Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-05-01

shone in the cloudless hcniisphcre above me
Il niue beyond Portsmouth had a fine view of the
fTo" ioTgeS, and Furnaces, whose fires illuminated the
atmosphere Tor a number OF niles. could not by the
hght OF the moon, make any Thcrmomctrical oLserva-
u"is' me QUICKSILVER IN the tube being so small | could not
sec its height; but the quicksilver in the Barometer bcinp
OF greater volume, | could plainly see it move up and
oowh' ancaithough l could not see the figures on the scale
yer, icouid tell when / was at Il safe distance from the
earth, by the distance that the quicksilver stood above a
piece OF brass which formed n protection TO the 1hermo-
meter immediately alongside of the Barometer. Whom.
ever telt tired would seat myself in the bottom of the
car, placing the Barometer opposite To me. watch It's
n',si.' ana whoa | found 1T rising, would throw out some
ballast and countcract its course. Now and then would
look over the car, and notice, particularly the direction
ana situation Of the water courses which | had i'm
s'gi', nearly the whole Of my voyage, and withou,
which, | should not have been able to trace nv coursr
Soon alter passing the Scio,o River, entered another
currentoi ar, winch carried me due East, and immcdi.
ately over Concord. Soon after | passed into another
current, which carried mc East North East. and brouvbt
me at III o'clock, nearly up TO Gallipolis, a little below
whici crossed the OHIO River. On passi,r INFO a ncv
curgent OF air, the balloon was slightly ayiintSd, an WHICH
time would always be particular in ascertaiuinu its di.
tectoh. soon aiier crossing the Ohio, the BALLOON was
again asitttcd, and | found that had passed from the
East North East current, into another, which carried me
south Enst, and soon brought me over the Hanawha Ri
Yer, ana from the rapidity with which the terrestrial oh.
Jec.s hPpear'a 70 move, | found my rate of travelling had
increased. AT half after twelve passed over Ch1,Irs-
e'h anu in a W minutes | Was carried over the Furna-
ces OF the hanawha Salt works. continued this course
New Rivers. ~ "N
W.ilcin sight of New River. I approached ,he Garth,
my ballast was nearly exhausted, and as the place over
winch l was floating appeared to be an open country. |
prepared for 4 descent. threw overheard my onri,-
which, after dragging Tor Il little distance. cau,1b, 6rnJ,i,
hoid oil a tree; but on coming close 10 the tops. found
10 my surprise, mat instead OF a iine open country, was
IN a dense forest, on Il considerable elevation. The wind
was blowing powerfully, and finding it impossible 10
break the hold of the anchor, the only way of Gberot;na
myself from this situation, was TO cut away the cable
inns ! did, ana IN a short time asccnded to an altitude
as great as had previously attained. The cold was
intense out could not ascertain the height of the
lhcrnioneter-l have no doubt it was nearly as low as
Zero. l had now lost sight OF the water courses and
could see no lights in any direction. laid myself down
IN the bottom of the Car, buttoned my cont tightly
aiouhd me, put on my gloves, covered myself with two
blankets, which had taken as wrappers Tor the Balloon
drank some brandy, felt comfortable and highly delight.
cd with my novel trip. and in this situation fell fast asleep.
l was awakened at last, by my Car striking. immedi.
ately sprang on my feet, and IN another moment the Car
was dragging over the tops of the trees. saw beG,rc
me a river, and 1 thought some buildings; they appeared
but 4 little distance from me; but / afterwards found tbev
were about four miles off. | attempted to stop INV BAL.
loon by clinging TO the branches of the trees. Several
OF them broke; but at last caught hold of a stronp bou5b
and by clinging with all my strength with one 6and md
pulling the valve rope with the other. | was enabled in =
short time to draw my Car down the tree several feet.
and to secure IT by means of rope. After BEING conf.
dent, That had sec red my balloon, looked at nv watch
ana found 1t to be half after two o'clock. At this
une of the morning thought it would be useless To oo
IN search of any assistance. | therefore remained in tRa
ar ioieet at least from the ground, until day-break. and
then uescendeS to explore the wilderness in which had
landed.
l could discover no trace of human footstep, no mark
OF change produced by man. Numerous laroc trees Lad
been ieycllcd to the ground, but there was no mark of the
woounian axe upon them, they had evidently been I'M
lTuotedb Y the hurricane. Perceiving fLot - ~
mountain and that there was another point still higber
assembled to the top of it and could perceive in the val.
ley, and in the direction that | had seen the river the nrc.
vous evening, a cultivated spot. After travelling along
S,de oi a beautiful spring rivulet for about three miles: |
found this spot, but had to follow a track of two miles
u .ther 10 get assistance We conveyed the balIs51~I 10
thr house OF MIR. Joseph Graham, a resuc+rr6Ic ,md ~
higent farmer, with whom rcSr1i6ed tbrce d. -
a u gt u conyey%hrc 10 return. During my STAY at
kIrTs, was visited by great numbers of people
/ ron M SnrrDlnhnn notpfrr
The spot on which | landed, IL the tnEzSz6n, ,nan,-
tam, 1000 feet Gas Indicated by the Barometcr) above the
level OF the sea, and is called Stevenson's Knob. or Stin.
sons Knob, near Kecneys Knob, Monroe country. Vir-
ginia, about 4 miles from Green Bricr River. Is miles
from Union, ~ from l.ouisburg, within sight of the Al
ieghany mountains, and at Il distance from Cincinnati,
according to the route | travelled in the Balloon. of 3Gj
miles, but according TO the usual method of travelling.
more than 400 miles, which distance / travelled in Q -
hours.
This voyage | believe has fulfilled the promises made
IN my advertisement, and is the longest voyage, 6y far.
ever performed by any person in a Balloon.
The Foot Racc.-This novel and interesting undertol.
ing ~ 'to come off to-day, iftic weather permit. Great
interest is manifested in the result. and much b4tnnr
5 aioot The match was nndertaken'to decide wl.e.
lher The human constitution was in our climate compe-
tent TO as greatcXertlon and achievement as in ENGLAND.
where, as is we'll known, ten miles have been passed
over on foot within an hour. The discussion occur
req on a festive occas on, and a wager of$l0O0 was made,
that no man who had resided six months in the country
could be found TO DO the feat. The whole sum is
ohtrrd 10 tie successful candidates, with an addi-
uonal three hundred dollars by two other gentlemen
who have taken interest in the result. II would be sin
gular If, with the hardicst and most athletic population
IN the world, onr country could not furnish an individual
to do what has been repeatedly done in ENGLAND. not
withstandmg the want of the advantage nossesscd i'm
tat country OF general and great attention and practice
oi s'lch exercises. But the question is settled already
we understand that one OF Ike parties in frainiu0 for Tho
race achievcd II ON wednesday, though Tie state of tie
alan sphere was such a 20 cause great exhaustion it is
doubtful whether lac will come forward again to.day-
but there are enough more, aud we should not be at all
surprised IT half a dozen achieved the task. The young
German, VIII s. pedestrian fcals were much talked Of last
year, is in training, and we shall see what effect q Two
years residence IN our inp elc'Ied climate has hal uoDn
ms exotic onstIintion-ihoug we know not what his
powers were originally. Tie Albany Journal saws that
4 young faTmer from Seneca county, and a Seneca Indian
rom the viclndY Of Buffalo, are among those in training.
Long Island also lends two or three Other hardy sons.
and several have come from a distance. Whether this
trial, however. be successful or not, though we are conf.
dent 1t will succeed, there are two hundred men i'm our
country competent 10 the task, and itneeds only time and
induccment to bring them forward. The task Isl severe
one, though 1t IS a great horse that does a single mile
in three minutes, and this match allows but six minutes
to the mile, for ton successive miles! NOvs rcrr01s.
though y Times.
(EOm tie PesnsniraaiaaJ
We give below from tie N. Y. Courier and Enquirer
Of Saturday, All interesting account of the great Foot
Race over the Long Island Course, on Friday last, for
SI@OO. We are glad 20 see that the prize was taken by
one OF our own countryncn. The result of the match
would seem to establish that running ten miles i'm an
hour ~ not a very extraordinary feat. since. but for the
high wind, lircc out Of the nine who entered for the
prize, would probably have accomplished it.
THE GREAT FOOT RACE
The great trial ofbumnn capabilities. in ooing ten
miles within the hour for 81 900, to which $500 was add.