The Merrimac

BETTS, District Judge.

This vessel and cargo were captured, July 24, 1863, at sea, on the Atlantic Ocean, in latitude 33° 59' 30" north, and longtitude 76° 55' west off Wilmington North Carolina, by the United States gunboat Iroquois, and were sent into this port for adjudication. They were libelled in this court, as prize, under such arrest, July 28th, thereafter, and the warrant and monition on the process were duly served on the vessel and cargo on the same day. No person appearing thereupon, due' proclamation was made in open court, and a decree of default was rendered against the prize…