Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-07-30
FROM NIAGARA..
Continued from saturday, rnteIIironc,

NIAGARA FALLS, July 10, 1860.
However after pleasant walk Of son,c
three hundred yards, we stand Mt the foot
OF Coat Island, from which we hov. a
tolerably fair view of the American Fails
RAISING down a rough winding stairway
ana over little foot bridge about thirty
leet long, we stand on Lima Ixlund-"S0
cal!eu because 1t is the best point from
Which 10 view the beautiful Lunar Bon. u
phenomenon we shall not be permitted
10 see, ''as it is seen only once a month
when the moon is full and suf1icicntiv biosI
IN tue heavens.
We now stand on the very brink of tho
awful abyss and imagine we can feel tho
ground trcmble beneath our feet. and it
may not be wholly imaginary when we
consider the vast body Of water plunpinp
INTO the abyss, with sufficient force to
snake the foundations of the everlasting
mountains. q
.,>Ihis .poiat of observation commands the
we call to our aid the little 'tNTnid of the
MIST" which we do not feel inclined to do
at present, and therefore direct our course
across the foot of Goat Island, towards
'Terrnpan Tower" aud uorse Shoe Falls
BEFORE we reach these, however, we shall
pass "Biddlc's Stairs" which were erected
i'll 1929 by Mr.. Biddlc, President of the
United States Bank, for the purpose of
enabling visitors to descend the perpen-
dicular prccipice."
We descend; and following we'll beat
en- path we turn a sudden angle and come
on the bathing, or more properly the fur
nishing house, where for consideration
you can be supplied with the necessary
apparel to enter the Scare Of the Winds u
This cave is formed by narrow sheet Of
water and Luna Island, spoken of above.
1t is 100 feet wide, l3O feet high and up
wards of so feet deep. a beautiful rain
! bow, quite circular in form, uuivcrs amid
| the driving spray when the sun shines.
Along the floor of this remarkable cavern
the spray is hurled with almost binding
violence, and when we consider the fOrci-
bic manner in which the spray is twisted
and twirled and sent in every direction, we
| consider the cave is very properly named.
Not having on our bathing apparel we
draw as near to it rs we deem prudent
and admire the beautiful rain bow flashing
in its misty cloud until curiosity is satisfied
then once more for the top. If your knees
do not knock together with fatigue when
we reach the top, we will pursue our jour
ney, TO prosecute which we will spend our
remaining strength, inOsmuch MS it is a
short one. AS we pass along drinking in
the cool refreshing breeze, and suffering il
to cool our heated brows, we soon forget all
about fatigue, when we stand in full view
of the '.YorRe Shoe Falls" And anxious
to see all that is to be seen, we go down
to the waters edge and try and look over
the precipice, but our head reels, and we
give it up. Then we take the old, rotten
rickety foot bridgc-which. will fall some
day and Ge the means of carving some
one over the falls-and pass over to Ter
gular and awful position. a few scatter
ed masses of rock lie on the very brink o.
the Great Falls, seeming as if unable tc
maintain their position against the tire,
mendous rush of water" The tower is
built on these rocks, with some additiona,
masonry around the base. Its walks are
about 2 feet thick, is round and about AZ
feet high. A spiral stairway leads TO the
top, and you Lard on platform about 4
feet wide, running around the top. "Fron
the summit we obtain the most magnifi.
cent view that can DC conceived-tht
rapids above rolling tumultMonsly toward;
you, the green water OF the Falls at YOU
feet-below you the kissing cauldron o
spray and the river with its steep bank:
beyond" Here You have the best view
of Horse Shoe Falls, without passing IL
the opposite side. 1t commands, also, {
fine view of the buildings on the Cana
dian side; and also fair view of the rive
as far down MS Niagara City aud the Sus
pension Bridge. If so fortunate as tt
stand here alone, and contemplate thi:
scene o. Wild and sublime grandeur, a!
you look up the river and see the water.
rushing over their rocky bed and hasten
ing on in mNdcning fury for their fna
leap, and then trace it foaming and boil
ing in its downward course, gaze on thu
beautiful rain bows as they form in thu
mist encircling the brow of the Falls
connected With your isolated condition
the din of Niagara and the beautiful sur
rounding of nature, if you are a poe
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