Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-07-26
From the y. 4. Tribune.
DEMOCRATIC SLAVE MARKETS.
Sr. LOUIS, Wednesday, July 2, 1856.

mc Ou arriving Il tlllS CllN was the apparent aO-
sence OF the negro race. In a crowd Of q thou
sand persons on the levee this morning, assembled
to witness the burning of six steamboats,, | could
not count ten black faces. / was told, in explana-
ton. that the colored population, was all up
town"-noti in the business part of the city
So, too, | searched tho newspapers for slave ad-
vcrtisemcnts, though ! knew this city not 70 be a
great mart for these commodities like Richmond.
But in vain. AT last, in a corner of the Republi-
can, ] discovered the following:
6 "NEGROES WANTED.-I wish to pur.
NJ chase "A large lot o. NEGROES, expressly for
~ the Louisiana and Mississippi market, for
which | will pay the highest cash prices. All
those who have Negroes for sale, would do well to
give me a call. l can always he seen at the City
Hotel. or at Mr.. Thompson's Negro Yard, No. e.
Locust st., st. Louis, Mo.
JOHN M%ATT1NGLY."
q "B. NJ. LYNCH, No. 100 Locust-st., be-
~ tween Fourth and Fifth SITS, St. Louis, Mo-,
-A- being permanently located for the purchase
oil Negroes, will pay the highest market value
lie will also buy and sell on commission. having n
good yard for their accommodation.
"Particular attention paid to the selection Of
homes for lavorite servants. Negroes for sale at
all times.
& "NEGROES WANTED and for SALE
Hl WANTED and for SALE. NEGROES of all
" kinds, at my office, No. 81 Locust ST., between
ID and 3d-sts.. St. Louis, Mo. Having a good and
bdftl bIN u Odth anu httI AfElbtE, L VII IL
and sell on commission as low as any other house
in this city. Please give me n call.
'CORBlN THOMPSON"
took an early opportunity to call on Mr.. Cor
bin Thompson. | found him in the doorway of a
little wooden Office, like a livery stable Office in one
of our cities; he being a large, lounging, good-na-
turcd looking man, cot unlike a reputable stable
keeper in appearance and manner. Inside his sta
be, alas | saw his dusky ''stock," and be readi.
ly acceded to my desire to take a nearer look at
them.
Behind the little Office there was a dirty little
dark loom; behind that Il dirty little kitchen, open
ing into a dirty little yard. This YARD was sur
rounded by high brick walls, varied by other walls
made of old iron plates, reaching twenty feet high.
These. various places were all warming with ne.
.sgrass, dirty and clean, from six years old to forty
perhaps two dozen in all, Me ~nqjosiaty being
eailaren under fourteen.
Fat and sleek as Harry Clay's," said my con-
ductor, patting one on the head patriarchally.
Most of them had small paper fans, which they
used violently. This little article Of comfort look
ed very odd, amid such squalid raggedness as
most of them showed. One was cooking, two or
three washing, and two playing euchre with a
filthy pack of cards. The sun shone down IN
tensely bot (it was noon in the little brick yard
and they sat, lounged or lay about, only the child
rem seeming lively.
talked a little with them, and they answered,
some quietly, some with that mixture of o%hsequi-
OucltNS HIu III puutItc 30 common among NltNCN.|
Mr.. Thompson answered all questions very readily
The negroes" or "niggers," he said, (seldCm en-
pl0yluG the Virginia phrases, servants" or 'peO-
ple"), came mostly from Missouri or Virginia,
and were with him but a little while. "Buy when
/ can and sell when | can, that's my way; and
never ask no questions, only in the way OF trade.
Al this season, get Il good many from travellers"
On inquiry, he explained the mystery by adding
that it was not uncommon for families visiting
Northern watering places to bring along a likely
boy or gil, and sell them to pay the expenses of
the iaunt. This is a feature Of the patriarchal
institution which think has escaped Mrs Stowe.
Hereafter l shall never see u Southern heiress at
Newport without fancying | read on her ball dress
the names of the likely boy or girl" who was sold
Tor 1t. AS for yOnder Sambo and Dinah," | med
itateS, mo doubt young Buford DlshlwaY, Esq,
is at this moment driving them out to Saratoga
Lake, as a PAIR of blood horses. o Miss Caroline
Pettitoes, OF Fifth avenue, how odd it would be if,
as you sit superb by his side, those four-legged
cattle suddenly resumed the squalid twolegged
in which | now behold them, in Thomp-
sons negro-yard, No. CT Locust street."
1 strolled back into the front Office and sat down
TO see If anything turned up. The thing that
termed up was a rather handsome, suburban-look
ing two horse carriage, out of which stepped lazily
n small, spare, gentlemanly man, evidently a ia
vored patron of my host. After a moments pri-
waite talk, Thompson went out. while the gentle
man said abruptly to me, "Well, it is all bad
enough, housekeeping, marketing and all, but I'm
id If servants amt tho worst Of all" We then
talked a little. and / found him the pleasautest
type of a acknowledgements. kind, simple, a
little imperious-6nally, a man of property mem
her OF the City Government. and living a little out
Of town.
Thompson came in and shook his head. Can't
let negroes to anybody, Mr.. -. Glad to sell,
anyhow"
Got a good article of a small girl? ?" said the
gentleman suddenly.
martha !" shouted the slavc-dealcr. and pres
emily three good articles, aged III, 0 and Z, came
trotting in. | had not seen them before. Nice
little pink froeks, not very dirty-barelooted, OF
course, but apparently well taken care of, and ev-
identity sisters. With some mannuvering, they
were arranged in line before my new acquaintance
the purchaser.
he fixed his eye on Sue, n black marble statue
sged seven. Nothing could have been kinder than
Mr.. IS manner in addressing the little thing.
"Wii yVu like to come and live with me, and have
some little girls to play with?
lit is = litle paIriarchal, / said. That kind
voice would win any ckild.3
looked 10 see the merry African smile on the
child's face. Rat no smile came. There was a
moments pause.
"Speak up, child, /" said the merchant roughly.
But she eidn't speak up, nor look up either. Down
went the black marble face, dropping down. down,
till the chin rested on the breast of the little pink
frock. Down, down came one big tear, snd then
another over the black marble cheeks; and then
the poor little wretch turned away to the wall and
burst inta as hearty an agony Of tears, as your dit.
tie idol Susy. or yours lmy good New,EnSland
mother1 might give wayto on such an offer from
the very kindest map who ever ehewed tobacco in
the streets OF Missouri
Human nature is a rather unconguorable thing,
after all, isn't it?
Ny kind purchaser looked annoyed and turned