New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-06
MIR. HAODOCK'S ACCOUNT.
Three Hundred Miles i'm Four Hours
LANDING IN THE WILDERNESS
THE BALLOON ABANDONED
Four Days Without Food.
LOST IN THE WOODS.
Eating Raw Frogs and Berries.
THE BALLOON ABANDONED.
Four Days Without Food.
LOST IN THE WOODS.
Eating Raw Frogs and Berries.


ooh Il September. The storm Of TIA; AMI tne follow
tg day obliged the postporemea. Of the ascension uot
| the cd Thursday. Every arrangement had bsen
nsoe for successful imitation, and at 81 minutes be-
fore p. IN the glsd words all aboard heard
| from Mr.. LaMouniain, AID mysef ADD that dis.in
guished aeronaut stepped into the Mary TIE
friendly hands be shook Many ferven. "God blsss
you," and "hsppy voysge,' were u,tered-std many
| bardkeichiefs waved their mute aiieu. jug! as |
stepped in 10Y coed friend Fayel stripped OF his ever
cosi ard pressed it upon me, saying that, Is sr L>
Mountain had DO outer garment, we would need more
than We had. took it, and i. cid good ..rvce but
was never able TO return it. Mr.. Burnett OF the
American in the kindest supplied with some
eatables and drink ables "Let go ell and away We
soa,ed-the borses the square 'reared and pitched
good de e g. the novel sight bat ia AZ instant all
minor sounds ct esth had eet sed, ard we we're led
ito 81 sphere whose shores were without echo,
Their silence equaied only by that vi the sIays No.
the least fee ing OF tIepds-ion sds e1perenced-in
extraordinary elsiOn took possession II my s'ul, acd
fear was as far removed though had been sitting in
nv room at home
Two three Thugs struck me IN lookirg down from
an altitude Of half mils: The small oppearance OF
our village from such hight, and the besuhtal tho
chanical lock which the srsgnt fences and ob'oue
square fields of the farmers present. TIE buildings IN
the village dc not from ouch blight, appear to cover
tsnn part Of the erpatd. Inc poor o,a eUas me
and the first chotchsplre barely eq1sled 10 SIZE re-
tpectsble May pole.
AS we rose into the Fight feecy clouds, they looked
between US aid the earth like patches 0!
wig UPON the lsIdscspe in Spring time but ~bea
rose q little higher tue clouds completely SHUT cat the
.srtb, ard the cold white masses bslo~ as hsd pre-
ci,ey the same look that mountainous snos.caveref
country does you LOOK down upon u from higher
mountain. Ttoee ~he have crossed the Alps by the
Synpon Pass-or have stood upon one Of the lofty
SUI ns Of the Sierra Nevajs, and gszed down upon
tie eternal SHOWS below AID around them, wall be able
10 catch the idea am trying TO convey 10 SIX min
utes we're far above all the Clouds and the sue aud
We were face TO face. We SCI the time after that
wteL bis face looked very lar to us. ln eight minutes
after leaving the earth the Thermometer kindly oaued
u. by 7, H. Camp Co., sto~ed fai Of "a degrees:
1t sroo1Si sh.n we left. The balloon rotsted good
desl showing that she was ascending with great ra
Ais thermometer stood at a. ard falling very
fas At 5: 50 we a. leas. two miller bigh-thsr
uome,er "A. At this point 8 suggestion mace ju bs
fore ratng 9y JUDGE Cts 81 ,s ,Sus1 70
Of some cotton with which to fill the ears when at grsa
bigtts, and my father had procured inc some. me
unpleasant ringing senssaon nsd n1S oecode anu
feel coed deal az a very lsrge hollow pumpkin may
be supposed to- with humung bird buzz'og upon its
surface-a comparison uith which, doubtless, many
Who resd this account gill hardly quarrel. At 1852
| but on our gloves ard siaws-ah ezra pau Tor M.
LsMouutain being found in f'iend Fayeis ovo'costE
thermometer 3D. Tee vet sand bsgs now became stu
| ly At 5.5i thermometer %, and falling. Here we
sht our last sight OF tie earth by daylight
| | recognized the st. lawrence to the south west
of u.s. . hich showed wers drifting nearly norto.
| At 6 O'Clock we thought we were descending little,
and MI La Mountain directed 10 throw cut about
w.n'y pounds If ballast. This shot us up sgsn-
Thermometer 20. and falling veTy viz. at e:o.-
tbe,mou eter 22o-my feet were very cold. The A..
| lap,ic Was now fnll and presented most splendid
SIGHT The gas began to discharge ,ss At the month,
81 its sbonin able smell as 1t came dowa opoo Us,
made ne sick. ] hsd been trying sone OF ineod bu',
| pets "sinsws Of war, but everything that would
come up left my poor stomsch IN n rod A moment
vomiting made me feel all right again Ls Mou1tto
sas suffering good dea with cold. passed my thick
shawl around his shoulders and put the osnket over
oar knees ard feet Al 10 tber. 1872 We dEfed aoog
until the sun left Us and in short time there sitter t1e
balloon began TO descend. At $50, Thermometer p
rising. Threw over abou, pounds b4last We
must have been before began to tescend IRON this
HIGHT 81 miles hsh. At $3.50, thermometer 23-rsing.
We weie now abb ut Stationary, and though. we we're
| calling north Of east. We could, We thought dts
| tingush water below u.s. but unab'e to rec's nize
II. A. OPS we threw over bag Of sand, making 80
pcuuds of ballast discharged leaving about l2c pounds
| On hand. We distinctly heard a cog oa fres
mometer 2S-rsrg rapidly. At 40, therpo neIer o.
| AT 80 il was 0nik, and l could m Axe No nore
| memorable. l put up my note bo'k k, pencil, aud
se,ch, ano setted Gown into the basket, .. mucn al
home as though a. my post 10 TIE RJo'mer offce
| From this point IL toe morning caa oriy give uy
experiences from memory. Tee hsures IL the pIecee
ie tsrr siive we're al made at the time, acc the var
atoms Of the Thermometer car be depended upoc o.
| accurate. III,
| We heard, coon after dark locomotive whistle,
ard occasionally cOald hear wagons rumohng aoes 'ae
ervuno or over a bridge while the dogs kept up 40 a.
most ceaseess ,de, as II CONSCIOUS teefe go
| something in the sky moDsTous sod unrsua- !" q
.,sd along conteped cbsry, uotil aboc Ea4s -s
. when distinctly iah,s, acd beard tue roarns
II a mighty waterfall. We cercended INTO vsu-y
rear a very high mount ain but 80 the pscs sPpe trec
| rather forEideug We coIcrded to 10 up again: Orsr
witt 30 pounds Of ballast, AMI sky ward re ssiec 10
about ~ n,ipuiee aia descended olt luis Tue no
| fri, pdy light CT "deep-mouthsd ws.co-dogs heavy
| bay" eree.d u.s. We were over 9 dette wldernceA,
| and set,-d down a sual lake. We hss oar its-
preservers rescy for use, bur got up agao by howng
over all our ballast e2cep. sbVut Is pounds. MI Il.
Mountain now said wss fol-, and Dacness 20 stay up
sty orRer thai great WI dsrGess, IA 1
| The sooner we descended the better We conoa1si
to settle dosn by the side t tree, lie up, ana
| wal, until morning. IL q moment ~ were nea- ths
| earth. and as We fell g.ssped The extreme top of
a tai sIruce, which stepped her deceit, aod We
were sos u fastened to 1. BY the large crogrops.
| Tie touch Of that spruce sent q thrill Il Ola.
| coufor, 20 my heart, for l knew that is KIDD did
no, grow in any well settled nor any warm country
| NJ La MoutiaIn said sf'er he lo3ked srouad s5d
made much Of a. examination O. the soehers as rs
could DO fer the dsIkoess al rain 10, il bad rsosc
the past hour, tia: the AtArue gas played out
we xere fai into the waots aid If got ca. alive
eve ought to be thsskful.
We Soled ourselves up in our blankets aud ps-
tierty waited sptl morning. Tee raln dipped do~n
upon C. in Tvrlets from the gest balloon, And i vas
rot lorg Def re we're vet a. nen could be. After
sright pa SD in great o-ccmOf We we're g.d TO see
| the fret faint ray Of daylight. Cold s,c ~e aed
rsiIy the morIius broke, the typical precarso' We
were TO learn, Of mary other rorninEs - D. 'pe1t
| tbose urinhsbi'ed wilds. We waited Until oc!ock
in hopes the ran would cease ard that tue rays Vt tie
| SUD BY waning the gas IN tie BALBOA wcgid give u
lding pc sufficient TO get up agap for tne par
pose if 10 o.aer, of obtaining yis~ of tie coar'rJ
L II. lad II "a ais Z