New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-23
.NLfG.fR.A FALLS.
CoIre.vondeno. Of The ". Y. Tribune

Correspondence Of The ". Y. Tribune
NIAGARA FALLS, July Is, 1-5c.
turned aside to spend day here, on my way
East. l have been here several times before. !
have seen the great cataract, with its vast water
power and shower-bath and have taken by the
name nearly all the lions which dwell round about.
But am as glad to come now as j ever was. To
me- Niagara is always attractive. / do not easily
get tired of its scenery. Indeed, | believe the
longer one stays the more he sees to admire. To
come here and "dO" Niagara in few hours
rushing from this scene to that without time fairly
to observe anything, is not pleasant. 1t may heat
your person, but the fancy will be apt to remain
cool. To be coared by guide, and drawn under the
sheet in the midst of binding spray, may give you
q good bath but il is not calculated to open ones
eyes to the beauties Of Niagara. Nevertheless, it
is well enough to put yourself into the hands OF h
guide on the occasion Of your first visit. They Will
treat you 10 q vast amount Of sublmity in very
short space of time and in the most business like
manner, at surprisingly low rates. You had better
be guyed in this way at first and you can sferward
revisit the places at your leisure, aud find pleasure
in so dong.
After all, however, the Falls are the great thing.
The Burning Spring emts a gas which burns pref
tily, but the water is suphurous, and the Dutch
man who said, "H--l ish not Won mile fon dish
place. may have been right. This and the Devils
a.
the company of the Rev. Nehemiah Adams, ID. D.,
of Boston, or otherwise under proper guidance;
and Lundy Lane if the Whig party had not unfor.
tunately become defunct, might be a very good
place for ones patriotism 10 expand bat We would
hardly come here 10 see them alone. II is the Falls
which we want TO see. Therefore ! thank those
pubc. spirited citizens whose dsinterested ngenui-
" has devised So many ways OF getting at difficult
stand points 10 view them. l like 10 90 above the
Falls and below them and behind them. l like 10
GET upon the Tower above the Horse Shoe Fall in
the early morning, and look about upon the rushing
waters. Above are the Rapids their white-capped
waves tumbng over the uneven rocks, roaring aud
leariug. as if wild with joy at the thought OF the
mad plunge beyond. Below is sheet of this end
of the Fall thin and white, as II ghastly pale with
dread of its impending fall. Out toward the Canada
shore the mighty waters of the great Horse Shoe
Fall itself pour down, a green and angry food.
What host il seems filling the air with lis sound
ing voice, shaking the earth with its mighty rush.
How swiftly and stcutly II thunders down, new
hosts of waves eagerly rushing into the footsteps of
the myriad waters that have gone down before A
practical man might see in all this nothing but
useless exhibition of missppled force, and wanton
waste of valuable wster-power. The melancholy
Imagination Of Mr.. Choate might fancy the Fall 20
be dangerous, dsorganiZlng. revolutionary mon.
ster liable at any moment, 70 tear asunder tie
foundations of the earth, and knock this mundane
sphere into eternal smash; bu; TO the true lover Of
Nature, il 10 something more. He sees behind il
the Power which created il, and With wondrous
cunsinc fashioned il into thing Of rare beauty AID
terrible subEmity
Gong behind the Horse-Shoe Fall wss Dot Alto.
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