The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-07-20

scent, were found IN the place IN which
they were deposited under one of the
seats; they had suffered considerable iaiu
~ ~ tiIe dcseent-ihey sunn rr,iYed-hiiss
stocks had recovered ana nott,thsiand
ing her marrow escape, I'D agreed Ia
,n.,ke another dsfeut aifh = Mr.. Graham
she Is stated To be the d,tghtcr of poor
woman, and was t0td stranger In Mr.
Harris. She pald -. Cd hpr admission,
aud, whilst rendering the money, Nj. II.
was observing he MAS afraid he should as.
,end by himself, upon which Miss Sia,ks
replied III -, sir, II YOU Will permit
me X 10 which he instantly as-enlcd. ,Siu,
appeared quite undNmtsd, but rather pale;
She is about Is yeats OF age, an1 rather in
nrestns appearance. When SHE took her
srat Ia the rar, slle took pus,rssinn OF onc
of the fags, and requested IA person pre-
,eat 10 call IN hel parent aud inform Der
IT the trip she had taken.
The kug of the Sandwich Idands. had
with hlm the boars Of the celebrated Gap
faa Cook, which were Ia be- assigned 10
some suitable place lar intcrmeni. John
Bull had al ii oncr discovered that his a.
hony majesty has a genllrmanhhc ap.
pearancc, AID nlight pitss Tor IN English.
man, were II moi for hi, deep copper 30
lour." lie bad refused 10 become mem
her of thu Holy AIhancc.n
Friw .79Wi Ercaraiop On Tuesday
last Mr.. lIarrls, II new candidate tor rru-
naullc fame, accompanied by II Miss
Stocks, assembled IN balloon irdm the Ia
vie TAVERN Crty-road, London. When
about t"o miles Iron, the earth near CtOy.
don, Surrey, Mr.. ltarris prepared Ia do.
secnd, IN riecting which, W. ,r'eret 10
stale, Mr.. Harris WAS killed. The follow
lng are the particulars of the dreadful ca
tastrr,he
| II appears that when Mr.. Harris had
gained II considerable altitude, he said 10
his fair companion, Now, my dear we
will descend, tDr have pramised u gcn,le.
man mat w"u.d n,e.t HIM In tnun, in
two hours" He opened the valve At III,
top, and the ballo6n dcWrindrd with sur
prlslug rapIduy. The noise occasloncd by
| THE escape ri the gas MAS trnihir, and the
! villagers of tarshIiton were collected ~
sethrr, 60 assist the ,oNagrts but alas
they stood Inactive spectators Tor ia II
moment the vehirit fell IN the park cont.
ga"ns Ia The mansion of Mrs. Gree. Tin
D''I' nv II - hih Uiili1 pill'I I''INplI's III
In the car, when They found Mr. liar,
rs "A corpse, aud Miss Stocks totali, inseo
sblr.
Miss Stocks gives The fo'iowhlg account
! y q trausrCt III:
ascrndrd The balloon in good spirits
and IN consequence ri the peraons h~lon
hnliing thu ropes, the ear was illie ~
one side. Mr.. Hargi4 said hc would RENE
dy il, and III threw ont some ballast. Il
Il shoh tune we aerrndrd most rapidly
and W fonnd onr-rl,r5 gong through III,
clouds, wnrIi lookcd Ike monItains u
sn"w. Mr.. Harris asked me 10 hold th,
string, aud he laukrd ut his watch. II,
told me thai we had been up qHMlcr u
an hour, and said that We had got two n
geous. He then aGain asked me 10 hol,
The string, and then threw on II pirce u
paprr, and, 20 Ear rs recOllcct n this mo
mynt, he sail the hal,oUn nas falling rnpid
". After throwing out more ballast ",
again assembled, and got through another
cloud, when felt myself very cold. He
said, Dear girl, don't lei your heart fan /;
hope we shil sup tagcthrr and wei
that you may for Your courage, b" connec.
ted with NY family az thg No yuu 1--we. -
He then sad 'hat we were again descend.
lag, and desired mr, if Ire baliann should
incline on one vide, 10 lay bold of Ihe other
| heard tie baIioon 20 clap, clap, and Ia
SAID he WAS afraid tie balloon waa bursting
at which information tainted, and remrin
Der nntllins more, I'LL found myself IL
! bed"
The melancholy Intelligence was com.
municated To Ma. llaris At clsht o'oiocl'