, 1865-12-22
Friday Evening,
-71VNI;N,S BALL so CALLED.

Sr.TEsNAN The chief COOK aud
-, cashier of the late fremen's ball feels
;,dignant because l had the audaeity to
oti. in your issue of two weeks ago
S..v;se than in terms ofpraise. He calls
,, account for even publishing my re.
-. in reference to that "social gathering,
l., c,llsit This was very grave otense
roo How could you do it? The Cap
:: Sr by this title | shall call him-is
-, chiefly" ia his style against "GalOn
u,, " lie calls him ian anonymous scrib'
IL, anscopsed behind an anonymous sigma
49,. - etc, etc. But the brave and gallant
r,Dt,;n, who wages such terrible polemic
-,,f,re against anonymous scribblers, is stil
,or brave and gallant enough to sign his
.,m. at the bottom Of his production. 1t is
Grave fault in others to be guilty ofnOt sign.
;0, their names to their articles, but this ex
.n.ivs "cuss'-this Captain of the walters
this Captain, with his whiskers cut after
,be Beastly Butler style-he signs himself
A Manager. Is not that anonymous enough
for you or any other man, Mr. Editor? l
b,DDon to know exactly who this manager
man is, and such manager-trom all such
,ol Lord deliver US. Yes, he managed the
simmer. there is not doubt abOut that. You
haze, no doubt, read great deal within the
mast wear, about the starting Of prisoners at
1Dd.rsonviile, but that ieud ike performance
gas nothing to our gallant Captains starva.
don ball supper. A man wouldn't live a
vsek fed after his clean table cloth, standing
collar way Of doing things. He gives moth,
in, cooked; everything is raw aud cold ex>
,epr the c1f.c, and any hog of ordinary
inf lIiscncc would be ashamed to dip his
snout in such miserable stuff.
"A Manager says INDUCED in "some
er,,, m,,,fatements. Did [ though? and
| leave it to those who were present to say.
What were the misstatemeuts? "Manager"
does not tell lie does 'Aut even say the ball
was a good one, aud lie certainly could
not find it in his heart to say that
the supper was anything but bad What
does be mcan then by parading himself in the
STATESMAN in opposition To what was said
k"G \ - can see that he meant anyS
thing except it was that he was trying to
SHOW himself as mean as possible. The fuss
sy. mu>ty old Captain hal the meInness to
say tia; used, in the article in question,
huriy>guriy cpithets toward the refined la
dies that constituted the asstmblage. That
is downright no such thing, as the arti,
Gle will show. think no lady cOaid take
oIru>e at what said, and ii such thing
we're possible, she would, at least, have the
good sense to desire more refined champion
10 right her wrongs than this rickcty old
blchelur The cd sinner makes "gross
ml>>iatemeHt' in charging me with stealing
bottle OF something stronger than cider
The truth is. was not 50 lucky AS to find
mvhiag either to eat or driui at the s5>
called fremens bail [ didn't steal that
bottle, but almost envy the man that did
he had good thing, perhaps.
Manager gravely inquiries whether the fires
men have NJ protection from such unjust arti.
ceS, ar he picaSea to term mine The rigid old
puritan would, doubtless, like to see me hung
Tor saying anythiug against tbs bali and his
managing. The'5rst protection in such cas-
ses, think, would be for the Fremcn OF
the City to-aIipw no such old foaies as tins
aht"dclnvIan specimen OF 1sil humanity to
oondact ball t5r item in future. The fire
men bare always given COED balls here with
the exception OF the las, otia, ANA they can
again II they interest themselves in it.
nope 1t they ever give another BAH, they
VIII redeem themselves frum the stigma put
upon them from the last miserable apology
even Tor supper, and outrageous attempt at
onFlesqpe on social gatherings.
But, have said enough, perhaps, about
mi"S OF no sort Of Consequence. aud with
word more, will give up the subject to the
captain, and he can write about it until
GoohSday, If he chooses. The Young gems
uemen who attended to the wants of the
guests at the table on the evening in oues.
uon' deserve thanks for the manner in which
suty discharged their unpleasant duties
-, f'ea>ant because nearly every one was
,I,S II-A'nS ridiculous marks about 'pies," and
u' "O't ,r, everything else served up on the ta<
T' Inc commander at the most deserves
I-aAS oi;' ior the loan Of the rooms, and his
vour'eous Courteous and friendly bearing t,wsrd all
49, tIo', "o''' Az E''itor must thank vou for
Is ,ss 1oo'" given lie in your paper to replv IA.
cas.I s J"Ju,t structures of "A Mauager." In
,D5 5'.Is''", Jus the only thing have to regret
Iv ," '"I omiy thing for which | was ceusured
w u aII.going public, is, that I emitted IN
m in ,i an at''cIe, to show the Captains supper
= !" l'' It's detOrmity. Yours, etc,
December Dist, 1865, =" "a