating about the country If he knows what he asserts
be fact why IN the az patriotism ol Crsns,
does he their arrest Thirty dollars head is
the pcc given by the government; for the and de-
livery OF deserter Here is chance, then 30 hag
hundred and y Thousand dollars II he neither
these fellows nor gives information where hey may be
found after declaring their existence IL Is fair 10 infer
thai he is in their oonhdence-s confederate IN their
iniouisy.
We assert however that the ststement is fasehccd;
bat If the writer in the Tribune knows the fact let him
prove it, by gathering his friends into the army again
II is perfectly clear that II majority the larger por
ton Of volunteers made up from police subjects
it must be because the $500 bounty wonld not bring
better class and that increased rste must be made In
order this better class and enough OF tho I'LL
quota The Tribune could not BY any possibility have
made use of stronger argument for increasing the
bounty than to say that from the fe0n records I'VE
have drawn during the past year large, If not the
larger part Of our city recruits Certainly II that class
has been resored to to fill the ranks OF our armies and
quota II must be because the $500 bounty would not
induce better class to volunteer Ia sufficient
numbers Hence the Supervisors fully justified
in authorizing the committee to advance the rate OF
bounty to some amount not to exceed one thousand
dollars
To secure the number of men required of us-tbree
thousand four hundred-on before the 10th of Feb
rnary advance Of bounty must clearly be made, and
knows this feet better than the editor OF the Tn
bnne How great that advance shall be the committee
will decide when the proper time shall arrive
We have no objection to make to the graphic descrp
tion Owen by the Tribune OF the bounty ImpcYo! his
various arts rogueres, desertons &c il donbtlessa
true picture drawn from e's experience, mud no one
desires to them from punishment unless il be the
friends Of that paper But why charge the enlisnen mt Of
this class Of patriots upon Mr. Rnnt or couple their
names with his and BY insnuskon, II not directly,
charging that their presence In TIRE army is owing TO the
chairman OF the Bounty Paying Committoes The
Tribune knows tha, The committee cann0t die.
tate a. to the class Of men received a.
volunteers. Nj. Blunt nor any member o. the commit
tee is either an examining surgeon or mastering n ON
GER nor does he or any Of the committee have the ap
poninent OF such These two officers in the pay and
employment Of the United Sates government appointed
upon and the other musers In Mr. Blunt must pay The
bounty TO- He has option in the matter II these
anime and accept oil the rogues diseased Characters
referred to by the Tribune they alone are responsible
They in no way amenabe 70 Mr. Blunt, 10 the Comp
trolier TO any of the committee The bounty IN
paid 70 those alone whom these officers designate, and
then credited TO our quota II they commit all the
wrongs the Tsfbaas points out why place them to the
But these sweeping charges sgsnsi m"if worthy
class Of government officials ~ whole are a. unjust and
har cha ssN tta In
fcired 70, and evince the ssne bitter maignty. The
entire rgmarole 90 which arc referring IL In fact
tissue of fasehoods false assumpnus malicious in
conception and coaardiy Ia design Toe motive OF the
writer is doubtless 70 prevent VOLUNTEERING" TO endeayor
10 throw dscred ceumittes that bss three times
secured our quota hy volnuteenng 20 create doubt Ia
reference 20 the financial affairs OF the committee and
thus check the proposed loan and force as finally 10 re-
sort to general conscription TO raise our dnhta,
If not this Why travel so lar out Vi the i!ne OF dis
cusSion a. u make personal and vindicivc
attack upon Supervisor Blunt ard Comptroller
Brennan Every dollar received by the former from the
county has been strictly accounted for reported 10 the
Board and vouchers obt.nod No one stands higher In
this community for sIic honor and integrity han Comp
iroller Brennan and city or county securities, after
the issuance Of many millions Of bonds-sn act forced
upon by this unfortunate wsrare not at 10 high pre-
MUM ~ ~ iofmer years. when our indebtedness was
comparatively nothing Is The Comptroller 20 h. held
Coun,ablc Tor the tac;2 The city possessed of
more wesb than to-day aud there no securities
safe valuable. every fnoncyed knows; but IL
such continued and moensnt assaults as @ of the 7r
6,e upon tile credit Of the city cresies doubt and les
the value oi securities give that psper the
u, credit ior The very patriotic act aud charge 1t
upon the Comptroller or 10 the nesssfy oicai eSpend
OF Supervisor Blunt
Much MIGHT nc ssd In reply 10 thp article, bot
thi Is probably suicieu, tor the present II having
fused yesterday 10 publish the resolutions of the Commit
tee volunteering in which they adhere the three
hundred dollars bounty and thus directly conradiciing
Offering thousand dollars for n volunteer the
public decide what estimate IN "a be placed upon q
paper utterly reckless IN its statements and untruthful
In it's assertions VETERAN.
Nyw IoRg, Jan. T. 1866.
Hints 60 Travellers.
80 THE EDITOR or THR HERALD.