The Ocean Belle

BLATCHFORD, District Judge.

The libel in this case, filed in December, I860, styles itself a libel “in a cause of possession and sale.” It prays for no process against the vessel or against any person. On the filing of the libel, a monition commanding an attachment of the vessel was issued. Under it, the vessel was attached. A claim to the vessel was filed on behalf of the owners of eleven-sixteenths of her. She was discharged from arrest, on a bond in the sum of $4,500, conditioned to abide the decree of the court.

The libel states, that it is brought against the vessel, and against all…