Sale of negroes in Tennessee.
--The following account of a sale of negroes in East Tennessee was sent to a gentleman of this city from a friend in that State: Morristown, Tenn., Jan. 21, 1862.
To-day there was an auction sale, at this place, of forty-six negroes.
The following are the ages and prices of some of the sales:
One negro girl, age 17 years, brought $1,505.
Another girl, age 17 years, brought $1,570.
Negro fellow, age 28 years, brought $1,880, blacksmith.
Negro fellow, age 29 years, brought $1,800.
Negro girl, age 13 years, brought $1,805.
Negro girl, age 15 years, brought $1,500.
Negro girl, age 12 years, brought $1,100.
All of them were purchased by citizens of the neighborhood and country.
They were a lot of negroes belonging to the estate of L. D. Franklin, deceased, and before and at the time of his death a resident of an adjoining neighborhood, and was one of our wealthlest citizens.
His estate, clear of liabilities, turns out to be worth between $700,000 and $800,000. 