The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-20

The editor Of the Newcastle (Eng.) Daily Chr0sscle
accompanied Mr. Coxwell in of his lately He
thus describes his aerial voyage
The sensations of the aeronaut are Of the most
delightful and inspiring character and must i'm.
press with an almost devotional feeling any mind
capable Of being moved by the beauty of nature.
The calm Stiffness the absence OF the slightest sense
of movement, the bright light the pure air. and the
magnificent area Of vision, make up sum Of pleasure
which pen can possibly describe. We are now
about six thousand feet above the earth says Mr. Cox
well in the coolest possible manner, and the
tpop' goes bottle of ginger beer-for few bottles OF
missariat Of the commander Of aerial vessel The
circumstance was Immediately explained, for Mr. Coxwe
is scientific gentleman, not batloonst; and we
had brief lecture the fact that the pressure of the
mophere having been removed the carbonc acid gas
bottle had had less resistance 10 contend against and had
consequently "gone off, The essened weight Of the air
was at that moment manifested in many interesting modes
some Of which noted. Our finger ends nose tip and
external ears nged, as Albert Smith relates is always
the in the journey TO the summit of Mont Blanc The
internal parts OF the affected in the reverse man
that experienced in the descent Of the diving bell
AS the depth OF the water became greater we remember
suffering considerable inconvenience from the pressure
the air in the bell upon the tympanum drum of the
ear, which was only relieved when the air contained
within the drum escaped by the eustachan ube but
up the atmosphere 5000 feet the air within the cham
Der Of the had expanded owing the pressure
outside Of the tympanum having been removed and we
were partially deaf till by yawning
(Which practised by persons used to diving be the
eustachan tube which connects the back of the throat
with the internal opened and allowed portion
OF the expanded air to escape The pulse beating S.
and no cold was experienced, though the evening was
Cnll3 IN tIe lower regions
. One OF the most striking phenomenon noticed was
the echo from the earth After calling out the side
OF the car Where are we? nearly three seconds elapsed
Cyore me land beneath Knocked y distinct Ye1stitton.
me experiment was several times repeated various ati
tudes and the time eapsng between the shout and the
echo aorded rough idea Of the distance Of the balloon
from the earth below Shortly after rising into the air
Mr. Coxwe completed every provision for descent by
hanging out ms streng graphing ron and arranging the
pags OF Dalas so as 10 be ready for immediate use He
then folded his arms, sat back In his seat and became
as enthusiastic the delights of erostation as tho
newest convert might have been expected 10 he.
from time 10 time noting the rate at which wa
were travelling and the distance still left between
us and the sea. To test whether we were ascend
ing descending, sheet Of the DAILY Chronicle was
torn into small pieces and thrown Marvellous 10 re
late, they appeared to drop down from us like pieces
OF metal say appeared, for the motion was ours wa
were ascending rapidly and leaving the scraps OF paper
behind us. We met with them again afterwards and
overlook them before they reached the The valve
was pulled and fresh scraps Of paper thrown out We
were descending, for the signals left behind in the
upper air; by no other means could know tina. the
aerial vessel was going up or down Down, still down
The hay and corn STACKS whose tops had hitherto only
looked large as the end OF pencil growing
fields. ttWhere weS came back quick echo; but
we got also from distant voice. louder than
The echo, replied "Not far from Hilton Brdgen The in
formant was invisible; and at the moment overlook
Inc paper we had first thrown out and passed the signals
IN our downward incline.
shouts Of people, yet invisible, reached us but we
.idiy neared the ground, and slight vibration few
nuses afterwards told that the graphing iron had
touched the earth