Litchfield enquirer., 1834-09-25

thai. most of all, we e0Vied Mr. DWrant hts position. Looking dOwn upon aOetherSVOFId from such Eright. how beautiful, nay how sublime must have been the view. The com mon, al; alive with population. the trees. the grass, the houses, covered with spectators the ladies, decked tn all the cOIOrs Of the raln-
 bow, the hills, the DeighbOring towns the wharves, the shipping. the islands: the u's-
 tant ocean, the brave O'erhanSIng nrmament Himself, a little floating sPecA' mere at- On,, throughout this immenslty "t space With such scene as this before nIm' Us | wonderful with what accuracy and cOmpOsuFe Mr Durant made his observations. MT. Par kcr. who watched him closely, with an excel
 lent trlescope, from the observatory, says he could see him, after having consulted hts ba- rometer, minute dOwn his memoranda, with as
 mach sane frOid as the clerk of bank would do if. on terra Rrma. Whilst over the har- l bOr. he let go his parachute. thinking, pr"ba- l hlv. that the under current would return tt to the city, but in this he was misiaken-lt struck the water about half way to Fort Warren, and. we are sorry tO say, the poor little rabbit was drowned. Shortly after this, by "pening hi. valye. he descended in;O the lower cur rent. and returned once more towards the ci- tv. He repassed the city at the height. ap-
 paren,ly, of about a quarter of a mile, thereby affordinc every one a clear and uninterrupted
 view of fhe most magnificent scene Bostonl- ans ever witnessed, and we hardly think there were an hundred in the city but what availed themselves 0f the opportunity. He landed in Lincoln at half past six. alter being one hour and three quarters in the air. in perfect safety, and returned to the Fremont House at a quarter before eleven o'clock.
 This third and last ascension. has given u- q. and Vn,p well AONht if surctacle more beautifully splendid was ever witnessed.-BostOR Commercial G0z.
 The Balloon AseensiOn.-The ascension of Mir. Mills yesterday afternoon. was one Of inc handsomest and most gratifying that we ever witnessed, and the same remark was made by the many tho0sands that were the .dm;r;ne witnesses. The balloon moURted with moderate pace, but with almost perpen-
 dicular ascent. stretching of few points east of north. Having attained considerable height. it met with another current Of air, l which sent it westw wardly, but always ascend. ling. Mir. Mills vEas seen to empty several Of his sand bags, and to throw the bags over hoard. They made a pretty appearance in
 falling. the white sides glistening brilliantly in the sunbeams. The balloon was seen for more than m hour after the ascension like
 mote iu the air. northwest from the city; at what distaRce we cannot guess.
 1 Among the means of making experiments. we noticed several exhausted bottles for re-
 ceiving the atmospheric air at different heights. The thermometer and barometer, of course. 1 were taken. :,
 We were informed by q gentleman that came down the Lancaster turnpike in the eve ming. that when he was twelve miles from the
 city, Mr. Mills descended apparently about three miles northwest of him, little before
 2 o'clock; he has no doubt. from the move- ment of the halloOn, that the Hr0naut de-
 scended in safety. Phiodetphio Gaz. | .s~9 From the NatiOnal kpselligeneer.
 l From the far West.-We mentioned in our paper of Saturday last, that the report of battle between the Dragons in the West and the Indians seemed as likely to turn cut false
 as true. The mail of yesterday brought us
 the Arkansas Gazette of Aug. 96th. Gin which
 journal the report was published.) from which we are glad to learn that the story was false
 from brginning to end. We expressed hope. also, when we heard Of the death of General
 LEAvENwoRrH and the sickness of several
 officers and many priyases Of the Dragons, that the detachment marching westward would forthwith return. 1t gives us pleasure tO state, now, that they did return, as we ho- ped they would, and arrived at Fort Gibson on the 18th of August. The following are the only particulars concerning their return which
 have reached us :- From Ms Arkansas Gasehe, Aug. 26.
 Return of the Dragoons.-By gentleman direct from Fort Gibson, we are happy tO learn that the detachment of U. s. Dragons. under Col. Dodge, returned to that post on 1 the 18th inst. from their expedition into the country of the Pawnee, Cananche, and oth-
 or Indians, inhabiting the vast expanse ofter-
 ritory, several hundred miles south and west l of our frontier, without the occurrence of a. ny unpleasant collision with the various tribes
 with whom they opened an interconrse.-) They have brought in about twenty Indians, comprising delegations from the Pawnee, Ca
 manclle, Waco, and one or two other tribes. | with all of whom, we understand. treaties of amity have been concluded by Col. Dodge. Some of these delegations have come in with | the intention of proceeding to Washington ci ty. Col. Dodge, we understand. procured
 the release of a little hoy. about 10 years Of
 age, son of the late Gabriel N. Martin. of Mil.
 Ter county. who was carried of hy the Indians
 some months ago, at the same time that his
 father was murdered by them. negro mao belonging to Mr. Martin, who was captured at the same time, has also been restored.
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