The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-08-29

re-.ths feeling Is werth letimes laudaton n,
thousand miles trip" "
I He next proceeds to put us in possession
OF the very original fact that "the amman
system expands under diminished pressure
of the atmosphere" and further adds to
our limited stock of reconcile knowledge, bv
lmpartng the rather vague information that the
mind, at such an altitude, "becomes Illuminated,
'as it were, by something that brings to recollec
'hon, with the rapidity of lightning, all the con-
'comitants of the subject passing through it''-
frequently before, as he graciously informs us,
while his head was in the clouds, he had deter
mined ITO publish the full log of EXPLANATIONS
land alterations that the exhilarations produced
IN me bring forth with an indispensable spon-
''taneity"-these be sesquipedalian words Profess
sor!-but, some how or other, when he got back to
terra trina he felt as if he would rather not. A
brief ausion to vast galleries of nim5us Clouds
next inspires him with tho conviction that sthev
'sare worthy the study of the meteorologist,-are-
markaby original suggestion, which we commend
10 the special attention of Professor HENRY, or
OF some other learned Theban attached to the
Smithsonian Institute. The psychological effect of
those same nimbus clouds upon the Professor,
appears to have been peculiarly startling, for
presently he writes ---t.q s.
feasng my eyes for while again the following
notes were made IL don't where CO. the view is
becoming more grand" %. '.--' 80
Mark that, oh, ye philosophers and wonder
at and account for, if you can, the evidently
implied fact that the grandeur of cloud scene
predisposes to recklessness. The Professor had
previously told that if he "couldn't make trip
East, he would make one somewhere else''
which-allhough he Immediately afterwards fell
into state of ecstacy, and gave utterance
to strange words in deed language-was a
natural and sensible conclusion to come to; but
few minutes later we find his condition of exal-
tation to have reached crisis that was absolutely
dangerous to his personal safety-for every school
boy knows what was the traditional fate of ''Don't
Care" Happily, however, he soon Gained down
again, and, in soberer mood, recommended his
investigations 'in the interest of science and for
''the diffusion of knowledge among men," His
chemically prepared paper showed very slight signs
of the presence of Ozone; but he nevertheless,
''smelled it very sensibly." The rafting of rail-
way trains in motion fell upon his ears 'slike the
Migratory sounds of mill-dam.' Flies buzz
overlooking animals" and all the while 'sthe
beautiful nimbus clouds stood to their places like
marble statues;' or as the Professor might have
said but did not, 'like white-stoled Convocation
"of the elder Gods" He next heard the sound of
railway whistle as plainly if he were standing
by the side of locomotive; but, on looking down,
could not perceive "even the vestge of a traia.''
Presently, however, he asonishes us by saving that
he "dascerned the shouts of peoplel' and in the
simplicity of his heart, he descended to see what
1.-THE people were shouting so for' 1t is gratify-
ing to know that he got down safely, and was soon
in the midst of a concourse of men, women and
children, who were assembled on Grand Prairie,
sixteen miles below Lafayette. To each of these
the generous Professor presented "a slice of bread
from which we are led to infer that wheaton
loaves are scarce in that part of Indiana, or that
much shouting is conducive to an appetite In
addition, moreover, to The slice of bread, he dis
t1buted to them newspapers; and, also, in his
capacity as C0tporteur for newly discovered Spa
certain pamphlets, descriptive of the mineral and
medicinal properties of the Lafayette Artesian
water" After performing these charitable du-
ties, he again assembled; but the interest of the voy-
"clouds, " and what followed subsequently, is ofno
moment, except the fact that on reaching the
upper regions, he notes down in his clog" that the
tympans of his ears were 'happing like the top
''sails of ship in a storm!' We must here part
with Professor WISE. That he returned to earth
in safety. the publication, over his own signature,
of the choicest extracts from his "erial log" is
evidence in proof. That he enjoyed his voyage very
much, his gushes of ecstacy certainly indicate; but
that he at all fortunate in promoting, by aerial
observations, the interests of science-which, ac-
cording to his own statement, was the primary OBJ
ject he had in view-or that the Faculty of the
Smithsonian Institute, under whose auspices his
investigations were conducted, will be much en-
lightened thereby, we apprehend that sensible
man will be disposed 10 believe.