The New York herald., 1863-11-06

sure Of che ship General Admiral. bearing Al her mz1ea
the signs Of the signal code which read Welcome
Russia"
Sofas at either side occupied abont half the length OF
the and the bands placed the other
in the left exuemitles Of the box and family tler
Even before the doors thrown open crowds bad
assembled outside, aad these, Immediately upon ,he
opening Of tho doors, began 70 in ineessanty
seriously oysusy, in earnest, N hasten all possible
moods manners ard waysRdies In silks and satins Of
pink. pearl whe, blue Of all the possible varieties fol-
lowing up the shade from indigo till melted white
silks OF green, crimson, purple and yellow silks orna-
nented and silks plain. And silks not all,
for there were ladies' in velvet, and ladies' in
Ece-ladies in 'coaks, in furs, 10 shawls and
in hoods-ades in headdresses and ladies with their
glorious little heads left alone with their beautiful
hair Every lady bad diamonds on
the ladies' reached the landing on the box tiers, they
encountered by that nvincible inevitable heavy
and remarkable mortal Brown. It would be Insult 10
put any initials If knew any, since that would
imply that there some ono unacquainted with
that man-can there be such "some ono"-Never.
Brown was in his usual rotundty and handed the order
OF dancing 70 the ladies-a light suitable 10 his
style.
Before many minutes, 40 tho sagacious may divine
the boxes lled tho In the balcony allied,
and the whole auditorium Of tho Academy was
kind OF celestial pareTre. Flowers OF every kndand
such Rowers-dahlas, rich and splendid, were die.
posed to predomlnate-but the primrose there too
and the fresh little daisy even There also were the
- y,olets DIM
That came before the swallow dares, and take
The winds Of March with beauty.
And there 100 was the
Queen rose in the rosebud garden Of girls,
Queen lily and rose in one.
AZ ten O'Clock tho began, and the promenaders
took the floor Already, though the guests, par excel
lance of tho occasion, were not present, there
heavy display OF gold lace Much Of the weight Of which
was borne by General Dix and STAFF.
Meantime the committee 10 wait on the Russian Ad-
miraI consisting Of Mr.. George Opdyke Mr. Charles p.
DAILY, Mr.. VIM II. Aspinwa, Mr.. Watts Sherman, Mr..
VIM. II Webb and Mr.. James W. Beekman. mad gone
down pier No. North river TO receive the Admiral
and officers the feet and them the Academy,
which they reached at ten O'Clock.
Arrangements had been made for invited guests to
enter on Fourteenth street. There a shed had been
erected of the Academy, which extended nearly
to the curb. Inside il was fitted up into an
elegant little saloon, drap,d in rcd, whito and
blue, and oman nted tn The coors and de-
Vices Russia Here attendants TO take charge OF
tho wrappers Of the gu cts, nd from this they we're
ushered into anteroom, where they received by
the Committee on Rectpioa composed OF Mr. Hamilton
Fish, Mr. John A. Dix Mr. f. d. Morgan, Mr. Alexander
W Bradford, Mr. c. A. Davis and Mr.. E. E. Morgan. This
anteroom ornamentsd with portraits OF Nicholas I.
Peter the Great and formed from extremity
OF the lobby so that now On the other side Of
that myster ious red curtain.
After few formalities between the committee and
the guests the latter escorted into tho ball room
Admiral Lisovsk on the arm OF Governor Morgan, and
the captains with other members Of the committee. Be-
hind train Of subalterns, the band, meanwhile,
discoursing Russian national airs.
Immediately after the Russians arrived the dance
began We call u dance out OF respect 70 conven
tional aud popular prejudice. In truth it was
very wonderful and indescribabe phantasmagoria Of
humanity The frantic few struggling against the
determined and desperate many. Had one chaneed to
know several persons present. 1t is remotely possible
that he might have been able TO pick them out but in tho
absence OF any such particular and personal knowledge
II nonsense To suppose that there was any par
ticuIsr person there. 1t and matter
AS for dance il was mere sway Of crude material
moved little this way, little that, but not dance
Alas for the Russians II is known should be- that
these scavic tho largest OF the hu
race-that they small mon IN fact-and what 10
to become Of small such jamf Early
10 the night-ndeed very soon after the
dance began-we several OF them In the
embrace OF grand nebulous masses OF muslin and
Crin0linc, whifed miner tntneT S
rb!e orment-their eyes agare-their hair blown out
and all their persons expressive OF the mort desperate
energy doubtless In the endeavor TO What be
came OF them cannot tell.
wo have spoken above OF tho state OF matters in the
ball room at eleven O'Clock, aud have endeavored
10 puts in tho planest terms tho great error Of
tho occas,on-whioh was that too many tickets,
by at least one thousand, had been sold. Not only
was there to dance, but was impossible even
10 stand With anywhere. And all this sufficient
" and dsagreeably apparent in the ball. became very
much more so when the question ol supper the
| tapis,
| Admiral Lisovsk is gentleman or peasaner nen
and style than the photograph by Brady would suggest
though the photograph IT, nevertheless, an excellent like
| ness Rather below tho medium height, compact
figure, slight stoop In tho shoulders, strongly
marked features that harmonize well with nose not
at all Tartrc square forehead heavy brows face clean
ehaven the mustache, and muEache that the
mouth and conceals its strong jaw; bold crown and
short crisp grayish hair at tho ies and back Of the
hoad small brown eyes, and minus the majority Of bis
| front teeth. Such is tho Admiral.
| Tho order OF dancing as follows
In HoNoR THE OFFICERS