The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-08-08

A, first be answered the complain
vigorously. bnl afterwards be allowe.
Il 10 80 by default, and the proceed
ings we're carried no further \ fe,
short weeks e happiness, followed bl
a few alternate months Of alternate
enlargement aud reconciliation, an
this union, that began not inauspic
iously, was, 10 effect, though never il
law, dissolved"
Since then, Madame Jumel, VII,
has never resumed hef late husband
name, has resided 10 her home a
Washington Heights, comparatively
alone. She knew but few, and cared
not TO extend her list Of friends. Sh,
died on Sunday, possessed Of consid
cradle property which her grand chill
dren will doubtless inherit,
A PeriIOus Balloon Adventure
The New York papers have men.
toned in.their columns Of foreign news
the fact that a great balloon ascension
recently took place in Ireland, the
termination of which was nearly fatal.
They gave, however, no particulars.
BY means Of our foreign files, we are
enabled TO lay before our readesr the
following highly interesting narrative
Of the whole affair by one Of the aeria
adventures. The balloon was oI
enormous size, and belonged to Mr.
Coxwell, the widely.known English
aeronaut, who took part in tho excur,
sion. The writer of the account in
question says:
When Mr.. Coxwell proposed TO de-
scend he gave to US the strictest in.
struction how TO behave. He told us
TO sit down at the bottom of the bask-
ct, with our back towards the willow
work, and to leave our limbs in an
easy, unconstrained position. lie
iorewarned US of the heavy knocks
and bumps we should get, and told us
we must not mind them. On landing
he told US to get out one by one, and
not TO let 90 hold of the car on any
account, as the gas in the balloon was
now comparatively exhausted, and it
had but little buoyancy left. In spite
Of Mr.. CoxwelI's injunciions, some of
the passengers could not be induced
10 sit down. When the car struck
the ground,and was carried along with
great violence, knocking US about Sc
verely, the excitement got intense
Some prayed aloud, others shouted to
Mr.. Coxwell to "let off the gas i 9TH
ers cried out, 1--WE are all lost'-in
short, they behaved in the Widest
manner, losing completely their sell
control. Several of them now pulled
at the valve cord violently, and there
appeared to be general panic. We
who sat down, obeying Mr.. Coxwell's
commands, were trampled upon by
others, AS if it were struggle for life.
AT last the grapnel caught and the
car settled down squarely on the
ground, when Mr.. Coxwell gave the
word to get out; but he repeated his
iniunctions to leave the car one by one,
and by all means TO hold on to the
basket until all were out, Instead OF
that il was scramble, each man for
himself, the more powerful men thrust
ing back the weaker; those getting
first abandoning their hold Of the car
as soon as they reached solid ground ;
others, among whom was Mr. Cox
well, held on, but were obliged to let
90, when the balloon, relieved Of tie
weight of several persons, rose again
with renewed buoyancy.
All this happened in but a very few
moments, SO that when climbed up
on the basket, the balloon was already
at least fifteen feet high, and was left
with a single companion, Mr.. Half
erty. Mr.. Coxwell and some Of the
passengers tried to hold on to the ca.
BILE, but their strength was not ade-
quate TO the task the anchor broke
loose, and off we went, rising to a
heighth of about one thousand feet.
My companion said calmly, The Lord
have mercy upon US; our lives are
lost We had better be resigned. .
| was looking out for the valve cord
to pull the valve, but could not find it.
AT length discovered il entangled ii
the netting. | pulled it, but alas |! il
had no longer any connection with the
valve. Ny companion, who saw me
occupied with the cordage, asked me
whether understood the management
Of balloon mo" ] replied, but
if did it would be OF little avail since
the valve cord is broken" About The
the same time i discovered that We
were again falling, 50 | called out to
my companion to cheer, that we nigh
yet be saved. We were gradually
coming. nearer 10 the earth, and iht
anchor was then striking the ground
from time to time. | looked out IoI
assistance, but could discover none in
the mountain wilderness we were then
careening over. At length saw sev.
eral men, to whom | shouted for help
They, however, staring with vacant
gaze, stood molionless, like 50 many
statues. Onward we swept. saw
another batch Of men, 10 whom made
the same appeal, but with a similar
result. Some remained molionless
a man aud a woman ran away Al iul
speed, and one tall fellow actually
dropped down on his face, struck
down by terror. Onward we swept,
then fearful concussion Of Ihe car,