The New York herald., 1875-12-08


husband tells such cruel things Of her. "And not
word Of Il trueY" my dear, how can you ask"
"only for FORMS sake. Now. my dear child, / have
had three husbands better and than other
men, but they al gone. My dear, dead husbands
tell no tales y
WHITE BLACK
Mr. Dixon gives several chapters Of his book to the
consideration OF the recent troubles In Louisiana. His
sympathies are all with the native whites and against
the blacks and carpet baggers He states the whole
to show his theory of white conquest 'Negro
ascendancy," he says seven though supported for a
time by federal TROOPS win fail before white science
as surely forest OF plants fades before English
spruce and herd OF game before English horse "
speaking OF military rule in louisiana he says OF
Sheridan, with whom he lived in the hotol at
New Orleans during the excitement:-'sAs a COM
panion, by the way like General Sheridan and If
paint him somewhat darky il is because the facts OF
history leave me no choice. Nature has not drawn
Phil Sheridan in sepa, nor need pay him tho poor
compliment Of softening grand and sombre figure
To feel the situation you must see the man" sher-
man, a whole, he admires moro. fisherman
has no faint OF Cesarsm. A patriot first,
soldier afterward, he values military prowess mainly
the shield Of liberty and safeguard OF the Common
wealth. Unable to support personal policy, even by
silence he mas broken with the President, Secretaries
and Adjutants and shifted his headquarters from
Washington to ST. Louis, where he stands apart, an
American Achilles, dsgusted by the passing phase Of
public affairs" Mr.. Dixon gives graphic account OF
the scene in the Rotunda in New Orleans the even
ing OF Wednesday, January f3, 1875 or the reign OF
Pinchback he says-'seldom in either history or nc
ton have grotesqueness and absurdy been carried 10
such lengths. We sigh over the dongs Of Booking
the tailor OF Leydeu, pitlful illustration OF human
folly. We laugh at tho impudenco Of sancho as
pleasant creation of satiric art But Minister and Bar
ratara must look TO their bays. II Booking has
rival and Sancho superior, Pinchback and Antoine
in high places have an air OF burlesquo not
easily surpassedn "The black question, like
the red question: says Mr.. Dixon, "s
broader than the policy OF day and
longer than the lives Of Sheridan and Grant Can col
ored people live in freedomP Can a negro bear tho
rough friction, the contact and the hot competi
ton OF an Ango-Saxon2 Higher races than the Afri-
can dying in this fierce contention Where is the
Pict, the Cymri and the Gael? Where, American
soil the Six Nations, the Horse Indians the Mcxl-
cans2 What facts in natural history suggest that ne
groes are exceptions to general ruler The strong
advance the fit survive. Are negroes stronger to ad
and filter to survive than whesY Yn "In going to
the Capitol with Senator Fowler" he continues, 1--WE
meet Tom Chester a negro OF pure blood, from New
Orleans, whose acquaintance made some years since,
in our salad days. Chester student of the Mid.
die Temple when / was eating mutton at the Inner
Temple. Called to the English Bar, he went to New
Orleans, where he has pracsed since He sails to
Europe and them and have met in good houses,
OF the revolutionary Sort tcnanted by Polish,
French and German refugees y He asked Chester,
Are you Keloggite?' mol a native of the South
wish to live at peace with my white neghbors. y
you that the carpet baggers like Kellogg
and Chamberlain, make The rows p Not in our inter
est but in their own. These our fricndsl You
know In New Orleans have the respect OF Bar
apd Bench. No advocate objects to act with me or to
oppose me in any suit. White judges receive mo-
dine with high and low, just MS should dine Lon
don Paris Berlin. But let me 20 up North, into
towns from which these Chamberlains and Keoggs
hail l should not be allowed to dine at common
table in Boston and Chcagol tell you shall get
along better in New orleanswhen We are left alone
On coming from the Senate, where members are still
flaming out against the Presidents policy in Louisiana,
We meet Pinchback in the lobby. Cheated sab, he
bawls at me; Cheated sab. The Senator's reject my
papcrsl II all dat Kellogg sab Has not Governor
Kellogg signed your papers properly2' 'Gubnor Kel-
losgl He gubnorl Dat kellogg is rascal sab. He
sign dc papers all right; put big seal all right den he
write a letter underground for dc republicans not to
vote He want to come hisselG He neber stay in New
Orleans. Sab, Kellogg is de greatest big rascal in
Amerca!'"
After leaving the black question Mr.. Dixon takes
up the yellow question, and discusses the pros and
cons Of Chinese cheap labor lie thinks that the yel-
low question is almost mcnncng to republican in
sttutons as the black lie SAYS that so 900 600 OF
Asatics could be sent here without beng missed
at home. 1t would he argues, pay the government Of
Pekin TO hire ships and send them over. If they
they would control the ballot box and under repub-
lican constitution they might the ruling power
Let US draw veil and hide tho horrible thought
PHILADELPHIA.
The author thinks that Philadelphia is the best
ample Of white progress in America, because nothing
accidental nothing temporary, rules the conditions Of
her growth. 'The growth OF modern Rome, tho
spendor Of Berlin not singular as the growth
and splendor Of Philadelphia In three
years London adds to her numbers more people than
cluster the Seven Hills. In four years Philadel-
phia does the mei He pays the highest
compliment 10 her public buildings, and then
says"In place either in America out Of it, have
seen such solid work, such means of purity and com
fort in the ordinary private houses in Philadelphia
y read in the Water Company's report that
than 40 900 heads OF families in Philadelphia pay
that company water rate for household baths. That
record Is greater honor to the city, implying many
other thngs-the thousand virtues that depend per-
sona cleanncss-han even the beauties of Fairmount
fdrk' Altogether IHllauclpna snoulu Iecl Halterca
byMr. njxons admiration, which is expressed in sew
cra pages Of his very entertaining book MI. Dixon
says great deal moro that is worth quoting, but We
have already beyond the limits usually accorded
TO book notices. The book is well worth reading and
has evidently been prepared with The author
may be mistaken in Of his statements, but the
most Of them fair and seemingly reliable The
book is written in gossipy and easy stylc and il
tanly has the virtue OF brightness.
LITERARY CHAT
The newly published letters Of Sarah, Duchess Of
Marlborough are full Of personalities and bad spelling
In this extract she lamcnts that she born
woman
II am confident" she says ''tha should have been