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We learned, this morning from a gentleman of the highest intelligence, and formerly a citizen of Lafayette County (Missouri), in this State, that has authentic information, that the sales of slaves in the Missouri River counties have been enormous this year, and that the receipt of money from that source have had a material effect on the money market, easing matters most palpably.
The prices are high, and the slaves are taken invariably to the South - to the cotton States. The gross receipts of money to Missouri from this source, this year, it is thought will amount to millions of dollars.
The drain on the slave population commences in Platte County, and follows the Missouri River down both sides, to St. Louis. – St. Louis NewsDate(s) of Creation
9/24/1859
