Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-09-13

until The order or Postmaster (;sneraI fsreel.,,
FeVisInw that Of Ex-Poesmasier General Kew
has been received, and IN rsp!y yor are In
formed that The records OF the Dermrfuopns AZ
~ sAoir thsf cry ordT o. ne saises sras issas
Sef~esn these above mentioned.
Very respectfully.
C. u WAGErR, Chief Clerk p
This We deem reasonably and conclusive
" sufficient to satisfy the mos skrpfical.
except, perhaps H. b., If the erToneon<ness
OF his statement when he 20 tFIumphanslv
declares o. d repeats thai several times dli-
ring the last twoyears has such orders been
issued &c. Equally true, also, are ais
other Nominations Of malevolrnt stuff, which
we shall not notice IN detail. only 20 sav
that while they - clearly portray de quail
~ ana true inwardness Of the querIIl0ls
author, they, az the same time, fke unto
some other and similar kinds Of venom.
inckIly convey their Own antidoae. Shanld
We, however, choose to reply in kind
10 ms wrathful eHusions, the mildest treat-
nlent MS case would seem 10 admit, would
De, that inasmuch as he regards "prevarica-
blunt people and smaller sized saints ike
ii. b., would call il LYING and srrAI.rxe,l
IS The chief qualifications for an efficies,t
Post Once Official. and as he has rasaed ~
prominently successful the test on the
former, as officially shown above. there can
be no reasonable doubt Of his aptitude Ia
satisfactorily excel in the latter. after 4 few.
careful lessons by the present radical
thiey>s.' SO come along Fl. B. we will ehe.r-
fully yield 20 YoU -'the cake and an ample If
not last chance II acquiring easy and sud-
aen riches without embarking In the les
credItable business Of lottery swindling
which IN most respectable communities. IN
Guiding "old Sc. Mays and by nearly
every State Of the Union, rs well as BY Con-
grcsslonai enactment, haslong since been out
lawed and by them as by the Postmaster
General, declared fraudulent and deceD-
tive %
And further on this line, Messrs. Filters
should we incline to pursue it, we might re-
mark that had we have been POSSESSED az
the slightest degree Of foreknowIedge ami
had exercised prudent regard for the figu-
Tatlve and apt Injunction found in Matt.
vH--6---so well illustrated in this case---we
would have made no reference az all 10 the
Sacred Writings" ia our advice to III. b..
however appropriate and necessary the one
we did make now appears to have been,
unless It We're TO have commended 70 him
the two worthy examples Of old, MS recorded
in Second Samuel, xvIT-23, and Matt. XVII
--5 And after reading the above official
declaration Of his unreliableness. il will not
DO too late, even then, for him TO initiate
these commendabls examples Of self sacri-
fee for the public good.
In final conclusion with this matter.
Messrs. Editors, we viii again repeat what
we are persuaded the most if not All of your
many intelligent readers already believe. ex-
cept II. b., should he be numbered in that
class, that the opening Of letters by the Post
Office Officials here, Is done in accordance
with the provisions of law, and if it has or
should come to the KNOWLEDGE of H. B.
that any letter or other mail package has
been otherwise intentionally opened. de-
stroyed or unnecessarily delayed or detained.
he will receive the earnest corporation Of
the Department in bringing the guilty par
ties to swift and merited iustice---only let
his evidence be based upon facts, and not on
the idle tancies of q diseased and convent
ent Imagination ZS-R