District Court, D. Maine June 15, 1872 (The Clotilda)

FOX, District Judge.

Two libels are promoted against this ship and her cargo by Nathaniel L. Thompson, a merchant of Ken-nebunk in this district, one founded on an alleged bottomry bond, or hypotheeatory obligation of the ship and cargo, executed to him by Young, the master of the ship, on the 19th day of January, 1871, as security for the payment of an advance of $10,000 in ninety days, made to