The America

HALL, District Judge.

This is a cause of collision and damage. The libel was filed by De Witt C. Bancroft, on the 16th July, 1852; and on the 17th July the America was arrested on the warrant, issued in this suit, against the steamboat, her tackle, apparel and furniture. The collision occurred on Lake Erie, on the 12th July, 1852, during the last trip made by the America prior to her arrest. The office of the clerk of this court was then at Auburn, and there was consequently no unnecessary delay, on the part of the libellant, in instituting these proceedings; but the America, having been…