New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-09-24

Dumas in the following lively sketch from VI. Gail
ardet, the editor Of the Courier, now al Paris -
and Dumas too has his reward, for he writes worse
and worse, though CLEANS Of bis original splendor
still are found now and then in his writings
The intellectual uoJlesse az well the other are
at present almost all flown from Paris Victor Hugo
is in Spain de Balzac gone again 10 germany
where he will finish his miserable romance oil " Les
Pavsans" Gauthier is in Alglers' win Marshal
Bsgeaud, studying the Bedouins and the kaoye
Henri Berthoud and his Impressions Of travel
which he was bringing back from the East, suffered
sbipwreck on board the Sphynx; the author was
saved bat the manuscripts were lost which gave
occasion to a mischievous critic to say that if NJ
Berthoud owed one wax candle to N0tre Dame de
Ban .Secoars, the public owed two; Merry awaits. al
Mareilles, illustrious travellers be is the chamber
lain of literary celebrities Madame Sand is absent
philosophizing with Leroux, studying music with
Chaplin; NJ de La Marine is at Saint Point seeking
the fifth act of his black tragedy Toussaini Ouyer
ture; Eugene Sue at ST. Bris, in the valley OF Mont
merency, contrving the loves OF Prince DJalma and
Mile dc Cardaville, to which the Constitutional
promises an mex pected denoument; Eugene Scribe
is in his chateau of Sericourt, which he enlarges
every month, by means of some vaudeville or comic
opera to embrace Frederic Soule, have been
Obliged to go to his villa of Bevres where he d.
vides his tirsc between the pleasures OF gardening
and those less innocent, of nventing some criminal
drama In fine, Alexander Dumas is finishing al
ST. German the 10Th volume which he will have
published this year. Through his pomp, his prod
gaity his adventures of any kind he is the theme OF
every tongue. He is building palace, and, beside
all he spends himself allows the ex actress Ida,
whom he married and who is now living at Florence
separate from him. T. 900 francs year. How
YOU will ask, does he sustain such expenses =
Alexander Dumas makes 100000 francs year
by the wonderful extent TO which he can use
his literary powers But the market begins
to be gluited and two journals the PresSe
and the Constitutional have had the idea Of
monopolizing him and putting limit TO his man
ufacure so tha the article becoming more rare, may
command better price. A compact has been signed,
by which Dumas engages TO produce only Is vol
umes year lis not this agreement OF ali unique
novelty p and TO divide them equally between the
Presse and the Constitutional for the sum Of
$4,000 francs to be paid him by each OF these jour
nails Two publishers have offered him as much for
the reprint OF the is volumes that this writer has
a certain income of IiO 900 francs from his novels
alone and has beside what he can get from his the
atrcal pieces.
All well would you believe it, Dumas, not
content with his magnificent compensation no soon
er signed the compact than he found out a most
diabocal trick by which to evade it. The details
l.. 10 sha fxpn
men who conided ii TO me- under the rose but they
will soon be disclosed here and cause, no doubt,
great fuss and scandal.
"You know there is plan to found here mon
sier Journal called L'Epoque, under the direction
of NJ. NJ. Granier dc Cassagnac, Solar and Bohaln.
The speculation is from NJ. Bohain formerly founder
of Figaro, and present editor of the Courier dc
FEurope, French journal published at London,
which he is about to abandon not being able to
make il profitable, Notwithstanding his inexhausti-
bic spirit of resource the thoughts from Cassagnac
and Solar supported by the vengeance of the NJ GRO
let who advances 100 900 francs, because LEPoque
is likely so much to iniure La Presse, which, In
former days made him ridiculous by exposing one
of his mistakes in photography. The Presse' now
defed to conflict feels itself strong, thinking !
have Dumas, whom you, friend Epoch, cannot get
But ii reckons without its host Dumas has be
thought himself that he has natural of his own
name and has concluded a bargain TO furnish the
Epoch also with sundry volumes under the name
of A. Dumas Son.
Thus, if the Presse and Constitutional do not
resist Dumas will gather in more abundant har-
vest than ever; if they do, the Epoch has engaged
TO assume their bargain, so that in any event. the
skillful writer falls upon his legs"
The letter of NJ. Gaardet, from which we have
condensed this extract is dated 18th August; so
that by this time probably the play of the "enraged
Editors has begun, and the literary Scapn is en-
joying the excitement produced by trick so
grandeine and so utterly unscrupulous. By this
time, too Sue is in England and the fate of Diama
and Mile dc Cardoville is settled. When Rich
ardson was publishing his Clarissa, which he did in
separate columns he received letters from all sorts
of people entreating him mot to let Clarissa die
they could not bear it, Were ii not too late we
should address similar entreates TO Sue; surely he
has let his black-frocks seize upon prey enough he
ought TO spare us the Generous and Adrienne.
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