The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-10
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This brought the Atlantic 10 for moment bat
her sa,l like forn with another s~oop sne hurled away
this branch soid tree with no ward snd on ard
swoop and another moment ehe no in air. only
again With tue weight OF the tres .op hsog
ing Der This brought her PLUMB do on q lofty elm
collapsed her, ana 10 another moment dang
brg IN mud air, BY lie nes having caught the branches
We Tended a. twenty minutes past P. NJ, St. Louis
time the ground Of l. o whitney, township Of Hen.
ceyson, county of Jefferson, S.ase OF New York.
Thus ended tins Interesting trip after havoS travelled
nearly 200 miles In nineteen hours with DO N arc utra-
peril IN It's nature than boating or railroaoin
when properly managed and properly understood Get
liable TO- was 80 "'e'' '''' '1'i' - AD' "A'" - 70
] ara now willing and anxious N take voyage across
as coon as can raise the means. JOHN WISE.
LANCASTER, July 8, 1859.
MR.. LA MOUNTAINS STATEMENT.
Mr. IsmountAin, after describing the premnaries and
promising that the OBJECT Of trip was not to AXE
money, but to establish by practical demonstration i'm
POI scientific facts gives the folio wing account OF the
VOYAGE
All being ready, at 1870 set eai--Nr Wise Ia the
basket, Mr.. eager, Mr. Hyde and mspsh in the boat
taking northeas,erly course and ascending rapidly As
we passed up the great city beneath seemed 10 be com
woods melting into each other until their outlines became
almost indsDgushRbe; the great, suorng steamboats,
below looking like toy houses floating gutter and
emitting faint pulls Of n0ke At about eight O'Clock we
could see that TIE people below having their sunset
although We were in full blaze Of light
The prsries looked Ike fields OF polar ics slightly
tnged With green but quite destitute Of luminous proper
ties, Between US and ,hem burg suspended evidently,
over tie country. The alternate patches OF cultivated
grounds, water sheets and little hills aud guches gave 70
all diversified appearsncebough the bills had lost their
relative like and seemed To be vast
leaves, freted with rasns aud lemon parngsthe elot
Of alternate forest grass Such spectacle must DO
re appreciated aud be only by those who
study nature from the favorable position We occupied
APPROACH OF DARKNESS.
Nar d,-oll0 ,ho, sego haIn-
was as though invisible hands lifting up the veil
apr cached and enveloped In few moments the
sun left us disappearing in hszy luminous baak OF rel.
II did not become dark. Throughout the night
able at all times to Distinguish toe praries from the wood
Cd country below even when at an altitude Of two miles
ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA.
We were floating In sort Of transparent vapor, which,
wthou, possessing any perceptibe body, yet seemed
TO be made up Of luminous particles. The eif,ct
OF this light was very peculiar. II gave the
balloon phospborcscens appearance, as though
II were chargedtTw.h fire. So powerful Was this
sk, every cord wrinkle were as plainly visible as il
Illuminated by torches and could at any moment tell
the tine BY consulting my watch This phenomenon be-
came more striking ~ we increased our altitude Ny
theory Of fact 80 remarkable and before unheard Of
tina. the clouds charged with electrical principles and
acted upon by tie heat OF the sun emitted and
through the air the luminous particles which, though
setai aiey undergraduates, still the myriad loren
bearers Of our vondrous way Tha theory has scientific
warrant IN the fact that ships have sometimes been SINH
larry illuminated at sea so powerfully that the mAshead
was visible from deck, which would proceed from the
same caukee. acting under different circumstances That
1t Ii net Natural feature OF night above the earhe
ta,e IL shown by the fact that when Charles Green Mark
Mason and Lord Holland made their famous nocturnal
voyage from Lonson 10 Weburg, il ark it seemed
as II the balloon was pssangl through solid blocks OF
black marble.
WIND CURRENT
To return At fifteen minutes past eight O'Clock
VIZ. Brooks make safe descent little north OF our line
and evidently about twenty i've miles from 81. Lo1s We
uere Their at altitude Of mile and half, and the DIFF
ference Of cur positions ored that the upper current along
~hica ,e tcer nortng 'oas passing easyly direction,
tho demonstration Of fs~orite theory in conne,-
ton with the ansasnc Alter losing sight Of our es-
ticuiar moment occurred Tao luminous appeasauce Of
which have spokeR still continued. We saw around us
IN Me country below blazing lights at different poots
which seemed to proceed from bonhres The assed
merriy away in tho boat in joking, telling anecdotes
talking over tie scepes in ST. Louis before
and specuatirg upon the probabilities of landing in New
York State on the morrow. We could no. have been
merry trio had been comfortably seated around
coma table lamp With tho "dear old folks at home"
Mr.. WISE TAKES WHICH NEARLY DISASTROUS,
About half past 10 O'Clock Mr.. Wise called to me from
his lonely perch in the basket he asked me If could
started for BE responded thar could he could not:
be was sorg 70 sleep for be was tired oa he asked
TO look oo for the balloon and call to him to operate the
quite high IN consequence OF my having thrown som
ballast. The air was pe,cDgy cold, and the balloon 50
Deenirg descent advisable directed Mr. Wise to ooen
the valve, and be did In moment or two later OBJ
serving that the balloon going down rapidly ani
close i. This he did rot do the gas still rushed
cut By this time the extreme cold bad awakened
our our es s,1s du @ya9s eager and HYDE who
going down very fast. Kno sing tina. at this rate we
should soon sriko the EARTH wondering what could
be the matter Mr. eager cembered up the stays of the
Boat to the basket and found mr. Wiso fast asleep win
the neck ppe hanging upon his breast His unfortunate
lethaygy had nearly ade mischief As il was IL cost us
cEs Of gas amounting to about two hundred pounds Of
arcereve power, which was DO Insignificant item. Mr.
Wise beng shaken roughly, said he tired and
hire tafn arIin He al
and then fell asleep again, continuing go, with my two
other CON hnions at intervals during the night Ny de-
sire 70 keep constant ch o. the progress OF the trip and
guard agains. ell possible contingencies was such that
could lot cose my eyes Mr. Wise being veteran
and experienced efoDaut and not having the advantage
Of suffering from bilious fever Of course the csse was
different With HIN.
ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES OF TIE AIR.
Nothing else OF occurred fave the throwing
overheard OF about two hundred pounds Of baas to COM
persae for the losa OF gas uatl about O'Clock AZ
ina time we passed over town, which as
ing not more than two or three hundred feet above
Clearly visibe. do not know the OF the place but
coDc,ude must be Dogtogn my first shout for inor
NATION as TO where aroused Tray Blanche and
SSeeheart IN CHORUS Of canine vociesratiOn that
ed TO prevail from END OF the hamlet to the o.ber
got 10 responte from human voice. Our q. this
tne was northeast har east may remark with regard
to souncs from the earth that at the highest altitude we
at1ned during the night could distinctly hear the song
OF the whip poor will aud hear the barking OF sma does
AS oescended lower the oakng of ID ali
ana the chirprg OF crickes, became audible We three
or four times gos low that Ere nles fitting in tue
ssSse u III WulsQ
YVES scatter.
CROssIsG INDIANA OHIO
From one O'Clock until sunrise, about half past four
Kept tie balloon within four i've hundred feet of the
etrh using, during that time, but three pounds ballast
Viii: consider little remarkable During this period
al three OF my companions fas! aseep-toe a.mos-
pnefe neing very warm and pleasant at the altitude we
mahtaineo- and their decided snoring gave plea.
cant accompaniment in voyage and what varied
my reflections AT halfpast we crossed q canal a
river ana arother town, which now think was Bau.
more Indiana Ny opsion Ia that before this we passed
over Illinois on the line OF Daosville, and perhaps ths
place was ny responsive Dogtown Several lights were
visible ut Baltimore and along the line Of the canal Oar
course was then f. n E. Az we proceeded we creased
ara ecrosoed the Wabash several times route being
tortuous, and ours on geometrca straight lne Here
rotced that the wird WIS quite iresb, as heard
whs'ing pleasantly through the trees could also
tell that we we're eversiug Indians from the fact th.t
mrienss undulstng prsires left behind, and the
eouL.ry Yves dsDsely wooded We lost sight OF the Wa
bash, hnaiy, ct Lafayette striking northeasterly
anse across Fountain nppccaDoe, Caso the southern
pait OF Cass Miami, the ceutre OF Wabash Huntington
snd Allen counties and striking the State OF OHIO st the
ecge Of Peulong county passing the OF Harr-
ecu About 20 minutes pas. O'Clock toe balloon lowered
suddenly, so g. TO almost touch the tops OF the rees
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