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Full Title	The golden era, v. XIII, no. 35, Sunday, July 30, 1865.
Contributor	Fairfax. Egan, Pierce, 1814-1880. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Date Added	2 March 2022
Format	Newspaper
Language	English
Publish Date	1865-07-30
Publisher	San Francisco [Calif.] : J. Macdonough Foard, Rollin M. Daggett
Source	Dime Novel and Popular Literature
Alternate Title	Marrying for money / by Fairfax--our London correspondent. The fair Lilias; or, Life in death / by Pierce Egan. Life in death Our mutual friend / by Charles Dickens.
Topic	Popular literature > Specimens. Story papers > Specimens. American poetry > California > Periodicals. American literature > California > Periodicals. San Francisco (Calif.) > Newspapers.
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OCR BROOKS & LAWRENCE, } PUBLISHERS, No. 649 Car Sraext. San. Francis SCO, California : Sunday, July 30, 1865. {onsorsat.} ‘THE BEAUTIFUL LAND. 0 bows, ona or ‘aoe, uaa ir a xed etrsi'd by the if aivinese Bright land 1) Whore trausincently flow, Taro! patne of emerald shen, Tuo waters whove wave ever simmer ad slow, he sretn of woe wht Drkera gle We long for in torr ana tuadows tay sore ro oo aig; The dawn of that Io ro, when our eyes Sha welcome thy glorious ght aun tro! hase bal pratt gardens Ant wate by the vers of ght! We thank thee, All-Father, each day + Bringe nearer aud nearer the goal ; ‘The curtain balf-ifted reveal wn ihe way; Before ue the dark billows roll! What mattor, if, turbid and dark, ‘The waters whote surf we must brave? Tough hay hn Botan” we now ta ia wil ancha‘an aor the wave Carson, July, 1885. Laie D. ua Fu OD In idsomest squares, at the met En ee viet barrister named ering it, strange gutteral pole pe culiar to the durnb, the would dash ' a book, or whatever else she banppened ‘o hare in her hand. one’s character was totaty apposite, grew ‘ler, tnd “ ber reasoning faculties developed, her temper wonld and lustrous, were olor telligent or express and listless, there was nevertheless a lool of pride. Hai it not been for an unexpected busi- nees event, te cousinn righ alwaye have sontinned ye Mr. Pan dues cept a part Robert Merton, the son of an old ne He came often a Farren’s h 1e was presented to ‘tno to an aunt at the ston was apparently three and twenty, ough poor in worldly means, be was tich in external gifts, Ia Sigure he was ‘and his features were band- physiog! and called sinister ir fell io pi We also powsened rs of conversa we tion—his wit emanated trom a refined and |o ie le not to be wondered s charmed with his pres- ence aa sain, and there is bay les der that Anne's modest, beauty sed pon jook should entrance a youthful sud srr Inganueve man. In truth, he bad not a a visitor ai her father’s house, before he expressed is admiration by glances s0 earnest and el qnent that Aone, usalod though she was in the language eyes, saw and re- ‘turned his passion. The circ mance which called fort a declaration from Merton was the = tion of eae’ ‘return home, a that he ston Ma ot after that event ve “ie to see Al determined to dra foom her a vconfenon of ber feelings in re- gard to bimn. Ie was eraing, a a Me Farre esr to writ z Z 0, baving lea ext opportaa hod ng elt asared of iooked into ber eyes, were att with eotion—| is, he imprit iy to speak. He love, and now he and saw that they foiding ber in inted a kiss pon her lips warm And ow aegis dereelt fr 9 burried from ther room. ated, tevent thanks for her new-fouad happi | vealing Mi oh 1d | speechless girl, ut | ever. “Tear a all things, hoping tan 0 I | was. enga: ees | from the shock which she had | at the approaching marriage, nt ha ed | fered much sinelaatoeaag him, «| Enave dove, the more so when Ta y eon wealthy 5 was pure and eager to endure all for ae object. Would that Ais passion had bi the same! When, after a rather long absence Ade- laid fe returned io her uncle's house, Anne aia not tell her that new sunshine bad med in upon sabres had Adelaide pos- ceed the power of speech, Anne might have confided it to her, butas it’ wae, she "Young, Innocent and naguarded, her love i his sister (my mother) a tri jt legacy. It was enough to comfort her old age, but Iwas 8 provided for, and with a mother’s love she sacrificed her smal au means to ponies me ie position in you fier’ ote, poor ol mater niles. Merton's voice tembled, vat te resolutely continued or. her sake rich cher at 4 Miss Farrea, that my aalreis, not altogether Had she commuriented to Adelaide, Mer ton’s love for herself, the consequences which followed might have been averted. Adelaide's ead int list Merton’s tention and sympathy from the held her. He fre- ‘quently oust hee with her in the mute language of the deaf and dumb. Although be soon begal neglect Anne for Adelaide,’ Anne felt assured of bis love for her, that iso never crossed her mind. never pected that Adelaide ‘vith ach fats could bel aide to Spallre tad thls afeoleas! were her and with indelfonte: bana, be asked ber to become iis wife : She gl aly con- ted, for he had succeeded f winning a or heatt, Adelaide, with more frankness than Anne had shown, wrote to tell he f of Merton’ .| proposal, her eyes Gashin; ng with the euprem, r0- Dy the hand, and kissing her, said in tones |g firmities ‘seemed to et- | forgive oclty, conversing | wh; ings ‘Mert the unfortunate Ade- | th; y | to enough aro One hesitated., Anne was silent for a moment. {ben stows aa write effort said: : “ After what you told me, ne at ever your ting wl oy reclings. Whe, ines yon bad dsterained to marry wealth, “Taw youre Loved you fa. dao, a say, 1% arry money, but | when I found. that your fortune was small sad Prospect and that hers was large in her own right, I to be married to Adelaide. She said that.a, tet ver lasts. She begged me to think Ny sisters losiag their, bloom outh ia the te plelured “io me. the joy. which release from long-contined poverty would bri My mother's segments brevailed over my love for you. I sactif » to) repay her. It is no carnal ting for men marry fer intrest though to a = 2 ou the motives which ng | quickly-taken, desperate resolution. Never- 2 She, otten en'ren\ loom of a sick room 5| phy: theless, when she returned to the drawing- room, with the’ ex: rece of increased paleness, there reidenee of the \y she’ b enee. proached Navin, he onened 8 box lying on a table bes on tained a bridal” wreath, ‘which he caress ingly pl ada were far away. science had been stung and his remorse asraken bsgeaed joks.” He won Ade taste te col not pay too = sabery ost these sotieipted pias on earnest soa weve burried ‘orwards trbleh te de ject, unhappy Anne thought most ube: min, adelaide, throughout, treated her covsta| with a a indent and consideration which as unusual to her cold. nature, tea hoeee fo forgiver the vexations which she bad onuned Barta thee ils dase, and pen dently. all tae forbearat ance ‘ond pationee ‘with ber failings of temper ana | sical infirmiti Adelaid je was as ws arange in disposition as If her conduct wi ness for | A ted it to the emotion natural to such an o¢- casion. ‘There was a dead silence! n placed Adelaide's han fe upon the oar wes a wild shriek and rushed to the w a! on she ran! She fined ‘the i lake, into which she Bunge with the fury unex- he affrighted beholders ent in their bewilderment, hat todo. was the first to spring forward to save the misguided girl from a watery) grave. But only to linger on and perish in afew short days ! ‘The note which she had written was to|‘° “YX ‘oul ont bia is whole “heat, and ‘having oncetored ind lost, I could not live at all, be judged by One whose affection depends nof.on the gifts or this world! Farewell, |g forever a dear Ann trie wa when fa moment came, it was in ber arms that the ill-fated, unt git died! Alter this tragic event the couatry Bouse wis adverts fo Ye ch and remafned that it gained the it not been torture ” ao lespise mo, .Let us forget ack ier, i i “May you be Sapp Adelaide, te 1 never can, You ie ee dee vo both and destroyed my ence ot mind for Your joys must nee be therefore, be happ, vy. itycnean with hin” ‘Ani t0 Anne determined. to ken p her secret, and to stifi rief and indigi anton, that Adelaide not suspect that ber intended busband was schemer—a for for ‘itietions o be mistaken for a warmer e re really given to Anne) in order to obtain wealth. After hi igéd to Merton, Anne kept a few days, endeavoring to wally received ; room for picturing to herself meanwhil . titions of Merton's fond expressions of joy d past, Anne, sum- Il her pride to aid ber in m , baslog left the le her own featings of! g ‘it | e-bunter. rnin, ne ‘oe exieal of Adelae’s for . Merton bad permitted is sympathy | . note-pap ring from Adelaide that she jot | paper. @|she feared that she was on th can, Anne ; and though Imay have 2 brought misery ail oa yox, my eufelogs| for she bad not madalgora to she had read her letter. Inston modest earestes vtleh she bad try "d upon Merton, she treate Aone tha |eadg so with conscience and ds. coldly and with increasing reserve tnd anted tomate bannted house, Ade wa ream winding through the neglected pa ae e time elapsed son _Steton offered nd to mn. appointed love He ceased. “Alter a fow moments of palatal silence, Ann “Farewell, Robert evn My deep anguish whit her happiness costs me. If you jhave my trees, strive to make your- [ste worthy of her. | And without another look at a aie glided from the room. ‘caused Adelaide's long sbeeeo! “Onley his ing Merton, cheerful and happy, Adelaide Pp tripped up stairs to write ber note. ing her writing der se found be bad no aper. Anne was not d ko tie eked. Adelaide pen ned it A matt finished Letter lay inside, which she removed in order ° ‘open the comparimest containing the not | As she took up the letter her oye fell on these words: |_ “Indeed, I tremble for ber happiness, for having 50 Bien deceived me, he will, I ater, deceive her.” adel paused, holding the letter in hand. she feu faint and trembled, for, learning some cr afootlng ber own —for would jp yet she seemed (o desire nothing more ar dently Ba the wedding day. She Endod appear eel sels ty fnterest i the troueun notas if it were wedding a : arel, but asif it were anon’ or a widows preparation Be be nttee. Adetide re: abled statue, moving and toting ineshestealg speechless and joy-| less. At leogth the eventful morning arrived which had been ask apart to unite, thie strange. coupe.» aid man-more nowillingly array imself in britel sit than did the weak bat in Rabe Mert Seen continually ta bie pees wn pride, and fear that tee un avai lor you be seen and commented upon, added to ish not t arouse Adelaide's soapictone autuced. het - | to remain a ead witness of her cousin’s hap. piness. t is ssid: : Manny is the bride that the sun sbines ” If this be a true omen, Ai elaide should indeed have been blest, fr e cn the point of et motning when « few friends met at Mr. Farren’s country house to witness the cer- mony. Adelaide had declined to be mar. ried with wit utes to write a note to some tradesman, Merten was sitting there alone / Anne's sunken eyes and pallid, care- worn features betrayed that she had suf- Touched by her Took h ig forward and de- ‘ined her, a she sutelly turned to eave the 8 ti forgive me, Anne ?” he said, his tree Decoing Hie feonpale than hers. ‘A scoraful smile @ only respon “Listen to me "toe, if you cannot for- give.” Well—I listen,” she said in eold, trema- lons accents which she vainly strove to tender firm. There was a pause—be seemed ashamed to speal “Why_—ob! why,” she orfed, in sudden ish at the recollection, Fens played with me? Why my heart only to cast it aside like the bro- ken toy of achild? Have yor t don hich men despise and condemn if ox ?—sold yourself for money 2” “Thave,” he answered quietly. “Yon have?’ she echoed in astonish- ra , Anne ; base as I appear to you, {ean still offer @ poor extenuiation of my ndnet. I know you despise me for what e wow that I never have loved, and never can love any one bat nt you" ted, a most painfal expression siting over ber already disturbed features. “1 will not listen to words that she only has a right to heat,” she answer Te continued : “You may ns wondered, as others have, that our honse is always shut np ; that a sinters ww | young and handsome as they at © go into society, The peelaion to the ill-health o! y also have beard Some former unwise my father to comparative beggary and he lost his reason in conseqnence, Althouse harmless, be never leaves the boa nd upon bim. hate sisters atte theirs! In the midst of penary, te daily, for my ‘That Be Anne's prayers were full of t! education aud support, died suddenly, world ettribates ‘ett Ad y fat PP about, except Rol She asked terse read the Jeter, evidently cor aa thing which Would it be vane even tes ‘te here ledge? ing some- were interested in Adelaide soon laid ssi te very he for she bad ber sex’s curiosity ; being d tnd dua, she had not, Tali, fed wo Siatnguish clearly Detwoen rant With difficulty she oe taught to write and read. Sve nad learned to control her temper, only because she “aa donot pete ‘ui to you because I wish |. re wi thi u happy self. That would be cruel, would x ne ee Aunt? Althongh he never ly proposed to me (I did not expect hat just gets for papa tld mo that be was poor,) looks, yes, and words, too, convince me of his love. I bave kept my room, be- cause I felt that I could not yet witness her filling my place, after having been thrown aside myself, Hive in fear to . a may detect a inion 0 my fi ingui the reasor ber ict faculties ik, she must have se utterly miserable. . What troubles me more even than his treatment of me isthe belief that he marries her for money” Here the letter ruptly, and elaide quickly wut cy replaced it reading the | Now she ildered expression, 0 then faaealy, ‘it tho full sense of Merton's baseness bad flashed poo her feeble understanding, she clenched ePe yy jher hands and beat her breast, uttering the strange ery peculias to those deprived of speech —avwful in its low inte im yotence to express fooling and Thonght by sod. wit ‘ba effort she calmed agitatio bu it on her eountearnce there vas a rte look, which betokened a ‘meat sbether she should, saw that it pained Anne; in short, what little sbe knew, ste had been taught by affection not int of She read on : reat | room aud ber! inoxpileabie ontuet of the pas ast fer a Merton's asa and Kop isters were to be her brides: family having tee ther seelaalon any display, saying that she | PF r then bis ha ised hi She would not, ‘he ata sorry aman who co died at an early age, a for. Being rich, Anne roposals, of marriage ; nevertheless she lived to be an old maid, always declaring that her a mirers only wanted to may mney. “ART CRITICISM, general reader wh: To tae 10 claims no ex- tensive knowledge of of Art, the vaporings o! yur literary journals) are amus Sing not to say disgusting. It often toms thongh te ey pase throug a gal- lery with priase for the odd numbers and yeanest kind “f bane for the even en, ir next article, ‘hey pitch indiscriminately into the lanaseapes i laud to the utmost the portraits. I do t eminent artists often com-| tain, and say that @ man ha: k Leader, erlang te ite inthe event Academy Me eon tow e can people blue and white Ventoes of Mr. rat still worse—the horrible, nasty, spongy Fi I go tol) o jatched covstanty by ber bed.of| yo the last 7, [on all e Arnold, tolerate. the « everlasting | part nh, or | danger in| compar sorrespondig length urement between the covered at once the tn the world? wi tal | sd listening to to Babe the precipices on each lar hs height of hey above -yon ja ing power. Geceived in respect to Pooe ne body kno Geueral Orders No. 1 1, le in the perpetuati mers of the 36 % pesoo—an event over control. mL for result was brongh! of theirs. Ml. | adoptea 1 occasions, 2s : from other IV, Your ing you bis sincer a desire to obtain the among you thana vids, bi to witness an event whicl y bad aon af mueh to briog” aeetite th a sa solemnity inse; from a weddiog over re ite bia parly gloom teomed Anne, Adi nd bis lelaide, Robert at cr ‘all ed ei reacons for silence] self-co me se eas "eed in a robe of cream- white eatia, which sited well ber ore Complexion and stately gure. A wi been put on care- strange, restless fire burned in her Ine- us eye. . jerton glanced at her as’ be entered the|™ dres her mai shoulders and bent on bim a look so indescribable, so unearthly 7, tine be shuddered as he thought deat aod dumb bride should ald to ber Moe orner infiemit at ibe onnate fara step he tke, and he have been “Teapted te recede, but at there cold, and silently forbidding such uomanly weakness, ved himself to proceed. The room in which the party assembl was large, aud in one respect antique in its appearance, It had formerly belonged to a noblenes, the last of bis rach pane! ia st the arms ind the low, hea Boxed ein, fe apartment nid f the resent day. tase "Fvench window own open of the Pest ccs the windows one passed on to the spacions laws, and on, on, tren the shady trees| w of wat to a fine sheet Adelaide walked to the window and ted her gaze pee the little lake, breath | ing a deep sigh a ifveliered thatthe du ay so long. oe bad come at last. guests were waiting, Mr. Farren a the ex'reme pallor of her face, but attribu- cheeks and lips, while | C*re!! gnifcent ince vel ‘ay over| Te at this last moment isha qu i this in whose landscapes a bunch of gi | alers”-—(oes he mean talers) “on the top of two boop poles does duty tor tree.” Poor Richards! suc company. Tear most he says of Bierstadt's ‘Yo-Semite Valley.” “Me. Bierstadt has painted far better 2 yaref rer, bo ignored at the tne is great sero-anta of producin, a of slovenly and tage itgou il take the trouble to compare |r, mountains with a cor- 1 detect nee No suel colossal mountains exist, Mr. Bierstadt, i jo oe if the rietare were wisi painted. I might f credit to Mr. Almy or the background of a melodra itl, will never do anythin: for the pata of the antbor of "Suosdine and Shadow.” Bierstedt! posh aa Shadow, “Mi Hood,” “The ro for ang fs san “| Yo-Semi not seoord wih ie, Arnold’s ideas | proper relat the sive deus of horizontal and ind, i a e Mam- moth Trees of Calaveras an ruling thus to the Leader. “Whatever natare bas learned inthe pro isery likes | FO" izontal_measnte-| eed th y assnred ative State prisons, mt os ate trust ee in enjoytog acqu s8, your Chit How 7 HAW) yer you take inquire iit is loaded. Holoades, place the outside pon it, while the rod’ ieot abont three fingers’ muzzle of the retoren Life in immortiy ; eousn! devin, i hs who ‘rut for bim? comolsh what & Agr fect will, and fol ‘lemextof Rome. No wueb Colossal trees. me travelers ‘sare, heretofore, Tneed not tell mers of so many thieving this unbappy, nathought of and uncalled ‘The dead bumble-bs be the badge of the ‘rel toown com: |mand, and will be worn by every member, mark of artment, knowing that, in m: Weas more plenty thao pote, ao 7 peo tho unesp fet, with Toetan iy compelled to bid youadion ereon to answer you, if th I in you wil feel the "aud of the ' upper end Adence ; sett ia botiness! now The Creator aod Fa of horizontal mens- eir trunks, and rossest Sacer. at Again, ander the shadow of Tatochanne he ites me somewhat of Ney remi the ¢ Lowterbncnnen i in neliylend Ther side rise perpen: 1000 te grees, mit. Evidently the sinner here mast possess some pecn- and that artists and been very mach its height, No such [else moun can ose yer be incited ‘ot think raslig wee or icon Hewrmer, THE BUMMERS DISBANDED, nown as “The Bum os led by the following order, whieh is doubtless a m thentie, because we a Navy Journal : or Bewwrens, c After four (4) ses ote ordoous strug: ¢ Bam ilitary ‘Division oF ite promnigetion of, e which they had no/ a the surviving Bum expeditions, that t about by no effort istinction om: Chief i please fn tender! for the noble latter more evident to bravo the former that each one of you for in your re- your Chief refrains issuing furtber orders for your future ine. ing, hat each one ot!" red term of your iced wealth and bap h regret. 0. Rage, Chief of Bammers. DLE A 6 ia your band. “sod ihre ce no 0 is att on the ‘round, my tine, ‘n Fest orf any living thing at Soe roa" taallvertely intend to Kill. blessed and won- ts of God! gil rabies in right | we ‘dom ; faith in con- And understand, (hase, nibea, at Jo prepared for them we ao. reeable to His most! How the trath—St. 8 Time gos by ue | the en of Fertuue ome Xo hap co ard bat may ia tne amend.” 1 So | mi er Tike a bin, she, as le-}and became round and almos Piéree Egan’s New Story HED PROM ADVANCE SHEETS, The Fa Fair Lilias ; LIFE IN 1 DEATH. BY PIERCE EGAN, Autor of The Poor Girls” "Imogens or, ‘The Marble art ” “tay Maud; or, The Wonder of Kingswood Chase,” “Such ¢ Life,” Ble, Bte. XL st cansora change curt, ofl to fun from bear bap oth not evee Sows She draws her favors to the loweet ebb ; fo cme and go; tod cone web, thaw the boat which bore Lilias, and Ar den “silagbam, ant Miranda Papin ran out ot oe Bay of Port: le Moirrey, the aang sping ‘ten ast although at some tare rem 1 the n|sniling-vessel which had the Duchess of. [Cheviot on board. ly by the mainsail snd tiller, Miranda’s eyes, observed was entering the bay they were sig os I thay di they took 20, notice ost Important personage = 5 g Us attention arawa to along, harming tilt, as if is ¢| chievous design of turniag abruptly over and shooting thea all into the sea. Tei w e case with Lilias, va we ats in the stern of the boat, slonly wrapped in her plaid, and appa rently deeply in she saw Prowse boat as dat a glance eeogaized its one pas ge he started from bag arts recumbent | position, shaded nd the brilliant light whiek was flooding oma and multerod fom and ible words.. ion with Arden re- specting fr father’ vevppored violent death and Helena’s complicity in the terrible afte, she had certainly Den ed a great ¢ in her manner. 0 longer Ths =, BO gentle, nor yielding, as though shehadnointerest in, norany care for, what- tb pen. Still prone of abstraction, she yet had become irritable an some train of thought passed through her. mind. She seemed like one abruptly awakened: from a long torpidity, a kind of stupefying , to a sense that the time had come hen an active and important course of life must be pursued, the responsibilities of mich she fully comprehended and ao aden did not mark the change ; he had seen too little of her i F years to be ac~ P-/quainted with tl ra of her rament ; but ‘Mirae observed it, although not with pierce er re ait were with a sword, ing | Ald not deceive Years bad reo since she bad seen her- cousin, and it might be fait tia wr eh a lapse of separation, seen any faces ealeulated drive it from thence. Besides, she new tint Heleun mason at wworning expected, | j { 4 t | | | Zz |

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