District Court, S.D. New York February 28, 1863 (The Mercury)

BETTS, District Judge.

This vessel, with a cargo of spirits of turpentine, was captured as prize January 4, 1803, coming out of Charleston harbor, by the United States ship-of-war Quaker City. The cargo was sent to this port for adjudication, and regularly arrested here, by warrant of attachment, January 30 thereafter. The marshal duly returned the process February 17 thereafter.