The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-10-18

| LIABILITY OF LANDLoRDs.-A case has just
been determined in the circuit court, Troy, New
York, touching the liability Of landlords, dor
property committed to the care of their agents
by travellers. The plaintiff, Barker, arrived in
the cars and gave his check to Calvin L. Blake
who was in the habit Of soliciting passengers
| for the Mansion house. Barker passed on to-
that hotel, and Blake took from the baggage car
his valise and placed it on the sidewalk TWAS
shortly afterwards missed, and though search
was made, no clue to it's whereabouts was ascer~
tanned. Suit was then brought for the value Of
its contents consisting of some articles Of cloth
ing and sealed package of money amounting
to $4,000.
The plaintiff contended that Blake, Mt the
time of the loss, was the agent of MessEs, Dor
Ian. or in their employ as runner for the hotel,
or at least acted as such with their knowledge
and approval. To establish this, several wit
nesses were sworn, who testified that Blake
continued during that season to attend the carao
on their arrival and call out 'passengers for the
Mansion house, taking the checks Of passen-
gers and pointing out their baggage to the por-
ters of the house.
On the other hand, the defendants proved
by the testimony of Blake himself, as we'll as
| by both the Messrs. Dorian, who were sworn as
witnesses in the cause, that Blake had not been
during that year in their employ, thai he re-
ceived no compensation or allowance whatever
from them toE any service, and that he boarded
at their house, and paid his board during tho
whole season the same way as any other boar
der. 1t was also shown that the solicitations to
passengers were performed in pursuance Of his
duties as agent of stage company.
These were the main facts in the case. The
defendants moved to non-sut the plaintiff, on
the ground, among other things, thai al inn
keeper is exonerated from all responsibility for
moneys concealed in trunk, or among the or
dlnary baggage, &c, of a guest, such guest
having failed to disclose to the innkeeper the
fact that such trunk, &C., contained money
the responsibility Of the innkeeper in this res
pect being the same as that of the common car
rier and no greater.
Judge Wright denied the motion for non~
suit, and submitted the case to the jury, leaving
them to find generally the fact of the agency Of
Blake from the whole circumstance of the case
and if they found that fact afirmadvely, then,
whether Barker in his treatment of his property,
was guilty of gross negligence, which his honor
held also, would exonerate the defendants from
liability notwithstanding Blake's agency. Tn
der this charge the Jury found for the plaintiff
and returned a verdict for So ,O50. The case is
to be taken to the supreme court for review,
The Iron BRIDGE OVER THE Sr. LAWRENCE.
The Montreal Pilot says the work on this bridge
called the ''Victoria BRIDGE" is rapidly pro-
crossing, and that it knows of nothing on the
continents of America or Europe which APP
proaches it in the grandeur and greatness Of its
design. Its total length will be &c, ,284 feet and
from the north shore of the st. Lawrence to the
north abutment there will be a solid stone en-
bankment of rough masory,1 200 feet in length
raised like an artificial rock, to resist the current
The stone embankment leading from the south
shore of the river to the south abutmcnt will
be ghalfthis length, or 600 feet The first stone
was laid in hebed of the river on the 24th Of
July last and on the 18th inst, pier No. / was
several feet above the water. The Pilot adds!
Unless unforeseen difficulties arise the FIRST
railway train will pass over the broad St. Law
renee by the summer of 1853, The CONNER
cial disadvantages will consist in the fact that
, the Victoria bridge will bring into direct com
munication, without break of gauge or bulk, the
exhaustess products, Of Canada west and Of
Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, and all the
western states of the Union. Reciprocity @iI!
have opened the door of international commu-
nication, and the requirements of traffic will
be cheaply and expeditious]y met by the iron
road and its tubular bridge. A few year. hence,
and this very bridge will become one OF tic
greatest attractions to the tourist and traveller.
The Colossus of Rhodes, under which the
pigmy shallops of former ages could pass, WAS
esteemed one of the wonders of the old world,
But an iron bridge spanning river two miles
in width, giving SAFE passage to hundreds Of
tons of weight between its iron sides ard per-
mittng ships of the largest tonnage pass be-
; meath its elevated arches, is an achievement
still more remarkable for the new world and is
worthy Of the young giant rising in The west,
A MIRACLE OF ARr.-There is on exhibition
i in Paris at the present time in rue Neu' a-drs-
petitchamps, "a long name for new Linttfed
street, No. s, one of the most remarkable
pieces of masterwork which the union Of art anil
science has ever produced. Itconsists d aplr-
ture about three feet square, This picture i
made up of colots admirable? for their beauty
and boldness, but there is no sub ject The
most experienced eye can detect nothing bus
disiointed and half formed Approximations to-
wards coherent design. dThe most allie artist
sees there only the finest colors, but no ono c2u
Tell rWnht tntF dit iHtClutu ~ lCpttS' Nv Ai+
the middle of the picture which is horizontally
placed is mirror formed by copper cylinder
covered by perfectly polished coating # silver
This mirror is usually vciled. So Ear tEere i
little remarkable, and the greatest ann teurs in
painting would hardly consent to spJnd ijrc
+ francs on such an apparently prolific study.
But it is impossible not to feel 6 low OF adml-
ration when, on uncoverng the mirror there il
presented upon it in the brightest reflected favs
the whole scene of the cruciGxlon. The pa,-
tial coloring then takes character of ncon5os-
tible superiority, and presents to the assonIshcd
spectators, picture composed of six most per
feet figures, depicted with adegree of 5odncss
such as the master painters alone knew how to
impart to the subject which it was their y.9ry
to represent.
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The party engaged in the survey Of p1bje
lands under Mr. Pool, found at a point about
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