American Scenes, and Christian Slavery | Page 6

FOR SALE.--The subscribers No. 56, Esplanade-street,
have just received a lot of valuable Slaves from Virginia and Maryland,
consisting of Mechanics, Farm Hands, and House Servants, and have
made arrangements not to be surpassed in this market for a regular
supply from the above markets, as also Alabama. We hazard nothing in
saying, if our former friends, and others wishing to purchase good
servants or hands, will give us a call, they shall not be disappointed.
"N.B. All Negroes sold by the undersigned are fully guaranteed.
"SLATTER & LOCKETT,
"56, Esplanade-street."
"n11--6m."
"FOR SALE.--A likely Mulatto Negress, aged twenty-two years,--she
is a first-rate cook, and a good washer and ironer, besides being a
tolerable good seamstress.
"ANDERSON & BURNET,
"38, Camp-street."
"J26."
"SLAVES FOR SALE.--I have just received, and offer for sale, a very
likely lot of Virginia Negroes. Those wishing to purchase will do well
to give me a call at my office, No. 157, Gravier-street, between
Carondelet and Baronne streets. I will be constantly receiving Negroes
from Virginia and North Carolina during the winter.
"C. M. RUTHERFORD."
"n13--6m."

"SLAVES FOR SALE.--No. 165, Gravier-street.--The subscriber has
always on hand a number of Slaves, consisting of House Servants,
Field Hands, and Mechanics, which will be sold low for cash or
negotiable paper. Persons desirous of purchasing will find it to their
interest to call and examine. The subscriber will also receive and sell on
consignment any Negro that may be intrusted to his care.
"He would also respectfully notify persons engaged in the Slave Trade,
that he is prepared to board them and their Slaves on the most
reasonable terms.
"WM. H. MERRITT."
"o1--6m."
"References--J.A. Barelli, C.J. Mansoni."
"ONE HUNDRED NEGROES.--For Sale at No. 13,
Moreau-street.--All of which have just been received from Maryland
and Virginia. My old friends, and others wishing to purchase Slaves,
will find it to their interest to call on me before purchasing elsewhere.
Also will receive large shipments during the season from the above
States.
"R. R. BEASLEY,
"13, Moreau-street."
"d31--3m."
Runaway slaves seem to be constantly advertised, with (as in the case
of ship advertisements) a small woodcut figure representing them in the
very act of making their escape. Indeed, almost everything advertised is
accompanied by its picture,--ships, houses, bonnets, boots, leeches,
oysters, and so forth. Even a strayed horse or a strayed cow is
advertised with a picture representing the animal in the very act of
going astray. On the same principle, and in like manner, human chattels
assuming their natural right to go where they please, are advertised
with a woodcut representing them as bending forward in the act of
running, and carrying with them a small bundle containing their scanty
wardrobe,--a pitiable figure! And yet this is done, not to awaken
sympathy, but to excite vigilance, as in the following instances, which I
have picked out of the _Picayune_:--
"ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.--The aforesaid sum will be
given to any person who will bring back to the undersigned the
negro-girl Eugenia, and her mulatto child aged two years. Said slave

has been purloined or enticed away by her former owner, Madame
Widow Decaux, who secretly went out of this State on the 12th
December, 1846. Said Widow Decaux is well known in New Orleans
as a notorious swindler, having been prosecuted for having pawned
logs of wood to a merchant of this city instead of dry goods. She has a
scar on her forehead, and several others on her neck, and is
accompanied by her aged mother, and her boy aged ten years.
"J. B. DUPEIRE."
"j7--15t*."
"Ran away from the subscriber, on the 20th November last, a negro
man named Sandy, about twenty-five years of age, five feet five inches
high, very dark complexion, speaks both French and English, shows the
mark of the whip very much. A liberal reward will be paid for his
apprehension, either by confining in any gaol, so that I can secure him,
or his delivery to me at Plaquemine, La.
"W. H. CARR."
"J20--3tW."
And yet the editor of this very paper, in his leading article, reviewing
the past, (that day being the tenth anniversary of its own existence,)
coolly says, "In entering upon our eleventh anniversary, how different
the spectacle! Industry in every quarter of the land receives its meet
reward; Commerce is remunerated by wholesome gains; _Comfort
blesses the toil of the labourer_(!) and Hope encourages the enterprise
of all the industrial classes of our citizens."
As the day advanced, my fever returned; and I was obliged to go below.
A furious tempest arose, so that even our "monster" could scarcely get
along. The lightning flashed, the thunder roared, and the rain fell in
torrents. It was a terrific day! As night approached, our captain told us
the vessel could not then be got