The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-07-24
Transatlantic Balooning.
From the Boston Post. ]

waited for the bed to cone round to him
ever supposed that his identical princi-
pie of lOcomotion would be taken up
to be utilized in making the aerial pas
sage of the Atlantic. But unless Prof.
Wise, the prince of aeronauts, hNs sue
ceeded in making himself very much
misunderstood that is the precise plan
that is at the present time coiling and m-
coiing its springs III its head, and he
fondly anticipates the pleasure of MT
king practice out of this theory on the
occurrence of the centennial ut Phila-
delphia. If he should succeed in this
pretty miracle, science and the centen-
ary would ever after be twined in the
historical recollection. The professor
found liberal lack of faith in his pro-
ect in this community, owing to causes
over which no balloonist could well be
expected to have control Our city au-
thOrities were on other things inclined,
and for aeronauts had no mind. 1t was
asort of warning to them to behold how
very dear gas had become. They felt
that they had too loud calls for service
on the earth to think just now of going
sup in balloon" And remembering
Vienna might be seen in its confusion
of commissioners and chaos of contri-
buttons, with quite as much certainty
by stepping ON board II steamer at our
wharves, they prudentIy conrIu-
! ded to let Vienna and balloons go
their own gait for the present, and try
to lift the pressure Of matters from the
| shoulders OF the community. So that
if Prof Wise is allowed to demonstrate
his neat rotatory theory at all, he will
have the lasting satisfaction Of hitching
it ON to the centenary occasion, OF
which, indeed, it will by no means be
| unworthy if success. The aeronaut's
idea is that there is beltin space above
the atmospheric and grayitation intlu-
ences of the earth which he can easily
reach, and where he can subsist until
such time MS the planet revolves suff-
ciently to bring his balloon over Eu-
rope, and then he will come down and
illustrate in new way "the descent of
man.
Like the problem of perpetual mo-
tion it is perfectly sure thing as soon
as the controlling element in it is fairly
laid hold of and secured. Once har-
ness that into the plan, and no doubt
the work is accomplished. Get the per-
petual feature into the motion conum-
drum, and it is as plain as your hat.
So if the professor can once get above
the reach of the law of grnyitNtion, and
manage to keep alive up there without
any of the ordinary sublunary incon-
venences, he may drop at length into
the lap of Europe and embodied tri-
umph of aerial navigation. OF course,
it would be presumptuous to question
his ability to scale those heighths of
space where the annoying atmospheric
currents are not allowed to play even mt
their base 1t may be rs we'll to con
cede at once that he can manage the
problem of the upper currents as easl-
ly as tho pastry cook handles the upper
crust for there are no laurels of very
striking verdure to be won, oven in out
reasoning him on that well-bon field.
But when it comes. TO that eastward
drift of which ho speaks with such
scientific confidence, he has clearly
struck vein of which good many
persons will insist that they know as
much as he does. 1t is pretty idea,
nevertheless, that of remaining poised
above the earth until it has turned over
certain distance, and then dropping
down three thousand miles away, and
in the exact spot desired. 1t may an
swer to style it crossing the Atlantic,
but the voyager will have had no more
experience of the Atlantic than of the
Pacific. If sick Mt that latitude, could
it be called legitimate sea-sickncss?
The experiments suggests, however,
variety of ideas, one OF which is that,
in case of hostilities with European
powers, by contriving catapult of suf-
ficient projectile energy, shells and such
might be sent up to that particular
point in space of which Professor Wise
speaks, and held there until the nation
comes under for which they were in
tended. The gas bill for this centenary
balloon may thus be a low for the reva-
lations it would draw after it.
Mr.. SAMUEL BLACK of Essex county,
Ontario, has very pretty daughter
who caused him world of trouble by
her willful preference for Charles
Wigle, highly improper young man
of that vicinity. Last week the cou-
pie went off on two days steamer ex-
cursion, apd the father, declaring that
he couldn't leave his corn and potatoes
to run after that girl half his time, met
them at the landing on their return and
shot Wigle dead.
CHICAGO conducts her murder trials
on business-like principles. Philip
Brown, a colored barber, was placed on
trial at half-past 10 O'Clock, the other
morning. for smashing in q fellow