The E. H. Pray

One Hayes, upon the order of the libelant, shipped on the schooner E. II. Pray a cargo of clay, for which the master of the schooner issued to Hayes a bill of lading in the ordinary form, providing for the transportation of the clay from Amboy to New Haven, and its delivery there to the libelant on the payment of freight. One copy of this bill of lading, together with an invoice of the clay, Hayes furnished to the libelant, who received the same. Upon the arrival of the vessel at New Haven, and before the delivery of the clay, Hayes appeared, and asserting the insolvency of the libelant, and…