, 1874-10-02


tho mauagors Of d bro1on sayinSs-Innk
docs not oxlst, except in part Of tho
Hartford pross. which Ind eaeorly soized Tho
chaneo to display It's ieslouBy Of Now lIascn.
Mooh sympathy is expressed for Mr. Townsend
tne froa1dent OF tho bank. Ho Inns boon long
anu hohofably known iu Now Haven. Not tho
shehteBs charge against his integrity Is NOW
made. His unwarrnnted confidence III Cornelius
NashneA has involved him In disaster from
Which 1t is TO bo hoped tint ho may specdily ro-
eovor. He ia yet In tho primo Of lifo. and .hero
ID general bollof among hiH friends that ho viii
ultimately repay tho depoBitors ont of lls future
earnings H>latoYer tho banl-aaaets fall to give
thom.
Iho earlfest aoronautio experiments, It will bo
remembered, woro mudo in tho 1atter part Of tho
last century, tho c!avatng power OF balloons boue
hontod air. 30 many disasters followed tl.ta
system, which waa named aftor its aia-
coycror, hontgolaor, that, on tho pronortic.
Of hydrogen and tho application Of this
light gas to balloons, tho danperonn
hoated.air process WAS readily abandoned.
scenco novor gavo tho aJstom fair trial. but at
The suggestion Of another Fronchmap. II.
Alepior, it is making experiments with tlre it-
atoad of gas. L trial Was xocently atto,nntct} at
Woolwlch Arsenal. England, with an enormous
Montgol1er balloon 235 feet in diametor. The
monster was inflated by means OF eiant petro-
ioun lamp feet in diameter, covered by a cop
por Argnna-chimney 81 feet high running into
the body OF the balloon. Tho material OF which
tho bag Ia constructed Is tho finest Fronch calm
brio, not oiled, and is protected from Bcorching
by M ingenious mechanical arrangement by
monns OF which the curront OF hot mir
from tho chimney Is distributed through
tho bug. Tho purpose for which such balloon
III to 10 used is puruly military ut present. Il
oan be inflated III ten minutos, is oasily carried
with the impedimonta Of IN army, mud is not
liable to damage. It fs proposed to soud up ono
OF theso air.ships, confined by rope, for tho
purpose of reconnoitorinE vast territory in the
daytime and ElginE signals at night, which
would be Of great service from military ataud-
point It IL from scientiho point Of viow bow
ever, that II. Memoirs invention possesses tho
greatest intureRt. The science of balooping
nowadays is confined to tho alternate OK
penditnre Of gas and ballast, tho ouo
constant and tlo oshor q marc cor
rection Of tho Waste. by process which
would continuo to supply tho olevatiug power,
the dangor in long trips would DO greatly dimin-
ishod, aud tho croasiuE of tho Atlantic, for i'll
stance, comparatively easy matter. It il near-
" timo that attention was called away from tho
hydrogen balloon. The countlcas experiments
made by it have only demonstrated It's uureliab]c
character. 1t is ready to burst ut any moment
on suddenly emerging from dense atmospheric
strata intu more teuuous air, and, the stock Of
ballast onco out, D descent ii inoyitablo. Thc1o
aro dnngors In tho fire-bailoon. but modesa i'm
proyomonts hago not boon applied to offaot them.
It is even possible that tho very, heat which ill.,
1latos tho bag may bo used to propol 1t. II,
.1oci
England very decidedly,
Tho principle in law that 1t ID hnttor that teu
guilty men escape punishment than tia. ono
innocent person should suffer, appears to bo
violated daily by tho detention Of witnesses.
Tho subject Of dctatning gWitnessos-presumabl
Innocent peraon8-ca,ne up In tie Now York
Police Board q few days ago, tho attoutton Of
tho Commissioners having been called to tho
subject Gil tho score Of economy, not OF injus-
tice. Tho officer in charge Of tlo House Of
Detention, having bcon called upon to prepare o
list OF oil persons who have boon detained siuco
January rovoaiod curious state OF aIairs,
The report showed that 28 persons bus boon d.
tanned for longth Of tnlo varying from 50 to
31t days, aud tho unfortunate porson who has
been Imprisoned for nearly yoar has no pros-
pect OF ohtainiug rolaaso yet+ This soo,ns TO
be cruol hardship. Hcre ia one forgor kept in
prison awaiting tr.al aud four Witnesses against
him. two nlon and two women, detained ssveraly
31i, 223 u.s. aud 10S days, in order to Hocure lta
conviction. In tho Case Of e. s. Stokos, tilroo
witnesses wero held for 139 days. In the case Of
Giuseppe Daccar, charged with a feonlous u.s.
aault, threo mon haye already been detained for
81 days without any hopo Of spaody releaae, whlo
one William Hamltozs, charged with bigamy,
fn Jim t.1ylI+ % i.4a: a:.IS.