The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-06-28

RoPE--Mons. Blondin d gymnast is maxine
preparations 10 walk over Niagara Falls or n
,ight-rope, IL be erected about $50 feet abov.
the water, rcohs, &c The distance 10 he tray
clled on this rope is about |, ,10o feet The OK
plot Is advertised tn take place on Thursday
next, the Both inst The Niagara Falls Gazette
OF Friday, has the following in reference To
the preparations:
Mons. Bloniin performed .ns of the most
daring fcats on record, yesterday afternoon
With several others, he was engaged in putting
across The large cable upon which he in to cross
the river. The end of tho cable was fastened
To the end of the soven -eighths inch rope al
ready across) on the American side and ma
chnery attached to the other end of the latter
on the Canada side. The small rope WAS used
to draw the large one over. When the large
cable had been drawn within two hundred
ftet OF the bank II was feared that the small
rope would not prove strong enough To talie il
10 iand. HAD the rope broken, ali the previous
labor iii getting the first across. would
have been thrown away. In this dilemma
Mons. Blondin attached a cord TO his body
and went out on the small roIia the distance
above named, and, after attaching another to
the cable, descended on SLACK rope to the top
OF Il tree which grows from near the waters
edge. All this was done With the agility of a
squirrel, and with no apparent fear The ca
bic was then landed and made Secure. During
the performance OF this hazardous feat. q
large number of spectators looked OH in
utter amaZement. The performance is thought
by those who saw il TO bs fully IS sdificult,
ana attended with quite as mach danger rs to
walk across ON the large csilc. Those who
witnessed II, and have been more or loss skcp-
teal, now give up. They have no doubt OF
his ability to walk from bank to bank--elcven
hundred feet. q
'iiundreds of people daily visit the grounds
at each end of the cable TO witness the pro-
gress of the work The guys are now being
fastened. To do this, Mons. b. has to go out
M hR To fh.,,
his gu&. This il of itself daring operation
and we'll worth seeing. The whole will be
ready This week. The crossing will take
place, as we have before stated on Thursday
next, the 30th inst.
REPORT or HORACE GREELEY AND OTurps
OK THB PIXIES PRAK GOLD Observation-Disclosures
Greeley, of New York. and two other gentle
men, haYlng visited the PIKE Peak gold
have published report of what they say -
Their report concludes by protesting araiust
the lniatuation which has urged thousands to
hurry out 10 that region ulI;ireparcd 1t saw,
tnat Ive thousand persons are already report
ed Ill The ravines where new discoveries have
been made. The scarcity of provisions aud
the difficulties of tho journey arc rehearsed
and those who hope to be in the mines arc
warned that probably by the middle of Octo-
Der 'thls whole Alpine region will be showed
under and frozen up" To sum up. there il
reported TO be rich gold mines very little food
ana great multitude of miners already on
The report states that Mr. Dean from Iowa
on the 5th inst, washed from IA single pan Of
dirt taken from tho claim, Sl7so and had of.
iered 5 u,o0O for the claim. S. G Jones X Co.
from Eastern Kansas, have run our sluices
TWO days with three men; yield 9225 per dav
John II. Gregory has sold his claim for S2i-
ooo, ana has been prospecting for other parties
at $500 per day, and struck another lead ON
the Opposite side of the valley Ziegler Spain
" Co, have taken out as high as $i95 Der tiay.
Some forty or fifty siuices commenced are
not yet III operations but the owners inform lis
that Their prospecting" shows from ten cents
to IS To the pan. As the 'leads" are all found
on The hills, many of the miners are construct
ing trenches to carry water to them instead of
building their sluiccs in the rayinc% and car
rying the dirt thither in wagons or sacks.
Many persons VINO have come here without
provisions or money are compelled To work as
common laborers, at from 81 to - per day and
board until they can procure means of sus-
tenance Tor the time necessary to prospectinr
building sluicHs, &c. Others, not finding gold
the third day, OF dislike the work necessary TO
obtaining 1t, leave the mines in disgust after a
very short trial, declaring there is no cold
here In paying quantities. l should be remrm.
bered that the discoveries made thus tar are the
result OF but five weeks labor