Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-10-08
The Perils Of Balloouius


the safe arrival at Ottawa { "
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~ "'''''i III 'He oa'l''n AtaH..
from ater'owh' y. l., on the ~ # =.
TENDER. and for whose safety mu,r f...
felt. Mr., U,ll,ck ho. wr;,,on
;rte-os,;,, ,oco,,. .NS .-'
""''ie''hS> All
sumct'"ss :" INC wilderness. II appears /.
naiioo"ists were up III the air some l.g-.
H'e hours, "heh nhi'hS Themselves over
uense wilderness ana the darkness II H.
h'gn' arouhu ,nen' they concluded to de-.
ceha. lhey oiu SO ana passed the ni.h. +,
inc oaiiooh iasteneu 70 the top u L tall SPIN.
tree, ana exposed TO drcnchlng rain /.
daylight they again assembled, and he,,
we leave ar. lladdock 10 speak t,r hm>t.
As thc current was driving Us >tiI!iut,
north, We dare not stay up, - We were l-,,
ing farther ana sui farther T. the frozen
tide" from which We knew there could hem
escape. MIR. La NJ. seized the valve n,,,
and discharged gas, and we descended IN ~,
ty by the side OF a large spruce. We mad,
s'S .As'"h'.' 'h'N li1l tliCIltT, anu trr
moment talked over what We should H.. "
had not a mouthtul to eat. No prucctiun, !,
night from the damp ground, wcr. i,.,.r,
we knew not how far from habitatinr 49,.
hungry to start with, no earthly hope II mi,
ing Il lire and no distinct idea i, H. whrr,,,s
were. We settled in our own minds tly,,.
were in John Browns tract or in the ,,,.,
Canada urI l,Inrnn.. =, 81 Il
OF the Ottawa. and knew that Il course >I...
by east would take IL out if We had ,,renrb
enough 10 travel the distance n VI 80,
ed up to the balloon and gave tbr a..
the basket n parting shake, sgyjng a.
bye. old Atlantic, and lan,ied r,ll
n tear in his honest eve when hc s,il !,
4 minute account of their vapj.r;,.,. 81.
a dense forest is then given. They tr,1.3..
miles on foot along n creek. crossed ma ~.
crossed it on log. slept an il, ham. .,.
feriug intensely meanwhile from coI ,rG
wet weather. Subsequently, tb.y r,rn,.J
raft. and on this slowly rrr..i,J IN O.,
polling it, in the hope ot rcachin, Soma 4,
bitable settlement. Here we ouote.
1T had now been four full DAYS since Y.
ate Il meal. All we had n. in m. ma.,
time was frog apiece. four CLANS an! f,
few wild berries. whose acid propcrte, anil
bitter taste hal probably done n, more harm
than good. Our strength was Beginning,
fail very fast, and our systems were evident
lyabout to undergo an extraordinary chang,
did not permit myself tn think II ioid
the thought of Il well covered table would
have been too much. thought over al. ii
poor Strains sufferings on the lSthmu. ii
Darien, where he, too, was padding r.tr
down an unknown stream; but never believed
We could stand halt the amount Of >Gii.r,u;
he did. Besides, he had means u max,
fre-we had none. lie WAS upon >tr'au
which he knew would lead Ia the sea All,
satety-wc were upon waters whose flow W.
knew really nothing OF, and were n much
lest rs though in the mountains Of the mon
But we could not give 1t up 50. AMI t,.s
fresh courage "s troubles appeared TO tines
en-.
soon after we heard the report OF gun
anu Tue TWO los, men piuai'a '''e'r ta'' "
the direction whence the report came ~
lance vi nearly mile. Seeing shant"'
hr. haddock rushed ON shore here "'
quote again;
Il halloed-a noise was heard INSIDE a"a
q noble looking Indian came 10 tue HooT,
'o"S Par,'Y ffd"c"t% was my eager "
curry, as srasped his outStrrtched ha'a
Yes, sir; and English, too IL" drew N"
into the cabin, and there was the h"alolil TIE
party, noble-heartei Scotchman, named
Angos Cameron. | Immediately told my
lost. and had been four DAYS without ivi