New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-26
to the great agricultural meetinsat Bc~son TO q:
hibit bis products there.
lost 1EROSAUT.

To A< ES.sv STxsN L. Tr'sr"~
su: A. much anxiety exists with the .r'sads a.d
family of Mr.. Winchester, who veut up with ba-
loon nom Eorwsk Ohio, % toe I'd Of Oc'sssr inss,
on account of his not being heard from ~ 10 ne ir
inst would premise the f1lo~iDg opnioo; IL ssaid
be a.cepded with bu, tw-ny-fve poun's OF ballast.
This. with an ordinary balloon, would no; las, him
many hours. If he ascepdec very high 1a; quantity
of ballast would be peuirAired by the a. ans'on Of
gas and conreQuent di-ch.rsr at The De AK vslNe ~
tie pressure Of expansion. II bis oalC on Was eG
half full when be started thst ~oad occur ~ an eevs
tion OF wo and = half m'les, aud a. even hsu Ad
blight when ealing Immediately over isNer of cIesds
for the space OF twenty or thirty minsteS Nov, a
there are always two rpid currents OF rr ~ e@vanons
OF from so 10 three nil s-one from me s0a'n sest,
the otheS ron The north ~eet-tt IL proosOe that he
may have beer carried Onz with the soa'h ives, eur
rent. This you'd have kept bin 'er tho suriice OF
Lske Erie the Shoe OF il length, about two hnnSred
miles from Nor~ak. Under oottsry velc iii"s OF
that current he could not have e.csO.d the sgrse a
the lake shcr, OF three and half hours. II Re got
Into this current the probability that oe founderej
il tie lake. II h's balloon wss large retain
N, gas al der expaueion, and ~lths very imp rneabe
IN The hydrogen Ihis cuIcot might bzyc ws'led nm
on 10 L,ke O9tario "a he space OF fonr hour All
tb4se snp o.irior sry qualities might have ~ ssOs
by an eI ,erier ced Troosu' wiIh GOO haloea anc
~, ry,bjng connected with il 40 good order.
AZ Mr. Winch, stcr wns novice IN toe al my fsGs
and ,yupath.s are ike those of his neoGs and rela-
tiyes ana are erbsneec from the TACT ihst nes be-
gippers are very hshle % dlssransenvu's IN the sr
ne.s and fixtures Of sirships.
~ orrp,, bra vovs,. he cot over excessive 6eis Of
clouds the AXE would have been oNsen ~ trom his
,ipht au6 the very rst attempt 4, ceeut anltssv very
iudiciousy and e'onpnoaly MANAGE, ~1ad have
made him liable % dependence Oh he sur',ce OF The
- s,er 10 he rcscusd sy vees4l On tIe 9TH OF Al
gust ls47, wss r., cu,d BY boat crew sent from
the brig Eursta C-p'. Bsrnei, while dou' der'og on
he waters OF Lake Erie vito my balloon Rough
" and Rea'y.' JOIN WISE.
LsRoassr, Pa, Oct =, 1850
TUX MISSING .xRoxAUr-It makes one shuider 70
thiak of the probable fate OF Mr. Ninch star, Who
went NJ in a la loon no u Norwak Hu'on coanty on
the 20 inst Over tso weeks have elapssi, and no
tidngs lave as vet reached bis family q Milan OF his
fate. Wle;bor frozen 10 death in upper ar and ths
dashed 10 earth, or buried IA the n'ep bosom o; ne
lake Do word hes coat to iell. W hie We ~oodeI AZ
his temeriy we must Pity his prooa9ly sal ta:e YET
there is hope still a. t1e lsst OF him his airy
sci was waited to~afc the nor;h-slfci, uy inis I'D,
a. we are told by the Norwsk psp~re for voyage OF
from two 20 tlree dsys. PEI hsps he lanfei ia Cana
d. 80 far FROM rar, as and teegraphs as TO prevent
tom, yet reachiI his home. IL is but hope, how
ever The A0rtcGK Reflector ssys:
1t was reps some Gays since ihs' he had been
heard from somew here in CHnata bu' the report
could he traced TO no reliable source Gnd proved %
he unfound.d IL Is pretty generally believed here
that he s lot "A TO the precise manner, " 50, mere
sre various opinions. Many suppose that be may
have ascended 90 high that he becSme 'nseDsloe and
p.rsbea from cold Ills fate whsieyer It may Ne, is
. matter OF speculation We convers.d wi'h gentle
man from Milan fes days since, who told us that
Mr. w had for come tine past maDte+ed strong
Cese for baloonibg, aud that he had espresso
int ntion Of ssceDoing higher and to mdse Longer
aerial VOYAGE thsD any u her seoonaut had ever SO
comulsbea We are told that he toos dolly tsenty
five pom de- OF ballast with hun which WAS about nan
as much IS he took when he made his sscenssn irVn
Milan q short tin previous.