The Emulous

STORY, Circuit Justice.

This is a prize allegation, filed by the district attorney in behalf of the United States and of John Delano, against five hundred and fifty tons of pine timber, part of the cargo of the American ship Emulous, which was seized as enemies’ property about the 5th day of April, 1813, after the same had been discharged from said ship, and while afloat in a creek or dock at New Bedford, where the tide ebbs and flows. Prom the evidence in this case, it appears that the ship Emulous is owned by- the said John Delano, John Johnston, Levi Jenny, and Joshua Delano, of New…