Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-11-16


n, ne E}itar u ~ ~. htfpeaden,
| regret exceedingly that feel con.
strained TO continue tle bo0ilcss c,,.
troyorsy with the Port Tebieco Tsue,
but Justice to truth anI further vnsl.
cation If pysel and the manager Of Nh.
paper, lmpel me to the uupleanant do.
~
Tie Times 10 It's last issue. in irwin
Il, authority for its false charges sav.
derived ii. information that was the IN.
thor of the Objectionable article from n.
clerk at the Centennial Hotel who ke,r5
me say that | was writing "a piece f.r
Mr. posey' Now tic young pentle.
mau III question grossmisiuterpr, tai
my expression aud meaning did h.
say that was writing piece q,
Nr p but hurried out Of the room d
marking that | was bnsiy engaged IN
doing some writing" for Mr.. r having
alusion to the copying Of new mai.
book for the office, aud having At ii.
same moment in my pocket the obnovei.
Gus article Of which Mr.. p. was entiral,
ignorant will here further state that
have never written an article tor Mr. p
except couple Of trifes il the shane il
communications Oh local subjects
And so the bottom drops out Of ano,ho,
Of their filthy tubs Of misrepresentation
III this connection wou'drenarli that =.
the character Of iutormcr has been IVA,
regarded as despicable, being (commonl,
linked with the still more odions one 4
spg. it hehoovcs all who, in any wav
tender information, to be very careful
lest il prove unfounded and involve them.
selves and others in trouble and confn.
SION. | would not be here understood
as impugning either the honor or veraei.
ty Of the young man who uuguardedly
furnished this erroneous information
! He simply misunderstood my remark
whit he meaning attached thereto.
would not deem it necessary to allude Sc
fully to this matter except that the yer.
sion as given the editors Of the Tmcs
furnished them the peg upon which Il
hang the SANDER thar | had been hired,
to DO dirty work"
would here let the matter rest in.
deed, had concluded to say no more
upon this improbable subject; bur since
the Times, even after my very mud and
courteous reply to its first vicious and
unmanly attcck upon my personal char.
acter, and without further alleged pro.
vocation, has thought fit to make me tho
victim Of second display IF is yindic.
tircness, | feel'that it would be meanlv
submissive to forebear longer. Befor.
proceeding to analyze some Of tbei,
propositions, will confess. as tbesa
grateful editors state, that have spoken
a terms Of praise Of their paper. moi
with disgusting tiattery" as they con.
temptuously and falsely say, nor. We,
N bar-roons" alone, as they slurringlv
charge but in all places, in private cir.
Giles, and among all classes, it has heen
my pleasure to beSpeak, in honest terms
the merits Of the Times. and to com
N nd the ability, both literary and 20.
lltIcaI with which ii has been CONDUCTED
But Of late, sad change has come DER
the spirit Of is dean. In politics II
has recently been wiring in and w!r;nr
OUT IN personal discussion, ii has de-
generated into veritable mud machine
Its late conduct, in point Of yitupcra
ton, has suggested the following cou.
parison. THE Chinese have a mos
peculiar and singular way of maxi.
war. Whom driven 70 extrenttles -
their adyersaries, they suddenly nbdtbe
air with the sound of horrid gongs, |
while simultaneously are hurrd among |
the enemy myriads Of f9dI smelling
missiles called stink pots This filthy |
method has been found very ethcacious,
that what could not be accomplished by SO
ordinary means, has been Usually effected
by noise and stencil Our maguaClmouS /
editors seem much cuamorcd of this f
aromatic mode in disrutation, as was
more fully proven by taer having hurl
ed another Of those Vi missiles at me
last week. after | hal mcekly, though
djsgusledy retired from the contest
But as all the yil!anous ojor las blown
away, ! propose a renewal Of this war
5f words, oui y 10 briefly call attention
70 some Of their inedngruons assertions,
and to prove by their own words the ia
consistency with which bad charged
them, mean tbeir natural inconsistent
ey, In their first piece Of ribalIry
against me, they pronounced nv yery
humble little sqaib, So called. to b
"drvcl Driyel is the slarormg talk
of fool Now | simply wish toask
what manner Of men they arc who could
have been driYen inta ,ncb ! ,rov,s,,
Of rage aad the grosscst improprietics If
speech by the vapid utterances If an
IDIOT? Either it was Mt dliyel or tboy
WHO raycd and swore Al it, are pitubc
driyellors themselves. In proof That
they knew it was not drveI. for know
them to be ncn Of intelligence ana dis
ceramcat, ! have only to point "a tbo