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VARIETY.
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,IiiI. ANOTHER BALLOON ASCENSION.

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sIIII. ANOTHER BALLOON ASCENSION.
The citizen. were treated Co another very
b. Gt,ful balloon ascension yestc rday AFTER
noon. A short time before six O'Clock, MIR.
EIiiorr, accompanied BY his youthful com-
pan,on, Master REpNss, started from the
Obscr, story Garden IN a balloon Of his own
construction. At frat he assembled slowly.
leaving the earth in nearly perpendicular
course, and when he had risen some dist NICE
Ia drew out ballast al two or three ditIercat
periods, AZ each Of which his up~ ard nisht
was accelerated still more rapidly. Tho bal
loon had an occasional revolving notion
About the time Of Mr.. Elliott's departure, n
threatening clc'id had risen In the north, aud
vas rapidly approaching towards the city
The Impression among many Of the specta-
tors was that the cloud ought to and would
induce him TO descend, but he still continued
10 rise, and was at very great height. when
the cioui came over tho city, aud soon had
the balloon from view, the eronauts being,
eviieHtly, much elevated above the cloud.
The balloon, during this time, had been watt
ed by current Of air in q south asterly
direction, and when IL emerged from the
clolis was seen descending at point sup
posed TO be on the south side Of the Patap-
SEQ, below Fort Mci: lry.
PDSrSCRiPr-PERII DESCENT
e. After tho foregoing paragraph ~as
written, Mr.. Elliott and his companion re-
turned to this city In the ste ambost Mary land.
u appears that the balloon descended IN the
Paiapsco river, in deep water, about nine
miles from the city. We are informed that
tie descent was rather an abrupt one The
vaiye OF the balloon having been opened TO
discharge portion &c gas for the purpose OF
gradual descent, IL remained opened aud
could not again be closed. As the gas esos-
pei, the descent became more rapid. until
the car hnally struck the surface OF the river,
i1 about twenty feet water. The steamboat
Maryland was fortunately coming up the
river at the time, and Ut the moment OF the
descent was near enough TO render the rro-
rluts prompt assistance. Captain Taylor
brought his boa; TO the leevard Of the bal
loon, aud the wind waited il and the car
gcAily along side, and the whole apparatus
was safely taken aboard. SIR. Elliott was
partially immersed in water, and held the
boy up in his arms until received on board
tie steamboat.
Romulus was 81 DESTROYS Of pcopling
his kingdom, that he admitted into
Rome all sorts ofpcoplc, even the wick
od.-fct there was not one parrlcidc in
Rome for GOO years, nor, according IL
some authors, one divorce Though eve
~ husband might put away his wife al
pleasure) in 500 years. But they had
ccnsors, and the senate give a constant
attention to the behaviour of the people.
Ladida .7aec,iofe.-Red Jacket took
part with the Americans in the war OF
ISl2, and becoming attached To colo
mel who was ordered To a distant SER
vice, took his farewell of him in the
following speech:
Brother, hear you are going to a
place called Governors Island. hope
YOU will be governor yourself. un-
derstand you white people think chill
dFen a great blessing-I hope YOU may
have a thousand. And above all,
hope, wherever you 90, you may nerey
.tind irhiSkey more thin itco shiAings a
quart"
RHEUMATISM.-"I am troubled with
a strange kind of rheumatic affection in
my arm" said well known Irish wit,
the other day 10 a friend. at allows
me To- do some things, but it prevents
me from doing others; for instance,
can put my hand into my pocket with
all the ease in the world, but never
can take any thinr out"