Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-07-27

another line OF stages on the same route
which carried the mail. Opposition Of
course ensued, aud at tho lime The acci-
dent occurred, The stages were racing. II
did not appear that Mr.. Neil's driver was
particularly careless. or unskiIluI. iudepcn-
dent Of the general wrong Of racing, or
imprudent competition.
The plaiLiiff. Mr.. Peck. his wife aud
children, were in NcilI's coach. II was
upset by the passing ofthe other carriage.
His wife was permanently injured, und so
was his son.
The case was ingeniously argued by the
distinguished counsel Messrs. Ewing. God
durd, Vinton and Swan. The law how
ever, as it plainl, exists, was laid down
BY Judge Mclean. that Common Car
rier is bound TO the utmost degree Of care.
skill, aud prudence, in the management Of
what is committed 10 his trust; and If The
Jury found The facts as alleged by the
plaintiff, they Of course must asses The
damages a, what they deemed reasona
BILE amount, taking nio view the suflcrinss
both bodily and mental, Of the plaintiff,
with S500O damages.
The Chronicle adds
We may here remark ,ha, this law OF
Common Carriers is equally applicable 10
all modes Of conveyance. to Rail Roads
and Steam Boats not less than Stages
The application Of the principle now need.
ed by the publicis 10 Steam Boats. We
have not doubt, that in nearly every u-
stance of Steam Boat accident, the pro-
prielors might have been mulc,cd in heavy
damages.
The principle of the law does not so
upon the idea that the proprietor Of these
conveyuuces is himself actively and in
ten,ionally q wrons-doer. Re may in
that respect, he very innocenl. But he
engages for profit in business. which rea.
son demands he should conduct with tho
utmost prudence; and the security Of life
and property TO the public, requires thai
this duty should be exac,ed OF him.
There is another case On tue docket IN
which damages are claimed for injury done
TO the son Of Mr.. Peck.
Since the above was in type we have
received the Cincinnati Gazette Of the l3h
inst, from which we learn that case Of the
son. Wm. L. Peek. VS., Mr.. Neill. was
concluded on The 18th inst, by verdict
found 70. this one act Of carelessness,
amounting TO $1,000.
We understand that about hvc hundred
Notices Of debtors who intend taking the
benefit Of the bankrupt net. TO their crcdi-
tors, unpos, paid, from Iowa and Illinois,
passed eastward through our post office one
day last week.-Iadianapoiis Sentinel.
The Albany Daily Advertiser, remark
ing upon similar batch from Columbus,
says-"Credirors begin 10 understand the
matter, and can readily detect bankrupt
notice; in fact, in some States tthc Eastern
particularly the Bankrupts go go far as to
have printed outside the letter conveying
the notice, the woris-"Notice in Bank
ruptcy in thecasc OF a. B." or something to
thai effect. Al the Posi- Office in this city,
about $50 Of these Columbus letters have
sbeen received, n0I one OF whlcfI, aswe are
told. has been taken ort-,he postage is,
consequently, lost TO the Department
The dead letter postage bill Of the Office
for the quarter jus, expired, is from $500
10 $500 greater than aEy previous quarter,
and this maiuiy, if not entirely owing 10
creditors refusing TO take ou, these notices" :"
N. Y. Courier s; Enquirer.
The fate Of a Dislilter.-Abou, twenty
years ago. there was maa in England
engaged in tho dislilIing business, by which
he acquired property TO the amount OF
nearly 100000. He alterward met with
losses, in consequence OF irregularities, and
embarked with the remnant Of his proper
IS for this country. On the passage. he
los, his wife aud children. lie went TO
Rochester, and engaged in land specula-
tions, and purchased several large tracts,
and built extensive mills thereon: but this
properly he lost. in consequence Of aprior
mortgage, Of the existence Of which, he
had been ignorant. Leaving Roc hester,
he went 10 Utica, where he married Sc
cond wife, and commenced the business
of grinding scissors, aud repairing locks,
aud umbrellas. He afterwards removed tc
Adams Basin, where he opened a small
store, in whice business be continued I'LL
1910, when having become drcadlully dis
sipaied, he found himself so deeply invol-
we'd in debt, tha. his own, and his wife.
property were insufficient to extrcare him.
In lS4l, he left his wife aud four children,
fwhom he had often shamcfuIy abused }
and proceeded to Pi:isburS. and married
Mrs. Mary McGlynn. Within eight months
after this marriage, and after having been
two or three times imprisoned !oT abu-
sing this third wife, be deliberately tied hel
TO chair. by her hands aud feet, threaten
| iag TO cut her throat il she made any rcsis'
tance, aud then set her clothes on fre-by
which The wrrtchcd wife was burned in SC
shocking q manner. that she survived bu
three days afterward. This wretch is the
John Bird who has recently been tried
and found gully Of murder in the aeonc
degree by tender hearted land we shoult
think. rum seIling) jury, and sentenced
for term Of years, to the pcni,entiary.-
American Mechanic.
| A hard Kick.-Whilc the train of car
was running on the POnchar,ruin Railroad