The New York herald., 1863-11-05

Win ucrodibe force Little by little the balloon ceased
uS, a%S s1s car el upon its side Then bcsas
trees thickes wallis s broken burst through By hs
| shock was t.ghtful. Sometimes il was 4 lake, il
our mouths and our eyes. II was naddennS "sfoS
stop ~ we shouted surased with tue monster who wss
Araileay ~as before s.-a vrdn paains 4 soppsa d
our cries but se carried tie tsleprapk,c pcss c.6
tance red house soc nowthe wind bore US straiaht
for this house 1t was death for ALL for we shonid b
those nine persons one Of whom was LADY, who x:ss
clngng 10 slender screen OF osier, for whom evusy
second seemed counted not one had any fear All tongues
were mute all faces were calm Nadsr held his wife,
covering her with bis body. Poor woman Every shook
Jules GODDARD then tried and accomplished an act Of
sublime herosm He oambered up Into the netting the
my head At length he reached the cord OF tho ys,vs
opened ~ and the gas having way Of escape the mou
line with prodsos or. rapdsv sos Tsrs s'ons IN
down upon the frs oser ''Take care' We cried.
but Balloon % ss
and II the immense plain crossing had yes lew
eague: We were saved But suddenly forest appeared
III the norizon we must leap out at whatever risk Tor
the car would DO dashed 10 pieces at the Hrs collision
with sn9se trees got down into the car and raising
knees, my trousers were torn.
Jumped and msde know not how many revolutions,
The then Tar Oh. By the aid Of stick drssxcd
myself to4he Forest and having gouo few stops hoard
st. Felix stretched the soil frightfully disagursd
bis body was one wound; he had broken, the
Nadar stretched the ground with dislocatsA
thigh hh we had fallen into the river Another
panion shattered We occupied ourselves with 81
Felix and Nadar and hts wife, In trying 10 assist thetet
sank They picked me up again and found the bath Id
done me good BY the assistance OF the Inhabitants the s
and
seemed 70 be like mincemeat but aid not lose my pre-
sence ci mind an instant and for second fet hula.
which in the night had had under my feet II was ID
this way reached Ruthem, in Hanover
In seventeen hours we had mado nearly two hundred
Of three leagues Now that is have some shud-
ney, and marvel to see With what indifference ws may
regard the fghtfu DEATH for besides prospect
the sea- and how long should we have lived them a
glad to have seen thshappier yet at having 10 narrae
1t TO you. These Germans who surround are brave
people, and have been we'll cared for the "a.
sources Of the little spot will allow.
p. ST. have just reached Hanover with my com.
panions and reopen my lettcr 10 tell you The Kiag
has sent an aide dc camp 10 u.s. Are we at the end o
rsversess At any rate, oonsoed to think they CA
longer laugh At IN Paris We have kept our pro-
misses, and more
Dispatches from M. Nadar.
Paris (Oct. 22) correspondence Of the London Times
and courageous Nadar after having passed whole nhs
in or above the clouds and having made an aerial voysgo
leled very seriously injured He remained ID The ar
nineteen hours and performed distance Of SIX hundred
The following telegram has been received from him 81
his brother
We came down nss, Nisuours, in the kinsdon q Han.
raj hours, anchors having broken Saint Felix, my
wife and are seriously hurt the others are pretty
or another be Is absent Send news at once 70 the
Saint Felix. Darnoud and Yon families, &c. Let little
as.l hoo "a rDouI tu oA0p ann nd
quest that he should be naiury causes
intense anxiety to NJ Madras friends We lives
m morrow r further details '''''N'''' y '''' HxDAR.
Another despatch ia thus worded;-
The Clan: *Il near Eystrup ID Hanover OF ths nine
people In tho car three seriously and two slightly
wounded
The Balloon ana the Bslgian CUSTOM
The Joa, d. Chareroi publishes the following letter.
giving very precise Information with regard 70 the passing
Erquenes Of the Giant balloon, wkh set out fro
Paris as Known on Sunday Ave O'Clock in the sfsr.
noon
RIAst night towards midnight Pourbaix, the points
man, and Colard the Custom House Ocer duty tho
@ gave w up 70, tho want
an event OF the stranses nature cut short their ree,
The p TnGh hs e 40 1srs was cs "a
thoy thought they saw advancing under the impulse Ok
rapid power, large cloud, black and Opaque. whice
TO the ground. When 1t had got about two hundred
metres above the buildings Of the stations the two wiz
nesses OF this mysterious spectacle were in the greatest
astonishment at perceivng sustained by invisible
Cords object which they took for railway carriage.
Surprised frightened fascinated being able 10 under,
stand by what impossible circumstance carriage Of ne
Northern Company could suspend itself in the air and
genius hostile to the railway and Custom House sns3
about to hurry their chiefs 10 inform them Of the
Incident when clear and sonorous voice reached then
from the supposed carriage and asked them-"whas d.
partmeut arc we inS The pointspen and the custoA
House officer, being polite pcopleta seeing sha. what
thau had taka far n NpA Npl q
balloon Of gigantic dimensions carrying an i'm,
msnse car, replied, cat Erqusnes, Belgium" Ths]
lers upon the situation Of the locality, which ended
In their receiving thanks from above The incident
tom House ocer who had resumed his presence Of mind
and who loses sight Of the requirements OF bis
Everybody stays here for the visit Of the Custom Houss
officer" This remark was received by the occupants of
ta.ioo ,hsv went of IL the drscon o. Iouyap TUG
The Journal de CharEerot adds that after the balloon
had ieis tho officials o. tne custom House - aueins:
result to them from this unexpected violation OF thef
regulations What prohibited mercbandse might there
grown gray the service and who Nadar and bis
colleagues the enemies OF the profession declared that
he bad the spot he should made the whol0
staff take up arms and summoned the audacous contra
Of the law under the threat Of discharge Of
kerry, TO descend In order 70 submit 70 search.
The Wounded vOyagers I'm Hanover.
paris loc 23) corrcspondence Of the London Times
On Wednesday evening the following telegram arrived
in Paris
HANOVER, Oct. II, 1863.
The PERSONS who received injury In the balloon ascent
brought 10 this city, and placed under the kind
and protecting care Of the French Minister The King Of
Hanover OF his aids de camp 10 receive them.
st Felix has his left shoulder fractured and his face
bruised Nadar has both hr legs sprsined and Madame
Nadar has had her chest violently compressed, aud
OF her legs torn aud injured
Dr. Richard, Professor Of the Faculty Of Medicine Of
Paris received at O'Clock notice 70 prepare start
for Nieuburg TO attend the persons wounded He len a.
by the express train, and expected 10 mako she
journey In eighteen hours The OF Nadar accompa-
MED him Dr. Richard took the elegraphic despatch 70
a passport. II is stated that tho travellers
would probably have all pershed jules GODDARD had not,
at the risk OF his ne climbed up by the network and cut
hole 10 the silk with hatcbst, 70 allow tho gas 70
escape Bv doing be stopped the furious f the
balloon which making bounds OF from forty TO nfty
yards with violence that would soon have knocked the
car % pieces
despatch received at a later hour states that
Madame Nadar, whse injuries not 80 serious as ~
FIRST stated is going on well as Is also NJ. g. Felix.