New-York daily tribune., 1856-03-12

.;tv That have visited st the ssuth hss the NAP
b4en So brisk Chivalrous Virginia is eBlesvor-
;,g tn ,rsv rieh on the sales Of her osca children
NsyI give yeur readers brief sketch OF one
NJ two scenes have witnessed to day Here ls
row of welldressed girls, from 10 70 70 years oil
ace awaiting their turn TO ascend the aucaen
block or table, while group Of men and boys are
being sold. They are surrounded by group oil
sepsual-ooking men, young and ED asking them
All sorts Of immodest and impure suestions-ieei-
irg their spcles arms and bosoms-wbe those
trembling. sensitive ones have no power OF resist
,pce Now their turn comes 70 ascend the taoie
ard he placed under the auctoneers hammer:
Nora is called for. She ascends the steps, ana
for the time being is the observed oil al 90
servers she is dressed with true arusuc
,kill. 10 set Of her fair form; flowing sleeves,
which are soon to be thrown back to display the
ers seefuly rounded arm; Ricely-wrougat stom-
echer of tie whitest csmbric; her raven bar
trimmed with ribbons: slight dash OF African
blood can be ,een in her cheeks. which only In
creases her beauty; lecherous. looking men gather
closer. snxious TO secure the prize; and now the
auetioneer beeins-"Wbat is bid, gentlemen, for
tlis beautiful girlf Only 10; sold Tor no failt;
brought up in eenteel family; right and tits
ccod: warranted sound every way. What is bid,
septleuen' six hundred dollars i hear. six !!
six six six! Fix -" Fifty" Thank you;
six hundred and fifty dollars is bid. Seven hum
dred I bear-sevenl seven seven! gong ier
,evep hundred dollars; seven" "TweDty-hve "
"Seyep. twenty.fye,.-seven--" Fifty" "Seyen,
ffty-do I hesr any more' Why, gentlemen
marx her beautiful form. see her well.
shaped foot and gracefully-turned ancle
at the same time raising her clothes above
her knees, while shout of appreciation
ereets him from the sazers around the table be-
peaih. Now the bidding goes on under the eI-
citemeut If this exposure Of ber person, brisker
thsn ever 1t reaches 1900, aud then another
move is tried. She is taken down, the
uen ere made to fall back, and path IS
optned to tie furthest side of the building; and
between tlose files of men she Is made TO Walk
lrskly backward and forward /" Hold up your
heed, mise; walk pert now, as If you were gong
t. church to meet your beau See there gentle
men, there is muscle for you; the real Baltimore
clip step as light as an antelOpe's. What Is bid,
ceutlcuCu" While she is thus walking the
gauntlet OF these rude men, any one that chooses
may stop her and handle any part of her body, ask
lpr apy out stion he chooses then, for the last
time, che ascends the stand, aud IS soon knocked
down to the highest bidder, at not far from ,OCV
And this course is pursued by each, till all are
disposed Of. | might observe here, that the men
ana Toys are taken into another room, little be-
fore tie sale, and are stripped naked, tina, their
muscular developments may be better seen; and
slso If they have any wounds or Whlp-marhs on
them.
have not time to describe the narrowing sights
have witnessed, ofthe sales of mothers, in tears,
with infants nursing their bosoms, and other
Children standing BY their sdes holding to their
hands or aprons.
All pereons from the East, North and West,
ho visit slaveland, should not fail TO visit these
slave auctions. Here | saw the strange sight OF
the Bible and slave haI dcufs touching each other
on tie same desk. And yet some think that the
Bible alone can overthrow Slavery; not consider
ing that in no country whatever was it ever so
strongly intrenched as in this proiessedly Chris
tian land, abOundng in Bibles and churches.