Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-07-30
: " MaEEllNG, VA. MONDAY MORNING. July 30 l86o

/ .o .ore.l DO not begin now. The subject is
100 august for young beginners. and Won
will positively fail. t'''N' ="
10 complete our observations, we mnst
now pass over into the dominion of Her
MAJESTY, and place ourselves for the time
3elng under the protection of The 3ritish
Lion 10 do which, we must retrace our
Steps TO the place of beginning, and call
tue ierryman to our assistance. After
oelns pretty thoroughly saturated with
Stt"S "nu sNndry tossings in oEr little
,'' po"l on the troubled waters, we are safely
lanueu ou the Canada side For n i.nw.
sideration we conclude here. for tho fSrst
t'the, TO call into rcQuisition the accom-.
modating coachman; and that ONLY as
lhe Objects of interest are too remote and
scattered to be visited in our limited time
me hrst place we stop at is the sTnble
hoGK' from which we have the hest view
oi horse Shoe Falls; and this after all. is
tHe l'lls, eScelling the American falls in
tue ocaUty OF their shape and in the uuans
IltY OF water which passes over them
Near the centre, where the waters are tho
deepest, there can be nothing more benu-
tlful than the emerald appearance of the
water: which it retains until lost in th.
angry Hoods below, or is concealed from
view by the clouds of rising spray. And
as goa mas placed tue token of His cove
nant on the bosom of the storm cloud. so
mere, nashlng IN the spray arising from
tins pavilion of dark waters. u he has i'm
printed his s'bow of PROMISE, on tba Lrn',.
OF Niagara, as if he would teach ia his
goodness directs his power; and as if Il"
would proclaim good will toward men in
the most terrible objects of nature,-
While we gaze ou this sublime scene. he
wlIdered in thought and overcome hi. IT'S
@wtnl majesty, the beautiful language of
BrnInard will float through our minds as
SOFT music on the evening zephyr:
The thoughts strange that crowd into my I,,oi
nile look upward to thee. 1t would seer,
As aI II 10, 1od poured thee from his 'lollOw's hand
And hung his bow upon thine awful front
And spoke in that loud voice which seemed tn him
W. w no uwelt IN PatmOS. for Ills Saviour's slke
me sound of many waters and had babe
my Hood to chronicle the ages buck
and notch the Centuries in the eternal rock,
Ihls point of observation commands nm
entire view Of the whole falls, MS well MS
presenting different view of nearly MI
the objects of interest to which we have
referred. "''
But we must hasten. Leaving this
scene, we will exchange our clothing for
OIL cloth, red flannel and gum shoes, aud
"hen arrayed in our new costume. we
cannot but smile at ourselves and at the
"''''S''A 'tPPCNtuuCc OF e0ch other, and we
are satisfied our most intimntc friends
would not recognize us. Preceded bv our
gnlde we are prepared for our advent. or
rath"r adventure, under Horse Shoe Falls.
we stand at the entrance, and when we
see Niagara plunging at our very feet, we
icel tlmld about committing ourselves into
hls power As we hesitate. we see two
persons before us, one os whom is evil
dentiy female, aud pride comes to our
assistance, and we say, "a. man ought to
Oe MS courageous as woman, SO here is
Tor trIal." The first attempt is not vert
successful; the spray blinds us and gets
INTO the nose and ears, aud takes the
breath, and VIC are forced to beat II hQsty
rear ~ A~-.-|I- A--------
the falling waters, ms we did Mt first, we
turn our faces to the rocky wall, and move
along almost craw-fSh style, and in this
way we get in ms far rs the broken path
and our own notion of prudence and safe
ty will allow. The flrthest point winch
can be reached, and beyond which no one
can go, is termination rock" which is
23O feet behind the great Horse Shoe Fall
Our ambition will be satisfied before we
reach that point Having resumed our
original costume, as VIC pass along, we
shall see small white board planted on
the brink of the precipice, and not stop
ping to read the inscription, our guide will
inform us, that here in 1914, Miss Martha
X. Rugg, fell over the bank and descend
ing depth of ll5 feet, was dashed on the
sharp rocks below. MORE ANON.