New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-15
NEWYORK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY AUGUST 49, 1855

the waters that fsIl the peninsula Of Michigan
she'd off into Lake Michigan the west the Straits
| of NsckipsW on the north, Lake Huron on the
mort, east. Lake Sinclair ard river and Detroit
| river an the east; ami al flowing down hither
/ Then follow aroupd that great region north Of
Huron. and all about Lake Superior, Georgians
Bay, and the Canadian peninsula nerth OF LAKE
r RE, and you will begin to zee where tLe wafer
csmes from that pours its eternal Hood "ih ceSs's
less roar over the cataract OF Niagara and throu21
that terrific gorge that daring iaSn has sPaSoed
with bis tiny web Of iron, whe1ce sel look down
as from some airy hight, fancied in sresm, upon
torrent 20 swift aud deep that II sweeps away
] the heaviest souuding-lead that nan can throw
end bids defiance to his vain efforts 10 fstt,m the
d,pth OF the stream that rolls onward with such
force that nothing but its own power oeaahg
against the solid rocks can check its course. And
that in sight of the bridge is done where the Ereat
Niagara whirlpool goes It's never ending round
Ibis il tight as grand as the cataract itself
From the Fsrk, two miles to the bridge, the
course al the river is nearly north east Then 1t
contracts It's width almost onehalf and turns
toward the northwest for a short mile. where ii
really SCENE, when seen from any point above, to
come to al end. 50 sharp is the turn TO ths east,
between the high and almost perpendicular walls
Oh each side In foct. 1t does sheet in fcaming
stream quite bey ond the opening. turning back 10
such strong eddies, and boiling, add whrhng, and
tunbling wave over wave, like Hurlgste in its
paniest days OF terror 70 the ancient mariner,
msgnifed a thousand fold. 1t is no wonder THE is
called the whirlpool Its pool that never ceases
whrling and where . single log has been known 10
travel round spd round month after month before
the whirl woud ease its grasp to pitch it through
the downstream gate, there TO whirl and whlrl
again-sometimes at ease, and sometimes standiag
erect, as though held upright by giant strength,
while it danced around the witch-caudron TO tne
music of the river geni, the tenor of which is in
the roar of the rspids the base in the thunder of
the catarsct, while the air comes from EOius's
harp in the cedaIs along the banks, three hundred
feet high
While looking upon this whirling mass Of water,
the question might be asked: "Nin Il ever run
"OutF For a moment, as we sit upon the rocks
bordering the shore of the whrl, we begin to think
il cannot get out for it rises like the flowing tide,
and swells up on the rock where we sit till the
woInen start up and scream with terror at the
prospect of being overwhelmed in this unlocked
for rising flood.
Another moment and the tie turns, and the
nsnt sweeps by on the opposite course, and the
ro u is bare. Suddenly it checks, then turns
again. and light stick thrown IN at this moment
is swept away up stream till lost to sight. In
few minutes more u may be caught and carried
thousand yards off over upon the Canada side.
Tine may and may lot bring ii back to US day
or week hence for its orbit is IN eccentric one.
One Of the curious appearances of tbe whirlpool is
. teuling upheayal of the waters as though some
living monster at the bottom, as he breathed or
rolled in his rocky bed shook the water from bis
sides tow ard the shore in surgng waves
About n mile lower down the river makes
another sudden turn toward the n9rth, and the
water goes foamng arodnd the bend with terrific
force. Altogether the sight is grand beyond con-
CT ytion. 1t is = toilsOme journey down the rough
path and steep Fights of stairs to the water edge
il is still more tOilsome TO return; but no one can
say, 81 have seen the grandeur of Niagara, until
he has made this journey 1t passage on the
road never shall forget OF regret :. II.