The New York herald., 1873-09-18
THE SUN NOT INTERVIEWED.
One Mile and Half Toward Heaven
In a Thirty-KnOt Breeze.
ESCENT AT CORNING.
The Professor Lands His Passeu-
gers, Takes in Ballast and
Goes It Alone.

CORNING, N. Y, Sept. II, 1873.
Although the Budalo balloon has not up to this
moment quite equalled tho general expectation Of
the good citizens Of the place after which It Ia
named, IL has nevertheless achieved the task Of
creating tremendous excitement throughout the
lower lake regions. The aerostat was the hand
soonest ever made In any country, 30 lar a. the
records tell being elaborately decuated In car
mine, black ana green scroll work and lettering.
Its capacity was o. 600 feet, bot 1t contained only
about 900 leet OF gas when II rst left the earth
The Advertisements at BufiA0 stated that
THE MMENsB GAS BAG Etgnls
was to ascend at two O'Clock yesterday from the
Terrace Park, at the corner Of Church street. But
Tor an hour before that time fifty thousand persons
had congregated In the vicinity Of the imitation.
House tops, windows, walls, trees, every inch Of
vantage ground was occupied by the eager wit
nesses, who must have exceeded seventy thousand
at the hour Of departure. The aerial party CON
sisted OF MIR. King, the aeronaut; the HERALD COR
respondent and three other gentlemen represent.
ing the press ai Buffalo and Boston. Every pre-.
caution had been taken to provide ior the tenn
pOral necessities Of the heavenward travellers aS
was confidently expected that
RIDE OF SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES
would ensue. At liteen minutes to three O'Clock,
amid the cheers of the multitude, the ringing
OF bells and the shrieking OF locomotive, factory
and steamboat whistles, the Bufal0, under the
skiul management OF Mr.. King, rose majesttcally
upward and instantly struck course that was
about east-s0utheast. Rapidly ascending above the
lakes and the delightful country around BufSalo wo
struck across Erie, Wyoming, Livingston, por-
ton Of Schuyler and Steupen countess passing over
the towns Of Chicxtowaga, Morila, Bennington,
Utica, Orange, Warsaw, CASTLE, Mount Morris,
Sparta. Springwater, OonhoctOn, Prattsburg, Put
ney Wayne Tyrone, Orange, Schuyler county ana
HOrnby, coming down In the L0ttie township ~
about quarter-past nine O'CLOCK, having travelled
about 125 miles. Contrary to expectation the
speed at which we travelled was quite slow, the
highest rate Of speed not exceeding thirty miles an
hour. During the FIRST four hours and half
namely up to halfpast six-we experienced nearly
every kind Of balloon sensation. We went ABOUT
A NILE AND THREE QUARTERS HIGH,
through and alb owe the clouds for about forty miles;
saw glorious sunset; became warm ana exceed
ingly cold by and rode along near the ground
by aid of the drag rope for many miles. Our
course up to dark continued In the east-south
easterly direction, and It was not until about
eight O'Clock that we struck across portion OF
Crooked Lake about two miles south of Bluff Point,
ana entered Schuyler county at Tyrone, FROM
which time the course was almost southeast.
THE VELOCITY or THE WIND
ut no time exceeded thirty miles an hour, and fox
an hour before we landed our rope had been
dragging over the tops OF the trees and the farm
houses at the rate OF only six miles an hour Alter
dark the difficulties OF navigation were essened
BY the bright stars overhead and the immense
brush fires that blazed beneath us.
THE PROFESSOR GOES IT ALONE.
At one O'Clock to-day. It being decided that rhe
balloon could not carry the entire party With
safety, Mr.. King was supplied with twenty bags Of
ballast and started to continue the voyage alone,
the balloon taking an esstery direction 80 long a.
he remained In the lower currents.
The Balloon Seen from Lisle and White
ney's Point.
BINGHAMPrON, Sept. II, 1873.
large balloon, probably the Buffalo, passed over
the villages OF Lisle and Whtneys Point at I'VE p.
M. to-day. Dispatches were dropped at the former
place.
The Professor Leaves His Card.
wHrrNEYs POINT, N. Y, Sept II, 1873.
The balloon City Of Buffalo passed over this place
at four O'Clock this afternoon. paper from tho
halloon endorsed professor King, BufYalO,V