Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-05-16
Extraordinary balloon Voyaee.

Extraordinary Balloon Voyage.
We have already made some notices Of
Prof. loves balloon voyage from Gin
cinnati to South Carolina. In the Cincin
matt Commercial of s0th April we find his
own account in full of the trip, from which
we condeuse.
The Balloon, with no one but Mr.. Lowe
on board, assembled from Cincinnati about .
quarter of four o'clock on the evening of
the goth. He describes the scene below
him as of singular beauty, nothing being
seen except what was revealed by the lamps
of the city. He says:
"As be rose higher, the squares which
at first appeared the usual size land gave
the idea of an immense checker board) be
came smaller and smaller until they actu-
ally appeared like the stars above; the
dakuess preventing any object from being
visible; thus it was easy to imagine that
the distance from the ight on the earth
were the same as that of the stars, and it
seemed as though he was floating among
the heavenly bodies. All was still a.
death itself.
The altitude generally maintained
throughout the voyage was from 1000
to 10000 feet. The current of air took
the balloon to the westward. and about nine
o'clock in the morning Mr.. Love came
nearer the earth in order to ascertain his
whereabouts. He says:
"Seeing some persons al work in a field,
descended near to .hem, and asked, "What
State is this?" The men, without answer
ing looked in all directions but upwards, and
fearing that l should miss them, / again
sang out at the top of my voice, when the
reply came, "Virginia, they still looking
to cluster of bushes from whence prob
ably came the echo. / then asked what
county and threw out some sand to clear
the tops of some tall trees. This struck
the ground with spatter and caused them
to look up, and instead of answering the
question a yell of horror arose from them,
and if the feetness of foot is any indication
of fright they NUT have been terribly frigh-
tened"
The highest elevation attained was in
crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains between
North and South Carolina. Here he rose
to the elevation Of 22,5OO feet above the
level of the sea, or nearly four miles and
quarter. Here the thermometer fell to 10
degs below zero; the water, fruit and other
things froze, and it required all the clothing
and blankets to keep warm. But he had
gained one victory-he had cleared the
mountains, whose tops were covered with
snow, and was rapidly moving to the east.
Descending near Spartansburgb, he was
requested by the frightened people to leave
forthwith, which he did. Throwing out
bag of sand to tighten the car, he was hail
ed to come back and pick up his baggage.
After short time he again descended near
Unionville, s. c., greatly to the terror Of
the people. Some fellows crowded around
with guns to shoot the "devip that could
travel through the air, and one man said
he had followed and shot at it for ten miles.
He was finally taken to the Jail at Union
vile, but was at once relased and taken care
of by more intelligent people. The voyage
was accomplished in nine hours. Cincinna-
ii papers Of the goth were distributed to
the astonished Carolinuns.