New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-17

Caroline PsttitOes, OF Filth avenue, nov Que u
"woud be il, az you sit superb by his side, those
"four.Ie pred cattle suddenly resumed the equa,1
1.-TWO legged condition in which | now beh'id
them. in Thompson's negro-yard, No. 67 Locust
street."
| stroled back into the front Office and sat down
10 see if ANYTHING turned up. The thing thas
turned no was a rnIher handsome, suburban.lOok-
ing two.for.e carriage, out Of which stepped lazy
a tmsll, spare gentlemably man. evidently ID
yored patron Of my host. After moment Pfi'
yate talk. Thompson went out while the gentletnan
ssid abruptly 10 NE Well It is al osa enough,
| "housekeepipg, marketing and all, but I'm ID
servants amt the worst of ALL We then talked
| a little, and found him the peasantest tyre OF
Souiherner-cOurteous, Kind, simple, little imPe-
rious- finally, man of property, member oi the
City Government, and living little out OF to"d
thompson came in and shook his head. Can't
let negroes to anybody, NJ. -. Glad to sea'
| anyhow" .. e,
gentleman suddenly.
"Ma,tba !" shouted the slave-dealer, and pres
emily three good articles, aged II, 9 and Z, came
| trottipa in. had not seen them before. Nice
little pink frocks not very dirty-bareioOted, OF
course but apparently we'll taken cafe or and evil
| IDENTIFY sisters. With some maDGuvering they
were arranged in line before my new acquaintance,
| the purchaser.
| aged seven Nothing could have been kinder than
Mr. IS manner in addressing the little thlog:
"WIl you like to come and live with NE, and
| have some little girls TO play with :
| It is q little pstriarchal, | said. Tha. kind
voice would win any child.)
| looked to see the merry African smile on the
| child's face. But no smile came. There was
| moments pause.
"Speak I'D. child" said the merchant roughly.
| But she didn't speak up, nor look up either. Down
went the black marble face, droOpiog down. down,
till the chin rested on the breast of the little pink
irock. Down, down came one big tear, and then
another over the black marble cheeks; and then
the poor little wretch turned away TO the wall
and burst into ss hearty an agony OF tears as your
little idol Susy, or yours (my good New-Engiand
mOther) might give way to, at such an offer from
the very kindest man who ever chewea tobacco I'D
the streets of Missouri,
Human nature is rather uncOnqueraole thing,
after ALL isn't it
NV Kind purchaser looked annoyed and turned
away. The slave trader gave omnOus look TO
the poor child euch as had not seen on his lace
before. BEG pardon, sir" (sad he gruihyl
.tbey only came from Virginia yesterday, and
haven't learnt how to treat gentlemen gel" with
al emphasis)
Poor little Sue!
The purchaser next turned to Martha, the elder
sister, d bright, Topsy-looking thing.
What's that on her cheek, he asked, pointing
| to a sort OF scar or streak of paieness. Martha
| griDned. ,
"Somebody q whacked her chops, most likely"
said the alave.trader, cooily (in whose face SAW
nothing good natured after that. Nothing more
was RAID about It,
TIE gentleman drew the child to him, felt the
n ustles of her arm, and questioned her little.
| Her price was 500, that of the next $500, and
| little Sues $3.50
| "well, Martha" said be, at last, would MT
| YOU like to 90 with nae and have pleasant home"
Strange to say, the African smile left Martba's
merry face too. "Please Sir, said she, IL wish
] could stay with my mother"
| "Confound the girls" said the gOOd-natured
purchaser, turning to Inc in despair, they must
be sold to somebody, you know. OF course, l
can't buy the whole of them, and the mother too.
| OF course not; and there was the whole story IN
| q nutshell.
Nonsense, gals" said Thompson; your
mother II be up here, may be, ,ome day.
| pheasant prospect in the lottery of life for
three articles under twelve years.!
On inquiry it appeared that the mother was in
| Virginia, and might or might not be sent to ST.
Louis for sale. The intention was, however, to
sell the children in day or two, together or sep
arately or else TO TEND them South with Mr. Mat
| tipgly (See advertisement).
| To avert this, hoped earnestly that my good
natured friend would buy one or more of the poor
things. "For," said he to me, II mean to bring
her up reH. She'll be a pet for the children;
black or white, il will make no difference; aud
| while live / sbant sell her-that is, while it's
possible TO help it," "a formidable reservation,
considering the condition of most Southern es-
| tates.)
| The little pink 1rOcks were ordered off, and
| bargain was finally struck for Martha, quite to Mr..
| Tbomp,ons chagrn, who evidently hoped to sell
Sue and would, no doubt, have done so, but for
her ignorance "how to treat gentlemen"
"Girl is sound, l suppose p" carelessly inquired
| the purchaser.
"Wind ard limb" responded the trader. "But
strip her naked and erami"e erery inch Of her, y
ron risk" be quickly added; ~ nerer harc any
| disQHises niM Ey cust0mers.
| So ended the bargain and presently took my
! leave. / bad one last glance at little Sue IL IL
| BOT long since set foot on the floating wreck Of
an unknown vessel at sea- and then left it drifting
| away into the darkness alone. But i. vas sadder
| 10 me TO think of that little wreck of babyh
drifting of alone into the of Southern crime
and despair.
| St. Louis must uDquestionably be very religious
place however for in returning to my hotel passed
a church with inscriptions in four dfereut Ian
| eusees There was Jehovah in Hebrew. "DeO
| Uno ct Trno." "In honoreh $. hudovici."
Finally, in English and French, my house shall
be called the house Of prayer" cith the rest Of the
sentence, IN both cases, omitted. Singular accident
| isn't it,
JULY g. 1861 forgot to mention that asked
| Mr. Thompson, out Of the dozen children in his
yard" how many had their parents or mothers
| with them. Not one, he answered, as If rather
surprised at the question; al take 'em as they
| CONE in lots. Hardly ever have a family
IL suppose you would rather keep family TO-
| getherl" put in suggestively.
"Yes he answered careIessiy. Cant think