Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-21
MILITARY BALL AT LoSc
BRANCH. '

pna 80 All LONG
~" MAJOR eAUL AND CAPT. w,rr
OF raE MASSACHUSETTS,
DIDN'T ATTEND. 'A
session Correspondence Of the s.,.
Gazette '~
The State House, for a a..
two past, has been in a roar ol. VI
l was about to- say quite) fr0as
the dome away down to the hs 0.u
ment. Our genial friend, the f.;.s
,,l messenger, and Major of II.
Boston colorsd battalion, has bs sa'
to the grand military and civic hsu
at Long Branch, and, now that h.
has got back, be tells the stor,, =. y,
his experiences with an inim;,ahl.
grace and a keen relish for =.
humorous aspects. I must tell vos
about it.
AS the tale is narrated to me. III.
proprietor of the Continental AZ
Long Branch, who of course keen.
a fashionable and very nice estah
lishment, has not done a profitable
business this season. So ball NO.,
got up for the purpose of replenisb'
ing his Golfers. My informant saws
that Jim Fisk was the ruling spirit
OF the occasion, though his nams
was omitted from the list of man.
ayers from prudential reasons i
having been found on one Or tro
similar occasions to work preiudj.
cially in financial aspect. Tbere
are great many designations, Won
know, to these charity movements
When one takes the form of an
Irish rattle, the ticket usually reads.
"a rattle for the benefit of Denis
ORaffety,' etc, but in the biuba,
grades of society the invitations
take the form Of saying "compI-
mentary to-" etc but YOU must
know that it is all the same thing
none the less charitable under.
taking because the beneficiary has
had a less prosperous business run
than was expected, and none the
more so because he may have been
an unfortunate Irish laborer VINO
may have had the misfortune TO
break his leg.
Well, in order to make the Long
Branch affair a success, an effort
was made to bring in the glace and
glitter ofgold lace and the Adjutant
Generals reports of the surround
ing States were hunted up, and III
vitations, among others, were sent
to the commissioned officers of the
Massachusetts militia. Among
these happened to be our stalwart
friend, Major Lewis Gaul, AMI
Capt. James B. Watkins of Co. A.,
both the only commissioned officers
of the Second Battalion of Infantry,
which, as you must know, Ha
colored organization. Now, as
luck would have it, out of the mill
tary celebrities of this good Com
monwealth, the only t,oo rho accept
ed the inUitation ,cere Major Gad
and Capt. Watkins ! And the Major
says he had no thought Of going
till the last moment, and then did
20 more out Of Difference to some
Of his men than anything, for they
thought the civility ought to DO
in that way.
That there was no reason to be-
lieve that the invitation could have
Eallen into Major Gaul's hands by
mistake is shown by the fact that it
came with other announcements
and invitations, of which We subjoin
literal copies
CONTINENTAL HOTEL, Long Branch,
August 10, 1871.
Tho guests of the Continental
Hotel, and friends of Mr.. William
B. Borrows, will give a Grand
Civic and Military Ball at the above
Hotel on the evening of Monday
he 2Sth inst. Col. James Fish, Jr,
las kindly rendered the services Of
he entire Ninth Regiment Band,
which will, on this occasion, for the
irst time, number two hundred
pieces, and include the artistes now
laily expected to arrive from Eu-
'ope, with new and original music
ards Of invitation will be forward
d you ina few days
D. II C-z,yroy