, 1865-12-15
Firsnen,s BAN,

Ma. EDITOR lpommon With many OF your
readers l have % rsret the appearance in your
last issue Of a conn, nieation from some anOny-
mous seribbler. in tferenes to the late iremen' s
ball. Il may seem inwise to attempt a reply to
that feeble produelOn, which reads mOis like
the ineOherent babb ng of some poor victim of
manic a POrtS than tie sober candid description
OF. one disposed to " e1tenuAte nothing nor
Aught set down in maee,' but as your reporter
or correspondent has 1dulged in gross misstAte-
.ment, and attempted his "feeble" manner to
make the affair appea as ridiculous as possible,
in addition to aPPlyig terms to the company
present which are Objectionable, not to say in
sulting, will ventur to ask brief space in
7yS6r columns to nOticGt.
= Gallon Acknowledges " glorious headache"
in tie morning, and inmates that the " cham
Pagne cider " was in falt. Now, as there were
but seven bottles of cbmpagne drank on that
"suPremely interesting occasion" and all who
purchased are known tSbe gtHRsmsr, we must
conclude that G. As hldache was the result
of something more potenthan what he is pleased
10 call " cider" Wonde if he didn't find a GER
tain bottle of refreshmets, the loss of which
was 50 deeply deplored b. patron of the ball :
And the cracks in the flor, Gallon how they
..widsned and grew aPace nder the " glorious "
effects of that stolen bottl Wern't they diff
cult to nafigate2 How liz yawning CULTS they
must have APPEARED to yor bewildered senses
during your maudin eforI to sehottischs the
polkal ,u.
But the crowning event-&he coup de grace Of
the eYenipg-one t6at calls orth all the wit and
pathos hi G. A., and upon mich be dwells with
all the gusto aud garnish Of penny a-lner, was
the tumbling down of two jolts of stove-pipe-
starting the ballroom from propriety; crash
ing down among the assembld dancers " like a
thunderbot from the reginnslbove, 4" or the ad-
vent of q mad bull into chin shop. To,Galon
doubtless it was the event Of be evening. The
Emagni6cent crash was sficient to arouse
him from the stupor that doubtless interveneG
after apptopriating the bott aforesaid, and
forthwith be hies him to the rinter to relieve
himself Of the grievous burden
But seriously, Mr.. Editor, LSuceive that you
have given grave cause for corrlaint in admit
ting TO your columns an articl in reference to
Va social gathering, the only feet of which,
whether intended Or not by thegrter, could be
rtO heap ridicule on the cOmany in whose
behalf the ball was given, thse who man
.,nRed, and those who partcipted in it. If
rthe ball WAS "bilk, say so. If there was
fault or negligence in the Management blame
the managers or damn them wit faint praise -
il the fremen did not patropze thir own ball a
.i.gr7a: deal, that is their busines; but these
form no excuse tor a writer ensonsed behind
,tha safe refuge of an a9onyDus signature
,to.seize upon and dstort every occurrence the
evening for the display Of his cloMish propen-
sity, Has your correspondent no trims to char
acterize an assemblage ofas refuedlud respect
able ladies as can be found in thi County or
Territory but such rs appropriSe to apply
to hurdy-gurdies or the denizenS Of dance
house! Have the iremeu OF this plae no claims
upon their frllOw-citizeus to protectthem from
such injustice while endeavoring to rovide in
nocent amusement for their friends.
Having written at greater length han | in
tended, will conclude by remsrking hat if GAL
on should "bauker" for fight, he ned not ap
ply to ASAGER.