Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1840-11-07
THE END OF GREAT MEN"

THE END OF "GhEAA MEN
Happooing 10 cast my eyes upon some :
miniature patriots, perceived that tne
four personages who occupied ,he .nos'
conspicuous places we're Alexander ~"
n;hoi Caesar, and Bonaparle. ! had seen
The same unnumbered times before, nu'
never did tie same sensation arise 10 my
hosom. as my mind hastily glanced over
their several histories
Alexander, after having clmeu ,no
dizzy heights Of ambition, and WIN ms
temples bound with chaplets dipped ~ inc
blood OF countless nations, locked Gown
upon a conquered world, and wepl 'ha'
there was not another world Tor mn 10
conquer--set city on fire, and died IN
scene of debauch. :,
Hannibal, after having, TO the aslonish,
mcnt and CONSERVATION OF Kome, pas'e"
the Alps-afler having put to hlsn. |
the armies OF this mistress OF the worio,
, and stripped three bushels of golden rings
from the fingers Of her slaughtered knish's'
and made her very foundation shake-was
i hated by those who once exultingly united
his name 10 that of their god, and called
). sHanni Baal,n died at last by poison adj
!, ninstered by his own hand, unlamented
and unwepi, in loreign land,
d Cesar, after having conquered eish'
hundred cities, and dyed his garments ~
:. The blood Of one million Of his toes-aler
\, having pursued TO death the only rival ne
r. had on earth-wae miserably assinaled by
rs those he considered his nearest frlends,
land at the very place, the attainment OF
Il which had been the greatest object oil MS
&c, ambition.
lcs Bonaparte, whose mandate kings and
We princes obeved after having filled The ear'h
i? with the terror of his name, after having
ed deluged Europe with tears and Blood ana
ast clothed the world in sackcloth- closed n's
mg DAYS in lonely Punishment, almost literally
exiled from The world, yet where he coai'
sometimes see his counsry's banner waving
all DER the deep, but which would no
aee and could not bring him aid.
u, y" Thus those four men, who, from 'h'
nd. peculiar situation Of heir patriots, seem Il
stand as representatives OF all those Whoo
aud the world calls "greo,a-those four, wit
nay seyerally made the earth trcmble to 1t
Ins centre, sevcraly died -one'by lnoxlcalo
rev the second by suicide, the third ,.
sew assassination, aud the last in lonely exile
'r"s 'IIow are the mighty fallen" Anon
cred
used The atmospheric Rad Wdy,-The e'
Nth Iperin EMS on the line Of rail road whic
eak, runs from the Uxbridge road, near SheI
herds bush, across Wormwcod Scrubs,
qul- The line Of the Great Western Railroad
'''' and on which carriages are propelled b
N as means OF the atmosphere forcing It's wa
ayr into an exhausted tube or pipe laid dow
between the rails. on the principle t
'"' which Messrs. Clegg and Samuda nay
obtained patents, have ATTRACTED coH Z eTe
!" 10 few days age attended by the GOVERNING
= ,,v " commissioners, Sir Frederick Smith al
Town Professor Barlow, who examined eve
blood part with the most minute attention, al
q ms witnessed the transit OF the carriages alol
Wv a''I the line, Several Of the most emlne
! for engineers and practical men were al
ad, | present, and expressed themselves perle
&c III, ly satisfied with the results. The carr
! NV res travel al the rate of 80 miles an ho
,ndcd apparently by magic. Those who ha
over been accustomed to see the cumbrous
y lay con Give engines roaring and smokl
,hey al ng the lines Of railroad, will be asst
,llsir lshedto see train moving with the raj
,ner It's Of thirty miles an hour, without
don't percepilble power to put it in motion, {
tears il is difficult to persuade many persons
c.,,,,n The fact that trans can be impeIled
means so simple as those employ ed
came don paper.
~ him
Sneak CLAssroAL,-A signboard, near shire
90 not bury, has the following classical insc
.e ion:--" All persons found fighting
! I rodp truspeasin on this ground will be caec
Is ever with the utmost wiggcr Of the law"
! "aom TuE LAST Stolen CoNUNDRuM' "
IS nose are the New Workers like wolves and
le as es, Ell? Because they are running
'ned y about the goods
rcsem-
,loatcd An unbreechcd unchin, not quite I
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