New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-09
SCENES AT THE SALE.
HUMAN FEELINGS OF no ACCOUNT.
mr. BUTLER GIVES EACH cHATTEL DOLLAR

tbs lot consisted Of four hundred and thirtysx men,
vomep children and infants. being that half Of the
negro stock remaining the old Msor Butler plants.
lions which fell TO Of the two heirs 10 that estate.
Msjor Butler dying, left property valued a. more
than million Of dollars toe major part of which vas
invested in rice and cotton plantations, and the slaves
theseoR ell OF which immense foone descended TO two
beirs bis sons Mr. John A. Batter, sometime deceased,
sad Mr. Pierce M Boiler, still living, and resident in
TIE City of Philadelphia in the free State Of Penusyl-
vsns Losses in the grand crash Of 1878 and other
exigences Of business have impssd the latter gentle
man TO realize his Southern investments, tina. hs
may satisfy sundry pressing creditors and be enabled
TO resume business with the surplus, if any. This De-
oessity led 10 partition Of the negro stock on the
Georgia plantations between himself and the repre-
sentative Of the other heir the widow Of the late John
A. Butler and the negroes that were brought to the
hammer last week the property of Mr.. Pierce NJ.
Butler of Philadelphia, and in fact sold to py
Mr. Pierce n. Buffers debts The creditors were rep
resented by Gen. Cadwsisder, whisMr. Butler was
present in person. attended by bis business agent to
attend 10 bis own interests.
The sale had been advstised largely for many
weeks and az the negroes were known TO be choice
lot and very desirable property the attend nee Of buy
ers large. The breakn g up of old family estate
SO uncommon an occurrence Iuht inc dudI was tegH-
ded with unusual interest throughout the South. For
several days before the sale every hotel ia Savannah
was crowded with negro Spectators from North and
South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama and
Louisiana who had been attracted hthsr by the pros.
poets Of making good bargains. Nothing was hesrd
for days the bsr-rooms and public but talk
of the great sale criticisms Of the business affairs of
Mr. Butler ard fpecUations % the probable prices
49, b,fn oNfo oC
the negro broker who had the management Of the SALE
was throrged avery day by eager inqurers ia search
OF Information and by some who anxious 70 bay,
but where uncertain "a TO whether ther securities
would prove acceptable. Little parties were inside up
from the various hotels every day to visit the Race
Course distsut some three miles from the city to look
over the chsttels discues their points and make men,
orsnda for guidance on the day of sale. The buyers
generally Of a rough breed slaDgy prolane and
besrish. being for the most part from the back river
and swamp plantations, where the esganCes of polite
life are not perhaps developed TO their fullest extent.
10 fact the humantes esdy neglected by the petty
tyrents Of the rice fields that border the great Dismal
Swamp, their knowledge OF the Injuries OF our best
society oomprehendng only revolvers and kindred
delicsoies.
Your correspondent was present at an early date,
but OK he easily anticipated the touching welcome that
would at such time be oficously extended to rep
resentative of The TRIBUNE, and being modest man
whal and not desiring to be the recipient of pub
lilo demonsta from the enthusiastic Southern popu
Iatiou who at times overdo their hospitality and their
guests, he did not pacsrd his mission and claim his
honors. Although he kept his business in the back
ground, he made himself prominent figure in the
picture, and wherever there anything going on,
there was he in the midst At the sale might have
been sees a busy individual armed with pencil and
catalogue doing bis little utmost to keep up all the
appearances Of knowing buyer pricing "likey mig
ger eers talking ooufdeutiay TO the smsrtes. ebon
maids chucSpg the round eyed youngsters under the
chin, making an occasional bd for a large family Ia
low bd-eo low thai somebody always instantly raised
him twenty five dollars, when the busy man would ig
ANONYMOUSLY retreat and otherwise conducting himself
like a rich planter with forty thousand dollars whore
he could put his finger it. This gentleman
much condoed with by some sympsthziDg porsons,
when The particularly fine LOT on which he had fixed
bis critical eye was sold and lcst to him forever be-
cause be happened TO be down stairs at lunch just at
the interesting moment.
WHERE THE NEGROES CAME PROM.
The negroes came from two plantations the one
rice plantation Darien in the State OF Georgia
not far from the great Okefonokee SWsmp, and the
other cotton plsi tston on the extreme northern
point Of St. Simon's Island little bit Of island ia
the Atlantic cut of from Georgs msn land by sen-
der of the Though the most Of the stock had
been accustomed only to rice and cotton planting and
culture there were among them a number OF very
psssable mechanics, who had been taught 10 do all
the rougher sorts Of mechanical work the plants
lions. There we're coopers, carpenters, shoemakers
ard blscksmiths each equal in bis various craft to
the ordinary requirements of plantation that is the
ooopers could make rice-tierces, ard possibly, on
pinch, rude tubs ard buckets; the carpenter could do
the rough carpentry about the negro.quarters; the
shoemaker could make shoes of the fashion required
fer the slaves and the blacksmith adequate TO the
manufacture of hoes aud similar simple toole, ard to
such triipg repairs in the blscksmithing way did
not require too refined skill. Though probably no
Of all these would BIS called superior, or even an
average workmsu among the masters Of the craft,
their Knowledge Of these various trades sold in
csses for nearly as much as the msr-thst lie, man
without trade, who would be vslosd at 5000, would
readily bring 1000 or 81, 200 he was psssa6le
blacksmith or cooper.
There light muat,ces in the whole lot of the
Butler stock and but very &c that were even shade
removed from the original Congo bAckness. They
have been little deed by the simixure OF degenerate
Arso-Ssxon blood end for the most part could bosst
that they were of pure breed the bluesl blonde
d Spain--a point in their favor in the eyes of the
heyer as well as pbysiolcgicsly, for too liberal an
Infusion OF the blood Of the dominant race brings a
larger Intelligence, a more vigorous brain, which,
anon, grows restless under the yoke, and Is prone to
inquire into the definition of the word liberty, aud the
meaning Of the starry flag which waves as yoa may