Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-07-19
nTieEers 9 ~ cheap.

Russell, the correspondent Of the London
Times, describes the slave auction at Mont
gomery, Ala, as follows
1.-The crowd was small. Three or four idle
men, in rough, homespun, makeshift uniforms
leaned against the iron rail enclosing small
pond Of fOdl; gfeen.looking water, surrounded
by brick work which decorates the space in
front of the exchange Ebiel; The speaker
stood on an empty deal packing -ease: A man
III cart tFas listening with lack-lustre eye
to the address. Some three or four others, lii
sort of vehicle which might either be a
hearse or piano van, had also drawn up for
the benefit of the address. Five bt six men
in long black coats and high hats, come whit
tling sticks ard chewing tobacco, and discharg-
ing streams of discolored saiiFa, completed the
group. an inc h.hunrded and fifty dollars
offered for him." exclaimed the man in the
tone of injured dignity, remonstrance and sur.
prise which can be insinuated by all true auc-
tioneers into the numerical statements. "Will
no one make any advance on nine hundred and
Hfty dollars ?" A man near me opened his
mouth, spat, and said, "Twenty-fve ?" "Only
t1ite hundred and seventy-five dollars offered
for him. Why, that's radakIors only nine
hundred and seventy-dve dollars. Will no
onei" &c, &c.
Beside the orator and arctiUneer StUua a
stout young man of FIVE aud twenty years of
age; with bundle in his hand lie Has a
mustular fellow broad sliohldered, narrow
hanked but rather small in stature he had
on broad. greasey, old wide-awake, blue
jacket. coarse cotton shirt, loose and rather
ragged trousers, and broken shoes. The ex-
preston Of his face was hea+y and sad but
it was by no means 1iSHgreeable in spite of
bis thick lips; broad nostrils, and high cheek
bones. On his head was wool instead of hair;
his whiskers were little noeculent black tufts
and his skin was as dark as that of the late
Mr.. Dyte Sombfe; OF Of Sir tdhg Bahaaoor
himself 1 am neither sentimentalist, nor
Black Republican, nor negro MOI Slipper, but
L confess the sight caused stfafgG tfififi
throagh my heart. tried in vain to make
myself fdh4iilIi3f With the fact that could, for
the sum 1919 become as absolutely tie owner
OF that mass of blood, bones, sinew, flesh and
brains, as Of the horse which stood by my side
have seen slave markets in the East, but
somehow or other, the Oricntaism of the scene
cast a coloring over the nature of the s1les
there; whith dctf74ea tfettt Of he lisagregatle
harshness and matter Of fiEt character of the
TRANSACTION bsfofe me. For the Turk, or
SmytniOte, or Egyptian, to buy and sell slaves,
eemed rather suited to the eternal fitness of
things than otherwise
The turbanC a, shawled, loose trousered, pipe
smoking merchants, speaking an unknown
toIfgte, looked as if they were eng5gtd ia a
legitimate business. One knew that their
Slaves would not be condemned to any very
hsrd labor, and that they would be in some
sort the inmates Of the family and members Of
It, Here it grated on my ear to listen to the
tainliar tones of the English tongue as the
medium by which tire transfer vas effected,
and /: was painftl TO see descent-looking men
IN EuropeaR gdfB engaged in the work before
me. The negro was sold to one of the by
ISLANDERS, and walked off, with his bundle; God
knows where. "Niggers is Cheap" was the
only remark cf 'lts Be>stahder. Another auc-
tioneer, fat, fabby, perspring, puffy man, was
trying to sell negro girl who stood on the
deal bOX beside him. She was dressed pretty
much like London servurrt girl ef the l54er
order out of place, except that her sfoes We're
shreds of leather patches, and her bonnet
would have scarce passed muster in the New
Cut. She too, had little bundle in herfIand,
and looked out at tie buyers from pair Of
large sad eyes. "Niggers we're cheap" still
here vas this young woman going for an up
set price of go bnt no ore would bid, and the
auclioneer, after vain attempts to raise the
price and excite competition, said: Not
sold to-day, Sally; you may get down." She
stepped down from the box and walked of
down the main street without further notice,
while the aasticaeef saartefed away III another
direction.