The Arkansas banner., 1846-04-01

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 All that the world is proud oh'
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 HAD not possessed as much of our fam fly pride as my sister, my first mpelse would have been to call Mr. Elton or lis son to immediate account; bat, screwing n. self up to that point ot feeling, from which, as the representative, although rather the decayed one, ot long liue of progenllors, who had moved in the foremost rank of England's gentry, l could look on no alliance as be- yond my sisters right or expectation, un- hesilatingIy accorded with her views, and, without teigning 10 hear the old genlleman's preferred eXculpation, carried my slsteraway with me to retired situation in the neigh bofhood ol Dorkng, in Surrey.
 Having heard accounts Ql mBAAoney mat ters quite 10 my satisfaction, and being on the eve of having their management com mitted to my own care, l abandoned my medical studies for ever, with the e.leeing that as nature and circumstances had rendered fife unfit for the pursuits of active life, my only chances of spending life with any degree of comfort were to be sought for in rural seclu- sion. Could really have ever been hap py and contented being, the tranquil beauty of that residence Was fitted to confer that state. read, and walked, my moons were spent in exploring the picturesque and lux uriant country around, and my evenings ln the society oimy beautiful and accomplished sister. Although her situation was, all things taken into consideration, more to be deplored than mine, she bore up with all equanimity and fifmness which disgraeed my feeble el- forts. In her countenance was depicted the calm of better worlds, and the only indica- ton of melancholy that could discover about her, was her delight in the perfor- nance of sombre and pathetic airs. The harp was her fayorite instrument, and often beside the honeysuekle-!estooned lattice have sal, dreaming away the hoar of sum- mer twilight. listening to sounds that indeed .'tool, the prisoaod soul, and lapPed it in elysium.n
 Like the rust eating away the sheathed sword, the canker of grief was all the while, however, preying on her silent heart; and one day, when l entered the parour nneX- pectedIY, found her sitting dissolved intears. It was not till some weeks afterwards, that discovered that one of the domestcs had car red home 10 her the rumour of Frederick FL ton's immediate marriage with Miss Hargrave story, which, on investigation, found 10 be quite correct.
 The struggle, which had been so long and so successfully kept up in secret, now began visbly 10 manifest its effects. The subject was one almost too delicate for me to touch upon, and from 1t her higIl-toned and noble mind kept shrinkngly aloof There was nothing for it but 10 bear in silence, she, the burden of broken heart, and l, the misery of beholding the only being linked to me by the ties of kindied blood, hopelessly sinking into the grave.
 The summer had passed away, and earth, assuming its looks of wintry desoIaton, ad- ded deeper shadow to the sorrows of hu- man life Poor Matilda was now much thinner, and her cheeks had lost the rose tnts of health. could scarcely get her terreted out of her chamber to forenoon saunier- and her very amusements at length became irksome
 As last resort, determined on our spending the winter in London; and to Lon don we went, with a tacii compliance on her part, which seemed to aagur ill for it's pro- posed good effects.
 Studiously avoiding all recognitions, which might lead US in society, we lived in the hustle of the great Babylon, as among man kind, but not of them; and for awhile 1 ilal- tered myself that the change of scene and situation had operated in a not unfavorable manner on my engaging eompaalon; but another shock upset all my pleasing spec ulations; for one day, as we were sauntering through. one of the squares, carriage drew up before us, and out stepped a gentleman and lady, to whom at first paid no partic- ular attention, until called to do so by the trembling which passed through the arm which lay within mine, and recognised, al- though not with the ihtuillve perception of Matilda, the person of Mr. Frederick Elton, and his ieaiher-bedaggle bride.
 With much difficulty got her conveyed home, fJr she abhorred the scene oi calling a coach, assuring me that there were no fears about her strength. She had, however. been taxed to the utmost; for no sooner had she thrown off her bonnet, when she iainted on the sofa, and for long time we were unable to restore her to q sense oE what was going on around her. The consequence of all this was sudden fever. Daily she grew weaker and worse; and, as night and day l watched by her bedside, hourly did the con yction flash more lmpressively over my mind, that this, the last and brightest light of our house, was about to be eXtinguished. could not reconcile myself to this awful dispensation of Providence; although, alas il appeared and was uavertible. She never once hreathed the name of him, whose fate had been so inauspiciously linked with her own; and, early one morning, as 1 awoke from slumber, on chair by her bedside, ! found the hand, which locked within my own, cold.-l was now an insolate being among mankind.
 SUDDEN DEATH OF THE GOVERNOR OF DE- LA4yARE.-The Delaware Journal comes to us dressedain mourning, on account of the sudden death of Major Thomas Stockton, the Governor of that State. He expired sudden ly on Monday evening, while sitting in a chair in the office of the clerk of the Or phans' Court at Newcastle. His health pre- ,,;a,sI,, ,,-o. AooJ and b;, doatb .hararora