New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-09

Il hn, ben anpoupc.d thai be would rses with
"a, Ibls be- failed t. perform, bat here va no sigo
81 ,i.spt ointment al b.oe apparently s-I ssi-het
with -. naupsr 10 Hhch be secOn pzne1 his TAX
Tn. ls-t irain the CsnacIan SIDE arrived 81 soo
3oclock and tie hour anDonteed ior NE p fif-hc-
b no he crbEd g.ud-d her Say fothe fc-, some
~, ,ov 70 ne American sije but the greater nunoef
reu.sitJpg on this. hi; e b-fJre tnat iaIe VI BOG
DIN arrived irom the other sl1e o The iSer IA ear
mage, driven rapidly up ih- IanaAan SIDE 81
III. river ss TAI a. tie Clifton House Kstarnng 1Inii
n. cheers q. The n u1e be drove back to TIE point
Of staring % the An.rcsn sice. IL was Low seTns
I.sr o'cpsk 81 xbo sIst I'd 10 ~liness the eOfm'
sue. Lao selected their pscer the o-iS 81 ,he fv-r
an no sd. was lived vIh human beings, AL eaf ery
ohzite At the rope stretched across the fvrr, over
ublch the fearless Bondin was 10 cross lbs inclo-
sures 90 both side, 20 winch charge Tor ahnt.nce
Wa mad w.re crowded and be shOi- nulCef preseo'
IN the ea; juf rot have fallen far short of
~ eco p.ople eho huSdled together and Jostlet
about urtI they we're IAN 70 get staring grpnon
anvwb.re The tine a. length arrived for the descen.
on rLe rope ~ BIondiD made HE appearance al irei
In lDdIau cOetume aid performed g -" ah'l;s 90 Inc
platform; he u es tteyped On the rope and tfemeo-
dous burt Of spplsu-- broke from those a-emhIed a.
be took the ba alclI pole IL De haios anu
biz .. rous TIP de halted three or Tour hes before
rralrg the uiddle Of the rlver, and ran back Faid
He Il I'll went % rup snf reached the Caoa1 -hpre
II mir uf.s 81 seconds r. m the lime If starting. tbs
is the Gu ckest time lie maze o. several inmates
On reaching the terminus be sas loudly caeered, bat
seemed a. Indifferent about tie mater a. NJ hsd
merely walked mp from the Weston Hotel DE was
greatly isigued DeveIih,efs for he hsd eAerted I'm
ELI TO the nimos' and the perspifstion poured from
him IN .ireams. The crossing 10 tins se dth no, sp
per- 10 excite much surprise, a. ne performed II 20
aui XIV He hsG evidently reserved bis strength Tor
the re,uyJ TIP. -,
After reeti for twer'y minutes, shaking hans with
puIn-er Of persons taklug lille reffesnmvnt, and
changing hs dress, he started sgain, bare healed ana
went rapidly for a short distance; suddenly he male
fert dropped on the rope, and shncoer ran tf'"uE
tie erowd, bunbeTs e1cl.inlDg, " lie Is down. DE
be was oniy down on the rope and IN tsiIkhng ne
VA standing his bead, the bal- cing pole b-hea.u
BIN, and ic which he ted on with ne han1s. ne
moved htt further, and then d,seDcuIb.Tei OF MS
pole. be rose mp on his head amid the widest entnn-
sissm If the bebod'rs. Six times ne repeated to's
freak sed with summerstts ard other daring
i.ats A. one time he W juii be stretched upon NE
ba H. presently be would fall forward and roll Daek.
ward again lie uext tied his pole TO the rope, aud
proceed q short stsDce by tumblng along, ue sns
peI ded himself from the rope by bis hat d. aod tneh
by his feet az asr hanging by foot over the ooil-
ing cbasm. feeling Of ave- took possession oi Tl7uy
on behol, ing thus fearless freak, while others applaud
"a To the very echo and made the welk.n mug WIN
their botsterous cheers. The acrobat fnsly reached
the platform Cd the American side, having occupied
precise ~ Iineteen II iIutes five seconds
This la,t ATTEMPT Of NJ Bondla's is unques'ionaby
hs GROWING feat and stamps bin ~ the greatest rope
ueJfrmer in q world The simple feet OF wsking on
a rope l. inch N diameter aJd inches in eTcuiier-
euce a, not be much in II III, but to think OF con-
Manila rope extremely coarse ana Ht."
stretched across yawIg abyss 100 feet deep, Dsng
crossed by II en- such feats performed on II a.
would astopish an audience anywhere, cannot pa De
regard, as the most astonishing OF modern acr"oac
nttemp,s Such ~ SPECTACLE that ~ TO-DAY ~ns pro
bably never witnessed before. Hundreds stood aRhast
as hey gazed upon his daring al ics, and tremoled
let be might at any mouen, be Precipated INTO the
uyer Tie tie sts amer Maid Of the Mist, was below
the rope, with crowd on board but nothing could
have saved the acrobat from immediate destruction
if he hal eIce lost commaod over himself ana
slipped from the rope. Such reckless d4r-
ipg is almost past belief, bu, those who have
been tye-~ltpesses Of the reality Gao no
longer conb, that NJ. Blondin is fully capable
OF D. ro ing any feat bis rope across the Niagara
RIVER AT one time bis freaks would be playful ana
excl considerable riDeLt, at another sensation
would Thrill the crowd he hung suspended by hls
arms with the whole weight of hi, body ssioging Ia
TIE arr anon the feeling Of awe grows stronger as ne
clnps to the rope with sing foot, and swings him
self 10 al fro, bounding to the rope again Initiates
a swmu er. Extra. rdnary az thu feat was, however,
etill uore astonishing one IS yet 70 BE- performed IL
was actually ced TO the assemblase at the co.e
Of the Performance this evening that NJ blondln "ou
cross sga,n ON the 18th inst, that he would walk
across the rope, and then, with wheeioarro~ con- up
the ron. on which he walks and wheel II To the otheT
eide Of the river OF course people may thlnE "uaI
they peaee about it, bat any really believe lie WIN
p,tf rm the ~ ouishiIg feat. IL 10 pity such ioo
ish ain oui cemert made, as the public VIII begin
10 think Mons Blondn is yeIi'able humbug. lie
performs On the l7th notwithstanding.