The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-11-14

- - 1aspp siasa AsseEe the rcaxsh. 4
1nsSdpll idsyin august, just after noon,
balloon rose Ia the air &C the foot of
Set Hills, on the western edge of tue
t<ssplSin of Epgtatd.t II Haai aastSd
h the 1ightast Of gases which ohemi-
elill coqld produce, and it rose. with
Sing vslecityY a milH up and it en-
red stratum of cloud more than q
busana feet Thick Emerging, from
Is. the sun Bhons. brightly on The cir
Lee the skYcoverheud was of the clearest
aeepest blue, and below lay cloud
an imme easlrable expanse of white
bud, whose Dnrfacs looked rs solid as
at cf athpsearsh not wholly lost to view.
knoatt tainss and deep, dark ravines,
below. the peak and sides Of
ssa psopd mountains next to the sun,
ittering like SNOW, but casting shadows
SftAey we're solid rock. Uprose the bal
B with tfSn6endous velocity. Four
3ilsaa above The earth pigeon was loosed;
dEopped down as if it was stone. The
r9WAs s6o thin TO enable it to fly. It
III ,ds if n bardue laden to the deck were
pass from the heavy waters of the sea
TO nm inlend unsaline; lake. the barque
onid sitik OF once in the thinner water.
(p, us, tstill higher | What n silence
Eofodna The heights of the sky were
I'LL &s' The deepest depths OF the ocean,
9he-e, as wss found during the search
br the last Atlantic cable, the mud lies
dnstirred from yearSto year ms the dust
}hiSh impereeptiblY gathers on the fur
litute of a deserted houso. No sound,
% lifeZoniy the bright sunshine falling
hrough d sky it could not wurm.
4 Up-miles above the earth t-higher
han the Inaccessible summit of CHM
orazo or Dawapgiri. Despite the sun
|,hine, everything freezes. The air grows
oo thin to support life, even for few
ninutes. Two men only are in that ad-
}enturous bailoon-the one steering the
8if'ship, the other watching the scientific
hatruEe ents. aud recording them with u
lapidity. OF long practice. Suddenly, as
be latter looks at his instrument, his
light gro gg3 dimc he takes lens to
help his sight, and only marks from tho
3allipgs barometer that they are testing
aptas IA aask % brandy lies within n
loot of him; he tries to reach it, but his
Srms reSuse'to obey his will He tries
10 call on his comrade, who has gone up
la the tinglabote; a whisper in that deep
biiepeen would snffice-but no sound
bones from his lips-he is voiceless. The
5teersman comes down in tho car; he
beas4his comrade in a swoon, and he feels
bis ossn sense failing him.
He saw ut ouce that life aud death
|innK upon few moments He seized
pr tried to seize tho valve, in order to let
put the gus. He seized the valve with
his teeth, 10 opened IL little-once, twice,
thrice. Tie balloon began to descend.
I,n 4
to CONSCIOUSNESS aud saw the steersmnn
standing before him. He looked at his
Instruments; but now the barometer was
rising rapidly; the balloon was descend
ing. Brandy was used. They had been
higher above the earth than mortal man
or any living thing had ever been before
One minnie more. of innction--of COM
puisory inaction-on the part of steers
man whose senses were failing him.
end the air ship, with its intensely rare
fed gas would have been floating unat-
tended, with two cotpses in the wide
realms Of space
3itu rAs!Hl Iliif no.
~ The LEAyE-ALoNEP PoLIcy The latest
eduices from Salt Lake should quiet the
denandifor the adoption of n stern anti
Mormon policy by the General Govern
nent. The, system is in danger from
iafinences which are at work among the
Mofmona themselves and these inhu-
ences Will gather strength if there be no
federal interference to counteract them
Tie predictions OF those who relied
upon the effects Of free communication
with the oslsside world are being rapidly
verified. Foes sof Brigham Young are
springinganp in his own household, his
sway is challenged by his own followers,
and time only Is now needed to render
his etsnsions harmless The leave
alone policy viii work best.
Al last The secret of Mrs. Stoves
The Story has come to light. The
New York, Herald has discovered that sh Q
has g popk in press On Lord Byron, and