Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-05-04

quicksilver IN the barometer ! cohiO plainly So
| move up and down and. although, could not a.
the figures the seale. yet could tell when va
ut safe distance from the earth, by the dis,anc
tina, the quicksilver stood above piece of bras
| which formed n protection to the Thernomee
which Yves Immediately alongside ofthe barometer
| Whenever | fell tired, would sea, my.ef in III
bottom of the car, and place my barometer oPposit
me witch us height, and whenever found II II
sing, would throw out snrnc ballast, TO countcrnc
| its course. Now and then would look over ib
car and take particular notice Of the direction nm
situation of the water courses which had in sig h
| nearly the whole of my rrial voyage and wiihou
| which should not have been able to trace IN,
course
Soon after crossing the Sco'o river passed int,
another current of air, which carried me due cos,
and iumcdlrtdy over Concord. Soon nftcr, pas
Sod into another current Of mir, which Carried m'
along, and brought me, n, | O'Clock, nearly up Il
GnllpolIs little below which crossed the Ohio
River On entering n new current of air, the Bal
loon WINS always slightly ne,nted. When this &C
cured would pay particular attention in ascer
ianng the new direction Of the current. Soon nf
ter crossing The Ohio, the Balloon was again agta-
ted and found that had passed from T. ~ T.
current TO another which carried me S. +. and soon
brought INC owe, The Konnwha River. From the
rnpldty with which terrestrial objects seemed 10
move, found that my rate of travelling had ncrea-
SGD Al half pnst ~ passed over Charleston and in
few minutes was carried over the furnaces Of the
k"nh~ha Salt Works, and continued in this course
until was in sight Of the fork formed by Gaulcy
md New Rivers. While in sight Of New River,
approached the earth and as my ballast wn.
ncnhy exhausted, and as the part over which was
floating appeared an open country prepared for u
descent. threw overheard my anchor which, az
ter dragging for little distance caught firmly hold
of tree but coming close TO the tops OF the trees
found, to my surprise that instead of fair open
country, was in u dense forest, on q considerable
elevation.
The wind was blowing powerfully md found
II impossible TO lIberatc the anchor. The only way
of getting out Of this difficulty, was to cut away the
anchor cable. This | did and in short time, |
assembled to an altitude os great as had previous
ly attained. The cold was intense. could not as
certain the height Of The thermometer, but have
no doubt 1t was nearly as low rs Zcro. ! had now
Loaf sight the water courses. could see no
lights in any direct, n laid down in toe bottom
Of the car, bu'oned my Goa, tightly round me, put
on my gloves, covered myself with two blankets,
which had taken ms wrappers for tho balloon,
drank some brandy, and feeling comfortable and
highly delighted with my novel trip, tell fos, asleep
WINS awakened ut last by my Cur striking inn
medatcly sprang upon my feet ard found that
was dragging over the top, OF the trees. saw be-
fore me river and, l thought, some buildings
They seemed but n little distance from me but
afterwards found that they were obou, four miles
distant. attempted TO stop my balloon by cling
ing to the branches of the trees several of which
broke but n, last cnugh, u strong bougl,; and by
holding to it with one hard with all my might, and
pulling the vrlve rope with the other was enabled
IN short time to draw my car down the tree Scve-
raj feet, and TO secure it by means Of rope. After
being confident that had secured my balloon,
looked at my watch, and found it to be past o.
clock AT this hour of tho morning, thought it
would DC useless TO 90 in search Of assistance; ]
therefore rcmeincd in the car, which was fastened
to the tree, forty feet nj least, from the ground and
IN this situation renamed until day-brcak.
then descended to explore the wilderness in which
had slghtcd. But there was no trace of human
footsteps no mark of change produced by man
number of large trees were lcveled with the
ground, but there was no mark Of the woodlands
axe upon them. They had been evidently lcvellcd
by hurricane. Percciving that was a noun.
tam, and that there was another part still higher, !
ended to the top Of this elevation and could dis
ccrn IN the valley and in the direction that had
seen The river the previous evening, Il cultivated
spot After travelling along the side of beautiful
stream fer about three miles found this spot but
had to follow track two miles further to get asss-
lance. procured assistance, md we conveyed the
balloon to the house of MIR. Joseph Graham,
pectable md intelligent farmer, with whom re
manned three days until could get a conveyance to
rc'arn During my stay at Mr. Graham',, | was
visited by great number Of persons from hs sur
rounding country.
The spot on which Ldndcd, is the top of II
mountain 5000 fec Gas indicated 10y my Barometcr)
above the level Of the and is called ScrensJn
hhob, or Stlns'n Knob, ncor kenny's kno6,
Monroe county, Virginia, about four miles from
GrcenbrIer Rarcr, eighteen miles from Union,
twenty miles from LcmtSbnrg, within sight of the
Allegheny Mountains, and at distance f,om Gin
cinnati, according to the route travelled in the
Balloon, oft,ce hnndred aud fin miles, but accor-
ding to he usual route of velling, more than tou,
hhnd'cd miles, which distance | went in nine and
half hours
This voyage, believe, has completely fulfilled
the promises ] made in my advertisement, aud is
The longest Erlal voyage by far, ever pcrfo,mcd by
any other person.
An he' A@cnSton.-Mr Krhy tbs T,ronaut OF
Louisville, Ky, made an ascension from that city
on he 18th INST. lie rose from the nmphllheatre
| at half past o'clock p. M and landed at n quar-
ter pao, e. on the farm of Peyion Simpson, Esq be-
| 'wecn Jefcrsontown and Shelbyvllle and abou,
| 10 miles from The former. lie, however, lost his
barometer and balloon. The former got thrown o vi
and broken, and the latter carried of by gus,
| OF wind before it could be secured
| Extract Of letter dated Mexico, FEBRUARY Goth
| 'Eugtnc Robinson made an ascension in his
balloon few days since, during which he cncoun
cred tempest and wns oblg ed to the noun
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