Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-06-29


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BasgEmoan. Juns 3sth, iss2.
MssuEs, Eaiaors The mneh talked cf-and
enthusiastically written ahoat Rsunion 81 Vet
srans has lraasPirsd and became thing q
Ghs past, nsvsV 90 Be repeated In this city. q
yoaF coss@posdsmt dssoutly pfaya % long a.
Ieasa, a hsh denizsn 81 tie Plaes. He
truss that - aps win b. led 70 misoonssrus
his feelings and IDEAS On thesuhieet and jane
|ao ne enAeaMainn thae helt an incnrahls 'sose
ksa8n. and irrseoneilahls rsbei, On aecoa4s o.
- vish - - ezprAssa. sSssh- D pel -
49, ~ VIA ~ ssnownss Lss ssrrsaasFsa
a Apponaasoz. - ID ha. snA shsnssasFth.
has seRnxde3 himself % most Thoroughly
whippsa, prossuIdly hnmblsd, impseunioasin
shs sKtEsEns and most inasnsesy loyal. From
The day and hOuE that thss clash ct arms
ceased. he has bsen anxious 70 bear Ne talk
| Of war and % Iea che pest DO ohliaegAasd frcm
memory BIZ the soothing influence Of time
But this desire has bssn denied hin and sew
eral tinss. during each year, f0r half Aga
Grafton o. %, mea % Soathsrn PEoehsllies
hare been patheaieAIly appealed co. bY Ex-
| Federal Soldiers and men Of eheig kidney %
shake hands Oysr1IBs bloody ehasan, % hary
! che Ratchet, smoke the pipe 0e peace and do
| divers olheF things . prove their willingness
| % ffaternixe and be excellent frienas oncs
more and forever. All Of this was we'll
enough Cor time or two, but the writer Of
this, has long ago become tired Of tbsper-
fOEmAnee and Is thoroughly determined 70 in
duige no moro in that particular way. A
constant repetition OF reeonciiiations implies
. want Of sincerity in such a. have been con-
eliminated and NOT without good cause, % lar
a. the average Yankee 10 concerned, for after
each decoration Of graves and eommingling
Of the gray and the blue, he almost inVaria-
bly, lapses into his old abusive and traacher-
Gus modes Of speaking and wriiieg sef South
eTn people. No, Messrs. Editors, for one,
don't stretch my arm over any more RorS
chasms-shall not engage In digging holes 70
bury hatchets in that might Be very useful, bat
have got 90 fond Of pipe smoking, not for the
signi6eance Of the thing, bat. Tor love Gift,
that destroy . half pound Of Tobacco each
week Of my life, and expect 70 contiaae the
habit, 40 long 40 can False the weed and
command strength enough to enginssr q very
modest pipe. We have high authority for
the assertion, ais 10 human TO err-dfvine 20
forgive" and all men who pFofesstobe Chris
tians muss recognize the force 81 the dietun,
and should live up 10 the obliga tiOns ilimposes.
But recognizing the Injunction 10 the full.
your correspondent, entertaining as he does.
the deepest reverence for tie great bilblicAf
character who illustrated the virtue Of pa
tience under severe trials, has very serious
doubts, IL that eminent gentleman had been a
law abiding citiZe3 STAKEHOLDER in the county
Of st. MaFy's, prior TO and during the late
war, and had witnessed the distraction Of al
Of his property by the result Of that conflict,
IN which he had no part or parcel from its in
cipiency 20 its end, and had bern present here
during several days Of the last wesk-had
witnessed the great amount Of utilization over
the very event that beggared him and his
very large family, il he could have been stead,
fast in his humility and reSignation-havei
stified every vengeful feeling at its birth, ut
tered no word Of impaiience or disgust, and
still survived the occasion. Now, il Job could.
hate done all these things, and demonstFa-
ton Of the fact could be made manifest, then
your correspondent would very ,ebeeTfully
own up 70 the fact that, job. wasa beitsE man
than Is he l. II. would seem best 10 LEI well
enough alone, TO lee the old wounds 20 on and
heal up, without lingering or this ever. Psett-
ring pouldcing and plasiering which some
are 20 fond Of doing. Time assuages many
gEiefs aud ailnenIs, but time. will hare no
quack doctors forcing themselves in 10 ad-i
minister their favOrits herbs and Patent nos
tr1ms.
The Court Of Appeals still reserves its opin-,
ion On the Tobacco Warehouse question and
S0mmeFville Is in possession Of his pristine
franchises, and awaits, with seeming -areat
eqaFhimity, the upshOt Of the diIEcuIty,-
The papers Of yesterday contained the opin-
lots Of the Judges on three mandamus cases,
two Of them being against. Mr., Heating, to
obtige him TO pay certain money voted by the
late Senate and HouSe; 10 reporters oftbe press.
while the third was prayed Cor to obligs the
Governor 10 send 90 The hill passed, with great
unAnimity By the late Assembly, In order that
Il may be put on record ~ one Of che laws.
which provided for an additional oyster polics
moop, Tor Che bsne6t Of Anne Arundel eour-
~. u must strike any mind, unlearned In
the nice intrieacies Of The law, that the opin.
ion Of Judge Miller, a. furnished by the preas.
draWsa very 6ne distinction betweeh tie
claims Of the Senate reporters and those Of
the HOUSE, for compensation. In the humble
opinion Of the writer, mary mothers son Of
EN- jS rigidly aud legally entitled to pay,
but he can possibly see how the Judges made
lish Of one and fowl Of the other. Its solid.
crystalized fact, that none Of them were off,
GERS Of either house, ard the mere difference
Of the phraseology Of the Senate order, could
give no intrinsic advantage over that of the
House, and rule one set Of reporters in and
the Others out. Beside this the word, ssu,is-
eellaneous" which Is in the appropriation 'b:Il
10 q sort Of mantle Of enough amplitude, ae-
cOrding 70 the ordinary meaning Of The word,
10 cover almost anyt thing that could be desired.
You have doubtless heard Of the adyice given
many years ago, By q certain waggish lawyer
rEv IN Of ~. L.
bothered very much by q neighbor's roguish
COW, TO the eject, that he should without de-
lay, get ont . writ Of 'alifagus." The poor
client, cOniessing his ignorance Of law terms,
asked what kind Of q writ the one mentioned
was. The wag, with look Of well feigned
SHrpFise, not unmixed with contempt for 40
ignorant client, answered by saying, ''what
SIR, don't you know yet what Q writ Of alifu-
gus lsf Why sir, Il swseps bell heaven and
The high snast at one svo0pT .Niseellaaeous,
70 the ordinary mind, sweeps almOat as Ear in
the air, the "a and on the earth, II not below
into his Satanic majestyis realms, 40 the sup
positilious writ Of alifagus, and the attempt
of Judge Miller 10 define and limit ia mean
ing, smaSis very much OF the ouixotic method
Of attacking . windmill with ali sail On in
flowing breeze. Don't be shocked ut tRsis
plain way Of speaking, and the implied pre-
sumption Of differing with such q man Is
Judge Miller, and do not imagine that the
whole court does not occupy . very high place
in the esteem Of the writer, but IL il h6fnan
to commit mistakes, and human for every
man 70 form an opinion, however efToneOns
IL may be when made up. The Judgment Of
the Court on the mandamus against Gov.
HsmiltOn, strikes your correspondent as .
very lucid and admirable one, holtomed on
good common sense and ordinary equity. 10
Il q great pity for he character and reputation