, 1859-10-10
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We received yesterday an extra Of ,le Ne,
| York R!tornaer, containing a full account (
the p:rilous adventures Of Messra. LaAount
ain and JOHN 4 Haddocl, tho balloon voy
ayers, who were last week landed in the grea
Canadian wilderness north Of the Ottawn, mi
wero only delivered from DEATH from starva
ton and exposure By tho hand Of Providence
The account is written by Ar. Haddock, whs
is one Of the editors Of the Retormer.
We cannot afford. space for tho entire mar
ratiye, interesting as it al is, but ". publisl
the whole Of tue account Of their adventures
IN tho wilderness, from tho time Of thei,
abandonment Of the balloon until they came
upon the numbering party, who supplied them
with food and guided them to the settlements
from whcuce they reached home On Tuesday
morning.
They were deceived az to the direction and
speed Of the balloon during their voyage, and
hence committed tho almost fatal mistake Il
remaining in the air until they had travelled
northward distance Of three hundred miles,
and away beyondstl,c confines Of civilization.
1t WAS still night when they descended first
and they remained in the dense woods,
dscnched with cold rain, until morning,
without having any idea Of the danger Of their
situation. In the morning, though it was still
raining, they contriyed, by abandoning nearly
everything that the balloou contained, to rise
ia it to sufficient height to obtain view Of
the country. The view satisfied them TINT
their situation was perilous, and prepared
them somewhat for the sufterlpgs they expert.
enced in undertaking to escape from tie wilds
in which they were imprisoned. They de-
seended again as soon as possible, tied up the
balloon, and prepared for their doubtful wan
dcrings in searcll Of human laabitation 0.
fellow being to guide them.
Ne settled in our own minds that we were
either in John Browns tract or in TIC great
Canada wildetncss-to the south, we thought,
If the Ottawa, and thought tha. course south
By east-wou1d take us out, if We had strength
enough to travel the distance, La Mountain
stepped up to the balloon and gave the edge
j tho basket parting shake, saying, aGood-
3ye, Old Atlantic" and I fancicd could see
! tear glistcning in his honest ere when be
aid it. He seemed greatly to regret lis ina
3ilisy to perform his engagements at tie
Kingston and New York State Fairs-at both
II which be was advertised to make ascensions,
Io tile southeast, then, we started. After
ravclng about mile and hall, we came to
he bank of creek, flowing down from the
westward. At this point nc were agreeably |
urprised to find that some human being had |
'een thcre before us, for We found several |
mall trees cut down, the Goals from IN old
Ire, and half barrel, which had contained |
'ork. eagerly examined the stamp. Il |
cad Mess Pork.
Pm,
Montreal"
This settled the question TINT VIC were in /
'anada, for I very well knew that no Montreal |
1spection Of pork crer found its way into the
lterior Of New York State. We travelled all
AZ Friday up tho unknown creek, which
ept its general course to the south Of west
rosaing it about noon on . floating log, and
Eriklng, on its southern bank, i ':blnzed track,
'hich led us up to deserted timber road,
ing on the opposite side from large lum-
ering shanty. We hoped one Of the
lmber roads might take us out to q settle
'cnt, but, after travelling up them all until
icy terminated in tho wilderness, TIC con-
udea to Cross the creek to the sLantv, and
Iay in it all night La Mountain got across
afely. But my weight was creates than his,
nd the ratt let mo into the stream sank |
! all over, and SWAN out, though it required
I my strength to do so. and on reaching the
aux found myself 50 chilled as scarcely to
. able to stand took of my clothes, wr1,n8
lem, and we proceeded tn the shanty, whore
9 found plenty Of refuse straw, but it was DRY
I'd under pile Of it VIC crawled-pulling it
'cr our heads and.laces, in The hope that our
cath might aid in warming our chilled bodies.
think tue most reyengeful, stony heart would
avc piticd our condition then. The weary
ouEs Of night at Last wore away, aud NO held
now council 1t was evident, We reasoned,
lat the creek we were upon was used for
driving logs in the spring season. II, then,
e followed it to it's confluence with the Ottawa
some stream which empticd into the Ottawa,
q would IN time get ont the same way tlo |
mber went out. The roof Of tie sl,anty was
'rered with tue halves Of logs, ecooped out
manner fatnillar 10 au woodmen. These
ere Light aud dry, aud would form an excel
ut raft Why not, then, take four Of these,
9 them to cross pieces By wythes mud such
Id things as wo could find around the slauty,
i'd pole the structure down to that civilization
hlch a saw log ought to he able to reach.
lch was the COURSE VIC adopted. Nc drag
ID the logs down to tho creek, and La Noun
in tod them together, Is ho was evidently
ore Of sailor than myself We got under
AZ, and rs we pushed OF q crow set up dis
al cawing-an lsauspicious sign, and ominous
the great trials and sutlerings in store for
T. We polled down the stream about ten
lies, and came abruptly upon an immense
ne tree which had fallen across the stream,
'mplete1y blocking up tho passage Of tho raft
o other alternative was lett hut to unite the
eces, and attempt to push them through un-
r tho log. This We at last did; tied the raft
gether again, md pofod her down the
reaua- To-day we ate each raw frog, all
Q could find, and began to feel that we were
lngry. But there was no complaining
TX was Of tho hopeful futurc, and the civiliz-
ion We hoped Jet to reach. Down tue creek
9 went into lake somc two miles long, and
to which We, Of course, supposed tho stream
lssed, having its outlet at the lower end. We
lowed down the northern bank, keeping
why's in shallow spots so that our poles
'uld touch the bottom, until We arrived at the
>ttom Of the lake, where We found no outlet
I'd turned back upon the southern bank in
lest Of it,. On reaching the head Of the lake
g found that the current Of the creek turned
'rupty to the right, which was tho reason
our losing it.
We felt happy to hayc found it again, and
led our poles like heroes We passed, dur
8 the day, the spot where wo had first
suck the creek and where VIC. had mado 4
ghtly landmark which might afterwards aid
] in finding the Atlantic, ahould we ever
i~h to do 80 in order to get her out At
ght We did not stop, but kept tho ratt going
'wn through the shndes Of awful forests,
hose solemn stiffness seemed to hold tie uu-
vealcd mystery Of our darkenipg future.
bout 10 o'clock it began to rain agnin- We
opped the "vcsse]" and craw1ed in under
me "tag" aldera On the bank, where our
stren,e weariness enabled Us to get perhaps,
IL an hours sleep. Rising again, {lor it
as easier to pole ut night in tue min down
I unknown stream than to lie On the ground
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