Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-08-21
From the Boston Advertiser.
The Marvels of Aerostation.

The New York Courier deS Etats- Jnis.
announces the successful attempt of NJ.
Poiteven, at Paris, to ascend in a balloon with
carriage and horses attached. The as
cent was made on the Both of June, of an
immense balloon named the Globe, to which
is attached a carriage and two horscs.-I
Monsieur and Madame Poiteven, with anoth-
er passenger, being seated in the carriage,
an assistant was placed outside in the car
The operation of initiating the balloon was
made with some difficulty, in consequence of
the great size of the machine and the vo-
lence of the wind. When all was ready, NJ.
Poiteven entered an uncovered four-wheel
carriage, which he conducted himself hay
ing Madame P. on his right hand, and their
travelling companion on another seat. In
this manner they drove round the arena
The carriage was drawn by two beautiful
and spirited chesmt horses of middle size.
Having arrived under the balloon, the equi-
page was attached to it by means of an appa-
ratus composed of strong cables. The assis-
tant having taken his place, NJ. Poiteven
pronounced the words Let all loose" the
two hundred soldiers who had held the cords
obeyed, and the aerostat rose majestically
in the midst of the enthusiastic braves of all
the spectators. Madame Poiteven exhibit
ed, in these circumstances, singular sereni-
ty, before starting, she smilingly embraced
her young son, and threw out a boquet
which fell into the Camp de Mars. This
balloon, in which more than four thousand
metres of silk stuff have been used, is made
of alternate black and red stripes, going lon
gltudlnally. 1t is Of a spherical form, and is
the largest aerostat ever made. 1t is 81 me-
tres high, % metres in diameter; its cir
cumierence at the equator is 6S metres; its
) capacity 5000 metres; its ascensional pow.
er with the impure Lighting gas, 5000 kilo.
grammes. The horses, the carriage, and the
travellers weighed altogether 1850 kilo-
grammes.
NJ. Poiteven landed at evening, without ac-
cident at the Chateau Grignon, situated for.
ty kilogmetres at the west of Paris.
"But this daring voyage grows pale, say.
e the Courier, ''before the extraordinary eX,
= pertinent which has just succeeded in Ma
drid, if credit may be given to the cores
pondent of the Courier de la Gironde. Thi
is nothing less than lady who flies will
p real wings.
f The following is the account from the Co,s
e rier de la Giironde:
"4esterday an immense crowd asscmblcc
at the Prado. A spectacle was 10 be exhib
0 tied, the equal ofwhich had never been seen
For the last fortnight the walls of the city o
= Madrid had been covered with placards, in
}. dicating that, on the Goth of the presen
month, Juanita Perez, a young girl of Bar
celona, would fly in the air lat height of POI
i metres, in circuit of 400 metres. It's need
i less TO say how considerable was the nhc,
: of people attracted by the promises of tn
placardS.
''At four clock in the afternoon, at th
= heat of 80 degrees, Mademoisec Juanit
c Perez executed her perious ASCENSION
And, in the first place, we must say that thi
d experiment succeeded wonderfully. TIL
: young lady rose to height exceeding tha
it which was promised in the programme, an
l. she passed i'll her flight over more than hal
,t the Prado promenade. 1t is in vain to at
n tempt to paint the profound amazement of tn
= crowd when a woman, whose corpulenc
:. might seem TO attract her TO the earth wa
seen floating in the air. If she had been liy
n ing in the middle ages, Juanita Perez woul
k have been burned in the public square for
al witch.
1t 1T is impossible TO describe the wonder
- full apparatus which suStaiuS this woma
" in her aerial flight, as the inspection OF tn
wings has not been allowed to the public
but can say that the dimension of thes
ie wings is at least four or five feet when sprea
out, and they are worked with ligaments
is such nexibility that they move in the air Wi
lg great facility, and make noise like goo,
oh sized windmill. All Madrid is talking
is this curious experiment, which was to be r
5, peated the same evening at the theatre {
nd lOrent."
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