Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-09-03

lowin1 notes were tnooe :-"l ~ ~ Wu8S
no the view b becouhag inose gtohA"
Hero ruse til the barometer told soS .Fiss
are busting around me they ess dA'R eaippar
LOOKING animals, more % than de common house
Here noticed that the rafting sound Of the rail-
road trains in motion came in vibrations like the
vibratory sounds Of milldan. and Il would circu.
late like the rolling peals Of neavy thunder, ana
with reverberations that rescmbcd thundc: 90 much
was none. "The beautiful nimbus clouds STOOD 70
their places like marble statucs-likc m.jessc SEN
tinels around the portals Of heaven ~ hear .
locomotive whistle Just now - plain a. though was
by my side, and yet can't discern the vest'se OF
train below"
While standing in the midst Of these huge piles
Of nimbus clouds felt occasionally IN agitation q
the atmosphere. The flag would huttcr. and Jups
ter would sway hack and forth upon its vertical axis
Thew were slight whirpools, seemingly caused BY
focal reflection OF conductive clouds ] could &C
count for it in no other way.
8 o'clock % min.-Just got through one Of those
serostatc freaks that put all experience at defiance
after shoveling overheard nearly fifty pounds OF
sand, and the balloon from completely filled DIS
tension Of few minutes previous, IS now quite
flsccid in her lower hemisphere and IS brought to
stand nj barometer Of % 4
Shouts Of people observable paper tnsed
brown-brceze auttering around meow bells J'ns'
ling below-wood chopping plainly hcard-my cars
begin to ache most violently, and shouts upon
shouts proceed from below-moving slightly wes:
of south-I will descend and sec what the people
are shouting SO for.
Here came down, sixteen miles below Lafayette,
in the midst Of Grand Prairie. The people soon
hockcd together-men women and children. !
gave them each . slice Of bread, and distributed to
them newspapers, and pamphlets descriptive Of the
mineral and medical properties Of the Lafayette
artesian water put the air ship in balanced Trim.
so that it just glided the top Of the prairie
grass, and the people all followed Il, As it slowly
.lrifted along ut common pace, until tipped out
little sack Of sand to make II surmount fence. and
then the upsoaring Jupiter made most wonder
stricken upturncd faces. As the air ship asesnsed
waved the American flag, and my prairie audience,
of about thirty strong gave hearty hurrah.
The balloon had now been cmpticd to half It's
capacity, which left remaining about 100 pounds Of
sand ballast and with this was determined to feel
for the great eastern current above. I made very
little Roadway Is the balloon gradually ruse. In
twenty minutes after In the prairie the barome-
ter stood at ~. Nothing could surpass the land.
scape prairie scenery below. A smoothly followed
plain interspcrscd with little patches Of woods and
full Of habitations and mcantcrng creeks and rivers
and painfully straight lines Of railroad track. Il
was fruitful! and glorious looking circle. The
clouds soon involved me. Here my log says
Urcdt you Wuat9 gtauu SEtOu " Ctou<kS atuut"
and below me. What an exalted feeling nothing
can equal this cloud sccnc-naturc is in grand eoun
Gil, and its majestic representatives arc massive
nimbus clouds in mantlcs Of SNOW white drapcry,
Illuminated intensely with q white hot sun"
The thermometer stood here at 55 degrees and
vet the reflected rays Of the sun would strike me
like hot tin Brilliant bands Of tarcad.likc beams
were darting from . portion Of this vast circular
group Of clouds towards the earth. The world he.
hv a u,sSf brev
the clouds. There was profound silence. I could
hear the dstintly the arteral pulsatons Of my sys
TEN. 1t went much like the vibrations 81 = mill.
dam. The Jupiter appeared to stand still in the
midst Of this grand heavcn-clad council ] was
glad Of it. The tympans Of my ears were aapring
like topsails Of ship in squall These nimbas
clouds appeared to be all setting on common level
as though they were planted on great circular rim
or plate; few floating within the open part Of this
cloud basement Here discovered that my vision
had become keen. I could read the figured vcnccrs
Of my instruments without eye glasses. Having
| . pamphlet with me-whch had on the cover very
fine print, and which I could not read with the
naked eye the surface ohc GARTH could here read
without glasses with facility. Ny cars were for q
steady in the course Of half an hour; the base o
my brain suffered little pain all the while. ],
must have been caused by the removal Of atmos-
pheric pressure; my eyes would thus become more
| convex. can account for it in no other way.
These persistent nimbus clouds, standing appar
emily in circular form. without motion or a!tera
| ton, puzzles my comprehension Neither increase
nor dimnution accompanied them. Nature had
taken rest over Grand Prairie and pavilioacd u
with garment Of the most brilliant costume thai
reflected and rcfracted light could invest Il WITH
Behind this great belt cloud pyramids there appear
ed an ashen colored ring or outer belt seen bctwccr
the pyramidical pillars, and to the cast only thcr,
appeared sheet Of inclined stratus clouds
| Could the great prairie have anything to do viii
this? never saw its like before in No striking an.
characteristic form. have seen the nimbus ollcs
in groups, but they were always changing both Il
place. and shape rs well rs in dissolution and com
position, but in this, rs stated above, the who'll
| mass was stationary.
Above here there was not the slightest NANTES
tation Of ozone. The paper kept its unal,crcd whit
color. My nose suffered very much from its mem
branes becoming parchcd, and although the stmas
phere was cold, being at So degrees in the shade
and the barometer at Is there appeared 10 be some
thing, present or absent, that produced in my sys
TEN the phenomenon Of fever. Ny lips were swo
len and parched my flesh was all unwrinklcs
smooth, and filed out under the skin like youths
There appeared to be . stasnation in the atmos
pherc, and the impression inevitably forced or
on me that nature had an atmospheric circulate
necessary to its proper order ~ the animal systcs
al, felt intensely happy-somewhat like under Ii
influence Of dose Of nitrous oxide gas.
My companions the flies, were aroused up hcs
BY my searching for food, having become hansr,
They flew in very short spasmodic flights, buxsin
rather loudly, and evidently felt disconnected 4
the want Of atmospheric stability.
Finding the Jupiter now intensely tlistended, b
warning that always draws the attention Of Il
seronaut to an observation Of his balloon-that l
the net work suddenly slipping little from who
1t Is too taut to where it Is too loose This actie
at so great height where all is silence most pr
found causes noise like distant thunder. Lookir
down to the earth through the vast chasms Of Il
clouds, discovered by the aid Of my compass tn
l was sailing due east Thus the upper caste,
current was attained at baromctrical height beil
my last barometrical observation, Of l7,e-bci.
nearly three miles altitude.
Having only about fifty pounds Of sand balla
left, and knowing that this would not suffice for
whole nights sail, ~ the coolness Of the air up.
the setting Of the sun would alone require nearly
to compensate the condensation Of the Gas in q
| sequence concluded 10 make q landing In Loo