Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-30
An Important Decision.

A suit was decided in New York
lately in which an express company
was defendant. The action was 10
recover the value of property intrust
ed 10 the care OF the company ana
lost. The defense was that the re-
ceipt or ticket furnished TO the person
who sent the article to the express
Office for transmission, contained q
notice that the company would not
be responsible for the value of proper
ty intrusted TO it for more than one
hundred dollars. This is called a
contract But inasmuch as the par.
" TO whom the receipt was given
knew nothing Of the stipulation be-
forehand, AID did not agree it, ex
cept By takiLg the receipt, without
which he would have no means Of
proving the shipment of his goods.
the Court gave no effect to The de-
Tense, and the shipper recovered
All thes efforts To avoid The rcspoDs-
Utility attaching to common carriers
by the law, usually fail. The Courts
watch jealonsly the interests of the
people upon All occasions, and the
judgment ia this express case Is only
a confirmation Of hundreds Of others
previously made, which amount in
tact to this that BY no trick, eva
sion or NOTORIOUS expedient, can i
common carrier evadc his contract to
to take and deliver safely the goods
which are intrusted to his care.
The REMOVAL OF THE CArIrALa-
We have opposed and shall continue
TO oppose the removal Of the seat Of
Government from Washington and
until recently, We have never enter
tanned the slightest alarm apon this
question Of removal But the prop
ositiou of General logan has devcl-
oped Il degree of strength in that d.,
rectiou that we did not suppose eXis-
ted. The House, it is true, did not
suspend the rules 10 receive the prop
ositien, hat when il comes up again
it will re sive more strength than we
had supposed il could ever obtain.
The reasons tor Ibis are obvious.
The citizens OF Washington-or some
Of them, we should more properly
say-are conducting themselves in a
way 10 cause Just this very thing.
The Eastern and Western politi-
clans and journalists are only too
glad to avail themselves of any intiu>
ences which shall contribute TO this
end and, let the factious opposition
to the regular constituted authorities
continue little longer and manifest
little moro wildness aud i'll temper,
and The work will be done = WdSh>
ington Republican
s1-The great event Of the day :
the death of Nero, to whom funeral
honors as leading parsonage at the
/ Tuilleries Rave been accorded. Some
may be puzzled to think who Neio
was. He was only the Emperor's
English setter. But that was great
deal. His whole life was passed in
the presence of majesty. Secretaries
and chamberlains, and other great
functionaries, when they wished to
break unpleasant news to Caesar,
used to place the missive containing
it in the settlers mouth, and let him
incur the responsibility Of delivering
ii. He slept by his imperial masters
bed, lay at his feet while he worked
and followed him in walks in the
country. The Empress, it is said
was jealous Of the confidential posi-
ton Of the dog, who was the only
courtier in the palace that personal
interest did not move to fawn and
crouch before his master Nero
peace to his ashes sleeps in a corner
of the reserved garden of the Tpier-
les. His likeness. both in a picture
and celebrated marble group by
Carpeaux, in which the Prince I'M
perial is the principal figure, will bt
handed down to posterity Paris
letter.