, 1875-12-27

FRANCE.
M1CIAHs.H TO HcrrET.
PARIS, Dec. 2G.-pscsdent MscMahon Inns
written letter to sfuis:or Buffet. thanking him
for. and expressing approval Of, hih speech il
tho Assembly Last Friday On tho rress bill.
E1-FnEaipEsT THEIRS
Inns accepted an invitation Of tho Town Of Bal
fort to stand for tho Senate. Ho has rece!yed
and declined similar inu'tssions from eleyon Dc.
nErUnL1cAS EXPECTANCY.
Republican leaders aro cuutident that in tho
general elections the phr:isans OF q modo ntp
Nepublc viii secure majority In both uousos
uf the Now Assembly.
atur1sEEns.
fAsTr.s, Doc. 2f.-T"o OF tho crew Of Tho Len-
MO, WHO are not Implicated III tho alleged rna,i-
ny, haro boon sent to England for axannn alton.
BALLOON ACCIDENT.
Cnrrssnohie,ct .StIc loFk Ytntes,
PAR1s. Dec. lu.-Anothor balloon Incident oc-
Cured Til Wodesday. We hayo hero what IN
callod tho Military Committee Of Aetouauts,"
composed Of scientific army oficera. who make
great many atsnoslhcf1o experiments. They
frequently send up balloon for tho uurroae Of
making cortaLn toBts, aud thus furnish employ.
ment for tho professional aeronauts like Godard,
1'iAsandier. aud Tonyioc. Tho balloons arc
chartered and Paid for out OF special fund tlo.
voted 10 scientific researches. For soEno time
past tho uotvera has boon waiting to take u11
sono members Of this Committee Tor tho purposo
OF making special Studios at different alt,t1des,
hut tue weather Las beou stormy and cold. On
moro favorable. andthoueh GODDARD WAS III favor of
fnFtbot dolny l1is coupuuions wero Impatient
Tho tuiyars in balloon OF 1000 cubic yardB
aud has car Which we,shs 600 pounds. i, In
the satno uscd Iy GODDARD In Lis Brussels az
consious. Whom filed with gas at la Vllotte,
oight pe1aona stepped into the car: Col. Lsue-
sedat. Nal. Maugln Chpls. BIdard and llepard.
all Pf tho Military Committee. GODDARD md his
asslatant, TareB. Spanish ballooniHt, and Albert
Iissandier. brother OF CASTOR T1asandie1, tho
co1npanion Of the unfortunate Croce aud Hiyel.
At II O'Clock the cords wore cut. and tho balloon.
having some two hundred sacks OF sand on
beard, roso slowly into tho air aud drif;ad rap
idly snsy above Vtncepncs. NOW to your
pencils said Col. IauHeedat, tho timo has
from the earth" Tho port OF Vinceun.s bad
just boen passed, aod tho v1uoya.ds Of Montre,1ii
were near ~ hand, whom q sharp, whissling
and, 6cizing q haodful Of sand, throw It out.
1ustead Of falling, tho aand csno back into tho
caE. which WAS proof that tho balloon iaelf was
falling. Godaru, Toros, and Tsssaudier iralns-
diasely began to throw over sand, and told tile
otheta to do 80, but they seem to hAyo beeli
panic.atrckeu. Tho lower part OF the balloon
collapsed, and Torres went up to SEQ II he could
push it ouL but found the gas escaping from an
enormous rent. lho Univofs Was falling to tho
ground, as poasans deactibed it, like .
seconds struck IN an onpty lot. Tho car
wau half buried in tho earth, 10 heavy vay
tho ahoch. When With 20 yards OF tho
ground GODDARD epsaag into tho ropes aud told
Naa quick enough to do 3d. GODDARD lost two noc-
onda whIo trying to get the other ZIP. and hence
caulo down to tho ground with such fosce that
bis knae pau WAS ehattorod. Teres, who was up
III tho ropea al the tituct wns uninjured T.a-
sander escaped .ith soma severe bruiaes Col.
Lauyaedat had bis left Lex broken In three places
Maj. Maugiu had hiH loft leg broken; one OF
tho Captains had Ills Gbnla brokan, and tho
othot xas &teetchea out s8nselaHs. fortunately
nona Of tho party ware 80 hoyorely injured NJ TO
arc foars that anpntation Mill be necessary II.
tho uase Of Col. LauBsodat GODDARD thfnka that
tho rcut in tho balloon was caused by tho In
tonsely cold Weather Of the past foW days.