Journal American

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fiUNTINGDOJT
¦ASU JL WHITTAKER,
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Edlton and Proprle|(«H*"
OLD SERIES,  VOL.  31.
HUNTINGDON,  PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3,  1862.
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Why it my soul so tad to-night? Why bath enjoyment taken flight? Othert can laugh in sportive glee. Oh ! it there no such joy for me? I hear the voieo of mui^io swell, I htnr the merry laughter peal. And convcrtatiou's lively tone, Uut yet I feel that Tm alone.
Tht night is lovely, bright the start, Tht silver moon smiles from afar, Tht balmy air bids mo be glad— And yet I'm lonely, yet I'm sad. Ah! now I know the «»»«* of this; All nature's beautiet give not blits, Unlets the iiiaiit contented rest. And peace of mind pervades the breast.
Why mourns that lonely gentle dove? The earth bolow and skies abovt Are beauteous, and with ont voice Exhort all creatures to rejoice. The soft hand of tho gentle breeie Caressing blotsons 'mong the treet, Tht brooklet murrn'ring loving tones To willing flowort on mossy throntt. Fair lillies, charming to the tight. With upturned lips to kiss the light, Tlie sparkling drops of liquid dew Low nestling on tha myrtle blue. All, all remind tbis yearning dove Thai joy, ami peace, and bliiit are love.
X'en 10 the human mind oft pines To bow, where mutual love enshrine* The altar of the noble henrt. That's ruled by truth, and not by art. Aflection'a tendrils yearn to twine The catiket jewel of love divine— A htaveu-like gem, celestial, pure, Whose beautitfs, long aa life endurt. .^ loving henrt, and henrt to love Ily mutual faith firm interwove, Spring into growth thc germs of bliis Adorning life witb constant peaco.
WHAT DID IT?
-OB— THE FIENDISH  ART.
BY   MR.S.   B    VALE  S.MlTn.
Bat thia woa no common fainting fit. I placed m; arm around her shouldcrs and took her hand in mine; it was aa Ihouith I had cl.i.aped n atntnc of snow, and tb* little hnnd, even throu;;li her white kid glove, struok colder than ice. She seemed actually turning to stone in my arma. It appenred to mo an npobpforotho physicinn come; when he did it was too lute: Alioo waa dead ! I was quito sure she was dead, though her beautiful bluo eyos were ttill wide open, and without that (;hastly stare which usually accompanies sudden death. It was as if sho still looked on the festive hall, and the throng of  friends who  sur-
In tho wiutcr of 18— there occurrud in Paris one of those original nnd startling orimes wbich convince us that murder haa arrived at that point, where its skilful consummation may be cla!<scd among tho fine arts, in that gay metropolis, tho cen¬ tre of civilization, in western Europe. In the Hue was located the old estab¬ lished boarding school of Madame M***, well known to luar.y of our fashioonblo people on this side of the Atlantic, whose daughters hare been "finished" by this model governantc.
Among her pupils, nt tho time of which wo speak, wcro two cousins, .Vlice and Antoinette, the former, a sweet, amiable girl of tho English type, but of American birth, and known to me from her infancy; the latter a native of Paris, and possessing all the characteristics, both in manners nnd appearance, of her educated and refi¬ ned countrywomen, but onforlunatoly of an exceedingly selfish and jealous disposi¬ tion. Antoinette was s dark-favored beau¬ ty, with flashing blaek eyes, and possessed ofa fluency and brillianoy in conversation, which quite overshadowed the gentle Alice; whom perhaps for that very resson ¦hs adopted, as her protoge and constant companion.
Put Alice WHS the general favorito; the universal love with which she was regard¬ ed, rankled deeper than we thought for in the heart of Antoinette. But Alice was innocent and joyous aod thereforo unsus- pioions.
On the evening of Fob. Hth a ball was given by Madame M. to the pupila and friendl of lier school—among the latter we were inoluded. Nothing unusual oc¬ curred until about twelvo o'alook, when it WB* observed by several, that Alice had not danced for soma time; w« had been engaged in conversation, and I had not noticed, what oow struck me witb alarm, har motionless attitude and deadly pale¬ ness. In a moment moro a group of anx¬ ious friends were around her.
"Alice, dear, wbat it the matter ?"
No aniwer.
Ths eyes remained wfde open, ot ws (kuuli biTf thought ihat iht nail fainlsd.
Of couiso this fatal, unlookod for epis¬ ode broko up tho bnll. There was no luoro dancing thnt night. Oir tho fullowing morning, it occurred simultaneously to myself and tho friend who had occompa- nicd ino tho evening previous, a rolatiro of thc cousins, thnt Antoinette had unac¬ countably disnppcnred just after tho con¬ dition of Alice wna observed. An hour later wc lenrned that she hnd eloped with a young offioer, naniod Eugene D'Argont. Suspicion of poi:ion naturally arose ns o possible ems'! uf Alice's strange and sud¬ den denth, but even a post mortem oxnui- ination failed to discover anything of tho kind in tho ayalcni. Thc doctors woro completely at fault. Tbey could mrke nothing of it.    What could have done it?
In thc Ruo Beauairnois an old woman kept n shop, who?o various professions of fortune-toHing, doctress, and seller of herbs and perfumery, daily drew to ber counter and her private room more cuslo¬ mers thnn would hnve liked to have ac¬ knowledged themselves such, had thoy known her chnracter, as some few knew it.
Driven by a violent shower to seek it.i shelter, ono duy shortly after Alice's deuth, I noticed, whilo waiting, u person in the outward habiliments of a gcutleman enter, whom I thought cast something of a fur¬ tive glnnce at me, nnd then pulling his hat a little lunro over his eyes, he turned his baok, and faced directly toward thc old womnn. Words it seems wero not needed at this interview between them : fao looked at her steadfastly for a moinoiit, when she nodded her hc.iil nnd disappeared through a sido duor. The man remained with his back toward me. Close to where I sat was nn open box which was apparently nsed as a waste box; it contained pieces of wrapping paper, withered herbs, some crushed envelopes, and I saw, well, I would m?ke suru at uny rate, I suw, whnt looked i\( it laid there, crushed and cover¬ ed with dust, a pieco of a letter, the hand¬ writing of whicii seemed fa'j.iliar. But what business had I to feci nny curioNity in thc affuirs of thit old beldame ? Nor.o that I know of; but despite thc impropri¬ ety, tho instinct was there, compelling mc to think that it behooved mo to know, and ray hand closed upon tho fragment, just as tho old womau reappeared.
In her hands were n pair of whito kid gloves; turning one of thom partially in¬ side out, she his.<cd in a low tone, rather than uttered, thc single word,
"Regnrdoz !"
Though pretending to read, I lifted for a momeot my eyes nod saw, between thc now raised arm and body of thegentlcman, what she was evidently puioting out, u faintith green ri'M