New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-01
THE LOST BALLOONfSTS.
NO TIDINGS YEr-TuEORIES AND SPECU
LATIONS.

| 7roy Tim<s thinks it was the Atlantic in which
| La Mountain and Hsddock ascended, and PropoanIs
| the following theory:
If the balloon seen passing over this city LIST Set
urisy large one, half full Of ass. aad w'tAeas
| car-though We believe it WAS paper one sssS %
! from AlbApy-the accident to Mr. La MOUNTAIN 40
| bis conpasiou may admit Of explsnatcn rpea eAis
theory high wind pre- vailed here last Thursday e.
terncSp. This may have extended to the point wAefo
the landing made. Mr.. La Mountains aacaorv
and ropes were very strong. On throwing them cak,
the prougs usy have attached themselves 70 sous0
fixed ard porderous obstacle Meanwhile, L 10 posi-
bic TO conceive of gale blowing against tes be-
locn with such force ~ " produce sueh taas WA
he tension upon the ropes would reud the net hntn
above, and let the balloon out through the opesang,
giving the and lis occupants fall TO the earth. seA
leaving the globe to resume its voyage unincanoered
TIE length OF the ropes about thirty feet sn4 ~
sucb ialeven if they we're prepared for it. sapPos
lug the suruise q correct oue-eher or both the bal
loonsts may have been badly injured; 80 much -
THAT would BE- 70. snsm % sss.
one from which il would be impossible TO comnuncate
by this time This rs Of course only specushos BAL
il plausible one, and shows il y possible thai the
may have been torn from the balloon and b0sh 81
lis occupants still have escaped with life.
The Troy Budget Of yesterday has the following:
Sci iom has any community been impressed with
feelings more intense, or anxiety more PAINFUL tess
felt by citizens in reference TO the manly gal
liant and generous Aeronaut known and hou0re4 - he
by many OF us, having taken up his abode in our city
and the adjoining village, for the past twelve months,
lis many virtues and his quiet unobtrusvs maassv,
joined they with heroic bravery worthy u aay
age cline, it Is but Natural that the uncertainty Il
his fate and that Of his companion should awaken the
keerest anxiety. number Of our citizens it is 70
ported, saw balloon %nS psss over 9ar ,s city apo:
paper balloon, while others strenuously insist
that It's great size and general appearance
render this impossible. Allowing this TO be Mr..
La NJ balloonathough this is 10 the highest extent
hmm hv al hat -
up all hope Of the Aeronauts safety The grappiug
rons used in landing the balloon made fast to the
concentrating hoop by the ropes extending over the
top Of the balloon When these irons are thrown out
and become attached to one object or another the
strain upon these ropes immense, especially whea
the basket contains large amount of ballast, 10
well known the balloon filed TO its greatest extent,
and that Mr. La n. took up q very large amount Of
ballast 1t is by no means Improbable then, that ~
they about to land, the graphing irons being
thrown out and attached the strain greet thAs
the ropes gave way aud the balloon resscepded lssv-
ing the aerial voyssers in safety. though 20 far re-
moved from civilization to be unable ~ make Their
situation known.
Mr.. A. j. Morrison, q reporter for The Times, who
has for some time past sctsd as Mr. LIS Mouotsins
business man, left this city this morning for Water
lown, where ne intends to organize company aad
start search Of the ost aeronsut. He is strong il
the belief that LIS Mountain descended somewhere 10
the ntermnabe forests of the Csnatss, and though
the all amount Of provisions he carried with him,
ay cause the velest spprehensons, still Mr.. Morn.
son has strong hopes of hndinx him alive. lie 10
Of generous nature coupled With the most deter
mined energy, and will search for the voysgers usd
they are found dead or alive.
The Watertorn Reformer, Of which Mr.. John A.
Haddock, who went up with La Mountain, Is the
editor has the suhoned speculatons about the fsse
of the lost balIoonists:
"The most painful spprehensions are gaining ST.
premacy in the minds of citizens respecting the
fate of Messrs. La Mountain and Haddock Of whom
no tidngs have been heard since they passed the
utes after their sublime Ascension in this villsge
Thursday last, at about 81 O'Clock p. IN. Their gen-
era course far could be observed BY spectators
here and those who the balloon pass them in
without observation, and nearly the wnoe
distance they judged to be from three 10 four
mies high, passrg twiftly, at the rate Of milo in
minute and haIf-inany think faster than that
There manifold conjec'ures a. to their fate Thee
generally declared intention TO alight before dark;
and be limited supply of food drink, and clothing with
which they supplied themselves coroborstes this sap
position. But the ascension was 80 fne the cir %
bsDy and quiet and their movement away 20 direct
rapid and smooth that many believe that inspired By
an ambition to do more than had been talked, and
II axe reputable voyage, led them to abandon their
first purpose, and remain up mcst OF the night or SUI
fciebty long to pass into the Eastern States. And
that in the execution of this purpose they have beea
taken more Dorlhwardly than they had hoped, and
instead Of passing into the settled portions Of New Ea-
gland, passed the intermnsbe forest which
stretches away between Us and the Gulf Of ST. Law
renee. An inspection Of the map Will show that fol-
owIg the course they passed for the first hour Whls
within observation Il would carry them over the
northern part Of Vermont, Nsw-Hampshire snd Msss,
parts OF Canada adjoining, into New Bruins wick,
and if still extended, into the Gulf Of 81. lawrence.
This course, compared With the voyage of the same
balloon from st. Louis to Henderson, will be found
parallel extension Of it, It may reasonably bs Inferred
that approaching the Gulf Of St Lawrence, and OBJ
serving the great expanse Of water, they thought il
the ocean, and rather than sght on IT, or attempt il
passage they preferred To risk lighting 10 tho wilder
less of New Brunswick, where they may be now max
ing their way ont But this Of course, 10 all cooeo-
ture. Some think they may have asoeDdsd 90 high -
TO become stupefed with cold Others that they were
obliged to light in the woods in the northern part OF
this State in consequence Of storm. But When last
they above the regions OF storm. Others
think they crossed the River ST. Lawrence and came
down in the forests Of Canada; some also that they
have crossed the Atlantic. But whatever theory We
ADOPT we prsy God may graft their speedy sad safe
return"