The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-06-28
VOL. XIV. NO. 153.
Rlthmono pispatth.
TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE y r.5o


lfol' wise, Z. Ii. Gagar and John Io,nou.
'a'h' It's success depends chiefly. il anpe,rs
upon 'he fact that there is always NJ u certain
instance above tho earth. a very strony crr-
rent oi air running from West to Fast Tn.
~. Louis Republican says:
ihey have decided To make n series ~ o,,,ar
~ ~ ''--ohr or Two from st. Louis to New
toIK-aha II successful, then one from dali.
,,,' ''' eaH wardly, and then from New York
'Si"sh IN" Atlantic ocean. The halIonu no,y
On us way here, in care of MFR i.n,o,ta;"
80 gentleman named Rhodes is called th.
,,',SahH', ana Is by far tie largest air-shin
sIr,,di1 ,1 ever b'en constructed. 1t was con-
80 tru on the Fair Grounds at I.ausinhurg
Nc" Aork. The car, or Mr. Iarer'. lo,t ~
hAteeh Ioet long and four foot and n h;Jf in
,.ith "ui,' very ~ numerically, and provided
" '.r ehs ioW -ioehs ana oars ready for use in case
va 'iif Sehc4 IL was built III New York nv
iilost competent ip-carprnter and will no
coI''aodate half II doZea men live bundr.J
tlea mn our 1T hoi Yet it's whole weight is but
one hundred and ifteem pounds 10 tbis IN. :
VII VIZ pe allachcd 4 propeller wheel on each
'Iu', ont We cannot describe the uses of mi.
livThaiilc:h apparatus intelligfbly.
nc balIooh proper, after Initiation will, u.
siAtY ieet IN diameter, and, with the car ono
hundred and twenty feet high Tt..n',' t,no U,"
hundred anti ifty yards OF the hest ciled Ont
heso SILKS OF ordinary width have beeu ,s..1
IN this enormous vessel The cords that form
tse network which snclo&es the lnlloon b,yn
t"onIy tons. The cost OF the whole ann,r, :
ia" Is somewhere in the nei gh borhood OF sI On
IL entirely inflated the Atlantic" will hold
about one hundred and twenty tho,,s,nd ON
bic fe~t OF gas A leaving the earth. however
'ho ialloon Will contain not more Than ,i.ty
thousand cubic feet OF hydrogen. having 4
hhoy am power OF $500 pounds Being thus
half filled ut starting the balloon will e1n.uI
10 i's luli capacity as il ascends
Besides good supply OF provisions iuclu
uiiS every thlhg which Will conduce TO make
me voyage comfortable the eronauts will take
with them the usual mathematical and m.
Ieorological Instruments, and at least one
Thousand pounds of ballast. They will choose
i mid day, and start late in the afternoon.
HaNtllnK all night, and expecting to descend
somewhere on the ocean shore between BostoD
ana New York, early next day.
fCILLoTINE EXECUTION IS PARIs.-The Pa
Y.s correspondent OF the Boston Traveller gives
the particulars OF tho execution OF Nicholas
Porong by tho guillotine
Ii was painted red throughout, and consist
cd of Il staging accessible by flight Of stairs
and rising some six fcot from the ground thu
summit surrounded by low rail. In ths
centre OF The floor tlIus offered were planted
two stout uprights, foot and a-half apart.
and eight or ton high These were grU0vcd
for Tho passage OF the kniie-a broad, dun
blade, weighing, Us | was informed ono hun
drod and ifty pounds-which WAS drawn up
and attached to the cross piece above roady
~ b'SN"Iiu oii Iilc pa c9SuIC OI Il pflnh. on
the floor, and facing the interval between
these posts, Is placed Il long, low framework
or ear. which runs forward on grooves, and a
plank, hinged TO one extremity Of this car
falls forward upon il. In preparing for an
execution, this plank is raised 30 as to te at
right angles 10 the ear, and the criminal, on
ascending the steps, is marched forward
against the plank. Being suddenly pushed
from behind, he fall, with the plank upon the
car, and the pressure of his body causes
clamps To spring over him from below, ctiectu-
ally restraining all movement. The same i'm
pulse gives motion to the car. which slidcs
rapidly forward, and the luncttc &, half circle
OF woody At once imprisoniug tho neck the
axe descends
AS the clock struck eight the gates of the
prison opened, and two lnen in black came for
ward, supporting between them the criminal
"a short, athletic man--his throat and ches t
barred and his head uncovered. He mounted
the scdnuld with an uncertain and faltering
step. fell for 4 moment on his knees and then
rising, was marched up TO the upright plank
Tie e1ecutioncr and his assistant took hold of
him from behind, and at given signal, pushed
him forward on the ear. We heard the rumb-
ling Of The wherls. the click Of the lunette and
SAW man standing behind the posts grasp
hold Of the head, to steady IL. The dull fa Il of
the knife next reached our ears, and we saw a
stood ready 10 receive it. This was 1T oncs
lifted into cart and driven from the ground
l have described the deed minutely, but the
length OF the account gives idea OF the ac-
tual rapidity. Not Il minute and i half elaps-
ed from the time that the criminal appeared at
the gate OF the prison before his body was hur-
riri from the