The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-10-15

Shall pipe Tor IL IN evening mass.
A. isss To rootlsts Of the trees =
Shall End the prison whore she lies. i
And 6sas the barred dust they seize
In leaves and blossoms r. the skies.
So may the soul that warmed il rise .
Many, born of kindred blood, $50. t#y
should sek What maiden lies below ,
Say only this: A tsnder bud, ia ssls 81
That tried to bloasom in the snow,
Lies withersd whsrs the violets blow
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4 Trap Gky-Ward--Rxplosion Of the
BAlloon-Rearfnl Descent. g.
We have already spo<iced the ascension
ffein che Fair GsOunds u Rome, on Thurs
day, by Mr.. Coo and Joseph 8. Cottman, and
hsye bsisny rsoosaed tkeir rapid descent
owing to "a accident 70 the balloon. which
took them sky-Ward Yesterday we mstshe
gentlemen who made the trim. and from their
own ips learned che patticnlars Of the extra.
osaiaaly voyage. We annex the .'sf III
xA.aauvE or u1ss4: 4E;ANp nrsn.r.
They started precisely g 4 O'clock the
asesnt was rapid After reaching sn altitude
Of aboat two hupdred Eeek The balloon al
first took nosthw> stefly course but at the
height OF about . mile took q due
south oourss for D distance of about five
miles; thea ut height Of about two miles
the balloon stssaek the famous easterly cur
rent - often allsded 70 by balloonists. .i
The body OF the baaloen was constantly
expanding from the efiacts of the heat and
AN: There were clouds floating in the air,
and the reflection of the sun Light upon the
AIR vessel was very pefceptibie. The glare
~ times, was alnese b6sding When the
eaesesiy carrent WAS reached, the balloon
Ar:seed toward shssast ct speed Of about
In high gfee. At this point the scene below
was grand il the ext.ene--the earth had al
NEST assumed the aspect off piece Of mosaic
wesk-small objects we're = not visible. vet
streams, villages and cities were discernable
- distinct objects on the surface.
At about twenty minutes before five, Mr..
Zoe discovered that q part Of the apparatus
pertaining to the safety valve Of his balloon
Wa deranged, and was SO located tina. it
could not be restored. He ct once attempted
70 discharge the gas from the upper valve,
IN order t. descend-conscious that the diff.
Guilty alluded ~ could hot Be overcome The
valve ct the top worked well-but the pres
sure on the safety valve, (which had been
defanged), from the lower part of the balloon
was 90 great that an explosion followed,
causing rent in the balloon from the lower
valve to its greatest circumference. The rent
was come torty feet in length. .@s5
Inc sound accompanying the explosion
wae shout equivalent TO the discharge of
musket. In about one minute after, the de
scent was 20 rapid 40 to increase the rent in
the texture of the balloon to about fifty feet,
thus leaving almost the entire upper portion
OF the nm vessel open. In about half min
ute the second rent was discovered there was
not foot Of gas in the balloon. For nearly |
nall . mile the vOyagers came down at q
mose terrific speed-feeling the same sensa-
oon tnat one experiences in high swing in
rapid motion. The silk and cordago. as the
balloon oseilated, caused rafting sound like |
the rigging of ship in O storm
Descending half . MILE the main portion
OF the balloon was thrown on one side of the |
netting, and caused the air vessel to sway
violently, and the basket and passengers were
raised to an even height with the valve of the |
veesslitsslE This motion was broken by the |
sell possession of the aronauts in chan cling |
their position in the car. Finally the sway
lng motion was increased BY the voyagers
until they succeeded in forming parachute |
OF the remnants ofthe balloon, when the rap.
10 raee OF speed in their descent was measur.
ably impeded. During the last half mile be.
lore reaching the earth, their rate of speed
was but triHe more rapid than that of
he ordinary descent Of . well ordered bal
When reaching point within one hundred
leet OF the tops of the trees near Pond Knobs
N the Rome swamp, each of the passengers,
having sand bag ready to throw out, dis
'hafged this amount of weight, and the bal
DON concluded it, descent to the ground with
eos speed. The passengers were suspended
ome seventy 1efi9tte A1E ourhszlimbs of
me OF the tallest trees in the swamp, while
no balloon spread itbelf over several otbar {
crest IT, b good forturs, Alesss1 Coo !
nd Cottman reached terra frma iaasafety. ,
tier making graceful descent from the 6
roe. Arriving IA the swamp in safety, they 6
artook OF rsffeshuaent semGiniug in tie car. .
nd seAse three SSnth1siAstic cheers FOR the s
'rte1aes result Of their psrilous drip .5veI i
Atehe 1oment Of ebn sxploaioD, Mr. Gets c
nan a1Aed NJ Cos what wee 70 be done 2-l a
he eronsnt assured him that the, balloon n
culd come down ri right, except at a fear b
Il rate Of speed 20 q .i'-A-a S'l-5 =
A. 'onse the gsapnel and ropes were s
'roWM oes and I'll the extra weight except q
'e ssnd bag. The @rial excursiSnisss wefc l
sriectiy cool and converted together during L
cir descent Bot for their presence Of mind 81
ey wsald notprobably have escaped alive. n
hey both assured us that after the balloon 9,
u tesmsd Unto . parachute, they had not 50
% sl!9htess lear Of harm. But for tbe few N
coads altar the explosien, when the car and sc
. ss1eants' ct the balloon were swaying y,
eernAssly above each other, their fears ht
uld mot well be suppressed 90 g1eiog ~
Yesterday Afternoon, the balloon waa brot' se
Rome in . damaged condition. An ex. vi
ainAtaon Of the cir ship satis6ed Mr., Gee fc
q ne appliance called . safety valve" he
'iehi 10 invested hinse1f, and which sis DO
siened 70 work BY a rope from the out pa
% Cf the bailooo, had bean damaged be on
. hs started on the trip, and 40 c9ase- 10.
snce could not be mads seryieeabie This IA
We 10 underneath the main valve, nn1 is 30
cpiated TO open and closc accordingly as ] Bl
cir and beat may expand or depress the yis
y of the balloon. Once finally closed me
ed he power Of opening il, the expan- De
q he gas under she in6AeRee Of anex. ~
ordinary ,AeAtbsaamefo0 great for the en-.
ance Of the silk Of which the balloon wa, an.
ssraesed, and the s1pltsl0n foilswed, as q did
tsr Hcoufse. -lUaea Herald se s'i era
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RcxxWAS WfvH--Ss.. thS IL N. trains - /
b Union depot On Satprday were about tho
Iing, . womln got 81 the Cincinnati cars 81
vas soon followed BY q man, who enteted an {
sesnest condensation with her, He rot you
y kaees and held hee rhAnd, which he has
u with tears. She lat the cars with syly
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