The New York herald., 1863-11-05
THE BALLOON VOYAGE FROM PARIS.
Description or M. Nadar's Great Balloon,
the ssGiant"-The Ascent-Inctdent or
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the 'sGiant'-The Ascent-Incidents OF
tho Journey, and Descent.
tFrom tho Paris Constitutional, Oct. l0.
The balloon was called "The Giant" II was white.
The car carried some legs Of mutton ices lobster
swords, Lyons sanssgcs, guns Wild boafs head speak
Ing trumpet dinner service In handsome porcelain,
pbas sSd %
la Tour d'Auvergne, Jules and Louis Godard MessrS.
Nadar do St. Martin, Deessert the Prince witgensten
Tournachon, St. Felix Paiat, Thrion anonymous In.
divdual, and myself. The number thirteen had been
chosen by Nadar was an act Of justice and reparation
For far too long time the cipher thirteen has been out
lawed and banshed from honest numbers It
covered with disgrace, II bid itself and dared never
subterfuge This greved Nadar, who, with the phiian
thropy Of an excellent heart at once adopted ought
TO say that we hoped to gain it on the side Of in
terests and by making towards 1t the most generous
advances, wo counted on Its not playing unknd
trick 1t presented itself to under the form grace.
the fee, and who hearing there was every
chance Of her breaking her neck could resist being
herocYou will tell them at home that shall not re.
turn tonight, nor to morrow, nor perhaps will ever
at ALL" There is need to describe the be-
yond saying It was happy compromise between ON.
nibus and champagne basket.
At five minutes TO 1--WE Quilted the earth. rather
the earth must have quilted u.s. judging from my i'm
presnious OF the moment In one second we were five
hundred metres distance II was splendid sight and
be forgotten by those who witnessed IT, Every
object diminished simultaneously. Paris
duced to birds eye view one would have said that the
beautiful city was concentrated narrowed round the
base of cone Of which the summit. The
monuments became ravshng miniatures the vendome
Column skm,e tne NTllores, payhng; the Made
"Arc de Triomphe," dice box.
We directed our movements towards the northwest,
and, II the wind aided counted upon reaching St.
Petersburg the next evening Nadar had brought some
letters Of Introduction and he made all sign decla
Poland the dis United States but-we descended at
Meangl Still, exclaimed with legitimate PRIDE "we
did not descend there, we fe But let me not autci
the voyage was very joyous one. What had wo to
we not with us the Brothers GODDARD, the most mar.
veous aerial themselves? The Messrs GODDARD only
really " oS home in ,ha tho air. they pay you the houSrs
upon the air as a calm sea. and the balloon a
wreck they would not know how swim-they say no;
but then they are so modest At six O'Clock NJ Deesser
appeared the PLATFORM charged with all the neces.
sares for making good meal which assisted at with
an excellent appetite, and drank to the sncoess Of
expedition, without casting thought that scratch
the silk would terminate IL moro rapidly than dc.
S In M there 1rS swG de-
Is nothing There is story told Of mason who. falling
from fifth story addressed the following ferven prayer
during the rapid courso-"Ohl Lord, do let this
continued"
Night came on ut early hour; II was sombrc and
thick clouds intercepted what still remained OF day
light; still ascended higher and higher We began 10
traverse some very dense that wet the skin
but as we assembled the obscurty was less intense
fragments OF clouds carried 10 the reflection dim
light and at last at the distance Of 700 metres the bal
loon came out of these black Masses the light became al
most bright, and the most superb sight offered
view. The heavens above luminous with stars, below
real Of Clouds with its waves tempests and ts
instant | could have sworn / saw a vessel near the
horizon. The most splendid sights generally
became wet, and consequently heavier and being
thus overcharged redescended We passed through the
same bath as before; but issuing from the humidity
the cords dried up and again commenced ascent
rewettng redrying, and on, with the varieties OF
rising and falling for little time. From this moment
we could see nothing and 80 disposng ourselves
for the night when accident occurred 70 arrest our
little excursion at the very onset. We descending
& and ascending Just according to chance and all that
attention, to avoid tumbng on the trees and houses We
cast anchor. There was moment OF profound silence.
Then we heard the anchor had been caught,
aud we felt a shake that threw us one on
the other. The force OF the balloon was such
that the anchor broken In cutting q poplar by
its trunk The anchor cast and stuck In the
earth. We moored but the real danger began We
only touched land sufficiently cause us TO rebound Of
some distance and recommence there the thing.
One would have said that some gigantic child mad
our balloon for an elastic ball. and was amusing himself in
consequence. Al last the GaDt" laid low, but by
overthIowing the car. How we were not smashed 10
atoms don't know For a.cmax Of misfortune, the
who held tho valve cord let In the confusion. The
brothers GODDARD and Nadar sprang to the ground and
tried 10 make themselves masters OF the balloon which
dragged Its anchor with frighul force II the cord bad
broken II would have been all with "Let
str cried Nadar on jumping OUT "one man only should
state we remained many hours listening with a creeping
horror " the cord breaking We LETT ten'n the
and one was woman, she was burt by our FAIL and
yet during the whole Of danger had borne herself with
sang froid and tranquil abnsgation that would have
aroused my admiration in man but IN woman seemed
perfectly natural Some peasants came TO aid, the
valve was opened the balloon collapsed, and
prepared the tabe-but this time ON terra frmdand
proceeded 70 second repast aud passed cloth to the
Princess de Ia Tour dAuvegne begging her 10 exert her
talents IN cleaning the glasses Nadar then procured
vehicle and accompanied fair travelling companion 10
the leaving myself and others TO take OF
the balloon. In the morning was packed W and sent
on 10 Paris, while we started In the railway.
In t..tno oftpu hosft \ada riQne N
voyageI made in his company We had accident; but
the experience has been conclusive the balloon splcn
did, solid and safe and with less weight IL could float
for The second experiment will be as little DANCE
as the FIRST was adventurous. fcF my own part,
with the brothers GODDARD would risk traversng the
ocean.
The only emotion, real and anxious that felt, was at
the moment Of stepping into the railway carriage for
Paris. When saw the locomotive that 20 carry me-
said to myself, "Now suppose overthrow should take
pacc-f some dreadful rencontfe should occur De.
cdedly have no longer any confidence In such mode
or travelling 1prcier Nsdsr.
Account BY n Passenger.
NJ Eugene ArnouIt, of the passengers In NJ Nadars
hall rri tes Ilawa IN tha par Vcf