Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-09-16

the 1ote SiE-, NO. togl "A HaNteF-A-
tale." would (not) return, " but in
aeeordand with usage Of great dramatic
stars who ADVERTISE two or three times
month = positively las: appearance.
/ he ha. ,sidercd the matter. and has
favored public with ''sono more last
words" THAT these last words are very
damagidslto has character as gentleman
and ch4lar he seems painfully conscious
and hseoull fam paliate gross and
very T4gar departure from the recognized
laws OF controversy By pleading as apollo
gy ,ba1.txle and spirit Of my last COM
!. .ero is nothing in that commu-
ncation that will Justify bis low vulgarl-
ty, which he would palm off as wit. and
personal abuse which he mistakes for ar
gn lis is not the keen and poll
i The yields cleaver, rocking
w!sa fTltf which some INTOXICATED eleve of
the sbambles has placed in his hands. In
his communication of the 18th August, TO
which my last was reply, he accused the
Board of School Commissioners, collec-
lively and individually, of an unwilling
ness to DO justice to teachers and that for
base aud very unworthy reasons. To sus-
tain that accusation, which have already
pronounced to be unjust, reckless and ca
luminous, be has not ad iuced the slight
est proof cr shadow of evidence, but re-
produces it, and further attributes our
action to a blind desire to cater to "the
popular will" do not believe that there
are half dozen unparalleled men within
the limits Of this county. who scriousl y
believe. that 1.-THE popular within 9TH
er words, that majority or even con-
siderable minority of our fellow-c!tizons
either require or would sanction injustice
to teachers, with view to subserve any
political combination whatever No t
nclines to different opinion. | think
more Justly of my fellow-men. lotwith-
standing that No As "own individual
opinion" is the result of, "based +" in fact,
as he assures US, on enlarged intercourse
with intellgcns gentlemen of the county.'
Intelligent gentlemen, indeed .--Shelved
politicians changers on Of dethroned
dynasty2 All No. 4, no. A.
Jacob thou art and unto Jacob thou
mist return.
, With his broadcast calumnics fresh in
their memories, the public will rate at
their proper valuo his horror of "person-
alites,' az we'll as his assertion, that sit
is more congenial to my nature to calum-
Mate honest mon than TO emulate their
exsmplc." In speaking thus, has lie ref
crence to what I said of himselfin my first
.ce,nmunieSsion where [ spoke Of him as a
gallant soldier, apt scholar and accom-
plished gentleman In SO writing, was
not conscious of uttcring SANDER against
him. If he thinks otherwise, | yield 10
his more correct knowledge of himself =
and though unwiilingly-most unrosery
cdIy-retract such declaration.
THE disregard of the law requiring
applicants for teachers certificates to be
examined in presence Of at least three
Commissioners, alluded to in his first card ,
and of which he had pleasing and pers9n-
al Anoplcdye, was not exactly the one,
it would seem, that he charged against
US. On the contrary. it was another
disregard" of which he had no personal
knowledge, and from which he derived no
| benefit at all, for, as tue tale runs, there
was no one present but the examiner at
the latter. The first disregard" was
xcusable-and it was his interest and cue
to be silent on the subject, but all others
are ''most tolerable and not to be endured. .
AS the gentleman had no proof of such
GlSttTdTu, uuG uCdIe1S ~ NttS ~ VIC
| lent presumption on my part that he spoke
of the one of which both he and myself had
personal acknowledgement that examina-
ton was in the presence Of two instead Of
three Commissioners. | believe yet that
the latter Cas the ''disregard' to which
he alluded and that the "others'' are at
ter thoughts. He did not foresce or
suspect that his accusation would be turn
ed again st himself. to his no littlc confu-
sion and disgrace. So much for the
length I have gone to deceive the pub
lic"-so much for my peryerslons of
truth foul SANDER &c.
There has no been no disregard of the
law in respect to books, &c, nor was the
amount of books delivered to teachers de-
Quoted from quarter salaries teachers
were held responsible for such books no
doubt-but no more was deducted from
their quarter salaries than they dehtcd
themselves with "as sold" No pupil
.ca, required to purchase or to pay for
rs. or books more than one dollar quar-
ter. Tie majority Of patrons elected to
nurchase-there is nothing in the law that
iphibits them from doing 50. OF ny es-
neeial hostility teachers. No. t has found
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