The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-11

~.,,,xc rvor prrFAro TO NEW JERSEY IN I'hh' /
80, uorps-A VOYAGE OF FOUR RCSDREp |
MILES. rRAvsRsISG FIVE STATES.
IL tho annals Of balloon voyages arc ever
,,.rrec,lv and thoroughly made, the ascension
T.om this city last Saturday will ho'd
,,a,c among the foremost, both ia respect 10
p.,snt tho scientific value OF the obserfa-
t;ons made. and the nature OF The COUNTY,
.r.werscd I'm America only two Da''ooh
;o,rne,s have been made, we oelic't, ion "a
Rrtorc cutting loose one OF inc fo.'ses, ~
h;s watch set at exact Bua no .,u'e' au~ 81,
shis cbfouonletcr Professor Aipe GU. ~.
ronc. and the balloon left the srou"o ~ f"0
cisey G04 O'Clock. ,,, sortb tho hal.
ou' nod risen 70 a height of 1,4Ss ieet.
s.rofessor King decided 70 run rather low,
,,d oIloued the Buffalo TO descend so ttat at
49,. ,ir,es the drag-rope would tosIch tne
s.rn,;nd and FREQUENT communication could
T.e had With the people, whose general desire
an,eorri TO ne that the baiioen shoutas
-tcome down." Judging from their cordsal
invitation, but who for the most part were
deaf TO the questions put TO shedi IN feSafo
fo villages aud other prominent landmafEs
- their neiub,orhood. The location of
Wafer Valley, which was passed directly
over at GO. was. however, distinctly ascer-
1ained. This is the southern village IN the
town Of Hamburger, aud very shorty .alleT
leaving it the balloon traseiied over tden.
Hearing the voices OF 4 number OF people,
apparenty celebrating the "e7toIlous
Fnurtb. +" The bslloouistS called out in scpul.
chral tones. "PrepsEe, prepare. prepare
What those who heard the warning Thought
about il Is one Of those things she aerial
travellers did not find out, but 1T had the
efF.c, of putting sudden stop to the voices
from below.
Alter the light of day had died out Pro.
fessor King had sufficient confidence that the
direction ia which he had so far sailed would
he preserved. 10 feel reasonably certain that
fbe lal.oop would travel the mountainous
regions of PcnnSy lvania, and soon the hills
began t, uprcar their hulkS, forbidding
enough in the gloom. But ballast is power
toa balloon. aud there was plenty Of that.
little having been expended and as lofty hill
after hill rose in front little sand would be
spriukled, and the " Buffalo" would grand
" soar over the submits. There was Pc
cuIiar feeling of victory in so easily over
coming those mighty obstacles which the
foot Of mlD could surmount only by
exceeding toll, and which railroads, aided
by all the engineering talent of tue
age, and by all that money can do,
must either cowardly travel around or labo-
riously bore thronglI--a sense of exultation
which only those beings who have had bal
loon experience OF this sort, and perhaps the
birds, can appreciate. One thing was noticed
with pleasure, as range after range OF hills
were passed over, during the hours between
the death OF day ght ana the rise OF the moon,
that the valleys were cultivated, and on
several occasions the whistles of locomo-
lives were heard. These signs OF civiliza-
ton proved that region of country entirely
barbaruus was not being entered, aud no
thing short Of crossing the Allegbanics
would have satisfied any one of The party.
The course could not be accurately deter
mined bttwcen the dying out Of the light and
the rise of the moon. and hence the advent
of Der celestial biyhness was awaited with
much interest, and when the "sweet regent
of the sky" did silver the scene she was
most politely though enthusiastically wei.
coined. The great advantage of her illu-
minating presence was that the direction of
the balloon could be traced. The line of
travel could be ascertained by noting the
course OF the drag-rope over two stationary
objects on The earth, and then the location in
the heavens of fair Luna herself, or that of
the north star, where it was not obscured by
the higher clouds, would supply the third
point necessary 10 fix the direction. So the
.'BuiIalo" sailed all night, flying over peak
after peak, and the eyes Of those she carried
so gallantly were pleased with the sight Of
cultivated lands in the valleys. Below also
were seen many SinuOuS streams, some evil
IDENTITY large, and it is likely that the west
branch of the SuSquehanna, the Juniata
and the Su>quehanna itself were seen, and
perhaps each several times. The mountains
crossed must have been the spurs Of the
~,
the AIieghanies themselves probably crossed
in Clinton county, the TusGrora mountains,
and the Blue mountains.
When day daWncd the Buffalo was found
to be sailing along parallel with the Susque-
hanna, and to the west of it. and just enter
ing the northern portion of York county.
The scene was ndescribably beautiful when
looked upon from such height as that at
which the occupants were. The sun rose
higher as the balloon crossed into Mary land,
and the wind changed, causing it to take
more castery direction, passing over the
SuSquebanna five or six miles above Havre
lie Grace at $40 A. NJ, then ut an altitude
OF nearly 5000 feet. Tie panorama was one
never before untoIded to The eye Of man, the
noble Su>quchanna, opening into Chesapeake
bay and delaware bay and river, with the
surrounding surprisingly beautiful country
for over fifty miles about being given to the
gaze ut once.
At ESQ A. d. the balloon passed directly
over Delaware City, on the western shore OF
Delaware buy, and she WAS then ut u height
of nearly two miles. Three. .nasted sea. gong
vessels in the water below looked no larger
than the little pewter ships which boss buy
for cent or two in the fancy stores. aud the
island on which Fort Delaware stands seemed
no bigger than loZeUge-boX. But up the
Delaware river could be seen New Castle and
Wilmington, Delaware, and League island,
which lies just below Philadelphia, while to
the south the coast could be traced d0wl so
that Cape May was distinctly visible, and
beyond that tue broad eX pan>e of the A lan-
tic ocean. This WAS glory enough for one
voyage, aud AS tue country below WIS adj
Hantageous Eor descent. and the balloon
was travelling rapidly toward the seacoast,
which was not many miles distant, Professor
Hing deciieddo land. The basket fri struck
quite violently in Il corner Of wbeat-teld,
rebounded over bali mile ct Scrub-cak and
hickory sapliaSSs- and then came to doci-
dledy tum,Iltuons settling II 1905 in the
morning. The piece of landing was half
way betwcea salem and Brdgeton, \. D.,
aud the Distance travelled Rss about four
hundred miles Is the crow tlis.--- BuEalei
Courier, July Z
AN EXHIBITION OF EIwrso-BaMoG
remarkable exhibition OF biological power
was siven yesterday afternoon by j. X.
Brown, young country had Of Council