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Sale of negroes in North Carolina.

--At a recent sale of slaves in Franklin county, N. C., by Dr. G. M. Cooley, administrator, the following prices were obtained on a credit of nine months: Charlotte, aged 44 years, $1,375; Henry, aged 40 years, $3,000; Helen, aged 16 years, $3,700; Fanny, aged 14 years, $3,700; Gordon, aged 9 years, $3,000; Elijah, aged 28 years, $3,457; Daniel, aged 24 years, $6,000; Warren, aged 24 years, $6,450; Dick, aged 20 years, $6,450--aggregate $39,132 for nine, or an average of $4,348 each.

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