New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-24

dsy;,.;nr from that lice and s,ou thereafter ds,a
stra.sd the f.ct by doing the thing number Of times
once from Csrlisle 70 L>ocas,r, Penn, t9ice from
York tn Lsrca'tsr, once 'rou Springfield ~ Coumbus
q opcs from Auburn 70 Syracuse n " sni
from Bradford, w. 10 Ores, Falls ". H., 10 all these
csses by premedi'sion, h4d newer then read the de-
tailed theory Of trsts wnes. hu' simply leaned
by fsae--s'wsys gooS ios:r1c,ors. Soce that time
Msury has co1shorated sys.Am OF ~ind srd current
charts that prom se much more for tho nsas ~ aerial
navigation than the most sapguioe oevotee Of the art
could have hoped for Stce dsduciag from his long
ard etudious observations Ard researches fhs course
Of The trade winds, their currents and counter cur.
reps, ell The prom Debt balloon voyages have verified
tboee deductioIs.
Msury ssys: 4" AZ for the general system Of atmos-
"pberic circulation ~hich have been 20 long endesv
oripg TO describe, toe bic tells it ia sioge cen
" tepct-Eccl. T. 8: 'T7s wind gosth toward the
"scub and turretb ,bdu uoo the south; it shseleth
"sbe ut continually, aod The wind reurneth SO sD &C.
"'coYdpg 10 his circuit " This s certainly teree
planstion Of the trade wind system.
This truthful observer thioks there lie apparent
grad design in the oSdinaiin Of the atmospheric mo-
ton. Apc will every it.siseot observer conclude
who will take the tron Vie of ~ investigation II has
msnY Offices to peri RIO, he ssys. To distribute
moisture over the su,fsce sbd temper the climate of
d" different ATTITUDES, it would seem, are two great
Offices assigned by the Creator to the ocean Of air
Maurys explanations 20 his wind and current charts
publisbed by the Federal Govern ueut lsst year,
and of which Lieut Lynch kindly furnished me copy
few weeks $50, snbstapil'e every point OF my me
DRY OF the wind cureots a. means through which bal
hsbed. Maury saws: "H4ve I not, therefore, very
good gronrd d. for the opiooo that the wind in bis
circuit. though apparently 10 ns never so wayward
obedent TO la and subservient TO order, a.
were the rporbiog stare when they sang together.
To this nao sincerely say, yes, you have Add permit
10 add third Of ts design-sslhog 10 and no
the heavens with balloons for the purposes of CON-
xnerce intelligence, sceUca, hsppioess, and refine
mept and to cbris,iauize al the eDds Of the earth.
Tie Creator can have objection to this, If he has
not specially 90 arranged il for our uses
fat ard .ais fnsa eysfp nj
ing. All we want is good balooos, and little more
energetic experience. Cool balloons can be made Of
riIk dsgops)ly brac.d ard strengthened, aud costed
with ny invented preparation Of dseoDpossd OIL a.
laid doE n in nv directions fer balloon IN sking
But somebody demurs to ONES not knoFIog where
We are calling 10, in what direction we are goog
when We get above the clouds Mr Ha1dock thinks
we are compelled to go il blind in sach cases be-
cause be and bis etd got toto ~ilderness snd hence
nfers that baDODuirg Il nct advanced bsyonh what
their experep troubles il their late trip would spssk
for IT, Let mo expsio. Before sc ascend, and When
We are rising, eau see which way the cl Iuds ore
moving ADD sbeb we become Involved with the Clouds
we know sre moving wi them Nov, when we
rice above them and they appear qn7scent bsneNh
us we are e.l moving 10 th direction, aud with their
velocity. Should The cdrren, above move faster or
slower there uil be srsla'vs diverse motion sppsrent
in them And should we enter a currant moving
al al angle with tia clouds have again the course
ard ,y Of onr ai'.soip PORTED oot. The experi
creed seronsut, like the experienced seapau, si, by
ibtutve rea,ODpg, tell toe c)urse aud speed OF his
vessel by thsse obaervs'ious.
MY good friend Baidock gill thus zee thst quar-
ter century of experience has leaned ms something
in the art and something hopefn enough TO write let
ter for the public tformAfion about, nave aiso IN
vented the collspsng cord" device wnch enables
the aeouaUt 10 .nder his balloon p0were's IN an 10
stsDt-a very necessary coptfivsnce ~ bringing bal
loon tn in stormy weotber. Tbs would have been put
into the AtlsUc' before sailed her IRON 81 Lpnis
bad there been suticisnt time LETT for doing 1t before
her time of starting. | nentionsd the matter 20 Mr.
eager the evening bsfcre Wa left. have us.d the
Ialft. xrhl fa,f
high AMI within tDlee miles Of Philadephls where
thousands OF spectators looked st the tune. Some
OF the ne ~spspers predicted certain destruction
attempted. ] did this n show that balloons void
inevitably become parsehues 10 case of their ruptare
when aloit have autoeptic records OF thirteen bal
looms bioh have bursted collapsed when sof, and
in 10 sirgle instance the seronaus damaged in
the least. Clayton eucoudtered one so dlf MISS Lu-
cre,ia Bradley, and McCoe, aud I had two colapses
when ao't; the others hsppenet 10 Europe.
1t is an interesting and oeightfa experiment to have
the balloon suddenly coils ieed when mule or two
high above good conntry. kaoE that macy OF your
sober.uinded readers viii call this enthusiastic, II
not msduess bot Is nevertheless true auh oglcai AZ
TO Ifs seN pressrvstive action Am almost atfHd 10
fell what balooos do be done With, ~ AN ire
auenty sssailed a. rash, dare Devil tempered man,
for ru hs that science points out IN tue
art Of baloOIirg. "
The ysas untraversed fields of spsce which sur
4" round the earth are within the reach OF aero
pauto skill but he world slow 10 sfoptog ard usog
the MEANS II has ever been 90. Tue pi0neers OF ai
sgeueu, in their pur. us. Much of this, however, ~
caused by the countsr feis prscticed upon the public
THAT has alweys tendency ~ cep'ec'"e the genuine
nyestig aons bu tbst viii D0t deter the esIneet 10
yestigstor from his bobby. know could u ske more
money by akirg up elephants horses, aud balls than
can in purely scientific explorations, bat a. that
would mitste against the dignity of scence, nave
thus far Sustained, but am not cure thaf VIII not
resct 10 it in order 10 raise the necessary means 10 my
Circummurds1e outft. II DO, toe exhibitions shsl be
made classical at least, and hit for the educa'ed snd
elite of society TO loob At.
Mr. IL sadock vsutsto kuc = bow We are tOteu when
we get ir'o the ess,erly current. IL my experience
AND bsrometrica no.rgs of fifteen years aye worth
anythirg can confidently always when your
baroue falls 70 IL inches. Dat Of over one 0uncred
trials this holds good Bnt shy experienced aftaveler
can tell when he We going east ri bout barometer
The Gun illus aud pmbus clouds the Only KIDD that
compose strata dense that yol cannot see the earth
through them, and these clouds never two Dnlss
high and dc stated above when you are over The
cloud stratum you can re4ilY tell whether you sre
moving ~ith then or msklDg Al aoge TO thsf couree
There ere clouds above tee .i q, current seven 500
eight miles high but they attenuaed that you
can through them yuu can through the TAN o,
comet Experienced aerouAuts become 81 familiar
with clouds do old msrnes with gui s.lesms, logs
ard weeds.
We are lust about learning these things and once
generally understood they will us 10 sail through
the ocean OF air above With uuch more comfort sud
pleasure, and far greater speed, than We can Ga the
oceans Of water
Ishsll never enter into controversy upon thu ,cien
tifc merits ard Of aerial navgstloci yet am
never 6splessed in being touched up lttle to It's
ptcgreSs in the mos # tho'e from whom the puolc
have right 70 expect ermethDg. My nature lie never
to say soythipg concsrrug it but whst is matter OF
fact that which is seit evident sci9niihe ttuth
Lancaster, Pa, Oct 1889 JOhN WISE
FIRES.
FIRE IN MArpEv-LlSE.