The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-12-27
4 French CyrnaSf.

The following is from the Paris correspon
dence Of the Missouri Republican:
81 have already, in former letters, spoken Of
lheyen, the ~ mnHst who turned soni,r,c's in
the AIR, on board attached to Godard's balloon
and who could eat aud drink a. well standing On
his head as on his feet The Godard> left PAN,
couple pf weeks, accompanied by Ihevclin to
make Il shur, tour through Belgium and Germa
ny HfusNeia paper gives an account OF lhr
irst a~ceHIun there, which i5 so interesting that
cannot do better than Translate 1t for sou.
AT five minutes before four the magnificent
balloon, the Zodiac arose in the air, carr, ing
with it several persons, together with NJ Al.
phonso Ihevelm executing hS springiugbnard
exercises thuty feet below the boat Of the hai-
loon, The weather vas calm aud at NJ Ihrye.
lln's request the balloon was charged with bal.
last enough to keep it from rising very rapidly
thus giving the inhabitants Of Brussels II chance
TO see his magnificent and periloUs performances
BIT u 1hevelin had calculated without regard
To II Michac.--the great gilt statue which sur.
mounts the rod Of the stecple Of the Hotel de
Vile. and he worked away amid the applause of
tie whole population Of the cl.y, when suddcul,
ne felt hard blow in the back lie looked; It
was bis springboar which had touched st. Nj
Chael, and which placed him in imminent danger
catch bold ul one of the arms ui the s;atuu and
let The balloon 20 on without hin va- ior u
Ihcyehn bat the work rf Il -DcnuH Ha, the dan
gri Wa, Tar from being pact; the t.aug to hc
done row was to descend from the top ui Nv
roi aui ,teerle-a Insight of $50 fee, from the
gtp.UI.
"Aitcadv an immense crowd was collected on
the 'qunre If the Hotel dc VILE, aud in the nd
Jdcent streets, ulturlng cries and cXClama,!ons Ut
right, hut without beng able to offer the assist.
ance u the intrepid ~ mua-'. who however, dill
uu' l,Nr bls courage u. gr.-.u.. ut uuua fuT an
instant, but commenced the work of descending,
catching by all the little fragments of sculpture
which aduTu the steeplr Whilst he was on the
conlca part OF the tower he got along pretty well
but that once passed aud the point reached whore
the tswcr reached its quadrangular form. the
danger became greater, aud the anxiety of the
crowd 50 intense, that certainly The slightest
noise could have been heard So profound was the
silence, AT last, after having measured the dan.
ger, NJ. Thevelln, catching at all the inequalities
IN the stone work. which is totally devoid uf or.
nameut, and presents only smooth surface, con-
tisued his work. and now suspended by one hand.
now by his two knees, he succeeded ~ reaching
the second story, where the scatIoumgs used for
the late repairs of the Hotel de NIlle reached
HlIl. DUt NC was bnY YET NdII way uoWn ana
in spite Of the cntreatIea of the popuhcs and the
erie, of the multitude. The -eln, suspending him
self by u rope which served to draw up mpt,r-
ais to tho workmen, continued his descent, and
| finally reached the pavement without having sus.
tanned any other injury than few bruisc, on ,he
knees and scmc severe scratches on the hands.
A. soon rs he landed, the plaudits burst Eurth
and thousand arms were streaCh.d out 10 carry
hun oil IN triumph But the danger over The.
veln resumug his accustomed modesty, got
away from the crowd by taking refuge in a
neghburlng house
10 describe the profound emotion which NJ,
/ Ihevcln has produced in Brussels 10y this feat,
the most magnificent olhs life, would be impos.
sbe rs well rs to give an idea Of the anxiety Of
the passengers of the Zodiac, when they perceiv.
ed that the spring board had lost its occupant
AS soon as possible, a short distance from the
city, they effected their descent. and arrived at
the hotel to ask the time Of the funeral of their
unfortunate cumradr, at the very moment when
that cumrade was quietly eating hls dinner
/ Previous TO this wonderful exhibition uf cool.
ness and courage, NJ. rhevclin had received an
invitation from the Emporcr of Russia to take
charge Of the Imperial Gymnasium of ST Peters
burgh-an invitation that he accepted aud lac
will accordingly bid adeu Ia Western Europe in
the spring, aud go and astonish the CossacAs ior
u few years.