St. Mary's beacon., 1859-03-24
FrO0, Hie Port TJ1dsco Times.
Reply Of Juvenis to Ssnex.

I compelled Us - omit the introductory para
graphs in the reply Of Juycnis ~ Senex, which
are chiefly historical. We have eudeayoured
to select such portions OF the ''reply." as wonid
e-ablc our readers to form an intelligent opin-
Am Of the merits of the controversy between
Juycais and Senex
You detected a fatal error in my manUu-
veriEg, where 50 far exposed oue branch Of
my army rs = assert that YOU had written a
history nf the Mexican war. There is a figure
which allows Us to put pat for the whole
but am not disposed to avail myself of
this defence, and do from necessity admit,
what 5 but too palpAhle to all, that, owing
10 my false movements you have by sin
: .:ic fire shot away ono os my entire regiments;
aLi IN this you have FAR surpl-se! tie most
>kiiiii practice o! the French at Waterloo :
/ / will cudcaYur - manccuyrc more cautiously
and skdfully for tho future The sic, ,tipn
Of ruler Ter the popular sovereignty of
! Persia, through the uci.hiug OF a horse pro
duced by fTauli i made 10 occupy con-
| spicIOus place in the communication of Our
! venerable correspondent and he thinks this
important event cxertoi no little influence
in directing tl;c dcstinics Of man. i have
! 10 doubt 1t cxertcd fatal influence upon
ttlE AlcSlllltFS Va tISahlS anu tllt CbtIt
itself, t.r,.ush contcm ptihc aud degrading
in its character, would furnish a most APP
propriate caption to a learned. eloquent and
Instructive treatise Oh popular spvcreigatv.
II gave the aSccndemcy tD the genius of the
horse. - lar, at least, as the Persian empire
. was concerned, until thIs genius was arrested
ht tie glorious victory at Marathon. In
the maintenance Of dcspotjsin there and Else
where, tie horse has always oeen most
efficient instrument aud in the lar-er por-
ton uf IL" words progress has exercised the
grand prcro@ttsvc of popular sovereignty
Iu! Marathon first taught him his appTupri-
ate Place AMI p'croGativcs.
Among the decisive events of the world
the di-cm.nweiIng combat of C,lnucl Cricket
with the grizzly hu'IS 4 Conspicuous place
in this communication. Some persons
strangely blend the Sublime and the rid:ru.
lous, of which this is a signal examplc-likC
that Of Darius aud hls popular sovereignty
; stallion. A iavUntC remark Of the great
Napoleon was that there was but n stcI
: from the subirn" to the ridiculous. iii,
iJriner Is the offspring Of genius and the latter
"t a." npprit" oi genius and wncn n minG
pruuilscunusly juu:hlcs tine two together i an
unable to determine either il; location OF
quality. | must confess, that my genius j,
how combat between man AMI 4 grizzly ;
r attended with the s".c result Of the KILN.
aud eating ui one ur other. could be cIasse.
with those sublime, moment Us and dccisiv,
battles which are brought ont by the decree,
Of Divine Providence. and which have s.
far directed tine dcsInics of the human rae,
aS 10 give to Is our peculiar, humanizins
and christian civilization Of this nineteenth
,, Ccntury.
You arc pleased. venerable sir. 10 use IN,
following language in reference to the oxcr
~ "Phlrdun's lean kline = The solution l.
. this. Il not uufrcIucutly happens, OWN.
- the ran ot ACrrmgs, that carts from
, dIs;alC" lave t. wait several davS at I'll.
laEiugS L.inrc tl"v can hc supplied, am
oar widc-awakc, experienced citizens are t.,
shrcwa t. drive their fine sleek cattle up I,
Charles county for fear they rni.ht bc driver
OFF in the darkness Of the night ard unScru
pulously manufactured into beef. or else o
losing tl.er fat and iiuclv-roundc,l proper
tlons for want Of proper aud sufficient nour
ishnent durin" the s,I"uru.' Aud again. il
IN reference 20 the oyster mCat-lpusr. yol
are pleased . ':Sc this yraye and most weight,
language: ''Nuw. sir, have known citi
I zem> OF y"ur county, when askin., shelter il
the beautiful harbnrS Of the mother comfy
10 Leave their vessels, ever during the rag
ing Of the elements and the pre- cInmiDcnc
: Of Ligh tries. driven, i>uppr>e. ty the cond,
tion If the llrdyr On ship board. tu % !,
quest Of oysters. When the tides were low
they picked up rayeuouslv, and when the,
were nigh, they seemed to be pretty wei
provided with great bnnchcs of KEYS rcscm
= bling very much the shape and general for
I nation Of our oyster tougs. Friend Jnvenis
| what kind of people are those vou ly
2 amongst. who sCrup,c not to enter the meat
house Of 4 ncighbnr unsolicited and a1aius
, the pcacc, quiet aud good government o
the State. | would warn my friend 10 /.
. very particular hereafter how he and hi
/ friends behave, should they ever revisit on
waters. lest they might be apprchcnde,i. tri
, cd and convicted Of very naughty offence
Apart from the fact, that fIr tEcsc oxen q
, the lean kline provisions were brought from
| home in the shape Of few punches uf I'D
/ der, and that the moihcr IMPOVERISHED then
against tine dictates Of reason and cornmo,
I sense before she could trust them anon,
4 her children, AMI that the oyster meat-hous
was public property, common alike 10 al
= the members OF the family, these passage
c cnntlIn most foul and slauicrcus impu,ation
. which, II untrue, might subject the author I,
heavy damages in suit for SANDER. and i
true, bv commission and conviction woul,
/, SUBJECT the younger hrethcrcu 10 the scvere>
penalties. bringing disgrace upon all. old an,
, Young. Charlie is the daughter and but th.
4, cu.oa!.. o:.sprlng of oIr beloved and ycEerabl
mother ;. Mar! and nothing is more full,
, ssttld by all experience llstorica
aud natural, than that traits oE c.,tracte
r individually aud nationally. are the olf,prin.
oi training ana particularly oi maternal tram
ttfs.s ts4f Z
SUPREMACY 10 Particular aa, 1T perior race. en-
aoIel that race II send cat colonies 10 distant an,
different lands, carrying with them the nob,
traits OftC mother couulry traits Of pa.rio
'SIa, energy, .-.cgrlty and love uf learning. ana
not 81 !niulcnce, poverty AMI crime. Tn,
gluTioIs and decisive battle Of Marathon cav,
the .'sSend"ucy to freedom anI enabled ii.