Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-09-19

PASSAGE OF rHE NIAGARA.

The schooner Michigan preopiaed over tie Falls OF
Niagara on the 9th Instant correspondent of the Daily
Advertiser thus describes this Interesting seenei-
Three o'clock the hour appointed to weigh a9cho' on
hoard the Michigan. The task Of towing her om sie nd
ing TO b- rapids, and most hakardo' one VA was Tnin'-
ed TO Capt Rough, the oldest captain on the Lake WIN
old captain got The schooner underway and lowed her to With
quarter OF mile Of the fr.i RAPIDS and wiiin half
mile of The tremendous precrse, near as they due ap-
proach and eating her a, shc passed maescaly onwhie
he Of the yuw bad pull for their lives 10 effect thc
safety Indie cd such were the fears of the hands ~ |
have understood that approaching The rapid, they cut
the line before they had received orders from then COM
mander.
And now we approach the interesting of the oI
bii9r The nigh grounds both side, Of The American and
British shores were lined with people, having hI view of fhe
rapids ana ul 'he apploaeh o. ne .e'iS u no" ~ vas , va,
gan, unguicd by human agency approached heal on tie first
raPil dcen and apparently keeping TIE very conre that
the skll navigator would have pursued having an Amer
lean ensign Ay ing from her how'pr aud the British jack dis
played he stern She passed the first mpii unhur It'll
head on making plunge, shipping and snr ON il IN
beautiful y e and in her descent the second her mas
went by the board The same moment atordnS those who
have witnessed ship" cca, specimen Of the silen
destruction OF The sPas ofa hP at sea IN case OF "er-
Expectation io he fate at the highest; she swung
and her boidse the dahng and loamin
waters, and al cr remaining stationary moment ~ two was y
IT. force round Stern foremost and having passed the
third rapid, she hlged bu, carried her hull apparently whole,
between Gra., Island and the h shore the Hose Shoe
which he carried stern foremost and launched n
The abyss below In her fall she dashed into thousand
pieces. went below the Fal Immediately after the dc,con n:
aud the river exhibited singular appoaranoe from the thou
sands OF floating Fragments there being scarcely be any
two boards nailed together and many of her lmhers were
broken into twenty pieces. Such the eagerne., Of the null
tiIude present TO procure piece o her. that before
| great part Of her was carried away.
The animals board consisted Of buffalo, from the Rocky
Mountains two hears fom Green BAY ind Grand River, two
loyc, dog and four geese fate ofihcsc
will probably wish TO learn When the vessel lci
her fate, they were let loose deck except the buffalo, wlo
Enclosed in temporary pen The two bears len The
eel ,hoy after she began descend the rapd, and swan
ashore twthdandi1g the rnpiiy Of the current On reach
nS the British shore hoy taken The buffalo was "a
pass the Falls but visible afterwards. hat be.
came OF The ether animal. i known Those who had
-as,es could ofthe bc1rs climbing the mat the
c approached the rapids the ioNc &c. also ulanng up
and down, bu no hing of them after the hoon.I
passed over. The only live animal Of the crew that passed
over the falls were two geese; they taken mp unhur-
MAJOR Fraser obtained ore, AMI English geneian pu'cha
| ed The other for two dollars.
The calculations vnious 10 the number Of
scnbed Oh both shores. Some estimate them low hccI'
ald other at thirty thousand Tie e5tes lody OF pcopl,
r""c 'c Ameiican side. Go1 Island for conilrrabl,
dfanc, cNhiied den" counn of persons. and the bls,
e'tel hom GSit lanh viii !. hui upward, of hundred
feet the rapid, also crowded and temporary booths
made with the borshs Of tree, shi;cd both shores"