Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-06-12

what large, lustIOust bihOh cgOSs Nuhb tNH0, pear
ly teeth. Did you ever see such before
"Who bids, gentlemen I? l can't wait indeed
can't. | have twenty-five more to sell to-day"
"Eieht hundred dollars" said one Of the French.
men.
"Why look at this girl, gentlemen. She is
nearly white her hair is straight, and see what
glossy blackness it has warranted sound, gentle
men or no sale.
"Who bids z"
mine hundred dollars" said one Of the Span.
ish gentlemen.
"Thank YOU, sir. Nine hundred dollars is bid;
only nine hundred for positively the most beauti.
full girl that ever stood on this block. Indeed;
gentlemen. | never saw so beautiful a creature
Before. Nine hundred dollars going at nine
hundred.
It's q shame. gentlemen ideed it is, Why.
only last week | sold two girls, neither of them
half so pretty as ithis. to two mechanics of this
city ; one of them q bricklayer, gave q thousand
dollars for one of the girls, and the other, q shoe
maker. gave eleven hundred for the other and
will you, young planters, let them out bid you,
where such beauty as this is for sale Positively
l am ashamed of you, gentlemen"
A low groan was heard. 1t seemed to come
from one Of the spectators at the west end Of the
room.
D you hear that groan, gentlemcnY 1t was
for your want of chivalry and taste. Indeed | am
ready to groan fol you myself"
Another and louder groan was heard.
THANK you, sir you ought to be groaned at,
gentlemen.
"Nine hundred dollars only is bid. ] can't
dwell, gentlemen indeed can't. Make up your
minds soon"
mine hundred and five dollars" said ore CT
the men dressed in drab ovcrcoats.
"Thank you, sir but we can't take FIVE dollar
bids here. We can't waste our time on such
trifes. Shall l say nine hundred and fifty, sir?"
The man in the drab oyercoat, seemed very
much ashamed of himself, and after n short pause
and with q look of some embarras sment, said "Yes
sir ?"
"Nine hundred and fifty dollars is bid. Only
nine hundred and fifty dollars for the most beau.
tiful girl that ever stood on this auction block gem
ltlemen.i
"Why look at her, gentleman see how the dam
ask rose blooms on her downy cheek. See what
tthin andl0vely lips she has see, too, how mod
eet she is:- Modesty gentlemen,i is an excellent thing
in women We love it in our mothers and sis
ters." sa ps.byi,
~ Another groan was heard deep and sad.
sc ;round there, jim. May be some gentle
man has the collie, and something should be done
tor him. '1'G
,9 "Iacan't dwell, gentlemen indeed l can't"
-"Who bids 2"
One thousand" said Mr.. De Courcy.
"Thank you, sir. You have an eye for beatty,
sir. l like your fine taste"
ga thousand dollars is bid gentlemen. 4 girl
of sweet s~ix!een-just blooming into womanhood
nearly white"
Turn round, IIuldah walk across the plat.
form, and let the gentlemen see your move
ments."
"See there, gentlemen, graceful as a swan how
lightly she steps, and see what small tsgt and
? hands she has; what small delicate ears, ~ what
a beautiful nose, and mouth, and chin. what
limbs she has, gentlemen, as white as per
, sons how gracefully they taper dow her
small feet. She comes from Virginia, e man,
, and / have no doubt t at all, but, Of courJym cam
warrant it, that some Of the blood in hSs ls, lie
lie of the best in the Ole Dominion"
le "Who bids, gentlemen only a thousai llarl
and she has been not less than five minu IN tn,
he stand"
"a thousand and fifty" said the gentlh in
drab overcoat, who seemed now to hag ,ottel
c. over his embarrassment
- "A thousand and fifty dollars is bid. q ing a
m only a thousand and fifty dollars. Ah,sir id tn
auctiOneer, looking at the man in o drab overcoa
., 81 see you know what you are about. What al
investment for a man Of capital. There has neve
". been such a bargain offered here before"
NJ. eleven hundred" said a voice not before hear
in the bidding.
u "Thank you, sir. Please come up nearer t
-, the stand that we may see the bidders clever
bb hundred dollars"
~ "And fifty" said the Frenchman.
" Twelve hundred dollars" said Norton, VIII
. had now come forward to the railing.
~ Twelve hundred dollars, and no more, gentle
NC men. l am positively ashamed to sacrifice sue
property at these rates but we can't dwell"
Twelve hundred dollars, going, going-gone.
h Va He brought his hammer heavily upon the table a
~ he uttered the word ''gOne !" and, at the sam
W time, a groan was heard louder and deeper tina
In' any that bad been heard there before.
"Sare." said the French gentleman. owing t
Norton 81 do congratulate you on one fine,bnrgair
ee Yer cheap indeed, and yer pretty. | do like you
nd taste sare."
M "Thank you," said Norton.
no "Your name, sir" said the auctioncer, bowin
me to Norton, IF you please"
Edward Norton.n
"Please como within the railing, to the desk
ir' Mr.. Norton, and the clerk will give you a bill q
ON sale, and a receipt FOR the purchase money"
w you take the negro away to-day? or,
er' you prefer it. we can keep the property for a fo,
ter days, in our Jail"
me 81 will take her now, sir"
in Norton went to the clerk, paid the purcbas
he money, and received the bill of sale.
While he was doing SO the autioneer said: "Jir
Is, bring out No. H."
me Number a was brought out. lie was an oil
it man, very black his hair was slightly marke
with gray.
It'll 'Stand up, old fellow, on the block" said tn
itb auctioneer.
tie, III you please, master, excuse me. am al
of old man-oid enough to be your father"
IN. Another groan, not loud, but low and sad, wa
of heard. -"
- "Who is that making this strange music in N;
he room ? | thank the gentleman, whoever he ma
de be- but too much of Il good thing is worse thai
a none at all. Get up on tHe block, old man."
'as Master please excuse me. My mistress, il
nd ole Nirginny. was a widow, and was her FORE
man Tor twenty years. She never found an,
Is, fault with me-. We made good crops and 90
he along well sill sho died, and | was sold four week
as ago by the 'minis'rator. Ell | must be sold
said the old man, bursting into tears, 'Iet me So
re down and DO sold like a man, and not Ike
he beast,
H. "Oh, Thomas! Thomas % said an old mn,
in dressed as a Quaker, who rose to his feet lron H.
Is, west end OF the room. and burst into tears "Oh
10. Thomas what Il business is this in which tho,
he art engaged ?" O
The old man, whose broad hat half covered hi
he face, advanced to the railing. "
20 "Oh Thomas" said the old man, ~ have no
= seen thee Tor ten years, and now to dud thee Der,
in this den Of sin"
ok The auct'oneer turned pale his hammer trem
*. bIed in his hand, lis limbs, his whole pe,sa,