Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-11-01

summer culture Of garden is to stir the
ground often. Its triiling task 10 de-
stroy All acre ofweeds if you take them
hall an inch high, but very luxurious nn-
deraking to get them subdned II they are
once allowed to make strong roots and
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Crossing the Alps in a Balloon from Marseines
s . 81 to Turin.
M. Arban, a French aeronsut, ascend
ed in this balloon from the Chateau des
Fleurs (the Vauxhall OF. Marseilles) at
half past six in the evening Of the End
inst, and alighted at the village of Pion
Forte, near Turin, the following morning,
at half past two, having accomplished The
distance, about 400 miles, in eight hours.
The particulars OF this voyage are related
by NJ. Arban himself, in one Of the Mar
settles papers, as follows:-"I assembled
from the Chateau des FIeurs on Sunday
evening, the I'd inst, at half past six. At
eight / was over the wood Of E>leret,
where asccrtaned that was at a height
OF 1000 meters, The temperature OF the
air was cold and dry; my centlgrmle Their
nolneter marked four degrees below zero.
The wind was southwest, and sent me
over Nice. For nearly two hours | was
surrounded by very dense clouds my
cloak no longer sufiiced to keep me warm;
! suffered much from cold feet. !, never
theless, determined to proceed and 10 ira
verse the Alps, from which knew was
not far distant. My PROVISION of ballast
was enough to raise me above the highest
peaks. The cold gradually increased,,h the
| wind became steady, and the moon lighted
me like the sun CONNIE lie soieit en- plein
jour. Twas at the foot Of the A ps /; the
SHOWS. cascades, rivers, all were spark
ling the ravines and rocks produced mas
ses OF darkness, which served as shadows
to the gigantic picture. The wind now
interrupted the regularity of my course.
was occasionally obliged to ascend in
order to pass over the peaks. / reached
the summit Of the Alps at eleven O'Clock,
and as the horizon became clear, and my
course regular, ! began to think Of sup
ping. | was how at an elevation Of 1900
meters. Ii was indi>pensab!y necessary
for me TO pursue my journey, and reacl
Piedmont. Chaos only was under me
and to alight in these regions was impos.
sib!e. After supper, threw my empty
bottle into the SHOW beneath, where, pos
>ibly, some adventurous traveller will ont
day find il, and be led TO conclude tina
another before him had explored the sam.
desert regions. A, hall past one in The
morning | was over Mount Misso, which
L knew, having explored it in my frs
journey to Piedmont. Therethe Dnranc,
and the Pc take their source. recon
noitred tile position, and discovered III
magnificent plains OF the mountain. Be
fore this ceftain,y,a singular optical tts!st
sion, occa>ioned by the shining Of Til
moon upon the snow, was like to max
me think myself over the open sea. BIZ
as the south wind had not ceased |
blow, was convinced by this fact, as we
as by others I had noticed, that could nc
be over the sea. The stars confirmed tn
accuracy of my compass, and the appear
ance of Mount Blanc satisfied me that
was approaching Turin. Mount Blarc i
my left, on level with The top Of whc
| was, being far above the clouds, resenl
bled an immense block Of cry stall sparklin
with thousand fires. At a quarter t
three, Mount Vi>o, which was behind mt
proved to me that | Was in the neighhor
hood Of Turin. | determined To aligh
which ! did without any difficulty, havin
ballast enough to go much further.
alghled near large iarmyard, where
was surrounded by several wa,clI dog:
from whose caresses | was protected b
my cloak-Their barking awakened I'll
, peasants, who were more surprised tina
frightened at seeing me. They admitte
me to their house; Informed me that il w;
| half past two, and that | was in the villag
. of Pion, near S,nbini, six kilometres !ro'
Turin. | passed the remainder OF III
night in the farmhouse, and in The morl
, ing The peasants accompanied me 10 ii
+, mayor, who delivered me certificate, IA
testing my arrival, SC. After packing IL
; nv balloon and car, set out for Turil
, where arrived at nine in the morning.
) | immediately sat down to write TO the d
, rector of the Chateau DIES Flrnfs, in ord
a TO relieve the anxiety Of my wife, friend
+ and the Marselle> public who might
: Interested about me. / then repaired
e NJ. Bois le Comtc, the French Amba>s
e dor, who gave me a passport. AT elev'
Y tie same morning, l attended the cllnrc
Of Ia Maare iii tio, where a funeral Sc
o vice was performed in honor Of Charl
e Alher,'s death. This ceremony was IL
L lowed by review Of the national guar
In the evening | went to the Iheat
o d'Angenncs, where Sigier played Lou
v II. could hardly believe that the e> t
if ing before was al the CHATEAU: DIES f'ieuI
:, al hIarsei.les, ! 10 leagues OIL
, a OVERLAND EMiGRasrs TO CALIro
:, NlA.-The arrival nj the Empire CITY,
= New York from Chagres, supplies us vi
), news from San Francisco to The l>t
u September. Ii will lie perceived. by t
;. following. paragraph, tht Mr. Epwa,
" BRyASr. who startedacross the Plains
=, the early part OF the season, /, the he
:. of a large party of Emisran;s, had arsiv
r in California: " '~
} The numerous friends AMI acquhnta
- ce> of this gentleman will learn "
pleasure his arriva! in California. A p