New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-07-04
NiaRnrn-The Wire Bridge.

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NIAGARA FALLS The same wonder of Won
ders Rolling, whirng trembling laundering az ever
This Is about the twentieth time have stood awe
struck and COMPOUNDED IN view Of this tremendous
cascade of roaring wafersi But my feelings Of pro
found admiration and wonder instead oil decreasing hy
familiarity with these sublime scenes only deepen and
widen upon every new approach. There ia now, ho"
ever new attraction al the Fas-the Suspension
Bridge This magnificent work Of art will appear the
more grand from 10 proximity 10 the greatest OF ns
lures wondermeuts-Nagsra Fails, and the terrible
gulf below The bridge VIII be 23O feet above the
water and VIII measure 500 feet IN length i VIII be-
feet wide will have track iOi the cars, two side
wake and two roads for carriages.
There are two towers Of solid stone. one on each
bank g. feet in hight a-d feet square al the bottom
From these towers l6 cables will bee suspended each
cable made of COO No lO wires firmly secured NJ each
end In solid rock The bridge viii be- capable. when
done Of sustaining 300 tons in the center. The e-f
mated cost is not far from $4,000. The work is now
slowly progressing A kite was let loose which took
across the immense gulf small cord 10 this was ast
encd small rope. 10 this cable and thus were the
cables drawn across and secured. 10 one of these
cables there s now suspended small car. which car
ries from one 70 six passengers and runs back
ward and forward several times during the day They
over In from three 90 five minutes and charge the
very moderate sum of one dollar over and one dollar
back saw one or two pass over and back while
standing ON the bank When over the center of the
yawnng gut the man In his little car appeared about
the size Of little bird suspended In mid heaven.
Wonders never ceasei ln haste. C.. W. C..
NIAGARA SusrFNsloN BBIDGE-We learn from
Col john lex that the panks being laid across this
splendid structure al The rate OF 100 feet per day and
that h Viii bee ready for foot passengers hy the ourh
0i July The Bridge the great object Of a'tr1c
ton at the Falls Hundreds who have heretofore Wit
messed the great cataract make second visit for
the purpose of examining the Suspension Bridge and
crossing the Niagara fearful hight above its
tiers Rochester Advertiser
WHEAT AND RYE CHor..-The Westminster
(Md) CarrOhoHiaH says. Our farmers are busily en-
gagged IN cutting their Wheat and Rye crops. some of
whom have already finished From all with whom
have cunversed IN relation thereto we hear but one
account and that is the crops never known 90 hc
better more abundant, the heads being heavy and
well filed. We have been favored with "A sample Of
Sippuum OF italian WbHe Uheal, grown on the farm oi
Mai A. Il. Eye near Taneytown in this county which
is the best We have seen this season. The heads are
large ordinary numbering eighty grains, very
firm, and the stalks so large thai they might he com
pared 20 reeds 10 sOvn ON the 9th of November
and gathered the 26th June, and is said % yield more
10 the acre than the Mediterranean OF Zimmerman
Wheat
FIRE n CHARJEsrowN.-At about { O'Clock
this morning the sta,c factory of Charles a. Locke
Medford st. Charlestown, discovered 90 Doe ON fire
and entirety destroyed with To- contents. Lose
covered bv $500 insurance. This Is the second time
that this establishment has been DESTROYED by fire
within u year or two We are sorry TO state that two
members of the Charestown Fire Department were
injured by the falling OF The covering OF brick wall
upon them Boston Traveller, 3oih
THUNDER SroRN.-Mich damage was done in
the western part of Massachusetts, by the thunder storm
of "Wednesday evening The SWmRhola R,pnbiicla
states among other disasters that culveri the Con
ncclicut Railroad and niteen rods OF It's embanA
mcnt below Ireland depot were carried away. Al the
New City. the Canal embankmcnts were much injured
and the cellar of "a house hro6cn through and nlleo
with water bridge az Ashlcyyille was carried away.
The dam of the wooden factory OF Willis Phelps In
Wll.msusett depot struck by lightning and con
sumed with It's contents. including horse
4 FREAK oF LIGHTNING.-We learn from Wash
ng;on that upon taking down the ball from the Top OF
the lofty lantern. which on the dome of the Capitol
10 discovered that IL had been struck OF
by lightning. The dud had perforated il in three
different places aud then, the ball being hollow appa
reujly coursed round the interior until IL escaped out
Of single hole nearly opposite 20 IL had entered
The BAL is about Is inches in diameter. Bait sun.
LIGHrNING.-Tho barn of Luther Hill at SPRING
dale Mass was struck by lightning aud destroyed on
Wednesday hast Loss y, 200
BURIED ALlyF.-A man in Aurora. III. named
John Hart buried the 22d alt by the csvng in
4 well He covered by the earth 90 the depth Of
eight ten feet and dug out alive after He hows con
dnemenL
- During the storm Of "Wednesday last a
house IN Ssugerties n y struck by lightning, and
two persons severely stunned