New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-09-08

bridge 70 be extended thought Of the Devils Bridge
| on the GOTrHABDT
High over the marge Of he horrible deep
Hang. and hover. bridge with It's pharion-ke span
No; By Man Il built over the vss,ness sweep
The streau Toars ben-afh-sie and esrfy II raves
Bufihe bridge hich threatens = safe from The waves
Descending TO the river BY broad carriage road we
embarked aboard of the Little steamer Maid Of the
Mist and commenced ascending the river to the cats
racis which are mile more distant and In full sight
a.. the way The passage Is short eddy extending
nearly the whole distance under the eastern shore
which prevents the boat from encounterng the descend
ing force Of the The little stacmer shot past
the very foot OF the American Falls rising and setting
ike duck on the huge hillowlng s~es snd then spe
on right on into the white boiling foam and spray
within few yards Of the descending sheet OF the Great
Horseshoe Fall Here was place 10 appreciate Schil
ers agnihcen description OF Chary bids. in his Diver;
And it bubble. and .ee,hes. and II Kisses and rosr.,
A. when IRE i with TAfer commixed ans couleuding.
! And the spray Of iis wrsfh 10 the wekin upsoars,
And food upon food hurnes on, never ending;
And if never triu 81. nor from travail be free,
! Lie a sc1 that T. lab0ria2 the birth Of sea -
For an instant the steamer heads toward the inner
angle OF the Horseshoe she appears dartng into the
torrentriver chssn. and it, " he'll Of waters. al dis
tctly visible will ia a moment more crush her ike en-
egg shell under their mountain weight lowering there
few seconds for the eye q take IN one view OF tina,
never to-be forgotten she suddenly winds and
PUSHES ike frightened bird down the stream. This
voyage in the Maid OF the Mist" gives better view
Of the Fa by far. than can be obtained the Amer.
SIDE, and IL u perfectly safe Once embarked you
ee fear than "a the paflDr- OF the thtar act
House. shall attempt new description of the Falls
no not word II would be too much like an interest
ing young gentleman once heard attempting 10 eabo
rate 10 an audience over text on which Daniel Web
had been pouring out his tnurder ana hghtnng u
them for two hours
We next visited Iris lslsnd-the observatory on Ter.
rapin ROcks-the Hnghack. &c seeing the American
and Horseshoe Falls from every point Of view which
can be obtained from the American side Then came
the excursion 70 the Whirlpool about three miles below
the Falls and merry party Of us set out for i Is a
Wild and strengthening spot The river here suddenly
widcns the West, but the rocky barrier alter de
scrbiDg curve Of few hundred yards, returns and
COMPRISES the river to it. original channel Against
that barrier dashes the who's force OF the Rapids.
and then recos and meets the descending mass OF the
waters forming fcrcey sgitated eddy IN which trees,
fragments of boats and other things which resist decay
gyrse for days months and years until entirely worn
out The bodies Of the dead too, sometimes hoat round,
exhibited in this ghastly Morgus until consumed or
thrown by chance current on the shore Here
for days the corpse of that singular enthusiast and
doubtless mOnOmaniac) Francis Abbot
g. Heaved with the hesvinc bilow"
After spoutng the description of the Cliffs Of Dover
in Lear we commenced descending the path which
zigzsgs down the face Of the precipice. Part way
down for passing round jutting point on narrow
ledge OF rOck-wnere misstep would hurl you down
a hundred feetyou are rewarded by seeing quantity
of earth filed with the verebre and other bones OF rat
tie snakes and by hearing a yarn OF mighty Indian
hunter of old who was destroyed by the snakes N a
vast den and whose tribe, IN retaliation, watched
ceascessy al the mouth OF the uei win LltT spears
until every snake was externinsed. little farther
on we were shown RIB Of the aforesaid Indian am
great shakes" on comparative anatomy but ~ ne
this rib looked hugely Ike bcefbone, on which the
teeth of ours had done far signal execution than
the tooth of Time mention this merely As specimen
parcel OF some OF the guide cOHders OF Niagara We
finally reached the iaus Of rocks at the waters edge
and clsmberng around among them, watched the burst
ing waves and furious OF the vexed pool On
the level summit of msssy slab, which had not long
since Numbered down from the cliff above, burgo-
master built gentleman OF 30, exactly ny weight
proposed to lady Of responding amplitude OF pro
portion--with mind wit and bieHrstidnce to match
the immediate acting Of ,c5led,-the scene. the in
tervew between Hamlet and 0phels described by her
10 her father
lie took me by the arm ard held me hard" &c.
the stout gentleman to enact the
unmatched form and feature Of blown youth,
Blasted with ecsiscy'
Of the Danish pnncethe stout lady, the pale sad dell
cate Ophela The shouts OF laughter which followed
this reasonable proposition we're answered by snouis
from above where the fair Mss s. Of Washington,
and one or two others looking scarce go gross as
beetles" stood waving scars and handkerchief TO US
from the verge OF the cliffs and Old Niagara heard such
sounds that day as rarely fancy mngle win the deep
bass OF his roar
one word more and have done--for have vowed
not 10 do the Falls either In prose verse Let that
word be about a moonlight stroll on Iris (known 10 the
proiane vulgar ~ "Goat) Island and the other little
islands which cluster between this and the American
shore The evening was one OF those ones go unusual
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troop thick on the tank and chilly, albeit brantlylit
night air The musketOes too those uxuries OF sum
mer evenings had not yet made their appearance In
force. Rascals thai would TAP Cleopatras nose as
cooly noggin Of ale and who doubtless be-
Heve that all the blood OF all the Howards was con
sttuted for the especial beverage OF musketoes-how
they wake up all tLat s esthetical and poetic about
man How eoquntly How forth the words of wit,
fancy and sentiment interpoatedor rather beat time
to-wiih running TATTOO o-spat spat spat-as Ike the
wedding guest" you wraihiully sniie breast,
cheeks and chin and box your own ears, IN the yam
hope Of smashing your tornentors
4 moonlight view from the bridges and various small
Islands among the Rapids is fun OF grandeur We then
passed under the dim arches Of the forest on ls
Island, illuminated here and there by moonbeam
stealing through chnk In the overhanglng foliage Ike
bright thought penetrating hazy brain But on
reaching the western shore Of the island how magnh'
cent the scene The full moon was streaming down
between the scattered trees tesseang the green sod
with light and shadow and At feet was the mighty
the majestic River rushing down the abyss-its white
foam and spray flashing il the moonlight
Here one Of the ladies )f party recited the sau
story of Francis Abbohe lone PrOspero OF this en-
chanred sle-slready detailed 10 the public VITA many
poetical embellshnent Whether, according 10 the
popular feminine suppositiOn. from unrequited love
came the scorn that crazed his brain " whether was
from hereditary faint, from scene oil SURPRISING
subimiiy acting on morbidly sensitive mente ana
physical organization we know not Msdnsh vi al
least monomsniac he undoubtedly was, and the story
OF his lonely life and death sad enough, but II pos
sesses interesting dramatic accompaniment TO take
il out of the range OF everyday and commonplace IN
cident No meek Miranda flashed Ike star amid the
darkness of his solitary cabin. His name, although
stainless is associated with gallant deed-no me ei'
fort of intellect or imagination. His biography
that of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of all the bees and drohes
in the great hive Of Humanity and can be iully com
prsed in the words he lived he died.
circumstance point OF particular interest," 70 me
about the Falls, their noises. ! speak not no"
alone Of the deep thundertone OF the falling waters
but also OF those strange notes which separated
from the mighty dispason, occasionally sirugse sep
aratey ~ the car from the abyss, and wnicn are
produced perhaps by currents Of an pTopeed throun
cavernous assures IN the rocks over when the waters
leap.
Sometimes a thousand twanging instruments
VIII bum about mine and sometimes voices
Thai II then had waked, after long sleep,
VIII make sleep again
Sometimes il is the scream of pershng man some
times croans and bowls If evil spr!ts-the demon
gods whose awful forms the lroquos hunter saw riding
on the spray and flashing from the rainbow OF the a
ract-were amening their oyer;hrown sltsrs and ex'
tinguished faith. .-,,-.
long" nv task Is done Put, pur-a continuous
sound az OF pebbles in revolving oArre!-snor stays
and tremendous haste where you are trying TO iory
your inner man with lukewarm coffee, portions OF al
enusted chickens and pies compounded OF nondescTpt
Vegetables facetousy termed beries- mastery mac
tivitiesr at watering places" nudsed IN the nos As
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