Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-07-10
The Galloway Jordan Difficulty,
THE CORRESPONDENCE.
From the MsprEi. Avalanche. Ih.I

Of harsh collision on the one side, and mis-
apprehension of motives aud aims on tn
other but made a resolution 10 trnst to tim,
and the truth Of what I should say, 70 iustifl
me against all assailants, especially as
could not single handed, expect to call al
to account.
Soon after | came here, much to my sur
prise, there appeared in the paper Of whicl
you are editor, an article, understood 10 b,
from your pen, which assailed the writer o
the article to which ] refer above, but with
out mentioning my name, however. ! look
ed upon that attack upon Inc as different il
hearing from the others to which had beer
| previously subjected, inasmuch as the efec
was directly calculated TO iniure me in my
efforts, as an editor, to gain living, and the
means Of supporting and educating my
children, by reyiving or nOurishing in thi;
immediate place injurious prejudice against
| me. IT also had the aspect Of direct per
sonal discourtesy to me in the beginning o
my association with the press Of this city.
1t likewise seemed to me an exceptional
case on your side, since you had formed and
published an editorial and business associa-
! ton, in the starting Of your paper with Mr..
] POLLARD, Of Virginia, who had written far
/ more harshly of Mr.. DAVIS than / had ever
| published. These circumstances made me
address a note 10 you, to the foregoing inn
/ port, at the time, and ask for explanations
| touching what regarded as injurious to me.
! That note ] showed to Col MCMAHON, z
who urged me TO withhold it until he
could see you, and as he expressed it,
bring us together" After several days
delay he finally informed me that you dis
claimed all personal offensive allusiOns and
assured me that there would not be any fur
ther allusions in the AUalaache, that could
wound me in that connection A week
! having meanwhile elapsed, l was led to
think with Col. MCMAHON that it had be-
! come unnecessary 10 transmit my note. This
morning ! observed in the course Of an ed
ltorial in your journal, the following words
"Remorse, deep, poignant and consuming
will burn like a coal Of fire in the bosoms
Of those Southern men who assailed Mr.
DAVIS while chained down in a dungeon,
when they read the story Of his wrongs"
etc. "The shrimped and shriveled souls Of
all such will expand 10 the dimensions Of a
mustard seed when they read, etc.
Now, as have been one of those who
have felt authorized 70 express my conscien-
tious belief bat chiefly my knowledge Of
the public acts Of Mr.. DAVIS while sympa-
thizing with his personal misiortunes and
ill-treatment feel it in place respectfully
to inquire whether or not you designed by
your language above to characterize me.
My friend Col. DEARTNG will receive any
answer you may have to make to this
communication.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
(Signed) THOS. JORDAN.
To NJ. Q. GALLAWAY, Editor Of Memphis
Auaidncbe, &c, &c.
Delivered between eight aud nine o'clock,
Thursday evening, June %.
AVALANCHE OFFICE, MEMPHIS, June %,
l8G6-General THOMAS JORDAN.-SIR
Your note of thisdate has Just been received,
and in reply have to say in the extract to
which you called nv attention, / alluded to
those who have assailed Mr.. DAVIS since
his Incarceration, and especially to you, as
the avowed author of an article in Harper's
Mdgazine
This communication will be handed you
by my friend, Capt. w. ii. RHEA
Respectfully,
(Signed) NJ. c. GALLAwAY.
Received shortly after ten o'clock, Thurs
day night
MEMPHIS, June 29, l8G6.-CoI. NJ. c.
GALLAwAY-SIR: Your note Of the 28th
inst, received at ten o'clock last evening,
leaves me no alternative but to request you
20 designate some convenient place out of
the State for the further discussion Of the
point at issue.
Ny friend, Col. DEARNG, will receive
your reply. Respectfully,
(Signed) THos. JORDAN.
AVALANCHE OFFICE, MEMPHIS, June %,
lS6G.-Gen THOMAS DAN-SIR: In COM
pliance with the request contained in your
note of this date ! have to say / win be in
fernando, Mississippi, at six o'clock on the
evening Of the lst Of July, proximO.
Respectfully, NJ. G. GALLAwAY.
Capt. RHEA called at nine o'clock, but |
was at Lodge Received ten o'clock and
twenty minutes, Friday night.
ST. CLAIR DEARING.
HERNANDo, Miss. July ., 1890 A. M
Col. ST. CLAIR DEARING and Capt. w. II.
RHEA :-GENTLEAIEN-H Having come TO this
place for the purpose Of adjusting, if possible,
the difficulty existing between Gen. THOMAS
JORDAN and Col. NJ. Q. GALLAwAY, we adj
dress you this note respectfully TO request
that you suspend any further action in re-
gard thereunto until it shall be ascertained
whether il can be adjusted by friends.
We ask that the matter of dispute be re-
ferred TO mutual friends, with view to an
amicable adjustment thereof We have to
request an immediate reply.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servants,
lSigned) LANDoN c. HAYNEs,
Dan. ABLE
+. w. RUCKER.
SAM. p. WALKER.
HERNANDo. Miss. Fifteen minutes to !
o'clock, July >, lS66.--l accept the within
proposition.
Very Respectfully,
(Sigued) ST. CLAIR DEARNG.
HERNANDo, Miss, ] o'clock, July ?, 1866.
I accept the within proposition.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) w. II. RHEA.
HERNANDo, Miss, July >, Z o'clock a. NJ,
lS66.-GENTLENEN: Having gaccepted
proposition, we respectfully aud mutually re-
fer the whole matter for your consideration
aud adjustment
Signed ST. CLAIR DEARNG,
W. III. RHEA.
To Col LANBoN, c. HAYNES Capt. DAN.
ARLE, Gen. +. w. RUCKER, Col. SAM. p.
WALKER.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, July 3, 1S66.-The un-
dersigned having been made acquainted with
the correspondence between Gen. THOMAS
JoRDAN and Col. NJ. c. GALLAwAY, which
is now before MS, and having fully under
stood and considered the causes from which
the misunderstanding between those gentle
men arose, and feeling assured and satisfied
that Gen. JoRpAN claims no right 20 de-
mand satisfaction from Col. GALLAwAY
for anything written or spoken within
the bounds Of legitimate criticism as
public Journalist, but Cor personal otiense
OF the imputation Of personal dishonor only
and being further assured and satisfied
that Col. GALLAwAY, in the article IN
question, intended 20 exercise the privilege
Of lawful criticism only upon the publica-
items of the day, and did not intend TO offer
personal 0ilense, or 20 impute personal dis
honor TO General JORDAN, we have, there
fore, come to the conclusion that the diff
Guilty referred 80 the undersigned can and
ought to be, and is hereby honorably adjust
cd, ON the foregoing premises and explana-
tons in a manner which we deem alike
honorable to both the parties concerned.
(Signed) LANDoN c. HAYNEs.
DAN. ABLE.
EDw'D w. RUCKER.
SAN'L Z. WAIKER.
Mnnms, Tenn July 3, lS66.-The
above adjustment OF the matter % issue be-
tween General THOMAS JoRDAN and Col.
NJ. C. GNLAwAY is satisfactory.
sT Is due To AL partics concerned to state. that