Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-27
NlQng. CheHaILar and hIs BaIIoan.


Prof Chevalier, the famous eronaut,
who proposes 10 undertake a voyage
to Europe in his balloon, PEsperance,
has been making another ascension
from New York, in order to accustom
himself thoroughly to the manage
ment Of his new balloon prior 10 de
parting or his hazardous voyage. OF
this last ascension the Herald says:
The second trial trip of Mons. Che
valieV ia his mammoth balloon, PEs-
perance, preliminary to his projected
GrOnautic voyage across the Atlantic,
took place yesterday afternoon, II
Landmarks Hamilton Paris, corner
of Third aVGnae ana SfXty-ninth
street, il the presence Of about 2lA0
spectators. The exhibition was pre-
faced hy q promenade concert, COM
mencing at TWO O'Clock, and the visit
Ors managed to beguile the hours oc-
cupied by the tedious details OF pre-
paratiOn in accordance with the die
tateSnof their own wills and in the
manEbF characteristic OF New N0rk
holiday occasions.
The ascension WQs announced to
take place at 5 pm, but, owing to
unforeseen delays, il did not occur till
nearly an hour later. 1t was also an
nounced that Il japanese prince would
risk the pcrils OF an aerial fight, sus-
pended between the heavens and the
earth. ike NiOhammdd's coffin: but
the Jap. declined the proffered honor
at the last moment. Ihe pluckY
ChevalieF, however, soon procured q
companion i'm the person Of Mr.. Grin
nell, an Englishman, who came with
him to this country.
During the process of imitation the
unwieldy monster struggled 90 be
free, and the united strength Of sixty
ablehOdied men We're required TO pre-
vent a premature ascent. At eight
minutes to six, however, everything
being in readiness, the graphing irons
were cast of, the last bags of sand
thrown out, and LiEsperance glided
into the air, slowly at first, but with a
strong and steady upward motion.
The crowd beneath shouted a steady
farewell, the band discOursed apprO-
pirate music, and above the rapidly
diminishing forms of the aerial vOya-
gers were seen bowling and waving
their polite adieuX.
The ballOGR took an eastWard1y
route for a time, and then veeed to-
ward the north, and in a few minutes
commenced descending rapidly till it
was lost tQView behind the range of
trees, and the spectators departed,
some of them disappointed of their
morbid hopes of seeing something
tragic, or at1east sensational, but most
of them well pleased with the days
exhibition.
Mons. Chevalier descended safely
near Astoria, Long Island, at half
past six O'Clock, after having reached
an altitude of two miles,
The English papers record toll
erahly smart mot that is attributed to
Earl Clarendon, the present Foreign
Minister for Great Britain. Mr.. Sum-
ner, after living into advanced age a
bachelor. married, three years since,
a young widow of great personal at
fractions. Recently the man and wife
have, on the ground ofineompatibility
of temper, separated. Lord Claren-
don, being asked what impression Mr..
Summers speech had made upon him,
answered: =" | have read it sir, with
much interest, and have formed from
it very high opinion of-Mrs. Sum
ner."
"A Washington correspondent says
Mrs. SpragUe has returned to that
city looking palely serene. She made
the much-talked-of South Carolina
Aiken celebrated by her sojOVrn there,
and the place seems to have given her
nothing in return but a disgust Of it.
She found the watering town a squalid
fraud, and the much vaunted hotel a
hospital for consumptive patients, its
atmosphere reeking with night sweats,
and the cobble stones of the streets
about it coughing at her as she walked
them. Under the circumstances it is
consoling to know that this accom-
plished lady is North again. 1t would
be comfortable to be assured that
Thurlow Weed had remained.