The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-06

Arctic circle In word We nearly 800 miles in
due north course from wascrtown, in .at;iute a..
Dinner all ready. The party consisted OF k,nr
persons-Mr. Cameron and his assistant who was also
Ssmea ,S s mesEn so ,h & ns eresd ana
LaMountain, who IN after moment the absolute
picture Of wrctchcdncss. All that the cabin contained
was freely rendered and va began 70 eat Language Is
Inadequate 70 express sensations while doing The
clouds bad all lifted from our sombre future, and the
sver lining" shonc all the brighter for the deep dark
ness through which we had passed.
Here let state that the stream came down N far
with raft is called Firnan's creekshe large LAKE We
suilcd around called Bussetoug lake, ana drains into
Boskctong rivei-which lows into the Gstinesu. The
Gstin~a0 Joins the Ottawa, opposite Ottawa CITY Mr. Ca
in many places % rapid that no ret of men could get
raft DOWN, no matter bow well they knew the country,
nor how much provisions they might have he regarded
remarked that we would certainly have pcrished but for
seeing his smoke.
Mr. Cameron was hunting timber for his employers
Gitnuur l. Co., Of Oawa-and 70 start in two days
for down the Gatineau 70 his headquarters At Desert II
we would stay until he started we were welcome he
snid food and Recommendations and he would take US
down TO Desert ia his canoe and at that point we could
get Indians 10 take further He also said that he
where the balloon would be found, as VIC could
describe the locality to him, and would try 70 look
up and roaa ass the aps opr s' 70
ton, the pcrtages very numerous between
the creek and Desert something twcnty--one Of
them three miles long Over these pcrtagcs Of course
the silk must be carried on the backs Of Indians.
After hHshiog up his business in the vicinity where We
found him, ON Friday morning Mr. CAmsgon started on
his return We stopped, our way up the creek at the
place where had erected signal by which 70 find
the balloon. We struck back for the place and about
twenty minutes found her impaed the tops Of four
smaiish spruce trees torn very much. La Mountain
cluded " abandon her. He took the valve a
meno, and cut out the letters "T1C, which had form
ed part of her name, and brought home with We
reached what s known az the "New Farm" Friday night
and there ended sleeping the groundan operation
always unpleasant but particularly 50 IN the fall Of the
year Saturday reached Desert through drenching
rain from which there was no protection
At Desert were good deal troubled TO obtain IN
dams to take US out A, last We appealed Mr.. John
Backus, o kind hearted American trader, who agreed
to procure US complement Of red skins sufficient
TO take 70 Beau's place {sixty miles), where
it was thought we might obtain horses. Sun
day morning started from Desert and reached Alexis
route sublime and imposing. The primevai forest
stood grand and silent as when created The indians
we had in our employ to-day surpassed anything ever
teen pcragcs TO be made during the days run Of sixty
miles They would seize the canoe, jerk upon their
shoulders with swing and start upon dog uot AZ un-
oopcernediy though bearing burthen Arriving ut
the bottom OF the fall they would oss the into the
streari cry out "Arrszcs lat' and away would go
again, gliding down the stream like arrow We ira
yelled fifteen miles and made seven portages IN one hour
and forty minutes
which they called "buckboard" simply couple of
boards reaching from one bolster 10 the other upon which
the placed Starting At in the evening,
travelled nearly all night through the forests over
the roads that left unfinished and reached
Brooks farm sort OF frontier tavern In the early morn
ing where slept couple Of hours and after breakfast
pressed by the stage Ottawa, which reached al
O'Clock Monday afternoon Our first rush TO the ee
news Of our safety TO iOvcd ones Al home" At Ottawa
os % o. I ,sc sSDsrt % Ben
Prescott Railroad, well as to Joseph Aumond, Eq
under special obligations by acts Of Kindness which
will be forgotten Indeed from the time we left
the Bosketong until reached home met with nothing
but continual stream Of ccngratuIalon and proered
kindnesses.
Al Ogdensburg and all along the line Of the Potsdam
and watertown Railroad found large crowds awaiting
arrival, which gave unmsakable evidence Of tho
deep sympathy felt in our fate.
Several general conclusions and remarks shall termi
nate this narrative already too long "Why did you per-
NIT yourselves to go so ar? will naturally be asked.
To which only reply that the wind was exceed
! ingly light when ascended that very
among the clouds, and consequently unable to take cog
nnance Of our course or to judge how fast we
| mark that when you are sailing in balloon
you utterly unconscious Of motion, unless you can
the earth. Nor can you tell by compass in which
direction you travelling, unless you sufficient Of
astronomer TO judge from the shifting angles formed by
sss I wora see the earn
rhis will rerhaFe explain Why wc uncousciousiy drted
on 10 lntudes remote When we above the thick
masses Of Clouds before sundown undoubtedly struck
rapid current which carried US northeast It Is my
opinion that after had travelled in this current about
hour struck another current, from variation Of
our aistude which OF 70 the northwest When
we descended near the earth the first time, ought 70
have down. But unwilling to land night
in a deep wood, even though knew we were not far
from habitatious and we thought best 10 pick out
better place. This error, and IL very near
being fatal one to us; certainly was to the Atlantic
In trying 10 find Hbetter place. to land,
consciously up longer than supposed and
travelling in current which swept of to the north
ward the rate Of hundred miles hour We soon
reached country not pleasant NOR profitable 70 land
balloon in.
The loss Mr.. IaMouutan by the calamity which has
overtaken him does stop with the loss Of his balloon
He had several profitable engagements to all, which
must, Of course aI go over, entaing disappointment
upon the public and loss upon himself In his present
but hope capitalist will furnish him with sufficient
means TO carry on his undertakings. OF course the
present mshap has not changed his views relative to
balIoonng, nor has II mine Mr.. LaMountan is brave
he probably does know what personal fear is
Such traits will always command the respect Of those who
know that the fine temper Of steel is only impaired after
exposure to tests before whose intensity
metals perish, sink into blackened and worthless
dross. JNO. A. HADDOCk.
WATERFOWL, Oct. s, 1852 @