New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-06


i. On lard; but do So Jo. think best" M,. La NOM
tam bu'Jy .pg' ed in collecting what ne eSan ~,
bslla-f. Everyf ing nos vauaoe 10 us ta- us.
wes ht. Ou' csrpetbags, onr nsIuuehA' tuI - ~
Bag our Provisions, were all ready 70 60 oc % tes
dd, OBJ after another, unJ we wsre io"uoed ~ VIC
Exp. e,s BsR-tha. went overheard last
We now deserted the shore, some ior'y nNes aIes",
peeripg bet xeen sonber bank Oh ci'.Is asi -.e
Hor zon but we we're swoopng At fsarin' rs'e
mon the turbulent ws,er, ard, 10 smother mImeu,,
cIash wen. the boat upon the water siiewise stavog
in two of the psuks, and giyDg our ~hss eIait Two
fearful .rks by two succeeding waves, L'. Moanaia
s.nct IN he boa. Ike hero, bu. lot HIS nat. aod GO
a o,.h Of the waves, but soon recovered and threw
over the Express bag and the last rsHaeiog ballast,
and ned out BE easy, gentlemen, III have her al a.
orce more" In apo.ber momen. we were mp fe y
d,ed fee. sesn and the s.egrer-propeller Young
America Wa t.CkiIg grr.ss our track now pro-
po.+d 10 svamp the ssat and balloon in the AXE, ana
,rus, 10 beirg picked up by the Young Aunersa ou,
the desire was ihst shOud make me shore ana Try
.te lard ard ss " crossed the bow Of the steamer
they gave us a hearty hurrsh. La Mountain hsa nov
cut Of the boat sI he could, ana We were N,uh
fifteen miles Of the shore, The gaze suu ias lng peo"
La MouL.sio might bave renamed IN the ooat DeoF
Aoo nmped os, at the first touching the earth sri
saw LO nprepriety N that as then we hi2h, nave
had another hour or go 70 wait the Milling oi tue gaei
but re ad be would share orr fate, and he also clam
bered INTO the bseket just as We were reaching the
land.
saw by the swayipg to and fro of the lof'y trees
into which mus, inevitably dash that our worst
we would be saved ordered two men upon the valve
role and struck within hundred yards OF the va
ter among scaitered trees, our hook, which was
OF inch sndquarer iron breaking Ike pipe stem az
the first catch oft in tree and We huriDg through
toe tree tops at fearful rate. After dashDg along this
way for nearly mile, crashing and breaking down
,rees we were dashed most fesfuly into the boughs
Of tall elm that the basket swung under and up
through the crotch OF the lmb aud while the boat had
caugh in Of the other branches and this brought
us TO litile but in another moment the "AtlaLtic
pulled up her huge proportions, and at one swoop
away went the limb, basket and boat into the air
hundred feet and afraid some Of the crew were
impaled upon the scrags. This limb, about inches
thick al the butt and full of branehes not weighing less
than six or eight hundred pounds, proved too much
for the Atlantic, and 1t brought her suddenly down
upon the top of very tall tree and collapsed her. IL
was fearful plunge but il left MS daDgling betwen
heaven and earth in the most sorrOwfu looking plight
OF machinery that can be imagined.
None OF Us were seriously injured, the many cords,
the strong hoop mace of wood and iron, and the close
wcker-work bssket saving US fIom harm, as long as
the machinery hung together and that could not have
lasted two minutes longer.
We came to the land, rather tree, Of Mr.. t. o.
Whitley, town Of Henderson, Jefferson Co., New
York.
View soon have the Atlantic rebuilt for, what
| hope may prove amore successful demonstration OF
what " . proposed TO DO on this Interesting occasion.
Stanpir Hoa albany N. y. July g. 1859. -, ,,.,,r
P.S.-Mr. Hyde will furnish the complete history Of
the voyage on his return home. j. w.
The Utica Herald, of July 4, in On account of the
landing of the balloon says:
Dumber of farmers had observed the balloon rush
ing along the forest and of course at ts andioga
crowd bad collected Refreshments supplied TO
the voysgers and every courtesy and attention promp
w paid them. They afterwards taken TO Adams,
where they arrived about o'clock.
The excitement in Adams upon learning of the arrival
Of the distinguished voyagers was intense AT first the
people were eincreduous-tbey smet meteOr-reDen'
berng moon sores-did not wish 70 see the elephant
or any such sort of ma-but when Mr. Wise pro
duced veable St Louis papers dated the day before,
and other evidences of the voyage the people beey-
ed, and the aeronsuts were the lions OF the town.
An imprompiu meeting called at Saunderss
Hail. Colonel Hupgerford presided, by whom the
yoysgeIs were Introduced 10 the audience. Professors
Wise ard eager respectively related their experiences
during he trip.
Mr. La Mountain remained with the balloon TO
it, if possible Mr. Hyde left in the evening for ST.
Louis, and Messrs. Wise and eager also left Satur
day for the East
The his hest point attained during the voyage was
little over two miles. The balloon charged with
IS 000 feet of gas at the starting. The balloon was
the one conducted at Lansngburgh and the voyage
was an experiment preparatory 10 "Trip across tbe
Atlantic The aeronauts are we'll satisfied with their
trip and confident that aerial navigation for great
distances entirely practical. The trip cost Mr.. eager
alone some =, 600.
The eLtire distance Travelled from st. Louis TO the
point of landing was eleven hundred and fifty miles,
which was done in nineteen hours and fifty minutes,
being very nearly mile per minute