The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-09-02

/ THE DEFENcES of MOBILE.
The Northern press have advices from their feet
i'll Mobile bay to the 2lst ultmo. communica-
| ton, dated "Blockading Squadron, Mobile Bay,
| August l6," says:
| Naval reconnaissance towards Mobile found for
| midable, but not insurmountabc, distractions. Be-
sides batteries, and sunken vessels, there
| very strong casemates mounting ten guns. In all
| the spaces between batteries and vessels, and On
both shores, piles driven, the tops Of which
sawed off just below the surface of the water, and
| have heavy iron bolts In them, sharpened at the
| upper end, so as to tear of the bottom OF boat
| passing over them.
| Men are seen working on two rams. The wharyes
| are covered with steamboats,; among them, four
| English-built crafts, probably blockade-runners
| The streets OF the city are deserted
| THE ARMED RESISTANCE TO THE DRAFT IN THE
| NORTHwEsT-TuE INDIANA CONSPIRACY.
| Lincoln's draft for five hundred thousand men is
| to take place next Monday; the Yankee authorities
have become aware that formidable secret orgahiza-
ton, pervading all the States, is III existence the
object of which is to resist the enforcement of the
draft ana defeat its purposes. How very formidable
this organization is believed to be, may be gathered
from the telegram relative to the orders of General
| Heintzelman, commanding the "Northern Depart
ment," prohibiting any forwarding companies from
delivering arms or powder i'll Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
Governor Morton, of Indiana, and the proclamation
of Governor Brough, of Ohio. Governor Morton
| made an address in Indianapolis, August 22d, in
which he discussed at length the recent development
| regarding the alleged conspiracy and the finding of
arms ammunition, &c He says
| For eighteen months past the people Of Indiana
have been told repeatedly that immense quantities
Of arms and ammunition have been coming into the
State for the avowed purpose OF resisting the State
| and Federal authorities. This has been well known
to me during that time, and likewise to the authori
ties of the United States but because until now the
people have not happened to with their eyes
the visible evdNee of the truth OF these things, it
has not heretofore made avery deep impression upon
| their minds. There has been all the while party
to deny the truth OF the assertion that this wholesale
importation of arms was going on, and pronounce it
| all an Abolition fLlsehood, mere Government lie.
| But now the people have seen for themselves, and
| no wonder that they begin to realize their great
| danger
Let me tell you, notwithstanding, that you have
| not seen it ALL The arms and ammunition that
were seized III this city on Saturday but drop
| i'll the bucket compared to the immense quantity
that has been imported into the State in similar
| manner during the last twelve OF eighteen months.
| The seizure amounts to this Some four five hun
| dred revolvers, and one hundred and thirty thou
sand rounds OF ammunition; that is to say, one
hundred and thrty-five rounds for regiment of
| one thousand men, Evidently this large amount of
| ammunition not intended simply for the of
| the four or five hundred revolvers The revolvers
seized but part OF thirty thousand yet to come
/ ana the large amount OF ammunition captured
but portion Of lot of forty boxes, containing
| altogether, about two hundred and ten thousand
/ rounds
Then, after protracteI discussion of the terrible
condition Of affairs, he said further:
Some publications have been made to-day Of a
| portion Of the correspondence OF these men-their
1 secret political correspondence Look at some of
| these letters. for moment. AS an example, take
one written by the present Auditor of State, and
candidate before the people for reelection to that
htrh am IJ1nn rtlntt latta
/ ten three years ago, not long after the beginning
| of the war, and before the inauguration OF
| Mr.. Lincolns aAG-slavery war policy, which
these men assert to be the great source of dis
comfort and dissatisfaction to them and what does
| he say to his friend, Mr.. Voorhees, "Our saliva
ton is iii the success of the Southern arms Ii they
are crushed down, then woe betide us.' What think
you, my fellow-citizens, OF that, coming from the
| Auditor of your own State! How do you like his
assertion that his salvation and that q his political
friends depends upon the of the rebel arms
Ii these his sentiments three years ago, and if
| he entertains the same sentiments now, is suf-
iicently evident from the fact that he is of the
| prominent members of the Order Of the Sons of
Liberty, would not be reasonable to infer that from
| that time to the present he has been assiduousy
using all his efforts to avert the terrible calamity Of
| having the rebel arms crushedt And let say
| to you that the sentiments OF Mr. Ristne are the
| sentiments of the with whom he has associated
| himself i'll a political capacity.
.
| The question has been asked me this evening what
| of those arms and munitions Of war, and where it
came from (! In answer to that question must say
| that do not know; but will tell what do know.
| Some men i'll Indiana, who really unable to pro-
vide COW for their families have been sporting
| volvers since these operations began. There is
large class of such persons. Where the money that
! bought the weapons which they carry came from
do not know; only know that large sums of money
have been, and still are being, provided somewhere,
by somebody, TO send arms and ammunition into
i the State of Indiana We can at best only imagine
i where the sources of this fund are.
l believe, however, and am as confident of the
fact am Of any other fact Of which have not
positive and undubitabie evidence, that this money
with which these operations are and have been,
| red on in Indiana has been supplied by the rebel
hon either directly froo the Confederate authori-
ties or by their authorized agents in New York
For myself, entertain no doubt upon that subject
1t is utterly impossible that the large amount Of
money required for the purchase Of these large
quantities Of arms and ammunition could have been
raised ia the ordinary way OF contributions hap
pened to know something of the difficulty in the
| way of raising twenty, fifty or hundred thousand
dollars i'll that way. In the city Of New York there
are hundreds and thousands Of men who have been
compelled to leave the rebel States, and who have
both the means and the disposition to aid the re-
belon in this way. In addition to these, there
| also there large number Of resident capitalists
| who have sympathzed with the rebellion from the
| very first Their trade was i'll the South at the
| breaking out of the war their financial interests
have been the South from the very Erst and they
have doubtless contributed hberaly towards paying
the expenses OF organizing and equippng the trea
| sonable organizations in the North.
1t is all thing to JEFF. DAVIS whether shall
fall by means of defeat at the coming elections,
by the overthrow of the Union armies in the field.
II we shall elect candidate for the Presidency who
IL i'll favor OF peace upon the terms Of jeff Davis,
who is in favor Of withdrawing our armies from the
| field, and recognizing the independence the
Southern Confederaey, they viii gain their object
just eifectually as though they should have anni
hilated the last Of the Union armies in the field.
These men understand it. They know that their
easiest, and safest, and surest and, indeed, their
only way to accomplish their internal purposes, and
secure the permanent disruption Of the Union ana
their own independence is to divide our people and
/ to get the Federal Government into the hands of
| men who will at once eoncede them the victory
/ TuE PROCLAMATION OF GOVERNOR BROUGu, OF
/ OHIo-wARsISo AGAINST RESISTING THE DRAFT.
The last DRAFT Of Lincoln for five hundred thou
sand men has created the deepest discomfort in
Ohio. So manifest is this, that Governor Brough,
Of that State. has felt it his duty to issue procia
nation, dated Executive Department Of Ohio, CO.
lumbus, August 2Sd" in which he warna the people
against resisting this new thinning out Of their
homes The draft is 70 take place On Monday next,
the 5th instant and In Some of tho districts IN the
State there il deficiency In the quota, and i must
be put in operation IN those distzcts In his pro-
elamatou he says: