The Louisa Simpson

DEADY, District Judge.

The libel in this case was filed September 19, 1870. On October 10, thereafter, an amended libel was filed, wherein it is alleged that on July 17, 1870, at the port of Kotzebue Sound, in the district of Alaska, in waters navigable from the sea by vessels of ten or more tons burden, J. M. Selden, captain of the U. S. revenue cutter Reliance, did seize the schooner Louisa Simpson and cargo, consisting of liquors, tobacco, powder, guns, caps, knives, lead, cotton cloth, ivory, whale-bone, peltries, etc., and report the same to William Capus, collector of customs for said…