The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-12-18

the gentlemen present amused himself
with a pointer dog, which, at command
stood on his hind legs, and took pieces OF
bread from his pocket Those tricks
greatly entertained the row of negroes.
old and young; and the poor woman,
whose heart three minutes before was al
most broken, now laughed as heartily as
amy one. ga rs IS a3aa toi . q do
''Sale is going to commence-this way,
gentlemen" cried a man atthe door to a
nlaber of loungers outside: and all hav
ing assembled, the smulatto assistant led
the woman and her children to the block,
which he helped her to mount. There
she stood with an infant at the breast, and
one cf her girls at each side.s The AUG
tloneer, handsome, genllemanly person.
age, took his place with one foot on an
old deal-chair with broken back, and
the other raised on the somewhat more
elevated block. 1t was a striking scene
/ '.Well, gentlemen" began the. sales.
man, '.here is a capital woman and ber
three children, all in good healsh-whal
do you say for them? Give me an offer
Nobody speaks Iput up the whole
lot at &c dollars-e5O dollars 80 dol.
lars speaking very ast)-85o dollars.
Will no one advance upon that? Avery
extraordinary bargain, tgentlemens "A
fine healthy baby Hold it up. (Mulat-
to goes up the first step of the block;
takes the baby from the woman's breast,
and holds it aloft with one hand, SO as to
show it was veritable sucking baby. =
That will do. A woman still young. and
three children, all for $50 dollars. An
advance,if you please. gentlemen. ( A
voice bids s5o.) Thank you. sir-8so;
any bids more? Ga second voice says
$40; and SO on the bidding goes as far as
800 dollars, when it stops5 That won't
do, gentlemen. cannot take such low
price (After pause addressing the
mulatto: She may go down" Down
from the block the woman and her chill.
dren were therefore conducted by the as
sistant, and, as if nothing had occurred
they calmly resumed their seats by, the
stove. 81 . II --f = aHF h-a
The next lot brought forward was one
of the men. i The mulat:o beckoning him
with his hand. requested him to come be-
hind a canvass screen, of two leaves
which was standing near the back WIN
dow. The man placidly rose, and hav-
ing been placed behind the, screen, was
ordered to take off his clothes, which he
did without word OF look of remon,
STRANGE. About a dozen gentlemen crowd
ed to the spot while the poor fellow was
stripping himself and as soon as he stood
on the floor, bare from top to toe, mos
vigorous scrutiny Of his person was insti
tuted.a The clear black skin, back and
front, was viewed all over for sores from
disease and there was no part of hi:
body left unexamined.a The man wa.
told to open and shut his hands. asked i
he could pick cotton and every tooth in
his head was scrupulously looked at
The investigation being at an end, he was
ordered to dress himself and having
done SO, WAS requested to walk to the
block. aa / aUl 81 vss $50 ad gszd
The ceremony for offering him fol
competition was gone through as before
but no one could bid. The other twt
men, after undergoing similar examine
tions behind the screen, were also putup
but with the same result. aNobodywoaid
bid fer thom, and they were all sens bacl
to their seats. 1t seemed as if the com
pany had coaspired not to buy anything
that day.-Probably some imperfec ior
had been detected in the personal quail
ties OF the negroes. Be this as it may
the auctioneer, perhaps little out of .te m
per from his want of success, walked ou
of his uesk, ana the affair was soon at al
end
''This way, gentlemen-this way!'
was heard from voice outside, and tn,
company immedi 'tcly hived off to til,
second establishment. At this offic.
there was young woman, and also ;
man, for sale. The woman was put W
at 500 dollars !; and possessing some re
commendable qualities, the bidding 70
her was run up as high as 7 10 dollars, a
which he was knocked down to purchas
err. The man. after the customary ex
animation behind the screen, was put VI
at 7o1 dollars. but small imperfectio
having been observed in his person, n
one would bid for him and he was or
dered down.
This way. gentlemen--this way
down the street. if you please!" was nol
shouted by a person in the employment
of the first firm, to whose Office all yer,
willingly adjourned-one migratory com
pany, it will be perceived, serving Il th
slave auctions in the place. Mingling i
the crowd, | went to see what s ould
the fate Of the man and boy. with who's
! had already had soo,e communication