The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-11-22

trating so much of the passion and turbulent men
tai excitement that must be dwelt upon oy the
author who narrates events connected win the
political errors of Aaron Burr, one would little ex-
meet the feelings of woman to fully sympathze |
in and wholly depict mental conflicts better suited
10 the man of crowds. But our authoress sustains
her power throughout
We could not well analyse the plot, which is |
artistic, and very complete ZEN passant it would
dramatze for theatrical representation with
than the usual effect Of such labors) without
pying too much space for the columns of this
Journal One extract must serve for taste of Miss
Dupuys literary quality Of which we hope to see
many courses The passage intends a description
of the meeting of Col Burr and Blennerhassett,
after the failure Of the formers plan and no other
portion of the work is less graceful or dramatic:
"Col. Alvin stood in his apartment, with face
from which every shade of color had fled his lips
compressed, his eyes boodSho and cold dew
| bursting from his forehead. Fostunately he was
alone for in that hour oil intense agony, OF deep
humiliation, he could not have borne the glance OF
human eye Alone with his God and his bitter
| suffering, he stood On the floor were fragments
of torn paper, and he placed the heel of his boot
| them, and ground them with impotent rage.
And this is what | have lived for struggled
| for said he, through his closed teeth. 10 be
| mock to my sc0rning countrymen, Tor the vulgar
| to point and say" There is the man who sought
to spring beyond the sphere allotted to him, and
| fell short of his mark" God-God, can | endure
| this, and live Bafied baffled in every thing my
| schemes made known my most secret plans IN
the hands Of the Government; myself a prescribed
| man, with price set upon my head !
| He stepped to the table and took from it pair
| of pistols, which he carefully loaded aud then
| placed. He Then proceeded to burn several large
| packages of letters-the correspondence Of those
| who were leagued with him and the iron nerve
| of the man was conspicuous in that moment of
| overwhelming bitterness. There was no trembling
of the rigid muscles of that pale face no unsteady
motion of the fingers as they dropped the papers
into the flames, and watched them they were
| consumed. AS the last one sank into ashes he
| mutteTed-
"AI, all have perished-their writers have
| trusted me, and they never shall be betrayed.
| They were my friends; though, | doubt not, The
enterprise which failed OF success will be stigma
tized, even by them, as the mad scheme of an am
bilious man. 1t matters not now; the secret dies
With me. The vast plans-the vaulting ambition,
which might have found field for their operation
but for this dark villany, are now buried in the
| grave of base treachery. No man shall ever know
| how high they soaTed-ntO what chaos Of dark
ness their disappointment has plunged me. And
there is Fitzgerald, ruined by his adherence to my
| cause must reveal TO him the peril In which we
stand. He will reproach me, justly, perhaps; but
that can bear. What could not bear nOU -
g AS he unclOsed the door, servant was pass
ing, and he sent him with message, desiring to
| see Mr. Fitzgerald Immediately. 1t was then about
two o'clock, and he calculated that Fitzgerald
would have sufficient time to escape before the
dawn of day. In few moments he entered, with
the paleness of despair upon his countenance, and
Alvin read in it that he already knew the catas-
tTOphe he intended to announce. He approached
and confronted Alwyn.
GO have seen Russell, and am aware that we
have been betrayed but, until tonight, did not
/ know that you had drawn me into enterprise,
the ultimate end of which must have been to plunge
l the country into a civil war. Had | listened to
! the warning of Russell, given long ago, should
have been saved from ruin but infatuated by your
eloquence, feel that have been a mere puPpe
| in your hands influenced at your own will, and
made to play any part you wished | now see all
my weakness and folly yet forgive you for
was fool to be lured by any temptation from the
| happy home IN which you found me. May your
I conscience never reproach you for the deception
= you have practised on an honest man, and the de
/ ISOLATION you have brought to his hearth l mus
! now leave YOU to communicate to one dearer tt
me than life, the sad fate which threatens
shall make no attempt to escape, but shall deive
myself to the officers when they arrive, and abide
! whatever punishment the laws of your country ma
inflict on me.
"'Stop SIR said Colonel Alvin, with an air o
superb haughtiness, we part not thus. A few
words in my own defence seem due to myself.
have deceived you, but it was for your own good
| found you wearied of the solitude in which yol
had buried yourself, ready to become the reciplen
of any factous scheme which promised the enjoy
ment of brilliant position its reward. Cal
your home paradise if you will but, before | en-
tered it, the serpent was at work in your own bo
which promised to place within your grasp tn
greatness you coveted. Had we been successful
g. and your reward as brilliant as | once hoped
would be, Mr.. Fitzgerald would scarcely hav
taunted me with the deceptons which assisted hi
elevation. No, sir | found that your conscienc
needed some excuse and | gave you one in per
hitting you to believe that | had no intention @
injuring my native land. If you had not sufficien
| penetration to that my interest must clash wit
hers must be made answerable for your wilfu
blindness Go-go to your wife, and consol
her: such spirits yours were not formed to bat
i tie with fortune
"' Have you finished!' inquired Fitzgerald
calmly, although he was very pale Il did nc
come here to handy reproaches with you, but t
bid you farewell until we meet before the tribuna
ofyOur country, or, perchance, before yet highC
one. Farewell, Col. Alvin let not those part i
anger whose next meeting must be under such eli
cumstances as ours must be-
IT, :" He held out his hand, and Alvin grasped
of firmly Yes, we will part as friends, for Go
as knows neither of us afford TO Tepel frient
of ship at such crisis, however useless it may b
Farewell for ever-it is our final parting; for
" earth there will be no meeting for US after this.
nd will never stand before my hooting cOuntrymen
Or condemned, perchance, TO The traitors doom.
ee will never leave this room prisoner, while II
,el fate is in my own power
nd Death-Bed of Child,
of The following is an extract from the forthcomiI