Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-01-15
SALE OF SLAVES IN WASHINGTON.

Piano Forte, Household and Kitchen Furni-
ture, Negro Boy, Horses, Harness, Carry
all Carts, Farming Utensils, &c, at Auc-
tion,-On Saturday morning, December
IL, at IL o'clock, in front of the Auction
Rooms, | shall sell without reserve, &C.,
&c, nj twelve o'clock
One Negro Boy, 18 years Of oge.
Also, Negro Girl
3 horses, saddles, brides, und harness.
Carryall, 2 carts, wheelbarrow.
Hay rake, 2 ploughs, cultivator
Hay cart, lot of farm harness, sc.
Terms, cash. JAS. G.. McGUIRE.
Auctioneer.
The above advertisement appeared in the
.Ndtiond Mteiiigencer for several days prior To
the sale. Pursuant thereto, n crowd collcc-
ted nj the corner of Pennsylvania avenue aud
10th street, on Tuesday morning. After the
sale Of horses, cows, aud farming utensils,
the human cnttle were put up, viz boy
-years old, and n girl--yeurs old. On
putting up the boy the auctioneer said that
he would give any man $25 if he would re-
lieve him Of the disagreeabe duty of selling
those children. No one offering to relieve
him, he proceeded to sell them. lie stated
that he was informed that the boy was res
tricted to the District, which he believed was
the fact; that the boy was deaf, had run
ming in his head, aud was an invalid; that he
was the pet of his mother, who was present,
in great distress, and desired, MS did also the
relatives of the family TO whom lle belonged,
not TO be separated from him. These chill
dren were part Of the estate of Jesse Brown,
deceased, late proprietor of " Browns Ilo-
tel !" aud it was known thnt Marshall Brown
lone of tho heirs) was present for the pur-
pose of buying the hoy, il sold at q reasona-
bic price, that he might not be separated
from his mother. The bidding commenced,
nnd he was struck off to Mr.. Brown at 1925,
when man by the name of Nnylor, a trad
er clained the bid as his, and insisted upon
the negro being struck off to him. Mr..
Brown averred that the bid was his, and
claimed the boy. Nnyior threatened to
prosecute the auctoneer If lie did not get
him. After much caviIling among the bid
dcrs, the hoy was again put up, md this man
Nay lor advanced the bid to $3.50, when, the
auctioneer, prompted by feelings of bumani-
~, offered him $25 if lie would not bid more
This offer wns accepted, with the Christian
remark, that lie (Nnylor) "had as lief make
s25 IN his tcGy as 10 make il out Of niger"
So the S25 was paid over, and the poor trenl-
bling boy was delivered to Mr.. Brown.
The girl, only ten years of age, was next
set up, and in the presence of its sgonized
mother was struck off TO Judge Sturgis, of
Georgia, for the sum of s.; and this child
is now probably on its way 10 tint distant
State, where she will most likely drag out
miserable existence in tie cotton field, with
ont n single friend on whom TO Iely in case
of sickness or Distress
This all took place in Christian commit
nifty, within half mile of the Capitol of this
free and enlightened nation where sat, at the
very time this disgraceiiil scene was going
on, the Representatives of a people whose
laws are based on the principle of equal
rights and privileges, and who have declared
"tbnt all men nre created free and equalm
This is one of many cnses that proves the
truth OF Mrs. Stoves assertion thai families
are separated. Indeed, we here only wonder
that it has been denied for every week we
knoU Of instances where one or more out of
n family OF slaves are sold and carried
South.