New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-05

Vss-eS tie tcsGre % one CT the Attendant, begging
Ter TO ctny 7, 20 her dressing 70 ,m-the act ended
"At tue fall Of the curtain the tia nphsn; p'ins
cor ne descended TO her ii Re chsmber, rather sson-
ishnd not "a fbd her maid II waiting behind he scene
SIZE cpeBs Tho door, shs u,.efs Q cry Of terrsr.
Switched OF the foor lay the maid, 70 oil sp'eianoe
a corpse.
ION hearing the cry OF Madame La Grange tventy
pesons ran q; once to the oom raised up the poor eir.
who exhibited scarce any sga of life, aud not koo"'
IN bow TO render assistance began to discus the pcs
sitIe cause Of such an accident No one dresnei Of
at.brting 10 the bouquet vhich lay almost broken
under foot in corner Of tie room, where L had rolled
without any caring about H.
" Trey al continued to hang for FIVE or SIX minutes
rourd the unfortunate girl, already attacked by the
'n-ensibiity which proceeds death, when man
rushed into the i.o chamber, his features stern his
voice Commanding, sDd his gestures irresistible
The touque, the bouque; he cried, slhocaed with
emotion. Those around ct once made way for him,
end perceived Dr. Marozzi, the regular physician of
the prma donna 1T Is heaven which has sent yol
here, dear Doctor she cred, see the safe -.
But without attending to sught else Marozzi eontin-
ned to call out The bouquet the bouqu-tF The
moment he saw that Macame La Grange had sustained
no injury beyond the terror naturally created by the
condition Of her attendant he fastened to gise his al
tenton to the dying girl, but still repeating, The
bouquet the bouquet This exclamation so mys'eri-
ou.ly peiseverd in end the meaning Of which no
one present could understand, at last attracted
notice to the bouquet which, up " this had been for
gotten. Some ore took il VI and handed il to him
He seized il with strange eagerness. Whet post
bic significance, Doctor said Madame La Grange,
can GU attach to this bouquet Alas" he answered,
'it "a poisoned
ga sensation Of terror al once ran round, and
Madame La Grange escaped by miracle from death
which had been intended for her, had scarcely time
fully TO comprehend the horrible truth when the signal
for her appearance was sounded. The curtain rose,
and she had to appear upon the stage.
"Sbe came out. pale even under her coating of
rouge Ter heart wour ded by an ine1pressibe agony,
and be- mind haunted with the thought that death
in passing by its intended victim, had almost touched
her with its wing. She sang, nevertheless her voice
full of a brilliant tremulousness. Her eyes saone
with an unaccustomed fire, her gestures were almost
Wild while the public atributiog these effects to the
inspirations Of the part spplauded with frenzy their
favoite Abigail. The curtain fel on an ovation OF
en,huss en-, and the singer who scarcely knew what
she had been singing comprehended her new sue
cess. rushed disuactedIy TO her room, end there
learned in its fulne the horIid truth.
Doctor Marozzi seems, traversing one Of the lob
bics in the entr acto preceding, had observed in an
isolated stot this young Venetian, whose expression
sell ed 70 him strange. On a sudden the vauqushed
,y al Madame La Grange opeped the door other box
and the Young man graspng her hand in peculiar
manner, quickly uttered in passing, these sinister
words spoken in Italian The decd accomplished
she dies The bouquet ass the italian songstress.
TIE young IL an answered by an affirmative nod. and
reti cd quickly. The Doctor had a sudden iilumna-
tior He understood ALL rushed TO the entrance be-
hind tie scenes and there he found We poisoned
by bouquet But it was not Madame la cauge.
"Tbe deadly bouquet was handed to the police the
contents were Analysed and found to hold a subtle
end implacsLIe poison. They auesed the guilty
Venetian, and for while it was thought justice would
lave had its comss. But in Italy if culaht Is
connected with the nobility the clergy, in the per-
son of any of the highest dgnarcs or If he possesses
fortune and the crime is Lot one Of political char
acter it appears that he is beyond the reach of the
executiorer. lie was released after having denied
everything. ard tie rival songstress who had con-
oeived ard inspired the crime was never even fjr
moment disturbed.
1t would be inter esting TO MS To know the fate
Of the poor girl, which the reator seems to
think of little moment. In recent trestises on
poison too for instance in Taylors, standard
authority-it is held impossible to convey poison
in bouquet, urless the inhalation be very long.
though stupOr may be created.