Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-08-03
DING. Va. TUESDAY MORNING. T5(3Jsf 3 iIs5s
-IH7.E. INI7EIIIGENoER..

BALLOON AscENstoN Mons GODDARD made an
ascension at Buffalo last week. The oommszcidl
gives an naccount of the voyage:
Prior to the flight ofthe gfeat balloon several
stnal paper pilots were sentup, to which were
attached gay streamers, forming objects of great
interest TO the anxious spectators These pilots
rose rapidly and almost perpendieuls1lv to a
nelght OF several hundred feet, then slowly sail.
ea toward the northeast Scarcely breath of
ar was stirring barely sufficient to flutter the
long streamers of p1rti ticolored cloth attachcdfo
the pilots, which were sent up to enable thel
asronant to determine the directionofthel
strata OF the air. In the interval the great bal
!oonrese tromtits recuhbent position and slow,
y thlleei init stood slowly swayihp TO and
ITO. Us .helght. or erpd1dicular diameter was
seventy feet, and beneath was the car affacbs5
TO the fine network ofrtpes covering I3A AoInbe
Tue yagers, consisting of Madame Godard'
Doctor Hutchins, and MI Leon Iinhaine Of fb;s.
city, took their places ID the car, and the areot
tsrlal monster t1oated mdesticailyupward. when
MONS. GODDARD was discovered sitting unon a bor
suspended beneath the ar The inexperianced
ssroLauts y. were naturallya little nervous, but
no more affected than the Soldest might we'll be.
placed IN, such novel and i'll a greater or less
degFee hazardous position. AS the balloon
slowly rose, the crowd chesred loudly and lono
ana the demonstrations we're answered by the
seronauts who waved their hats and handkcr-
enleIs. Monsieur Go{ard seated upon his perch
beneath the car created thrill of horror. as he
performed several gJnnastic feats, such as han
glng by his feet, heal Gownwarls, while hew
Ved his arms, and byone foot, by one hand and
throwing somersaultsover and under the bar.
As the balloon slowly receded from terra fano
It was observed that iope ladder was let out
of the car, and that Mons. Godarl climbed IN
TO his fellow advent,lrors TloI had ,ro1,;tiatl
themselves with substantial, comforts for the
trip, and when number of satchels were pla-
ced in the car previous to gfng up, the prepa-
ratlons seemed as thoughan anextended trip was
contemplated. The lightnesS ofithe wind, how
ever, prevented this, and the balloon bore quite
slowly tothe southeast, constantly rising.
AT thlrty-hve minutes past six o'clock the
balloon had reached an altitude offout thousand
feet, and a magnificent scene ofthe world be-
meath was presented, theair being uncommonly
clear. The Niagara river seemed like silver
thread winding its way through green woof,
until lost in Lake Ontario, upon which a steam.
er was visible as plainly as if but short dis
lance OIL The scene was magnificent beyond
description, the RronautS cOnfessing to inade-
quate powers to portray the extended beauties
OF hill, valley town and country within ken
Niagara Falls, Lockport, Batavia, Tonawanda
Aurora and all the villages within widecrcle
were plainly visible, and seemed like the satel-
lities of the great city. At forty.tive minutes
feet t4sN had gSns sstS tTq thousand
ed tn within aba,t five fot tesceu 41a
eronnd little tta 81 tue
From twelve % Minutes nast seven o yut; .@antr
three p'St u,aV 5meS
beght nf ssveI tSo%sad 'e fac, oat,4o mI
minntos two tSo"sand faat
nine thousand feet in aII At th;s ,,oint th
voyagers lunched sumptuously, and with pecu.
liar relish as they became m more elevated. At
twenty seven ven minutes past seven they were ten
sss .egs ao a0o19 me me eaTsh ana here the
ming In three minutes more thew I had s reached Jne
an altitude oftwelye thousand feet, the limit of
their flight, and at fifty five minutes past seven
os.oek Ssscehaed 70 WITHIN iour hundred feet
anu a. te MINUTES 70 elght lsno
T"s.iS Az neG aoIoI n mlleS from town.
~ Jo, the AuLoFa flaS tsoao an sale ana pleas
~ viii s9e voyage. large crowd OF country
1SseI'oteu 10 Wltness the descent and when
MONS eIo1aro naq securely his balloon
paztS VI adles ana gentlemen mad ar
flvso rom Tue cry In carnage and We're at-
'oluee an ascension 70 as great nelght as the
IlongesE G ropes would allow, about three hundred
sg!: ine parry tnen secured ana packed the
,uII' anu tetuIneu 70 the clty ABOUT ten
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