The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-03-11

pcunus vi nS6s iufDiehce seven PORTIONS, 81 the
rate above stated so that the kettle yields zoe
portions of meat, at one cent portion; ,lu'
900 portions of broth, at the same price [. tai
Sic. There is, consequently, small los Of
two dollars but, on the other hand, rice and
pulse yields balance in favor of the estab jsh
ment; so that 600 portions yield a gross Oft
of one dollar two and half cents. The mt
salaries, firing, &C., costs $3.50 for six NOR ths
or eighty-nine cents per diem leaving a net
profit OF thirteen and half cents per diem be
sides the sale of bones, etc., making tots! Of
$36 for six months Hence, the capital of ! SOC
yields per cent. in itself.
The first trial having succeeded, the Pre- !ect
of the Seine has caused 68 such kitchens t 4, be
opened at Paris and in the suburbs; and Il jese
last year sold upwards of $4,000 portions pei
day, or food for $4,000 persons This sue ,ess
has ind 1ced several large cities of Germ any
and Italy to invite Mr. Klein to proceed thit ,er
in order to organize kitchens on the same IAN
We learn that Mr.. Klein has consented n dc
so, on the express condition that he is to re-
ceive no reward or indemnity for his troe pie,
and that his travelling and hotel expenses are
to be at his own charge.
The widow of the late President of the Re
public of l84S, General Cavaignac, who lied
q few months past has since lost her only ci lid,
her father and her fortune. The father of hat
unfortunate lady, Mr.. Oder, one of the iist
bankers of Paris, met with heavy losses, nd,
in conse quence of being the father-in'la' OF
Cavaignac, could not obtain relief from the
Bank of France, which has afforded assists ace
in many cases, however, to partisans OF the
present power. Mr.. Oder, seeing his ruiz, in
o moment of despair committed suicide.
Several great failures have occurred at lar
settles. Mr. FROST, the director of the Or, dit
| 30 hoS loftf for kp0 ms
with deficit of eighteen millions in the 8 fe !
The Franco American Steamboat Associa ion
has suspended payment; and there are mtny
other failures the newspapers dare not N AXE
mention of, lest a panic might be the nal
| result.
The Council of Ministers, newly instituted by
Emperor Ale xander, of Russia, has been pc
cialiy occupied with the question Of the en- an
cipation of the serfs. This measure at one Il me,
it was expected, would be warmly opposed by
some of the oldest and most powerful fam lies
Of Moscow. But the Abeiile du NOrd cont .ins
an official document, from which it results hat
the nobility of the Government of Moscow has
consented that the measures tending to the
emancipation of the serfs shaIl also be app led
in that Government. The probabilities low
are, that it will not be opposed in any pal OF
Russia.
An expose Of Alexander Dumas's novel n an.
ufacturing was brought before the civil tt bu
nal of Paris. The Monte Christie Nopel ase
excited unusual interest in the literary worl !.
Mr.. Maquet, the well known writer, bro ght
an action against Mr.. Alexander Dumas, en-,
to have it declared that he was the CO au nor
of eighteen novels, published by that au hor
in his own name, including Monte Chris o, !"
"Vingt aus Apres," ale Chevalier de iai.
son, Rouge" &C.; also, to obtain share in the
sums received for those works. Mr.. MAG, cts
advocate, after expressing that gentlem 5n's
regret at having to resort to law proceed ngs
against man with whom he had long bee on
the most intimate terms, and stating tba be
was obliged to do 80 in consequence Of Mr..
Dumas having violated all the promises W. ich
he had made to him, proceeded to repre- ent
that MIR. Maquet was not, as many persons asd
supposed, merely a sort of secretary of Mr.
Dumas, charged to collect material for nc 5els
and chronicles, but that he was really the CO.
author Of the works named-having with Mr.
Dumas drawn up the plan of them, conce we'd
many of the scenes, and actually written a eat
part of them. "The mode in which the two
writer's proceeded" said the advocate, " was
this: In repeated conversations, they drei up
and settled the general plan of work, and
chose their personages. Then each set to ork
to make the personages act aud speak in acc ord
ance with the plan. The complications W ,ich
one created, we're removed by the other. " her
one wrote comic scene, the other prod .ced
a dramatic one. So well did their respe, tive
creations concord, that no one could have SUP
posed that their works were the production 3 Of
two minds" In support of this statement the
advocate read extracts from vast numb, Of
letters from Alexander Dumas to Mr.. Mae uet
and went on to show that that gentleman bad
not received O due compensation for his SPARE
in the labor.
Mr.. Alexander Dumas's advocate then 7 lead
his clients cause, and stated that Magnet had
presented himself to Dumas as early as ! 937
with work no one would purchase, and for which
the editor of the Reuue DIES Deur Monde re
fused to give even a hundred francs and that
Dumas re-wrote the tale, spinning it out to four
volumes, called LIE CheUalier d Hermental and
that he had given Maquet 1920 francs fer it
Maquet subsequently brought several tales to
Dumas, who re-wrote and heightened them and
always paying him q reasonable sum for iem
But upon Maquet presenting other tales to -hm
he refused to take them, Directing to the i'm
mense labor he was subjected to in re-wr ting
the works, but made the following propos tior
to him: If you are DESTROYS that we 81 ould
work together, this is what we will do. ! viii
communicate to you the idea of novel, an the
plan of working that idea out; you shall ther
write a work on that plan, and will re- Sritt
the work, which shall be de6nitive." ANT, &C
cording to Dumas advocate, Maquet acce pied
and, from the beginning to the end of this con
nection with Dumas, it was the latter who con
ceived the idea, wrote the plan, and drew up
complete list of the different chapters of ,very
work, Msquet only writing a sort of rough draf
of each chapter. In support of this statel aent
several letters, written by Dumas to Mr. Ma
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of Maquet's copy of chapter of the 3gtip
Noirc, were produced, as we'll as the Jam,
chapter, rewritten by Dumas; and the atte
was proved to be not only larger, but CON ider
ably more animated, and to contain scare ely
line that was in the other. 1t was alleged tina
the same was the case with Monte Christ an,
other novels. Arriving at the pecuniary. par
} of the question, it was alleged by the lie, rnec
counsel that it had been originally agreed tina
Maquet should receive 500 francs ($I00) DC vol
ume but his remuneration had afterwar ls in
creased to two hundred dollars, and at a, late
2eriod to three hundred dollars, and he asserte,
that Mr.. Dumas had always taken specials car
{ to pay him regularly In proof that Duma
had done 30, several letters were then reas
from him to Maquet, in this style: "Thiyy O
forty pages more about Chicot, and tomorrow
T if you can, q chapter of the MaisOn Rouoe
Then, day after tomorrow, come and bres,L fas
with me, take one hundred dollars, and We viii
work at Monte Christie. Count on one hun
dred dollars tomorrow, and on one hundre.
} dollars more for the end of the month bu
work work hard!" These payments the ad
vocate maintained had been made by Dumas
and accepted by Maquet, as de6nitive remu
neration for the latter's services, and he ha,
therefore no right now to demand share il
the proceeds of the copyright of the works.