The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-01-26
PECULIAR ADVERTISEMENTS.

We have before us the Fayetteville, North
Carolina, Observer, of Saturday, December "a,
1853. This Observer is a fine respectable,
dignfed, and conservative old newspaper, and
deservedly stands high in the esteem of the
people of the Old North State. 1t has long
been familiar to U.S. and we have always read
it with pleasure and with profit. But its ad,
vertising columns, like those of most newspa-
pers published in the slaveholding States, fire.
quently exhibit exceedingly exceptionable mat
ter.
The number before us contains the adver-
tisement of Cyrus Harrington, commissioner of
the court of Moore county, who announces
that he will offer at public sale, on the second
of January at the late residence Of Wiley
Roberts, deceased, "nine young, likely, and
valuable negroes principally young men and
women just about grown. The sale is to be
made to effect division of property, and the
present o,cners do not expect to purchase"
These people have just attained to the age
when the laws Of nature and most municipal
laws pronounce them free men and women /;
but SO far from gard being had to this, they
are not even free to choose among masters !;
and, that bidders may be induced to come to
the sale, a partial assurance is given that the
young masters and mistresses, with whom
they have grown up to be men and women,
will now forsake them, and permit them to be
bought singly or in pairs, and driven off to the
better markets further South.
| William and Duncan J. Gilchrist, admins
traitors also state that they "wil expose to
public auction, at the late residence of John
Gilchrist, deceased, negroes George, Haley,
Henry, Serena, and Ira,' and they agree to
give a credit of six months, upon bonds we'll
secured"
| We also find that VIM. Mcmillan, admins
traitor, will sell the following property: Eight
negroes, consisting Of two men, one woman,
and five children; farming utensils" &c.
James K Pinnix & Co. have lost their boy
Bill, who is supposed to be "lurking in the
neighborhood of q Mr.. Collision, in Chatham
county, who has his father in his employ"
Disgraceful monster that Bill is, to desire to be
near his father!
But still more fiagrantly vicious case Of
running away is related: Two negro girls,
Martha and Hannah, each with her two chill
dren- Frances, Ann, Lewis, and John-have
absconded from Fleet R. Peterson, and are
supposed to be lurking near the Cape Fear, D
where they formerly lived, and where they
probably have fathers, mothers, or husbands
whom they love, and would even violate the
laws of the merciful Black Code" to be near
unnatural wretches that they are
But now comes a still more interesting item
It is in the form of one of those little commu
nications that obliging editors sometimes in.
cert as puffs for good customers in the adver-
Using line. We will quote it verbatim
"For the O5serr~.
"SALE EXTRAORDINARY.
"Mr. J. L. Bryan, of Moore county, sold al
public auction, on the goth instant pack o.
ten hounds trained for hunting runacays, fol
the sum Of 81 $40. The highest price paid fol-
any one dog was $301 lowest price, $75
average for the ten, $l54. The terms of sale
were six months credit, with approved securi
ty, and interest from date.D
Now, Bill, and Martha, and Hannah, and
little Frances, and Ann, and little Lewis, and
John, would do well to come home, for hounds
trained for hunting runaways" are in higf
demand; and Blood, and Snap and Tearer
and all the rest, will soon be upon them ir
fury!
Oh, what slanderous book is that "Unclt
TOMS Cabin - +
General VIM. Larrimer, of Allegheny, Pa.
is advocated by the Western papers, as tn,
next Wing candidate for Governor of Pennsyl
vania.
The supporters of the Maine Law are pre-
pairing to unite in a grand demonstration, t.
take place at Philadelphia on the 2Osh inst