The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-09-23
THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL THURSDAY SEPTEMBER

know II he Was the author of it and aut h - !
lied It's publication. He also wanted inioT-
nation upon several other matters that
seemed necessary to the cooling of his
chOler. German replied in a long letter ac-
knOWledging the genuineness the card, and
that he had authorized its publication, and
answering the other questions in a full and
candid manner. He closed his letter IL these
words: "If this is not satisfactory, il is out
Of my power TO make it so on paper" To
this communication Mr.. Dunn replied as
follows:
BEDFORD, IND, Nov. s, 1852.
SIR-YOurs of the 9Th inst, is just received
and is l regret to say Objectionable in sew
ersl respects. 1t is my purpose now to take
the advice of some experienced friend in
regard 60 the whole matter, and adopt such
steps as may be due to my obligations to
society.
Being called 10 Louisville, KY, the last OF
this week, shall be happy TO find you at
the Gait House in that city at 10 o'clock A.
NJ, on Saturday next. Respectfully yours,
GEO. G. DUNN,
Hon. W. A. GoRMAN.
Colonel German answered in the follow
ing note:
BLooMINGToN, IND, Nov. 9, 1852.
SIR-Yours OF this date is before me. will
be at the Gait House in Louisville agreesbly
to your written request on Saturday next, at
10 O'Clock a. NJ, where my friend viii receive
any communication you may bs pleased to
make. respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
W. A. GoRMAN.
HoN. GEO. G. DUNN.
Thus, it will be seen that the issues were
made up, and the case ready for trial The
verdict was TO depend, not upon which OF
these gentlemen were in the right, but which
was the better shot. If German shot Dunn,
then his card in the Sentinel was sufficien.
apology for words used under excitement.
nnnn on1-
administrator must make further apology,
for surely German could not. But Dunn
did not shoot German, neither did German
shoot Dunn, for happily, at Louisville,
where they met according to appointment,
they put thelr honor in the hands of those
who knew how to preserve it sOtthoaat blood
letting. Professor Harvey, the friend
OF Colonel German, was a literary man
and remembered the quarrel between Mr..
Pickwick and his friends, and how it was
settled. He determined that the difficulty
between the two Indiana statesmen should
be healed in the same manner. How well
he succeeded let the following extracts from
the Pickwick Club and the card of himself
ard Mr.. Caldwell testify. This from Z ok
wick: ''Mr. Blotton rose to order. Did the
honorable Pickwickian sllude to him?
[Cries of order, chair, yes, no. etc. ]"
Mr. Pickwick would not be puC down by
clsmor. He had alluded to the honorable
gentleman. [Great excitement ]"
"Mr Bolton would only say then, that he
repealed the honorable gents false accusa-
ton with profound contempt. The honor
able gent was humbug. Immense confC-
sion, and cries OF chair, Order.''1
"Mr. a. Snodgrass rose to order. He
threw himself upon the chair. Hear. He
wished to know whether this disgraceful
contest between two members OF that club
should continue"
"The chairman was quite sure the honor
able Pickwickian would withdraw the OK
preston hs had just made use Of"
Mr.. Bolton, with all possible respect for
the chair, was quite sure he would not.
The chairman felt it his imperative duty
to demand OF the honorable gentlemen
whether he had used the expression which
had just escaped him in & common sense?
MIR. Bolton had no hesitation in saying
| that he had not; no had used the word in its
| Pickwickian sense. He was bounu 10
acknowledge that, personally, he enter
tanned the highest regard and esteem for
The honorable gentleman; he had merely
considered him a Eumbug in PIckwIckian
point of view.
Mr.. Pickwick felt much gratifed by the
isir, candid and full explanation of his hon
CRADLE friend. He begged il to be under
stood that his own observations had been
merely intended to bear "Pickwickian
construction"
This, the card: "we are of opinion that
the note of Col. German to Mr.. Dunn
| amply exOnerates that gentleman from
all participation in the disturbance
OF the meeting referred to, and
sufficiently explains the purpose of the card
pa blished in the Sentinel, and that nothing
! remains to disturb the peaceful relations OF
the parties, except the language in which the
notes are couched and their general tone.
Mr., Dunn objects to the concluding SEN
tence of Col Germans note OF the Sd inst,
and to the language in other passages as Of
fensive.
Col. German objects to the general tone of
MIR. Dunn's previous note of the 30Lh inst,
nd especially to the call upon him to re-
tract.
Mr. Dunn cheerfully wilhdraws the word
retract, and substitutes the word correct, or
any other word not deemed offensive, and
disavoWs any purpose OF giving offsnse by
mis- note of the Bob, his only object being to
from whatever was injurious in the matters
referred to in the note. Whereupon Col.
German promptly withdraws anything Of
ienslve in his note of the Sd.
Therefore, the whole difficulty, we are
happy TO announce, is amicably and honor
ably settled. JOHN ii. HARVEY,
GEO. A. CALDWELL.
The Madison Courier in commenting upon
she correspondence between Messrs. Dunn
and German when it was first published,
said that it SHOWED clearly that they
visited Louisville to settle
A GRAMMATICAL QUESTION.
That the member and ex member of con-
gress differed about the meaning OF certain
sentences or paragraphs in note Col. Cor
man published in the Sentinel" The next
dispute the gentlemen have about the Eng
lish of published card, if they will send
the subject in dispute to Mr.. Barnes, the
superintendent of the graded schools in this
city, committee from one of the grammar
classes will be raised, who will settle the
matter as well as any of the Louisviliians.
Thus ended one of the most ridiculous at
| tempts to fight duel, ever attempted in In
diana. That both Messrs. Dunn and Cor
man had courage we do not doubt, but the
correspondence between them growing out
OF the disgraceful interruption of democratic
speakers at the torch-light procession in