, 1859-08-22
Mons. De Lave Cfoaars' fhe Geneaaee
Rails On u Tight Rope, g.. 7

. Monsieur pc tayd performed bis atpfcross-
ing the Genessee Fulls on u tight rope. yeat4r
lay alt.rnopu- -accarding to announcement, and
A.ndw becomes our .uty 10 give him tile credit
.lRe iQ his dariox spd Kill. In lie frs1 place
II must be stated. for the information Of shuse
~ho IRE not fasiilsstviai'tat locality, that the
rope is stretched from the caves of n suwnlI Oh
i.e wfst side of tue river, jvst aboya, tho b5ink
II The high fa1si this city, 10 ,tpoiht il Falls
Field on the opposite side uf theriver some dis
,ance below tue Falls. The sawn,ill stands upon
.ttlo brink Of tls. dat ract, 'dnd 1.-The cay ure
about twenty feet above the edge Of tues preci-
xice. The level Of Falla Field At the place where
thirty feet above the falta, and the detection Of
tile: rope u mot FAR from ffseea' Aet Fr5m IL
straight line between the two points. Tie !falls
are ninety SIX fcat inheiKbt, 10 that the lowest
point Oh the rope must be elevated -one hun
<dftd aud ten feet ab3re the'watef. '-
Tae as'assf f:s, asrosa sanny5 + fsr from ssven
-+ase side: The rope passes 'obliquel5 oysr The
falls. aud III walking it from, east to west, thi.
performer is Obliged to ascend iu front Of: and
'lircct1y pyer the, principal sheet Of w4tcr 4feat
which might well appal . man q. weak ba uu-
=; II Lad been advertised that the performance
Ut Falls Field was' to. tokc. place between the
Ns4
the first-named hour all the. streets leading TO
fsils'Ficid were' tfrouged, and ht hal1Pfst .
O'Clock l5,V0o or -, ,0oo people must hate been
gathered within siKht Of the rope.
About ten miauies past 1 o'clock, Dc Lave
made his appeassuce.. dressed. in tights aud IL
selvst iacket. such as is worn by tlght,rope per-
formers nrliuatil9-- lie Hare IN iix head rel
vel hat gaily decorated with ribbons An i'm
mediate rush Fes mtadk ssstke end of the rope
by the people who had not secured seats, and
It wns some time btfure the pofice could force
abe crowd to { itback, hut 4 length ord{r}was
-tneasurahty restored; and Be" Lare; taking up
:. his pole. turned to the spectators, md l,ayinx
bowrd gracefully around, started boldly on bis
-teriloha walk, Hehad proceeded abt Il 4lort
distance, xAeo it becums apparent 4lst thefopc
was not pruperay gu, ed. lt.swared from side
10 side With a sort Of weaving motion, aud 10 50
great An extent US 10 excite lively apprehension,
e7eut anonreaahet / olest offhd apsaaiots.3 De
Lave' himself seemed 70 he ~aAeSsed; .le4s 4hau
any body else, but he evidently found il 'ueees-
sarr to use gFeat caution: Once .or"1w,ce he
was obliged to stop short, but be ncver lost his
',alanos for 4 nsou1e1t. aud d'udbisafd' 'tsdo4ch-
oas Tie utmost eeH. possessiot,. ,>eme EXPECTED
70 zee him quail ~ he reached. The sheet Of
*ater ponnvg over the rocky precipic4- but be
did rot although His PaxitieA- -AepaaSntiy
one Of extreme hazard. =. lie walked calmly nyer
the roaring catat %n& reached the roof Of the
:titude Who watched his Progress. He {emsined
bn the roof Of the building not far fron3 i've
minutes, and then started On his return: About
halt Of The way acroes Ire suddenly: dropped
1stridk ofthe rupe, and then extended himself
a. tp!l length nRo9 hls back, after ,shieA " re-
.i.tnk ! few seconds, dropped Oh IT,
He then rose to his feet sud stood ID Que 1ec.
for some time Resuming his walk; he speedily
,regsined Tie east bunk. aaa waa rsceiIt1. xith
thandsfs~ Of apPlause.. Several andlviluats be-
'esae q much sxclied 3h*t tbe{ sease4 lin and
carried him on their shoulders od the ground,
ta q ~ Ssas' + sa s.<
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