General.
“| as well'as mutual and positive misunder.

E iG; hesenes for “the oth J udicial Cirenit bel nomina

leave it.

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: FOR PRESIDENT, :
ULYSSES. S....GRANT.

FOR VICE- -ERESIDENT,

SCH iadmgyady npn

‘For Governor,

CONRAD BAKER, of Evansville.

For Lieutenant-Governor,

teks WwW. H. CUMBACK, of Decatur.

* “For Secretary of State,
Dr. M. A. F..\ HOFFMAN, of: Casi.
"For Auditor of State,
Major JOHN EVANS, of Marion.
For Treasurer of State,
Gen. NATHAN KIMBALL.
For Clerk of Supreme Court,
Capt. T. F. McCOY, of Clarke.
For Reporter of Supreme Court, .
Col. J. H. BLACK, of Marion.

, For Attorney. General,
DELANA K. WILLIAMSON, Putnam

For os Public Instruction,
B.C er eeu at Wayre.

"LaPorte County Ticket.
For Representattve,
JAMES A, THORNTON.
For Treasurer,
MARK.ALLEN,

For Clerk of Court,
Col. J. H. SHANNON.
For County Commissioner— 2d District,
WM. O’HARA.

For Real Estate Appraiser,
E. S: GARDNER.

Congresstonal Convention,

The Republicans of the 11th: Congressional Distric |
are notified that a Mass.Convention for the nominat

‘tion of a. candidate for Congress for this District will

be held at WESTVILLE, LA PORTE COUNTY, on

WEDNESDAY, J UNE. 24th, 1868.

It is hoped that a full delegation : from each County

| will be present. The Convention. will. meet. at. 10 o'- ;
| clock A, M. for organization.

Bp order of Committee,
: , RITE G.. SHRY:

ied at pe same time and place:

ss Remember the eget takes

place at Westville nex Wednesday.

The Misunderstanding.

The article in the last ENTERPRISE under
the head of “ ‘The Alleged Declination of
Gen. Packard, developed a friendly antag-
onism, but no. coolness, between our mutu-
al friends—the General, and Mr. Powell,
and has drawn out the following explana-
‘tory letter: = ;
LaPorrx, Ind., June 15, 1868.
Tuos. JerneGcan, Esq.,Editor ENTKRPRISE :
Dear Str :—On receipt to-day of the Enrrr-
prisk of Friday last, 1 deem it but just to myself
and. to all the parties concerned, that I should
make a brief statement concerning the misun-
derstanding that has arisen in reference to my
supposed declination of the candidacy for Con-
gress. No one can. regret the. occurrence more
than Ido, . When the conversation which led to
the misunderstanding between Mr. Powell and
myself oceurr ed, I had not yet fully made up my
mind to be a candidate. As early as February
last I was in receipt of letters from various parts
oi the District, giving me unsolicited-assurances
of support, should I be a candidate... Still I was
undecided, not feeling’ certain that my chances
were sufficiently favorable to warrant me in ma- |
king the race. On the Monday evening follow-
ing our County Convention, I: received letters
which enabled me to say positively that [ would |
go before the Convention. This was previous to.
any positive knowledge that Mr. Cathcart would
be a candidate, but after there were current ru-
mors to that effect. While my miad was thus
undecided, the conversation. with Mr. Powell oc-
curred. He had heard the reports that Mr.
Cathcart would be a candidate. [expressed the
desire to know whether or not the reports were
true; and it was suggested between us that Mr,
Powell. write and ascertain. My sole object was
that I might have the truth before my mind in

occurred to me that anything more would be |
written, than:a simple inquiry as to the truth of
the repcrts.. That Mr,.. Powell had.o different
understanding I have not a doubt. ,while [ de
know that such a construction was wholly for-
eidn-to my intentions. Hence my letter of the
6th inst. to you.. My. first. impression, was. that
some person had maliciously misinformed you ;
and heneeJ made a positive denial of the state-
ment, for I was not conscious, then, nor am I
now conscious, of having given authority for the
statement. The inference drawn by Mr. Powell |
from my language must have arisen from the
uncertainty I felt in regard to the matter.

I trust this may be accepted as a full explana-
tion. I make no charge upon any one. I do
not. believe any one has intentionally done
wrong. T believe all have acted in good faith,—
It is simply a ‘misunderstanding. There “e us

L remain very traly yours, :
ASPER PACKARD.

We add our regrets with these of the
Certainly it isthe most singular

standing that ever fell under our notice —
The one affirms not less strongly than the
other denies the declination ; and being a
very simple matter of “yes,” or “no,” it is

_| difficult te see how doubtful er ambigueus

aaa = have been used, or misun-

af the Convention, on. she 23d of May, MP
$ ‘Powell, very properly, had written a uum-
| ber of letters to‘parties.in different part of
ithe District, at the General's: solicitation,
for the purpose of advancing his interests .
had several interviews on the 23d to canvass
the prospects ; mentioned a report that Mr.

Cathcart had half-way agreed to: be a can~
didate, whereupon the General, takes. the
matter under advisement, and ‘at a subse-
quent canvass, the next day the matter was
decided, and the-lettcr to Mr. C. written,
inquiring as to the truth of the rumer,” in
the hope it.was true, assuring hin of . the
immense satisfaction it would give “Gen.

Packard and myself,” that the former, had
authorized him to say he had noaspiratiens
in that event, that no one would contest,

and. finally, that he would: be nominated
by acclamation. A most flatterin ape
and emphatic.letter, certainly: On “Tues-

_ letter, consenting to run. The General
makes another of bis frequent calls, says he|

cencluded to “ go in.”
tance, and the General “says but little a-

close-mouthed,. and makes no mention - ei-

|C’s reply. Nine days thereafter the En-
TERPRISE Announced the declination. The
| General flanks » Mr: Powell by a total de-

i nial of his authority, erthat he had ‘ever:

Li an aspirant.until. be knew: that -Mr.

» was inthe. field. Mr. Powell..te-afirms’

jthe converse of both. ‘positions—that. the |

ey and that neither
8. |idea that Mr. Catheart would respe

{that none buta Philadelphia lawyer, seem-

‘| instance of the. known, flexibility and many- ‘

emphatic terms” totender his~ At a aad
as_a bonus.to indtice Mr. Ci to take. the
the most remote
nd : affir-
matively— in which event they could take

large. margin of-eredit in- the» éanvass.
Here was a muddle indeed—a snarled skein

ingly could disentangle—a mest provoking

sidedness of the King’s English. For a
better understanding of the whale case we
refer tothe re-publication of our article of
last week in another part ef this paper.

“It gives us much pleasure to lay before
our readers the exegetical letter above giv-
en and to agree with the General that. it
were better to let the misunderstanding):
rest. One thing is certain, the General is |
| again afield and if nominated will be most |
heartily supperted.

o@-0

THE CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES.—It
seems that the office «f Congressman in
this District is not likely te become vacant
) from want of aspirants. In White county,
there are three applicants for Congression-
al honors—Hon. Anson Wolcott, now Sen-
ator, and reputed to be a very able man’
Judge Test, formerly Secretary of State, a
popular man, whose prominent position in |
the old. Whig and 1.ew Republican party iS
well. known to our readers—was formerly
a law partner of Gov. Morton, and proba~
bly noman in the district is better qualified
for the position, while, atthe same time,
his numerous friends claim that the south-
ern portion of the district is fairly entitled
to the candidate—has, too, a brilliant mil-
itary record, having “gene for” Morgan and
his raiders during the “cruel war’ that tried
men’s soulg.onthe Ohio border of Indiana’
the third candidate is Sanford C. Cax,
Esq:, who has beon a long time in public
life, dating ‘back to the year 1844. From |
Fulton County, we have Col. K. G. Shry-
ock, and 8. Keith,-Esgq. Of the latter gen"
tleman, we have no definite information,
Col. Shryeck i is an able man, and very well
known throughout the. district... Porter

till next

| district for. month-and more; and “whose

and authority. Believing that he Geserved

“A Washington correspondent. uporis
that the health of Senator Morton con-
tinues to.fail;and that,he ' will probably
be obliged to take a rest. We are ex-
ceedingly sorry to hear it. Thisisa most
important time, and. Congress needs the
counsels ¢ ts. Wisest men. “It is no flat-
tery to sy, that for sound judgment and
comprehensive statesmanship, Mr. Mor-
ton has no-superior in either house. Al-{
ways radical, yet always avoiding danger-
ous extremes, he commands, in a pre-em-
inent degree, the confidence of his peers.
To lose him fromthe Senate chamber at
this time will be a public calamity.—

Chagago Journal.

The Surratt: cal. a cai decent
Monday, | I vernment hot
being ready to. “proce —~

From the “Enterprise” of Friday, June 12th,

The Alleged Declination of Gen-
ee Packard,
¥% —
In the Enterprise of last week was an ar.

ticle complimenting Gen. Packard and Dr.
Everts, whose ‘names had been favorably |
méntioned as candidates for nomination to
Congress i in this District ; and having omit-
ted, in our issue of May 29th, to state in
our remarks upen the withdrawal ef Dr.
Everts that the General was equally de-~
serving, we endeayored to make amends
for our seeming, though unintentional ap
tility. ~ We said :

pcre ote ciate “Simple ‘Justice requires us
te-state that General Packarp, of LaPorte,
who had. quite thoroughly canvassed the

prospects were barely second to. those of
any other candidate for nomination, bad au-

sideration of the submission “OF Mr. CatH- |
‘CART’s name for that positien.”........

“We never ‘had a shade of suspicion ; as to
the truth of our statement. . Our informa-
tion was derived througb.a myst intimate,

tohave it from bis (the General’s) own lips

of me as they will.”

thoritatively declined torun, for and in con- |
‘when the “emphatic terms”
were fresh in his memory, we submit the

| strongest and most available. “man,

determining my own future course ; and it never } ;

county presents but one candidate, Hon.
Aaron Gurney, Register in Bankruptcy, an
able Counsellor at Law and Editer of the
Santiaeh anne and sine tl Mr. G: is

rats weld bi need. one of their strongest. men
} to meet hint upon the HRP LaPorte

ard a Lon, Ch. W. Catheart. The Gin.
has the-prestige of popularity, and was re-
warded after his return from the field
with the nice and comfortable effice of
County Auditor—a fat berth worth $4,000
ayear, that hastwo more yearstorun. He

was earliest in tlie field, and has many ard-
ent, working friends, who.believe him to
have the inside track. Mr. Catheart isa
candidate through solicitations of many of
the most prominent Republicans in the
District, also has,like two of his most form-
dable competitors, a scintillating military |
record, having gallantly defended from the |
tomahawk and scalping knie, the women
and children of our then frontier. settle-
ments in the West, during the Black Hawk
war, and. ef the three warriors itis hard to
say which can relate most ‘“ hairbreadth
‘scapes, and moving accidents by flood and
field; but as Mr. C’s merits have been ‘pre~
viously mentioned, there needs no further
notice ‘at present. It is the duty ef the
nominating Convention to nominate their
Let |
us do _ this, and when we meet. the enemy
they will be, ours. i

—The contest. will be between J ud geC.
H. Test and oneof thetwo candidates from.
this county, judging from present indica”
tions.

AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE.—The
Indiana State Sentinel says'that the Mich-

igan City Lnterprise intimates: that’ Gur
ney, of Valparaiso, will run oman ‘ Inde-
pendent Ticket’. af -he is beaten at the
Republican Convention of this: District:
If that man Guroey does such a thing he
ought to be politically damaed and we
should certainly prefer to: give him xa
chance-to run on an ‘independent ticket’
than to be-nominated-as the choice-of the
Republicans of the 11th District, in such
acase. Not having a-copy of the Enter:

what it is worth: —Mishawaka Enter) “prise:
The Michigan City ENTERPRISE inti-
mated no such thing.

Congress in the Ninth District, on Wed-
nesday last, at Winchester.

Hon, D. D. Pratt, of Logansport, is the
nominee tor Congress,. in. the Lighth. Dist:
rict.
cans ip the State,

: ciating the “advantage of having LaPorte

| Sap basst seis in our amet,» in the Dis-

eral made hismark with the Boys in Blue, |.

is also a fluent speaker and good debater ; |

day’s Michigan City Znterprise, that Gen-

-from the Congressional race, is a mistake,

| his denial, remove “erroneous impressions”

prise at hand, we give this statement for

Nominations.—J daze Rob't Lowry, et
Fort Wayne, received the nomination. for

variably fed for the last two weeks.
He.is.ene of the mest able _—

Judge Charles H. _Test is peomiltntts ae

to the stung .

day the 26th, Mr. Powell receives Mr. C's:

has viewed the field, counted the cost, and.
Whereupon, Pow.
ell shows him Mr Cathcart’s letter of accep-
| bout it.” Meantime, the Union & Herald 1s

ther of the Powell-Packard letter or of Mr-

named in connection with the nomina-
‘tion for Congress i in place ef Colfax, in
the Eleventh. District. The Judge has
been: many years in public life—was co-
temporary with ‘Hon. Caleb B. Smith,
Hon. Oliver H. ‘Smith, Hon. Samuel
Parker, and others of the old guard—was
a member of the Philadelphia convention
and aided in the construction of the first

‘platform upen which the Repablican
‘party was organized, -

eo

“Five thousand’ Evansvillians congrega-
ted'on the river bank, Sunday, to see a
man “walk the water in a pair of wooden
shoes,” according to an advertised pro-
gramme. The man went down stream
gaily, having two canoes lashed together,
in each of which -herested~ one of his
pedals.

“The award ot the éoritfact for carrying
the overland mails to “California was to
Carleton’ Spaida; of Chicago, and Nat, of
the California Stage Company. The rate
being one thovgand ‘dollars per day, and
the length of the Jine ‘ten: hundred ’ and
ninety-five" ‘miles? ~ °°

Indiana bas. one-hundred and sinnt
lodges of Good Templars, with. an aggre-
gate membership of 18,117... According:
to. population, the Hoosier State bears off
the palm in the North,.and. Kentucky. is

a authorized by. him. (the: General) to tender

asfan honorable man honorable mention |
for" laying his young and protnising ambi-
tion as @ self-sacrifice for the benefit of Re-
publican principles and their greater suc:

| him te the best of our poor ability, appre-

County a unit forthe nomination of the

Spi = 8 oe = : 1% a

weatsiticut were soon made. A correspon~
dent of the Chicage Tribune, “ O. H. B,”
writing from LaPorte, June 8th, and repre.
senting the General, with commendable

morality, the virtnes.and.the. integrity of
the young and vigoroueRepublican party,”
commences by saying::

“The announcement made in last -Fri-

‘eral Packard of this place -had withdrawn

though doubtless made in good faith by
the editor of that journal. The General
is on the track,” &c.

And in this week’s Vidette and Republic
Brother GuRNEY writes : :

_“‘ Has not Deciinep.—....we have re-
eeived a letter from the General, and we
are authorized to say that Gen. Packard, of
LaPerte County, has not declined the no-
mination for Congress, from this District.
The statement in the Michigan City Enter-

prise to that effect had no authority frem
Gen. Packard, and was simply a mistake.”

Doubtless all ‘ether Republican papers in
the District received from him a similar
denial. We alse received a letter, on last
| Monday, " “whic: we publish. in full, in or-
der to give the General the full. benefit af

and render him-the justice which he de-
mands at-our hands:

cess.in veteran hands, we complimented |

the flattering testimonial Lad" received frem }
ft Bs ard, ad. hinaself,. = (ainsi Aen
tiveG It a0 CUad iF Ye j
can, if y proper, chain ‘this to Messrs. Hie.

zeal, as embodying “the enthusiasm, the }

{ (Signed)

festly irreconcileable statements of M »
Packard and Powell, we wrote.to Mr, (

cart, in part, y ie 2 a copy of the let>
ter writte ir. cee or oe a
He compligt tt
requested is now befere us.

which we take the puberty. gf making an
| extract or two, he writes:-—

--““It would be most disagreeable to
find. ‘any unpleasantness growing up about
this nemination. My object in acceding
Pte the wishes of my friends was for the
promotion of harmeny; and I-sheuld be

| very much pained te see discord produced |

instead.”

formal reply.to your inquiry. You will
perceive that you were fully authorized by
the facts of the case in the publication of
the article of last week. I do not send
you the accompanying for publication un-
less circumstances which I cannot now an-
ticipate, should make it necessary for your
own justification—for myself I would soon-
er sink out of sight at once and forever,
than be. the occasion of unkind feelings
heing engendered. in our party.”

“ What I have done since the firing up-
on our country’s flag by my former politi-
cal associates has “been the result.ef my
sense of duty....and no man lives who
can say that I have breathed an-aspiration
for any office, legislative, civil or judicial.
I have been placed in my presext position.
by perhaps too fond and partial friends—
with them rest the ‘Aeon ; set them dispose

With the above remarks, and making
mere mention of the fact that the letter of
Mr. Powell was written on the 25th ult, on
Sunday, and immediately after the last’ of
a series of interviews with the General,

letters referred to; to.our readers, regretting

Westvitix, Ind., June 8, 1868.
Dear Srr : :

the Union Republican Party for Congress.

In reply, permit me to say that I so construed
a letter which I_reeeived from Mr. Pewell, editor
of the LaPorte ‘Union and Herald,’ a copy of
which you will find herewith..

You will perceive that this letter of Mr. P.'s
was written BEFORE my letter. te yourself and
others, which you saw proper to publish, and I

Pts a ‘Priva
note, not designed for publication, ‘but from |

“Accompanying, you. will find s more |

“authorized” |

that the letter to us, from Gen. Packard: |

compels us, in pure self-defence, to dose ::
| confidential friend of the General, claiming ;

I have received yours of to-day enquiring as to [
the truth of the rumor that Gen. Packard had |.

| expressed a preference*for me as the candidate of |

\

must acknowledge that it had its influence upon
my taind in writing’ as idid.. Bhere was nothips |
-in Mr. P.'s letter debarring me from gneaine of

gins and verts, , and the other gentiemen who-
united with you in the letter to which | respone-_
- and which you published.
Yours, truly, © j
Cu. We Casncarr,

THos. JERNEGAN, Esq.

Union & HERALD Orricr,
LaPorte, Ind., May 25, 1868.

Frienp CavucarT—DE£AR SIR:

It kas been understood, up to last Saturday,
| that you would not under any circumstances be
a candidate for Congress, and with that~ under-

about for some out: else to nominate.

consented to: do so, if desired... [f such report be
of: satisfaction to:the party-alb over the District,

tion.
District, .wowld eontest for
against. you. Gen. Paekard, who has been favor-
ably mentioned in tbis connection, has author-
ized me to say that he has no aspirations in this
direction if yeu will consent to submit to the
nomination.

true, so that we can ‘knew what to do. No mem-
bers of the party would be better pleased with
this arrangement than Gen. Packard and. myself,
and in the hope that it is true that you will al-
low-your name to be thus used. If, however,
you do not consent to allow your name. to be
placed before the Convention for nomination,
Gen. Packard probably will permit his to be thus
used. . Will you please write me.at your earliest
convenience (private) whether the report circu-
lated on our streets Saturday is true # And if
you desire, | would make a passing. notice of
your, determination in the ‘ Union and_ Herald ;'
or, if you should decline to be a candidate, you
could ‘drop a note for publication to that effect-

Very truly: yours,
C. G. Powe...

LaPorte, Ind, June 6th, 1868.

“Thomas JERNEGAN, Ksq.

~-D'r Str:—The "Enterprise of yester-
day has just reached me, containing the
wholly unexpected announcement that I
had declined:to bea candidate for Congress.
Having never. authorized a statement of
this kind, I am at aloss to know why you
should make such a publication ; and I
have-to request that yeu will-give me your,
authority for the statements contaibed’ in
the article in question. From.the time. |
first knew got Mr, Cathcart, would. be..a
candidate, I had no thought of declining,
and hence could not have given the slight-
est intimation of the kind to any one. In
fact; I‘-bad: not finally determined to be a
candidate untilefter it was rumored: here
that Mr..C. would be.
..-My consent. te bea candidate. was

assurances which.came to me unexpected-
ty, without solicitation, and without any
previous knowledge on my part of the
movements of my friends. “When the men
who have thussurged me te bea candidate,
and who have received my promise to that
effect, shall ask me to. decline, I will dose
—not before ;.and this.is.what I have, in-

I trast you will do me the justice to cor-
rect, so far as is possible, the erroneous im-
pression preduced by your article.

T am very res ectfully yours,
“Paspitt PACKARD.

We replied to the above letter by refer-
ring the General tor. G. Powell, Esq. of
the LaPorte Union & Herald, as the per-
son originating the report, so ‘far at least
as I was then able from my information to
state; saying, further, that I had also writ-
ten to: Mr: Powell,and would, upon receipt
of his reply; make such reference. to® the
matter as to do justice to all. concerned.—
To do this, without.inj ustice:to any, is the
purpese of the present article.

Mr. Powell responded fully and frankly,
admitting that he had written to Mr. Cath-
cart in behalf of himself and Gen. Packard,
assuring Mr. C. that the General would not.

<

would. consent te run...

us with: ‘a-eall. We stated to him that: Wwe
had réccived Mr. Pawell’s reply te our let-
ter ef inquiry, and that its tenor would not
authorize us to modify the substance of our
statement. In reply to a question from us
he said that he had no ‘doubt: whatever.
that Mr. Powell considered himself fully:

his (the. General’sy. declination ; »but in that:
connection, he also stated that he did- not.
mean: to be so understuod ; ‘that he should
have written the letter‘himself} and, had

he done so, would “have*simply ‘inquired |
of: Mr--Cathcart whether he: was candi-

the banner. state. of the. south, retas 1 ups
wards of ove hundred lodges. : :

given upon the, strength of letters...and |

be a candidate in ease he. OR athsaety

On the next. day..@en. Packard y ae

‘date. For our own i de to throw

standing the Republicans have been. casting q
On Satur- |
day last it was reported on the streets that you |
would make the race—that. you. had virtually |

tiue. I any sure it will give the greatest amount |
and the nomination would be made_by acclama- |

No mar i this County, and I thmk in the |
the nomination |

#e I write you frankly to Know if this report be }

"ai?