The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-03-14
1nronrArr DR. srslos "A civil case was

TMpnrrArT DrorsfoN "A civil case wns
decided bv the Mayor Of the city yesterday, which
4 one Of great importance TO merchants and ship
owners. Some few weeks since one o. te rn ns..
for Messrs Lewis Webb & Son, and reaching the
wharf on Saturday proceeded to unload 1t between
the hours of and o'clock, T. NJ. The Agenthav.
ing failed to notify the con:gnees OF the arrival OF
their coffee. II was permitted to remain on the
wharf all that night and dnring Sunday. In the
meantime heavy swell in the river took place,
and the coffee was considerably damaged BY the RI.
sing waters. When the freight bill was presented
by Mr.. r. Rankin, the Agent of the steamer, the
Messrs Webb refused to pay it, unless the Agent
would allow the damage their coffee had sustained,
by the ireshet This Mr.. Rankin refused to do and
therefore brought warrant for recovering the
freight bill OF S1s. p+N &&g
After duly considering the subject, aided by such
authorities as he had to, the Mayor decided
the case in favor of the defendants. The plaintiff
commended that the goods were delivered as
they were nut upon the wharf The defence on
the other hand maintained that they were not de.
livered unless at proper time and notice thereof
given to the consignees. The Mayor gave it as his
decision, that delivering goods, meant that they
should be put from the vessel In suitable time and
at suitable place; and that the consignee should
be notified of that fact, otherwise vessel might
land its cargo in the night time and in unsuitable
place, and II the shipowners were not responsible
for it, the goods might be destroyed, and the con-
sigGee thereby become the loser.
In this case the steamer, which was due on Satur-
day morning. several hours behind her time,
and them when she did arrive and discharge her
cargo between the hours of and o'clock, P. NJ,
notice given the consgnecs that their coffee
was upon the wharf These being the facts, he
felt it 10 be his duty to declare that the Union Steam
ship Company were responsible Tor all the damage
the Messrs. Webb had incurred, by having their
coffee landed at an unreasonable time, and by not
being duly notified ofthe arrival of their goods.
Mr.. Day, counsel for the plaintiff, endeavored
to show that claim for freight could not be offset
l. 81 Al =
bound to pay the freight; and then, if they had a
claim for damages they must come against the pro
per person for Them The Mayor,was awareithat
was the current of authority, but that there was
authority for contrary doctrine. While sitting
to try all cases in the city, under $40, which gave
him both common law and equitable jurisdiction
he should always allow the defendants OBJECT, if
properly sustained and give judgment for the re.
mainder and as the Messrs. Webb whose DANA
ges were declared to be some cents over 81, had
made tender to Mr.. Rankin Of the balance, he felt
it to be his duty to dismiss the warrant at the cost Of
the plaintiff
Masters of vessels and others will now under
stand, that they are bound to deliver their cargoes
at suitable time and at suitable place and to
give the consignees notice OF the fact; and thatfa
ing to do SO, they responsible for all damages
incurred to their cargoes. Certainly very just
and common sense decision the part of the May
or, and one that will be heartily approved by the
mercantile community.
PARRoW's TRoUPE-This excellent COM
pany will perform tonight at Odd Fellows Hall.
1t is no equvocaton to say that their comcalities
are irresistibe-quite sufficient to provoke hearty
haw haw from a cynic. They have thus far
played to full houses, and IT demonstrations of ap
pause are any indication, have given complete sat.
sfaction. Tonight the great implement feat is to
be performed-wherein Hernandez fastens Moore
to board with horrid knives, after the manner of
the Chinese. The tricks of this Hernandez are
fully worth the price of ticket. Go and see Par.
rows troupe, by all means.
THE KIDNAPPER.-Alexande A. Thomp-
son, charged with kidnapping tree negro boy in
Washington city and bringing him to this CITY for
SALE was brought before Judge Halyburton of the
eastern district U. S. Court yesterday. The Judge
informed Thompson that he had been indicted in
Washington county for kidnapping, and the pri-
soner confessing himselfto be the man alluded to,
the Judge at once prepared the necessary papers
in order to send him to the District of Columbia to
undergo trial Last night he placed in the
custody of officers Barnaclo and Burch of Wash
ingtOn, and this morning, we suppose he is lock-
ed up in prison to awaithis trial.
MISSING PAPER.-The warrant of COM
mitment in the case of Alexander A. Thomson
which Judge Halyburton desired to see last Satur-
day evening, and which was supposed to have been
misplaced, had been filed in the Circuit Court
Clerks Office, with the ha5eas corpus, by which
Thompson was brought before Judge Meredith
and was produced to the U. S. Marshall by Mr.
E. Robinson, clerk ofthe Richmond Circuit Court
yesterday morning.
SENT ON.-The penitentiary convict,
James Lee, who was arrested and Gagged last Sat-
urday for stealing piece of calico from Mr.. c. A.
Gwatkin was examined before the Mayor yester-
day, and sent on to the Hastings Court to answer
to the charge of commit ting larceny the second
time conviction for which will ensure his con-
finement in the Ienitentary
az What dreadful disease is Scrofual How it
battles 1.-THE skill of physicians! Yet how easily it
The discovery of that singular remedy should rank
among the highest in science. 1t fails Try it.
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