The New York herald., 1863-10-28

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birds Ay where the winds OF heaven speak eioquenty
storms, whore iehtungs fash and thunders roll, and
l where meteors play their fantastic trickss
| Ascending above the clouds In balloons has gone be
void the arena OF idle and adventurous
osy aud has entered the domain Of practical science
Whatever may result from invention OF De Solomon
Andrews or the enterprise OF NJ. NadAr, the history
aerosaton include the scientific ascents Of hessrs
Coxwe and Glasher, and the military baiooning OF the
United States armies under the direction Mr. Wise
We now see that Of the practical results OF tray
the air exhibited In the inspection OF euemys camI
and the watching OF the movements Of the hostile army
The meteorological observations and discoveries OF
coxwoIl and Mr.. Glasher will long DO embodied Ia
scientific report from these isolated Facts valuable
results will be elcited.
With good balloon and under the direction Of a skfuI
circumstances is attended with particle risk
than voyage in a steamship across the Atlantic. In
corroboraton OF this there aeonauts of this
generation at least three OF whom livng-Wse
Green and Coxweli-who have made from Ave to six
hundred or more ascents while Is known that at least
transatlantic steamship voyage In three hundred has
been attended with fatal shpwreck involving the lives
OF part all on board And in great majority OF the
Of balloon casualties the accdents be traced
to some direct mlmanagement nexcusabe carelessness
folly the part Of the aerial voyagers. Such has
been the every OF the fatal balloon accidents
that have known Of these resulted in the death
Of that once accompanied on an aerial voyage
extending nearly half the island OF Great Britain
To be good aeronaut man should possess physical
vgor guOd heaith clear intellect good temper dscre
ton courage qackDess OF perception sound Judgment
aud that Of mind which enables to know how
act in case Of sudden emergency He moreover. should
be Of strict temperance None Of these very
quates but they certainly not all by
evory Individual Then the risk is very different at dier.
ent times and Seasons II is by objectionable
for mako ascension during threaten
cd warnings OF coming storm, for laudabIe wish
pursue meteorological observations the urgent
sy Of military reconnaissance may justify it, and the
voyager knows the da and prepared TO risk IT, just
the hardy navigator prepares himself to meet cyclone
or ride out equnoctal gale on dangerous coast But
the amateur the seeker after sensation,
right, morally speaking go above the clouds except
when all the circumstances are favorable.
may be considered fortunate that balloon ascension
is attended with considerable expense for to be
purchased chcapy the would be numerous
that among all sorts Of men and in all kinds OF weather,
there would be pretty large number Of casualties.
would not about going up with balloon that would
contain less than Hfy thousand solid feet Of gas and
containing seventy thousand feet should consider sarer
provided more than two persons TO accompany it,
The balloon that carried party yesterday contained
ninety thousand feet of gas and this with other items,
required expenditure Of afty pounds sterling 1.-TWO
hundred and fifty dolars).
LATE ASCENT OF MEssRs. CoxwELL AND GLAsHIER.
During tho last month Messrs Henry Coxwell, the
well known aeronaut and Mr. James Gaisher meteoroo-
gist Of the Greenwich Observatory, whose scientific
ascents famous aud widely known, had
"dstingushed Foreigners" aud the result determ
nation up party and take trip in cloud land
There in all six-two OF them Americans. The
company comprised the aeronaut scientific observer
literary gentlemen, distinguished American states
and foreign noblcman. To crafty the curiosity
of readers the OF the aerial travellers may as well
be gven:--
Henry Coxweli, aeronaut.
James Glasher.
Count Feanz schanEotsch.
Hon. Robert j. Walker.
Pny Miles
Nicholas Rowe.
The ascent was purely private one; but as took
place in the grounds OF the Crystal Palace the few
localities where supply Of gas be had the visitors
that happened be this noted exhibition witnessed
IT, From one to two thousand persons present.
paa.cd by rope barrier from the balloon and the
sonsts, with theF friends We greatly desired three
things namcy;-A pleasant day, south wind and pre-.
paratious early in the day as to enable
to have some six eight hours OF daylight
enable to travel directly England not stopping
itil arrived north of the Tweed and perhaps drop
1down the Social Science Congress now sitting in Edn
yburg.
The morning opened rainy, and as there was only an
eight inch gas MAN, It took nearly eight hours to oil the
balloon, thus delaying departure till twenty mine
minutes past four.
THE START.
Being provided with q couple Of small hampers filed
with creature comforts, and numerous overcoats and
travelling Blankets the aerial travellers stepped into the
amid the cheers OF their friends We had two neat
fsgs-one OF Great Britain, the other the Stars and
Stripes.
THE LAND FADING FROM VIEW.
As Captain Coxwe sang out cast off, let go the ropes"
we slowly ascended, I'm American waving the glorious
banner OF the young republic and Britisher" swing
ing the other Amid the cheers, the novelty and the
beauty the time for personal fears.
Instead Of party rising up the earth seemed to be
sinking away from US, while each individual object
The coud.cappcd towers the gorgeous palaces;
Tie solemn temples-tne great globe itself
Yea, all which IL contains
contracted to the dimensions OF q fairy show, and
dwnded into miniature. The Crystal Palace with its one
two hundred OF park, looked like gentleman .
country residence with small flower garden front Of
IL. We rose very moderately. perhaps getting up two
thousand feet in three minutes rising about
angle Of twenty Eve degrees with the perpendicular.
LOOKING ON LONDON.
The wind carried little west OF north, and
directly London: and, though sydcnham-w bere
we ascended-s eight miles from tho metropolis
had the great commercial capital Of the world
spread out beneath like map and for once, in at
mosphero pure and clear sunset on Lake Superior
doubt if there has been single day In ten months
favorable for seeing London yesterday afternoon
Fog or mist there was none, and the smoke Of Lon
don three hundred thousand chimnies waited
the northwest part Of the town. leaving every street
every and block OF buildings every church, tower
bridge and architectural pile clear and distinct outline
A complete photograph OF London from such stand
point, rather dying pont-what has never yet beer
takcn-would be curiosity, and would constitute maj
OF this busy centre "s and vast concerns y ba
would be unriyallcd in typographical establishment
Words utterly inadequate to give idea Of the gran
| deur aud gorgeous magnGcence Of the scene Mr.
Glashor said no h4d often had beautiful gmpes OF pic
turesque colors 10 Clouds but seldom anything 10 eqas