The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-30

City Intelliscnce.
ArrKnrr TO DErRAuD PAyxAsTER-On Saturday
morning young man, giving his name a. John H Ride
came the office OF Colonel James B. Sheridan, Pay
MASTER ct No es Bleeckor street. 70 receive his final
pay, claiming 70 be discharged soldier His discharge
papers were handed over 10 Mr. stouvenei, Colonel
Sherdan's assistant who proclaimed them 70 DO Tor
gerry. Ride Immediately arrested, and placed IN
charge Of detective Kline, Of the Pay Department The
prisoner not being able TO give Satisfactory explana
on ~ 70 now ne came N nr sne I'M
prisoned On his way there he escaped, NED down Null
berry street. but stopped by an oicer Ride finding
himself cornered struck the officer terrible blow on
the head with a cane which ne carried The officer,
being somewhat stunned, obliged 70 relax his hold
not detective Young appeared and secured the prisoner
who was taken TO General Hookers quarters ana placed
under guard prior TO his being sent TO Fort LAFAYETTE
which place he reached late in the afternoon He is q
young twenty three years Of age and CLAIMS 10 be
a resident OF New York. The forged papers amounted
10 four hundred and ninety dollars Great precautions
akeE by the officers tho Pay Department to guard
against forgeres, quite number Of similar papers
have been presented and 70 some Eases p'a 1y tne
ate the orgees being well executed that IL is some
what difficult to detect them. 4Ng t.qil
CONSOLATION OF a JEWISH BURIAL HORSE Tho
members of the Jewish congregation shaarai zedeck
Gates Of Prayer worshipping in Henry street. yester
day morning consecreted a s'burial house, /" newly
erected in the Baysde Cemetery the property Of the
gregaon There present representatives of all the
Jewish congregations in the city, and the ceremonies
incidental TO the occasion most Impressive. Tho
Rev. DR. Bondi nauguraed the proceedings with
able discourse the German language and his remarks
we're followed by those OF Messrs. Genzer, Cohen,
Hirschfeld, Japha and Iatz An eloquent English nd.
dress also delivered by j. Solomon, Esq, subse
quent 70 which the participants IN the ceremonies
returned TO the city, which they reached at late hour in
the afternoon. 3l
\ UNPLEASANT PROSPECT FOR GAS CONSUMERS. Fri
day last by unaccountabe cause, the underneath
portion Of about seventy thousand tons of coal
gnited in Metropolitan Gas Light Companys yard, foot
OF Forty second street. North river since which time it
has been burning or less The alarm of fire Sun
day morning. between nine and ten o'clock caused by
the burning of this coal Captain Todd, Of the police
harb0r boat last night teegaphed for supply of hose
from the Fire Department II seems that great
ions being made TO extingush the fire. II they
should not succeed the consuming Of much coal may
suspension Of gas and the citizens of the upper
part OF the city may find themselves in darkness.
Ballooning by Night for Scientific Pur-
poses. EaaG*#
Mr. Glashicr is making series Of balloon ascents by
night, from England, for the purpose OF scientific OBJ
servaon asin opinion tho members OF the British
Association, session at Birmingham the tempera-
ture Of the air and natural holding good by day
very high elevation may quite different,
versed at night During his first Journey the instru-
ments read by means of well-constructed Davy
miners lamp, with which experiments had previously
been made.
Monday October O. when the had set for nearly
threeqnarcrs of hour and night had fairly closed in,
the moon shining and the wind passing from eassouth-
east Mr. Cashier left Woowich Arsenal about twenty
minutes past six O'Clock Within -four minutes
height OF nine hundred reached, and here the
scene which burst on him almost exceeds description.
Immediately under Woolwich, north was Blackwell
and the Commercial road south Greenwich and Dept
ford and west far and farther than the eye could
REACH London-the whole forming starry spectacle
ar gre hri1
The whole Of Woolwch Blackwell, Deptford and Green
witch could he traced perfect model by the bound
lines OF lights OF their streets, squares &C In nine
minutes he crossing Blackwell reach and opposite to
Brunswick pier then passed across the Isle OF Dogs,
Greenwch reach ana from thence Up inc river inaes
in straight line from Wo0!wch, which distance had
been passed in about half hour travelling at the rate
OF more than 20 miles per hour. In six or seven
minutes he left the suburbs OF London, passing over
Mddlesox IN the direction OF Uxbrdgc Here not
single object could anywhere DO seen; not ia sound
was shining hut seemed to give no light and the earth
seemed black obscury. After time the moon seemed
into view Then the shadow of the balloon was seen
distinctly pointing out path in reference to the pole star
and me moon Az ~ ISM while passing .own' nc
drowned by the beating OF drums Thus he passed out
OF Middesex over parts Of Bucknghamshre and Berk-
shire TO High Moor In Oxfordshire, where he descended
The temperature Of the air at Woolwich at Oh. 25m.
was 81 deg. min. and 10 deg. at h. 20 min. II i'm
med ately above SO deg leaving The difficulty
experienced in reading was great that
were lost in attempts to do So At 100 feet the tempe
nature IS deg. min and it increased with increase
Of elevation, till at the height Of about 1000 feet IL
about 90 deg, about deg higher than when the
earth left On descending the temperature de-
cned and when about 900 feet about 81 deg two
three times the balloon and fell through the space
of from 600 TO 500 feet and every occasion the high
est temp nature at the highest point and the lowest
the lowest point At tho Royal Observatory, Green
wich the temperature of the air SO deg min. at
h. 20 min, and decreased gradually 10 56a deg by b.
80 min. From this il would seem that at Q h. 20 min.
the air less than 80 deg. warmer at Green.
loon he compared with those at Greenwich the increase
with elevation is much lessened Two sefregisiering
minim thermometers tied down, the one with its
bulb resting cotton WOOL fully exposed to the sky,
frame their indexes the end OF the column OF
spirit starting, at SO deg and at every examina
ton Of each Of these instruments space was found
between its index (which renamed unmoved) and the
end Of the column Of spirit indicating temperature
closely approximate Mt all times to the temperature Of
the air Finding this he removed the silver caps from
the dry and wet bulb thernoeters but could not IND
that their absence Influenced the readings ut
ter for terrestrial radiation read from deg to deg
below that Of the temperature Of the air during
the whole time the balloon In the air. The tenn
peranre Ut which dew deposited ut about the height
to deg below that OF the air; and about the
elevation from 70 deg at the latter pat OF the
ascent At Greenwich the depression below that OF tho
air, at 80 az deg and 1t 80 was no less than
half degree. The degree o. humidity Of the ar con
dering completely saturated Represented by 100 AZ
the beginning Of the asccnt In tho balloon was %, at
Greenwich was "a towards the latter part " the ascent
wns In the balloon &C. and At Greenwich w. The state
Of things completely reversed, and would Indicate
that the water in the air had descended The amount s
the beginning Of the ascent was b grains In cubic
foot OF air and at the same elevation towards the end
Of the ascent was AZ grains in the same mass Of air