The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-07-07

heave overheard anything you can lay your
hands on, La Mountain" and in another pau-
ment he responded s'all right standing on the
siue of the boat with shaft and wheels. In
tended for the working of the fan wheels, and
fesds Ia i1eaye 1t over should 1t become me-
eessary,
Mr.. Hyde looked up to my ear, and very
soicmnly said This Is AIN exciting time. Pro-
fassor. What shall we do !" Trust to
Providence and all our energies, said l. We
Were fast running on 10 Lake Ontario, and . :
how terribly i, was foa.nng, moaning and
howiiug | said, Ia Mountain, / have 80
pounds of ballast in my car yet, and = heavy
yalise, an Express bag, (sent TO The L. $ Ex-
press Cempauy's oifice in Broadway, New
York. and \ lot of provisions"
"Well, If that won't do, viii cut up the
boat for ballast, aud we can keep above water
until we reach The opposite Shore" which was
near a hundred miles OF in the direction we
We're then going.
Here | HANDED. my ballast down t, La Noun
tain n We were rapidly mounting above the
terrific gale. believing by that course we
should at least get cut of its mann track
Everything now indicated that We should
perish in the water or on ,he land and cur
only salvation was To keep aficIt n n we got
out of the gale. if we could said You
must all get into the basket, Ii you want TO he
saved. should we ever reach the land. And |
truly tell You that The pelils of the land are
even more terrible than those of the water,
with cur machines; and ii would be easier TO
meet death by drowaing than to have our
trees BY this time Mr.. Gager ana Mr. Hyde
had clambered into The basket with me. Mr.
iiyde said very cody, Il am prepared 10 die
but | would rather die on land than in the
water.h said, "What do yon say, Mr.. Gager -
He replied, Il would rather meet it on land;
hut do As you thiak best" Mr. La Noun tain
was busily enga ed in collecti What he
could for ballast. Everything was now yaIua-
BILE 10 that had weight. Our carpet bags
our instruments. the Express bag, one after
another, until we We're reduced to the Express
bag,--that Went overheard last
PLUNGE INTO LAKE oNTAI o.
We now deserted the shore, some forty miles
ahead, peering between so1nber bank OF
ciouds and the water horizon. but we Were
swooping at n fearful rae upon the turbulent
water, and, in another moment crash went
the boat upon the water sidewise staying in
Of the planks and giving our whole craft
two fearful Jerks by two succeeding waves
la Mountain stuck 10 the boat like hero,
hut lost his hat, and got dash of the waves,
but soon recovered and threw over The EX-
press bag and the last remaining ballast, and
cried out. = BE easy, gentlemen. I'll have her
atiCit once more" In another moment We
were mp few hundred feet again, ahd the
steamer- propeller Young America was tack
ing scrO-s orr track. l now prop )Sed II
! swamp the bo"t and balloon i'll The lake, and
trust 10 being picked UP by the Young Ameri-
/ ca, but the desire was that we should make
! the shore and try land, and rs We crossed the
! bow OF the steamer they gave us n hearty hur-
/ ran La Mountain had now cut out of the
/ boat all he could and we We're within fifteen
miles of the shore, the gale still raging below.
! La Mountain might have remained in the boat
/ below. and jumped out at The first touching the
! earth. and l no impropriety in that.
! then we might have had another hour or two
| to waii the lulling of .he gale; but he said he
! would share our fate. ana he also ciamberrd
/ into the oaske,, just as we were reaching The
/ land.
TIE LANDING.
| saw by The swaying TO and 1ro OF the Lofty
trees into which we must IneVi ably dash that
our worst perils were AT hand, but l sill had
a blind hope that we would 6e saved l order
ed two men upon ihe valve rope, and we
! struck within a hundred yards of the water,
/ among some scattered trees. our hook, which
! was Ct inch ard quarter iron. breaking like a
/ rjpe-stem the first catch of it in tree, and
we hurting through .he ,ree-tops at learlul
! rae After dashing along This way for nearly
! a miie, crashing and breaking down trees we
/ We're dashed most feartully into the boughs of
| a ,all elm that the basket swung under and
/ uu through ,he crotch of The limb, and while
! tGe boat had caught III some OF the other
! bra Iches and this brought us to a little, but,
! in ano her moIlent, ,le "A slantc'' puffed up
! her large proportions, and Al one SWoop away
went the limb, bas'.et and boat into tie air a
/ hundred feet. and l was afraid some of the
! crew weIe impaled upon the scTags. This limb
about eight inches thick at the butt and fun Of
! branches, not weighing less than SIX or eight
| pounds proved too much for the "Atlan tic"
| ard il brought her suddenly down upon the
/ lop OF n very tail tree and collapsed her. 1t
! felrtui plunge. Dut II lett us ulng ing
| between heaNe and earth in a most SORROW
| IN! king plignt of machinery that can lie
/ imagined.
! None of IFS were seriously iniured. the many
! cords. he strong hoop made OF wood and iron,
! and the close wickerwork hasket saving us
| from ha4 m, as long the machinery hung 90
| ge her ana hat could not have las ,ed two
| minutes longer.
We came 10 the land. or rather tree of Mr.
| T O. Whitney, town OF Henderson, Jefferson
! county. New York.
We VII soon have the ''Atlan tic'' rebuilt. for
! what hope may prove a more successful de-
mons tratlCu of what we proposed TO do on
| this interesting occasion.
Stanwix Hail, Albany n. Y, July 3. 1850.
| JOHN WISE.
ANOTHER oYAGE TO BE MADE.
| by Telegaph,l
| WATERFOWL, n. Y. July 4.--Mr. La Moun-
! tain arrived here this morning with the re-
mains of the erial ship. 1t will be exhibited
here few days. Wnen he viii repair it, and
make another voyage from Chicago Eastward.
Mr.. La Mountain is slightly injured about the
face and limbs. Messrs. Gager and Hyde re-
| turned to their homes yesterday.
GREAT Loss OF CArTLE-A Tough Story
Benjamin Gay, n citizen of Alfalfa, in this
county-according TO the statement of Mr..
William Hail. n respectable and truthful man
recently lost about 700 head of cattle in the
! following manner: The cattle had been gath
cred and driven Tor several days before reach
ing 4 little lake-called the Devils Cross
/
halted, Mr.. Guy and his assistants going to
their homes In three or fourdays the drivers
returned TO collect and pen the cattle, when, to
| their utter amazement, they We're not to be
found. Attention was finally attracted to the
! lake above ye-mentioned-which is margined
with abrupt banks--by the presence around
! and about it OF large quantities OF buzzards-
| When the men reached ii, they beheld the 70t
! head of cattle dead. and the buZZards feastng
| on their carcaSes. The SuppOsitlon Is, that the
cattle went thi her in search of water. The
lake being completely dry, presented a mass
of mud unf;ithomabe in depth, when once
over the banks there was no chance for the
lives of the poor beasts Our informant as.
sures us that but p or 30 head were saved
out of the whole 100.-Fforida PeainSRiar, 25M
RN.
ARMY INTELLIGENCE.-Newsh has been re-
ceiyed from Lieut.. Robinson, of Company H.
| United States Dragons, announcing the en-
| campment of his command at South Table
Greek. after having acted as escort to some
Government trains which had left Fort kear-
ney on their way 10 some other forL MOI named
The soldiers at the camp were IN good
health I'D would remain ~ Table Greek until
orders for their departure arrived. The COM
mand at Fort kearney was also We'll. Uet;teh-
| ments of the United States Artillery had, at
| last accounts from Arkansas, marched from
| Helena for Fort Clark, Texas. They had only
| temporarily sojourned at Helena, in order ~
| recruit after a long marcl. The distance from
| Fort Mctenry, which these soldiers left, TO
| Fort Clark, is nearly 1900 miles. Helena is
! not quite 20 miles from the latter. The men
/ were all well. and are commanded by Captain
| or Major French.
Posi- OFFICE AFFAIRs.-The records of the
General Post-Office Department show that
during the quarter which closed on the 33th
of June the number of postage stamps issued
was as follows: One cent stamps 12,U59-
1Ot; three cent stamps 36,60l, 500; five cent
stamps il3,56o ten cent stamps lO3l, 100; twelve