Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-05-08
TERMS oRADvERTrsIse.
From the Rochester, N. Y, Union.
The Law OF Dogs. $40

-.... .. From the Rochester, NJ Y, Union.
The Law OF Dogs.
Alta general term of the Supreme Court at Oswe.
co. IN July last, an appeal was brought from ajudg-
ment OF the Oneida County Court, affirming that of
Justice OF the peace. The action was originally
brought to recover damages for alleged injuries re.
eeIved BY plalntls dog in fight with dog or dogs
Judge Allen delivered the opinion in the case. and
was concurred in by his associates on the bench
Justices Pratt Bacon. We copy from the opinion.
condensing somewhat:
This is the first time have been called upon to
administer the law in the case of pure dog fight,
or hgh IN which the dogs instead of the owners
were the principal actors : ~ @.aG. =
am constrained to admit total ignorance of the
code duello among dogs, what constitutes a. lust
cause of offence and justfes resort to arms or
rather TO teeth for redress what violation Of the
rules of etiquette entitled the injured beast TO insist
upon prompt and immediate satisfaction know not
and glad to know that no nice question upon the
conduct of the conflict on the part of the principal
actors arises in this case. s7"---.'-
1t is not claimed upon either side that the strug-
gle was not in all respects dog.like and fair. In
deed, was not before aware that any law, human
or dlVlne, moral or ceremonial, common or statute.
undertook to regulate these matters, but supposed
that this was one of the few privileges which this
class OF ANIMALS still retained in the domesticated
state; that of their reserved rights, not
surrendered when they entered into and became
part of the domestic institution to settle and avenge
in their OVID way all individual wrongs and insults,
without regard to what Blackstone or any other u.
rst might write, speak think of sthe rights of per-
sons or the rights of things have been firm
believer with the poet in the instruction, if not semi
divine right, of dogs to fight, and with him would
say, ......a '.'...... 'sf.
Let dogs delight to bark and bite,
For God hath made them sO,'' Sc.
The evidence is slight that the dog died in conse.
quence of this fight But as this question is left in
doubt by the evidence, the Judgment of the justice
Is conclusive as to the of the death. | can,
however, see no just grounds for the judgment 1t
| can only be supported upon the broad ground that
! when two dogs fight and one is killed, the owner
have satisfaction for his lossI from the owner of
the victorious dog; and know of no such rule
The owner of the dead dog would, think, be clear
ly entitled 10 the skin though some, less liberal.
would be disposed 10 award it to the victor, and this
rule would ordinarily be a fair equivalent for the
loss and with that unless the evidence differ mate.
rally from that in this case. he should be content
The judgment OF the County Court is reversed.
Capture of American SIavsr.-HorrIble Scene on
Board. ..-
We learn from the Kingston Journal that on the
10Th of April, Fl. B. M. brig came into st. AIMS
Bay, having in tow an American schooner with 373
SlaveS on board, from Africa bound for Cuba. The
of the schooner is not given. Great excitement
prevailed at St AIMS In consequence of this affair.
1t was rumored that another SLAYER off the coast
from Africa, and British steamer had started in
pursuit. ..-. ....ti.
On boarding the schooner horrible scene present.
| ed itself. The captiyes were in most wretched
condition-all OF them were naked-and majority
of them on the verge of starvation They were
packed very closely together and covered with
mn and it is stated that 137 of the miserable cap.
tives had died on the voyage. .....
Another account says
The slave schooner has two decks, and between
the captives packed in such manner that they
had scarcely room to move. During each day Of the
voyage they sat in painful posture, eighteen inch
es only being allowed for each to turn in, and in
a deck-room 80 feet in length 300 human beings
were slowed away, and brought up in platoons
every day to get small portion of fresh air. The
schooner d.aws but six feet of water, is of great
breadth, and fatbottomed, and was thus built to
eLable her, in case of pursuit, to run into port
where there is not much depth of water. The in
terpreter states that when saveradiHg captains can
not escape cruisers they make their way to parti
cular point of land on the Cuban coast. run the
sci ashore and leave the slaves to perish. The place
alluded to is surrounded with rocks-none but fiat
bottom boats can get ina the whole of that por
tion of the coast is banched with human bones.
1t was also asceftaned through the Interpreter that
several vessels were left the African coast-that
they to have sailed with full cargoes-that
upon average two vessels departed weekly, each
with 500 to 700 slaves on board-that the trade
rapidly increasng-and that the slaves on being
landed in Cuba worth from $500 to $500 each.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.
The Arrival of Mrs. II. Beecher Stowe Ia Rome
Scenes attendant on hex advent &c.
ROME, April 3D. 1857.
The event of the day is the arrival here of Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe. The contrast between the
circumstances of her arrival in Rome, and her trium
phal reception at the Dutchess of Sutherland's will
bring smile to many a Southern lip.
1t seems she had engaged, through friend apart
ments in the Via Maria de Flore. The Padrona was
notified that she would arrive on certain day, and
due preparations were made 10 receive her, but the
81 Gamer from Marsailles to Civia Vecchia, which
she had taken passage, broke wheel, and garrived
at the latter place exactly day behind time. But
her troubles had on y began with this accident. Be-
tween Civta Vecchia and Rome, her veturino broke
its wheel and instead of 8 O'Clock in the evening.
it was near the next morning. before she and party
entered the eternal city three wheels and fence
rail- Repairing in this plight to their quarters they
found all dark and silent, and by amount OF sxer
on at bell and knocker, could they succeed in arous
ing their drowsy host. The driver of their veturino,
nstigated by his previous misforunes, declared his
contract fulfilled and insisted their quitting his
vehicle instanter As act OF humanity, he drove
them TO the vacant space in front OF the Piazza de
Spagna, and having deposited their effects in the CEN
tire thereof, compelled them 10 aHght. Here they
were discovered in the gray dawn, by party Of
Americans who chanced to pass that way.
Mrs. Stowe formed the centre of the group. She
was elevated several feet above theisurroundng hg-
ures, reclining on the top of a large brown leather
trunk, with dilapidated bandbox under her head,
having her feet wrapped in gentlemans snuf color
ed cloak. Her attitude and position were striking,
and nerbaps the best possible for catching 1.-THE first
l;ronse of the comet or making astronomical obser-