The J. C. Stevenson

This libel is filed to recover damages for the loss of a. large number of cattle shipped by libelant on the steam-ship J. G. Stevenson, on November 13, 1879, to be carried to London, which were lost on the voyage, and for damages resulting from the delay of the steam-ship in arriving at the port of Baltimore to enter upon the-voyage. The'contract for the shipment of the cattle was as follows:

*541September 22, 1879, Mr. Francis Bell, hereinafter called the shipper, hereby agrees to ship in the steam-ship J. C. Stevenson, to sail from Baltimore for London on the twelfth day of October or…