The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-07-16
Tho Groat Balloon Voyage,

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loon from 81. Louis 70 the Atlantic seaboArl
has resulted 30 far successfully as 20 demon
strate lhe pmot.oabljly of navigating the air
for long distances, The project was bold
one, but the nerve and skIll Of tho WruHauts
appear 20 have been fully equal 20 the occa-
sion The particulars Of their egeurion are
Of much interest, Their balloon, the "Atlan-
tic," was inflated with Ghy thousand feet OF
gas, a patent luFrrsolI l.fr-boat sisircn
feet long, was attached 90 the balloon, being
suspended about twenty Gro feet below tbe
body Of the aerial ship, between the boat
and thc balloon was also attached o. willow
basket Of considerable fize intended us %
greater means Of safety Tor the yoyagcrs, iu
case the balloon, whlr descending, should hc
forced by the Wind 20 dmg over the tops Of
trees or houses, Upon the boat, on either
side, were two ian wheels for It's propulsion
in case the wrouauls should alight upon auy
body Of water.
OF the conclusion Of tho voyage, Mr.. Wise
gives lhc following account
"At3A VI, Saturday, We came 60 gene
.
the state OF Indiana or Ohio, A. I \, No
vc uus,rd % crT bur could not make 10 out
but ut % 4. NJ, We discovered lpku l.Ir
ahead of u., aud then concluded that thc DlN
wc left o littlc south Of our track must have
7 been Fort Wayne, AZ u \, VI. wu passed
Toledo, and about 400 hour uitprwarb We luw.
cred ON the margin Of the ,Ukc, d liulr north
Of Sludusky, Amer O. few mamruh consul.
tutinu, and % review ol our ballast, We dee
tcrmIucd 90 risk the length of lahs Erie and
60 test the notion that balloons cannot hr
kent 40 long over Wutrr,hpclusr. .ui some pc.
culiar affinity Of the tWo--a notion that uc.
yer had any belief with me-, Just us We
merged upon tho Lake. al -lillle -hlgnm .grgW
that was proprliug up river or hpy headed
for our track, npd some one aboard Of her
very quantity cried aloud Co ust "Ihlt is M
lake ahead OF YOU" Mr., luNiouuiulu cried
back, els 10 Lake Erie POO and the answer was,
Yes, IL rs, aud you bad bcltcr look out'
Our cool friend the propeller, finding INT
We discarded bis kindness, rounded oil upalu
sounded us q good bye with his sir1m-whs-
tie, and went his way up the river,
Here Ne mounted up until the h-,,oon got
lul aud the barometer t,.l 60 20, iu order to
make along near the southern shore oi the
lakci but at Mr.. lpNUuuta.u's suggestion,
that we could mlkr the city ol Buffalo 10y
sailing bat few hundred feet above thr sur.
face ui the water ! opened th' valve uutll We
gradually sank 90 within 500 feet of thc va.
ter. Here We found gentle gI'r Of about %
speed ui a mile per minute, and We resolved
10 float on until We should hca,c.ju sight ut
/ Buffalo, aud then rise and sail over b. This
was % most interesting part of our voyage.
We overlook seven steamboats,, passed uufu-
ul sndlotions, sand soon leave them fitting ou
the horizon in our rear One Of these lonely
travellers remarked as We passed him, "N0u
ARE going IL like thunder" ~ O2O A. NJ,
. $50. were sklrtiug uloug The tynada shore,
and passed near The mouth ui ,hr Ny.Itud
/ Canal, uud soon began 10 mount Tor uur
more castcrly current, so as 90 take builMn
n our track but We circlcd up into IL be-
tween Buffalo aud/Niagprl laNs, crossing
Grand Island, leaving Buffalo o. the right and
lockpVrt TO the left of us in our onward
course. Finding ourselves in the state OF
New Nork, but too FAR north 20 make the city
of New York, IL was agreed that we would
make a landing near Rochester, dotach the
boat, leave out Mr. Eager aud Mr.. Hyde,
and MIR. LaMouutajn and myself pursue the
VOYAGE 10 a point ot Boston or Portland.
Accordingly We descended gradually, but
before We got within thousand feet OF the
earth wc.fould a most terrific gale sweeping
along below. The woods roarcd Ike host
Of Niagaras, the surface Of the earth was fll.
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