New-York tribune., 1866-05-05
INFORMATION WANTED AND GIVEN.

When in the Summer Of 1864 call was maze ior
troops, many of those liable to draft in this city lur
nished substitutes Six months later, in December
another call was made and it was decided that the
excess of men raised over the quota due IN July
should be credited TO the number to be raised III De
cember. Those, therefore, who had provided suDstl'
tutes in July became entitled to drawback OF
certain sum each from the State, on the claim oi the
County. Precisely what that sum was has been only
recently decided The amount is $iO0 to each prin-
cina who furnished substitute under the July call,
the whole sum being 1926 900 due the County Of New
York
Within few days past an active demandhas arisen
for those claims and persons holding them have been
offered various sums ranging from $50 to $3.50 each.
How many of them have been sold we have no means
Of knowing but we know that in some cases the o.
fers have been refused, ard the claimants have inSt
tutcd injuries to learn whether they were entitled TO
ANYTHING and to how much. The proper place al
which TO get tie desired information Is
the Office of Mr.. Orison Blunt, Chairman
of the New-York County Committee which had
charge Of the enlistment business. Aetter rom one o
the claimants to Mr. Blunt has remained We are told,
six DAYS unanswered Another gentleman has applied
in person several times at Mr. BluntS oihce or al
interview but without success. Unable to got nior-
nation at first hands he has asked for it OF clerk IN
Mr. Blunts Office, and was assured that they had no
knowledge there of the claims having been allowed by
the State or Of the rccepto any money in liquidation
thereof The inquirer however, was not salts
fed The anxiety of the person who had called upon
him to purchase his claim, so evident that he had IN
creased his offer from 500 to $500, convinced the
owner that he was probably entitled to something
more than the last offer. IIisnext inquiry therefore,
was directed to Albany and he learns that the amount
allowed this county is, a. we have just stated
s325 600: that he for having furnished substitute
is entitled to 500; and that tho full sum was
paid over TO Mr.. Blunt. Chairman OF the
Committee, somewhere about the middle OF last
month
On which statement of facts there will prob
ably arise in the minds of intelligent readers
especially in those OF the eight hundred men who are
entitled to SiO0 each some of whom, perhaps, have
been selling thom 20 bountybrokers at more or less
discount-several anxious queries, a. thus; II MI.
Blunt has received this money, why wasn't the pubic
informed of it, II il wasn't worth while TO give 1t 10
the public-the public generally being considered a
nuisance and not entitled TO any iniormation-why
has Mr. Blunt been inaccessible to parties directly
concerned. who sought the requisite knowledge
Where did the bounty-broker5 got the iniorma'
ton. denied to the claimants which led to the sudden
demand for their claims on the substitute money
And finally. into what pockets goes the difference be-
tween the 1895 900 due those legally entitled TO H.
and the sum which is really paid to them by the aiore'
said bounty brokers If many OF these claims have
been bought up, that difference must be considerable,
and as one Of the persons who has been endeayorng
to make purchases is employee in the Controllers
Office possibly he may be able to furnish the inioma-
ton, the demand for which, on the part OF curious
public will probably quite equal that for claims on
the par, of tho bounty brokers for the last ten days
At any rate as this statement will probably bring
good many callers Of Mr. BuntS Office for the next
few days. it is TO be hoped that he will find 1t con-
venient TO be n or that the young Barnac.es who
represent him in his absence will have some iniorma-
ton to give to the men "who come here aud want to
know. you know" aud riN ke3p coming