Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-12-22

NA|NN ANNNANLNn MAaMhNlaA
MI. Lrwta, Of the Akron Beacon, made
trip to Richmond to lay ths subject Of John |
5foWn's insanity lefore Gov. Wise The
Governor declared Brown sane from his own
observation Of the man, end would take no
steps under the lava OF the State TO test the
question by jury The numerous aiiidavits
presented b. M Chiffon, the counsel of Capt
Brown, we're OF no more consequence with the
foregtne conclusion Governor Of Virginia than
so much blank payer, Wise had dcereed his
death and was inexorable. ...l ..I- =. ~ .
Tue editor of the Beacon has improved his
trip BY making "Notei on Virginia" In tax
ing the cars at Alexandria for Richmond, a
Conductor requested the white travellers to go
into a forward car, iemarkihg-"ws are going
to have q parcel of serplnts in this car, and
you don't want to be mixed up with servants"
The ohioau did not hurry forward so rapidly
as to preclude sight Of the servants" He
slys
There were fifteen in all, including ten or
eleven adults of both sexes, and four or i've
children, some near maturity, and the youngest,
Of perhaps three or four years, il the arms OF
the rest seemingly Of uBmixed blood, but hav
ing the brown or Madagascar comp.exion,
rather than the jet black Of the Western Coast
of Africa They were all comfortably clad, the
females even tidiy, and their appearance indi-
Gated no want Of care on the part Of the mas
ter or mistress. Having scanned them with
attention, / went, as requested, into another
( car.
. At the Capital of Virginia the next day Mr..
l. dropped into the slave mart of Messrs. Pull
lam & Belts, who advertised that "l5 likely
negroes will be sold this day at 10 o'clock A.
NJ" The Auction Room" was distant but a
quarter of mile from the Capitol and Capital
Square, ornameneed with the statues of Wash.
inston, jefferson, Patrick Henry, and others,
who, when living proclaimed Liberty to man.
Their language then used, would to-day ostra-
else Them from the Old Dominion, with tar and
feathers on their backs and halters around their
neOks. Such is Virginia degeneracy
Mr.. Lewis thus describes the present traffic
: of the Slaye-breeding old Commonwealth:
= Entering the large room l saw at once the
identical hfteen whom / had seen in the cars at
Alexandria the previous evening. They were
in corner of the room, at the side Of the auc-
2 toneer's platform. The sale was commencing.
b black girl, so far one might guess aged 49,,
stood upon the stage, with the auctiOneeT, while
bis cOored servant stood upon the floor, TO show
tue girl and holding her hand occasionally per-
haps tc steady her. Her limbs were examined
with about rs much delicacy as horse buyer
] would use in his trade. Her hands, arms and
teeth were looked al-and her neck "Show
yourteeth." 4" says the auctoneer and it was done.
d "kleven hundred-Eleven hundred and ten
Eleven twenty-thirty-hfty hfty--seventy five
= | Eighty ninety-.twelye hundred Going
, Going Once Twice Gone :" The girl was
o sold Tor 81 200. There was perhaps seventy,
g or eighty persons in front Of the auctioneeE's
e stand. 1t was with them a scene evidently OF
It too frequent occurrence to excite thought OF
emotion, unless as TO prices and the state Of the
s market. Nor on the part of the slaves could |
discover any traces OF acute emotions except
that the oldest man OF the grOup-(p -(perhaps, ior
Of course did not ask, the father of the gir
It Just sold, and Of ''Sue" who now comes upon
IF he bock) cried bitterly though not aloud -
A The rest wore painful detected look, but there
were no tears or shTieks. The little mulattc
e child, stands and looks on with childish wonder
n Very little conception has he Of the meaning o
| this
The giIl when sold was conducted through {
door i'll the rear of the room; and "Sue' il
called TO the platform: not unlike the first il
.
ls more robust, but whether younger or older
lie could not guess. After thorough scrutiny
j. like that before described, the bidding com
lie menced, starting at $1,000.
Sc do not know precisely the price at whist
ID the second one was sold as my attention at IN,
o moment was drawn else W here, but b ,lieve j
10 was sl27O. My curiosity was satisfied
e. could not well stay to see the rest and the ttl
lie one sold The prices, as thought, were very
ID high; but Virginia is a stock growing State
II slaves are the staple crop; the qualities in tina
N ONT of view, govern the price.
Brutal indeed must the man, unused to sucl
I'd 81 Ihts, have been, who could look upon tina
At group Of negroes snd conjecture the probabl,
relations among them,-of parents and child
ID rem, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives,-
" without feelings hardly to be repressed, bu
n dangerous to utter here.
IS An hour or two afterwards passed the aue
s tion room; the sale was over.