The Cornelia Amsden

HALL, District Judge.

This is a suit for seaman’s wages. The libellant, Arnold G. Harris, was shipped as first mate, for the season of navigation of 1S71, at the wages of ?C0 per month, on the 3d of April, 1871, at the city of Buffalo, N. Y.; and was discharged by the master of the Amsden on the 9th of May, at Erie, Pennsylvania. This suit was .brought to recover the balance alleged to be due him for two months’ wages up to the 3d June, 1871; and the libel alleges that the libellant was discharged without just cause.

The answer alleges, “that on or about the 7th day of May, 1871, and while said…