The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-12-03
STORM AT NIAGARA.


the waters-the breath of His nostris in the
wood = the light of His eye upon the rifted
cioud-the might of Eternal power in the mad
summer tempest! Mountains of foam and foods
of sp'ayl The boiling waters surge and spout,
like { mighty avalanche, sweeping, plunging,
into he abyss below
In the breathless silence of sultry day,
there comes rushing sound, as of rising wind :;
and ar up the shore, the tall trees are bending,
crasl ing, as they fall. The great waves rise,
crest ID with foam, and, gathering new strength
as Ii ~ are caught by the rapid current, dash
with fury to the awful precipice. The dark sky
grow, darker, and the binding rain comes from
The r distance, borne upon the beating wings
Gu ans mountain Of n ansr Hn afeaye sh
in tSrifc majesty upon the brow of the en-.
gulp aed rock, it leaps down into the seething
dept,. Humanity is PROSTATE; silent and
breg hless, it droops to the earth. Nevertheless,
it Fl ,ntically gasps for the little life accorded
hun AN existence. Man, pale and trembling as
in den time, bows his face in terror, when
Goo the Omnipotent is thus revealed.
+ sheet of surging foam suddenly floods the
low banks of Goat Island-the tower seems to
Der ! and culver with the blast, and the little
DO, which had lodged among the projecting
roc % above the American Fall, comes career
ing down, down, in the turbulent revel of the
VII is and waters.
The frail Maid of the Mist catches the fierce
inn oetus a. she turns from the binding spray,
ami the tiny ferry boat is for a moment lost be-
ne sth the sudden tempest wave.
The dashing carriage flies down the Canada
SD gre, the frightened steeds giving full rein tc
es III quivering nerve and straining muscle
T q pelting rain rends and shivers the stunted
eS srgreers, and soon drips in trickling streams
d.twn every step and precipice. Suspension
hidge, airy and massive, wicker.work and ma
q nry, de6es the crashing elements that rage
With such demoniac fury in their meet abode
b3yond- whirlpool. The orgies of spirit.
aecursed seem faithfully typifed in the reckless
rsving and furious tumult, family heard in the
c;vernous depths of the frowning darkness be
low. Like Eolian strings, rudely touched, shiv
er and tremble the coiling wires of the bridge
nd as the storm momentarily pauses, the re
vsrberating thunder and roaring cataract com,
ike the grand martial refrain of some majesti,
old march, which has kindled the fiery heart
of many marshalled host, doomed to death O
victory.
A last look, as we hastily wheel under rud
thelter; binding flash, and tall tree lie
| .hottarod 70 fra1yrants q neal of tb,ndar mn
isring, then shouting, deafens and terrifes. Go'
!, in the storm, whether it sweep over the plain
our down the hill side, or rave upon the faith
mless sea; but here, where the gathers
faters of chain of lakes are but touched by hi
reath, the Creation is unveiled, and we dar
lot gaze thereon.
A vague sense of infinite power, incompre
sensible greatness, and overwhelming vastnesG
oaralyzes the soul; a dim glimpse of unaE
syroachable majesty, terrific strength, and on
nipotent grandeur, bewilders human vision
IOhl God is sublime verify, a consumin
FIRE. Let us worship and adorel
THE ADRIATIc-It will have been seen b
the letter that we published yesterday, that tn
trial trip of this magnificent vessel had full
borne out the anticipations formed of her. Ur
less she bellies the qualities that she has di:
played on this experimental trip, she will b
not only the fastest but easiest going ocea1
steamer in existence. Her engines, which ar
on the oscillsting principle, are said to wor
beautifully, and are pronounced by competen
d judges to be marvels of engineering sciences
j For beauty of model, strength of construction
Il and internal accommodations, the Adriatic
i also without q competitor and if, on the Ion