, 1863-11-08

~ re deseendss. nan An ia iausas, sos e'9aa.; u,eis
b. reath NJ, tho Villages appeared to Us
'ile ehildrtn's tsys-riverA seemed uk4 little
eolen didly over A1 Towlrd elgat o'siock ve
urised bear great lake; the.e fauad out
our bearing, ard anuouucedt that Nc were at tho
thd # Ho!iapd, near thr sea We were COM
PEELED to think Of landing In order to lake IN
i little b.usst. UnhsppilT the hetvens hid
w:nd 30 Violent that IN q few minutes our au-
chots, ero1mouB fulcfums of iron. vera bro
ken. The valve was shut, and the balloon,
which could carry us no longer, began q gid
. metres, and tell with Incredible force. Little
ny little the balloon ceased to rise hud the car
.fell upon It's side Then began furi aus, di1-
ordered tnce all disappeared before us-trees,
thscBets, walls, all broken Or burst through
b. The shock it ~ss frightfal. 8omstiae
thick mud Of which entered our mouths aad
our eyes, It was msddeniDg. "Stop! stopi'
VIC shouted, enrsgad With the mous:er Who
waH dragging us along. 4 railway was before
ut-a train p,eeing; it stopped q. our cries.
hut re carried away TIE telegraph; ,MtIe7.
ard posts. An Instant atterva1d no perceived
in the distauce red hauee; I teeit noEi the
wind bore us straight for this house. It w4s
death for slE, for Sc should be dashed to pieces.
No cpe spoke Strange to ,of those niue
reranps, ono Of whom .Was i. l*dy. Rho wkra
elir gflg to =: elander> screen 9f oater, fol.
whtm every second scanned e1nated- -not oac
hsd spy fear: AL tongues we're mate: al
wonan, every shock reamed to break her to
pieces. jules GODDARD then tried and accom-;
! sbed an act qt sublime herossm- .Hs clA'n-
btred up the '1dtting, the, thocks Of: y hich
were 70 terrible that Ihrae hmea he. fell on my
bead. At length he Ieaehsd the chord Of. The
valve. which 10 opened, and the gas having a
s.y Of escspe,' The monster ct1Ged to rise,
but It Etili shot along in. a horizontal Gne>
with prod1gious rspldlty- There were ne
.quattlng dnwn upon the Gait oaier, car.,
"1ake carei'' we cried. when tree WAS In
the way; We turned from 1t. aud the tree was
broken, but the balloon was .d,acharglug Its
gas, and, If the imntnse plain we were croas-
rg had yet few leagues, we Were saved.
But suddedly q forest appeared In the hosi-
zou; we must leap out NJ whatever risk, for
tho car uould BE- dashed to pieces at the first
tbts.1n tbe cae ard s1 rasjpg mysei, nov nat low
i-tor l suffered from Wou1d Ii my knees,
! mJ t1ovsers were totn-f jumped, and made
I know not how many revelations, and fall
! upon my bead After q minutes dizziness
4oso. The car WIS then far of By the aid
IF stick I dragged myself To. the forest,
and having gong : lew stsps heard sone
groaps. STINT Felix waz stretched on the
erapnd feasfully disfgured-his body was one
Wound. He had - arm broken, the chest
| torn, sn5 an ankle i1talocated. The car had
disappeared After crossing the river l heard
Ii cry. Nadsr was stretched on the gto1nd
with dislocated thigh; his wife had fallen
into the river. Another companion WAS
shattered. We occupied ourselves with Saint
Felix and Nadar and his vile. In trying to
al tBfst the latter was nearly drowned, for
fell INTO the water snd sa1k They picked
ne, up sgain and found the bath had done
ne good By the assistance Of the fnhabi-
tants the salvage was- got together. Vehicles
~ere brought; they placed us upon straw.
My kpees blsd--Iny loius and hs1d seemed
to be like mince meat; but did not lose my
presence of mind an iuatant. And for mo
1nent felt humilIated at looking from the
truss of straw at those clouds which In the
nigbtI had had under my feet. It was in
this way We reached Ruthena, In Hanover. In
seventeen hours we had made nearly two hun
dred and fifty leagues. Oar course tnfex,.ale
had covered aspace OF three Leagues. Now
THAT 1t is over have some shudder1ugz.. It
does not signify; We have made good jour.
ney, end marvel to see with what indif1er-
ence We may regard the most fr,ghtful death f;
for, ,beeides the prospect Of being dashed about
on our way, we had that Of gaining the sea
and how long should ne haTe lived then?
am glsd to have seen thia-happl.r yet al
having to narrata It to you.