Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-09-23

The Petersburg (Va.) InleIiigcnccr i rs
the following description OF singular at
mpsph-ric phenomenon obs rv"d by Mr.
George Elno,i, the a,ronaut, IN recent
ascension from The city:
Aflrr he aseendrd anou, three thousand
feet he disc hargtd some five pounds OF his
ballast, when h. shot onward and upward
with amazing rapidity Till h" began TO ap-
prpxmatp thp clouds. H. then discharged
ahnu five pounds more OF sand, tn" rema'il-
der OF the tag, when h. again darted up
ward among the clouds, which were so
dense as TO wholly exclude all terrestrial
OBJECTS from hs view, ANA OF course he was
lost to all observers below.
These discharges Of ballast We're distinct
" seen by bis visitors, and on the first oc-
casion some one exclaimed that the balloon
had burstpd.
While among the clouds, he says i, SEEM
ed to him as it he was in the midst o!
large ground glass globe, come two or three
hundred feet in diameter, against the side
of which, opposite TO the sun, the shadow
Of the Lady Isabella rested, some five or
six times larger than the corporal one
A bou, half way between him and the shad-
ow, which seemed as il resting on the glass
wal, another balloon was seen Of size be-
tween the shadow and the real one, resting
as II in a vacuum, which displayed every
color faithfully Of the original. He then
sa ~ another Elliott, clad and with features
like himself and seemingly set-like. He
then extended his own fingers, when he
was nmirked by this image ; and whc,h-
cr be pxte ded one finger or more, or what
ever h. did, this G5nrr duplicated exactly.
! When he would cauSe his balloon TO oscIl-
late, this balloon would move exactly ike
his. WApn be threw out NOR hl'aS, To
elrvat" himself thiS tiLurr Sank do,cn in-
stead Of rising with him: and when he
aro>t. above the ciou!s into The rays OF thr
nnclouded sun, he iett thu ml,,ic arronan'
below him.
Ia toe rays Of the sun above the c!ouis
hp found 1t 50 warm as to cause hIm to per-
Spir,. freely, a state ui beat nettr brior"
experienced at tins height, nearly twenty
four thousand iert, where the air Is rarlti-d
and generally very chilly. He 'hrn or"n-
/ ed the valve for the purpose OF descending
and as he sank one or two thousand teet,
which he ascrriained by barometrical indi-
I cations, he ieit as if he had entered an lcp-
hjusr, aud a cold Chi.i seized his whole
p TSon
Here again he met his mimic aerial voy-
ager, whom he kept IN company tor some
tune, from philosophical motives. When
ever he moved sideways, this mum gentle
nan would move in the same direction
But when he moved up or down, the du-
picale would move in directly opposite
way; and when he concluded to descend,
the imsge moved upwards until the trI-co'-
orrd flask was out of sight, when he could
see the Car and the aeronaut still standing
in it as # in basket attached to nothing
He still kept looking until his head was
Robrspierrrd, and finally, piece by piece
his body, and, al last, his lee, and basket
assembled ont OF sight.
Professor Elliott says that h. has been uF
a hundred and one times, but never sa"
any thing in the form of an Illusion lkt
tins before and h. asks thu opinions o
the scientific and learned as to the proha
hl- cause of This remarkable phenomenon
Tor the information OF the public.