The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-07-14
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different from the thin and cold ether that
we had been passing through. It was balmy
genial anddelicious. It was fun Of nebulous
life and electric manifestations While it
moved, in the main, in steady stream from
West to East, it had its internal eddies, cur
rents and counter currents, that give infinite
beauty and glory to the Cloud World. .-r
Forms and shapes, various, grand and
fantastic. alternately appeared and disappear
ed to view. A golden borealis sometimes
illuminated the whole upper world. Then
again castles Of cloud work would rise up,
glow with electric fires, like hostile armies in
aclion,- and subside. Mock thrones Of ala.
baster whiteness, and then ofgold and saph-
ire, would appear, stand awhile, and dissolve.
And thunders would meanwhile give voice
to the life, the stir and the commotion Of
this upper world. The balloon, now more
buoyant and safe in this denser atmosphere,
swept along like thing of lifes and seemed
to greet as sisters the quickly rising morning
stars; for the breaking of those latter above
lifC CdSlClH HOIIZOil dl6CStSu tIlC COUISC
rapidity of our motion. .ai1g5 n aerfn .bam.t
Il wakened Mr. eager and Mr.. Wise, who
witnessed with me the truth, and the pre-
natural glory of this Upper World. But all
our efforts were unavaling to rouse Mr.. HYDE;
and the editor Vt the "Dog Star Gasette,''
we are sorry to think, went to press without
an exchange of notes with his sublunary
prototype rasr .a ti.'rrasr9 a#Gl
Judging that we had made sufficient dis,
tance east, we let out part of our gass, and
began to descend to the earth, about six
o'clock this morning. The sun had already
burst through the eastern gates of the sky
as S lddenly as he had left in the west, and
was lighting up in unwanted lovliness, the
veined cup beneath us, as we again caught
sight of mother earth. We were approach
ing the central portion of New York State.
was soon able to trace the Hudson distinct
ly, and in short time, had the pleasure of
fixing my eyes on the spot where was Troy
my home, the scene Of my many anxious
musings, now so gloriously verified The
unGer-currents of air bore US now in south
aesterly direction, and about IL o'clock this
morning, we decended in safety to the Garth,
as have already described. In the jar Of
anchoring and debarking, Mr.. HYDE was
awakened, but unhappily with very sick
headache, and severe nausea and vomiting,
resulting, no doubt, from the slight founder
ing and o cilating of the balloon, as it was
made fast TO the earth. We hail to leave
him dehind. z----------------------~
We will remain in New York a week, and
then start again to ST. Louis We expect
to meet some capitalists of Wall street on
Monday next, and raise company to build
fifty balloons, and start line semi-daily be-
tween ST. Louis and New York And soon
thereafter start one daily around the world,
stopping at New York, Hong Kong and
San Francisco. 1a E3Eet r1a#dHga# sf'T a&at
to refract and retain his rays. He opened
the western gate Of heaven and swept out,
and all was closed and dark behind himl
The starry crown of night as instantly over
spread US, and the new moon, 'the silver
bow new bent IN heaven" was fixed on the
western sky! ft 'E 'eHeI ai - 'ssa4'h
Mr.. Hyde 5eing novice in these attitudes,
began to feel sensbly the effects of cold A
numbness beset his fingers, and we resorted
to such restoYatives as our kind friend BAKER
had furnished US, in the shape of divers bot
ties Of champagne. A few bottles revived
him, and put him in right merry mood
He vowed not to desert us throug the trip,
though he had previously been threatning to
swing off on the t,iI of the first ''Comet."
that passed After singing MS few songs
and drinking another bottle of champaigne,g
he told MS to scall him up at six,' as he
wished to furnish some notes for the Editor
of the DOG Star Gazette, and quietly turn
ed in on the bottom of our boat.
There being now nothing but solitude and
darkness around ourserial bark, and every
thing going on well, my other two compan-
ions lay down and were soon asleep also
was alone now and glad Of it. was not
SatisuSu with Jul SoulSS iioui Of LOuiS.
was too much North I had even seen a
silver wave breaking over the northern rim
of my bowl beneath which knew to be the,
Southern point Of Lake Michigan. wished
to test my views of the great, Eastern cur
rent" Of air flowing eternally from West to
East around the globe. Accordingly, as my
cumrads slept turned out about two-thirds
of our ballast! We shot upward like rocket.
The air grew more thin and chill-the stars
glimmered more keenly-the stiffness was
more intense and death-ike. 4 deeper slum-
Der enveloped my drowsy comrades. Sud-
denly a jar and western surge Of our boat
startled my very soul, and my heart leaped
into my throat But it was soon explained.
The top Of the balloon had penetrated the
great eastern moving current, and its swift
ness had careened it suddenly, and given
the boat q, Western pitch. A moment more,
and our entire bark was enyeloped in the
sweeping torrent of air. and we sped with
the swittness of the storm, and with the
noise OF the rush of mighty wings through
the heavens Here the nrnhlap, yUas voI,,oJ