The New York Herald Newspaper, November 30, 1871, Page 5

. . A LA RUSSIE. The Grand Ball at the Acad- emy Last Night. Brilliant Ovation to the Grand Duke Alexis. The Academy of Music Thronged with the Loveliness and Manliness of the Metropolis. Gay Toilets Fluttering Like Fields of Waving Flowers Rich Decorations and Alle- gorical Groups. What the Grand Doke Saw and Felt and Whom He Danced With. SCENES ON THE SIDEWALK. Over Four Thousand Per- sons Present. ‘The grand pall to the Grand Duke Alexis Alexan- @rovitch at the Academy of Music last night was an event which, in the line of the great étes that the citizens of New York have tendered to per- wonages representative of foreign friendly powers, will stand alone in the brile Mance of § surroundings, the gracious natare of its purpose, the haut ton of the guests, and, we may say, the importance of him to whom dtig tendored as a pledge of the earnestness of the feeling which prompts two nations to love and Fespect each other in spite of the wide, unalterable demarcation between the twosystems of govern ment, FULLY FOUR THOUSAND PERSONS were present, and vigilance ana zealousness ¢id for once succeed in making it in its personnel ‘Worthy of the intention with which it was gotten up. Those who have heart in our simple republicanism need not think that there was the slightest pandering to mefe name and birth; it is only another instance of the dignity with which America can stretch out its hand to Brasp its friend in war and its guest in peace. There were the shadows of two mighty futures over the dazzling effulgence of last night which Cannot fail to preach its lesson. The one the future of the .great nation which, by the sbeer force of will and widespread intelligence, has reared the mighty fabric of a nation whose glory will be in the happiness of its millions and the good of the human race, America, the other, whose still nascent force ia feeling the measure of its strength and will build on its dreary Steppes the majesty of a name which will rule ever the older ones with the splendor and vim of @ youth great in ite growing grandeur. A thousand tongues have already compared the bail of last night with that given in honor of the Prince of Wales, and those who have geen the two agree in saying that last might’s excelled in brilliance, as it does ™ Meaning. The glow of light which hangs around Buch festive scenes is the incarnation of the amica- bility which the idea spiritualizes. Let us descend from the region of comparison to a@ relation of what Look place there, Outside the Academy. Long before the doors of the Academy were thrown opea crowds began to gather in the vicinity Of Irving place ana Fourteenth strect, and by half- past eight o’clock the police had their nands full to preserve an open space at the main entrance and at the side door on Fourteenth Bireet, However, Captain Thorne’s management of te outside arrangement proved in the end all that could have been desired, and no weenes of disorder or confusion ensued dur. ing tne entire evening. It was in vain that the hundreds of eager sightseers who had assempled from all parts of the city to get a good Jook at the Prince pushed and crowded and made the west sidewalk of Irving place for awhile aimost Jmpassable in their efforis to get near the doorways. THE CORDON OF POLICE that stretched from Fourteenth street to Eighteenth Btreet proved a barrier from which they had always to retire discomfted, By nine o’ciock the crowd in Irving place had grown to qutie formidable proportions, but the bitter cold in the end proved entirely too much for the great mayority, and, much against their will, they had to beat a hasty retreat Jong before the Prince had arrived. THE CROWD IN WAITING, # The scene in the immediate vicinity of the Acad. emy was quite an excitixg one.. The immense calcium lights on the soutrerly side of the build- Ing literally flooded ta@ surrounding streets with ight, As for a8 the could reach ‘up Irving place there was a continuous line of carriages, and as one after another stopped at the Fourteenth street estrance and deposited on the sidewalk its quo™@ of beauty and fashion to add to the gay throng in the ballroom and then whizzed sway toward Fourth avenue, ‘@ grand rush of she crowd on the sidewalk was cer- tain to take place in the direction of the vehicle. No ‘one secmed te know what kind of a carriage the Prince would arrive in, and speculation was rife as to whether she driver would be dressed in A COAT OF SILVER AND GOLD, or would be nothing more than an ordinary liveried servant, Indeed, it was quite amusing to ‘sten to the remarks of the “knowing ones,” who preiended to be so thoroughly posted about the Prince’s retinue and everything that related tobim and his that they were ready to vouch for even the color of the driver’s hair and ‘the “style” of the “hub” of the tmperial carriage wheel, Bu tulking about him and speculating about his carriage did not seem to hurry the Prine along, while the cold air gradually grew mere and more biting, cutting the original Crowd (own in humbers every minute, Still, some- how, © didn’t seem to make any difference how many of the throng who had been on hand from early evening got discouraged and went away Bhirerin, and complaining, there always remained crow as large as ever—new comers from yhe near-by places of amusement and club houses saking the place of (he discouraged ones as fast as they disappeared, THE SIGHTSEERS MAKE A MISS. It was now ten o'clock, and the impatient throng ‘m Irving piace began to lose all patience, and poor Captain Thorne and his good man Friday came in for a cross-examipation as to Uis Imperial Higtness’ whereabouts that was quite refreshing. Indeed the captain and his aid by this time looked as used up Dy the cold as (he ununiformed gathering on every Bide of them, and were often seen to glance up 10 THE CROWDED WINDOWS ‘of the homes across the way Wil @ look of envy as they espied the rise aud fall on the walis of the shadows cast by the fires in the hearths within, Yet the captain knew just when ond where and how the Prince was to arrive, Bnd the crowd of sight-seers seemea to know the fact, and kept their eyes fixed upon him until had disappeared within the vestibule, Unknown them, however, he oon alter put in an appear- Bee at the Stockholders’ entrance, on Fourteenth street, The tact is that the crowd were periectly led fo believe that the Prince would enter by the Fourteenth street way, and the strategy Worked admiraviy. The stockholders’ entrance, Mad been OM, Picked men of the Ordinance Squad tng, Drillienty at was gayly bedecked with bunt- From the act z, uminated by means of gas jets. ual doorw; there reached to the very tidewalk a carpeted piatiorm or. pathway, which Ruwerions Be Bid closed in upon either side by poriect hallway or eee artisticaliy, so as to form & y of bunting, 80 to speak, and night ® snail Russian flag hung be- {wo American flags, forming a sort Of drapery over the doors, In th haliway there was hung from gt yh dio of this Wronze chandelier, the brignt gas jet from which ‘MU Up the juterlor of the canopy an the eldewalk, NEW rendering the whole effect quite enchanting. Here Wo the poe arrangements were excellent, for 80 Well and quietly did the blue coats manage affairs that but few people were aware that the Prince was to arrive on that side of the building until his carriage drove up, Hence the gather- ing in Fourteenth street in the vicinity of the canopy wae at no time very large. Besides, carriages con- veying THE MEMBERS OF THE RECEPTION COMMITTEE and their lady frends were constantly arriving from the direction of Thira avenue and reining up atthe box oilice sloorway, a few feet beyond, and this naturally led the crowd in Irving ‘place who were on ihe lookout for the Duke's arrival in that quarter to believe that the canopied doorway was only for the committee folks, About half-past ten o clock a movement was discernible on the corner of Third avenue tn the crowds that had gathered there, and, simultaneous with a grand Tush of the patient waiters woward the Academy, THE PRINOE’S CARRIAGE, followed by several others, dashed up to the canopied entrance. The Prince was the first to alight, and as he did so thecrowd on the corner of Irving place got a glimpse of him, and there then ensued & most exciting crush and rush voward the carriage, women vying with the men in their eagerness to get a8 near as possible to the handsome young Kussian. The Prince had on a heavy gray overcoat of the Russian style and a “pan- cake” cap of the same color, and as he t out of the carriage’ he handed he cap to @ gentleman in waiting, He pulled o! the coat the minute hie crossed” the Threshold Lis wip. Aner. >. Stoughton and Mr. Moss were he rance as he alight Mr. Stoughton fo Cie eS forms receivin; him as he stepped into the room just off “the canopy. Mr, Catacazy and the officers of lady and the Prince’s suite, a few of the Russian feet and Governor Hof man and lady then alighted in their turn from their carriages and @ few minutes afterwards the doors ie closed and the crowds outside quietly dis- ‘The Acudemy, ‘There is something to satisfy a cynic in entering & ballroom before the guesis arrive, You can walk over the bare Noor and regard the workmen frantte cally driving the last nail, looping up the last curtain, and then leave, until the place 1s lonely as @ grave, At half-past eight tne last touch ap- peared? to have been given to the Academy, and forthwith the house was cleared of all save the M. P.’s on duty and the attachés of the theatre. General Shaler had arrived, and, in company with Police Captain Cameron and Mr. Moss, made the Circuit of the builaing and saw that every door was vigilantly guarded and no chance left for interlopers. The doors were opened at ten minutes to nine, and imme:iateiy AN EXQUISITE oF GoTHAM made his appearance, looking half frozen. He looked ground in bewilderment to find himself first on thé scene, and hesitated to move pefore he had eompany. had not long wo wait, on came two lovely creatures, with snow clouds wrapped around thelr heads and diamonds peeping from beneath them in their earrings. Their escort naving presented his tickets the trio ascend the stairs, and the first comer is encouraged to follow them to the cloak rooms on the floor above, Here the ladies atsap- pear, to emerge in a moment ALL SMILES AND ELEGANCE, and to be met by their cavalier in fall dress, The guests arrive in a steady stream, and soon are scattered in promenading groups over the dancing floor admtring the decorations, for as yet there is not much chance for that mutual personal admiration, which is the chief inspiration of the inveterate ball-goer. The musicians are Slowly arriving by the Fourteenth street entrance, and the orchestra, perched aloft in the gallery, has not even yet, at a quarter past nine, begun to tune their instruments, The stream now flows in fuster and faster, and the toilets, that have been the apectai care of their wearers forthe past two months, are making the scene more beautiful every tustant. There is something on the faces of those fair ones which seems as though they scarcely believed this was at length the half hour next before the moment to which they have been looking forward so long, 1 eg UTTER OF ANTICIPATION 1s visible on the lips of the proudest belie, even on these of her who word scorn to admit to herself that even a soupgon of anxiety could tremple for an instantin her besom, Tne floor committee are pre- sent in fail forés and are ceaseless in their ~ ventions to all present. The following are their names:— FLOOR MANAGERS, Liov Aspinwall, ©. ©. Dodge, James E. Montgomery Henry Clews, 8. J. Macy, Chairman. FLOOR COMMITTER. C.F. Blake, John Greenough, Louts Mester. Geote H. Bend, Joseph Gargiulo,’ ‘Theodore Mason, Henn M. Brae, G.G. Howland,’ Peter Marie, A. Baldwin, L. T. Howes, ‘iliam Parsons, Jules E, Brhgiere, G. G. Haven Charles Peters, James Cross, D. Haight, M.D, Jobin D. Prines, E-J_ Dunning, Jr Richard Trviog, JrGould Redmond, a on, wis C. Jones, oland Redmon: Bssel Forayth, Chas. W. Konisaat, R. R. 8t mi . We Gray, Edward Kemeys, * Killot Geo. L. fend, WB. Kin, rant, WG. angio Musical Director, Tt 1s now ten o’clock and “everybody” is here ex- om the Ducal party, and we can look around. ever was the Academy more brilliant and never did it hold within its spacious Walls a more distin- guished assembly. The appearance of this home of song transiormed into a ballroom ts sufficiently fa- miliar to our readers not to require more than to say that the flooring, a8 usual, extended from the back of the stage, covermg the parquet and taking in the wide sweep of the audl- vorium, But of the decorations special to the occasion it is necessary to give a more ex- tended notice. Standing on the first tier and in the centre of the bold curve the coup d'@ii was strikingly beautiful. The stage seemed no longer a stage; but seldom has a more beautiful set piece been seen on any boards than THE GLIMPSE OF FAIRYLAND that met the vision in the distance. Over the proscenium Was a tableau containing three allegori- Cal groups. ‘The large one in the centre represented Russia aud America ciasping hands over the sea (probably Behring Straits) America is tmper- sonated oy a beautiful female wearing the bonnet rouge and habited in the national colors, Russia 1s represepted by a kingly person wearing an imperial crown and draped im the royal ermine, bordered with purple. At their feet is a white winged cherub, bearing the olive brauch of peace. The group on the right hand shadowed forth three infant Muscovites arom different portions of that widespread empire, @ Caucasian, a Finlander and a Muscovite proper. ‘The group to the leftis Young America, with three possible members of some Cabinet of the future ‘olling a cotton bale, We now enter with our eves into the fairyland on the stage, which is hung atong the wings with light silky tanestries, supported by figured Itahan columns, on the upper part of which are hung large shields bearing alternately the American and Russian eagles. The bird of freedom stands with ontstretched wings, not unlike the arrangement of the double- headed black eagle; he holds a thunderbolt in nis claw. ‘1he celling is A CANOPY OF PALE PINK, and garlands of artificial fowers are festooned be- neath it, ‘The effect is to render the whole like the gorgeous pavilion inwhich Saladin sat before he marched down from Ascaion in the solstice of nis eae: In the distance, at the back, is a light balustraded structure, with a terrace running across the stage, and having a parterre of beautiful fowers in front. A fight of steps runs down on either side, and the background is a scene representing a moonlit opening in a grove of dark-leaved trees, From the centre of the balus- trade springs a fountain of clear water from a basin surrounded by choice flowers, among which are white camelias and virgin liifes, The sparkling $ of the fountain are illuminated by an electric ight from above, and the spray, seen, as it were, through the rifé in the foliage, seems @ living glory of molten silver and gold, Tho proscenium box on the right, next the Stage, 18 that reserved for the Prince and suite, and two beside it for the Execuuve Committee,’ The imperial standard, exquisitely wrought in silk and flanked by the Unton colors, hangs 1n front, while the velvet cushion at the top is decorated with flowers trailed aud Pa along the three boxes. Drapiug the front of the box reserved for the «dis tinguished Americans hang Russian and American fags in silk. Over the body of the house, above the second tier. hang two pictures. They symbolize the two nations who have emancipated human bemgs from heredl- | tary bondage—Russia and America. The one to | the right represents the Emperor Atexanaer II, pre- senting freedom to the serfs, three of whom are to the left of the picture, the man being m the act of kissing the Emperor's hand. The picture to the leit shows Abraham Lincoln emancipating the slaves, Three colored folk are in the act of thanking Lim. We can now pass through into THE SUPPER ROOM, which 18 reached by @ passage hung with white and red drapery at the left of the stage, There are two such passages, but one is wisely reserved for egress alone, ‘This salle @ mange 18 seventy-five fect by eighty feet, and known at other times as Nilsson Hall; it 18 lit by & great prismatic crystal chandelier, Across the end of the room, facing you as you enter, 18 @ dats raised some three feet, which bears the supper table at whicn the Grand Duke and suite and the Executive Committee alone will be permitted to eat or drink. We shall see them do it by and by, There are fifty high back chairs in green cloth and Walnut ranged around it, and in the centre facing you as you stand is a canopy bearing the imperial arms, under which the Grand Duke sits, Running ‘at right angles to this along the sides are the tabvies for the muititude, hung with red cloth edged with golden fringe, The orchestra isin a balcony just overhead, supported dy pillars in imitation marble, The wails are hung with the Stars and Stripes and the Blue Cross of Russia in scallop fashion, producing a very pretty effect, The tables are groanin; as such tables learn to groan, under designs of appropriate kinds, 1» flowers, fruit and sugar, in auch profusion and taste that todeseribe more than We edect as rich and luxurious would destroy Wei YURK HERALD. THURSDAY, NOVEMBEK 30, 187L—TRIPLE SHEET, Off this supper room on THE GRAND DUKE’S ROOM, which 1s carpeted richly and furaished in lavender and black walnut furnitare. On the walls hang portraits of the Emperor and Empress of Russia, THE BALL. Itis now past even that witching hour of night when churchyards and fair women coming home from balls alike begin to yawn, The sound of the effectiveness as @ whole, the leit 1s last coupé has dica away, and the senti- nel, as he closed the gates, has answered to the faithful Kingsland, “All is well.” But, like the Roman sentinel at Pompeli’s gates, we must refrain from enticing slumber, and attempt & hurried picture of the brilliant, bewildering, com. Plicated scene whieh has just vanished into dark- ses3, The Alexis ball has gone the way of all ball hoods, and passed from the state of expectancy into that of tradition in the thoughts of so many lovely ladies and most gallant men. The Duke of Wellington has lad down an axiom, in which we believe General Grant concurs, that no man can describe & battie or a ball. Yet, in spite of these great authoriites, we shall venture to picture how it came on and went off, down to this morning hour, which looks on with an air most biiingly /rappée upon the desertea scene, For several days past the demand for tickets ‘Would have astonished Mr. Wallack in the four hun- dred and eighteenth performance of “Rosedale,” and scenes of the most ridiculous description oc- curred in.this wild compeution, It was about ten o’clock when the first carriage, “low on the gravel and loud on the stone,” drew up to the Academy, and for two hours after a pleasanter shower than the skies could afford to let fall, a pluie de perles— in @ word, lots of ladies, clouas of gauzy arapery, Training sweet influences, descended atthe Academy doors. It was half-past ten o’clock when, with the punctuality of gentle training, Alexis came Upon the scene; and a more lovely scene it would be dificult to witness, The Academy put on tte nfost lovely aspect. Terrace after terrace of beauty rose to ita roof, with the gay toilets futter- img like so many fields ot waving flowers. Be- neath surged a perfect mass of loveliness, trough which the young Prince moved, as it gently bent to give him passage.’ It ig some thirty years since the granafather of this bright boy, the Emperor Nicholas, stood in the lead- ing Opera House of London, beside the then young Queen of England, towering in bis simple green uniform apd solitary star with a lonely splendor above all around, and when, as the national anthem of Russia was strack up, and princes and nobles and people rose to do him homage, a tear of emotion passed down his check, and never did the softest airs that floated round the revels of the East thrill the heart with such mingied agony and rapture as did those simple tones, mementoes of his native land. Since then steam has gathered in the world in its iron grasp, and New York is nearer St. Petersburg than then was London. But itseemed to us, as last might, when Alexis entered and that anthem again arose, and a great people stood up to do him honor, that the young Prince was touched with @ similar emotion, Itmay be remembered that on that same scene, some ten years since, @ similar ball was given to an- other prince, The Gueiphs ana Romanofs, as the latter entered the Academy last night, presented one singular feature of contrast. Whereas the Prin. of Wales was entirely over shadowea by the stately, noble form of New- castie and the portly dignity of St. Ger- mains, Alexis stood e@ head over everbody, and Catacazy just reached to his knee. Nor was there any catastrophe with the platform, as at the Wales bali. ‘rhe committeemen of 1671 had evidenuly gone down to their knees to kiss the dust, so that it might not, as ten years ago, rise in rebelljn against the timber and upset the crafty contrivance, ‘Mr. Ciews, who, as the representative man of of the English lower classes, might have joined vorcoran and the platform in 1860 in closing upon Wales, does not prejudice his standing among the demagogues of Lombard street by exhibiting keenly excessive courtesies toward a Romanoff, and by carrying, like Atlas, upon his tiny shoulders the whole oily bulk and weight of the '71 committee, General Aspinwall, the Chairman of the Ro- manoff committee, is endowed with more airy grace than was Peter Cooper, who presided at the Wales’ ball, and carried him to and fro ans@ug the young ladies. This remark may be made without elther disparaging the venerable Cooper Institute’s benevolent elasticity, or without unduly exagge- rating General Aspinwall’s capacities as an amateur low chamberlain. But to the hero of ali these perennial ovations. Alexis, we say if without any murderous intention toward his older brothers, ought to be the future Czur. He has something of ihe frame and shape of Peter the Great, and Knows, like this founder {of Muscovite greamess, now to make himseif popular with everybody, and yet remain ali the time conscious of his princely station, Above all, he has that which tells so much among the of po!loi in Russia and America; he has size and the sense of space about him which characterizes the Khirgise steppes op our Western prairies. it he were subjected for another week to the per- petual motion of his New York committee men his ambition of being president of a Fat Prince’s As- sociation might be tiwarted; but unless the com- mittee men keep his blood all the time in circuiation he runs the risk to which all fatis heir to. His features bear the mild, benign German expression of the Romanoff family. His imperial father Alexander looks more benign than did Nicholas, and he has even @ more womanly gentleness in his face than Alexander, It is this which makes him attractive to young ladies, His face inspires them with a sisterly affection, while his robust apd symmetrical frame stamps him as every inch aman. A sinall person, however full of genius—a Napoleon or Nelson—could never be im- posing in the eyes of the masses of Tartars or Yankees. Huge physical proportions strike wild masses of people and everything else, and a Derson like him, of colossal proportions, seems to ve laid out by nature to role over a colossal empire. It 1s this combination of Herculean strength with @ Madonna’s gentleness which storms the young female heart, especially where the blue sash of St, Andrews glitters upon the imperiai breast, and the hero of this thousand and one ovations, appears in a ballroom amid the splendid accessories of beauty, art and the brilliant gems of diamonds, uniforms and the still more bewitching glances of a thousand de- lirtous eyes, While tne girls, old and young, and the matrons, As Well as the women Mun certain age, rave about this darling Himalaya of a Prince, the men stared at Madame Catacazy and her ravissante toilet, her grande dame manners and her truly clas- sical head, with a semi-Marie Antoinette semi-Mary Stuart presence. She descends from both of these decapitated pbeauties— Her ancestor was the Duke of Berwick, with the royal blood of the Stuarts in bis veius, and, trans- ferred to France. the family has beco: distin- guishea as the Dukes de Fitz James, She herseif ‘was bora in the beautiful city of Nancy, the old capital of King Stantsias, and brought up in the regular Faubourg St. Germain style, her brother being to this day the handsomest man in Paris, and the whole family being remarkabie for retaining the power, beauty and distinction of ® royal pedigree, Her long residence in Russia has tmparted a semi-Orienia’ picturesqueness to her Parisian stylishness, and of all the women tn the world she is just the one fitted by both nature and grace to do honor to a son of the Czar and preside With him over this gorgeous occasion, Yhimself is the descendant of the Byzan- ol ‘ors, apd full of that genius which in Athens and Constantinople made and unmade thrones and soothed masses Of Asiatics into peace or lashed them into tumult. He is not much smaller than Benedetti. His head has the military turn of a French zouave captain, and he Jooks irrepressible, mercurial, nervous, full of expedients and bors mots, bearing the unuis- takable siamp of @ man Of action, power and genius, with an occasional glare from the eyes which shows that when attackea he will Oght and show his teeth luke a well-bred hyena, What is most interesting about this people ts that as compared to the committee firm of Clews & Co, they are a8 original, uncommonpiace and pic- turesque as the fair of Nishnt-Novgorod, or the Car- mivals of Venice are in comparison with the commit. tee rooms in Montgomery's office, or with one of Clews’ political dinner parties at tue Union League Club, Alexis, surrounded by Madame and Mon- steur Catacazy, looks not only like @ Russian but also like an Oriental Prince, the naval officers of bis suite seeming to be ready for a Cleopatra tour down the Mediterranean to the Euxine, Admirat Poasiet ranks next in the navy to the Grand Duke Constantine, He brought over the Prince from Croystadt to Falmouth, aud from Ma- deira to the Committee at the Battery In New York harbor. He and Adimral Godon and General Gorlot and General sicDowelt formed last evening @ lively group of brave captains on sea and on lana, and our own galiant McDoweil seemed to be in his element as a commander-in-chief of festivities and ladies’ processions. Mrs. schulize, wife of the Russian Vice Consul, was among the noticeable Russian ladies present, as the sister of the Baroness Steiglitz, the latter the wile of the St. Petersburg Rothschild, ‘The English entleman who acts as professor of the Grand uke 18 & perlect model of gentlemanly distinction. Count Shuvaroif, the dashing hussar oMcer, whose white sash over his uniform created such & sensa- fon on the day of the Grand Duke’s entry, 18 @ fine specimen of a military ana courtly young Russian Boble., Bhirkon, ie, Boarstary of Legation, Pa id graceful-looking youta—but we musi Off from the ‘ois. a When so many women claim our attention it 18 reposterous to waste much ink on the men. women what are we to say? How are w to oy hein on the Heraldic giags the thousand gleams of uty’ There 1% everything in the American Woman to make her show—uas she has every where done in Europe—to the highest advanta; in elegant society. The Piince himself declared in conversation after the ball on Governor's Isiand that he had never seen so many peautiful and graceful wonen in one room in his Iife. There are many who hud they remained in Europe would per- haps at this time be the wives or daughters of Eng- lish baronets or eminent barristers or people of thal class. But on the whole they spring from the glorious working class, Tnere is no embarras Wan- gelres about thom, They are not encumbered with family pedigrees which generally produce a feudal cramp in the nature and confine 1¢ within an agony of reserve aud restramt. Around thé women jast night there was charming vive les ueux, vive ia bagaiels, ineflably delightful. nere is something exquisitely refreshing in a fine Plebeian girl, with a nature of imperial independ- ence that can cope with queens and duchesses, We saw some charming specimens of this class emcne the best of our New Yorkers, with the hig bred Duchess Georgiana curve of the neck, and the head most sauciiy set on, But though they were called Honorable Miss So and So, #nd Mrs, Sevator So and So, they were simply damsels in disguise— semi-Grecian, semi-Parisian—fond of laughing, dancing, flirting, passionately fond of have made @ mark: but smile for any fancy man in austress, There were some sedate looking ladies there under Whose cloak of decorum there lurked the natural femaie demon of sprightliness. There were also some big-headed, headachy Massachusetts ladies, stout, uncompromising Emersonianists; but these transcendentalized amid the crowd, and came back to earth the moment supper was annouaced., One of these, a lady of portly pretensions, waddiea as she walked and gabbied as she talked. The Prince was evidently delighted and fasci- nated by the scene; but to those around him he exp! his especial admiration and homage (or two ladies in the room, They both justified his ad- miration. The one, the wile of an emt- nent banker, 1s eminently beautiful. ‘Ine forehead, 80 lovely a feature in woman, is high and smooth and arched in matchless symmetry by its own beautiiul drapery of hair. ‘Tue face—sweet, 1emi- nine, earnest and confiding, with its grave are lines—has @ simple and saddened dignity specially interesting. It looked a face to wear the classic fillet of Cassandra. She looks 8 woman you stand before as Satan stood before Eve, “stupidly ood,” adoring not the beauty, but the soul at «shines = throagh ws} and ready, like the knignts of old at the beck of that smail white finger, to go wherever she commands, other, @ bright and beautilul type of — girlaoud—siigut, spirituelie, gracetul and —fantastic—a ‘flower of that delicate geranium school of beauty peculiar to America. The golden hair thrown back like a sheaf of broken sunlight from the forehead, sinooth and soft as the sand from which the wave has just retired; the hittle ear lyimg under ~ its shelter —_ like @ Sshell, and the = high- bred head poised upon the throat like a Grecian urn on its pedestal, andin her every movement in the dance was tie fire of (he races. Will the all-seeing Jenkins please accommodate us with the names of these {wo beauteous women who won last night the homage of a Prmce? But why ampitiy this catalogue, which might be made as long as that of the ships’ m Homer, so bril- Hiant was the crowd of beauty? All that New York held of gay, gallant and distinguished thronged the Academy last pizht, and partook of an_imtolerably bad supper intolerably badly served. Is the Prince to leave and find we have no Deimonico? On jhe whole the balt was a brilirant success, re- flected credit on the Committee of Arrangements, and will long bold a pleasant place in the memory of fashionable New York. The Dancing. ‘The arrival of the Prince gnye n motive to the ap- parenuy aimless wandering of the host of rare beauty of faces and superb richness in toilets which occupied the floor. The boards were thronged so that it ‘seemed as if there was scarcely room for another mortal. To Move yound among the throng was extremely dim- cult, but the trouble was amply repaid in the suc- cessive phases df beauty which met the eye, It was rare to meet with a lady whom you could not call good looking. Any attempt at a catalogue of the beauties would be simply impossible, The cynosure of coteries famous for loveliness were lost in the world of beauty which met one at every turn, Lcoking from the fioor to the boxes another spectacle of beauty pre- sented itself. The second and third ties were like gardens wherein every flower known by the name of rose, lily, hyacinthe or houotrope, bloomed in a wealth of charm unknown to mere blossoms, Away down by the prismatic fountains on the stage, looking back to the house, the vista was simply increased pleasure to the sense, and through it to the soul. Wending one’s way back through the crowd apd mounting to the boxes the scene was changed only in point of view. Glimpses dresses, sparkling jewels, shining out around white throats or adorning shapely bosoms, glanced tn the light. Viewed from any point it was spleudor ana beauty again and again, IN THE CORRIDORS, where the shining broadcloth and the manly forms were seen by the side of the enchantresses in silks, satins, laces and velvets, What smiles were wreathed, what affections surre!! ‘The poetry of elegance was here, The coquetrics of half a smile, the flirtations of a dropped fan or the delicate love- making of the language of flowers told in the siory of a bouquet, the life-promise in a look of endear- ment that the passerby regards as common piace— all were here; it Was one Ol those scenes, as Milton says, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace bigh triumph hola With store of ladies whoae bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wilor arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend, It can be secn at a glance that dancing is an im possiblity, or nearly 80. Those who danced were Uhose who loved the poetry of motion for ils sake, or those who, Intent on a passing eminence, strove for the hand of some of our Russian visitors for the brief space of tho dancers or the waltz. Yet they danced with what space they could command and what sets they could summob. The very effort seemed a revival of the chivalry for which the peor troupadour louged: en While dance they In the radiant With biithe blood dancing in their veins, See yon bright forms that lightly fit, All whirii olden ha Are glorious maids, with you ‘There's some romancing nowadays, Juilien’s band rising up so that the form of the con- ductor 1s barely seen as he Waves his magic wand. ‘The music was excellent, aud here is the order of dancing as it was played by the musicians and en- deavored to be followed by the fair Jong-trained Votaries of terpsichore and their gallant partuers:— ORDER OF DANCING. Polonaise de Reception—Juilten. 1, Lanclers Les iris 3. 4 5. 6. 7. & rebar uadrilie, Creacendo” 18° Galop- 19, Poika Redowa—"Love's Bi "Thousand and One } Home, Sweet The Grand Duke ani Party ‘The orilliant company seated in the boxes and in all the circles awaited with the deepest interest the appearance of the imperial party. ‘The Grand Duke and suite left the Clarendon Hotel quictly in carriages and drove direct to the Academy, A private entrance in Irving blace had been reserved for the special accommo- dation of His Imperial Highness and the distin- guished persons who accompanted him. This en- trance opened into the richiy furnished and superbly appointed reception room decorated with the Russian and American colors, and in which the company from the Clarendon first assem- bled after alighting from their carriages, As they came in they were received by Major General McDowell and Judge Houghton, of the reception room, who warmly welcomed them, His Imperial Highness was followed by Admiral Posstet, Mr, and Madame Catacazy, Gen- eral and Madame Gorlof, Count Schonwalnof, Alde- de-Camp; Mr, Machen, Counsellor of State; Dr. Kandren, Lieutenant Tuder, Mr. Daryas, rirst Secre- tary of the Russian Legation; Mr. Sherkoff, Second Secretary; Mr. Bodisco, the Russian Consul General, and Mr, Shultz, Vice Consul. His Excellency Goy- ernor Hoffman, accompanied by Mrs, and Miss Hoffman, came with the imperial party. As soon as they all had gssamnies in the recention room, General McDowell and Judge Houghton conducted the Grand Duke and his brilliant and distinguished retinue to the private boxes reserved for them on the right hand side of the Academy as you look toward the stage. Suddenly the inspiring sirains of the “Russian Notional Hymn’ resounded through the Academy, and the immense assemblage was electrified with expectation and excitement, Almost simul- taneously the Prince appeared ip the box sur- rounded by iis suite, and received a truly cordial greeting, which he grrcefally acknowledged. ‘The Grand Duke ana the immediate members of his suite occupled the imperial box, which was elaborately decorated with flags and flowers for the occasion, The box adjoining, and with which 16 was connected, was occupied by Madame Catacazy and Mrs. and Misa Hoffman, who were attended by several of the gentlemen. In the other box sat Madame Gorloil and a number ot the Russian officers, inciuding several of those from che Russian naval squadron. Hardly had the Grand Duke been seated before the floor was filled with ladies and gentlemen, who arranged thelr seats aud joined In the graod prome- nade, which now began preparatory to the openmg of the ball. As they passed, as it were in review before His Imperial thghness, all eyes were fixed on him, and hundreds of opera glasses Were turned in the same direction from every cor+ ner of tho building. It was a beautiful and ant- mated scene. While the promenade was progress- M. Bodisco, the Kussian Consui-General, con- ducted to the Grand Duke’s box and in- troduced to him the foreign Consuis resid- ing in New York. The gentlemen thas introduced were Mr. Archibald, Consul General of Great Britain, and his Vice Consul, Mr. Edwards; Count de Lucca, Consul General of Italy, and Mr. Barnotti, his Vice Y 5 Urartle, Consul; Mr, Consul General of in; r. Roasing. Consul General of the German Confederation: Mr. = iBelleg, Consul General of ce; Mr. Bolsawasky, Acting Consul General of Austria; Mr, Botassis, Consul of Greece, and Mr. Bors, Consul of Sweden and Norway. Several of these gentiemen were accompanied by their ladies. After the presentation the Granda Duke gave his arm to Mrs, Governor Hoffman, the Gov- ernor escorting Madame Catacazy, and led the way to the dancing floor, followed by all tne other for- Cie guests, The procession marched round the ballroom, which was now densely crowded, ‘The first set for the Lancers was formed on the stage immediately in front of the prismatic foun- tain, The Grand Duke and Miss Hoffman took the head, Vis-a-vis to them were General Mc- Dowell and Mra. General Aspinwail, The sides were made up of Governor Hoffman and Madame Catacazy and Mr. Richard Irving and Mrs, Cutting. Some delay was experienced in torming the other sets, the Academy bei so uncomfortably crowded. At length the band struck up the familiar air, and the ball was opened. The distinguished dancers, however, were exceedingly unfortnnate, They got mixed up generally at the beginning, and 80 they continued to the end, It was a great relief to all concerned when the first dance was finished, After this the Prince promenaded and danced alternately for gn hour, until supper was announced, In the second and third dances his artners were Miss Morse, daughter of the Pro- fessor, and Miss McDowell, daughter of the General, lt was nearly one o’clock when the Grand Duke and the whole Imperial party were conducted into | the supper room, Tho Goddess Fashion . never was represented before in this city by tollets 80 surpassingly rich and distingué ov by votaries so richly endowed by nature with all the attrmbates that constitute a lovely woman, Among the myriad toilets we can only find time and space for a few:— The ideal of elegant simplicity was realized in a toilet of white India muslin, garnished profusely with the most delicate Valenciennes lace, and worn by @ lady in one of the boxes. The skirt garni- ture consisted of infinitesimal tucks, alternat- ing with narrow raflies, edged witb Jace, meeting the iong, full overskirt in the bacr and forming a garniture en tablier reacning to th waist. A ficha of the same material half concealed the lovely neck and entirely covered the corsage decollete, the ends being continued in long sashes, which, in conjunction with drooping sprays of Iiy- of-the-valley, supported the graceful drapery of the (unique. Similar sprays formed the heading to the lace on the fichn, and ornamented the wavy tresses of the coiffure. Elegant pearl jewelry completed this charming toilet, which just sulted the blonde loveli- ness ,of the youthful wearer, but would have ap- peared like affectation on an older person. Leaning on the arm of the Magyar uniformed Count Schonvalot was a tall, graceful girl, whose lovely features, lit up witn the excitement of the scene, drew the attention of the passers by, and also enlisted their admiration. Pen cannot do justice to the exquisite tollet, arranged with a petticoat of white satin almost covered with flounces of rich black Chantilly lace, worn under a manteau de cour of rose-colored velvet mounted from the shoulders in & broad Watteau plait. This train ‘was cut in one with the corsage, something tn tne atyle of a Gabrielle, the corsage décotete and open in front, displaying a stomacher matching the petticoat, and the train sweeping off in a graceful curve. Bordering the tram was a row of Chantilly lace, with a heading of white feather trimming. Part Of the evening this trai was supported by a chate- Taine of white satin and lace, suspended from the lett side. Tne sleeves were of white satin, trimmed with black lace, reaching to the elbow, and almost meeting the long faintiy-tinted gloves. Artistic enamel jeweiry of light Liue, with delicate traceries of rose color and black, setin diamonds; hair @ la Pompadour, slightly powdered, A tall, distingue looking matron, resting arm of a gentleman In suilitary uniform, tired in a robe of royal purple velvet, the train skirt looped on the left side by an a/grette of white ostrich tips, displaying a white satin petticoat trimmed with flounces of black thread lace, The corsage was a modified reine Margot, corded with silk of the same color, open infront over a vest of white satin, fastened With diamond buttons set in jet. The sleeves were quite tight, ornamented on the shonider by a Marie Stuart pafstrapped with white satin bands. Klegant point lace collar and cu aud diamond jewelry. The snow-white hair arranged in Onger-puils at the sides, the back hair disposed rather high and ornamented with an agretie of diamonds conflaing a barbe of ex- quisitely fine black lace, A brilliant brunette looked charming tn a toilette of corn-colored Jail/e, the train skirt ornamented with two ounces of white point lace, festooned at intervals by sprays of scarlet geraniums, with bril- lhant green leaves. Clusters of the same flowers foined the heading, veiled by coyutiles of tulle, aud sustained the graceful loopings of the poiat lace overskirt, The corsage d-collele was ornamented with a sort of berthe matching tne overskirt, looped on the shoulders with clusters of geraniums, the same exquisite flowers ornamenting the abundant rayen checeiur’, Diamond and rudy jewelry. In exquisite taste was tollet having a Bkirt of delicate gray Jai/le, trimmed with a broad flounce of point lace over blick Chantlily, the heading composed of full-piown blush roses, set in coquilies of black and white lace, Over this was worn a polonalse a la Pompadour, of brocade, gray ground, with clus- ters and gurlands of plush roses, tempting one to commit larceny, So natural did they appear. This ‘was most artistically araped by garlands of roses, intertwined with white and lack lace. ‘The hall-high corsage and demt-iong sleeves were completed by frills of exquisite point lace, and the coifure Was ornamented with natural blush rosea, A bouquet of natural flowers at the left side of the corsage and handsome diamond and opal jeweiry completed this lovely toilet. Mucn admiration was elicitea by a toilet of dell- cate green poult de soie, velied with puMiings and an overskirt of white tulle, gracejully draped by clusters of lilacs. The same Mowers, in conjunction with puflings, formed the gatniture to the fichu, and the unique sash in the back. The coifure was disposed unusually olgh and ornamented with clusters of lilacs. ong the rippling waves of shimmering toilets that surgea in from the foyer to the floor by the main entrance we cannot help mentioning ihe toliet of a young girl not yet out of her teens, whose fresh, natural color was a relief from the rouged and powdered taces around her, The dress was arranged with an underskirt of white foulard and an overdress of light bine pouit de sore. Tie skirt Was trimined with two narrow pinked flounces of blue silk, headed by rows of viue riboon velvet, the waist high and plain, with short sleeves trimmed to match the skirt. The overskirt, immed to match, had a plain Gabrielle front buttoned ali the way down, with the back arranged in a new and stylish manner, Jt was looped under Louts XII. bows of blue gros grain ribbon. In the set of Lancers, next the Prince, was a beautiful girl, whose dress of deli- cate, rose-colorea poult de soi was trimmed with side plaitings of the same, confined by pu ftings of white tulle, strapped with’ black velvet bands, black Chantilly lace and rose-colored fringe, The skirt was a long, full train, bordered with a trim. ming like that In front, the double revers at the sides producing the eifect of a manieau de cour, and the trimming arrayed across the front to simulate a round apron. From underneath the revers at the back proceeded a long, full overskirt, trimmed to correspond, which was gracefully looped under a shorter one, in the style of a basque, completed by @ handsome fan how of silk and tulle set re. against the corsage, The low courage was pointed back and front, the lower Le finished with a row of black Jace, and the puffing arranged around the neck to sliulate a berthe, Full puffed sleeves of tulle jell from underneath @ plaiting of silk. Dressy coiffure, ornamented with sprays of eglantine, set off the toilet and we bewitching wearer to the best advantage. Emerging from the ladies’ room was a charming toilet, arranged with a dress of light blue sik, worn under an overaress of fine white silk grena- dine, The skirt of the dress was bordered with @ deep box-plaited flounce, gradually deepening towards the front, forming a deep garniture across the apron. The Line wow was com- posed of a puMng of grenadine confined by straps of blue silk, surmounted by a standing row Of white blonde. ‘Tha ower overskirt Was Yery long and on the 8 aie - 1 fall, apron front and looped high on the «ides. Over this Was a shorter one, looped in tic mid of the back, and extending only Irom the sides. Aa broad sash of gros grain ribbon was fastened on the left shoulder, and Was carried across to tue mght side, and there tled in a full bow, with ends vee the waist, The corsage was decolletw, and the Sleeves short and putted. A rich black velvet robe over a@ ciel blue flounced overskirt, with artistically arranged floral ornaments, powdered coiffure, priceless necklace of diamonds and @ smail Princesse fan, with mother of pearl stick and ciel biue mounting, set off the charma of a matronly blonde who —- the pox leaning on the arm of a bespangied general of militia, e The Distinguished Guests Were so numerous that we can cnly mention a matt Proportion of those present, With -His Imperial aa Were Admiral Possiet, His Excellency We F. Machin, Councillor of State; Count Olsontieft, Aide-de-Camp to His Imperial High« ness the Grand Duke; Cesarowitch, Count Schouvalom, Dr, Cnaim, Lientenant Tadeer and Minister Catacazy and attachés, Them we observed Governor Hoffman, Admiral Rowan, W. H. Aspinwall, General McDowell, Mr. Henry Clews, General Shaler, Mr. Henry Bergh, Mr, A. Bierstadt, Mr. R. 1. Stuart, Mr. A. T, Stew? art, General Geriof, M cs M. Brown; and the fair sex was represented by Miss ‘McDowell, Miss Kane, niece Governor Fish? Mrs. Governor Hofman, Mrs. Barlow, Madame Catacazy, Mrs, John T. Johnston aud Mrs. Gorloffy On the floor we met Professor Morse, Judge Stoughton, General Sandiord, Professor Doremus and lady, Mr, Mrs. and Misa Hoey, Brigadier General Augustus Funk and stait, Mr. W. B, Dinsmore, Mr. W. B. Duncan, Mr. and Mrs, The- odore Moss, Misses Emily and Adelaide Moss, Mr, and Mra, Albert Weber and Generai Ward. In one of «he upper proscenium boxes sat the Swedish nightingale, Mile, Christine Nilsson and Mra, Richy ardson, Miss Clara Louise Kellogg and Miss Ade« lawe Phillips also graced the ball with their pres ence. ‘the Ohio beauty, Miss Sullivan, was pi . er as usual, admired in her green suk and blond@ uty. Supper. It may seem unpoetic to admit 1t, but the strong’ ciaims of that waste of tissue which is implied in an abstinence from edibles and bibulous whak nots was felt by the company as drew near to midnight, and it 1s, therefore, bud historic to recount that about that witching hour many a brave young fellow pre- sented himself, with the dear one of nig hopes on his arm, at the entrance to the palace of Epicurus. The thousand things which would titilate the palate of a Lucal- lus were spread im tempung array on the tables within, but the unyieldi form of @ Cerebus of whe law forbade” entrancel to that domain where the below named list of solid and liquid luxuries were awaiting the gourmet and the gourmand, Of course the ladies were only acking an excuse to just see the tables, aud nibble daintily at someting for an excuse. Qeccrrncecenssecerevererssssessressecescecest MENU. HUITRES EN COQUILLES, HAUT SAUTERNE, POTAGES, Consomme Printanier, 6 RELEV EB, Darne de Saumon Ravigotte, Timbale de Terra Cotelett yl d’agneau a la Provencale, ~ Supreme de Volahile a la Russe. 3 Salmi de Grouse ala Hordelaine, Ris de Veau aux Petits Pois, Epigramme de Perdreaux a la Victoria, Filets de Cailles, Sauze Supreme, ENTREES FROIDES, Galanune de Chapon Traffo a Ia Gelee, Aspie de lan; e Buffalo, ayonnaise de Homard, SORBET A LA BLURRIENNE, LEGUMES. Pommes Duchesae. Yetits Pois Francais, ROTTS. Selle de Venaison, Sauce Groseil Becasses eur Canapes Penaeee reel DOLE OLE LEDE= Dt OE IE DE EE DDDE De ebE BO DDE. ROBVRAUX. PIECES MONTEFS, Nousat. Fleurs Naturelles, ENTREMETS BUCKEKB. Charlotte Russe, Panter » Imperial, ‘Gelee pu Maraachino. Buisson de Meringues. eau Chantilly. a Hiucedoine de Fratts. GLACKB, pe OOOE RODE TOOL LODE IODIDE DO: Petites Glaces Napolitaines—Varies, Vanille, Frambolse. ., Dessert et Fruit Assortis. POOODELOLO OLLIE TS IEEE TEE TEEPE NEDO TODOOE RE: Alter the party were admitted the supper room was thrown open to the multitude, and a wave of the upper ten swept in, and. having satisfied Vgc’ and appetite as best they might, swept out al the door lor egress while other wearers rolied in their foam of tulle and laces to break azamst the supper tables as we see the ocean do at Newport, or “on the beach at Long Branch.’’ sind The Supper Table, over which tne Grand Duke Alexis presided, was arranged in regard to seats in the following man- ner:—On the right of His Imperial Highness sat Mr. and Mrs, Aspinwall, Governor Hoffman, Madame Catacagy, Admiral Poisset, Mrs, Peters, Admural Rowan, Mrs. Barlow, Count Schonvaloff, Miss McDowell, General Dix and Count Olsonflet. We give the names in the order in which they were seated at the table when supper commenced. At the right end of the table were two of the committee, Mr. Henry Clews and Mr. Henry Bergh. On the left of the Prince sat Mrs. Governor Hoffman, Minister Catacazy, Mrs. E. D. Morgan, General McDowell, Mrs. Bergh, W. F. Machin, Mrs, Stoughton, Mr. E. D, Morgan, Mra Gorloif, Admiral Godon, General Goriof and Miss Irvine, ‘At the left end of the table sat Mr. RK. L. Stuart and Mr. J, 8 Macy. Facing the Prince were the following ladies and entiemen, Commencing at the right hand side:— , Mr. Barlow, Mrs. J. T. Johnsten, Lieu- ©, Tudeer, Mrs. R. L. Stuart, Mr. R. W. Miss Nelile Brown, Mr, C. C. Dodge, Miss ‘Townsend, Mr. A. Bierstadt, Dr. Mrs, Montgomery, Mr. J. T. Johnston, General Shaler, Mr. Blodgett, Montgomery, General Aspinwall, Mrs, L Godin, Mr, J. M. Brown, Mrs, Howes, General Shaler and Judge Stoughton. It will be thus seen that including the Prince, fifty-two ladies and gentlemen sat down to this table. There were about one hun- dred and ifty guests accommodated at the other two tables, Whicu were also handsomely decorated. The Duke Retired after two o'clock, and the company, ex- cept those to whom allusion has been made previously, as resolved to dance under all didiculties, betook themselves to the misery of the cloak rooms, preparatory to the alMculty of finding a carriage, and with a view to asatisfed sleep after a night of triumph, The in- veterate soltators remained to finish the pro- ramme, and one determined pair, re- Soived to see everybody elise out, waited to see the last of the hats’ and cloaks taken irom the castodians, aud then returned to cast one lingering glance on the scene before hurrying out into the cold, sharp air of the morning. jus ends the story of the ball to the Grand Duke Alexis Alexan- droviteh. MOVEMENTS OF ALEXIS YESTERDAY, Shortly atter eleven o'clock yesterday morning the carriage of the Grand Duke drove up atthe en- trance or hs private apartments at the Clarendon, and the Grand Duke, accompanied by Mr. Catacazy, and Count Olsmo#m, started on a@ shopping tour through the city. he first visited the photographie gallery of Sarony, on Broadway, and afver a tour of the estab- lisnment, had his photograph taken in several posi- tions both imperial and carte. He next proceeded to Stewart's, where he was received by Mr. Stewart In person and conducted through te establishment. He inspected the various apartments and went up as high as the carpet floor, aud when he had con- cluded his visit, Which lasted a considerable time, he expressed to Mr. Stewart his delight with all he had seen, On leaving Stewart's he went to Tinany’s, this being his second visit, ant made several valua- ble purchases, inciuding several exquisite bronzo figures and several small articles of dijourerte, When he had made his purchases and concluded his round of visits he returned to tne hotel, and after lunch exchanged visits with Governor Hoffman, who Is staying at the Kverett House. In the afternoon he drove to Central Park. He made a full circuit of the drives, and seemed much interested in the fast trouing which was to be seen in the Park yesterday. The cold weather seemed to have an exhilarating effect upon the Grand Duke, as he evidently enjoyed the change. The Park was crowded with devotees of fastion, attracted by the chance of seeing the Prince, as his visit ra expected during the day. A great number 0 handsome equipages and /ast horses were on the rounds, When he had thoroughly explored ine auties of the Park he Soe a m4 yy my ja d spent 4 very quiet evenin, t fete forine bal A large Dumber of persons seats esterday at the hotel to make inquiries relative 4 jg movements and gratly their ee tak other matters relative to him, It was os my be would have visited tha Froduce Exchange, where preparations had been made to give him a suitable reception, but the intercnange of visits with plan from bag | digappolaunens Governor Hofman prevented this much 1a the