The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-29

Ire meartr,e the breeze has sprung up again. and y
rves the balloon farther TO the east Once or twice the
ove gets foul Of the trees, and brings down thick
branches to the earth There is danger or the
rpc being severed by friction against the boughs.
7 stands the test well The tree = omafcd b sv,n
;rrcraris get into ether diGcuer. The halo n swe"
another line OF trees. IL cannot escape ter
"eop'e run 10 the crash Down comes tho car int
he top Q. the tree, smashing the bcughs they were
hut pipe II feared that the balloon Itself might
- torn but IL escaped and again, carrying its at
'phled freight ont Of the branches, The d'.-c'', W.
afterwards effected. when il was found that one
DE reporters bad got the back If his hand considerably
~ ard bruised by incaucusy holding on 10 the oat''
m Of tho basket in its descent through the tree
These experiments convinced MIR Wise that II would b
rsaic to venture up any more. AMI 90 tic htoon wa
'ccnfcd on the same spot where Il was filled IN the
r1cvnirg
II bad been arranged to have photographer go up
md take sterc' SCOPE views Of terrestrial things from
certain elevation. The too great movement IN the at
moshcre precuted the possibility Of such thing yestor
day. He may 60 up to-day II II DO perfectly still and
calm, under other conditions Of tho atmosphere
indulge others who may wish to enjoy sensation,
by giving them chance to ascend thousand feet o.
course he will have to charge something for the enter tain
ment. His father understand Is arranging for trim
in the clouds Of these days. and will either charge
fixed srmsay fifty tolarsor put up the seats to public
auction
f,y in extreme height With the attached It's height
IS sxtyfve feet II contains some twentyfour thousand
cuncicet OF gas so tat It's na'ion alone costs ABOUT
dollars OF the gas not discharged last even
ing will for ascension for some days, being easy
TO replenish IL TO the extent needed
The balloon entirely devoid Of ornamentat0n II
is composed Of oiled cotton OF which material two
thousand yards perhaps used up. On side has
lis namc painted in large letters the other, the Latin
legend
a Astra, CdSra
Nun,en, Lumcn''
which means, " The stars my dwelling place, the
divinity my light" There several patches II,
counted for by the fact that In OF the Western railroad
baggage sharks from the locomotive fell upon IT,
Trs have been male with il from Boston, ST. Louis and
lafayette Ind The basket is the ordinary specimen Of
obong wckcrwork which rsed In warehouses for hoist
ing goods in and by washerwomen In good business II
is four and half feet long by three and half wide--so
that there was not much room To spare in that cage.
II was amusing 10 listen TO the comments Of the by
ISLANDERS us the balloon being inflated One would
declare in reply to question whether he would like to
ga up that he not tired OF his life yet while another
would declare that he would lief 20 up in her
the river in ferry boat.
Between the ascensions there unpleasant in
erlude somewhat under the influence OF liquor
ordered gruly by policeman 10 get outside of the ring
He replied that he wanted 10 go up, he was
The editor OF an irish American paper He said this jocu
arly, but the policeman evidently did not appreciate the
okc for he rushed at the unfortunate would be editor
throat, knocked him down, and then set 10 10 roll him
soldiers roll up their mattresses In short there
when elderly denounced il in measured terms
he was himself seized upon and marched OF TO the
ton house: while other police officers drew their batons
and rushed in upon the respectable persons who had
gathered around the old and drove them right and
left as they were party Of rowdes. Such conduct s
not calculated TO insure TO police officers the
and support Of the good citizens Of New York.