The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1863-11-05
LOCAL NEWS.
new YORK AND THB VICINITY.

TEE KrssIAS BALL occurs this evening at
0e Academy Of Music. For q week or more, prepara.
c,ns have been making 20 render tits bail an event
In The history Of the Empire City. Forty thousand
oolsr have been subscribed by many Of our Wealth.
81 merchants and most ei,,!nsu',hed citizens Of
ovssv' profession. No eIysnss has been spared In
slesnsinG r. decorating, ohrpc.inr, and arranging
The spseicus building in which ~ is to oecur. From
t.p 10 bottom, the Academy otnu,io In. been reno
~~tsd. Over the psrque,ts dancing floor has been
lad. and across Irving Place ~ids corridor has been
thrown. shreush which the sus''s will reach Irving
Hsll. whore the supper table vail he sprsad
besidss the Russian Atmirsi, and the o'Gce,. Of
~ feet, large number of dis,nsuished suess have
tstp invited. These will leave their carriasss at
., entrance expressly prepared Fourteenth street
be other sussts will arrive snd depsr' from tho
main entrance on Irving Place. Theodore Moss Rsq
tsssursr Of wallsek theatre, will have charge Of
ths "ushsrns IN" arrangements. Hqu,Ily oompe-
tnt men have been engaged 10 superintoni all the
sthef departments. and It is believed nothing h.s
len omitted to make Ibis "RIsisn BAL" perfect
sneeess.
Two thousand tickets have been i,,u,i, and, 90
e'ess 10 the demand for them. that prices ranged s,
yht from $50 to 600 each. OF course all el.ue. os
eur citizens viii Re rsprs,en,,d ard double. cut
russian guests will l.. s.tonsaed 3, a.. trs.. AID
nplsy that viii b. made BY oar f,.liorAblss and
easif would 10 iniisier,. liver since u, Aral va
saissd Of, nearly sv.'y uod,,s AID rniIibsf in The
'U tas bssI t.p, busvYr.;tfrT ht tosttss q rr.na
r,s1sres sne the, boorrf eturr.e,t Our d-y
toh reschsntt hr't so.o thopstf u = 6o-s.s wort
VI oesty sllkt sAitus aud Aces Jh...-l,, k.r.
iW clsYsee o. than cpnceri 'r.ci., tra 'offure,
'n disn,cna' vii soo th.y sp.,s q bl ,rc, ts -.
tesuty Of liz "nuus foru oi,iu."
Tbe lAciss vbo sypeei be yftssui o. tts ts..,o
hAvo bAen a ~. L.. g
Jsst sssk. Me- ty4is a.. lie t-v si,sv, aura,
have constantly -orrie o'e 81. .,t.n,v. .rsny,
spsnts they have Ten "a 20 " crest. fs,ortbIs
Suppression upon tho "di',LgI lth.d guesti" ~ ~.
super elegance Of Their attire. ne ~ q tsis ~ "a,
Family have become 90 'nthu,!s'ilr l.1r - e,rby,c.
ihst. 'leepins, they dream Of We .tertsInu,.l'
willie their waxing hours are entirely d,o,,d :,
sressmsksrs and other individual. elrp'ov,d uyan
the artiejes intended for the decoration OF their pr
sop'. Poor old Mr. spurgs, at fret ready enough ia
Sdvsnce the essh he thought necessary 80 make h,
sfe And daughters outsh Inc all the other ladies th
1 he Iressnt, begins to runbls at tho bill. tLai aa
Nfessptsd, and tsEes hs meals ava, from home, u
~void the eessec" worrirsnts Of the 'wornon folh,
ssho for the past vesh have never failed 10 sppea 10
Dim upon come disputed question OF female .dorn-
Jnent.
NJ. and AD. Psntie, -ith their two d-urh,eu.
elso sIpset 10 attend the Eu,.,an H,lI Inlit, IN.
k'plursss the Plsnties conisnted t.n..ye. with or
tdsftns the necessary srtclos they u,red and di
eeetins them TO be prepared IN ,Imtls GOOD t,,t.
sluietiy resumed their usual du,cr, ,csr,,.y Giving
nnothsr thought to the sfar, and certain, mai N,
no prstsnsion OF becoming the "ob.trv,d of all ob.,r
'vers" A. the ball, the P!ente flmilv will b, noted
by their good breeding, unaffected vAys and th,rt
Huisite tastef their toilette, While the S'lrcos
be laughed at for their pTctensianI entirely ccp.
by hundreds Of Others with noto "muuoy than
lhYsins."
AL this will be amusing and nio:estiut to or Ru.
Visn guests. During one shys' .,'u,ac hst viii ha,,
sYok society, and by mixing In vih al s,-t, Of reo
pie, viii become more familiar With on socsl hAbit,
foellsncies, and imperfeetioI.. The Gentlemen or
she "Committes" have been constantly eur.sed A.
puperintsndins the Arrangements, and, il addition
b whole time OF several clerk, s employed In dis
avbutins cards Of admission, aud col eetius the fund.
Yron subscrbers Altogether. this Rurisn nau vii
- splendid affair, tclipsins any .mnsr entertain
snsnt ever given in this city, and Il not msrrtd b.
ny Unforeseen nishsp,, will be r,fe'lod 20 heresne
~ model for future entertainers OF distinguished
hreisnsrs-
SHor ny WoMAS.-A Young man named
james Fender, ofSo ll9 Greenwich street, 80. pl,s.
kGthroush Greene street, between Prince aul Hou,
As, about 10 O'Clock last evening, when woman
eansd Nary Jane Holloway, OF lis Gresae street
mot him With pistol, inalctins . slight wound in
ne high. She va promptly arrested, but pre''''st