The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-30

A balloon exploded in the air, al Lon
lon, on Monday the sih, three persons
we're in il, one OF them gives the folios-
tng account Of the aliar in I.:e IimeS:
Eve ascended steadily, and proceeded
with moderate speed towards the river, Ia
i sauihwcslerly direction. MIR Chamt,ars.
The person who was permitted by MIR. Bel
10 become the custodian pro ten, oi tht
ives OF three persons, was busy waving
i,gs, aud cutting away some com'cal IL
| lrcs ot paper attached To The car, aud was
dmiring The wonderful panorama beneail
nc, when heard report like that Of :;
nnskei above my head, and intncdiatel. !.
exclaimed that there was rcnt IN the hs'-
loon; an assertion denied by Mr. Chamber,
Who had got by this time among the net,
ting. and ordered us to throw out ballast,
twi,hstanding which wc descended with
trightin yeiocIty-thc houses, churches
nd fields, beneath us, getting horribly
ncarer and nearer every second Exclam
a,ions of"We're all right, we're al! right!
aalf hoping, half despairing, broke tram Us.
fullowed from one ol US at least, OIL all
,p with us!' Then, sir. we three men in
he car stared death in The face for some 40
seconds, while Chambers ian old man bnt
is brave as I;on,) had cut The cords attach
ing the neck of the balon to The hoop, thu
consequence of which was that the whole
-ilk drew up TO The netting, and formed q
parachute.
We we're then steady for moment, then
ISL iIa,ed "a proof Of comparative safety
hen we went down, down again with fright
ul force Certain death was now before
rs; but no, one Of us lost our presence oI
mind, though had not the slightest hope Of
es cape. Mr.. Chambers was entirely calm
and collected. We cut away the grappel.
brew on, more ballast (bags and all on my
pari,) and descended with concusslon nul
nearlv so severe as expected, in market
gardeners field.
| fell on Mr.. Gardiner, Mr. Chambers, on
ne, three bags OF ballast on him, and the car
over us all; while orr "pi'ot who had wealh
red the Storm" was thrown with consider
ble violence from among the cordage
round the hoop where he had been standing.
81 much tor the accident itself. The
.ause, think, lies in nutshell and am
10Th to alsude TO il, since il argues a want
f pru:ence on the part Of the person who.
bv his presence Of nind--saved our lives
subsequently. When we ascended, the
,eck Of the balloon was tied around with y
silk handkerchief. On clearing the earth.
he balloon ascended to higher and much
nore rarfad atmosphere; the atmospheric
PRESSURE became less 1.-The gas expanded rap
div, and The balloon burst"
TRUE AND CURious.-li is indeed fac,
worthy oi remark, aud one that seems never
0 have been noticed, thsl throughout the
whole animal creation, in every country
aud cline Of The earth, the most useful ami
na!s cost nlturo the leas, waste 10 sustain
hem with food. For instance all animlls
iha, work, live on vegetable food, aud ~
,nimal that cats flesh works. The all
powerful elephant. and the patient ui,erina
camel, in The torrld zone; the horse, the ON
nd the donkey, in the temperate; aud the
reindeer in the irigid zone, obtain all ,hcl
muscularpower for enduring labor from na
iure's simplest productions, vegetables.
But All tho flesh eating animals keep The
| rest of The animal creation in constant
Trend orthem. They seldom eat vegetable
'ood until some other animal has eaten u
first and made il into flesh. Their onlA
,se seems to be to destroy life, their own
Ilesh is unfit for other animals to eat,
Great strength, fee,ness, cleanliness and
locilty, nre characteristic Of vegetable ca,
ing animals, while all the world breads flesh