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Tarborough, (Edgecombe County, X. C.) Saturday, October 28, 1837
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Miscellaneous.
ORIGINAL LINES.
Go gather from the lake
'I he snow that's tailing' there
Gi from the river take
The rain drop fresh and fair
G stop the shooting star
That's dropping fast thro' space,
Gn, roll it from afar,
And bind it in its place
G check the thunder's writh,
Ere yet its force is clone
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From Blackwood's Magazine.
REMARKABLE BALLOON
ADVENTURE. Monck Mason's narrative of the
reat balloon expedition to Ger
many, is a remarkably curious
and interesting detail. In pro
teoftime this document will be
ire 'Mired, as the log book of the
Argonauts might tiave been by
the Colchians or Greeks. The
variety of ascents which Mr.
Green had made, amounting tot
22G, had justly taken oil a good
deal of the nervousness natural to
the feelings of one swept up three
cr four miles into the air, and fly
ing over the earth at the rate ol
loriy miles an hour. But his dcx
itrity had produced two improve
ments of the first importance:
Oiie was, the use of coa!( gas, in-
of hydrogen. The expense
(,f the hydrogen, and its affinity
tor the atmosphere, rendered it a
roost difficult and wasteful mode
riirfluion. The still more im
i'JiUnt invention was that of the
fi'ile rope, a rope of considerable
kngth and magnitude, trailing on
l"2 ground, and if over the sea,
a sufficient quantity of wa
i:) liquid ballast, contained in
Vfuels drawn along the surface.
llis invention
promises to ap-
Roach
nearr.r to the required
rceans of directing the balloon
fen anv nlhpr vvhiph hn hprn
jy'eu. n K,ves
It gives what has
een chiefly demanded, a power
,Jtof the air to act on the air, so
J- 'o produce the power of steer's-
"Another striking feature
1:1 this discovery," says Mr. Ma
5Q" "is the altered aspect under
n n,cri it enables the aeronaut to
rrd the perils ol the sea. The
Oce3n,now no longer the dreaded
tney of the serial vovarrer. be-
COrJesat once his greatest Vriei.d;
y instead of opposing his pro-
15 v!; oners him advantages more
certain than even the earth itself,
an us promised security, is
Cd'Culaied to contribute"
. r Holland, a gentleman of
-cientiEc habits, projected the
5e,'piize which has so strikingly
lized aerostation in our day.
Monday, November 7, 1836
half past one in the after
i-ITr6 a"oon rose 'rom Vaux
Gardens with a moderate
epze from the south-east. It
ed over Kent. The weather
(!las Angularly fine. At five min
-f. l fur ,,,ey rst S3W lne
Afler lssiog Canterbury
v ronre altered toward? the
U ,
north, which would have carried
them into the German ocean.
I'he point was now to change tin
course in the direction of Paris.
B.illast was now thrown out, the
balloon rose into an upper cur
tent, recovered her direction to
the south eat, and crossed the
Si rails of I) ver in exactly an
hour, about 3000 feet auove the
level of the sea.
It was fifty minutes past five,
consequently the balloon rapidly
plunged into night. The aspect
of the world beneath now became
curious in the extreme. The!
whole plane of the earth's surface
ior leagues round, as far and far
ther than ihe eye could distinctly
embrace, seemed absolutely teem
ing with the scattered fires of the
population, and exhibited a starry
spectacle below, that almost rival
led the lustre of the firmament a
bove. Incessantly, during the
early portion of the night, before
the inhabitants had retired to rest,
large sources of light, exhibiting
the presence of some more exlen
sine commuuit v, would appear
j-isl looming above the distant ho-
nz Hi in the direction which they
were advancing, beu.ing at first
no lain! resemblance to some vast
conflagration. By degree", as
hey drew uigher, this con I used
mass of illumination would up
pear to increase in intensity, ex
tending ovir a large pottion ol
Ihe view, and assuming a more
distinct appearance, until at length
as the balloon passed directly ov
er the spot, it suddenly resolved
itself into ftrects and squires, ex
hibiting the perfect model of a
town, but diminished iuin cm iou
minuteness by the height from
which it was seen. In this man
ner the aeronauts rapidly traver
sed a large space of the continent,
embracing a vast succession ol
towns and villages, solely distin
guishable by their nightly illumi
nation. One of these views sin
gularly captivated their attention.
They approached a district which
seemed actually to blaze with in
numerable fires, studding Ihe
whole hoiizon. As they swept
along, I hey saw a central city in
the midst of this circle of flame, i
ivilli nuortr lino tf it.; v (-. I v mor. !
ked out by its particular ramre of!
illumination. The theatres and
other public building", the squares
and all the more prominent fea
tures of the city, were indicated
by the larger accumulations of
light. They could even hear the
buy mur mur of the population
Ihe wlwle forming an earthly pic
ture of the most striking contrat
to the darkness, the serenity, and
the silence of the vast region a
hove in which they were moving.
This was the city of Liege, whose
surrounding iron foundries form
ed tho horizon ol flame. This
was ihe last spectacle of the kind
which met their eyes. Thence
forth it was all midnight, every
sound was hushed, every light
died, and all was solemn and aw
ful obscurity'. Withdrawn from
Ihe earlh, which was buried in the
profoundest stillness, they looked
to the heavens. There was no
moon. The hue of the sky was
intenely black, but the stars re
doubled in their lustre, shone like
the sparks of lhe whitest silver.
Occasional flashing of lightning
came from the north.
In a situation, which it was ne
ver in Ihe power of man to de
scribe before, the sketch of night,
given by Mr. Mason, has all the
interest ol a new source ol ideas.
"Nothing," says this clever des
cribes "could exceed the density
of night which prevailed during
this wart of the voyage. Not a
single terrestrial object could any
where be distinguished. An un
fathomable abyss, of darkness visi
hie seemed to encompass us on
utMPir ;dp. And. as we looked
forward into its black obscurity
in the direction in which we were
proceeding, we could scarcely re
sist the impression that we were
cleaving our way througn an tn
terminable mass of black mar-
in which we were imbedded,
nd which, solid a few inches
from us, seemed to soften as we
approached, in order to admit u
further within the precincts of its
cold and dusky enclosure. Even
the lights which at times we low
ered Irom the car, instead of dis
pelling, seemed only to augment
the intensity of the surrounding
darkness; ar.d as they descended
deeper into its frozen bosom, ab
solutely to melt their way down
ward.' The cold was at the point
of congelation. The oil, the wa
,er anu" lne coffee, were complete
ly Irozen. Yet the sufferings of
the aeronauts were not severe, in
consequence of their being entire
ly exempt from the action of the
wind.
While they were thus rushing
on with almost whirlwind Yapidi
ty through this ocean of dark
ness, yet almost wholly uncon
scious of motion, an incident oc
curred calculated to alarm them in
an extraordinary degree. By the
discharge of ballast the balloon
had suddenly risen to an eleva
tion of above 12,000 feet (about
two miles.) In a few minutes af
ter, they heard a violent burst
from the top of the balloon, fol
lowed by a loud rustling of the
silk, and all the signs of its hav
ing been suddenly lorn open.
Immediately the car began to toss
as if s veted from the ropes, and
appeared to be sinking to the
earth. A second and a third ex
plosion followed rapidly, evident
ly giving the voyagers the im
pression that they were upon the
point of being dashed to pirces.
But the alarm was brief. The
gnat machine suddenly recover
ed its stillness, and all was calm
again. The concussions were
subsequently accounted for by the
stretching ol Ihe net wot k on the
surface of the balloon, which had
become Irozen during the night.
WhPt. ih mnchinn iwl,Unlw hm
up in the higher atmosphere, it eti lorn?' or lhe a?,l,al aPI)'t.on
swelled, and it was the resistance of ea or oiher machinery,
of the Irozen network to lhj J within the car, shall be matter ol
swelling, which produced the sue- j ,,uU,lrc .,m,-,l 'posstble to
cessive explosions. The sinking j 1,011,1 lhal vo'P ,dese, VfS to
of ihe car wa. an illusion. occalaWflkcn PlH"l '"teres!
sion d by the surprise and sud-
ilomuKj lit Ihp arlion' W hnn llio
net work had been relieved, ' and j
the balloon was thus suffered to
take its proper shape, all was calm
and regular once more.
During the darkness they were
sometimes perplexed with sounds
from either earth or air, so Wrong
ly resembling the heaving of vva
ters against some vast line of
hore, that they were tempted to
think themselves speeding along
the shores of the German Ocean,
or hoveling above the Baltic.
From this apprehension, howev
er, I hey were relieved by the re
collection that thtur course was
unchanged. At length they saw
the day, but saw it under the
most novel and interesting cir
cumstances. About six o clock,
after crossing the Rhine, the bal
loon rose to a considerable eleva
tion, and showed them a gladden
ing glimpse of the sun. The view
was now magnificent; the balloon
occupying the centre of a horizon
of 300 miles diameter, and com
prising in a single vast view,
scarcely less than 80,000 square
miles. The country that spread
below, was a rich, undulating, and
boundless landscape, with the
Rhine dividing it and losing itself
among the vapors that still clung
to the "hills, or covered the val
leys. The ascents and descents
of the balloon still more varied
the prospect. A rapid descent
first hid the sun from their view,
and they were wrapped in the
night which still shadowed the
lower region of the air. Again
they rose within sight of this
splendid display; again lost it.
And it was not until after they
had thus made the sun rise three
times and set twice, that they
could regard daylight as com
nlete unon the mighty expanse
ThPi; now thought of
making their final descent. But
the question aro.se, "where were
they?" They saw below them
ranges of forest, wide plains, and
large spices covered with snow,
giving the rather startling im
pression, that they had passed the
bounds of civilized Europe, and
were hovering over the deserts of
Pola -d, or the inhospitable steep
of Russia. However, they now
resolved upon descending; and
after two attempts, baffled by the
failure of the wind, and the na
tore of the ground, alighted in
!ety at half past seven in the
morning at the Giand Duchy of
Vassau, and about two leagues
from Wei I burg. The voyage oc
cupied IS hours, and was in ex
tent about 500. British miles.
This was altogether an exlraor
dinary achievement. It was al
most the first instance, in which
the balloon has not been used as a
mere toy, but been directed to
practical utility. The narrative
says, that the means of the ma
chine were so entirely unexhaust
ed, that if they had been so incli
ned, they might have circumnavi
gated the globe. The grand dif
Acuity hitherto has been threefold
the want of a sufficient ascend?
ing power to carry up a sufficient
number of persons, their provi
sions and apparatus, the want ol a
power of steerage, and the hazards
of a descent. The first and the
last seem to have been fully obvi
ated in the present instance. The
directing power is still the prob
lem; yet we find that Mr. Green,
with perfect ease, altered his
course from north to south by as
cending into the southern current,
and his contrivance of the drag
rope is exactly on the same prin
ciple of resistance by which the
helm acts on a ship's way. The
application does not seem to have
been much relied on; and it is
certainly yet to be regarded as
simply I he first rudiment of the
"Ul " uemer us tmptov-
uuct: tmiit, ami eipi;iny ueseivus
to be -recorded among the most
brilliant, sagacious and successful
enterprises of British intelligence
in tne nineteenth century.
A. Y. Star.
(f3lt is said that Mr. Holland,
one of the aeronauts who recently
made an adventurous excursion
in a large balloon from London to
Germany, has declared his inten
tion of trying an atrial voyage
from Ireland to America.
N. Y. Mer. rfdv.
A Tree lop Ramble. An an
cient description of South Ameri
ca mentions woods 300 miles
broad, and rull of exceeding high
and large trees. It happened that
a monk, a native of Spain, going
to another monastery, mistook his
way in some of these woods, and
advanced so far, that he was obli
ged to climb up to the tops of
trees, and proceed in that manner
on his way, creeping from branch
to branch, they being so close one
to the other, that no man, without
hazard of his life, could venture
down to the ground. He was
often forced to climb up to the
tops of the highest trees, to enjoy
the warmth of the sun, winch
never could reach to the earth,
through the vast thickness of Ihe
trees and bushes; and to look out
for observations how to proceed
on his journey. In this manner
he went on for 15 days and nights,
till he attained his place of resi
dence, not having all this while set
foot to the ground. J. Acosta re
lates this strange and almost in
credible journey, book iv. chap.
30.
Jl new true Snake Story.
Mr. John Job, of the vicinity ol
Elizabethton, Carter county, has
informed us that he killed a black
snake in his negro kitchen lately,
which measured five feet four in
ches in length. When first dis
covered, his snakeship was stretch
ed along side of a little sleiping
negro girl, in bed, and underlhe
kiver both blackheads resting
sociably upon the same pillow.
Tennessee Sentinel.
Jl Pre lly Superstition. There
is said to exist among the Russian
girls the following innocent su
perstition: "On the Thursday previous to
Whitsunday, they try what is call
ed the prophetic swimming of the
br idal wreath.' A wreath ol flow
ers is plaited together and thrown
into the stream, when, if the
wreath swims on the surface of
ihe water, they will, in the same
year, exchange their maiden for a
nuptial state; but should it sink,
they are to wait still longer for
the huppy change."
(J The history of the North
American Indians, in reference to
the philosophy of their language,
has been treated by lhe Hon. Al
bert Gallatin in A synopsis of the
Indian tribes within, the United
States east of Kocky Mountains,
and in the British and Russian
possessions of Norlh America."
The work is said to evince mosl
elaborate research, and to be dis
tinguished by great liberality and
freedom from any bias on the part
of the author in favor of particular
theories in his prosecution of
truth. Any book from such a
source must be interesting.
Fair Hit. It has become
the fashion of late for the female
population of the north to lay aside
their domestic affairs and lend a
haml lo regulate those of the na
tion. Heretofore they have poured
their petitions into Congress with
a rapidity which shewed that they
never did their work by halves,
in behalf of the Indians and the
slave population; but during the
present session they have confined
themselves entirely to the Texas
qyestion, and wearied Congress
with their memorials against its
annexation to the Union. It is
thought by some, that if these be
nevolent and patriotic dames could
form a matrimonial xinicn of lb.eir
own, they might find enough to
employ their minds and time at
home, without wandering beyond
their natural sphere of action; and
hence we find in the proceedings
of the House of Representatives
on Friday, that a memorial of . la
dies and gentlemen of Halifax
County in the Stale of Virginia,
by Mr. Wise, praying Congress
to furnish husbands,. at public ex
pehse, to all female petitioners
upon subjects relating to slavery,
thereby giving a direction lo their
minds calculated to make Ihem
good matrons, and
averting lhe
evils xvith which the pnestcrait
and fanaticism of the Eastern
States threaten the people of the
South.
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This petition, following the pre-1
deMine.1 f..eof .11 pe.;u.;ns ,hi,
session, was oruereu io on me
table. -Norfolk Herald.
Suicide. An inquest was yes
terday held on the body of Adam
Potts, a carpenter, whohung him
self in a ravine near the Poor
House. The act was perpetrated
almost in the sight of his wife,
who, suspecting his object, had
followed him to Ihe fatal spot.
When Mrs. Potts arrived, she
found her unfortunate husband
suspended to a bush, struggling,
and after using every means in
her power to rescue, him, (having
no knife to cut the handkerchief,)
she was compelled to abandon
him, and run for help. When as
sistance arrived, it was too late.
Life was gone.
Richmond IVhig.
A Cute Trick. Not long
since, a party went lo the house
of a notorious Thief, in West
Tennessee, in order to arrest him;
and to prevent discovery, the com
pany lied their horses a short dis
tance off, and crept up to the
house with the greatest precau
tion. The. thief Smelt a rat,' and
slipt out at the back door, took
the best horse in company, and
has not since been heard of.
Maternal Affection. TUq
Journal ol Commeice says, lhata
poor woman, on ascending the
ladder of the bhip Nestor, on Sat
urday, for New Oi leans, gave her
child to a laborer on the wharf,
who in handirg it to the mother
let it fall into the dock ! The
mother was standing on the rail,
about 15 feel from the water,
whence i'he leaped and saved her
child, amid the cheeis of several
hundred persons, and fortius bold
act of affection sod humanity the
agentofihe ship gave her a lite
passage and a dollar.
Texas. The last Little Rock
(Arkansas) Advocate says;
Hardly an hour iu lhe day passes
but a party of from 8 lo 10 well
mounted horsemen is seen passing
through our town, bound to Tex
as. Wagon after wagon Ihrongs
our streets all passing on to
Texas. Not a single night but
our taverns are thronged with
travellers and emigrants for the
Red River counties and Texas.
It is thought that the iuflux of em
igrants into Texas this year, will
amount lo something like 6000.
The majority of these are lhe bet
ter class of Tennesseeans and Mia
sourian9, &c, and appear to be
men of intelligence and wealth."
(X7"The New Yorkers have a
decided taste for the "wild and
wonderful." Among the articles
at the Fair of the Mechanics' In
stitute now exhibiting in that city,
is a. gold and silver carriage,
drawn by four harnessed Bed
Bugs elegantly caparisoned. The
article is enclosed in a glass case
of about 3 by 5 inches, is the size
of your little finger, and is moved
by these "gentlemen of blood" in
handsome style.
Horrid Murder.--A German
named Sheislan, while walking
with two women in the streets of
Louisville, Ky. on Sunday, 1st
iiist. at mid-day, in presence of
several witnesses, deliberately
drew a dirk knife he had express
ly brought with him for the pur
pose, and stabbed one of lhe fa
males in so shocking a manner
that her bowels, says the Louis
ville Journal, were literally tippei
out, causing almost instantaneous
death. The female killed was-also
a German and was engaged to
be married to him before cowing
to this countrv a short time since.'
. but chan d ,)er mi d The same
adds: The murderer made
' aU tQ e and was im
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I me uu ill all iucii i ui ins imuc was
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C7A New Orleans paper of the
3d inst. says, at an early hour
yesterday morning, one of our
mosl respectable merchants termi
nated his existence by shooting
himself: supposed to be' in conse
quence of business embarrassments
and troubles.
Horrid. In the recent trial- at
Lowell, Mass. of premature for
ced child birth, which had caused
so much excitement, it would ap
pear that the mother, in addition
to the criminal part the Doctor is
said to have played, actually burnt
the child alive!
Very True. The Editor of
the Goshen (N. Y.) Democrat
says: To be editor, printer, pub
lisher, and devil, all at the same
time, is a very laborious situation.