Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-10-08


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The lPerIIs of Aerial Navigate iOn- Last Voy-
age of the Balloon Misunderstanding Ia the
WildeFness-LOst In the Woods-four
Days without FOOd-Providenuai DehVer-
anee.
Mr.. La Mountain and Mr.. Haddock assembled
from watertown, N. Y, on the 2sd Of septem-
Der in the great balloon Atlantic, 81 minutes
bjlofo p NJ. In six minutes they were
above the clouds, and at eight minutes the
thermometer, which stood at "a when they
started, showed a fall of "a degrees Tho ba'-
loon. rotated a good deal, indicating rapid
ascencicn. At 5.52, thermometer at 30, and
wet sand bags frozen. AT 5:54, thermometer
at IS, aud falling At Cos. thermometer at
22-lreet very cold AT GAS. thermometer at
SO. At 65O it was dark. We add Mr.. Had
docks deeply Interesting narrative Hl-IT
We heard, soon after dark, locomotive
whistle, and occasionally could hear wagons
rumbling along the ground or over bridge,
/ whiie the dogs kept up an almost ceaseless ser
enade, as If conscious there was something ~
the sky monstrous and unusual. We sailed
! along, contented and chatty, until about ~
when wei distinctly saw lights, and heard the
roaring Of mighty waterfall. We descended
intoa valley near very high mountain, but as
| the place appeared rather forbidding we con:
cluded to 90 up again. Over with 80 pounds
ballast, and skyward we sailed. In about
twenty minutes we again descended, but this
time DO friendly light or deep mouthed watch
i ops' heavy hay greeted us. We were over
a dense wilderness, and settled down over a
small lake We had our life.preservers ready
for use, hut got up again b. throwing over oil
ballest except about eighteen pounds. Mr La
Mountain now said it was folly and madness
to stay up any longer, that we were over grea
wilderness, and the sooner we descended the
better We concluded to settle down by thu
side of q tree, tic up, and wait until morning
In moment we were near the earth, and as W,
fell graspcd the extreme top Of a tall spruce
which stopped our descent, and we were sooI
fastened TO it by the large drag rope Th
touch cf that spruce sent thrill of discomior
TO nv heart, for / knew that its kind did no
grow in any well.settled, nor any warm coun
try,
Mr.. La Mountain said, after he looked aroun,
and made as much Determination OF the scenery
as we could do for the darkness and rain, tO
it had ralned the past hOur,l that the "AHenh
was played out-we were far into the woods
and il we got out alive we ought to be thank
full"
We rolled ourselves up in our blankets, au,
patiently waited until morning The rain
drpped ..down upon us in rlvulets from th
balloon, and it was not long before we were
wet as men could be After a night passed il
! great discomfort we were glad TO see the frs
faint roy of daylight Cold. and wet, and Tainy
the morning broke, the typical precursor, W
were to learn, Of many other mornings To b
spent in those uninhabhed wilIs We waltet
until o'clock in hopes the rain would cease
, and that the rays of the sun, by warming th
gas in the balloon, would give US afcendiD
power sufficient to get up again, for the pul
pose, if no other, ofoblaining view of the coun
try into which we had descended. The raj
did not cease, and we concluded to throw owe
all we had in the ba loon except coat apiece
r the life pTeseWers, the anchor and the compass
! Overheard then they went-good shawls ami
/ blankets, Mr.. Fayle'A over coat, bottles of al
and flask of cordial, ropes and traps of a
kinds. The Atiaqtie, relieved of her wet load
rose majestically with us, and we were able
behold the county below. 1t was an unbroke
wilderness of lakes and sprucc-and We fel
then, that we hal gone too far, through mi'
calculation of the velocity Of the balloon. A
the current was driving us still TO the norll
we dare not stay up as we were drifting furthe
and still further to that frozen tide" from whic
: we knew there was no escape, Mr.. La Noun
. tain seized the valve cord and discharged ga
and we descended in safety by the side Of a Ia
spruce. We made the Atlantic fast by he
4 anchor, and for moment talked over what "
should do. We had not mouthful TO eat. n
protection at night from the damp ground; WEI
: distant we knew not how far from habitatiol
Y were hungry TO start with, no earthly hope
raising fire, and no detinct idea as TO who
we were We concudedto TO tra't TO the compa
y kindly loaned by II X Newcomb, Esq, AT
take course which would bring us out Of al
wilderness we might he in, We settled in o,
l. own minds that we were eitherin John Brown
Tract or in the great o'nada wildernncss--t
1t the south, We thoughtof the Ottawa--an
}. knew that a course south by east would take 4
out, five had strength enough to travel Il
distance La NJ stepped up to the balloon, at
: gavo the edge Of the basket parting shak
saying, Good bye, old AtiGntte,' and iancit
could see a tear in his honest eye when b
said it. lie seemed greatly to regret his inabi
ity to perform his engagements at the Kingstt
and New York State Fairs at both of which
was advertised TO make ascengions.
TRAMPING IN THE WOODS
To the southeast, then, we started. AIT
travelling about mile and half we came
2 tue bank of small creek, flowing down fro