Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-07-28

S'''' SANSS HAASA SOuItu3uuS II LOiStlulS tar
view of the entire Falls on both sides of
G0at Island
The impression on beholding this stu
pendous work of nature for the first time.
is indiscribable. 1t so far surpasses all
our previous conceptions cf sublime grad
d"ur, that when we would give utterauCc
to our deep emotions our thoughts are be-
wildered aud our most glowing concen-
tions appear tame and insipid. While you
gaze on the mighty cataract and slis,ri IN
the dcafening roar OF niagara, which has
continued for ages past and will last until
time is no more; when yoU reflect that ali
the waters Of the Grent Northwest do here
congregAtc and are now plunging into the
nolhng abyss beneath your feet, and that
this great wonder of nature is so far sumo
ri0r TO anything the most lofty genius OF
man could ever conceive, much less ac-
complsh; and that Niagara with its world
wide rcnown, is not rs much in the sight
of HEN who holds the sea in the hollow Of
his hand and who takes up the Isles as a
very little thing, as the little rill dropping
over pebble stone, is to man, the pious
mind feels if 1t utters it not, "Grcst is the
Lord of Hosts and great is His mighty
power" AS it is impossible to describe in
language, the emotions caused by this,
| one OF natures greatest wonders, Just fol-
low US and we will try and describe all we
see. First then, we find ourselves ut the
ferry house, substantial stone building,
situated about 25 yards from the falls be-
ing connected with it railroad on an in
clined plane, moved by water power, for
the purpose, in consideration of cents,
| of letting US down to, or bringing MS up
from, the waters edge. Once down on Il
rocky uneven shore, we approach as near
the cataract as the binding spray and a
proper regard for our good clothes, will
allow, and after sufficiently contemplating
the masses of water as they tumble down
from their lofty height into the boiling
| cnuidrou at our feet, we onceimorc turn our
steps to the railroad for a more elevated
position; and if we preferred the 20l steps
going down, we did now cheerfuliy pay .
cents to get drawn up. Just as we arrive
at be top we hear the whistle of the little
"Adtd of the Mist" whose moovings are
just opposite, indicating that she is about
to leave with her load of passengers, for
more immediate proximity with the falls.
She passes over to the American side and
runs within fifty yards of the fulls-no
great advcntnre-but as we gaze on her
until she begins to leap and plunge and
reel in the boiling waters of Horse Shoe
Falls. we think we can hear above the
cat"ractS din, q female shrek, aud we
stand in hrcathless silence and only feel
relieved when she turns her PROV down
stream and leaves IL scene of so much appa-
rent danger.
Having seen all we can see, from this
point OF view, we direct our steps un the
river side to the bridge leading on to Goae
Island. Seeing no toll gate nor toll col
lector, We take it for granted it is n fret
bridges but such thoughts are entirely too
liberal for Yankee ingenuity, and does
their peculiar faculty of acquisatiycness
great injustice. At the far end, some
twenty yards from the bridge, is n sign
stretched across the road, with the omini-
ouS inscription in large letters, "25 CENTS
FOR CROSSING AND RE-CRossING THIS BRIDGE"
Ashamed now to retreat, and willing to
pay double the amount, rather than be
disappointed in the main object of onr
visit, you step in, register your name,
and pay your 25 cents; and SO your ex-
Pectations of getting something for nothing
vanish, as the mist of the mountain is
dissipatcd before the rising sun
Arrived on tue island containing about
40 acres of ground. you cannot but adj
mirc the wild woodland scene. The trees
are standing just as the hand of nature
planted them, and as they havo stood for
centuries, listening to the constant din of
NiAgara-cxcept where the hand of some
vAndai visitor, ambitious to let subsequent
visitors know HE had seen niagara, and to
get hilnSelfa name he could not get any
other way, has cut and carved most of the
beech trees to their destruction. If any
improvement could be suggested it would
be the clearing out of some of the dead
| fallen timber, which abounds in prorusion
but even this adds to the natumlness Of
the scenery, and corresponds very we'll
with all around MORE ANON.