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MOORE'S HUKAL KEW-YORKER. 



JEHOHAUTICS IN PABIS. 



I'HIC ACCOCK7 0F A Bill 



Itilalc letter to his grand father, the venerable 

 Dr. I- Vub, of our city. Mr. W*an has given a 

 ffr y interfiling account of hi* balloon ascension 

 lut September. Mona. Godxbo, who 

 ha* >nece»siiilly pursued aeronautics for years, ud 

 has made more then six hundred ascensions, kind- 

 u. n scat in the car, the ascension to 

 take place in the afternoon from the Hippodrome. 

 :, - uitlT accepted the invitation, which 

 i U) recciTo for aomo weeks. It need 

 1 1 marked, that practical aeronautics is 

 carried U. great perfection in Kraucc. so that bal- 

 loon ascension* are a tery frequent, and in summer 

 , [| In this cue 

 ,, ,. (., the height Of one- nnd a half 

 ■ih 8,000 feci, where the diameter of 

 Igloa i>ab'jtjtiwi>hiiii'lred and twenty 

 md-bUier, Mr. 

 i" follows: 



»hj I desired lo go up at 



all-" Ilwaa simply for the intrinsic interest of 



i i.i re, I thought to myself, 



■ . .■ t bo entirely 



one's self sud- 



donlj lei loOK m ipaco, the earth far benenth, and 



. . I l"J| above IhWB their only lilllc 



t dlller, 



.. tijajt before I 



U wrote me ono day that I 



:n raOOD have a place with him in his 



car in fin ascension from the Hippodrome, 1 re- 



plied in ii momsot, BCOOptfng his proposal, nnd in 



ill lime mm I a my appearance on the spot. 



The balloon, a baautUul globe, large as the dome 

 ii EtoOoQltor court-house, and of elegant pro- 

 portions, wus nlrendy tilled, and stood swaying 

 gracefully to nnd fro, pulling liko a fretted eagle 



Upon tl ord which held it down. Its silken 



■ OTered hy a net work of fine cord, in 

 large diamond mashes; these cords gathered to • 



stout wooden lump two feel in diameter, just below 

 .i id frOED tbJl tOOp hung, attached by 

 its four corners, our car, which was simply a huge 

 ■i. strongly worcn. At length the 

 moment 'Bine to introduce the balloon into the 

 iiini .1, flfhOW u thousand spectators were awaiting 



.. ullci 



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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, MADE AT ROCHESTER, MATE OF NEW YORK. 



University of Rochester-Annual Aoetract— Ira C. Clark. Observer. 



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four men. W ■. hoifil B 



,».■ ; ol iutO Hi" eur togclbi 



is of the audience and the 

 Miniu* of the orchestra. 



\\ b «. hi up like a rocket, or rnther, to describe 



instead ol UH actual, the earth fled 



[torn below ui u If in wore itationorj an<l it were 



saddonli falling from it*- wonted position. We 



Mvuiigoiir hut', and shouted to the people below, but 



it, i, himiik'hi i!u. mi- i-nili'il, ii.r their faint and 



[arioso! 



■ Ii'n'.i'l ui In I heir indistinctness thai 



iM-ir ii. i longer beard. M. Godaud 



IIjOD OOOuptsd blmaell En launching a number of 



■nmii ptpoi parachutes, which remained stationarj 



in the mi . bul ■■'' medio fall Likt laHets, so rapidly 



Uoanwhilo] kin, led on the bottom 



il iL, mi.' ' ■ side, and lust 



ri i v ill in i- .utempl ilih : Km 



Tin- i n.wd in the 1 1 i ppudii.nu' had ceased 

 e.n.1 ii-. and wcic thronging likehi'l. 



-uge. The streets began to appear 

 tO look mutllaT, nnd the 

 rioges to move tl.mn Tin' unions edifices, 



Ii each other, so that the 



bowed qs Tory different parte of the 



■'i. I. ii m n aw • iaing in a nearly 



1 1 ^ii I iii. . iM ci'i'iii.il iii i nit- in.-itu'iit to be over 



■ ■ii an instoni inter, to be 



■ a mile distant from it. I 



Ig, first swiftly, 

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i nary. It was only when 



ing like a little 



tide, that M Godabd informed me 



that we had ceased to ascend, and that we wore 



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i about an hour, which I could hare 



1 il wu the riew. 



:■■; , teeming with 



multitudai and myriad deafening 



■ 1- Yii ■>.- 'ii',.! i cached us, — all was hushed 



No signs of life msuifest- 



■ , nut a men nor a conveyance was lo 



,.■ railway train, 



tat capital, tracing it* path 



white smoke. The Public 



itrated, — the 



the Pantheon, 



.ill. li'.iYim: thiir « : 



■ like the micro- 

 ■ 



a single green 

 tree. The « IR . „ niagic re- 



duction, and Peria^ mighty Pans,— nine mile* in 

 diameter, end dim leagnte around.— looked like 

 Ike tapestry MT«ring at » centre-table, 

 fortifications encircling it ^^ ft Darrow wsTing 



bead "i blaafe 



Heyond the city walls all**, e-mriiy enchanting 

 and equally uncertain. The ferMts were only dis- 

 tinguishable from the meadows by their deeper 

 green, mid the vineyards were only manifest 

 among the former by the brighter hoe arisingfrom 



rtion of sere and yellow 



tioriion cmbraoe<I a region which gnu 



Hghtfal variety or its scenery from the green p M . 



roUbag plains of Pioardy, 



vine-clad hills of Champaigne, and the golden 



wards the sooth 



— a beautiful panorama of gold and emerald-green, 



studded with snow-white villages, and the lovely 





ig its course across the whole like » 

 stiver thread. And above oil this we soared like 

 the gossamer in our noble balloon. - 

 fiiilmriliiK'nt of the scene, and yields 

 posing influence. 



Tin- myateriODJ, unearthly silence which pre- 

 ailcd was that which most impressed the mind, 

 tot a sound reached us from below, not on echo 

 answered back to our voices from the solitudes of 

 space around and above us, and almost impercepti- 

 lion lowered itself under 

 tone of a whisper. And 

 hear we were, all alone — in im isolation Of vTOlofa 

 the hunter on the summit of the Alps, or the 

 mariner in the silence of the Polar Ocean, has not 

 u fuller experience, — our tiny car swinging like a 

 pendulum over tbo abyss below. Unfortunately 

 we had no wind to move us along, so that for more 

 than an hour we remained in nearly the same 

 point. Having then opened the valve in the top of 

 our balloon, wo came gently down till wo met a 

 faint current of wind blowing towards the west. 

 In this we balanced ourselves by tin ,.iihm_- mil ;i 

 few hand fills of ballast, and were carried slowly 

 but steadily beyond the fortifications, across the 

 " iliiw do liologne" and a few miles in the direc- 

 tion of St. Cloud. There our brceiie failed us, nnd 

 as it was approaching night we concluded to de- 

 scend to tho earth, which wo did safely in n very 

 few minutes in the vicinity of Neville, two leagues 

 only out of Paris. Uere an immense crowd had 

 gathered to meet us, nnd as M. Gotunu feared for 

 the integrity of his balloon among so many people, 



we t.ild tin in all to stand clear for a mo "'. ftfld 



throwing out a whole bag of sand, we bade them 

 an nncipecled adieu. Rising to the bciglll ol Q 

 few humliiil lut uiilv, wo sailed along, followed by 

 the crowd below. 13ut a turn of tin' St me BOOS 

 stopped tho further progress of our suite, aud we 

 chose tbia occasion to land upon a hu^c inland in 

 it, where a meadow offered a very opportune spot. 

 We had hardly finished disinfl.iling our balloon 



• on. The peasants were astouisbed 



to see us come down to the river bank for a boat, car- 

 rying lightly between us our baskel-citr, m which 

 wuoloaolj packed the immense Bphore from which 

 they had seen us so lately suspended. 



I had intended at the close of this sheet to give 

 you some account of some things which struck me 

 nemos) peculiar in this mid-air experience, bul 

 v..,i mo timi I have but a few lines [aft, Pechapi 



tho most striking feature of all the view, was th' 



■ I itity of the earth's surface. Th 



whole panorama appeared in a bowl-like form 



dipping gently from the horizon on OTi pj idc i 



the point exactly below us. This appearance, o 



panorama, interested me much, am 



unheard of before. Tel 



it n -nils (rota the refraction of light. By this re 



■ i'i.-on is always* eleratei 

 ■DOVe its true position, and as the I [i 

 ued from (he horizon towards the middle, th 

 refraction is continually less, so that the bowl-like 

 form is the necessary result. Beautiful a: 

 phenomenon was, it a little disap] 



■ ' n-i.iv from thai i irw of the world, 

 as teen from a distance, which I had 



Bl ui no height which man can i 

 0U ii" Bpherloal form of our earth become 

 sensible. 



You ask me, in this my last line, if I wai 

 frightened when away from terrs-firmar I had 

 expected to be, hut RWS. not in the le«t from first 

 to bul BtDl I should have been, had I not sir 

 commanded my feelings. I think that I coul 

 moment have made myself perfectly miserable by 

 calculating the chances and effects of a fall, or 

 Iching too closely the strings which bound 



ABTXSIAN WELLS. 



ebb wells have become relatively coram 

 they farm a subject of great interest and c 

 , especially when bored to great depth: 

 Though the Chinese arc said t 

 for many hundred years, they ai 

 Europe. Tho oldest was bored 

 », France, the ancient Arb 

 nated tbo name Artesian, and 

 years old. Its water flows in a 

 the height of eleven feet above 

 The Artesian Well of highest interest nt this 

 no, is at Louisville, Ky. It has been lately de- 

 lihed by Dr. J. Lavkenck Suit,,, ]W..-ssor in 

 c University of Louisville, in tin- !>>xily (WnVrol 

 .at city. A friend I nut kindli sent to mr I In- paper. 

 and I propose to give »u abstract of Prof. Smith's 

 interesting account. 



Dopost's Artbbiak Wew_ — It was completed 

 last August, after sixteen months of 

 The diameter of the bore was I 

 "ii feet, and after that three inches t 

 feet. Though the flow of water 

 greatly at 1,1*00 feet, nnd more still u 

 the lost 50 feet to 2,0SG, no addition 



have used 

 a reccut result 



the province of 

 um, which origi- 



perhaps not 15( 



pump. In another instance, a well dug to the rock, 

 ii Wli.-i.iti bOXbin, In the depth of SO feet OE 

 into the rock, when abundance of hepatic 

 , or water holding hydro-sulphuretted gas, wa» 

 iil.i;.iin-il. w1iu:1l has proved permanent. As soon as 

 this was done, a hepatic spring, used for bathing. 

 fifty rods distant, commenced discharging pure 

 wai. i. mill has had no return of hepatic water 

 since. The boring evidently formed another outlet 

 for the discharge of the mineral water. o. 

 Rocliciter, N. Y., Dec, 1859. 



Toa HotUH TiiEnwOMETER. — The marvellous 

 balance between supply and loss exhibited by the 

 human organism, ami m deed by that of most v 

 blooded animals, may be seen in the following 

 facts: — Our temperature is OS', and this is the 

 standard, no matter what may be the external heat 

 In the tropics, tho thermometer during several 

 Ii in- Of the day is 110'. In British India 

 sometimes h Ugt as 1-JOV In the Arctic Zoi 

 has been observed by our voyagers as low as 

 and even 10S" below freezing point. Ni I U tbnbj B, 

 amid such extensive variations of tho external 

 temperature, that of the huruau organism has bu 

 slightly varied, nud a thermometer placed under 



Hu 1 1 1 n _- 1 l . ■ i.l un A, In' nun.;.-, i uill lm« tin- 



degree of heat as one under the tongue of a s< 

 before the ividts of Delhi.— BletchtOOOd. 



tin' .- 



Then 



a tube 



tn the ball. i. m 



the account of this elegant explora- 

 tion in the til 



from the geological regious below ■. 

 Wjtan has so laboriously toiled for the past years. 

 Still, the lofty elevation had not " turned bis head," 

 or cooled the ardor of bis mind in his favorite pur- 

 suit. True lo his geology, be writes to a friend 

 about the " Balloon Excursion," — " The view of the 

 'Paris basin' was magnificent. How I regretted 

 ■-.-ti il from some such safe point of 

 in waters of the dilur-ial period teen 

 Bad sweeping away whole square 

 niilcs of the strata, which are now wanting." llow 

 many thousand years before the creation of Adam, 

 was u„ s convulsion by the diluvial waters ? 



above the surface of the earth. 



The water discharged is 13,800 gallons nn hour, or 

 331,200 gallons in the day. The force ol the stream 



strong, so that it will give a jet forty t". -.i Ihl'Ii, 

 and wilh all the presume miy Ii ct or moro. 



At the bottom of the well the t.. -■■■[>■■■ ;itn r *.■ ni tin.- 

 w.'ilrr i ri m; .',°, and nt tin- surface 7 '".,5", us the water 

 in the tube is surrounded by the cooler water around 

 it for 76 feet. As the mean temperature of Louis- 

 ville is 54.0*, the increase or heat for 2,000 feet is 

 about 72 feet for one <!■ .-m "I heat. 



This water is a strong mineral water, and con- 

 tains many ingredients, ns 17 species of salts, be- 

 sides silica, and tin '.e gases It niiiv prove of great 

 sanitary importance, unless this great number 

 diminishes the general good results. Dr. Suitij 

 mentions many disease*, n; which it will pro- 

 duce a beneficial result. It is evident that this 

 water greatly resembles thai ..f the famous mineral 

 springs at Kissengen, Bavaria. 



Tins well is in the Der.nii.ui formation of rocks, 

 and is continued far into the L'ppcr Silurian strata 

 which underlie the county of Monioe and tins lati- 

 tude for some hundred miles east and vic-.t. 



The source of the water must be traced to strata 

 which are 2 ,n-ifi feet below the surfic. 

 tutt ii-.' to the surface nt some d 

 Smith locates the rock nt the distance of 70 miles, 

 in another county, and elevated 500 feet above 

 Louisville. 



The well-known principle of the rise of water in 

 Artesian Wells, viz . that water will rise no higher 

 than its level, connected with H,, -mull inclination 

 of the rocks there, shows that the source must be 

 distant. If that BtTDTM ' 



fuec of Louisville, the pressure would be increased 

 one-fuiirth.and there would be nn additional reason 

 for the force of this stream. 



No other well has been bored to so great a depth 

 in our country, or in Europe, bo far as known. 

 The famous well orGrenelle, near Pari., and in the 

 Paris Basin, which has the upper limit of the chalk 

 rocks, or of the cretaceous formation, all around it, 

 is only 1,"94J*< feet deep; has a much larger bore— 

 even the area ol t il four times as 



great as this — and discharge* 99/100 gallons on 

 hour, or over 500,001) gallons a. day, at temperature 

 of 81* Feb. If the mean annual ten 

 Paris is 53*. the mean rate for 1,700 feet, would be 

 61 feet for rise of one degree in descending. 



Th- Kisat ■ii.'fo Aru-sian Well La Butaha. is 1,<*74 

 feet deep; that at La Fayette, fads*) 

 feet; that at Charleston, S. C„ 1.250 feet. 



It is said that Artesian Wells in the African 

 desert are bringing up water wilh success. The 

 sterile parts of our country among the Rocky 

 Mountains would be greatly relieved by these wells, 

 and there have been some explorations by the Topo- 

 graphical Engineers for this purpose. 



The boring has not been carried far, and not a 

 ways successful. At S4 feel in the Niagara scries i 

 rocks here, a constant supply has been raised by 





FENCE POSTS. 



BBS, EniTORs:— To the 7th question of Fuakk 

 UnSWCT in part from my experience, that i 

 • i ward* in the ground will last longe 

 than il placed in it* natural way. Twcnty-lou 

 Kgo, having DO shelter for my wagons from 

 storms and sun, 1 went to work to build a shed by 

 rive rd rig -i\ black ash poles about .'i.-ht inclu.'.s in 

 diameter, and from nine to twelve feet in length, 

 iiii.l lime lei'l in 1 1n- .jroiiiiil, the but-Mid being 



' I to place poles upon which 

 n iv hoards; ii very g I .substitute for Miuiethmg 



better, Ten years since 1 had occasion to n 

 these round postfl to give place for o house, and 



und did they appear, that an examii 

 took place, when it was found that near the surface 

 of the ground from two to four grains of wood 



illv decayed, the remainder being perfectly 

 Bound, and lit to stand the same test for years 

 I have, since those were first set, plat 



kind i >f limber both natural and invert* 



aud rind the laltcr to lu*,t almost twice as long, and 



i ii with .my other timber, and tt 

 vatcr and atmospheric influences are not as i 

 ilructive upon the grains of a round stick, ns o 

 that is split. I also believe that timber cut in I 

 latter part of summer, as those posts were, are i 

 liable to decay as those cut in early spring 

 after the sap has started. n. o 



iroet/i,, '• 1 



Manned*. — Youni: fcUBS should be mannerly. 

 Rut bow to be is the T 



d girls feel that tiny cannot behave to suit 

 solves in the presence of company. They an 



i, i .M Ji They feel timid, bashful 

 nnd self-distrustful the moment they are addressed 

 by a stranger, or appear in company. There is but 

 one way to get 01 II this feeling and accp 

 ami graceful manners; that Sa, to do the bast tin v 

 can all the time, at home as well as abroad. Good 

 manners are not learned so much as acquired by 

 habit. They grow upon us by use. We mm 

 '.-rotable, civil, kind, gentlemanly 

 womanly at home, and then it will be a kind .. 

 cond nature to be so everywhere. A coarse. r« 

 manner at home begets a habit of roughness wi 

 we cannot lay off if we try when we go among 

 strangers. The most agreeable p 

 ever known in company, arc thow 

 fcclly agreeable at home. IJ" me ■■ 

 all the best II 



that are per- 



the sebool (bi 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



Kaaathecndof tbo last volume, at tha request 



i ist, we prvmiM>t lo 

 Ay, In ibis .!. ; ailment, iketchea tu Xntvnt! 

 i!,H<*y. This prom ire we now purpose to redeem. 



within the 



i luxuriant 



a grtal sound- 



Tho seeds of the 



i.' ni' ■ i It lOUghl 



Tin- i- Q lj 1] I .uii.l ,,.,,; 



' i Ol il,e I. niteil Statas. The v 



■' !>■"■■ Hiihni ,;.,■ i. I, ,,i ,.,„■, . , 



in,, in,' residence of tb 



|" lil* i'l '.'-'i ii [has, Tho Carolii 



habits the interior of Louisiana, and th.- shores of 

 tbo Mississippi, and Ohio, co»t of the aJIfghanfu. 

 It is seldom si. : 



. ..ml iihn.,si impenetrable 



i:i.ne um!. \ pi.--, trees, and 



those Singular ratine* or d'ofcr, so Itttl I 



the we>hi n <.',, nulls . II. le t 



ftiiee of their Ib>1 i h mis 



cypress tree and beei b mil- 



after bj thi w birds. 



Tin' ii.. lit of the Carolina parrot is very much 

 in,' thai ol ii,,' ini.j pigeon, In alose compact 



bodies, ring withgroal rapldltj . making a loud 



and outrageous soroiming, like that ol tot i,.i 

 i bi ir flight i' 



a direct line, but most usually 



agnal vane i; of elegant un. I . i-> - 1 1, mme iuihu- 



ders, ns if lor ploasuis. They generally roost in 

 the hollow trunks of old sveainnrc*, in parties of 

 thirty or forty together Bsn tbej cling fast to 

 the M.le.. i,t the in'.-, holding by their claws and 

 bills. They appear to he fond ol SlOCp, and Often 

 retire to their holes during tho day, jnohiiblj to 

 take thin regular tUtto, Thoy are oxtrcmoly.BO- 

 i lal nrni ti ii-inlly towards each other. 



They build in coinpnnii-H in hollow trees. This 

 bird is thirteen inches long ; the forehead nnd 

 chcoka areorangv red; down ami muml the ,,-i k 

 a pule yelhrn , the shOllIdOT and llend of the WJngS 

 also edged with rich orange red. Tho general 



Color of l he rest of the |il on , ■-■ i i a Li I.l i.-!l,.n 



ish silky green, with light blue reflections. It is 

 I," in elegance of figure, and 



betlUty of plllin.rje. I- i.nm\ i.l tin !,■■ 



It is docile and sociable, and noon becomes per 

 fectiy familiar, but cannot be taught lo speak. — 

 l ... , bl da BW rapid!) diminishing. According 

 to Mr. AononoN, vi iv fo« ol 'I i, ii i on to be inn mi 

 north of Cine in im 1 1 , and there are not, at present, 

 l,..lt iln' loiintii i i.Imimj i In- Mississippi, thatuiiited 

 there twenty years ago. 



guish hi> i 



Wi should 

 bad, and never 



lanage our fortune like our consti- 

 t when good, have patience when 

 apply violent remedies but in cases 



T,u- ,-. ii,,- largest of all the American thrnshoi, 



and is a well hi. ■■ !l "' ■-""«"""■. 



and from the top. ..I l.< .1 •"■■. . 'i'l 1 ' 1 ' " ! • :],t ' rr 7 



trees, he sain'. ' '' " , "' Ll * 



i al, and full 

 idainly distin- 

 ice at half a mile's distance. These 

 .. but -»lely his own. 

 Karlr in May, he builds his neat, choosing a 

 thorn-bush, low cedar, thicket of briers, or cluster 

 bis situation. It is coustructod of 

 i . leaves, and fine fibrous roots.- 

 Uc often attacks the black snake in defence of his 

 h success, as bis lull is strong and 

 ii,- f„od consists of worms, caterpil- 

 lars, beetlef, and bcrriet, He also destroys vast 



quantities of grubs, which be BCntOnCS I I t 1 " 1 



(.round. Ue is an active and vigorous bird, flying 

 generally low from one thicket to another, with his 

 I spread out like a fan; be has a 

 single note or chuck when yon approach his nest. 

 irtb America, from Canada to Flor- 

 ida. They are cosily reared and become very 

 familiar in cut 



The thrasher is eleven inches and a half long 

 the whole- upper parti are of a bright reddish 

 brown; lower parts yellowish white; the breast 

 and sides are marked wilh pointed black spots, 

 running in chains. The wings a 

 two While bars. 



Oxs to-day is worth t» 



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