The Philadelphia

HOLLAND, District Judge.

The present issue comes before the-court upon an appeal by the-respondent from the clerk’s taxation of costs. The action is one in rem upon a libel in admiralty filed by the-Staples Coal Company against the steam pilot boat Philadelphia, upon which process was issued and the pilot boat attached by the marshal. Claim for the pilot boat was made, and answer filed, and the defense-of the case conducted by John P. Virdin, one of the owners of the pilot boat, on his own behalf, as well as on behalf of the other owners. The answer filed is entitled as follows:

“The answer of…