The New York herald., 1863-10-28

many gentlemen Of wealth taste and leisurc who have
good estates and broad lands in pleasant localities will
keep their balloon yacht and their the heah
recreation. amusement and Intellectual gratiscasisa q
their families and friends.
good balloon can be made for few thousand dollars
ana man 70 look after and navigate for two three
thousand dollars year. and whore coal plentiful gas s
not very expensive Certainly many persons sxpeud their
thousands on pursuits far less audabe and eevang
1t is very easy 70 say that gentlemen In the ordi
nary avocaticus OF lHe-whether mea OF business,
statesmen, ltneratesrs, or men Of science are
fools, idiots or iunatics, for risking their lives
in balloon. The may be said Of men who explore
arctic or antarctic regions, or who 60 down into the
bowels OF the earth the depths Of the sea- who take
distant voyages for pleasure, who climb Alps
Apprentices for health or recreation. But calling
fool for acting according 70 bis natural and intellectual
impulses, who seeks TO gain information enlargement OF
ideas, or rational pleasure all combined, by going
where the great crowd will neither follow lead
not necessarily prove him fool. a.
Whore would the world be In national ana scIenliHc
progress were it not for now and then vasca CANA,
Columbus, Fulton, q Franklin, Mongolaer, Whit
rey a Daguerre Herechel or Newtons And after a
Columbus MongoGer has made one successful voyage
In new and unexplored field, why. should tho whole
world stand still and wait till another Columbus an
otho aeronau,o hero will venture to follow eaders
something practical Is now coming out OF aero6tat0n,
and this generation will DOT pass away without some
practical inventions being brought out 10 navigate the
air. And what better encouragement can be given
10 an adventurous and useful science than to have
nobeep with large estates, eminent statesmen, or
letters and science who write F. or F. r. G. after
their names give their patronage, countsnance and
support. ,-.-r--r
Probably an American army officer owed his nomina
ton 70 the Office Of President Of the United States TO the
fact that he had stood Of the highest peaks CT the
Rocky Mountains Very possibly future candidate,
and successful one, to the high ONCE may be
who has scared above the clouds balloon. Now and
hereafter the persons who 90 up once twice. half
dozen times 10 balloon will neither be accounted heroes
nor lunatics At the very worst they can only be
chrstened baioonacs and however atrocous the cpl.
thet may be considered your London Of
the present writing will not feel in the least offended
when any one applies 1t to him.
THE DESCENT.
Our party without being at all "elevated" with
breathing the air OF the upper regions or Of mbibing
the extensive champagneous views on every side, de.
scended as gently feather. coming down upon
tain top alghtiug in field, the little village Of
Pirton four miles from Hitchin in Hertiordshre having
been up little over hours and travelled forty eight
miles.
A REFLECTION.
such are the brief notes OF aerial excursion by
jolly party drank champagne with the world
and all its far beneath their feet while theyor at
any rate, your correspondent-was miles above the
clouds.