The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-17
ASCENSION OF PROF. LOVES BALLOON.

70 Cuyaba or towards the east
ASCENSION OF PROF. LOVES BALLOON.
Great Crowds-Views or Our Country
Decentralization and GravitatfOn-
Auction Sale or Balloon Ttckets-The
Ascension and Course steered, DC.
According announcement Professor loves balloon,
the Quaker City, assembled q voyage last evening
from the enclosed grounds corner Of Ftyninth street
and Sixth avenue, just at the entrance To the Park
During the day great numbers Of persons, usual,
arrived on the grounds from all parts Of the city, and by
the different public conveyances 10 the balloons that
are to sstonish country cousins by their size
and the use 70 which they put great number Of
sscensions were made in the balloon 'Vp,td states
which held fast below by means 81 rope. But as all
this hes been described before Is the HERALD there s no
iced 70 travel over the same ground
Between four and i've O'Clock the grounds were pretty
we'll filled with IN anxious and curious crowd who
DESTROYS 70 sse the ascension OF ths unker City Many
Of these ha2 seen the other balloon 60 up eight hum
dred fset ~ hold by rope; but by far the larger
number had never witnessed 30 stupendous feat
circular ship sailing In the air without the aid Of either
sails or steam and many and dire the cenjectures
respecting the fate Of ths aesl mariners who should
venture their precious lives at such height
some or the spectators One elderly lady actually in
formed younger one who might have been her daughter
that the balloon expected to go up TO the height Of at
least atty miles But" Intercepted the young LADY,
Suppose the gentlemen should fall from such height
would they not be dead from loss Of breath before they
reached the groundi" ''Nonsense child" said an old
gentleman who with them, and was,
of course, the young.s lady's uncle; at
the height Of nfty miles they will be beyond
the earths attraction, and may possibly hit the
attraction Of the moon, and-"Halloo, old gentleman
you treading corns called out young dandy
who endcavoring to light his cigar with match he
had Just gnited Here the cooquy ended and perhaps
aprofound dissertation the practcabiy Of reaching
the moon with description Of the inhabitants human
and beas6a and other matters pertaining thereto,
cut short.
length tho time approached for the departure OF the
Quaker City to the upper regions when It announced
that tickets would be sold auction to such persons
as wished to undertake the aerial voyage. The first
ticket being put up, received at once bid for $25
which increased at the rate, sometimes of SO and
times Of IS each bid which succeeded each other very
brskly till the ticket was knocked down,for $100 The
Other ticket brought $40
Nothing now remained but cast loose and bid good
by to those below. This DONE and easily
that of that fuss observed that formerly attend
ed balloon ascension when it necessary for some
two dozen bags Of sand be attached to the lower cords
with strong man to each 70 hold on and e unho2k e
the right moment Yesterday tcf8 MS nothing Of the
Sort bdt the gapnel having been placed in the car
and the voyagers having taken their places at given
signal the slight hold the balloon had on the earth was
oosed, and she SCARED upward steadily and majescaly
Never was there an afternoon more favorable for an
horizon to xepith, and the wind murnured in gentle
zephyrs Indeed the absence Of clouds may be consid
cred as 70 the asrs! voyagor as nothing
Nard than topass through the cloud region, view the
clouds beneath you and them gepassng them ind your
As the balloon rapidly from tho earth an ln sh
girl who had witnessed with admiration several ascen
day.. exclaimed aHoiy Mother Of Noses what pity
that such beautiful balloon should be lostl" She
thought had broken from IT, moer , and would never
the thing remembering the men who were 10 IL
On gaining altitude Of few hundred feet the grace
breeze took norhwcsterly direction, when Il remained
poised in air almost without motion, the wind having
SsoSa as Ss~
a. present s unanSwn began e as,csHa wn gentle
Sou S
northeast and having attained boght Of about mile
and half the shades Of evening shut 1t out from torres
Whom tho Quaker City was about descending in the
Park Professor Lowe was getting ready the United
States ascend in her stead himself in CHARGE but
the former BALBOA rcganed her ascensve power he did
not carry out the intention.
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were naucou, oWng 70 .1s numsVvs a,I s, yi
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and visor as ID had done during the entire afternoon
Numbers OF persons were constantly ARRIVING ana depart
others of WITNESSING the pyroschnc display The scene
from the aerial 1t night is described having boon
magnncenty grand the long rows .. stres, lamps wnen
s,ars unon dress nayodc and Ike steamers unon the
advantage against the dark background.
Az as II dark small paper balloons were scnt
on at stated Intervals upon special service snspenoea