The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-03-18
The meeting then separated.
DESTRUCTION OF THE NIAGARA
FALLS, .... ....-.- We

ingenious Hoar.-'rhe great event an
Inounced in the following slip, purporting
to be from the Office Of the Buffalo Com.
mercial Advertiser, will be news to our
Western friends. The story is ingeni-
ously got up. and is worthy the author of
the Moon hoax.-N. 7. Express.
Office Of the .Aduerhser, :
Buffalo, Feb. ID, o'clock.
We hasten 10 announce TO our readers,
and to the world, an event in its nature at
once the most stupendous and sublime
that has ever been recorded in the annals
of the wonderful. The falls of niagara
the unmatched phenomenon of Nature
the Capitalization of power, grandeur,
and beauty-the theme of poesy, and the
material Of the traveler-the resort of the
enuee, and the delight of the susceptible
Us NO MORE. The feelings of wrap,
and terrific interest with which we beheld
/ the spectacle we are about to detail $50 far
as the details are understood were blend
ed with those of mournful regret that
earth was being robbed Of one of her
greatest glories, and our country of her
i unrivalled distinction.
! 1t has always been conjectured that the
! bed of these waters was once prolonged
:! to point far below its latter termination;
4 that the cataract, at some remote period
fell over similar precipitous height as ia,
down as Queenstown; and that the eleva.
ted bed progressively crumbled away UNI
;, der the corroding, triturating influence o
! the almighty current, until, in the lapse o
|! centuries, it reached and halted at the ter
minus over which, so far as authentic
history speaks, the aggregation Of the
Lake waters has dashed and roared. Thi.
; speculation is now rendered almost Ger
: tain; for, although the supposed process
: seemed to have been stayed--althougl
the consummae masonry of nature; cen
fury on century, had sustained its enor
nous load, nor seemed to finch or dwn
die under its everlasting vibrations. yet ha
it at length been subdued and sweep
:. away by its never resting antagonist
:. But let us hurry to the facts Of the case
= On Saturday morning, about 9 o'clock
t were manifested the first symptoms OF tn
;; grea, catastrophe that shortly ensued.--
t: Mr. Arnold. a citizen Of the village, Will
: waiting at the foot Of the spiral stair-cas
I. for the return of the boat, in order to exc
: cute an errand on the opposite side, pei
:. ceived the jutting rocks, which formed o
d the Canada side the famous sub-marin
n cavern. 10 break away, and fall into tn
]. cauldron underneath. The incident itse
Y and its effect on the aspect of the Fal
e were so remarkable, that he returned t
Y the village, and communicated the facts I
}, several citizens; and very soon a larg
/ group had collected to watch for farthe
Developments.
1t In the course OF an hour, considerabl
e. masses were disloca,ed and thrown dowI
d The sheet of water that before fell abrup
n ly--almost perrendicularly, with an vi
= broken breast over the protubereave,
r. course now shot down all obtuse angl
|. losing its majestic and graceful curve, b.
II gaining in tumult and ef1ervescence. b
y three o'clock, P. NJ, the number of spe
VI tators was augmented by many from Bn
h falo, ourselves among them. N
'e, thing further transpired that night
'e Early next morning parties were an
ID iously gazing towards the Falls, despi
lei the severity of the weather, expecting
lgI see the work of disorganization procee
leI At half. past seven o'clock, wi,
81 space of the frontal bastion, near to Go
al Island. within the horse shoe, fell dow
IN and then followed effects with greatly a
as celebrated rapidly. What was actual
IL taking place could only be surmised,
s the great confluence of water hid the il
'ir mediate stage Of operations from sight
s.t Rnt II was Main ia all that the supportil