Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1849-11-01
Crossing the Alps in n BALLOON from
MaI settles 10 Tnrin.

"AsAt 10
Bi. Arban. French arOn sut assembled in his bal
loon from the Chateau des Fleurs (ihe Vauxhall of
hnrseiiles) Of bali past six m the evening Of the ID
inst. and ali .hted the village Of the Pinn Forte
near Turin the following morning. at half past two,
having accomplished The distance, about 100 miles,
IN eight hours. The particulars of this voyage
RENTED by III. Arban insrf, of The Mar>..illes
papers, followS:-'.I assembled from the Chateau
dies tleurs on Sunday evening. the 81 inst. MT half
past SIX. Al eight ! was the wood of Es.erei.
where escertaned that | was at height of 1910
meters. The temperature of the air was cnd. but
dry; my centierade thermometer marked four degrees
below zero. The wind wss southwest. and sent me
over nice. For nearly twn hours was surruuudsd
ty very dense cl'ud~ my cloak no longer sulicrd
keep me warm: | SUFFERED mnh from culd feet. ],
nevertheless, determined To proceed and to traverse
The Alps. from which ! knew ! was far Distant
My provision @! ballast enough To raise me above
the highest peaks. The cold gradually increased, tie
wind became stesdy. aud the moon lighted me like
The sun (coH'Hne II soeH en- pin JOHr was at the
foot of the Alps; the SHOWS, cascades. rivers, all
were s9arkiirg; The rav,nrs and rocks produced
u'asses OF darkness. which served shadows the
gigantic picture. The wind now interrupted ,l:, O.
ularIiy Of my ! occasionally obliged
ascend. IN order tn pass The peaks. reached
the SUNNI, OF the Alps at eleven O'Clock and as the
horizon became clear, aud my course regular I be-
gan 10 think 81 supping. was at elevation
of 460u metres. II was ndispensably necessary for
only was under me. and 10 aligbt in these regions
was impossible. After supper, threw nv empty
bottle into the snow beneath, where. possibly,
adventurous traveller will day find it, ard be led
To eonclue that another before him had explored the
same desert regions. Al half past in the
ing was over Mount AIisso which knew, having
explored it in my first journey to Piedmont. There
the Durunce and the PO take their source. I recon-
noitred the position aud discovered the magnificent
plains of the mountain Before this certainty, sin
gulaT optical deuSon. occasioned by the shining OF
the moon upon The snow, was like to make me think
myself over the open But the south west
wind had not ceased to blow. was convinced by this
fact. well By others had noticed. that could
not be the The stars confirmed the ac-
curscy of my compass, and the appearance of Mount
Blanc satisfied me that must be approaching Turin.
Mount Blanc my left, on a level with the top of
which was, being far above the clouds, resembled
immense block of crystal sparkling with a ,hou-
sand fires. At quarter TO three, Mount Vso which
was behind me, proved 10 me that in the neigh
bUrbood of Turin. | determined to alighi which
did without any difficulty, having ballast enough to
go much further. Dlghted near large farmyard,
where was surrounded by several watch dogs, from
whose caresses was protected by my cloak. Their
barking awakened the peasants. who were more sur
prised than frightened at seeing me. They admitted
me to their house, Informed that it half past
two and that in the village IF Pion Forte near
StubIni. six kilometres from Turin. | passed the
remainder of the night in the farmhouse and in the
morning the peasants accompanied me to the mayor,
who delivered ne certificate. atesting my arrival.
&c. After packing up my balloon and car. set out
for Turin, where | arrived at nine in the murning.
Immediately sat down to write TO the director of The
Chateau des Feurs in order relieve the anxiety of
my wife, friends, and the Murseilles public who might
be interested about me. then repaired to NJ Bots
lie Comte, the French ambassador, who gave me n
passport. Al eleven the same morning, attended
the church of Ia Madre di Dio, where funeral SER
vice performed in honor of Charles Alberts DEATH
This ceremony followed by reve of the nation
al guard. In the evening | went to the Theatre
d'Angennes. where Sigier played Louis XI / could
hardly believe that the evening before was at the
Chateau des Fleurs, at Marseilles 40 leagues off"