The New York herald., 1863-11-05

wisn ucrodibe force Little BY little the balloon ceasst
70 rse, s1a soe car feil upon s side. Then bogas
trees thickes wallis all broken Or burst through by hs
shock IL was frightfuL Sometimes il was a lake. i
our mouths and our eyes. II was naddeuing WatoO
stop !" we shouted, snraged with tue monster who va
Saii.oay soas before s,-a sain passing ropp.d a
cries, but carried the teieoraphic poas ava
tance red house, nowthe wind bore US ssraiaht
for this house II death for all, for we shonld b
dashed 70 pieces No one spoke. Strange 70 say. q
clinging 10 slender screen OF oser for whom evory
second seemed counted not one had any fear All tongues
were mute, all faces were calm Nadar held MS WIFE,
covering her with his body Poor woman Every shook
seemed TO break her 10 pieces.
Jules GODDARD then tried and accomplished act of
sublime heroism He oIabered up into the netting The
shocks OF which were 80 terrible that three times he oo
my head. At length he reached the cord OF tho vave
opened II, and the gas having way OF escape the m0u
ter ceased to rse but II still shot along In horizontal
os wsa GdsGrs ns % ap as.r sTS sss
when tree was 10 tho way We turned from IT, and che
tree broken but the balloon dischargng s eas
and the immense plain We were crossing had yet few
eague! We were saved But suddenly forest appeared
in the horizon must leap out at whatever risk. Tor
with those trees got down into the car, and raising
myself know not how. for suffered from wound in y
jumped. and made know not how many revolutions
and fell upon my head After minutes dizziness ress
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myself to4he Forest and having gone few steps heard
bis body was one wound; be had an arm broken, The
chest torn and IN ancle dislocated The dsap
pesrsS; After crossing. crossing river ,S heard cry
thigh his wife had fallen into the river Another com
panion shattered. We occupied ourselves with 81
ter was nearly drowned for fel into the water SSA
sank They picked me again and found the bath hAl
done me good BY the assistance OF the inhabitants the sA
wage was got together. Vehicles brought. Thsy
placed upon straw My knees bled Ions and heaA
sence Of mind an instant, aud for second felt hursi
aed at looking from the truss Of straw at those clouds
which In the night had had under my feet II ID
this way we reached Ruthem, 10 Hanover.
In seventeen hours we had rnade nearly two hundred
and atty leagues Our course tnrale had covered space
sad @ Win what is ss ma.
Of being dashed about way had that OF gaining
the sea- and how long should we have lived them a
i you. These Germans who surround US are brave
people, and We have been % we'll cared for "a the
have reached Hanover with my
panions and reopen my letter 10 tell you 60 The Kiag
has sent an aide DO 70 u.s. Are We a the END o. o
no longer laugh at US In Paris We have kept our pro-
misses, and more.
Dispatches from M. Nadar.
[Paris (oct 22) correspondence Of the London Times
courageous Nadar after having passed whole nghs
in or above the Clouds and having an aerial voyage
eIed very seriously injured He remained ID The air
nineteen hours, and performed distance Of SIX hundred
and fifty kilometres.
The following telegram has been received from him 81
We came down near Neuburg, in the kingdom Of HAn.
raj hours, our anchors having broken Saint Felix, ny
wife and myself are seriously hurt the others are pretty
or another II he absent Send news at once to The
Saint Felix. DArnoud and Yon families, &c Let little
quest that he should be sent TO Hanover naturally
intense anxiety to N. Nadars friends We owe our lives
70 the courage and d'voednsss Of Jules GoSarS To-
Another despatch is thus wOrded:- ~ ,.
The Clan: :s near Eystrup, ia Hanover OF tho nine
wounded.
The Balloon ana the Belgian Custom
House Onicers.
The Journal de Charlsroi publishes the following letter,
giving very precise Information with regard the passing
over Erquenes Of the Giant balloon weah set out iron
Pars as Is KNOWN On Sunday, ut Ave O'Clock In tho 0sr
ERQuENzs, Oct. 10, 1865
SaR-Iast night towards midnight Poufbaix the points
man, and Coard the Custom House Ocer duty at the
terminus OF Erquenes themselves up, for the want
Of something be'tsr the pleasures Of meditation whea
tons The horizon which instant before clear ana
starry appeared 10 them TO become suddenly obscure aad
rapid power large cloud, black and opaque, which
stopped It's course above them aud seemed 70 dssoss1
metres above the buildings OF The stations, the two w
nesses OF this mysterious spectacle were In the greatest
astSnishmSnt at psrcsving, & sustained % by invisible
Surprised frightened fascinated not being able 10 under.
stand by what impossible circumstance carriage Of The
Northern Company could suspend itself in the air. and
prepared TO attribute misplaced pleasantry 10 ioe
genius hostile TO the railway and Custom House, hsy
about to hurry to their chiefs to inform them Of she
incident when clear and voice reached shsG
from the supposed carriage and asked them-"Whas de-
being polite seeing '1s sS.s ~S
they bad taken for cl'ud was nothing but Q
balloon Of gigantic di%sOsSns ss. Carrying sI. an IN
then heard conversation among the aerial travel.
lers upon the situation Of the locality, which ended
In their receiving thanks from above The incident
House officer who had resumed his presence Of mind,
vice. made trumpet OF his two hands. and shouted,
Everybody stays here for the visit OF the Custom Houss
the car with laughter and without attending TO The inv
tation they went of In the direction OF Louvsin.
me Journal Dc Charro! adds that after .hs BALBOA
really anxious as 70 the consequences which might
result to them from this unexpected violation Of ther
be In that carl One Of these pentemen, who had
grown gray In the service and who Nadar and bis
colleagues the enemies OF the profession declared that
he bad been the spot he should have made the whole
sta take arms, and summoned the audacious contra
veners OF the law under the threat OF discharge OF
kerry, 10 descend In order 70 submit 70 q search.
The wounded Voyagers In Hanover.
lParis (Oct 23) correspondence VI tho London Times
ON Wednesday evening the following telegram arrived
In Paris
HANOVER, Oct. II, 1863
The PERSONS who received injury tho balloon ascent
have been brought this city, placed under the kind
and protecting OF the French Minister The King OF
Hanover OF his aids de camp 70 receive them
81, Felix has his left shoulder fractured and his face
bruised Sadar has both bp legs spralned and Madame
Nadar has had her chest violently compressed and
OF her legs torn aud injured.
Dr. Richard Professor Of the Faculty Of Medicine OF
Paris received at two O'Clock notice 70 prepare start
for Nieuburg attend the wounded. He est
seven BY the express train and expected TO mako she
Journey in eighteen hours The OF Nadar accompa-
MED him. Dr. Richard took the eiegraphic despatch 70
serve a passport II IL stated that tho travellers
would probably have all persbed jules GODDARD had not,
at the risk OF his e climbed up by the network and cut
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