The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-03-07

Bassa Point, to which, We understand, the name
Of one Of Liberia q warmest friends B.chamsA--
has been given; u name worthy TO be held in re-
membrnnce not only by the citizens Of Liberia,
but by all who love 10 cherish the remembrance
of noble deeds in the cause of philanthropy.
LIABILITY or SHr-owssas The following act
in regard to the liabilities of American ship-own-
ers has passed both branches Of Congress and be-
! come a law;
l. Be II enacted, &c., No owner or owners Of
lxpy ship vessel, shall be subject or liable to
7 answer for make good to any one or more per-
son or persons, any loss or damage which may
happen to any goods or merchandise whatsoever,
which shall be shipped, taken in. or put on board
any such ship or vessel, by reason or by means
of any fire happening to or on board the said ship
or vessel, unless such fire is caused by design
neglect Of such owner or owners; Provided, That
nothing in this act contained shall prevent the
parties from making such contract as they please,
extending or limiting the liability of the ship
owners.
Sec. 2. If any shipper or shippers of platina,
gold, gold dust, silver, bullion, other precious
metals, coins, jewelry, bills of any bank or pub
lie body, diamonds or other precious stones,
shall lade the same on board any ship or vessel
without at the time of lading, giving to the mas
ter, agent, owner or owners of the ship or vessel
receiving the same, a note in writing Of the true
character and value thereof, and have the same
entered on the bill OF lading therefor, the master
and owner or owners Of the said vessel shall not
be table, as carriers thereof, in any form man
ner Nor shall any Such master or owners be
liable for any such valuable goods beyond the
value and according to the character thereof so
notified and entered
Sec. g. The liability Of the owner or owners of
any ship vessel for any embezzlement, loss, or
destruction, by the master, officers, marines, pas
sengers, or any other person or persons, of any
property, goods, or merchandise, shipped or put
on board of such ship or vessel, or for any loss,
damage or injury by collision or for any act, mat
ter or thing, loss, damage forfeiture done, Oc-
casioned or incurred, without the privty or know-
edge Of such owner or owners, shall in
exceed the amount or value ofthe interest Of such
owner owners, respectively, in such ship or
vessel, and her freight then pending.
Sec. 4. If any such embexzlement, loss oAde-
structon shall be suffered by several freighters
or owners of goods, wares or merchandise, or
any property whatever, on the same voyage, and
the whole value of the ship or vesseI and her
freight for the voyage, shall not be sufficient to
make compensation to each Of them, they shall
receive compensation from the owner owners
OF the ship or vessel in proportion to their re-
/ spective losses; and for That purpose the said
{ freighters and owners of the property, and the
| owner or owners of the ship or vessel, or any Of
them may take the appropriate proceedings in any
court, for the purpose of apportiopng the sum for
which the owner or owners OF any ship or vessel
may be liable amongst the parties entitled thereto.
And it shall be deemed sufficient compliance
with the requirements Of this act, the part of
such owner or owners, If he or they shall transfer
his or their interest in such vessel and freight, for
the benefit of such claimants to "a trustee, to be
appointed by any court of competent Jurisdiction,
TO act such trustee for the person or persons
who may prove to be legally entitled thereto, from
and after which transfer all claims and proceedings
against the owner or owners shall cease.
Sec. 5. find be IL further enacted, The character
| n of any orr in hao
they shall man, victual such vessel at his their
own expense, or by his own procurement, shall
be deemed the owner or owners of such vessel
within the meaning Of this act; and such ship or
vessel when so chartered, shall be liable in the
same manner as if navigated by the owner or own
ers thereof
Sec. 6. Nothing in the preceding sections shall
be construed to take away affect the remedy to
which any party may be entitled, against the mas
ter, officers, or mariners, for on account of
any embezzlemrnt, injury, loss, or destruction OF
goods, wares merchandise, or other property
put on board any ship or vessel, or on account OF
any negligence, fraud, or other malversation OF
such master, officers, or Mariners respectively
nor shall any thing herein contained lessen or take
| away any responsibility to which any master OF
: mariner of any ship or vessel may now by law be
[ liable, notwithstanding such master or mariner
may be an owner or part owner of the ship or yes
sci.
Sec T.. Any person persons shipping oil oil
vitriol, unslacked lime, inaammabe matches, OF
gunpowder, in ship vessel taking a cargo fol
divers persons on freight, without delivering at
the time of shipment, note in writing, express
ing the nature and character of such merchandise
to the master, mate, officer, person in charge of
the loading of the ship vessel shall forfeit TO
the United States, one thousand dollars.
This act shall not apply to the owner or own
ers Of any canal boat barge, or lighter, or to any
vessel of any description whatsoever, used in
river or inland navigation.
New MODE OF FREsco PAINTING specimen
Of Sttreo-chromie, the new mode of fresco paint
ing, says letter from Munich, about which Ger
man artists are now 40 sanguine, has just been
completed in kaulbach's studio here from a de-
sign of his own, and painted by one of his pupils
under his own eye. It's figure of Prophet,
and is intended for the great exhibition in London.
The figure, grand and majestic as it is, cannot be
expected to give the English public anything but
faint idea of Kaulbach's genius. As specimen
of this and much extolled mode Of painting,
it will be regarded with curiosity.
Stereo chronic is the discovery fthe distinguish
ed chemist, the Obe,graih Won Fuchs; and by
German artists is considered one Of the great dis
coyeries OF the age Its advantages over ordinary
fresco and encaus,ic painting are its greater dura-
bility, and the power which it affords the painter
of retouchng and glazing his picture. The color
is mixed with water; and the whole is permanent
ly fixed by occasional sprnkngs Of water, in
which is mlHeu certain proportion OF nuOrc
acid, (Fiass spath saure.)
! TIE dscoverer, Professor Won Fuchs ofMun-
ich, has had to undergo the opposition and jea-
ouses incident TO discoveries in general Though
now, In his old age, his invention is made use of
in the new frescoes at Berlin, it is possible that
he may die without reaping any personal benefit
from it, On this account his artist friends-M.
Won Kaulbach in particular--are DESTROYS that a
specimen of it should obtain conspicuous place
in the great exhibition Of 1851. For this purpose
M. Kaulbach has allowed one Of his designs to be
copied by M. Muir, one Of his pupils. Ii is in
size six feet long, by somewhat less than six feet
wide. M. Kaulbnch wishes it particularly to be
understood that this is not sent ,oork Of art,
but simply as specimen of the new invention.
Stereo-chromiDe, is, in fact, preserver of the
wall on which it is painted. By the chemical ac-
ton Of the solution sprinkled over the picture
whilst in progress, the whole ground on which II
painted and the picture itself, becomes hard
hinty mass, and the very coors are converted into
the hardest stone. SO hard, indeed is it, that
neither fire nor damp has the slightest effect on it.
The most striking experiments have been made
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