Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-09-03
M SGELI.AINY
tho Eaa d EFoas Great Men.

AA"HuApaI OoSar, anu DOua-
parte.
Alexander, after having climbed the dizzy
height of his ambition, with his temples
bound with chaplcts dipped in the blood of
millions, looked upon the conquered world,
and twept that there was no other world for
him to conquer, set a city on fire, and died
In o scene of debauoh.
Hannibal, after having, to the astonish.
mont and CONSERVATION of Rome, passed the
ALPS, and having put to flight the armies Of
the mistress of the world and stripped F'three
bushels of gold rings from the fingers Of her
slaughtered Knights and made her fouuda.
ton quake, fed from his country, being hated
by those who onco exultingly united his name
TO that Of their God, and called him Hanni-
Baalli and died at last by poison administered
by hisfownPhand, unlamented and unwept in
a foreign land.
Cesar, after having conquered eight hun
dred cities, and dyeing his garments in the
blood Of one nillion of his foes, after having
pursued to death the only rival he had on
earth, was miserably asssssinated by those he
considered his nearest friends and in that We
ny place the attainment of which had been
Ibis greatest ambition. '"i
Bonaparte, whose mandates kings and po-
SPes obeycd, after having filled the earth with
terror of his name-afte having deluged Eu.
rope with tears and blood, aud clothed The
world in saokcloth-clcsed his days in lone.
sly b%anishment, almost literally exiled from
She world, yet where he could sometimes see
his country's banner waving over the depot,
but which did not and could not bring him
laid. IS,
sThdsthese four great men, who seemed to
2 istand the representatives of all those the
world calls great-these four, who each in
turn made the earth remble to its very centre
by their simple tread, s~cverally died-one by
rintoxication, or, as was supposed, by poison
mingled with his wine-one a suioide-one
murdered by his friends-and one a lonely
sexile How wretohcd is the end of such
earthly greatness /!
GREAT TRIUMPH OF MEoHANICs.-The
:" Boston Traveller," of the 21st instant,
mentions q remarkable case Of house moving.
Tremont-street is being widened, and one of
the obstacles to be removed in the course of
iethe improvement was a largo free stone build
ling, known asthe Hotel Pelham, corner IRE.
mont and Boylston- streets
For many days past the most careful ar.
engagements have been making toward this end,
and to .day they were completed and the build
ing started On its course Westward. The en-
tire basement has been laid barc, the founda-
tions slightly raised, and large numbers of
small iron rollers inserted under them, and
these rollers will move upon a stout ,ounda-
-tion wall with straps of iron bound to its top.
The moving force is some sixty or seventy
jack screws, turned by human power and ca
ipable Of moving ten hundred thousand tons,
which is the weight of the building.
IT Is expected, however, that only eighty
per cent. of this force will be required TO over
come the friction, and when once started, that
fifty per cent. will be found sufficient. Last
evening the immense structure moved nearly
IN inch, but the power was found inadequate,
and this morning more screws were added
About8 O'Clock all was in readiness to put
1T in motion In earnest. Some fourteen work
men wssc detailed to work tho screws, and
others were stationed at all points in the base.
inent to watch the rollers, and for other pur-
poses. AT tho sound of g whistle from the
superintendent one turn of the screws was
given, and then the effect noted. The whis-
tie again sounded, another turn made, and
then came another pause. This was contin.
ued for about half an hour, and at tho end
Of that time tho building was moved an inch
and q little over half.
The rollers have to be arranged every two
inches that tho building is moved, and about
nine O'Clock stop was made for that purpose.
Allseems working we'll, and no doubt OF tho
success Of the undertaking exist in tho minds
of those connected with it. The occupants of
the building are engaged in their usual avo.
cations. Large crowds have watched the op.
~erations Of the workmen all the forenoon, and
g squad Of police are on hand to maintain
order and keep citizens from straying into
dangerous latitude.
Az noon-to-d day the building had beon moved
nineteen inches, the lenghth Of the screws.
II these are replaced in season, it is expected
that the above distance will be inorcaa ed n