District Court, D. Massachusetts February 15, 1864 (The St. John)

SPRAGUE. District Judge.

This steamer was captured at about eight o’clock in the morning of the 18th April last, by the Tinited States steamer Stettin, under the command of Acting Master Beers, at Bull’s Bay, in an attempt to break blockade. The vessel and cargo have been condemned, and the question is upon the distribution of proceeds.