New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-10-24

| Medium of aerOstatjoo The ascensinpi at q
attempted to imnose unon ,he ,ubli, bv
| sham ballast. II consi.tsd Of huge b,les
which seemed solid INT were in fact but
bales of paper printed in the names of the
| pr,ieotors. and intended RI he scattered
| broadcast amone ,be nson,e These hits of
paper promised to nav prize to the holder
| wbt never the demand should be nresented
| As the projectors exnected 70 he starring
| around in The spheres. there was little
danger that thew would be ever confronted
| with their own pledres. This scheme of
| Biddle was the original Gift enterprise. and
has never been improyed upop. Professors
Jackson and Benton penatrate,i the schemes
of these absconding adventures, They
| sought to employ the great American rem
| edy of the Injunction TO prevent their de
| parture, but failing TO secure a sufficient
posse to insure it's execution. Professor
| Jackeon determined at apy risk To defeat
| what he regarded IA an unjust and
| iniauitous design upon the unconscious
| wards committed to his care, as upon the
credulous public who had given faith to
delusive professors. He armed himself
with a broad and sharp weapon, upon the
blade of which | myself saw the talismanic
word veto With this he entered the in
closure where the monster was being in.
tiated, and inflicted such trenchant cuts an d
slashes that it was unfit for it's prim -evil
purposes. Subsequently purchased on pri-
vate account, Mr. Biddle made a dis.
astrous ascension After htful hut
rapid voyage, it collapsed. and came down
in cotton field; but the aspiring Biddle
was never heard of more.
| This unfortunate adventure had, l
| thought, fixed my opinions in favor of
| bullion ball asst, and against the kitefiyers,
| nc +bay vara. thon cs,l.d IN darisio, hut
| ... -,
we iiusV ii'e anu ieaih'
| HE is APPROACHED By THE KlrEELYERs
1t has been now about three years since
| aaolos y, ,.a.- -
was appio"0neu " COL Va'n peisoh'' "no'h
VIII not now name, but who discussed Id
nv prese nee a new theory of aerostation
M dorh, y uas nav :, +ber Thor ala
No Nouoo ~ was ~" HoS uio
not propose to employ the balloon as a
vehicle of useful transit They did not, in
5a.a oors;dor oar;o1 medication n. oil 7.
ooo'' 0'NU' Nv Nv GA
was some time before clearly understood
their schemes, if, indeed entirely compre-
hand than at nrasen. T will s..ta Tho.
AoAO .A - wa. s'".o 'n"'
one Oh the chlei theofists was MT fendu-
lum, so-called from his frequent swinging
hatwaap artrama oninions In axr,ara+;on
, &c ,l,. .a;a.,.:e. l.~:. -,
however Oh Inc sclene'nc bearings OF the
enterprise, will adopt the programme of
the "Great Uuballasted and Initiation Un;.
80, C.o5,,,;., .,,,o;a.;a -,
'o'ea' ot o"a my ne''a'on capital
stock, Sl0,ooo'ooo' This was prepared by
p,orrssop vor ,ry.pSr or p,n,s
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1t reads thus:
Messrs' President and Directors;
GENTLEMEN-You are aware there are
two schools of balloonste, the ancient and
modern. |. The bullion balloonists. ., The
infationists or anti ballasters. The first
school was exclusively practical and mate.
rial. 1t only sought the rapid transit and
safe delivery of passengers and packages
at no great height above the earth. II was
their object to navigate the air, and much
experiment had been devoted to sails and
rudders. They relied chiefly upon ballast
to steady their balloon, and employed safe
ty-valves to prevent the too rapid expan-
sion of the gas. They devoted great care to
the redemption of themselves, their agents
and their bullion ballast, from any possible
peril. They were, in their day, a respecta-
BILE sort of humdrum philosophers, but they
did not, gentlemen, perceive the real value
of the vehicle which they employed.
The school of int1ationists, or, as / am
content they shall be called, the unba,last-
ers. held another and higher object
We know by infallible deductions from
the theory OF light that the atmosphere
surrounding the earth is of a given height
above the surface. Beyond this there is
illimtable space, filled with ether. In this
the planets circulate in their vast and un-
erring orbits. We have estimated their
density and computed their weight. The
moon surface, we know is excoriated with
extinct volcanoes. Abstruse astronomical
and dynamic calculations convince some of
us that the precious metals abound on the
planet. We are satisfied from the estimates
of philosophers, from GAY Lussac to the
present, that the other planets are inhabited,
and we have reason to believe that those
who shall succeed in opening an intercourse
with them may. with the superior intelli-
gence which God has vouchsafed to the |
people, made especially in His own image,
may obtain by their superior astuteness
anything which these supplemented beings
may possess. The company anticipates that |
we may obtain their gold, silver, Jewels, |
and even their personal servitude in ex.
change for any talisman which we may |
offer. We propose even to give them lot !
hieroglyphics to them, but which the com |
pany know to be but q bit of paper printed |
with an indefinite agreement to give them |
whatever they can get at some future |
period not to be specified,
Such gentlemen. ia the object and bas;a