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ecunfry. b. \ Mr.. Chyton- TIE Cincinnati
Pasers announced hrs departure from ths,ci
but for soDe days so,iins VA heard of hin
and >-'sa> u lie Bnskeye, began In think III =,
he had csoe bsyoot ts> esa,re IL ta- .,r,h,.
strsetsSu- as-i iasde.l On the NOM A,l.n,,,.
hoxevsr, Intelligence ~. received ,,,, NJ
&, after >a,i'as Only Eine nd a half hour.
asi shSht~Si an NOaroe o,sinty. virginia. tAr,.
's'sired and hity n.iies frOta the place of IN.
dePartur~. bet, according q tie ,..,,,l rc,,.,.
~ 'ra'si;sr=-. rnorc than four hundred miIe..
Mr. e aro~s from the sraphirh-airr m tin
ernna:i, =, SO'e,oek, r. NJ; ard at half p,s, ,
neN morning he ~as viewing, by moonlight.
Tie s''siiEs- .~.nery Of the Gs~,cy azd New
hiSers- fis jOurIsal, AFTER desrr,.ia. IA.
ec'ir>- a'-oSIf two h'rairv.i mi,e> On the Nor.h-
cru sase e the Ohio. con l,a.,.s this.
A li;;ie below Gallipo,is I crns,.d
ihc OHIO River On ea,erin, n new
current 81 arr. the Balloon wa AWAY.
slightly agIta:cd. When TIN, occurred
j would paw particular attention in As
eer'1i1iny the new direction OF the
current Soon after Crossing the Ohio.
The Balloon Was again agitated. and I
found that had passed from T.. ". 2.
curren: II another which carried nm.
- = and soon brought me over the
kanlaha River. From the ranid,tv
with which terrestrial objects seemed
10 move. found that nv rate of ira
yelling had increased At half past
W Passei over Charleston, and I'm a
lev minutes Was earned over the fur
naces Of kananha Salt Works. and
continued IN this course until v,s
m Signt Of the fork formed by Cav
lev and New Rivers While in SIGHT
Of New River approached the earth
and as my ballast was nearly exhaust
ed, and Is the part over which | was
hoa'ing appeared an open country. /
prepared for descent. threw over
board NV anchor; which. after dray-
glng Tor Little distance caught firmly
hold Of tree but on coming close to
the tops Of trees, ] found 10 my sur
prIse tina; instead OF fair open coun-
try. i was IN dense forest. on a con-
siderable elevation.
The wind was blowing powerfully.
and 1 found IT impossible to hberaie
the anchor. The only way Of getting
out OF tins difficulty. vas 20 cut AWAY
the anchor cable. This l did: and IN
short time, l assembled To an altitude
As srca; As had previously attained.
The cold was intense. | could no,
ascertaIn the height of the thermome-
ter. but | have no doubt IT was nearly
a low a Zero. had now lost sight
OF the water Courses, could see no
light an any direction. I lad down
IN the bottom OF the car, buitoned my
coat tightly round me. put on INV
gloves, covered myself with two blank
e;s- which / had taken a. wrappcrs
fcE the balloon, drank some brandy. and
feeling comfortable and hi ghly delig
ed with my novel trip. fen fast asleep.
was awakened at last by my car
sinking i Immediately sprang upon
nav feet and found that | was dag
gIng over thc tops OF the trees I saw
before me nveT, and, thought some
buildings They seemed bu; a little
distance from me but | afterwards
found that they were about four miles
distant j attempted % stop INV bal
loon BY ciIngIny 10 the branches of
the tress-SeSersl of which broke: but
at last ] caught strong bough; and
by holding 90 II with all my might.
and pulling the valve rope with the
other, i was enabled in 4 short time To
draE my car down the tree several
feet, and To secure it by means of a
rope After being confident that
had secured my balloon. I looked at
my watch. and found il TO be half past
: O'Clock At this hour Of The NOM
ing. i thought II would be useless 10
20 IN search Of assistance; I therefore
renamed IA the car. which was fast
ened 20 the tree forty feet, al least
from the ground, and in this situation
] remained until dsy-break. then
descended 90 explore the wilderness m
which / had alighted But there was
no trace Of human footsteps. no mark
Of change produced by man. A num-
beT Of large trees were IeVeled with
the ground, but there was no mark Of
the woodlands axe upon them. They
had been evidently leveled by hur-
TIcane. Peroeiving that ! was on a
mountain, and that there was another
part still kigter. aScended o. the top
# this elevation aad IN the direction
that l had seen the Tiver the previous
evening. a cultivated spot. After ira
Yelling along the Side Of beautiful
stream Tor about three miles ] found
this spot. bot had o. follow a track
two mules further 90 get assistance
] procured assisttnce. and we convey
ed the balloon 90 the house OF Mr..
Joseph Graham, a respectable and IN
tellIgent farmer. With NhJfn remain
ed three days until could get con-
veyance 90 return. During my stay
a, Mr. Grahams ] was visited by a
gres; number of persons from the sur
rounding country.
I be sI'o, on which Ignded. = the
top Il mountain ;bbJJ feet (as indl-
Gated ~ 10y BsrOmcter) above the
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