District Court, S.D. New York March 15, 1871 (The Belle)

BLATCHFORD, District Judge.

In this case, a libel in rem was filed against the steam propeller Belle on the 8th of November, 1869. The vessel having been taken into the custody of the marshal under process, and a claim to her having been filed, the claimant and a surety executed, on the 14th of December, 1869, a stipulation, which recites the filing of the libel, and that appraisers had been