Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-22

received letter from an Eastern city,
which vas as follows, except some names
which We omit for prudential reasons:
August II, 1864.
"Gover7or O.. B Morton
'Sfr: The facts hereby stated have
come to my knowledge in manner and
from source such as to leave no doubt
in my mind of their reliability.
The copperhea~.s of Indiana have or
dered and paid for 10000 revolvers,
with forty-two boxes fixed ammunition,
to be distributed amongst the antago-
nists Of our government, for the pur-
pose o. controlling the Presidential elec-
ton an-a47 sT
August 5, the steamer Granite State
landed in New York forty-two boxes Of
reynvers and ammunition August 6,
the steamer City Of Hartford landed
twenty-five boxes ammunition, destined
for indianapolis Thirty-two boxes Of
the above have been forwarded to j. J.
Parsons, indianapolis, via Merchants
Dispatch, andmarked ; the balance
is stored at NJ street, New York,
awaiting the convenience Of the Cop
perheads to pay for the same before
shipping -
Immediately on the receipt Of this
letter, Governor NJ Morton placed the in
formation it contained in the hands Of
Policeman John s. Russell, who was
able in short a time to report progress to
Col. James G. Jones, Assistant Provost
Marshal. who, with Col Warner, of the
Veteran Reserved Corps, with proper
detail made descent on the printing
and bookbinding establishment of Fl.
IL. Dodd u Co., on Saturday night,
where they found two boxes such as
were described in the letter After the
boxes were opened, their contents were
found to consist Of 400 large navy re
volvers and 135, 5000 rounds Of fixed
ammunition, for the same arm. Among
the captures made at the same place
were the Great Sea of the Order of the
Sons Of Liberty the official list Of the
members Of the Order at this place, and
several hundred printed copies Of the
Ritual also, large amount of cores
pondence of an important character,
which may be given to the public at the
proper time. The people will begin to
understand now how much these un-
mitigated scouhdrels desire peace.
Thirty thousand navy revolvers, with
ammunition enough for an army,
coupled with the negotiations Of Mr..
Voorhees, for the purchase of twenty
thousand Garibaldi rifles, would indicate
that there is a good deal Of the disposi-
tion Of the tiger hid under their sheep
skin garb of peace. .a
When we look at the large sum of
money which the amount Of arms and
ammunition named in this letter must
cost, the question presents itself Of the
ways and means The pistols alone
would cost close on to a million of dol
lars at manufacturers price, and the
twenty thousand rifles, without the i'm
port duties, would cost s230,0n0 Of
course no such sums are provided by the
members of the Order in this State, but
there have been some Peace Commits
sioners prowling along the Canada
border for several weeks John IL.
Walker, and other peace men Of Indi-
ania have been visiting them. Some
month since the Confederate govern
ment borrowed fifteen million dollars in
Europe, for which they issued cotton
bonds and every blockade-runner carries
out cotton to repay the loan. The
object Of the loan was primary to pur-s
chase a navy in European ports. includ-
ing the celebrated rams That specu.
lation having failed by the refusal of the
governments of England and France to
permit the rams to depart, and they
having been sold to other persons, the
Peace Commissioners are in funds, and
they could not make an investment
more to the advantage Of their master
than to purchase arms and ammunition
for northern traitors and to pay north
ern demagogues literally for shreking
for peace, free speech, and liberty.
William Fl Harrison, Secretary of the
Order Of which Il Ell. Dodd is Grand
Commander, was arrested. and is still in
custodv :. Mpssrs Iohn p Parsons and