Statement of prizes adjudicated to May 1, 1868, etc.-Continued. R. R. CUYLER-Continued. Schooner Annie Sophia. Schooner Advocate. Steamer Anna. Steamer Armstrong. 52 bales cotton. Schooner Grace E. Baker. Schooner J. W. Wilder. Sloop Osceola. Schooner Olive. SAGAMORE: Schooner Avenger. Schooner Clara Louisa. Schooner Charm. Sloop Ellen. Boat Enterprise. Schooner Frolic. Sloop G. L. Brockenborough. Sloop Julia. Schooner Meteor. Schooner New Year. Sloop Octavia. Schooner Ann. Schooner By-George. Schooner Paul. Schooner Rose. Schooner Southern Rights. Schooner Shot. 11 barrels turpentine. SACHEM: Schooner Water Witch. SACRAMENTO: Schooner Wanderer. SEBAGO: Steamer Tennessee. ST. LAWRENCE: Schooner Fannie Lee. Sloop Good Luck. Schooner Mabel. ST. LOUIS : Steamer Jeff. Davis. Bark Meaco. Money ($627.25.) SAM HOUSTON : Schooner Soledad Cos. SAMPSON: Steamer Fairplay. SAMUEL ROTAN: Steamer Calhoun. Schooner Calhoun. Schooner General Taylor. Schooner Martha Ann. SANGAMON: Steamer Celt (cargo). Steamer Beatrice (cargo). SANGAMON-Continued. Steamer Deer. SAN JACINTO : Steamer Alabama. One boat and sundries. Schooner Maria Alberta. Sloop Magnolia. Sloop Mary Ellen. Sloop (no name). Schooner Roebuck. Schooner William. SANTIAGO DE CUBA: Steamer A. D. Vance. Steamer Britannia. Steamer Columbia. 45 bales cotton. Steamer Ella Warley. Schooner Lavinia. 43 bales cotton. Schooner Lucy C. Holmes. Steamer Lizzie. Steamer Lucy. Schooner Maria. Steamer Mail. Steamer Victory. Schooner W. C. Bee. Statement of prizes adjudicated to May 1, 1868, etc.-Continued. Steamer Ceres. VIRGINIA: Schooner Alma. Schooner Belle. Schooner Camille. Schooner Experiment. Schooner Henry Colthirst. Schooner Mary Douglas. Schooner Sylphide. WABASH: Brig H. C. Brooks. Steamer Dolphin. Steamer Florida. Sloop C. Ronterean. Steamer Celt (cargo). Steamer Beatrice (cargo). Steamer Deer. WANDERER: Schooner Annie B. Statement of prizes adjudicated to May 1, 1868, etc.-Continued. WANDERER-Continued. Sloop Last Trial. Sloop Ranger. Schooner Stonewall. WATER WITCH: Schooner Captain Spedden. WEEHAWKEN: Steamer Atlanta. WESTERN WORLD: Lot of goods and money. W. G. ANDERSON: Schooner Beauregard. Schooner Mack Canfield. Schooner Reindeer (cargo). Schooner Royal Yacht. W. H. BROWN: 24 bales cotton. (2,129 bales cotton, 28 barrels molasses and 18 bales wool. 5 bales cotton. 16 bales cotton. 2,129 bales cotton, etc.; 300 claimed. 650 bales cotton, etc.; 72 claimed. 650 bales cotton, etc.; 344 claimed. 650 bales cotton, etc.; 30 claimed. 650 bales cotton, etc.; 20 claimed. 650 bales cotton, etc.; 953 claimed. 650 bales cotton, etc.; 309 claimed. 650 bales cotton, etc.; 23 claimed. 650 bales cotton, etc.; 11o claimed. 650 bales cotton, etc.; 88 claimed. 2,129 bales cotton, etc.; 86 claimed. 2,129 bales cotton, etc.; 109 claimed. WHITEHEAD: Schooner Comet, Schooner J. J. Crittenden, Sloop America. WHITEHEAD-Continued. Steamer Ellis. Schooner. John and Nathaniel Tay lor. Schooner Lynnhaven. Schooner (name unknown). Fanny, Sea Bird, Black Warrior, and Forrest. WILDERNESS: Steamer Annie. Steamer Gaines. Steamer Selma. Steamer Tennessee. Schooner Pocahontas (part of car go). WISSAHICKON: Rebel steamer Nashville. Schooner Rising Sun. Schooner T. C. Worrell. Sloop Clara Ann. One canoe and one flatboat. 25 canoes and cargoes. ZOUAVE: Schooner J. C. McCabe. NOTES OF DECISIONS BY THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. 1. The beginning and termination of the war for the suppression of the rebellion, in reference to acts of limitation, is to be determined by some public act of the political department. 2. The war did not begin or close at the same time in all the States. 3. Its commencement in certain States will be referred to the first proclamation of blockade embracing them, and made on the 19th of April, 1861, and as to other States to the second proclamation of blockade embracing them, and made on the 27th of April, 1861. 4. Its termination as to certain States will be referred to the proclamation of the 2d of April, 1866, declaring the war had closed in those States, and as to Texas to the proclamation of the 20th of August, 1866, declaring it had closed in that State also. (The Protector, 12 Wall., p. 700.) In December, 1869, the Supreme Court decided in Anderson v. The United States (9 Wall., p. 56), that the rebellion was suppressed on the 20th of August, 1866, the date of the President's proclamation declaring the final and complete suppression of the rebellion. WAR WITH THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN. CHAP. 189.-An act declaring that war exists between the United States Apr. 25, 1898. of America and the Kingdom of Spain. that war exists Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, First. That war be, and the same is hereby, declared Declaration to exist, and that war has existed since the twenty-first between the day of April, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety- and Spain. eight, including said day, between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain. United States val forces to be Second. That the President of the United States be, Land and naand he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire used. land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States, to such extent as may be necessary to carry this act into effect. Approved, April 25, 1898. 35559-08-18 |