The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-21
The Balloon Ascension.

NARRATIVE OF PROF. WISE PERILOUs DESCENT-THE
BALLOON IN THE wArER-NARRow ESCAPE FROM
DROWNING OF THE AERONAUT, ETC., ETC.
When say this is precaiious world, ought to add
that my aerial trip from Palace Garden Thursday AFTER
became more interesting than had anticipated.
The rst remarkable feature Of the affair occurred when
height Of several thousand feet attained All Of Q
sudden, as it were my ears were greeted with the most
unearthly noises that could BIO imagined It seemed rs
though all the Cala.humpan bands Of the United States
In grand concert below assisted by the strongest
powers Of Pandemonum, nterlarded with artillery from
thousand big guns and garniehed with all the shrieks OF
Internal population according to the birthstone theory
Of that place. must strong language to convey
faint idea Of this horrible discord did involuutarily
calculate, "Is hell beneath me and my hair brised up
with astonishment. Why this remarkable hdeousness
was observable on this OCCASION than any previous
One cannot divine unless the southeast breeze
beneath me, which came reished with the city clangor
between that point and the Battery.
As rose, the din and discord melted gradually into
cadenoes Of meodous intonations, and the mind, SYM
pathizng with the sounds tuned sweetest harmony
Such some Of the pecuarities OF balloon voyages
Ny main object in the trip was to make an effort at
local current sailing quite practicable to sail over
New Jersey up Manhattan Island Long Island
After sailing few minutes ia the southeast breeze,
went northward straight over the length OF Randaus
Island. There rose higher, and struck breeze from
the west and made for Flushpg there descended with
the intention Of landing at Whitestone Long Island
The southeast wind strong ct the surface OF he
earth but did not extend In height thousand feet
In coming down that thousand feet the balloon made three
miles In five minutes, and struck the ground near b.
nngers cottage mansion; but the grapnel striking into
gravel walk, failed to fastening In the concus
sion the balloon careened much tilt OF the car
sandbag was on the ground in front Of the cottage
hand upon the car but the Gany mede recover
ed her perpendicular she made bound the cottage
swinging the grspnel into the Of the rosf but
balloon being stronger than the part whore the hook took
effect something gave way The grapnel next effect
in big tree between tho cottage and the sound but the
second equa that struck her sent her reena on the
beach, with the side Of the basket or rather the rim Of
the wickerwork, cutthrough by the anchor rope
Here very interesting aeroetatc experiment occurred.
The balloon being nicely posed the atmosphere kept
by the rebound swinging to and fro In mid al between
water and land guyrope was trailing the beach,
mouth open with wonderment but In another moment
my car was on the ocean wave Tue man cried out in
most melancholy Tone, go my God, no. your 10 the
water answered. eyes, cir, Am ducked; but I'll get
over this little sea-" thought myself, choose the
water TO the air. for this reason grspnel IL lost aud
now, II take the air and sail over 70 Manhattan Island
this strong southeast breeze will dash into the tall
trees and damage the balloon while take TO the water
and drag the car through II, shall have time, before
reach the other side Of Jerdan-which mile Otto
disgorge the and render the Ganymede oouroable
without an anchor" passed the Of ship, bat
way. The squalls now and then became violent 70
careerthe balloon over until she touched tho foun
dering me into the water up to my shoulders and
putting me through several hydropathc exercises not
pleasurabe TO contemplate. afraid the violence OF
the squalls might collapse the air bag, but soon found
remedy for this by hanging part Of my weight the
hoop above me- 90 as to bring the basket the
water and allow the aerial craft TO make head way
was hall an hour in going the Sound, about ~
mile In breath, and when within O half mile OF the
beach full open valve rendered the Ganymede docile
- 70 enable her 70 drag well up the beach with her
water saturated load. Wet and chilled, reached the
land little below Throggs Neck, on the premises OF D.
L. lawrence Esq, whose kindly comforts shall ever
remember with gratitude Messrs Charles Freeman and
Walter Cheatham followed me with boat really TO
pick me up, II the emergency OF total ship wreck''
had rendered necessary. Mr. Van Schaick also placed
me under obligations in assisting 10 reef the Gany
mede.
Another reason for preference for the bath
this. By that mode could the balloon In good
order but had trusted the and woods she might
have been wrecked the Inflated Atlantic las.
year
Taking all in ALL the trip more instructive aud
entertaining than l had calculated, and Il taught
me stne things practically that before had ooly
known in theory JNO. WISE
New York, April 20, $780,
ANOTHER FACTORY IN yRGINA.-A new w0ollen factory
to be erected In Scotsve, aud IL expected