The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-09-02

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dsy issf "a 81 Ss5in,,Im msm Torrents, . Hi.
sneF Wa exceedingiy nyorabis ~ ~ ~ Mee-ss
ms scarceiy breath 81 All m. ~ ss3.es.
clovd. pssutlfnlly clear. : few whits sss 49,
lSie seemed Il ~ ssrss nsisns beias alens s
ing uiry into the mysteries 81 non. 49, sn 1Ite
A. ~ quarter-past four fle csr ~. ~ co.
Pro,essor ro ssa 1aying !, been securely Mst9 Is
made II. gave the sienal "a Is 49,, =, - -
UP ne went. Thebalioon was sir;vs. ~ q 3 and ~
sehtneast ny east, but after whils 4
south n ;Inse ,h.s Hs course littls moss IS tns
froiessor :: designed to land. INT hsrgas
doomed 10 disappointment. ana ca,na 81 d,s...s. =
near OsweEo. The Times, Of Satnrd.v ~
n hs ms voyage from the point Of stsrfinr
Vhe ropes were cut, ana amid the. cpsears -
the 10000 spectators, the 'sEuropn- rar;div ~
rose 70 an attitude OF s, 600 feet, when Il sfrnck
acurrent which sent II in a course about two
points south OF east bearing almost diracflv
for Oswego, and fast making for the middle 81
the lake. At an average altitude Of iaosM feat
the Professor sailed along to rnid.Iake. Al
which point he conid not see either end Of the
lake. and could but obscuredly see the shores.
II was then about O'Clock, and the evening
shades were being spread acroes land and
water He was at that time at his greatest al
titude. being at an elevation Of about 1900
006UOme.
non attracted mis- attention. He was sailing
along through the clearest atmosphere, when
suddenly he was surrounded and buried in q
vapor resembling steam. His balloon shot
upwards with lightning speed andsas sudden
~ as the vapor appeared So suddenly 1t disap-
peared. When the Europa" shot up dis
charge Of gas was made, and on reaching the
more rarified air, at once commenced rapidly
descending. He had discharged all his ballast
before this. and now the question in his mind
arose how he was save himgplf4
The darkness had increased, and only by
lighthouses could he learn his latitude. He
concluded he was just off Little Sedus, and
preferred to descend on the land if it could be
done. He threw over his shawl, which light
ened little, following which went the rigging
grapple-irons &c, and finally tore out the
lining of his ear and threw it over. He then
gradually rose and reached the shore about six
miles up the lake; the buoyant power being
still sufficient to sustain him, he did not de-
scend. He passed Oswego, about five miles to
the westward, at O'Clock. He describes the
view of the city as beautiful in the extreme.
The lighted streets intersecting each other, he
said, looked grand.
AT half-past nine he descended on Mr.. G.
Reynolds land, about three miles above Mi
netto. No person saw him. consequently he
bad no person to help him to pack his balloon,
which labor he performed, and rolled the sEu-
ropa" into the corner of the fence He alighted
on marshy spot, which was covered with un-
derbrush. and to get to firmer grou nd he towed
the balloon to the place where he packed it
Seeing Minetto as he passed it, he concluded to
go there and spend the night; but after walk
ing some distance without knowing which
way to go, he found a saw-mill where men
were at work, and in which The Professor took
up lodgings, and in the morning reached Mi
netto.
Professor Steiner says that this makes his
seventy-ffth ascension. He will be remem-
bered as once encountering a thunder storm on
Lake Erie, when he jumped from the balloon
and was picked up by vessel. Before and
since that time, during the summer season, he
has been engaged in ballooning. This aseen-
sion was entirely successful, and about one
hundred and forty miles are added to the
length of his former voyages.