The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-07-15
Travelling Correspondence Of The Comet,
NIAGARA FALLS, July 9th, 1866.

all parts oil the world. w hen ] use the
ordinary language to convey the idea of
beauty, sublimity, grandeur and stupendous
nagnificence, it falls SO far short OF cor
rect description Of the place, that must
decline any thing like an attempt still |
might give you distant nkiug by tell
ing You Just to imagine yourself standing
on the topnost pinnacle of the HytnaIia
Mountains with churn under yonr arm,
with month mile wide, pouring five
hundred millions of gallons a minute of
pure cool blue water down precipiee fifty
| thousand miles below the centre of the
earth into a sea of soap sudR. The river
above, from Buffalo about twenty miles
distant IL wide, shallow and as calm as a
| lake. The rapids above the falls, remind
| me OF the democracy Of New York, trying
to get round Mr.. Pieree's pro-slavery adj.
ministration, and the snow capped meun-
tains caused by the surging pillows rum
bling over the rocks, reminds inc of the
immortal stump orator, whose patriotic
head have grown grey in the cause of the
country, crying free trade free State free
speech, free sugar. free thought, and Free
mont
! came here for the express purpose Of
following the example of Sam Patch and
make my everlasting leap.
! surveyed the bluff on this side, and
found it would not do, crossed Suspension
Bridge, went to the Canada depot, passed
under the table rock and behind the water.
Oh thunderl lightning Jehosiphst and
Belshazar thought old Jupiter had melt
ed the armament Of stars and was pouring
their liquid mass down on my already dis
tracted head. After being completely sub
merged in the dasting spray, felt good
deal cooler. then visited the tower over
the falls in the middle of the river and
within ten feet Of the preclpiee. looked,
reflected, considered and re-considered |
knew II JUMPED, 1t would dash my soul
as well as body into one hundred million Of
atoms, and deprive me of the privilege of
either going to heaven Or hell stood and
shed barrels of tears and at last decided 10
adjourned over to the City of New York
where | shall render an account of myself
and then return home, ready to burn any
amount Of gas or Phosphorus for Fillmore
and Donelson.
The Suspension Bridge Is certainly Il
magnificent piece of arehitecture--the no.
tells are large and spacious, the cab drivers
and land sharks numerous Altogether this
is one of the most cool, shady, and lovely
spots on earth. had two shilling sight
Of the rock where Avery, held on twenty
four hours, and at last went over the falls;
also the place where a child fell in the
stream and man leaped in after it, and
both went over together.
visited Lundy's lane, on the Canada side,
it has two large towers erected suppose
as a monument of each national victory
The old captain, British subject who mar
rates the story Of the battle, says Gen. Scott
did not whip the English. He says about
- o'clock at night, Scott retired from the
neld---and when he was asked where were
the British at that hour, he answered they
had left about ten o'clock and camped
about a mile distant and said If Scott had
not taken their canon and turned it against
them, the Americans would have received
the worst drubbing they ever had
A very interesting little incident took
place on the cars between Columbus, Ohio
and Cleveland, on Lake Erie. A party of
some twenty young gents and as many
pretty girls came aboard about s o'clock in
the evening We had to set up all night,
SO at an early hour stretched myself on
bench and dosed into partial sleep, when
| awoke at about ten, what do you think
saw! well, every fellow had his Dulcina
wrapped in his arms leaning on the backs
of the benches fast asleepl | looked again
and again to see if it was not dream, but
il was positive aud absolute fact. When
ever Baton Rouge girls take as many de-
grees in etiquette as the Buck eyen lasses
You can number among the cadidate for
matrimony,
BLANHERHASsETTE.
A STRANGE IDEA.-Mrs. S., in
conversation with q lady friend who