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

ArrEnT TO DrvRAup PAYxAsrEa-On Saturday
morning young man, giving his name as John n Rde
came TO the Office Of Colonel James B. Sheridan, Pay
MASTER No % Bleeckor street. 70 receive his nal
pay claiming 70 q discharged soldier His discharge
papers were handed over 70 MT stouvenei, Colonel
Bheridans assistant who proclaimed them 70 be for
gerry Ride was Immediately arrested, and placed in
charge Of detective Kline Of the Pay Department The
tion how he came in possession Of the papers,
taken To General Hooker's quarters prior 70 being Inn
prsoned. On his way there he escaped, NED down Null
berry street. but was stopped by officer Ride, finding
himself cornered, struck the officer terrible blow on
the head with which ne carried The officer,
being somewhat stunned was obliged 70 relax his hold
and the prisoner would have escaped second time had
not detective Young appeared and secured the prisoner
who was taken TO General Hooker qu.ers ana placed
which place he reached late in the afternoon He is
young man. twenty three years Of age, and claims 10 be
resident OF New York. The forged papers amounted
10 four hundred and ninety dollars Great precautions
are akeE by the officers Of the Pay Department to guard
aga INST for2eries as quite numoer o. similar papers
have been presented and in some cases. paid by the
paymasters who did not discover their error until too
ntc the forgecs being well executed that 1t is some
what difficult TO detect them. ys4afN NJ 100 4r4
CONSIDERATION or 4 JEWISH tBURrAL HorsE Tho
members of the Jewish congregation shaarai zcdeck
Gates Of Prayer, worshppng in Henry street, yester
day morning consecreted a .burial house, - newly
in the Baysde Cemetery the property Of the
gregation There present OF all the
Jewish congregations in the city, and the ceremonies
incidental to the occasion most impressive Tho
Rev. DR.. 3ondi inaugurated the proceedings with
able discourse tho German language, and his remarks
were followed by those Of Messrs Genzler, Cohen,
Hirschfed, Japha and Late An eloquent English ad-
dress was also delivered by J. Solomon, ESQ.,, subsa
quent TO which the participants In the ceremonies
returned 10 the city which they reached at late hour in
the afternoon f
UNPLEASANT PROSPECT FOR GAS CossuHERs.-On Fri
day last by unaccountable cause the underneath
portion Of about seventy thousand tons Of coal
ignted in Metropolitan Gas Light Companys yard, foot
d1fra a,bt
has bec1 burning less The alarm of fire Sum-
day morning. between and ten O'Clock caused by
the burning Of this coal Captain Todd of the police
habor boat last night telegraphed for supply of hose
from the Fire Department II seems that great exer-
tions being made to extnguish the fire. II they
should not succeed the consuming OF so much coal may
suspension of gas and the citizens Of the upper
part Of the city may find themselves in darkness gs
Ballooning by Night for Scientific Pur-
poses.
Mr. Glashcr is making series Of balloon ascents by
night from England the purpose of scientific OBJ
sevation in the opinion OF tho members OF the British
Association, IN session Birmingham, the tempera-
re Of the air and natural laws holding good by day
very high elevation may be quite different
versod at night. During his first journey the nstru-
ments were read by of a wellconstructed Bavy
miners lamp with which experiments had previously
been made.
Monday, October Q, when the had set for nearly
quarters bour and night had fairly closed in
the shining and the wind passing from eastsonth
east Mr. Cashier left Woolwich Arsenal about twenty
minutes past six O'Clock Within three four minutes
height Of nine hundred feet reached and here the
scene which burst him almost exceeds description
Immediately under Woolwieh north was Blackwell
and the Commercial road, south Greenwich and Dept
ford, and west Ear and farther than the eye could
reach, London-the whole forming starry spectacle
of great brilliancy
The whole of woowich Blackwell Deptford and Green
wch could he traced perfect model, by the bound
ary 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
Greenwich reach and from thence up tho river !hames
in straight line from Woowich, 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
Middlescx the direction OF Uxbridge. Here not
single object could anywhere DO seen; not sound
reached the ear; the of London lost The moon
shining but seemed to give light and the earth
seemed black obscurity After time the moon seemed
shine with increased brillancy the fields gradually
into view Then the shadow of the balloon
distinctly pointing out path in reference to the pole star
and the moon. Al III Ism, while passing town, he
came down TO inquire where he but the voice was
drowned by the beating Of drums Thus he passed out
OF Mddesex, over parts Of Bucknghamshire and Berk
shire 10 High Moor in 0xordshire where he descended
The temperature Of the air at Woowich at Oh. 26m.
was 81 deg min. and 80 deg at h. 20 min. II Inn
med atey rose above 80 deg on leaving The dilhcuty
were lost In attempts TO do so At 100 feet the tempe
IS deg min and Increased with increase
Of elevation, til at the height Of about 1000 feet 1t was
about 90 deg, or about deg higher than when the
earth was left On descending the temperature de-
cned and when about 800 feet about 81 deg two
three tines the balloon and fell through the space
of from 900 TO 500 feet and every occasion the high
EFT temp at the highest point and the lowest
Mt the lowest point At tho Royal Observatory Green
wch the temperature Of the air was SO deg min at
h. 20 mn and decreased gradually TO 55s{ deg by b.
80 min From this IL would seem that nc h. 20 min
the air was less than 80 deg warmer ut Green.
witch than WOOlwich and III its readings In the bal
loon no compared with those at Greenwich the increase
with elevation liz much essened Two selfregsterfng
mnim thermometers were tied down. the one with its
bulb resting cotton WOOL fully exposed to the sky
the other with its bulb projecting beyond the supporting
nu,e their indexes were At the end OF the column OF
spirit on starting or At % deg and :, escy sond
between it's index (which renamed unmoved) and the
end OF the column OF spirit, indicating temperature
closely approximate ut all times TO the temperature OF
the air Finding this, he removed the silver caps from
the dry and wet bulb thermometers, but could not find
that their presence absence the readings ut
ALL At the Royal Observatory Greenwich the thermome
for terrestrial radiation read from deg. TO deg
below that Of the temperature Of the air during
the whole time the balloon was In the air The tenn
Of 1000 feet In the early part Of the ascent from
deg below that OF the air. and ~ about the same
elevation from 70 deg at the latter par OF the
ascent Al Greenwich the depression below that OF the
air. at $50 ~ deg, and at $50 was NO less than
half dsgee. The degree Of humidity Of the air con-
nderng air completely saturated Represented by 100 a.
the beginning Of the ascent In tho balloon &C. at
Greenwich was "a towards the latter part u the ascent
WAS in the balloon So and Greenwich s7 The state
Ing % Ss sr e
foot Of air. aud 1t the elevation towards the end
No ozone was shown al the Royal Observatory but in
the balloon paper tests coored " g. scale Of
greatest intensity being considered TO-
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