New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-01

stated that though tie boat started hA aik above
the desired ,pct the ro~en were barely sole by tie
txertions 70 tcco'r psh the loo feet
before they were swept dewr to the prop,r p'iot.
To-. small rope was terral times broser. bit ws-
fl all! .atel, -: ,.ch.d irom bauk to bank.
I.s large rope vas DELAYED week or tro beyond
the sppoipe ed tine, but ealy reached Niagara Falls
'iisg- un w.dr e-dsy, the 22d, wteu it was p'acei
or a csit ,uruoub,.u with a fsg. and efiven iu ''
! uuph ,b,oueb the town. /, j. three aud qn,rtsr
irche. in diameter is 800 feet lots, o. WV 'p-
30 feetof pes necessary to steady IT, co,s s'
IL Wa nsce il tao sections AM vas spicei by N op
po'ture sailor VITO hap jer-i 20 he at the vlllsS'
| Ibe cay after it splcei Il fastened 10 tue
small rops .hst ~as alresdy spanning tee gull, aud
hsu.sd across While in the act Of doing t1is, M.
Bloi din was beset with sone difficulties, Shich he
overcsme in the moot cool and daring manner. As
betc sta ed. be u-ed tie small cable to draw the
| isrg. one over When the large csbie had been
cra~n 10 within 90 or so feet of the CAtaian
ba,k. the smsll rcp. gave signs OF breaking u'der
| the innense weigh, Of the large cable aoi it w's
feared that i, wrud nat be Ut snficieSt srtsgth
| to support the large ripe to the reach Of the
| operators on the bsnk. Had the rope bnkeo,
al their previous labor tad been in vain. In this
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r.ed rope; attaching a cord 20 his body, be went
ont On 'e small rope until be came to the large one,
70 which be tened another aud stronger Yope, -.
which the ma cable was at Ia safely hauled ashore
The shore was hned with a>tonished spectators who
witnessed this hazardous fest and who we're then at
once cuied Of all THEN sLeptcisn as to NJ. Bondins
ebiity 10 walk across the river, DO anything else
on a rope that he might fit to undertake. Every
thif was in reatLess ard the day for the grand
experiment fixed for fbursday, the 3Gth of June.
The tine Intervening between the fixing Of the msin
cable ard tie day for the performance Of the feat
upied in fastening a number Of guy-ropes 10 the
CHS ard to trees and other immov able Poots on the
shore from the main rope the object being Of course to
steady the large rope 10 render il As firm "a vas
COZ si,ten with the unstable nature of the slender
pa hHay. The steadyng ropes were fastened every
eighteen feet along the large one twenty nine Of them
leadirg TO the Canadian shore and tweutyfv to the
American bank. Beside these, four heavy
rcpes, rearly the size Of the main one
attached to il q. the distatce Of two hundred feet
from each other, ard descended thence to huge
rocks on the very edge Of tie river far below. |
Thus, il will be seen that NJ. Blondin having once
received to undertake the feat ran 10 unnecessary
risk but made his precarous promenade a. safe a.
III
found that the DETECTION from straight line in
the midce Of the rpe, sixty feet being some ten feet
nore than bad been at first anticipated, but it wcs
found impracticabe to strain the rope to greater
degree Of tenseness for fear of breaking it. NJ.
Bondin personally superiotepded all the arrange
mtnts and every preparation, however seemingly |
III important WAS carried under his Immediate |
supervision. There was ore disappointment
h.. fxad f,r Tuast he
2stb, but was afterwsrd pspored till Ttursjay, the
30tb, today, when, everything bang ready, M.
Blondin announced himself az ready to proceed
AZ may be readily supposed the whole counsry
round was in state Of great excitement, and many
were the propheses that lie would never be able to
accomplish H. that he never would try; that it
all a swindle that he would never reach the middle
Of the river etc. But the possibility of his failure
snd consequent death seemed to be new element
of attractiveness, Judging from the great crowd
assembled.
The morning broke bright and beautiful, few
Lazy clonGs in the sky, just enough to hide the
too ardent rays of the sun, and there was most re-
fresbing breeze, ard altogether the day such
that a better could not have been desired. At an
early hour the crowd began to collect. Every train
Il at arrived from every direction, brought its pro-
portion Of eager spectator and every sort of vehicle
that is indigenous to Yankee lsnc, seemed to be |
dressed into the service TO convey their quota of
people who to compose the Immense for ourpro- |
vircia town crowd Of people who consr-gated here |
to witness this most daring Of al the Oohsriy feats
Of modern times. At the crowd amounted |
to more than 5000 persons exclusive Of the usually
quiet inhabitants Of this village. who are generally
not reused from their customary quiescence by any
thing less exciting than tie mortal peril OF some I'M
happy one who has been entrapped into the upper |
rapids and is about to be hurled the Falls. Tue
trans brought great augmentation OF the al
ready large gathering, and from that time TIL p
constant ADDITIONS were made to the crowd BY ) |
O'Clock the impatiepce Of the assembly had reached
lis hight and it was estimated that at this time the
crowd amounted to twelve Thousand people, which,
ss the population Of this village falls somewhat short
ofwo thousand, is doing pretty well. They were not
by any meals equslly distributed, there being about
eight thousand on the Canada eide, while but four
thousand or thereabouts were congreg ,ted on
the American shore This is partially accounted for |
ty the fact that the American end of the rope Is an
ehored in pleasure ground the admittance to which
is charged st twenty five cents, while our Canadian
neip hbors have the advantage Of free admission to
the inspection of the rope and all thereunto apper-
tanning The crowd, though large, was a very quiet
one and no fighting l-fe-ling Of any sort marred
the general good temper If the tsion. A very |
large proportion Of the persons present were ladies,
who were del GIFTED with the days entertainment.
AT precisely halfpsst four o'clock, NJ. Blondin ap- |
peared in the pleasure garden where the Amerioan-
End Of the rope was fastened. There was short |
tight.rope erected herein, upon which the daring |
Frenchman mounted and went through many Of his |
most .aceful ard pleasing ea.s to the great aimira-