Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-03-18
THE LOST BALLoONIST FOUND.
Discovery OF the Remain, of Mr.. TbruSto

TN the Sth inst we published short telegram.
announcing the discovery Of the remains OF Mr.
IhurSton. the acrCnaut. who on the 10th of last
september, made what proved to be fatal
BALLOON ascension. The Toledo Blade of the
oth furnishes the following particulars of the
hndlng oi the remains:
On Saturday afternoon a son of Mr.. Hoag was
seaehing in piece Of woods for some lost sheep,
on a farm about six or seven miles from this
elty- In his search he penetrated a thicket
81 brush wood on knoll surrounded by wet
land, and there, at the foot Of large oak tree,
he discovered articles of clothing, bones, &c,
which satiShed him that dismem bered human
body had decayed, and portions of il been eaten
oy animals 1t was near dark, and the boy re-
turned with all speed TO the house with the
news; but 1t was too late 10 prosecute the exam
nation further that night, and ii was postponed
ull Yesterday morning. when the neighbors
were called and party proceeded to the spot
whore the boy had found the remains.
There were portions of human body with
Gus doubt, scattered around near the tree above
mentioned. Close by the tree and imbeddcd
IN the earth, was found the jaw bone broken.
matted hair partly in the earth. About two
rods from the tree was found one Of the boots
If the person, con tanning foot nearly perfect.
but much decompOsed. and portion of the
skin-boUe with flesh adhering to it. The boot
had been gnawed, and evidently the flesh had
been eaten by hogs or wild animals The other
boot was near by. Portions of the spine were
also found scattered about and several of the
nails. teeth, &c., and parts of the skull were
lying near. The clothes were. however. the
means of identifying the body; they being not
much destroyed but that their texture could
be discovered. The pants were of n small check
or plaid pattern. The shirt was considerably
rotten. The coat seemed to be snuff cOlored
and black silk handkerchief was found. tied
II on the neck. In the pockets of the
clothing were found a Lepine silver watch
jl-k-knife. AMI II buckskin purse containing
- 50 ia money. A pair Of gloves were found
IN one of the coat pockets and in another let
ter and several cards. The letter after drying,
was readable, and was found to be directed to
Mr. ThuTSton. Ii was from a Philadelpha
bpuse- IN reply to some inquiries he made about
silk for n balloon
Prom the cards, letters and memoranda. il ia
rendered II not certain. extremely probable
that the body there scattered about was n,
a. Mr. ThurStOn-iaSt seen near knight Sta
tlpn, on the 10Th September last, when carried
away by the escaped bHllOOn-dashed to pieces
aud those pieces gnawed by animals in that
-"cluled thicket. -fh
The balloon ascended from Adrian nj .
clock. on the 10th If September last. with Mr..
Bann;ster and Thurston i'm il: descended on the
farm Of SiT. J. Dinge. in Ogden. near Knight 5
S'atiOn. NJ about 10 o'clock, and the cape Oc-
cured at about hnlf-past ten o'clock, owing to
tne removal of the car-ropes and other weights
while Mr.. ThurstOn WAS trying TO open the valve
when. n bystauders expressed it, the balloon
bounded up like rocket" carving Mr. T
- above stated. Ii must have been within 20
ur 50 minutes Of this time that the valve gave
way and he fell.