The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-10
SAILING IN THE AIR.
The Balloon Voyage from the Mississippi
to Lake ontario.
Narratives Of Messrs. Hyde, Wise and
La Mountain.
BxCITINo DESCRIPTIONS
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EXCITING DEscRIPTIoNs
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mr. Byde the reporter Of the g. Louis RspsDkcas who
one Oh ns voyaeers In the balloon has writ
IN ,or sns Journal narrative OF the voyage We select
EIEvArzD nxonoys
Every vesuge OF 81 Lous had nov vanished from our
towards our far on csstnaon % not as az n
fore experienced such exhiarAton OF sp,fisuch real
JOY DOR motion was PERFECTLY steady. There Was NO
rceec the recedins snd 6eds beneath % ss
us We were not poised between earth sly IN dead
been next To mpcrsble-to hnve felt fear ouid have
beeD not cowaroice bat pusillaniity. NJ lssDg vas
Pa ssss oes1ss os'Ds NC most and s
rapid current IN boat on lovely evening, With sublime
bluffs romantic caverDs and foliage either side
and delightful Sailing unrufsd lake, parting tina
placid waters, And skimmios Ike gull with genue
NEE mssoss ~ b., Ss.s ssOy
peasureableness to the bid like grace AMI impressive
surroundings Of aiis navigation With breath Of
ed from the willow would have fallen the boat by
he own specific gravity In all this calmness monster
the EARTH and gave 70 the Of the soil the appear
anee Of frozen lakes By this e the hal set 70 the
INHABITANTS Of the eaIth though 70 us WAS tour or Ave
Tm AIR CURRENTS.
while this wAs goug the noble Atlantic bad lound
the current that the aronauis had declared always
blowing in the upper reaons from the occident the ORR
emit, and was nov travelling towards the very which
they wished 10 take The discovery oae wolf
calculated 70 perfect The restoration Of In Professor
WISE 80 happily begun BY Mr. eager There broke from
.ing," be strusk up the atrring national anthem
:" Han Columbia" in which We all joined
little tune - the gidy Of the atmosphere put quite
damper on patriotism and melody We kept along this
experiments made i IS important 10 say here :. thc
sacrince Of both gas and tand seemed that the lower
currents were blowing nearly east t turned out that
that The Increase Of our comfort would more
than compensate for the loss OF time making coast
come time before was Ascertained what amount of tho
ascending power IL would be necessary 10 dschArge in
until quite large quantity Of bsss Ssa been srusaded
being no longer Light enough to make any instrumental
half past 10 O'Clock We bad Lake Eric and Lake On
tao5 both In sshta spectacle that could noe be viewed
The balloon had now attained altitude OF nearly mile
terrible storm surgiug beneath us the waving
avfuiy tempestuous manner. Bot above the careen
ing wbrpools and the thunderipg breakers swan the
disturbed soaring aost with her expecsnt crew and
gsy heading for the salt cess which bound vast re-
public Nov, like eurge, comes the subdaed roar Of
The psafhnF and headioug catafact Of Niagara Al IL
O'Clock having skinned over the lake shore sl bound
easwardly, the balloon brought sight Of Bofso and
Niagara Fails, as also Of the celebrated weand canal.
We had reached height Of more than mile tie bsro-
meter marking Is inches Al IL O'Clock we were
neary between the Falls and Buffalo, inclinng
rather to the left Of the latter. Here We had
view Of the great cataract Ouiau 20 rah, "the
thunder OF the water the Indians call it, Cen Brooks
Gravel Bay, Lewiston, Black Rock Fort Eric and other
celehr OF thss locality The famous falls were quite
descent Of about two feel. and The water seemed be
perfectly mosonless fhe spray the whole ap-
HeHance az q !ce sad there was nothing grand sub
lime about it. Passing the western Of the Erie
canal the bsiIoon was borne directly towards Lake Gotta
r!o Our ballast was row nearly exhanstsd and
sheer reckesspess and hardihood At this point was
resolved TO descend 10 the EARTH Mr. eager and my
ballast and again steer for the Atlantic Ocean Could his
have been done there scarcely doubt OF hessrs Wise
ship vas OSered bu, ns .nsIs IN. me Ar
tops 0, trees which we're bending and swsyiog 70 and fro
TERRIFIC DECENT
Mr. La Mountain mad said he desired take care Of the
Me.srs. wise and eager, which hss.sned TO d. No
sooner had planted myself firmly in the wicker basket
than com down, down with fearful speed vent the bal
loon toTarts the lake. closed my eyes invountariy,
but vas quickly aroused by crash and unge Of the
for snd. Three tines there terrible cla,tsr and
around bebed bat floating off, and the instant tha
balloon darted out OF the water. "Poor La Mountsin'
sole; but cheerful "sn AZ risss boys." eu sopoed
ne ard ngbtened ne OF grief. How came q
..s. q L a'aa,a,n. bravery, aud noSy sId he
him from he car, ~bere1t swung began loosen,pg
he plaI BIS nasDg the png Of tho boat, which he sent
be had gone far possible th be
DUE when had placed IN slds Of tho boat by
box lisle weight together he sent them with
Tie went ard IT last there was
s @ III ma ,i from a bro uSi Ike
the tine speaking hopefully and enfehvorcg 10 quiet