The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-10


rortp 10 reach Philadelphia or Ne~ York
ATMOSPHERIC rHENoMssA.
A. midnight and through the Whole Of tho night II was
grbs enough watch time There was meuow
pbos pho6scnt Atmosphere AROUND no tnat seemed re
msfkaole The STARE e1oao wish b,iisncy az neser
them before ant the ms5 way ioosea like hsry,
well d. tined couo. Tbs balloon Itself was translucent
and every seam upon Il could be traced. We con SEQ
the ear IN all the We could Distinguish prairie from
wood land blue flower Of the prairie sho we'd its
hantation as od tha yellow, wherever these beauties
lived 10 families coulo the rivers and ponds, aud
whenever came over the wafer tbs stars OF heaven
shone brightly from below by reflection, did the
armament above We could the roads, ant the
fences and the houses ana II truly remarkable how
mellow light JOY and remark ali party.
Aer midnight, heard some Of the crew below snoring
nWloe . awake, and gong on arely g s1t 800 much
north IN this lower current said We, we can 60
the ases" said La Mountain 'if necessary Hyde
and eager sound asleep for while.
DOGS BAYiSG The BALLOON
bns s ooad oct no rssorse from beoS exssos ,ns
dogs. and those vielatt accompapimens o man never
failed to make the wekn ring with their BIO WOW wo Es
must be in q country Inhabited solely by dogs that the
ptopie bArked. He get out Of ham0r because nobody
the people for being asleep that of ngat
We always got dsnct echoes Of calls the tune OF
return dlerens index OF height. The barKiog
OF the dogs also TO indicate the facess and sparse
ness Of the population. Sometimes there eeemod hun
dred OF these canine responaers ~ once VI others apa
Through the whole night after twelve noticed two
bright the eastward,
which brighter than bonhes sad too small for pra
RE nres. now inter they the lower lighthouse
on Lake Michigan and the Sasdusky lighthouse on Lake
Erie
NATURAL pYRorEcHyy
Thus we called 90 through TIE pght To the east and
southeast there were tao beautiful pyroechnc displays
for over an hour, In tao hundereuse but before day
Eight they over and 50 far distant that no Thunder
wes heard they the verge Of the eastern nof
On went through the quiet solemn dome Uf
heaven snc for the ast hour OF dnrscess from t~o to
three, there disposition TIE grandeur
OF ibis soemniy By any tne anu this appear el 10 DO
unaniiooas and spontaneous nh u.s.
REcKoAINGs
AT 81 the dome OF heaven wss lighting up, and soon
the esie appeared from oenessn her tni hi mantle We
judged ncana tom the topography oelo
out there was 10 certainly by which could tell VII
isaes appeared rigb. ard ert or u.s. At4A 81 we saw
City TO the south OF US aad before tive Lake Erie
IerieDce IN tnsfe matters My compsneas long after
the. ssd II Only the illuminated clouds 10 cas-.
Lake Erie aheah snd cnart before me sno~ed that
the town we bad passed vas sor; Wsyne, in Indiana
AT 8 A, We deserted Toleto To ,hs front and left
and sandutky 10 the front and right From nls
never Lest our bearings knew all the where
we were going We sese TOO far north 10
ing enough to reach New York, and resolved
we would mSke ciy 10 the State OF New York,
make q Landing Of part Of the crew and equipments.
LAKE ERIE
We verged on TO Lsse Erie. little north Of Ssndusky,
at TX 81 and before going the wa.er threw over
papers an, biiis We came down low the edge of the
lake satisfy La Houptaia OF it's certaiuty as s .til
though; It Nigh, ne Lake Michigan. Just this poin,
little steam propeller was heading river beioS and
going out before he eot across our track we ,s,sd
him. end La Mountain cried to him, Is Erie
sbeadr BE said, That Lake Erie gu better
look ou He seemed a nettled at our disc arding
his Kindness did ike Of of tue psrty
in telling the sGppas tina, we gould no. he, nim
along He turned bis bow up stream again. gave loud
whistle With bis steam ptpe and We wen. do the lake
here vas grand siebt. and our historian sho.ed
dent symptoms of inspiration will leave it to his
QUegt pen for description.
Having tbroxn over much ballsst TO RICE over the
marshes had Just balloon soared I'D great
height until Ibe barometer stood az beow 3D. which
also stuce duriog the voysg, except
Jska INIT NJ o.i,
The Thermometer fell 70 40, but not bavios suosde
from the CID complaint OF shskng with cold would
doubt have gone Gown five degrees 10 had
remained il that stratum q while longer. We
soved to Sail the surface OF the lake Bat
fao, which charts indicated would be the If
took the lower current The upper current would have
carried Us over Cleveland.
At sh A III. within THOUSAND feet Of the
surface OF the wafer and going down the middle OF
the lake at the rate Of about a mile per minute. l
abou. the fan wheel propeers Su. tney h,asus ,SeV
would not bother with them There some
reason for this, as it would have required consider
able dexterty, with some dagger to have reached OFT
to the ENDS OF the shafts 10 the bad, feat
never believed they would attempt before started
They left OF before started account of the
danger Of tearing the balloon her swaying and sxoop
ing motion while htcDipg tie boa.--a precauton
very essential to departure aud the test
more important feature of cur exoerinsn-i e., long
voyages and specific points to be made north Of
in the line Of direction Permit me to say here that
although sce did not sail die fly the city Of Neio Pork
40 knoao thai It ,oas just as possible to hare Zone
the upper current contingency J7istrad By sonse Of the
crew going up ''thota sufficient eloAtng for SO cold
We passed calling vessels aud several ITS
going down the Lake One Of the propeller ssd as
We overlook and passed him, "You guins 1t like
thunder"
NIAGARA AND TIE LAKES
At 1920 A. III We were near the Canada shore, aud
mouth Of the weiand canal and commenced ascending
TO make more east, and as assembled Lake Ontso
folded its huge proportions view. Here ano
ther eight lake to the right and left
aoo little Ia front old Niagara roaring ike herd OF
tortuIed Ions osing msiiy out Of hsr nostrtls Coud
ofef cloud epruog up from tbs seehing caudroo and
looked sublime 10 tnese Niagara take up
their Ire of march vito their fellows before
eastward We soon got above tpen and Niagara grew
more tame. AT grea. height crossed Grand lsapd
leaving Niagara and Lockport 20 left B1ao to
our light
We now determred 70 land tia city OF Rochester
and there deach the boat leave oa Mr. to forward
the United STATES Express Company, containing ne~s
Papers brought from California by The overland mall and
some ST. Louis httere and Mr.. dyde-La Nouns tain and
myself 10 pursue voyage 10 Boston Portland
could aresh with eC0 or 900 pounds Of ballast reach
Port iand before night
Mr.. Gsger mounted into my CIR from belov and
while ne we're planning tae descent, vita chart before U.s.
aeasd moaning, bowling, dismal noise below Beng
assed him whether the falls heard. II. looked
out and sh' -" is the trees below that are making suc
swoopng do with fearful velocity, slso seeng La
Mountain extremely energetic in beavpg over ballast
did somewhat excitediy excaiu, q For Gods sake La
Mountain throw over anything that your names
Over win your cog wheels and fans but in another
moment and just as sweeping by piece Of
woodland ana near to the surface of zoe EARTH G. ABOUT
two miles a minute Mr. La Mountain cried out, sall
right-noW she is risiDg'
TILE BALLOON IN A HURRICANE
Mr. Hyde looked up to me, ard ia very solemn aud
conpos,d manner remarked, Excitiog time this Pro.
fessor what's TO be doneP T'ust 10 Providence and
our own energies" sad l. Here we iatepaed TO make
beau.ie and systematic bait, but there was no hating
there. We were violent gale US ever blew
Oh lake shore-to land would be oestrucnon aad up We
sosred Tor saeiyhcpipg at the get out OF the
main orlft Of this terrific gallo. Br. Hyce now alec
mounted the upper and Mr. La Mountain remained ia
the boat 70 get all things ready he could heave over
after all our sand bsias. out handed hin tho
last Temainng sack mine, forty or nfty
miles from laud de cool and worked ike a hero
- kept saying, Z" We reach the other shore1
at then our peTils VIII pe greater thar the ~aterr
Eaid and not better % try s1anp the balloon
IN the lake. and ne proVldeuay picked up If we cannot
dragged rather 10 Da rnane in the