New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-16

,e<nYn 70 the North intend to speod soma tine
h,.,;ou. ,ox,. and cities and will give y,u,
from time 70 time, sketches Of the south I"
fDA it.
The city for the last ten dsys has been one
.,.nd .laye. mart. At al the hotels and public
H.ees may be seen large aod attractive posters,
advertising sales Of very choice plantation sl.vea
-neeks~,es, se4mstresses. eosks. &c. These
Asndbills are printed with large black letters, and
the words ntchanies bLaeksmths, &c. are the
most prominent. The newspapers have all puo
Eshed the advertisements and frequent editoI al
notices are given. Circulars are also prih'ea OF
6ne letter. paper giving full particulars OF inc
n,o,ertv In he sold. The first Of these sales was
I, an accom-. Of the estate Of the late II. H. ".
.. Ii;lI sn1 consisted Of "2Gl aooitn0tcd SLAVES
Is,r;red too late to attend the sale, but as part
Of the invoice failed 10 get mere Ia time ioI the
6yst sale, q second auction was advertised lot
E,6av last On the morning OF the sale, wended
NV Way 10 Bankss Arcade, determined TO wit
ness the scene found the Arcade TO be a very
large building situated in the very center OF
huspta and used as a hall for mass meetings OF
the various political parties, and it is said, Will ac-
comm0date 5000 people on such OCCASIONS. A
isrpe bar or counter, about 100 feet in length IL
placed directly opposite the entrance, and some
half.a-dozen tenders are constantly occupied IN
dealing out poison at dime drink. Some two
hundred can drink at the bar at one time. On my
entering the hail or bar.ro0m, / found 1t hiied;
hundreds were crOwdOg up to the bar to get
drink. the cry was a" fire and fall back OPpo-
site TO the bar the poor negroes were marshdie1
into line; the men and boys were uniformed with
short Jackets made of cOttOnadc, pants OF the
same material, hickory shirts black brogans, and
tarpaulin hats. The women were all clad IN com,
mon calcoes and Il common handkerchief ted
around the head. All the slaves were labeled,
tsg or card being tied to the breast OF each, giving
the name, age, and number OF the negro 80 as ~
CORRESPOND with the printed catalogue.
Iii impossible for me to give you faithful
description Of the scene az pen can picture
the horrors Of it, One hundred and seven poor
slaves were there assembled together for the last
time in this world They had, for many years,
all been living on Mr.. Hills plantation as one
family. Most Of them were brought up by Hill.
They had always been blessed with a kind mas
ter. They we've all members of one church,
which had been established among themselves.
Old men and women, over 20 years of 8ge-some
Of them blind--were to be separated from their
children and grand children; husbands about TO
be torn from their wives; children sold into
slavery, never to know a mothers love or have
a fathers protection and care. In Il few hours
the fate Of all would be decided. All the slaves
were CRYING; many of them were apparently
calm in their suierngs and had hope that they
might fall into the hands Of kind
master; but others exhibited their feelings
in violent Outbursts OF passion. One old woman
who was put down in the catalogue as No. 40,
Daah age &C years, milkwOman, &c, was in
great distress, several of the small children were
elm ling to her and moaning half frightened to
death and one Of her sons, about 80 years of age,
was receiving her farewell blessings, with her left
arm claspng him to her bosom, and her right hand
placed on his head she repeated these words
"Bob, shall never see you again, never, never.
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sold mother will die :" Other poor slaves were
crowdng about the poor old woman, all anxious
to take farewell of one who had been with them
from their youth up, and to receive her blessing.
She appeared to be regarded asa kind OF mother
to them ALL noticed among the spectators many
northern men who are here on visit, and many
a sympathetic tear was shed b. them.
At II o'clock the auctloncer mounted the stand.
On either side of him were placed plans OF Real
Estate and large posters OF future sales OF slaves
md other property. Behind him were two clerks
seated at table TO take down the names OF the
purchasers On the table were placed bottle OF
brandy and tumber for the use of the auctoneer,
who glories in the name of Beard. Before COM
mencing the sale, this Mr.. Beard with hs hands
in his pockets, took q survey Of the immediate
crowd who were anxiousy waiting to make good
Investments, and as he thought of the large amount
Of yellow boys he was about to pocket in the
way of commissions on the sale, he smiled approx
address:
Gentlemen Buyets am sbout to offer you Of the
OF o ps' es these e on ss
choice and =, sroqsh, up by our l.uented .ei'.en
aaai and Of sOsd stock mpcs. upon your mad.
that these slaves exhibited under great
ns s:os and .d Sad i'm. .s viii
twenty I've per cent sfeT being here feE days
three who were SOLD At the s' sale bat the paper
:ems to sss orissn. nupbsI cf.i.ys:
:od on Last rs:y only T the S en-, ssys been "
The sale then commenced by offering the three
negroes left over from former invoice. One man.
AZ years of age, who was cripple, with his wife,
brought the high price of 81 ,325; and man Of
2S years Of age, an engineer, was knocked down
at $l.375. l will here notice that the aucti0neer
called all the men boys, and many OF the women
were put up as "likely wenches." Mr.. Beard
now requested gentlemen-buyers" TO refer to
the catalogue Of the Retrere Plantation Slaves"
The first lot offered was Caesar, an old man Of
46 years, said TO be good plantation carpenter,
and bis wife, a. years Of age, with their three
children-C arolpe, nine years; Becky, six years;
and John three years of age. The poor slaves
were mounted on the platform. John was in his
mothers embrace with his little arms tightly
clasping her neck: next TO her stood the daughter
Caroline, clinging TO her mothers dress and look
ing up 10 her in an mploring manner. Becky
and the father stood next to Caroline, aud COM
pleted the tableau. The mother thea requested
that her other children might be sold with hen
OF course, the request was not granted. The
bidding now commenced, and as the various pur-
cbasers made their bids the poor negroes were
watching with deep anxiety the men who were SO
anxious to deal in human flesh, and the very looks
Of that father and mother expressed what would
be their language if they were only permitted to
give utterance TO il; and fancied could hear
q a hons nd Ar,s