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

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. 7th, 1893.
MessrS. Editors I'VE did not propose to
further notice your intinerant, If not ubiqui-
tous, correspondent, II. B., especially the
bitter invective of his rejoinder to our former
communication in which we took occasion
to correct some of his erroneous statements
and unjust reflections, of Aug. 9Th, but as
he has thought best to repeat them with In
creased vehemence and wrath under date al
Aug. 2sth, we deem it duty TO the public,
as well as to the Department and ourselves
to offer few reflections in reply. Yet, his
pretended quotations from our remarks, the
implied threat Of official decapitati0n, the
decided aptness Of his SCriptural references
Ito say nothing Of the unwritten Eleventh
Commandment" in the violation of which,
however, no one seems to indulge more free.
ly than himself---all Of these things so COM
pletely Overwheim us that we tremblo at
the outset lest we fail TO convince our skep-
teal and suspicious friend Of his errors In
his bitter blindness he seems to progress
from bad 10 worse. inasmuch that our for
mer belief in the real existence ''of that par
ticular letter. has been considerably shaken,
if indeed, it be not entirely Obliterated. Lit
tie did we suppose, Messrs. Editors, that our
former effort TO correct his erroneous state
ments and refute his gracious inuendoes
against his superiOrs--now so apparent
would be the innocent cause Of stirring up
and turning loose upon the quiet precincts
of your respectable and intelligent readers
and the defenceless heads Of the Post Office
officials, such nest Of spiteful vipers, and
as the gravity Of the case seems to demand an
apology for this unexpected result, we here
with publicly disclaim any evil intent upon
the domestic tranquility of their innocent
homes and humbly beg their gracious par
don, so far as we are concerned, if in any
degree their equilibrium" has been wanton-
ly disturbed, promising not again to interfere
with the pre-empted and pleasurable bust
ness Of "H. b." in his futile efforts to ira
duce his supcriors in the persons Of the
Post Office Officials, ''or any other man -
for since the unconscious betrayal Of his
own identity as TO composition, that were a
work Of supererOgation in any intelligent
and decent community.
He pOmpously and with undisguised dis
dain exclaims: eff the gentleman would
look a little closer into the HISTORY Of the
Post Office Department he would find
there had been other orders Of TIE saze kind
ISSUED betsrseH the time Of hey and Gresham .
Italics our.l We know nothing Of and
care less for 1.-THE history Of the p. O. De
partment, as conceived by such writers as
H. B., or by the various lottery swindlers
who may desire 10 unlawfully use the U. s.
mails TO further their schemes in deluding
the gullible and simple into enabling them
to Ostentstiously ''give away S250. 10000
monthly s!P' But verbal information from
the records Of the Post Office Department,
kept by faithful public servants, was our
guide when we said in our former cOmmu-
nication that no such order had been issued
between the time Of Key and Gresham, .
the correctness OF which statement, notwith-
standing the vehement rciteration Of II. B.,
TO the contrary, dOubly appears by the fol-
lowing official declaration.