The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-07-14

'i"e ga" sweeping nioni. hr.ow. I'll" woods
roa'e' hk" host "f Nia"aras. the snrf,ce If the
'f II "'hs iiiird wiE cn,i. # Gusi. and told nv
.irnd. certain destruction awaited II. if VIC
sh"nd io"ch the earth in that tornado 'rb. huoe
i'''h''c was making Il terrific sweep eurlii-
""o already were We ncHr the tops of the
; tees "t " tall forest and cried ont somewhat
rxcitrdly, I" for Gods sake h,nv, over board
; "nN'hi"g "on cun lay your hands on La Noun.
t"lr and N "no,her moment he responded call
; r,Iht' Standing OH the side OF The boat with Il
th"i' hnd wh"e's, intended for the working Of il.
Ian wheels, mud ready to h.u,e j. over should it
become necessary
MIR. Hyde looked up TO my car, aud very so.
icmnly snd "Th's ie IN EXCITING time, PrniyS.
sor Nha, shall wc dol" Trust tn Provi.
hrnce aud al onr energies" said l. We were
inst iunnirG On 10 Lake Ontario, aud O. how
terribly II Vas foaming. moaning and hovl,ng.
eh'd, "lh Mountain have I50 pounds of bal
i'io IN my car vet aud heavy vms. an cx,rcss
bnr tsenr to the C:,ii.d States Express Com.
pnny's ofhr' in Broadway, New Yok. and lot
of provisions"
"" ell. If that wont do. / will cut NJ, the bout
Tor ballast. and We can k"cp above water until
we rrirch TIC Dpp".ite shore" which WAS near n
hundred miles otf in the direction We were then
going
Here banded my halast down TO La Noun
tu.h' n: we w"re+"pdv mounting nhovc the ter
'itc gaze irlicving that hv that course we should
al least get out of its main track.
Everything now indicated that We should
perish III the water or on the land aud our rnv
salvation was TO keep afiont until we got on, Of
tha gale, # we could. I said " You must all
get INTO the hnshrt. If you want 10 Inc saved
should We ever reach the land. And truly
tell YOU In AT the pri!s Of the land are even more
tst'iblc than ,hor. Of the water, with our MA.
chimes and II would he easier to meet den,, by
drowning than TO have our bodies manyrI ly
dnshing against rocks nEl trees" {1y this time
Ar. eager aud Mr.. Hyde had cla,nhrrrd into
tho bafket with mo. vi II i. sn very coollv.
IL "m prepared 10 die. but | would rather lir
on land 'h"n in the water snii, " hat do
you say. Mir. Gageri" He replied. Il would
rather meet II ON lund, but dp nv ynu think
best" MIR Ia Mountain Was hn>ilv engaged il.
collecting what he could for ballast. Every.
ihinS Was mHw vaiunblc 10 rs HAT had weight
Our carpet. bags, our instruments, tn. exr.c4r
bag. one after another. until We were reduced
to tho express has ,iAt went overheard
last
4 Ilnhg. into Loke Outario.--W. now
deserted the shore. soic forty miles ahead, peer
lug between a scmhre bank Of clouds and the
water horizon, but we sweeping nj a fear.
iu rate upon the turbulent water, and, in a.;u'hcr
moment, crash went the hnnt upon the water
s:dnwISc. s,avng il Two Of the pimnlss aud giving
our @ho!c craft twv fearful Jerk, hy two succeed
ing waves. l,a Mountain stuck to the heat like
hero, but lost his l;a!, aud got - ,lasi, of The
waves, Iii; Eoon RECOVERED mnI threw over tho
express bar nn the last icmai:i.::. ballast nn.i
ciird out, Be easy. gen, l"nen, I'll have her
afioat oac' more" Ii another n,ul,t.nl W went
up few hu:itrrt fret m.ain aud the steam. pro
leiior e:ng AMERICA. wa, lacking ucrcss our
track. now proposed L. swamp the boat and
balloon III the Lake, and .ust to being picked ~,
''y the Young America hut tho d,sir. was tha,
We should H,ake the shore ani irv land. md a.
We crossed the bow of the s;c,i,l.r they CAV:
us hearty harrah. Ia Mountain hAd now Gu,
out oi the boat all he could. AM! w"r. within
fifteen miles Of the shore. the gallo still raging
below. La Mountain nieht hase remained in
the boat below. nLd jumped out at the first
touching The c..r IN, and saw no improp.iety in
that. ns then W" ';,i.ht have had another hour
or two 10 wait the lulitng of the gale; but l.c
n'id h" would share oar fate, and h. aIro clau-
hcrcd into tho basket just We were reaching
the land.
The La"ding.--I taw by the swaying to aud
iio OF III" lofty trees into which must inevi.
tahy DISH. that oar worst p"ri!s were at hand |
but still had hind hope that we would Lc
saved. ordered Two men upon the valve rope |
and we struck wuhin bundled yards of the !
water. among som,n scattered tfcea our hook |
which was Of inch an! quarter iron, LrrnTiu~ ;
Ike pipe stem at the iirst catch Of it in Il tree
and We hurting through the tree :o;.s ut n fear
fu rate After d.sl,ina along this ~av for nearly
mile, crashing and breaking down trees We
were dashed most lea; fully into the lunrhs Of Il
tall elm. that the 6l.kc, swrnr under and np !
through the crotch Of the limb. and while the !
boat had caught IN som. cf the other Lrnnrhc< !
and this brought MS to !i,;le. hui, in another /
nl"ment. the :" Atlantic" I,ulfrd up her large pro- .
portions, and at one swoop away went the liib ;
basket nn boat INTO The mir y h indr cd feet, aud
l whS AFRAID some of.the crew were impard !
upon the scrncs. This limb aLnmt eight in, hes !
tn ck at the bu and full ii branches. no, weigh
inC less than six or eight pounds. proved too
much for The " Atlantic" and Il brought her
fhe f,f t,,1
tree aud collapsed her. il a fearful plunge.
but il left US dangling brtwcen heaven and earth
IN n most sorrowful looking plight Of machinery
that can he imagined
None OF us were seriously Injured, tho many
corde, tho strong hoop made OF wood and iron,
and the close w'cker-work hnsket saving us f,on,
harm. ns long rs the machinery hung together
and that cou!d not have lasted two inmates
longcr.
We came to the land or rather tree. Of Mr.. ,
L. o. Whitney, town Of Henderson, Jefferson
county, New York.
We will soon have the Atlantic" rebuilt for
what hop" may prove amore successful demon.
strat'n ol what we proposed to 60 on this inter
csting occaslon ;
JOHN WISE.
SrA%wIx HALL. ALpA*Y. y. Y, July 3.
WATraIowH. n. y. ,Tn'v Mr. III Noun |
tain arrived here this morning with the romans ;
Of tie nraI ship II will ba exhibited berr q |
nnothet voyage from Chicago Eastward. Mr. La !,
Mountain Is slightly injured nbou, the face and !
limbs. Messcrs. Gngcr aud Hyde returned to /
their homes yesterday.
The Balloo" Erpress Bag.-Osweeo July :. /;
The Express bag sent by tie United Statra Tx. /,
press Ag en,. from ST. Louis for New York. in !!
The balloon Atlantic, WIS picked up yesterday !
on the Lake. six miles wes. Of this city. 1t con. |
tains over forty letters TO New York corrcsTon.
dent. among which j. q draft oil 81 ,OnD on a
New York Bank. The package will bc forward.
ed by Express this afternoon.
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The Naturalization Qmcstion.---A letter from
the Hon. G. f. Pugh. United States Senator on
this exciting question, has the following para
graph:
Residence in any country. so long rs it con-
tinues, will subject the party resident TO the
law OF that country and VIC presume residence
ordinarily, from the mere fact Of birlh Eut this