The Arkansas banner., 1846-04-08
From Frasier's Magazine. THE WOUNDED SPIRIT.
CHAPTER XI, ''Without love, hatred; joy, ol fear, They led kind of--as it were ;

They led klnd Ot--as Il were;
 Nor wished, nor cared, nor laughed, nor cried;
 And so they lived, and so they dled. PRIOR.
 BEFORE proceeding with the more im- mediate narrative of my melancholy life, iti may be pardoned me to digress a little into the matters relating to tItat of poor Matilda and in the first place, to the credit of Mir Frederick Elton, 1t must be allowed, that It was- not without a considerable struggle that his mind was brought to acquiesce in the sordid and selfish views of his parent unluckily, however, the family fortune was almost entirely of his fathers acquisition, and not being yet entitled, could be disposed according to his wishes Bred up and ed ucated with a view to this inheritance, Frede- rick had not been allowed 10 fit himself for a man of business, and in the hour of the visitation of this heartfelt calamity. he found this to his cost But there was no remedy. An open rupture with his father left him pennyless; and to have married in that state was worse than folly, was crime. know ledge of these circumstances had no doubt stimulated my noble-mnded sister to her heroic sell-sacriice; but it was not for a con siderable time after, and until threats of dis inheritance were more than threatened, that Frederick felt himself compelled yield to fathers arbitrary dictation
 As might have been anticipated, the mar riage was any thing but happy one. The person who could love being of Matilda's high-toned feeling, simple dignity, and proud retirement, was not likely to be deyotedly attached to Miss lIarerave, as the very cir- cumsances of that lady's accepting Mir Frederick E!ton's hand with full know ledge of how affairs stood, augufed not very highly for the elevation of her sentiments Educated in the lutter and nuster of lash ionable life, where every thing Is sacrificed 10 appearances, she perhaps thought of little else than being at the head of an establsh- ment of her own, and of outdazzlng her rivals by the splendour of her equipage.- This she most eficclualIy tried to do, to the cost of her husband and his creditors. IIeed- less and heartless, she studied nothing but her paltry seli=gratifcation; and, at length, Frederick, after opposing the feeble barrier of kiS advice to her headlong indiscrelion, gave up the contest in vain, and looked al ruin with his eyes open.
 Sir Simon Hargraye, i'll attempting some wild agricultural speculalions fer the i'm provement of his estates, at length found his farms without a tenant, and his pocket with out penny. Trees wele cut down and sold, and mortaged succeeded mortage; so to the dunning and solicitations even of his favourite and spoiled daughter, necessity compelled him 10 give fiat negative at length, and the consequence was an estran- cement on her part, which showed that past iavours could 6e easily enough forgotten.- On the part of old Mir. Elton, who saw his son on the highway to misery, more de- cIded tone was adopted. He first threatened his old story of disinheritance, and then put 1t into execution, by making will in favour of his other children, and cutting off his le- gal heir with shilling. Before having pro ceeded to this extremity, it is, however but fair 10 state that he had given the unfortun- ate Frederick many salutary cautions, and it was not until having been assured that his son had become an inveterate gambler, that he determined on the measures which ter minated all communication betwixt them.
 While all things were thus rushing from confusion into iiretrievable ruin, Fredeick was dunned by one of his gambling cronics, a Mir. Stanihurst, for very considerable stake, which he was unable to pay. This gentleman, from similar course of life, had been reduced to similar difficulties, and had paid away MT Frederick Elton's bill to one of his dunning tradesmen. The money be- came due, but the bill was not accepled.- The consequence was all impefincnt letter on the part of Mir. Stanhnrst, to his quondam friend A duel followed, in which poor El- ton was shockingly wounded; and, to add to his misery, in the course of few days after while languishing under the torments oc- casioned by an unextracied ball, his faithless wife eloped with the very scoundrel who had wounded her husband. It was soon discovered that the fugiives had taken up their residence in France; butno one thought 1t worth while to offer them the smallest molestatlon, leaving them to the upbraidngs of conscience and their guilty pleasures.
 The case of the wretched Frederick had been from the moment of his wound doubt ful, but the disgrace and mental anguish which the discovery occasioned, speedily decided the balance, and few days of high fever were succeeded by premature death It is said that in the raving which preceded that event, he frequently cjaculated the name of my sister.
 II man IS, as some suppose, the creature of circumstances, it is much to be lamented, both for the sake of Matilda and Frederick Elton, that fate had not destined them to be united, as her firmness and feminine devo- ton might have lent tone to his more vacilaiing mind. As 1t was, she passed to heaven, if not without grief, at least without guilt; and was spared the misery of behold ing the being, on whom she had bestowed her affections, sinking from allluence into poverty, from respect into dishonour, and from remorse into deatb
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 REPORT OF COMMISSION OF PATENTS.
 Mr. ATHERTON moved to take up the report of the Committee on Printing, recom- mending the printing of the report of the Commissioner of Patents, and briefly advoca- ted the printing of the number of copies re- commended by the committee, who had evinced their desire to economize by recom- mending the printing of a much less number than last year.
 Mr. SEVER entered into some historical details relative to the origin and progress of