Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-09-15
-. ns NEw rorr. Sen. 8.
Mr. RoBEETS0y-s 81 con n }rpr.x
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Ies'eruay,si an early hour in the A..
ternoon, crowds Of tiiisens were seens
passing down Broadway, and betr.er
4 and s o'clock, every street i,asI;nv ~
TIE Battery was ,hroneed,--The q. =
tom the top Of the Castle GARD, w..
lncnmmoniy fine. The Battery wss
'''led with people. every tree. every
fooa. top, and every elevated spot.
vas linsd with perso0s. Castle Gar.
ian was comfortably filed, and CON.
siued about $500 persons. The f;var
was covered with ste am and other bosts.
The weather was uncommo,ls Ca.
With clssSsky, and a gentle breeze a
eouth East Alta few moment befprn
SIX O'Clock, thu Balloon Being inflated.
tne car was attached, in which a Young
lady took her pisre Vas permitted 10
rise some so Or 90 feet On lowering
the Balloon, IL was found that too mucS
gas had escaped to raise Mr.. Robe stsorl.
After few moments were spent IN re-,
pIenishing u with gas, tha Aesona,,t
stepped into the car. and after arrano1
ing hrs hag>, srappling irons, barome-
tsrs, &c. he rose insjesiically. wifh-
out the least Interruption. amid sbs
cheers Of the multitude. which rent The
air. The Balloon rose but q few huns
bred feet, when itbsgan to settle, and
fears were eriierssineJ that II would fall
into the North River, but Mr.. N. thrsw-
Out bag of ballaat and rose rapjdlvs
passing, in a North Westerly direction.
across the North River aud over Hoboe
ken. He continued to rise for .boue
hnlfan hour. The sky was unconncnx
" clear, so rs to render every moye-
msnt easily distinguished by The spec~
tstors. Shortly after Mr.. r. lefi the
Garden he let 90 Parachute, which
alightsd in th. river.
The Balloon was deceadIns when Is
was last seen from the city, which was
about - minutes after leaving The Gar.
den, and must have landed in New lar
sey few miles from Hudscn River.
This isthe sixthAerial voyaceM. n. has
made. On this occasion as on the for
ner,ha appeared perfectly matter 81 his
professions he adjusted all the ropee
and puIlies, and assembled his car way.
ing his bard in token Of condolences.
r. 8 We hear thAt Mr. Robertson
landed safely on The farm Of Mr. q. NJ:
Nswkirk, . quarter OF mile from ZEN.
.ecacus creek, and about FIVE miles
from Jersey city. in defending 10 th6
earth, Mf. u. lodged In tree. from
which he was taken BY several personx
who had followed The Balloon Tor sou,a
distance, TO sffofd assistance if neces-
sary. Mr. h. was Immediately fur-
nished with convey snce, ard returned
to the city at so'clock, having besn ab.-
BENT about three hours.
Treasury Ro65sdi--The ofses d Tho
state treasurer Of Connect was for
chilly entered on The night or the soth
ult. adj robbed, not Of the Whole funds
Of the whole caxnmonweath, bhl Or ~
aoilor aud Jcyy-sighf CENTS; The trea-
suIer having made bis deposits Of cash
in safer place. The robbers left be.
hind them alarge rro~ bar, iron wedge.
two chisels, two lamps, and i tindeF
box, The door was bored ID j number
Of places with an augur, which did noe
however, penetrafs far, on account az
its being lined with sheet iron--unIexs
the articles left shall prove To have been
stolen, the state treasury viii hare loaf
nothing by the exchange.
Fire. IL Mains.- Fires are raging IN
the woods in Bowdoinham and in sever.
al places in The Piscataquis, Passad-
unkeag and between them and xatsn-
awroek forests, tnurh damage to the
timber has already occurred, and should
the dry weather continue, the probabls
loss Of timber Is almost iDcaIculable.--
Two dwelling houses and three barns
in bowdoinbam, have been consumed
Msdicnl-r1octors Hodge, Rache.
Meigs. Coates and Ia Roche. Of phila-
dslphia. have issued prospectus for
the publication Of Quarterly Journal.
70 he called "Jns Nsorfh .anssric can Md
zeal and Surgical Jeaynoir-- From the
number& stsndingof the editors, we infer
that the new publication will be vaIu.
able addition to the works or science
already before tbs world,
SPdkN-Ws have seen letter
from merchant now IN France, Civ
ing notice to his correspondents. thai Ia
consequence Of the unsettled state II