New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-08
The Perfis Of Bsiiesnin6.
10 ns Editor Of The L0nSoa lime

10 ns Editor Of The London Ifno
SIR: | was one of the passengers in thu
balloon which sepsuy fromC feuorncG ardensycesarA
evening, and 90 our serai vos age aud caogsrs usvE
sress Jour readers .epd you short sccocnso Of e..
We asceneed al p NJ, wih tho wind seslv a..
west There we're, Including NJ Poitevin the rae.ss.
~ Dersons. We quickly reached Q hisht Of ous ma
Ant though there wss q strong wind when ssxvt~a
Al that psuculsr elevation Il .s' nearly dead cain "a
fer SEINE minutes We stationary. Wa kovcv-
rsse nisher. Until mile and half ia ~
there we again found the same srroog stnd A,thi.
dine the first nischsnce occurred IL seems thsa -
valve by the constant rsin had become !mmova sl 40
eeuld not be- opened rne ssrouaut pulled At tas ros
IN he nearly back In the face bus without e6tst
ard sti noed Ire facs OF the valve bens oos
Of ORDER Known to hu, FIVE six IN the car, =
Poeyin speke II French 10 bis sssttant bu, = on
enc Of those five sil, felt very uncomfortable. ~
made entail calculation % hoe long We could Az
st, sorg higher sod higher. without food, water ar
cissrs-tor the latter not so Sed y eon
sole ourselves with for f-ar OF tsnng the sas Mha
he united efforts Of rhr-e passengers, n the ~
Of snspping the ropes pulled opea the valve, and q
sss hight once more.
We nov, with quietsd minds, could book sronnd a
and splendid iud .-d s-s Sn- view We ~ere ssirsna
the souih Of the Tcsres ano could ses the whole q
Lon con- which 10 ss'r idicuinusy ANAL while the rivS
appeared a. s small ull-.tr~snl
Al altitude OF ,vo miles psssed over sts Grsss-
visb Rail ssy, snd proseeded cnvsd % Back sa ant
the Docks, which We saw Ike snall basins, direct5
under our f. et.
Leaving Middlesex 80 ep,ereo Essex, snd osaen b
descend passing over Psis,ow Level elevation Of
sbcu, bsif a mile. TIE numerous hsr;s u ho-,ss
yrazina here much alarmed, and scsmpsrcd ssoa
n every direction. We left these marshes ana
came over cultivated ground, aod descended racldiy
,oo rapidy trOuebs buL alas, all the ballast bed ben
throws out before thia
Closer and closer did eoms 90 the ground Il lsH
the two Graphing irons, wnch s-re hung do Wn SOMA
- feet below the touched the earth. ard dragged
along IL Tho sind was strong. aud wers rssSins
along about 20 ries en- hour beyond pulling up tke
round hey dio check our speed and quickly
saw that al the rate va were coming down, and q Ne
rate we we're al sanope, sewers collision ineyiS>
be Knoxb K that II free from the should oscaps
hs greatest voleoce cismoereo up two OF tbs rops
toward the BALLOON and thus suspeDded els but le Of
the violent conclusion Sustained by shoss below, which
threw mapy doom
We remsinec stationary for some ten secords aud
consrsrustins my'' on the voyage having termL
mated With serious res" ~hen q my astonishmenk
ap went assin. turned ronno and saw A. Posevh
pu,ps q, the valve rope out alas, Is evideus
thar II bad become aInrned again
Up we ~ept soas so CT 100 eet passing through the
air at at speed and then Down again, With
very much greater force than the mrs, ume aud who
was then standing IN ths car add holding BY thes ds
ropes, waE mach bcuised snd hurt
Before any one bad recovered from the second coo.
suss,op @ were once more VI thu ground 30 or
10 feet high, and rushing along impehed by the hSh
wind AZ great spe@d ss ever.
Matters nov began 20 loJs serious, aud |, Who he'd
tried 20 suah az even last descent elt Inclined
doso no more The valve evidently psrma gently
elosed and though tso or three Of the psssengers lent
their so 10 open IT, re'ist-d all their efrfs. The 90
IN n balloon not sufficient 10 hold enc car on The
ground at any time, but quite enough 10 w up and
sncw the wind 10 act upon the enormous surfsce q
balloon AT ths point II u1sn oshAv1d, az Indeed
he CID throughout very cell and btresed every one
10 1T OF lie down tvr sitting Was out of tne question:
s1d on no account 10 lesve the car, 40 do.
Ing % veud necessarily endsuger furthes the hives Of
those remainb by alatips the car lighter He spoks
10 French, but IL w.s Isps.tsd 10 Eogush.
Again We descended ard passing near churchynd
sJuck against bark with .vfui Violence and the car,
catching M the hedge and seanst tho trunk OF tree
vas once more stationary for possibly 20 seconds Had
eli now sat si believe ehopld mol again nave -.
cepde6, and many country men, who wore running aer
the balloon would have Come up and adding thr
weight by holding hs car would have enabled u
ell 10 alight. -
Again did several Of the passengers wsll Myself
snireat the Others remain quiet but willie No we're
yet speaking one nan Jumped out Who no 10 no one
knew but may tb-pk hin and two others for all We
went through ate wsrd.
The weight being hxhiened the balloon again rose
We cleared the hec 90 and started again
At the next Descent t~o more men. whom had seen
preparing for the sgag ter the car, and though one
ives thrown Hat on his is"e-shich reioiced TO See
they escaped. believe. without injury.
The car much ngntsr, and 90 seconded
again Than so feet sod ts-D descended. psssins
through one gate and h1dses ere 20 touched We
grouad The violence OF mi cor nussl0n exceeded "a
the previous ones, and she ~as Tor moment stand
log on in end ] Gas stsndi' and holdios BY the
ropes, and also we're tso Osners sne remsioder were
lys down, at top of the othe~ az the bottom Of
the cav. expected aha, several of these would BE-
thrown out and my arms were Dearly jerhed out n
their sockets by the violence ut the shock.
Eihsr shose two gsnslemsD or myself could theD
With safety have sprung Cd the ground out they sup
pose, . cell a. mys-lf, felt hoe wrong such an Get
would be- and to wht certain Destruction should b
copds inning poor lady wuo -as nearly senseIess q
shs bottom of the - we'll - any sho remained
with her
Quicky DID shs car right, and quickly did We pro-
seed -hh our voyage, amid the sroans OF many who
we're much hurt
end OF the 10 the other aud pus out his knee
remember but Iit,ls more. All my energies were
devoted 10 avoiding tho force Of the collisions and 70
prevent my being tbrown out OF tb q car.
We were dragged on To this way, some Say tWo
miles but should think one and half nilss We
passed over water, knocked down pailings, 70
caught Iron gate or rail-in short, ne had sons
teven or els more descenrs, and cav no end ton
unpleasant proce edng
The sind appeared to 10 increase, for tho shoes
we're certainly greater each dine 10 touoneA sne
around or struck against tree or bank. My sueaso
wss nearly exhausted and there were, believe none
who did mos feel that position was ono Of imneos
peril
The rate at which We now tore along was 90 great
rem the increased force Of the wind that 20 hsve
lett the car ct all would have BEEN difficult moro 81.
pssbliy we never now remained stationary for an
Instant.
This scene % likely TO have had tragic tsrninauou
ws brought 70 an cod by 800 large hayrcks agsna
which We we're clAshed and which too substantial
fos even our huge balloon break through We new
oil sprung out, ana at rhs ssme moment tho sis rsse
rem TOD bOsto and allowed he whole Of thai huse
volume Of gas to escape
Thus ended our adventures by air and land, and
believe all i-lt, az am sure did, that No had had
wonderful escape.
We found ourselves a. Eastman IN Esssx end vst .
she Skin, much bruised and hurt We we're glad 20 nno
that the North Weolwich Raiway station was Aos anoSs
i've or three miles "a.
lam, Sir your obedsnt servant, I
London Sept 81. Oss WHo Saw Asp fsLr IL AL.
LATEST FROM THE ATLANTIC N.Y.
Wells, of the Az ericsD Express Conpaoy, nss los
re,nrned from the wreck Of the Aslsntio sccompe-
MED BY NJ. Msiltfert ard his as'istans Mr.. wets
reached the vicinity Of the wreck on Friday moraing
I.st ON the Coluupb. win everything necessary 70