District Court, S.D. New York May 15, 1868, Case No. 4,592 (The Excelsior)

BLATCHFORD, District Judge.

This is a libel to recover the value of a steam engine, owned by the libellant John S. Ray. The libel alleges that, in April, 1808, the canal boat took the engine on board at Philadelphia, to be transported to New York, subject only to tollage; and that the boat, with the engine on board, has arrived at New York, and the libellant has tendered the tollage, but the