The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-12

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season, and the hest Of tAe sua wae e 80
time Of the year Great, ana IT anothsE WpeHss
but much that dependDd hithsrto q the 0nas
stitution Of the Elohs was. suspsnded There
from The air, no rspro6aeb6ou In t1e 1oFVf ~ m
seemed decaysd, and dyinG of Cd aeos sYe9.
Paulest said 2 new extttence vonn RgAape
on the .ss s.ss sssn' ss sss S% IT,
duced - eight psrDons ~ tAs actioa of WAs6r:,
and now the absenes q ths aszne slenssnt nd
brought 1t to four. Cha11es and Alice might
those names that wase - familiar now 1teAt
become the venera1,e appellatjen Of s1ho
founders Of the third race Of man.. NlDq
and kirly who were buiidinx = house 81 peS.
bles and both parents listened for whiIS u
what they were saying. Oharies EecolDscAeAk
S"is M q Sta1s ss'ts ,.@ u
cavern; and he was teaching Alice that thsfo'''
were rooms below and rooms shove, a1d s1at=e
he had heard how people like their father hadl
another to make these rooms. Alice persisted
in making her house one hollow cavern, ana
the other she called Charles's house, and A1A I
"Chafles u taking the part already Of q
teacher, in whom remains the tradltiomAtH
knowledge Of an old woF3d,'' said PauIett,s
who have their own rude copies Of natural eb.s.
the learned man,
said Ellen" "Thsy win sle6s
notions from him - - 80 ~ - 800 ss
Eyes; but II 1t should q ~ 80
live-they must b veTA ~ ~ syv0.
rything except. patess sslit a1a
ssss %ss. sssi1y as fs: s: 3
can but succeed in giving him the ideas Of the
age we have lived in. Fancy, then, Ellen, IN
creased to perhaps fifty inhabitants before he,
Of ssesm snsns , snd %
use Of the TELESCOPES, and to learn the aftof
printing, and the list Of the different han ;
guages, which Romans. Frenchmen, Germans.
Greeks used. and what lions were,, and
horses" fst 7+"t- }f'." :" ssts
"Or, tell them how he and Alice escaped.
from the Great Drought said Ellen. Hut Il
perish in it.; and, then, Of what use Is this
Why-his soul: It i. . thing immortal
use here, it will be useful elsewhere''
'What!'' said Ellen, smiling ''are there
railroads and telescopes in another world - p g
"For aught can tell. At all events, tho
powers that contrive them here may contriye
something from the same principles hereaf- "
ter" ftas et tes-- - q
"Bnt we can tell nothing about the other
may, this is another soorh to the stars and
if we know nothing about our destiny, the
only way we have to judge is by what we ac-
remains will teach my boy all know, and
20 on rs 4 man of this world ought TO do;
then we shall be ready for everything ~
his sons education, as far as the boys age
permitted, and instructed him In all that he
would have learned had the world been as it
was formerly. Only like man in shipwreck,
looking forward to q desert island ~ his best
hope, he dwelt most upon what would be most
useful, supposing Charles (being preserved) to
q new race of man. Next in order came SCI
ence and arts, and it was easier to make him
feel the merits of these than of the exploits Of
nan man ths when eaeaa they CONSISTED
for the heroic virtues seemed to take "a
new character in the present circumstances
OF the world and whereas they used to blaze
In personal danger, and at the sound and np-
plause Of men, they now bur aT,ssas,,s Tsa, ~ -
the endurance of the worl q
which, with all its terrors an ;#ssasS aHssS
pressions, must be met by tbs a.... i4HsSl
tanning spirit rising superior s.sH
excess of physical injury. the 10Y ) ssss s.-s
piled to the cali Mpon it. He learned. D hook
on the dangers before him, and to considerable
possibility Of escape with quiet calculation Of
chances. He Injured himself to privatfonN
readily, and eagerly tried to SPARE his mother
and Alice from 1t. He and his father, hand m
hand, walked oyer the desolate :lansA yeal-,,
izing the idea that they were in fact spirits,
superior to all physical things, and divided
from spirits and their sphere only by their
virtue and duty, and how good 1t Was to dwell
in these painful bodies, since they were the
place wherein virtue was practiced and duty
learned and the father taught the son that
the opportunities occurred, not only in en-
during the dissolution Of the frame Of present
things, and In the untiring exertiOn To Md and
support life in those who Were Of weaier sex
that they, but in abiding, with even and cheer.
fnl temper the vexatiOns Of every day, and In
adOrning as far as possible, as well as pre-
serving life. The mother was heroic, good,
| and patient too. She brought her children,
night and morning, to the mouth Of the cav
ern, and there they all kneeled by Panlett,
who prayed aloud with them and for them.
Then Ellen made ready their meal, which.
must all be prepared without watse, and
which consisted of the stores frOm former har-s
vests, OF which there was abundance laid mp
could run at her mother's side, learned to be
useful in some matters, and patient and one-
dent. Charles played with her and taught
her; and he himself, mere child as he was,
grew merry In his play, and earnest; and
many time the profound silence Of the earth
was broken by the hearty lAugh Of children,
which would ring out through the cavern
and reverberate against its wslls. They grew,
and were perfect and beautiful in shnp1;
their minds developed, and talents and virtae1
filled them. They were types of man and
one bold AND and the
rished when means appeared tnadeQMaSe -
| their support; and amid parnlysed worldit
was in them only that body and spirit seemed
TO unfold.
CcoxcLrsIoX ro.xoHHow.1 st5% '~t'
LOST, STRAYED AND FOUND. 80.
nARING ROBBERY.-FIFTY DOKr
~ LARS REWARD.-On Wednesday 49,
night. the eth instant, about ll-past NN
seven OcfOck, my stable was entered And
my CARRIAGE HORSES were slolsn.s. F7aIsg't ..
The horses very hne, large black hos1ss, well
known In this city. One Of them has each Of hie
other 9 ws: e Goyssn%sns s ao.:s, Ps.s9ssi4