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ttut in fc.fse of falllaj fro it
the situation I ?.as thro in, it could
onJy be Into the Car, I without he
sitation, cut the small grippling
coid, and tying two pieces "across"
to the lines by Which the Hoop
was attached, to the Net, formed a
temporary ladder by which at
length Tfeached the bottom of the
Walloon, and t iking off my Neck
cloth effected my purpose, by
Straining it in two^ or three turns
round the tube and contiguous parts
of the silk, and thus completely
closed the orifice and prevented the
escape of the Gai ? this was not
ficulty and much inconvenience,
for as the footing afforded by tl*e
temporary ladder was but precarious,
and as there would be much proba
bility and consequent danger that
the Net would be broken was tnv
? *
entire weight to be thrown on one
Side, I was under the^inecessity of
placing a foot at each si^lc and hav
ing reached the bottom of the Bal
loon to bear myself up by leaning
ag3irtst if, and here the stream of
Gas rushing from the orifice and
beating in my face, almost over
powered me, leaving a swiming and
dizziness for a considerable time.? -
I however was enabled to accom
plish my object and providentially
to return to the Car without acci
derffc" "? "
. <4 While employed in closing the
Orifice, 1 perceived the Ga6 (as it
beat against my face,) seemed t6
have acquired a very considerable
degree of heat, and in order to try.
Its temperature, I immersed the
Therrtiometer in the stream which
hsited from the safety Valve, and
found that it immediately rose from
420 and stood at 710.
The Balloon continuing to a*
*end, at 38 minutes pasFone
o'clock I found myaelf inapurrent
of air which blowing from the
NortFr-easkinduced me to open the
Valve in order to regain that cur
, tent which prevailed when I first
ascended, and tfrhich having accom
plished I then had a> distinct view
at once of the Wicklow Mountains
*nd those of Wstle$~r-at two o'clock ,
the Isle of .Man Ippeared in the
distant prospect, but in the short
apace or eleven minutes I approach
ed it with such rapidity as clearly
to see the Towns and Villages, and
even the Enclosures on the Island ;
vand ia'Twenty Minutes mote float
id along its Southeastern shore,"
,r Had > continued in this direct
tion^anrtry short period would have
brought me over the Coast of Cum
berland ? but as f have already
stated- that rcif principle object was
if possible so terminate- the voyage
enbergt, or mirmTKdiate vicinity
of Liverpool, and as I felt a full
Confidence of the powers I posses
sed both as to the G*% and quanti
ty of ballast, I determined to mea
sure back a put of the* track 1 had
run, and accordingly throwing out
a bag* of sand I once more rose
/wiih'tb? norCh-east current and in a
v5fty short time got sight of the
Ifland-of Anglesca.-^At co minutes
pait three o'clock,; I found myself
to the north-west of Holyhead,
when still being resolved to make the ?
c6ast of Lancashire, and judging*
tbi* to bt the most favorable op
Sortunity, I opened the Valve and*
y permitting some of the Gas toj
escape, past over the south of the
Sher?y- Light Hot**e, ami at 4
o'clock, was perpendicularly over
the istatid of Anglesea, the Baro
meter falling 1 j9 and the Thor
ftfiometer to 31? shewing by the
, Datum already givto at the* time of
ascending, that the altitude of the
BaiUion was no to nearly three iftiles
six hundred and fifty -two yards/*
( To bt concluded in our ttfxt.)
Afore Steam -Boat*.
A Louisville paper Maes that there arc.
iwue. i tc?m boats building on the waters of |
O* 110 ami the Mississippi, which complete (
Jb* vwmbcr of tweu?y oothow waters j
MISv. b.l .L/VNi'.OU S.
BATTLE OF * WATER LOO. -
In t lie g>eat battle of Waterloo, Col.
Pon-ionby. a B-ilisIl officer t>f ytm thertt.
was desperately wotmded, and wxs sup
posed to have been lulled, llis life, how
Lever, Wus prctcv^d in a mnniifr almost
miraculous, af'rr enduring sufferings. one
would imgine almost two great for the hu
man fiame to support. Toe following ac
count drawn up lrpm hi* own~slstemtnt,"
contains an interesting narration of his si
tuation and sufferings while lying on the
field, and afford a ffcrrible and awful picture
of the effects of such sanguinary conflicts
? pictures w hich too often exist in aJl their
[ horrid colors and fail of producing their
proper effect* upon the mind only because,
they arc viewed in detail : ?
44 Dear Lady Bfhoroutfky ? Von have
often wished for some written acrount of
the adventures and sufferings of your son
Col. Ponsonby, in the field of Watetloo;
the modesty of his nature, is, however, no
small obstacle in the way. Wil! the fol
lowing impcrfect sketch supply it* place
until it comcs ? The buttle was alluded to
one morning in the library at A? ? ? and
his answers to many questions which were
put to him. are here thrown together, its
nearly as I could remember/in his own
words.
>The weather cleared up at nnr*n, and
the sun shone out a little just as the battle
began. The armies were within eight
hundred yards of each other, the videttes
before tbey were withdrawn, heir.g so near
as to be able to convene. At one moment
T imagined that I saw Ronnpirte, a consi
derable stafT moving, rrpidly along the.
front of our line.
I was stationed with njjrjDrgiment (about
300 strong) at the extreme of* the left
wing, and direCtetf to act disc ret ionally ;
each of the, armies was drawn tip on a
gentle declivity, a small valley lying be
tween them. At one o'clock* observing,
as I thought, unsteadiness in a column of
French infantry (60 by 20 ? 1000? -or
thereabout*; which were advancing an
regular fire, 1 resolved to change them.
As we were descending in a gallop, we
'received from our own troops on the right
a fire much move destrufctive than theirs,
they having began long btfore it could take
effect, anil slackening a? we drew nearer :
when we wete Within fifty paces of them,
they turned, and much execution was done
among- thtm, as ytt were followed by some ?
Belgians, who had marked ouj^^ccess.
ttul.we had no sooner pa*q(r through
them than we were attacked in our turn,
before we could form, by ftboat SOO' Polish
Lancers, who had come down to thehyre*
iitf. The French artillery poured fb o*
mong us a hea*y fire of grape shot, whidh
however, for one of our men, killed three
of their own j in the mvlfr [ was di sab ltd
almost !n*iantty in both of my arms, ami
followed hy a few of my' men, who were
prtseotly cut doWvi (on ({tntrter?. being a-.k
. ed or given) I was carried oil by my horse,
till receiving a blow on ntv head from a
satire, I wa* thrown senseless on mv face
to the ground.; Reyivt rjty?, I raised my
self ? little lo took fotfrtd (being, I btUevtd
?at that time in a condition to gst up ami
run away) when a lancer passing exclaimed,
* Tome's paa mort, cnqVtn !? and struck
, his lance through my back ; mv head
i. dropped, and the blood into my
mrtuth, a diflSculty of breathing came on,
and I thought all was over*
Not long afterwards (it was then impos
sible to measure time, but I mtrsf have
i fallen in les* than ten minu'en after the
.
?charge) a (itallctir came up to plunder me,
threatening to?taKe mf life* f tbW him
that he might search me, dilfcfctmj him to
[ a small side pocket, in which he D>und
/three dollars, being alM had ; he untoi*.
td my stock, tore open W?y waistcoat, then
leaving me in a- very uueaay posture : and
, was no sooner gone, than another came up
for the savtfe purpose, hot assuring him I
had been plundered already, he left me,
: when.*n officer, bringing cm a "i me troops
(to which, probably the tiralleur belonged)
and halting whet* I lay, stboped down and
1 addressed me, any tug he feared I was
b^dly yrmmded* 1 replied* that I was. and
expressed a wisfcto be icmoved into the
rear; he fcaitf it was against the outer to
remove" even ihjjir own men, but that if
they gained t%e d.iy, as ibey prMiably
^wonht (for ht understood the Duke of
\T v t / ? f w
Wellington was killed am*, that six of our
battalion* "had Nirienderrd) eSery attention**
tti his power should be shone uia. I com
plained nf thirst uiiu ho litld hit brandy
, bottle to u?> lips, directing oiie of hi* nen
.o lav :r.c s*iaU on my side, and jtace ??
knapsack. under my hrau' ; he then passed
on inlo xhe action and 1 shall tn:*cr know
t *? \ - ? ?
lo vrh^xs generosity I w?i indebted, is I
conceive fof my hfe? -of What ra.nK, he was
I cannot ?^y, he wore a bllJe grtrart coat.
By and by another tiralleus came and knelt
arrd fired over me, loading and firing, many
time*, and conversing w<th great gritty
all the while ; at last he ran ofi% saying
u Vous scic: bien aise d'entendrc que
nous aliens nous rearer ; bv>n jour mon
ami."
% ,
While the ^aU^e coniihucd in that part
several ofs the wounded men and dead
bodies near me were hit willi the balls
which cuunc very thick in that p'ace. To
wards evening, when the Prussian* came,'
the continued ioar of cinnon alon?j thefr
and i he British li..e, growing louder and
louder as they diew Hear, was t lie finest
thing4, efer heard. It was du*k, and two
squad ?ons ot Prussian caxalry, both of
them two deep* passed over me in full trot.
Silling m<J (Yum the ground and tumbling
me about ctuelly *, the clatter of tbeir tf's
prorch, and the apprehension it excited,
may be easily conceited ; hnddTgun come
that way it would hare done for roe. ? The
battle was then nearly over, or i e moved
to a distance ; the cries and groans of the
wounded all around me 'became more und
more audible, succeeding to the shouts,
itnpt ecations, outcries of M Vive I'Empe
rour !M the discharges of muske'iy and
j cannon ^noW and then intervals of perfect
i silence* which were worse than the noise, ( I
I thought the night wo\Ud never end. Much
about this time, I found a soldier of the
lioyals lying across my legs, who nad
-probably crawied thither in his agony ; his
weight, convulsive motions, his noises and
the air issuing through a wound in his
! Hide, distressed me greatly, the Utter cir
cumstance most of all, as the case was
i my own. It was not a dark n'rght, and the
' Prussians were Wandering about to plun
; der (and the scene in Ferdinand Count
. Fathom came , into my mind, ihough no
[ woman, I believe, was there) several' rff
L them came arid looked ar afte. - and passed
^ on ; at length one stopped to examine me.
I told Aim as well as I could (for 1 cotild
say bu? liUle tn tierman) that 1 was a firi
tish ofiicer and had been plandered already;
he did not delist however, and pulled me
about roughly before lie left me. About
an hour before night, I" saw a moldiertnan
English uniform coming towards roe ; he
was, 1 suspect on the same errand. He
? - vt"
cumc and looked in my (act.? 1 spoke In*
aiumTy telling him who f was, and assur
* ^ ' . i * - ? i7W f
ing him of a reward if he would remain
by mc, He said that he belonged to (he
40*h regiment, but had missed ?*. He
'W ' .
teleased me horn the dyiii? man ; being
unarmed, he look a sword frorn the grouhdt
and stood over me, pacing backwards and
forwards^ At eight o'clock In the mom*
Mug, some English were seen at a distance;
he i an to them. a$d a messenger sent oft' to
llervcy. A cart carte for me; I Was placed
in it, find carried to a farm house, about
a mile and a bull" distant, and laid' in Ihe ?
l>ed from which |>oor Gordon far I under
stood ?l\eward%) had btan just Carried out |
the jolting of the cart ami the ^fficuity* of <
breathing were ver f painful*. *1 had re*
ceived 7 wounds ; a surgeon slept in my
r room, and Iwa* *aved by continual bleed*
1 log, ISO-'otinces in two days* besides the
((rent toss of blood on the field*
| The lances, from their length and
h weight would have struck down my sword
lortg before I km it, if' it had' not been
hound to my hand* What become of my
horse I krft>w not ; it wis Ihe best I eeer
had*'
l'he vnan from tha Royals was still
breathing when I was removed in tha morn
ifig, ami was soon after taken to the hoa*
pita'.
, Sir. Dennta Packe ssld, tha greatest *
rirk he ran the whole da f was in stopping
his men*. Who were firing ovwrne and my
t regiment, when we trtgfcn to' charge.*?
t he Prer&K make a great clanfor i?t action,
>? the Rngltetv only shout.
Much confusion arose, an4 dlan^ mis
takes 1bm simflavity or dresa. The ttel
giaftVt in* particular, suffered greatly from
their resemblance- to the French ; being
still ill the vfcjy same clothes they ftd ser
ved in under Bonaparte*
Such, probably, Is tha history of maay
a fcffcve in ?n | yet to me it wea new, The
historian, da*crlbing military achiavements,
passes silentl) over IbOstf who go III the
heat of the battle, ihough thera, as we
have sean, evar f characteristic displays
itself. ThA ft^ty Wl g*y? the noble
^mindrd are s* iHf^fwirous ; nOr lias the com*
:nvdct\ ? ?? M- ;?'? u.'., s' * hc^e**
cWiin to our ad ?vvvn> ?, t V^r, t ie m-aT* t
of hit ^ fjJ*- rj
enemy, in the uiuUl of danger a??d
From ihe Wc9t-J?r*c? Oc:r v;
tilEl#;USTTER.
u I pity? f piijf ihe printer," sai 1 my ttrU
cle Tohy.? -*? He i* a poor <kvil,M rej'wne'*
llow so,*' said my uncle Toby. ? ~ In
llit Gist place, he matt etidcavor io pleads
every body, and ten to one if be pleas^
any body : In the negligence of the mo
ment, perhip* a small paragraph pop* up
ou him ; he hastily throw* it to ihe<y>m?
positor? it is K%erttd-^l he U rf-^IK
all intents and purposes I M?u Too much
4 the case,* * said my uncle, wittra sign, '
too much the case." u Nor is that all,"
continued I* 44 he sometimes hits upon 4
piece that plcses hint niigAtiyi ajftd hetHUiki
it cannot but go down with liu subscribers#
but alas i who can calculate ? He insert*
it, and all is over .with him. They may *
fnrgiv* ollters, but they can't forgive tbo
printer? lie has a host to print for?lie ha*
f>ols, and he has wise men; and ever*
done? that knows not fi from a bull's faot,
sets up for a ciitic. The pretty . mist *ex*
claims, why don't he give us more poetry
anil bon mo's ? Away with tlfkte fctule pie* \
ces. The politician claps hi* specs on hte
nose, and runs it over in seareh of vmlenfc
invictiYe ; he finds ner.c ; he takes his spels
o(T? .folds them? claps them in hi* pocket
declaring Ihe {fciper good for - nothing bUt
to light segar* with? So it goes. Every
one thinks it ought to be printed expressly
to p'ease himself* he is a subscriber* a?M
thus weekly, it is brought to the grand
ordeal."
Trim could.no longer contain himsel
but rising and making a stride to the mid
dle of the floor, with his arms akimbo, at*!
hi* head upright* exclaimed with a loud
and amiable voice, <c If I was a printer, an'i
please your honor, I'd please myself. V&
never give up the ground to any one. o?*
fenounnr one sent^pcnt. I would not ber
swayed by the whim, capnccu and folly of
every one* but would' mark otit a straight
line and pmiue Trtre traced
with the m>iftt of his stick a right fine from
my ?ton|,) 14 If I could not succeed in a
. plain, independent course, I'd freely kick
nREicrv i/irrlBjiLniEArcB.
Lk private letter from St. Petersburg
State n, u that the court of Russia has obtain
ed of the eotiV$of Austria the prohibition of
the export of I every species of ammunition
for the use of the taiurgent?<of South K -
mcrica/' ' :.f . *
I
L ? _ ? ? ? ? h -r-x -vp^ ?T7y t~^aay,g-ry -y ?; f7
In ten days, towards the hitter pert of
September, upwards of three thousand mus
kets, with infantry Ihd ci^ajry equipments
in proportion, had been shipped frc?m Eng
land for (he Spanish Patriots, after being
inspected by thetregent* ? *
A letter frori^a gen tic man in London tcr
his correspondent in Richmond. Vir.
say*? ^ A ship-w just 1 aboftt UM<ft""frOTTi
Portsmouth, for South. America, wjth lord
Cochrane, Sir Robert V/ilsori, ana SbOO
stand* of arms on board, for the Patriots*
TbiskpubUeiykfiownr **??' t '
An article from the Hague* date^20tV
September, stucs negotiations for a rerival
of the treaty ofcommerce with the ViSted '
States, have commenced herfc.? Messrs J.'
Golbergand, J G. Vander Kempknlghts, of
1 the order on tbe Belgic Liotif have been
appointed' plenipotentiaries on the part of*
th'p government '* > " 0 ^ : >f *.
A ship of 300 t0t?Js in th* Thame*, hav- '
ing on bottfdSOO officers and soldiers, entoU
led for the purpose- <rf fighting under thff'
standard of the revolutionists' in South AM
?verkau
The pftpere received by a Duteh Mi
stats thafthe neighborhood of J^atsfvl^4??%
'the Island of Java, had sufifcred ftotn
eruptions of a burning mountain, sad ^
this phenomenon badt>oen attended with all
the accompaniments of. an earthqnske>
Th6 waters iwe to an unusual height, s mt\
trees were throwiytown from the mowftaina.
Two other mountains sunk into the earth, '
carrying with them their mtfbrtunate inhab*'
hsn**^ '
Lettees from Gibra!'* received tn Ettjj-"
land, announce that the plague continued'
to fiprewCltf Vivsges in Turkey. A4 \i
?^(icrsUft tlied '6f aday. The superstitious '
TrtVWTscaw^
medHy falling dcaVl around them in the
stref4*, but did nothing to arrest the dreads'
^tirthtiady. '
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