Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-02-17
CITY AND sTiTE DEPARTMENT.


| AlEssRs. EDToEs
believing that -ome account If my grial roy-
age will nj prove unintere-ting Ia your read
err, .nbioiu the following description The day
was ane fin. most unfayorahle that could have
been chosen. but It's gloom was in great meas
are relieved b, tho kind assistance Of some, and
| bv tin. good feeling aud f1rbearanee Of all who
| were present. Tie atmosphere being lighter
and lf.- favorable 10 the evolution Of gas than
/ in clear weather. anda greater quantity OF iiy-
drogcn being required the imitation OF Tie ba,-
/ loon occupied longer time than was anticipated
/ II wa. therefore near O'Clock when conelu-
/ ded il would cany its burihen, hut III this cacu-
! laiiou was doomed tn disappointment and hay
/ iug detached the basket and lied the cords IN
! derneath the balloon found that still wanted
| more gas. The indulgence of the audience was
| asked and the balloon taken back To the IN
! hatng apparatus. In about IL minutes agpln
! got upon the cords when | found To my Joy that
she would ascend. The cours' Of the balloon was "A
little South oi East for some five minutes, she then
went little y If East and soon entered heavy
cloud. la about 10 min. after entered tie cloud
stratum the balloon passed through 1t. W hen
| emerged from This ocean of clouds new and
wonderfully magnificent scene greeted my eyes
\ tunt sunshine she'd It's warmth and lustre over
the surface of the vast el5ud-seu-beneath me
The balloon rose very rapidly after it got above
the clouds. and reached nm altitude of about four
miles, Judging from the density of the atmos-
phere. Viewing the clouds from tins height, l
discovered them To be of the same shape as the
earth notwithstanding mountains and valleys
corresponding 10 those ON the carth's surface
The profile of the cloud surface was more de-
pressed than that un the earth, and in the dis
lance of the cloud valley magnificent sight
presented itself. Pyramids and castles rocks
and reefs, cebergs and ships. towers and domcs-
everything belonging to the grand and magnh-
cent could be seen the halt obscured sun shed
ding his mellow light upon the scene gave ita rich
Sdazlng lustre. They were real y castles IN the
air" formed of the clouds. Silence regned SUI
prcme: it was solemly sublime. Solitary and a
lone in a .'mansion of the skies" my very
sonl swclled with emotion. Great God! what
n scene of grandeur! such were my thoughts
IA reverence for the works OF nature u an adnlra-
ton indeserl able filled me. The solemn gran
deur, the very stiffness that surrounded me
seemed vocal with praise. ! witnessed scene,
the ike of which never behed before. 1t was,
indeed II strange sight; II meteorological tact
which we cuunut possibly cor make ourselves
acquainted with without soaring above the sur
face of the earth Why sit that The cloud ,or,
face correspondrd with the earth's suridC"
What CAUSES two distinct cloud strata, one two
miles above the other at the same 1itue}
was up one hour and twenty minutes, aud
descended at q O'Clock, ?. m. GA the farm of
tApt. Vim. Iordou, IN the top of oak tree
| | would here state that although ",|ordon :
hard road IL travel found it most pleasant
place to stop at aud should much rather tarry
there than 10 20 to the Other side
Many thanks are due To the engineers of the
Orange add Alexandria autobiography to
Mr. Battle, and also to MIR. Nicholas May, for
the hind assistance thry rendered NE.
Rcspt., yours, A. L. CARRIER.
| PA \ nf the Relief
Society will be held in the basement Of the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church, Tomorrow evening
at 3 o'clock.
VIRGINIA Posr OFFICE APPOINTMENTS w
b Boyd, Postmaster at Prince George Court
house, Prince George county, vice john ID Mat
thews dccrascd Thomas II Johnson, postmaster
at Slate Mills Rappahamock county. vice Walk
er Jones, resigned. Robert Starchcr, postinaa-
Ter at jackson Court House, Jackson county,
vice j l. Armstrong, resigned; David ii Smith,
postmaster at ,Ianeew. Lewis county, vice JAS
NJ Atkins, resigned; John Z Weaver, postmaster
at Oyerhill, Upshur county, vice VIM Weaver,
resigned; Alphon-o Finney, postmaster at Pat.
tonsburg. Botetouet county, vice Robert W
Crews.
CoNrrRMEp.--The following appointments
were confirmed last week by the Senate:
II w Morelaud, Assistant Collector at York
town, Va, vice Barzisa resigned; y. d. Banks,
Collector at Petersburg, Va. and VI Harri.
son, Collector at Richmond, va.
MEcKIENBrsRG GouNrY.-W William L. Dodson
is announced in the Carksville Tobacco Plant as
n candidate to represent Meellenburg in the next