New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-23

-. uttered the car and the balloon mounted
siovlv and maiestically. After a journey oil ABOUT
nine leagues, descending and ascending AZ .neu
will the travellers came down In the meauo" y
Nesles. nine leagues from Paris. hebertdescenu'
"a tom the car. Charles went up again alone In
1oss than ten minutes. he reached hight OF near
T. 4 GOO r,etres-there he took some rapid phnO-
.syorbicaI observations. Half hour later, the
balloon redescended gently, at two leae les as
torce from its second point OF departure Charies
wes received on his descent by Mr. tarfar an
English gentleman, VINO TOOK MN 70 n's CnH'0"N'
where he passed the night -.
Tbe King granted thenext daya pension two
,bonssnd mounds 20 the learned and intrepid gro
nsnt He wished beside that the Academy oil
Sciences should add the name OF Charles 70 thaI
- Niortqol6er. on the medal which the Academy
T,roDose6 TO consecrate as memorial Of the IN,
Tertion ofthe arostate. Charles should have had
tho good taste or the mOdesty TO refuse ths honoI
He had undoubtedly perfected oauoohs ana point
"a ont the means of rendering atmospheric voy
oses nracticsble. but the entire merit OF the IN
vention consists in the principle that the Montgoi
eors Tor the FIRST time put In practlce,-tne glory
- ,be discovery should have been theirs witnOut
sharing it with any one. ,.-t.5.o
After this memorable ascent whlch spreae 30
far the fame of Charles, the writer OF the article
in the ReUHe expresses ms 9stOnis'IoH1 '"as VIZ
pbiIosopher never repeated the experiment
!. WIN did NOT the desire Of periectinS and I'M
,-o,;ry, MS discoveries draw MIN a hundred times
ipto the bosom of the clouds ~ w e do not Know
II is certain that his Grostatlc labor stopped there
Ths remark of the Great Condo may De repeateu
ofhim. " He was brave on that day IL mas oeen
said that on descending from the car Charles took
az, cs,h never 70 expose himself again IN these
nerilous expeditions so strong had been the I'M
rnrfssiop he felt az the moment when Robert nav
,noSosceuded the machine, suddenly relieved OF
rsrt of its weight rose again into the air with the
swituess of an arrow.
Tho third serian voyage was male at Lyons un'
der the suprintendcnce OF Joseph Moutgolner'
Who with PLATTE de Rosters, made the ascent IN
l. In descending the aeronouts suffered some IN
Jury. Joseph Montgolher more than eltner OF tue
others. The fourth ascent was made in mag
pifcent balloon from the city OF Milan.
IL would be interesting il we had room To ioilo"
the Pfgue in its history OF aerostauon. IL reIaIcs
some of the most remarkable ascenslons Oh Dian
cbard al Paris One at Lyons in which, Tor the
first time woman named Thibe, went up IN
ere balloon. All over France ascensOns more or
less perilous succeeded each other On the 10TH
Of July. 1884. the Duke de Chartres, aiter~ard
pblinne Egalite father Of the late KING OF the
French. made an ascent with the brothers robert,
which put the courage Of the seronauts to terrible
trials The writer in the ReUue describes among
others the famous passage across the stratus "
Dover made by Blanchard In company with our
countryman. DR.. JefFres, and another which ter
minated sadly in the death of Pilatre de Rosters,
who ms il will be remembered, was one OF the iirst
10 try the new method Of travelling. dis melan-
cholv fate and that of others, did not, however,
stop the zeal of their rivals and successors. In
the year 1885, writer on the subject remarked
that the sky of Europe was literally filled with
balloons. Blanchard, after having visited every
corner of France with his machines, came over to
America and exhibited his balloon at Philadelphia
in the presence of Franklin.
In 1894 an attempt was made by the Govern
ment OF France to make use OF balloons as a
means of defense, by joining them to armies in
order to reconnoitre the enemy. committee
was appointed, the Chateau and Gardens of Men
don were devoted to the preparation OF the ma
chimes. company of aerosters, consisting Of
thirty men YVES formed and Countee, the com
mander received orders to Join the army at Mau
beuge Having arrived there he arranged his ma
chine ard twice day went up to make his obser.
vstions Every day differences were perceived
in the forces Of the Austrans, or in the works
which had been executed during the night. The
general in-chief is said TO have derived great as
sistance from this new method OF observation
The Austrians fired into the balloon but though
some of the balls passed very near 1t was not
reached by them. Soon alter this General Jour
dsin made his preparations to invest Charerol 10
the taking of which he attached great Importance,
as it would open the road to Brussels Countelle
accompanied the army there with his balloon. and
made observations, which were thought TO be OF
great importance.
Toward the close Of the battle he assembled by
order Of the comm ander, and remained several
hours on the watch, sending down constantly
notes respecting the operations of the enemy
During the battle several carbne shots were di-
rectcd toward the balloon, but none of them
reached IT, After this decisive action, the corps
Of eronauts followed the movements of the army
and took part in the different engagements which
marked the Belgian campaign. Balloons con.
tnued to be used IN connection with the armies
in France for about year only. When Bona
pate went TO Egypt he had a plan for employing
military arOstatiOn there,-and he took with him
the second company of eronauts that had been
formed, bat nothing warllke came OF the prepare.
tions. The English tsok the transport which
contained most of the apparatus necessary 10
make the gas, and there were only one or two
ascensi0ns made on occasion Of some public re.
joicings A tricolored MOntgoher of fifteen me.
tres diameter was sent up at military fete given
at Cairo, on the 9th Vendemaire On his return
from Egypt BonRparte closed the arostatic school
at Mendon, and sold all the Instruments and an.
paratus Of the establishment.
The ascension which was made at the corona
ton of Napoleon has been very famous The
government put into the hands of Garnerin 30. 900
francs TO construct colossal balloon On the
10th of December, 1901, at IL clock in the even.
ing, az the moment Wnen the superb fireworks
which had been exhibited were Just extinguishs
ed, Garnerin's balloon rose from the Place Notre
Dame Three thousand colored lamps illuminat.
ed this immense globe it was surmounted with
an imperial crown richly gilt, on the circumference
Of which in gilded letters was this inscription:
Paris Frimaire 25 An. XIII, coronation of the
Emperor Napoleon by bis Holiness Plus VII"
The colossal machine mounted rapidly and soon
disappeared amid the shouts of the Partisan popu.
lace. The next day at day. break, some inhabi.
ta1ts Of Rome perceived little luminous globe
shining in the sky over the cupola ofSt. Peter and
the Vatican At first hardly visible, it rapidly in.
creased and displayed a radiant globe floating
majestically over the eternal city. 1t remained
for some time stationary, and then went off in
southern direction. TWAS the balloon sent up the
night before at Notre Dame By the most extra.
ordinary OF chances, the wind, which was blowing
that night, in the direction Of Italy, carried il 10