The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-04
irl1ntond %ispattla.
UNDER THE BLACK BEAM.

- se,nn ~nr. me- The freedom 10 Use them
oets1HIhneS ", - . mere pedestrian do
% t'' aI,nod Though | have Gbic
.ane ~ CO mics in n day when necessary.
~, sn-a 7 have lrcn OF an inQuS.rg tlltIt
=. Itiny 10 scc for myself y; m!uGtt ~
W-;hia al home and abroad. Tie ways Of
n>nn and cities. Not AZ Il mere superficial!
nrsarvnr c;;her IL 7 may say IL MYSELF have
I,y,,nDed thee many wears up ami down
.,n ,,,nr,d I have ALWAYS watched with Il
'N' : 49, v.nrL;,g. of sociaI, ON
H"SH ~ nol;,;ool ;nsritrtjous - | have
~ Nt"' -" >nn. nr n.oplr. tiring~, and
~" ""su n9tt tLLoro,,.h arrria,ntancc with
~ 80 ..,r;a1 cnna;,ion, Of Al kind. as circum-
ata,cns ~ thr rouniry:s laws be-ct them.
Thus churches. museums. picture-@a'le-
r,.s o,d thn rest OF tie hackncycd sights OF
con;.ol or district, never quite satisfied my
;mccn;r;,;va dispo.i,icn. l., forSooti., must
n,,h nv pcrsoaai experience into courts OF
t,-.;ca ,,t;onoi assemblies, lmrliaments, and
"a fnr;h =. the inferior OF backwards, manuflc-
,orie. prisons lunatic asyiam<, hospitals,
work.houscs. institutions tor the blind, deaf
anI dumb: IN q word, like the oit-quo!cd
French snpcur. nothing 10 me was sacred.
EnuoIly attractive, too. have ever been the
beauties OF nature. Ta"se, under every
pj,asc and as,crt, have employed rs tar Il
.,,,,c nj my attention and enthusiasm a>
h,yn the obodcs Of men. The solitudcs Of
,nn,Tn,a;ns forests. or the Sca-,horc, have
had oo,,aI charms in their turn with ;hc hull
,n,I hnnsrlc of c0mmcrcin! centres aud | have
onnrcciltod, with tnc enthusiasm Of 4 pain
ter. all the giorics Of form and color which
nu,ure DISPLAYS with such plcdiGai hands
10 those who have the eve t. appreciate and
the heart to feel them.
,>,,. - =. ,,nt Tar.I l.
nateIy for the reader, to give an account OF
my personal predictions tiiLt | have taken
il D oniy thus much about mysc,I It has
been necessary to >av for tie understand
ing of what is to follow. Naturally, some
amount Of adventure must have resulted
from such q life: some episodes, serious and
comic. That NAV he more or less worth tine
frllinn. Tolrlof the most serious, however.
of nil that ever bclcli me i the purpose OF
this present writing so serious, indeed, that
there WAS wel.-ni%li Il chance of It's iafln@
brought my nonadic existence 10 u fci!Ha-
tlre and igu0blo close. Very liorriaie VS.
that time, and | shall never cease t. loo"
back at il with = shudGcr, though nearly
thirty years have passed since then.
Well. il was the merry month Of July, and
,,non n porsc and brubl.-2oy"rcd Ciaintncc
orerhannju~ q ccrtoin retired l!tti" fishing
town on our southwestern ccq>t SIT III artist
hard at work at bis easel. Sheltered by his
white umbrella from the ray OF the fierce
but declining sun. absorbed III the portrayal
of the lovely iandsCapC before him, lie failed
TO observe the n~oiSclc.s approach Of Il stroll
ing pedestrian. The iatlcr, however, did
not fas lie at lir>t felt inclincd 70 w and
boldly examine the sketch. bat iIuuw linn.
SELF down ut IL little distance. and thence con.
4..Nt~l ,r l,uLt, -, ,..T.Iylf .1utlrl ,,ll
to do. the aspcc. Of the painter himself: TO!
there was something peculiar about him. II
once fascinating aud disa~irctl.i,. Fa.Cinai.
irr. bccsuse he was Young, nunl-l0ykin@,
Wild and eu,husi ,Stic. ti~,"r,rI!;lr. bcr;,;s.
his onrcorrncoc nuilr,rd nm >or,c ,iru!pas3n;
and nj the same time. untrarcailr rp,riui>.
cences. Where had 7 seen him bcInrrs
This WAS The question that interested inc
os soon as I came close cnou-h [, ,rr hi.
face and "A its soIutiuu | lryo,cd myself
s,cre.efnlIy for nearly q Quarter nI IN houY
ne T law ,bnrn v,,triin, him. He did III,
notirn me oII th,, Wills. Lul IF last. yj.in..
tr,u his ,-.ynD rtooI and >trn,,jnr Lack 70 lake
more distant view of his wolk :, he Glanced
il INV direction. and apparently aunorpI n;
the lncyrcctcd presence Of a st.alcc?.
scoWlcd turliddingiv, and IN r"s"lt!in% 10 his
work so rcaaiilstcd his umbrella rs ~ shield
himself from further observation. Ilhing
the hint. | immediately rose a,,d tjcIHrlrI
toward The town where | WAS ~slayiuy. lie.
loo. ua, evidently ~,,a,inr ut lhr slnr r,!i.p...
.o,. ,fIc, ~. first cyrui.~., nrriinr ;.ur,.
.,.,,,iy ,an,r ,.r,ss him in thr~ uri~hhnrhnoI
wns ,lnr, ~ + ~, snywh,r.. dur;ng NV
r,nJor;rr. for my OWN L,.Lncr AMI nl,.s.
..rn .tnochtrr hn,,;rr Lct,ri,frm tn,h,,
nm, hrt ,yhnmrycr nrt mi: yn,riT fellow,
7 s,unnn,,,r .ocn,n1 tn u;.h v.nf. Sn,,r.
nL"rn 'I,n r,r "D.n.;n,. al n;,h him v,. "j-
~ w. 80 ,n,m,;,
w. w ~ Wa = 'o,h r. nn .!.n,,,,, ,n,.
)" I !, roi,n',rtiv ON ", rnrt hut dr.
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Snoic' no an,ti," '|ai, ,i, I",It nn ~
nuu ha 'Lo,,1d st,.,a h;u,,air fnr ,,,n,.S,
M"ot' ~ not'u 80 ti42o, ~ . ~ 49,
wy U'",i arnI 4" I.7nG i, - ~ ="
P':l1'0h. ii' .,i'''".u ~ o"t,,i :
'olte I,a WI " S.,ons - = = ,,"i,,, ="
ve''. + o . uHsIii''sG y, 'nis ioSH't.n'
10 50" II l cou'u ~ u ,i''lc '"M WIN 'it ~;
u'ocolel INC "''Sc u VIZ n"t,'", 'n:nt ~,
pressure a."'l> h'u ulu'i lI'. "l!! h'a az
answer 10 'llc ,'i'i''! uiluu'! recurring I'es-
lioH, N"c'c i"''l wy" n"il ''HoI'' ,
II asil " hicir "1"a'c"'' 20" hh"M, /
went u" 10 say, pu' AN very i''lit CT HI' )
l h''e >eci Il Goo" oc"' VI Il, "tu N''o"
,wy i n's , n'n, %n, l ,"n I. n',i' imam l
h Law f. t,o lii. nr ~" nu,nt ,nn, u,irv',
wnoon IAN AIN "''
III NAV be- he rcp]icd. al,>t,,ctndlv -
no cozcd iound nt the so, and sEy r,iir nnl
ruck. IL dom, re,urrnhn,. yo,i. on tlut
ledge. there, do YOU say there's = Good >uI.
;arfY n he added. n]oii,tiur IA y S,,ot ! had
iud;cutnd