American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-05-01
Brief Biographical Sketches.

julius CHSar-SOn of old man |
Caesar. He was born at Rome in his |
infancy, and, upon arriving at the |
estate of his manhood, became a
Roman. He was a fighter and a |
writer of some note. His friend
Brutus asked him one morning how
many eggs he had eaten for break.
fast, and he replied " Et tn Brute ~
His friend became enraged at being
called brute, and stabbed. Caesar
quite dead.
Mahomet-author of the Koran, an
exciting romance, which he wrote III
the Mammoth Cave at Mecca. He
was the author of a religious creed
with which he stuffed Turkey, and
tried to get up broil i'll Greece, but
failed. Many Of his earlier followers
suffered great persecution. Some of
them were bound in Morocco and
burned at the stake. He had three
temples while living-One at Mecca,
and one on each side of his head.
Gen. Duke, of Wellington-an
officer of the British army. Mr..
Longfellow makes honorable men
ton of him as the "Warden of the
Cinuue PORTS" Cinque means five !;
and he was the proprietor of five
principal ports, or stragetical points,
usually Demonstrated the Five Points.
He lived to a ripe old age and died.
Guy Fawkes-a warm hearted, i'm
pulsive Englishman, who believed
the British Parliament, too good for
: this earth, and devised an expedi-
| tious method for eXevating the mem
bers to a higher spere. He was in
r terrupted in his good intentions, but
| for which circumstance he would
have made a great noise in the world
He was executed for his disinterested
4: benevolence and was subsequently
: burned at place called Ef1igy.
e Bonapart Ia harum scarum sOr
e of a fellow who occupied a position
: of considerable responsibility in tn,
g French nation. The impression wen
:, abroad that he was ambitious, whicl
), damaged his reputation materially
He gained the respect and admira
; ton of the French nation, because
IS happily, he was not FrenchmaI
e When asked if he thought he coul
e rule France, he replied, "of COrsican.
|, The close of his life was not as brigh
8 as its beginning, but there was nor
n of it in limited space.
y Peter, the Hermit-Pete was pri1
% cipally notorious for stirring up
ID little difficulty between the Christian
'u and Mahommedans, which eXtende
ii over period of thirty years, resul
L ing in numerous excursions, by Ian
Y, and water. under the fascinatin
ne title of g Crusades." The hermit W;
+. an itinerant lecturer, and had |
Ie lived in our day he would probabl
- have turned his attention to hume
IL thereby saving a deal OF bloodShe
The CruSades turned out like IL
ry author of the creed they were inten
ch ed to annihiIate-a false prophet.
in PIutarcl-I only know this gent
ch man by reputation. He is alwa.
ch spoken of in the prural numbe
..Plutarch's Lives" is a common c
Dt, preston, but how many there are
lst him, am not prepared to say.
er Bismarck-vuIgarly termed go
IN Biz" A modern hero, but very i'll
lst crate. He formerly signed his mar
N with Il capital Y, above and benea
n2 which were written the words /"
RS mark.n In consequence of this t
he sobriquct of IIismark WAS bcstow
III upon him, but WAS afterwards c'
he ruptcd to Bismarck. He played
al Prussia and made a Count.
oW Lord Nelson-the hero Of Trafalg
'U' a sea taring and far-secing man.
said, upon going into action, Er
up land expects every man to do
vas duty. He knew they were Il rasc
ind y set, and would run the blockade
'ng they could. Warfare was his oc
re patton on the high seas, and he
OF loyed nothing but wharf air wi
he was in port. In his early
he was a long time in dol
whether a nautical life would )
had him or not. Finally he went to $