New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-07
fcuty. II was most fortunate that our dss ,ent
mace Just this po'nf, the ballo,n barely ero~ting
between the trees, el-e might have been mpaed

! wild. without ar iucnm Drsnces. There alter
rstive-the work Of the Atlantic sss dons | have
known what il was 20 be stiywrecked a; ses sr1 10
bebol6-a ise had esl aed 20 love my hone en-
quilted 10 tie osnirg waters, bat | never experienced
anytbirg Ike the emotion tha. flied my hear, as eI
/ CLAIMED, "Goo1 by, cid Atlantic We sha never meet
again u seemed like parting FROM old friead in
perfect health, with the fll knowledge ths; ne would
never be ssen sgsin alive. Tears blinded my sight,
and il required, suppose the same effort to enable
me to Lave the cherished cOmpsDiOn'-fOr 50 | al
learned to look at i'-of many peril, and many
pleesures il does for father TO tear himself away
| IRON the coffin Of beloved child Perhaps 1t wac
foolish and nOnsersicsl if j. vas, css only say
| could not help IT.
But the departure must be made; 40 Of We started
to seek for civilization, celiverance safety, home and
| friends We shaped our course south Of east suppo
sing that if Canada that would bring out
OF the Ottawa; or, if in the New. York wilderness
which neither Of Us believed possible that We should
| leave it on direct line for WstertOvn. We
| fcund thai We could only make snsil-Lke and
laborious process. The bottom soft; the bushes
closely grown together and loaded with the deposits Of
the previous nights rain storm and q dense mss OF
rubbish lining the way in every direction, having
fallen from the trees never perhaps cut since God frs
| planted the wilderness upon the soi. Every foot's
progress cost Us labor; and we began to apprecist
| the very marked uncertainty whether We should di
| far from the balloon or ROT.
After lsooring on about three quarters OF nile,
cane upou cree the general course Of which was 10
| the north west, but exceedingly tO;tuOls. Here we
found rude wooden trap used for catching martens
little clearing with indications Of ire 81 some past
1
p. M.-Moutreal." This apprised Us that civilized
man had been upon the spot before ia, and also re-
| moved whatever uncertainty we had as to being IN
Csrada Mere than tbis-h buoyed US up in the hope,
| in which We were destined 10 marked and severe dis
appointment, that We we're about to come upon human
habitsiiOns.
A briefdebae decided ne 10 follow up the stream
is north side IL being much to walk in the grass
| ara water along the bank, than to crowd our wsy
through the tangled bushes ard over The underbrush
After following the creek about two miles, finding my
weight intentionally iucreasea-so much as to
| fatigue me-by ssturation by water, | removed my
wooen drawers and wooden socks; tore of sbOu. SIX
incl from the bottom Of my pauts AID threw away
| nv bat, which was a serious impedment in going
through the bushes. Having on only light CATERS,
retained them as projections for my feet
Here we found small round stick Of timber, 70 the
| creek which we both mounted, and cutting some
elders peeled across the creek landing wet enough and
| somewhat 4" blown upon the other side. We here
left the water courte, and entered tamarsck swamp,
in which very soon found blazed psta-that Is
Ioao marked by cutting trees-Ehich b0e TO the vest
ward following the general cOnse OF the creek There
were human racks here, but they we're very old, hsv
ng evidently been made IN the Spring Nevertheless,
the walking the best We had seen since leaving
the balloon, ard we made up our unds 10 iouoW the
route.
We iourreyed il this direction sb0u five mes, when
We suddenly struck tie creek again. AMI upon its west
tide there wss-could We believe our eye a lumber
sbap.y, .Oyi Dcivefdnce was at hand. Eagerly
We rushed forward expecting 10 meet human wei.
come. Oh, misery II Wa deserted, aud plentiful
indications existed that many storms had beaten upon
it sipce lis residents had occupied II. Here, too We
found several lumber roads leading into the woocs all
OF which we followed 10 their ends fupposlpg xe might
find some cutting timber. Disappointment ~ ain
al the roads terminated in those iupenetrable wdts,
ard there nothing TO indicate human presence.
In one Of these roads fOutd two tiny white frogs
They were the first food We had seen III twentyfJur
houis. Perhaps they wee not ea,en-p. obaby they
were. Not hild-Quters alone; we were not dainty;
foIe.quaiters, head, bones, aud all. never tasted
fweeteT n0rfo ~ my lie. and my cOmpdLiOu came 10
the conclusion that Soyer could not have fabricated
more tempting morseL Yet the nn,itl-iied longing
But no more dainty little ifogs-not even a snhke-
responded. and went without. We thought we
kI what il 70 feel hungry them we found after
ward that We only taking the t'st rudimehtS IN
we made up our minds to lodge in the shanty all
iobt ard as 1t vas evident that the creek had been
used for drifting iunber-probaby to the Ota0a-in
the morning would build raft and follow its course
as far as could living on clans ana frogs on the
vsy Alas It was easy 70 tax about clans and frogs
but il was not easy get them as we found crossed
on a small raft and cent It back 10 Mr. Haddock; but
he the heaviest man; the raft rolled heavily under
HIN, and he vas precptated mo The s'resm' having
10 swim for dear fife to shore. Ti- was very uncom
| Portable. We had means OF kndlng fire To cry
the garments Of the drenched r0ydgeU. We found in
the shany some straw that had been used by IL occu
| pants for beds. | tried to strike i-e in the Indian
fashion by rubbing two sticks together and by drsS
ing small piece Of rope found rapidly across peg
but both failed after using all my strength, only got
I'D heat of sbout 100 degrees. SO we craxled under
tie straw piled il about US, ard made the best OF CIR
! cumstspces. But We both very wet, and, as
consequence, our rest was much broken by dreadful
| cold and chis
| In the morning we took the scOoped boards from
the roof Of the shsny ashsd four of them together
with grass ropes and started down the stream. AT tins
! ace d. We afterward learned, we were within less
than three nes Of cleared tract OF OO acres ~ the
heart Of the woods used for raising food for the um-
| bermsp of Gimour Il Go. II we bad only been aware
Of the fact then how much subsequent suffering we
| might have avoided.
| After going about twelve rode from the shanty, we
came upon pine tree, which had fallen directly across
the creek and ed it necessary to take our raft
apart VI bile sss doing this, We heard two distinct
| sfots from q gun, apparently not far distant we
shouted repeatedly with ell our might and getung our
raft together soon as poisib!e, hstened down the
stream, but came upon no ore We concluded then
We must have beer mistaken; bu: siterward learned
the shots we heard were made by the cook OF the sr,
| who was killing particges IN the woods
After travelling about d rec miles down the creek,
! We came upon lake, we padded, IN seaic9 Of AZ
outlet entirely around this lake, distance OF about
five miles then found II turning to the night, about
four rods from the point where we started Enterp8
ths after travelling sboat four miles, we found that
! rad been retracing our steps, as we cane upon
signal on the bank erected 10 Indicate the point where
| We had abandoned the balloon. We continued poAng
down the creek all day-wesry, exhausted, almost
broken down with efoitano yet seeirg bo.hns 10 IN
oicste any probability OF Iehi Tor our sore dsfessesi
As night approached cold ifizzirg rain commenced
falling Bul there no LIE for Us there; our only
hope if hope there was, was in pushing on, ard stu
| or. SO the polss splssbed IN the water ana we
crowded upon them our heavy weight, until II CLOCK
| at night Then we were obliged TO stop; and having
selected OIL the forbddIg bank spCt more iaVoraole
for lapoirg thar any otber We pushed our lmpIoupl
vessel ashore climbed over the csyey sou ana eured
| ourselves up naturalization, under projecting
| ard partially protecting shelf Of earth-our backs
poorly serving III brelas 10 shlelt the rest oil our
bodies from the storm tnst would beat IN upon ps.