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(clt;tI1fIMR. KIRK BY,— The JEronaut.This gentleman made his ascension on Monday Afternoon, 5 minutes after 4 o’clock. The crowed assembled to witness iiis daring, was immense—the largest that we have ever seen collected in this city. The ufternoon was propitious both for the iEronaut and the admiring thou ^ sands. The sky was perfectly clear and), the wind from south west to north east,so that his course was from the setting sun, which shone upon his balloon when at the distance of five or six miles, so as to give it the appearance of a brilliant star. As it was the only ascension that we have had the pleasure of seeing, we cannot speak of it by comparison; but to our judgment it was both a beautiful and sublime spectacle. Those who have witnessed such things before, concur in pronouncing it one of the best that *'ney have ever seen. The cool a r,p collected manner in which he commenced his flight to the iegior/s above, bearing aloft our national stars and stripes could not fail tofill the assembled multitude with enthusiastic admiration. The general course of hia flight was, afteT he passed the limits ol the city, nearly east. He alighted 3 miles beyond Williamsburgh,in Clermontcoun-ty, near the Chillicothe road, at 2 minutes after 5 o’clock, having made the distance of 31 miles in less than an hour. We arehappy to state that no accident occurredto the injury either of Mr. Kirkby or his balloon.—Cincinnati Gazette.
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Richmond Daily Palladium
Richmond, Indiana, US
Sat, Dec 20, 1834
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