New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-19
PInnderlng on lhe CanaI.

kid Of petty thieving and rooolDg' says 'iS
Albanv EreEtEg Journal, has been carried on tA
this State for some years, and persons engaged ~
the yettera transportation business have suffered
eerv wear more or lesS i0m the dishonesty OF per-
tors emplOyed By them IL navigating tae canas.
Itis not 4 rare occurrence TO have a cargo D! h1lf
fu tbort from one 70 ten barrels or cargo OF gram
from twenty TO fifty bushels, and sometimes even
more IL a not un'req1ent that these occ arfsnces
sre a. butable - the carelesfness o. the Pers5n
keeuirg tally when the boat is loading Or unload
inc Int from what We have gathered dlung ne
past three wears in our intercourse With those en-
aaped in this business, We should think tdit AZ
least four hfns Of the property anaccoun.ed Iof
here vas fcua1tered or secreted By the person en-
trusted with the care Of the boat " III a i5F
dayswe heard OF cargo Of hour falling short SIX
barres When the fact was made known % me
captain, he soemnly declared tbstt1e entire ca
A received At Buffalo had been delivered TO ne
corsirnee here, but in few days the captain and
crew fell ont, when they informed one OF the pro-
pretors Of the lire that il had been sold on the lne
Of the canal and that the captain PocKe'eu the
ayas.
To al this il can be truly said that forwarderi
have their redress, were il no. for the uncertainty
OF lie law. A man steals from you six barrels Of
-four, valued AZ $50 be gets warrant, ana the
persOn is arrested examined and committed; the
day Of trial arrives bis Witnesses are not 70 be
found; the trial is put OF to enable him 70 procure
their attendance, bat ten chances % one they are
not 70 be found, and, after spending many days in
the busiest season il attendance on Court finds
outin the end that he has not only lost bis property
but the person has escaped justice.
Some Of our iorwarders have sure way Of
guarding Themselves against this petty .hieviDg-
During the season they give the men In their en-
plcy a sufficient amount Of funds 70 meet their ex
penses, and withhold a sufficient sum from their
monthly wages 20 meet such losses, and when A
load falls short they invariably deduct the value
Of the property from their earnings. Such course
Of action Dot only stimulates the person Ia charge
Of the boat u keep a watchful eye on the receiv-
ing and dschsrgng Of property entrusted 10 his
care but il also has tendency % inculcate hoaes.
ty where before there was an inclination TO act
dishouestly
We are lead 70 make these remarks from seeing
in the Utica Herald Of Friday morning an article
hesded, Arrest Of a Flour Thief That paper
thus relates the occurrence;
Captain Amber Of boat Empire OF Utica arrest
ed yett rdty by ecer Donaldson on ne charge OF TAX
and his the aer part Of cargo Oi
-four atipEed b. Noting ham Co Of Buda MOugsa b.
81 Albany Aub er was 10 MA city dal OF two since o.
ferng sel 0sT al remarkably low pu-e lie succeed
aei0g hundred barrels for about - barrel
hls Conduct eXci.ed The suspicious Of Mr. ) A Richards
The len msrn Of he Glzefe By whom be- was watched
Of he cs Al answer came back TO have 1e nan arrest
ed MeA1ire The boat bad gone on, AID OH ,ers )nad
HAL Ggared IN pursuit. aud 1ccesdod 10 arresiug
Amber stonetve Al he time Of biz arresi he was 1s
concluding The sac Of 100 barrels more OF tho hour, win
person near 81 Johnsvlle
Heis now In confinement in the all at w hi.es
bro A considerable Por.ion Of the spoil has been
rafovarad