, 1865-12-29
Gallon AL0Gl-i.soI UAI1En,

0AnON ALOlr-~stLI IA LLIfn.9
EDIroR STArksnAx:-I perceive that .,you .bar
feg',led your readers with another sbeciiseu q
"pen write, from my friend, the a ahSuypoo6
scribbler.'r He appears to have laid aside hi
assumed role Of clown and adopted the NOR,
eongeniAl and natural one Of blactig1ard. H,
endeavorsto convict me of being as mean ant
dastardly as himself in writing over an assumed
name. The signature of ''MaaAkefr was useC
to avoid an ostentaleus display Of real name
but at the same time togive to "Gaion, Tor an,
other man, - no difhcufy in fixing the response
bility of the .asskersbfpa' Gallon needed not hi,
Splendid look" TO itehtify Manager" with a
" musty-fusty old Captain with whiskers s'in
the beastly Butler style, Butler wears no whis.
kers) and who has standing collar way oi
doing thiDgs."
Writhing under tue universal exeeration with
which his 6rst article was received by the pub.
lie, and nettled by the structures of iMauager -
IN his blind and impotent rage, he resorts to the
SCHOOL, boy practice Of calling names. "Fusty
musty old Captain,'' "Rekety old bachelor
rigid old purtan," puritan in a ball room
forsooth, ''msetabte old sinner, - fold fogy, =
and all that, glides from his.pen with perfect
loosness."
Go to! Gallon. Try to batter a monitor with
bird shot. Get your wife's bodkin and essay to
pierce the obdurate hide of the rhinoceros, then
you Will understand, perhaps, the folly oftrying
to disturb the equinimity Of your "fusty-rndsty
old Captain" with such puny weapons.
Your "beastly" allusion 10 the whiskers
Gallon, suggests another comparison, which
trust you will bear in mind g for he future. I"
Did you ever, 10 your researches in natural his
tory-I know you have, though-read or {" hear
tell " of certain reptile called the copperhead
not the political one-how - with poisonous
breath and Venomous fangs, bat withoh1 the
boldness to strike, it hides its vile carcass
among the dark shadows and hisses forth from
forked tongue its impotent aud baffled hate"
not unlike an anonymous scribbler," Gallon.
The supper appears to be Galoa's trump card,
or rather whole handful of tIumps. He gath
ers all the defermties of that eyentful occasion,
raw pig coffee and all, and hprls them in one
conglomerate mass at the devoted head of ''Man-
ager"
. As Manager" did not cook the supper or
make the coffee, it may have been his misfortune
and not his fault that small portion of the ed-
bles were underdone, and that the coffee was
bad. But about that coffee, must confess that
had soNbts about its being fit for a q respecta-
BILE hog 3D." to '' dip his snOut into, but Gallon
has completely Gissipated them. He tried it,
and pronounced verdict which am willing to
accept as conclusive on that point.
Gallon complains that did not particularize
in regard to those miSstatements of his. |
merely alluded to them because | did not wish
to occupy too much of your space with a matter
of "no sort of importance" He stated that
the attendance at the ball was meager, and that
there were not more than 80 persons present
More than 100 persons were in the room at one
time, and even so was a larger number than at
tended several of the good balls -, heretofore
riven by the fremen. 1t was far from being a
"cager attendance. Again he states that the
music might kaTe been better and that cham
n1gne lcider) extra was furnished for the occa-
s''1-pOSltiye misstatements both though in
led for Inuendos. No better article of cham
u..gue was eyeF brought to this market, and no
te, r music ever inspired the light fantastic
lJe in this community. la addition to these
ar 'Oid fogy'' enough to think that his
.maslng sketch contained remarks about tie
!" .tS dresses that no gentleman woald write.
Gallon says that the "rigid old puritan "
w0uld like to see him hung, &c.
Heis mistaken. Ihave no wish to anticipate
tie course fjustice, and am perfectly willing
to leave him to the contempt o; the community
which he has SO f,oishly drawa upon himself.
And now, Mr.. Editor, with rAany thanks for
your courtesy propose to take my leave OF
Gallon, and have only TO express the thanks of
the hremen TO the geutlemluly and Obliginy
commander Of the for. for the loan Of his rooms,
and also, to express my regret that fireman (?)
has had the mcarness to utter dIsparaging re-
marks in regard 10 the condition of the floor or
the company present Y.