The Van Buren press., 1859-07-20

From the ST Louis Repableaa Of July 3D.
The Great Aerial Voyage.
DEPARTURE OF WISE AND HIS AssocI-
| ATEs.
A very large number of the citizens Of St.
Louis witnessed novel scene yesterday
that OF the ascension OF . balloon from
/ Washington square, corner OF Clark ave.
nue. and Twelfth street.
! The men who have embarked their inter-
iests in this undertaking, are all of them
gentlemen of excellent Judgment, ana two
Of them-Professor John Wise and Mr.
Jno La Mountain-are experinccd q, a,onauts.
Mr.. Il. a. Gager, the third, furnished the
means by which the experiment has been
male,
! The ground was not the most favorable
tina, could have been selected, on some
counts. 1t is central, it is true, but it adj
mitted too slosc view of the proceedings
inside the enclosure from without.
/ 1t was proposed to .lefray the expenses OF
the gas used for imitation, by the sale Of tick
cts at the gate, but the inside spectators
We're scarcely u unit when compared to the
hundreds without.
INFLArioN-At 4 o'clock P. NJ, we en-
tered the grounds, and found the imitation
far advanced. 1t was the mention to. fill
the balloon only half it's capa ,ity. or CO.
600 cubic feet OF gas. leaving plenty OF
room for expansion in the rare atmosphere
of the upper regions. This was likely to
be accomplished before o'clock, p. NJ.
ani the dow Of gas was decreased.
WuAy THE CAR CoNrAINED.-A peep in.
to the boat or car, revealed a strange med
ley The most noticeable thing was an Ex-
press bag, labelled as follows:
- +. b. Marsh, Agent United States Ex-
press Company. No. 81. Broadway, New
York.
This bag is sent from st. Louis, by the
arial ship Atlantic. july LIST. Please. for
ward to destination from landing OF fballoon,
by Express. as above directed.
G. w. Fonp. Agent, st. Louis.
Besides this plsiness-like package. there
was $50 worel o. provisions furnished. by
Guenaudon. ~undry bottles-supposed to
contain champagne and other refreshing bev-
lefages-blankets, OvercOats, gloves, an
chors, flags, and cards of mercantile hou.
ses an caniilates for offic at the coming
ELECTION. There were also packages. letters
AMI newspapers, a telescope, therm ometer,
barometer. and all tho necessary scientiti.
paraphernalia Of balloOning.
BUSINESS PRoGREssING.-Time flew. am
nail past live o'cio * arrived. Expectan-
cy was on tip-.oe. ami the balloon wasp.o
nounccd suffi .ently inhatei-or!ers wel,
given for the ring to be ealel--and two
men Were posted at each cord connected with
the net work of the balloon $50 nu-
merous were these cords that occupation wa.
gwen TO more than one hundred strong arm
ell men )-;he sand bags were UNLOCKED
from tn. meshes-and the buoyant vesse
rose from the ground. The aronauts step
: pei into the ring beneath it. and Professor
Wise ma lie few appropriate remarks, sta
ting that he was not certain of success, a:
the ascension depended AS much upon tn.
'rien.is around him as upon the eronaut.
themselves. He requested those in present
charge Of the balloon to follow orders. which
they all agreed to do. The air ship was thel
towed to some distance from where it hat
been inflated, and the boat was brought tt
si,s -i.es ~~l made fast. Above the boa,
Was suspended the car, capacious wicke
basket. AMI about 1000 pounds Of balia a
were pla ,e,i in the boat and basket, in adj
,ion 10 the articles they already contained.
Professor John Wise, scientific director
aseenlcd into the basket, suspended midway
between the boat AMI the mouth Of the bal
icon. Nlessrs. La Mountain. 1Eionaut, q
eager, Navigator, anil VIM Hyde, reporter
for this paper, took their places in the boa:
All arrangements being pronounced com.
pie,e, AMI everything ready, the largest ari-
al ship ever built. assembled with four pas
scngcrs. amidst the cheers of the spet ettators
many Of whom fully expect to hear Of hel
landing on the Atlantic seaboard. And il
this should not be accomplished, those who
are least sanguine. confidently expect thai
greater distance will be traversed, thar
has ever been knawn before in the science
of ballooniny The most noted achieve
Eent recorded in acial navigation, as re
CARDS distan> travelled, is the ascension o
Mr.. Clayton. made in the year 1888, in Gin
cinnati.
On the occasion referred to- that intrepit
aronaut nine and half hours in tn,
air. and descended in Western Virginia
three nun ire-l ami fifty miles from in, Q .eer
City. NJ. Wise ami his associates hav,
only 10 ,ea, this exploit to larry oil the palm
in success ana !aring.
Direction OF THE BALLOON The Allan.
but gradually attained an Eastward course
The direction of the balloon. SO far as il
could be seen, was several points North o.
East.
ADAMS, N. Y. July 2.
l Wise, LaMounsa!n, Gager, and their pa
senger landed ON a farm in Jefferson county
ten miles from ,his place, at twenty min
utes after two o'clock, this afternoon, all
safe They travelled over the whole of Lake
Erie from Toledo across Long Point, pass.
ing below Buffalo and the Niagara Falls at
twelve o'clock.
Death Of Ma. Everett.
BosToS, July 4.
The wife of Hon Edward Everett died in
this city Saturday night.
The TRAVEL FROM TExAs.-Wa iegin "a
discover Sttat the ranr,io of E,a..o,n i,,x.