Litchfield enquirer., 1839-08-08

stages, ana railroad cars. Most persota attach a
at the risk Of the owner" when In trnth Il lmnoses no
additional care on the traveller and ccrtani1 reeves
OF no Responsibility the different transportation com
Panses 1hetT duties as common carriers are clearly
shown ~ the annexed communication and no nolice
q tile above or any other description, can free them
nom the obligations which they assume when they
All Baggage at dc RisE 81 he oaSnsr. Hsyra-
cuse and Utica Railroad.
Az goods, baggage, freight. specie, bank bills, or
Of these boats must be the risk Of the owners, &c"
N; York, Albany, and Troy Steamboat Line.
i, Freight and baggage at the risk Of the owners
thoreoi Troy and Albany Steamboats,. il 3s.
- All baggage positively at the risk of the owner:
wy passengers UN attend personally to the disposition
M 1 S6aggGge at Schenecady."-Ut and Schen-
All baggage at the risk of the owners thereof
S nd and Schenectady Railroad, Troy, BaIso1
and ssrsesSsssg R, # the risk of the
All 5SSggage specie and freight, the risk of the
owners 'mereof New Steamboat Arrangement be-
re ne Editor Of the Albany Daily Advertiser:
r The above mass of humbug and nonsense is taken
rom advertisements IN single column Of the Albany
Argus.
As quiet or ignorant people may perhaps be ndu-
ced tosubmt 10 the imposition Of loss Of their freight
or baggage rather than ltigate with great monopoly
faces. and they told they uere bound to take nofce
81 them Il will perhaps be doing the travelling pubic
service by referring them TO two decisions of the St-
Ian, 10 Wendel's Reports 234, and Cole u.s. Goalwia.
Ibid 25l, both decided at the May term, 1883; in
which It IS expressly decided, that stage coach, rail-
and are, like all other common carriers al swerable
ioI the baggage OF passengers; that they are regard
ed as INSURERS and must answer for any loss not o.
Gasleneo oy the act Of Cod or the public enemies Trat
h iact mat the 0oner IS present. sends his servants
70 look AFTER the property, does not alter the case.-
NAT the common carriers cannot restrict their COM
mon law liability. by general notice like that which
nave taken above as the Of this article-that
no'ice. ALL BAGGAGE AT THE RISK OF THE OWNER
ecen Drought home to the knowledge Of passenger
stage coach who lost his trunk, protection 70
the propretors Of the coach in an action against them
or tne loss OF the trunk. The carriers are
pound to deliver TO each passenger Mt the end of his
Journey h's trunk or baggage. Thltthe wbole duty
n this respect rests upon the carriers. That the exer
cise OF ordinary care in marking the baggage enter
ing i upon the way-bl, and delivering check ticket
TO me owner. renders easy It's discharge That the
passenger 's not required 10 expose his person in
crowd o. endanger his safety in the attempt desg
| nate or claim his property.
VIVA, is the reason that the common law will not
excuse the carrier unless he show the act of God or
inc enemies Of the republic or the misconduct Of The
owner This" says Lord Holt, in Coggs, We. Ber-
narti, &c Lord Raymonds Reports 9ls ,'in polite
the safety OF all persons the necessity Of whose airs
requires them to trust these sort Of persons comm I'd
oarr,ers that they mny be safe in their ways Of deaf
ngs ior else these carriers might have opportunity
81 undolng aii persons that had any dealings with
them, by combining with thieves, &C., and vet doing
shs snc r. eIandesine MANNER as would not be pss
| Cowen Justice, in Cole vs.. Goodwin, cited above,
says at page $780, have said that relaxing The conf
mon law rlgo opens the high road fraud, perjury
theft and robbery. II does nnre. Looking to the
present ordinary, not TO say universal means Of travel
and transportation, by coaches railroads. Steamboats,,
packets and merchant vessels the mere snperaddi-
tion OF negligence in respect 10 fe safety OF passen-
| gers and property, would constitute most fearful
ITEM There is no principle in the law better settled,
than that whatever has an obvious tendency 10 en-
courage guilty negligence. fraud or crime is contrary
to public policy Such, in the very Of things, is
| the consequence of allowing the common carrier To
threw On Or n any way restrict his legal liability
The Traveller and Ba,r is under sort Of moral
duress, necessity OF employing the commo, carrier
under those legal arrangements, which a! ow. any
number OF persons to assume the character and Illus
discourage and supersede the provisions for other
modes OF conveyance. My conclusion is, that he
shall not be allowed in any FORM TO iiggle with his
customer and eAtort one exception and another, not
than by notice. He shall not he privileged TO make
himself o common carrier for his own henefi', and
| mandatory. or less to his employer He is public
servant with certain duties defined by law and he
is bound TO perform those duties" In the face Of
these decisions. is it not. Mr.. Edor, the most con-
summate arrogance, not TO shy impotence, IN our
great land and water monopoies, to continue such
| notices in their advertisements. They well know
! they are nnavailng with those who do not choose
willingly TO submit to theirfmpositions and extortione.
L is also especially worthv Of remark by the travel
ling public, that the railroad proprietors and other
carriers bound to deliver to ench person. the ter
mnation OF his Journey his baggage, without his ex-
posing himself in crowd, to point out or claim IT,
This is q vastly important decision to persons travt
| cling eastward on the Mohawk and Hudson Rail
Road, and to persons travelling in steamboats, on the
Hudson river. 1t Is the duty of these common car
riers to mark each PERSONS baggage, and give him q
check tckat on its receipt. so that their agents az its
place OF delivery may return il 10 IT'S owner without
any trouble to him. How much trouble, vexation,
confusion Inconvenience and loss. would he avoided
at the Railroad depot in this city. fpassengers wond
insist upon their rights, any one can Judge who has
s on e
the country will give publicity to the above decisions,
to the end that public opinion may frown down these
those whose necessities compel them enrust their
4 persons or their property IN their hands. J. X
Sea SERPENT AeAIN.-By the latest accounts of his
snakeship. we Iearn that he hns fairly dnmcillated
himself in his usual summer quarters, and that he in
tends TO be off and around the shores Of NahanidI
ring the dog DAYS. Il seems he has grown qnits leP
s ct late When WI last he hnd d.eeK
cred by the captain Of the smack. Seventeen Sis
ters'-husily engaged in trimming his whiskers.,;-
Upon the nearer approach Of the vessel he lesnres
deposited his scissors in his pocket. and made tracks
out to sea- But what is the strangest OF all the pas
sengers in the Seventeen Sisters concur in deelar-
ing over their respective signatures that they dis
tinctlv saw, as he turned TO take bis eaye 81 them,
yer;abe large sized hustle strapped to his back Come.
Nole, here is more work for you-mount your Rosl-
mantle, and see 1t you can demolish another windmill
i t} }E& Hartford Courier
ForRTH OF jury AT CApIz Omo.-Opinions on the
| Bv d. s. yelling. This the noted and distinguish
ed 18th century, in which Specializing ma chine has
been invented unparalleled in the annals of dscoye-
res, for its mystic novelty and the symmetry Of its
| parts.
The great wheel Of this machine is composed of the
Specie Circularthe axis" Experiments - the cen
ire Of motion Jackson and Van Buren, the centre of
inertia not yet known. To this machine is attached
a!ever the short arm Of which is Of gold and
slvet: the fnlcrum the neopIe's riehts'-tbe long
arm office seekers and Office holders Tie power