The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-07-03

There is a fearful power in the Iron Horse
of the Railway swift. hard. resis;less. rush
ing energy, which Il perhaps the best type Of
this iron age OF putting aud progress The
steam monster so like = living creature. and Vet
but gastly caricatu-e Of life. is thus Gelinea-
tel by Dickens, in the latest number OF DOmb~y
& Son:
Away. with a Shrek, and a roar and a rattle.
from the town, burrowng among the dwellins-
of men. and making the streets hum. flashing
ont into the meadows for a moment. miniag in
through the camp earth, booming on in darkness
ana heavy ali, bursting out again into the suIly
day 30 bright and wide: away. with shriek,
and roar, and rattle, through the helts,
through the woods, through this corn. through
the hay. through the chalk. through the mould,
through the clay, through the rock, among OBJ
lecis close at hand and almost in the grasp ever
flying from the Traveller, and deceitful distance
ever moving slowly with him: like as the track
Of the remors-l-ss monster, Death,
Through the hollow. on the height, by the
hearth, BY the orchard, by the park, BY the gar
Gen, over the canal, across the river. where tie
sheep sre feeding, where the mill Is going, where
/ the barge 10 floating. where the dead are living
where the factory j. smoking, where the stream
i'ruonins, where the village clusters. where the
grrlt cathedral rises, where the black moor ies.
and the wild breeze smooths ruffies il a, its
4 Coast>@at Win snrtrt, anu a lOtl .
and rattle, and no trace 20 leave behind but
dust and vapor: like as in the track of the
nloTSeless monster. Death,
| Ereasting the wind and light. the shower and
sunshine. away and still away. il rolls and rosrs
/ hcrcc and rapid. smooth and certain, and grca;
works and massive bridges crossing mp above
| fall like a beam of shadow an inch broad uoon
the eve. and then arelost. Away and still away.
onward and onward ever; slimPscs OF cot.ase
homes, Of houses, mansions rich estates. of hus-
'andry and handcraft. Of people, of old roads
and paths that look deserted, small. and ins,-
nih,ant az they are left behind: and so they Co.
and what else is there hut such climp.es in TIE
track Of the indomi,ablc monster, Death.
Away, with shrek, and a roar. and a rattle,
Plunging down into the earth, again. and wcTs-
ing On In such a storm Of energy and perSe-
rcrance, that amid the darkness aud whiriwini
the motion seems reverse. ana to tend faIiousiy
backward, until a ray of light upon the wet wal
shows its surface fy Ing past like fierce stream
Away once more into the dsy, and through the
day, with shrill yell al exultation, roaring,
ra'tiing, tearing on, spurning everything with
its dark breath. sometimes piusing for a miaut'
where crowd of faces are. thai in q inmate
more are not: sometimes tapping water greeei-
ly, and before The spout at which i, drinks has
ceased TO drip upon ;hc ground. shri-king, roT-
ing, rafting the purple distance,
Louder and louder yet. il shrieks and cries ~
!, comes tearing resisiless to the goal: and now
1t. way, still like the way Of death. is strewn
with ashes thckly. Every thing around i
t'ackenei There are dark pools Of wa;er'
muddy lanes, and miserable habita;ions ar be-
low There are jagged walls and falling house,
close at hand. and through the battered roofs
and broken windows, wretc1ed rooms arc seen
where want and fsver hide themsclve. in many
wre'ehed shapes, while smohe and crowded ga
bles. and distorted chimncys. and deformity Of
bricks and mortar penning up deformity OF m,aa
and body. choke the m,nrky distance As Mr.
Domhey looks out of his carriage window, II -
rover in his thoughts that the monster who hss
brought him there has let the light Of day In on
taess things; not made or caused thsm-
was the joarnsy's fitting end. and might have
been the end Of every thing; n We % raineas
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