Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-07-06

Tie arrangements. cad every pseparatios.
however sssmingiy unimportant, vas car
risd On undsr bic immediate supes visioo.
There vas oss 0ors disappoiusmnt about
The time. which vas 6xed fos Tuesday. the
eSth, but VS. aft9vards postponed TO
Thursday. the 3Oth, 70 day, when, svery.
thing being ready, n. Blondin announced
himself - ready to proceed.
A. may be readily supposed, the whole
country round was in . state Of great Fl.
eitsment, and many were the prophesiss
that he would never be able to accomplish
Il; that he never would try; that it vas .
sviDdls; that he would never reach the
niddle Of the river, etc. But the possibili-
ty Of Of bic failure and consequent death
seemed to be . new element Of attractive
go. jsdsipg iron Tie great crowd Asssm-
The morning broke bright and beautiful.
. few hazy clouds were in the sky, lust
enough TO hide the too ardent rays Of the
sun. By Eve o'clock the impatience Of the
assembly had reached its height, and it was
estimated that ct this time the crowd mum.
bered twelve thousand people. They we're
notify any means equally distributed, there
being about eight thousand on the Canada
side, while but four thousand we're congrs.
gated on the American shore.
At precisely half past four o'clock. N.
Blondin appeared in the pleasure garden,
whore the American end Of the rope was
fastened. There was q short tight rope
erected herein, upon which the daring
Frsnchman mounted and went through
many Of his most graceful and pleasing
fests, TO the great admiration of the spec
tatora He Was dressed In dress similar
to the one frequently worn by acrobats and
public gymnasts. viz: pink tights, buckskin
moccasins, and spanglsd tunio of yellow
silk; he was bareheaded, without even the
hllet of white satin that 10 frequently worn.
At Is minutes past he stepped upon the
large rope, whore he converted fen -
ments with his friends in the most cool
unconcsrned manner, having apparently no
more doubt of his successfully accomplish.
ing this undertaking than he had Of It.
tempting 1t. As he stood for minute on
the rope, before stepping ont, he addressed
the crowd as follows:
Gentlemen. any one what pleases to
cross, carry him on my back"
No one seemed disposed to accept the
kind offer, and having joked few minutes
longer, he at last started ON his perilous
journey.
He walked rapidly and firmly, o. if he
had been on bridge, until he chose to stop
to indulge in some gymnastic evelutions for
few minutes. He balanced himself on
one leg, sat down, and laid down on the
rope at full length, then. recovering him.
self, be walked to the middle of the river,
where he again stopped to accomplish yet
another feat not down in the bill. Here,
standing Oh the rope, with as much indiffer-
ence 90 II it was . solid platform, he DELHI.
erately lowered . small line to the little
steamboat, the MAID Of the MIST" that
had steamed out to that point; to the line
was attached bottle of wine by the cap
tain of the beat, and the bottle being drawn
up by the adventurer, he opened it, and,
making . comprehensive bow to both
crowds on the sides of the river, he drank
the health Of all present; then throwing
the bottle into the river, he walked on.
stopping no more until he reached the Can
ada snore. He was exactly nineteen min
utes crossing the river. including stops. On
his arrival on the Canada shore he was
cheered vociferously. He waited here
about half an hour, when he prepared to
return. At 642 he stepped on the rope to
commence his return passage. He rested
but once. lying down on the rope for two
minutes, and accomplishing the return trip
in eight minutes
Ass soon as he reached the shore. the
cheers aud shouting were almost deafening.
N. Blondin, having been permitted an in.
stant for refreshment, was seized by the en-
thusiastic crowd and placed on their shoul-
ders and borne about in triumph. He was
then placed in . carriage and escorted
through oil the principal streets of the vii.
lage, the crowd thronging him on oil sides,
and cheering in the widest manner. He
did not appear very much exhausted, and
manifested no more fear or nervousness
than any ungymnastic novice would at eat.
ing his bre akfast. He announces his deter.
mination to repeat his feat at intervals
during the summer.
BOGUS BANKING.-A bogus bank
ing concern, in Ohio, was broken up
by the Cincinnati police, some Of
whom disguised themselves, and under
pretence Of wanting to 60 into the op-
Grafton, were introduced to q man
named Williams, who got up the con-
Germ. He explained that the Bank
was got up by parties in New York
and Detroit; that he, Mr.. Williams,
was the "banker," and the only person
to be known in the matter; that they
pail S165 to Sage & Co., Of Buffalo,
New York, for the engraving Of the
bills, and that 10000 had been
printed, at = cost of a quarter of
cent on the dollar; that he came to
HorfEord In Eol.ua.r loa4 - a-.. L.: