The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1835-08-01

aeronauts, AS being more portable, less
liable to injury, and much more conven
lent Tor determining the heights than TIT
instrument now in use | had with m,
also "a good Barometer made by MIR
4, Pool. | shall OH some future day DO a
bic to make some corrections and proba
4 bly, further improvcnts in nv own insIru
mcnt.
l, fifteen minutes after starting ! hat
:. risen quite above the warm and rapid cu
rent OF air at the surface. On examining
: my instruments l found myself at the
high elevation oftuenty- thousand feet
> NV thermometer, which has istood at $50
on starting, had fallen to s27o, or 8 de.
grees below freezing. The clouds were
below me passing rapidly to the East.
Experienced an unpleas ant sensation al
the chest, probably from the great rarity
Of the air, aud finding myself growing
quite chilly determined Oh descending to
"a warmer region. was at this time o.
yer the plain Of Seekonk, miles from
Providence. Having reached the warm
er current, and keeping within respectful
distance of the earth, l. travelled rapidly
along in full view and hearing Of the in
habitanls Of several towns and villages.
A little TO the South of the village OF Taun
ton, "A stage driver politely stopped to let
me pass, and waved his hat as bid him
good evening. Pursuing my Eastefly
route along an interesting country, soon
found myself approaching tho Atlantic,
and there being no probability of getting
ID more Northerly breeze so as to reach
Bangor, as had promised my friends, ,and
not having much relish for another i'm
mersion. lowered down and prepared to
cas- anchor on terra frma, found con-
siderable difficulty in the attempt l
threw anchor, and the graphing irons fast
ened to a fence, but such was the strength
of the wind that the cable parted and i
was carried nearly two miles over and
through the tops of the forest trees ill my
car was literally broken to pieces under
me, and had it not been for the rope-nett-
ing which enclosed it, my situation would
have been truly perilous. by keeping
open the discharging-val,e with one hand
and using one to se.ae hold Of what might
come in my way, succeeded at length
in checking my progress, and bringing
myself within the reach ofseveral persons
who had discovered my situation aud
promptly FASTENED to my assistance.
Not the least worthy Of note was the
jealous cooperation Of Newfoundland
dog, who had haslened with his master to
witness the scene. He seized upon a
rope, and was lifted sometimes fifteen or
twenty feet from the ground without
loosing his bold. AT length, however, l
succeeded in landing and learning from
the gentlemen who kindly came TO my
aid, that l was in the town of Hanover,
Mass. y seven miles from Scituate har-
Dor, nineteen from Boston, aud forty from
Providence.
had made the trip in one hour and
forty minutes. Had kept TO the lower
warm current Of air, | am confident the
same distance would have been perform
ed in less than one hour.
My balloon was slightly injured and
my hands somewhat scratched by attempt
ing to seize tho branches of trees. 9th
erwse, felt myself well and in good spi.
rits. After packing the balloon and ta-
king little refreshmcnt, MIR Samuel
Jones generoury insisted on taking me ia
r my family in Boston that evening, where
| arrived little after eleven O'Clock.
J.. A. LAURIAT.
Frighyul-We copy the following hor.
, rible narrative from the Louisiana Adver.
t tiser of the / lth inst. The account i.
circumstantial, and seems to bear on it,
, face evidence of its truth, but we may hop,
that it is at least exaggerated.
"We have just learned the particulars
Of the horrible affair reported by one O
r steamboats, yesterday. 1t appears tina
some persons had kept a gambling house
at Vicksburg for some time, and as usua
in similar establishments, had their pimp
{ and their decoys employed, inveigling in
experienced young men into the hons de-
where they were invariably necced of al
:hey possessed, aud frequently i'll treate,
by the conductors. The Inhabitants, de
termined to abate the nuisance, had hel
y several meetings, and given notice re
!, peatedly to the offenders TO quit the cit
!, by certain time, or suffer the consequeu
is ces of an outraged community. The da
at length arrived when the committe
: waited on them, and told them that thci
!. passages were paid on board steanbos
:. and quiz they must They positively re
lused-the committee retired to delbcrat
!, and again returned, but the house wa
:, closed, and whilst endcavoring TO gain az
mntance, several shots were fired lroI
:, the windows, one of which struck d.
4 Bodily tho chairman OF the committee an
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