Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-10-04
MIR. Lowe. alias Cariincourt, Maker of the
Mammoth Balloon.
HIS FORMER EXPLOITS AND HIS PBEsESr ~
TENTIOys re- en-

The Troy Times. In the article which we pub
lish below, among other things, states that the
: Professor Z. Lowe, who is building a mann
moth balloon at Jersey City to cross the At
Isntic ocean next month, is none other than
frm. CarflncOurt who has made Utica his
Rome Tor some months past. In Hsrper's
weekly OF last week, is picture of Professor
,FS4oWe, which proves to be, says the Utica OBJ
server, very good representation of Carlin-
curt. The Weekly calls him Prof Carlin-
court Lowe
- The person who is building in Jersey City
the mammoth balloon, with which he declares
ttto be his intention TO cross the Atlantic ocean
next month, is the same one who, under the
name of Carlincourt, made two ascensions last
summer from Utica, His first ESSAYS as an
aerOnaut were in San Francisco, California.
Ihere ne passed by the name under which he
WAS born, that of Wilson. The first time he
made'a experiment the gas company did not
idrnisn MN power enough to elevate his bal
loon. On the second essay by some means An
apple-peddling boy who was in the basket was
sent mp instead Of the balloonist and made
1aie landing after rather hazardous trip Mr.
wilson afterwards undertook to ascend with
rsrihed air from Sacramento and PIaceryilIe
out vas rather unsuccessful; in neither place
getung more than a few hundred feet bigb
and coming down again very speedily. After
wards Mr. Wilson appeared in the capacity of
aP9ohe lecturer, urging a scheme for travel
hAh W inc hllh0tfc states &C
the BOcky Mountains-an enterprise which he
never reduced to practical realization. last
year, soon after the disaster to the iIl-fate,l
sIhursson, Mr.. Wilson made an ascension from
81 Louis with balloon belonging to Mr.
Brooks. and filed for him by that gentleman.
After travelling few miles, he descended near
farIn- house, the occupants of which he amus-
ed oy letting them up for short distances hold
ing on 70 the anchor rope While two children
oil the farmer were being sent up, by some ac
cldent the rope was cast off and the little
Things sent OF upon. a fight through the air.
Ihe balloon assembled until ratification and
expansion OF gas caused its discharge, when its
own specific gravity caused it to descend Most
smiracalOusly, both children remained in the
, basket until help arrived, escaped all injury.
and were returned the next day to their AGO,
nIIed parents. The ascensions made by Mr.
wilson, or Carlincourt, from Utica, were both
very hne, though in that city he lost credit by
promising to ride to the clouds on horseback.
and then ascending in the usual manner and
without any such extraordinary display On
tue 4th OF July, this @ronaut made very sue
eesstul ascension from Portland, Maine, and
landed without any accident very near the sea
coast Since then we have heard nothing of
nun, save in a statement that be was engaged
In scheme for crossing the ocean in opposi-
ton TO that of La Mountain until il was sn-
nounced that he had secretly constructed the
mammoth balloon in New Jersey and has all
h's plans completed for essaying the trip over
tle Atlantic, and VIII start early in October