brought within the jurisdiction of the Republic, and all questions incidental thereto, belong exclusively to the tribunals of the Republic, and to no other tribunals, and the vessels of war of the Republic, and the officers commanding them, cannot of right be sued or arrested in the ports of the United States for captures made on the high seas, and brought for legal adjudication into the ports of the Republic; and the District Courts of the United States ought not to entertain jurisdiction, or hold pleas of such captures. That by the laws of nations, the vessels of war of belligerent powers may take, as prizes of war, the ships and goods of their enemies, and bring them into the ports of the Sovereign under whom they act, and the commanders of such vessels of war are not amenable before the tribunals of neutral powers for their conduct therein, but only to their own sovereign under whom they act. Yet one James Yard, a citizen of the State of Pennsylvania, as owner of the schooner William Lindsay, and her cargo, has filed his libel in the District Court of the United States for the District of Pennsylvania, proceeding as a Court of Admiralty and Maritime jurisdiction, against the said vessel of war the Cassius, and against the said Samuel B. Davis, her commander, and has caused them to be arrested by the process of said Court to answer for damages for capturing the said schooner on the high seas, and carrying her into the Port de Paix, a part of the French Republic Wherefore the said Samuel B. Davis, respectfully requests that a writ of Prohibition may be issued out of this Honorable Court to the Judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of Pennsylvania, prohibiting him from holding the plea aforesaid concerning the premises aforesaid, anywise further before him. A. B., Proctor and Advocate. SAMUEL B. DAVIS. No. 242.-A WRIT OF PROHIBITION, FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES TO A DISTRICT COURT PROCEEDING AS A COURT OF ADMIRALTY. The President of the United States of America, to the Honorable Richard Peters, Judge of the United States for the District of Pennsylvania: Greeting: Whereas, James Yard, a citizen of the state of Pennsylvania, has filed his libel in the District Court of the United States for the District Court of Pennsylvania, proceeding as a Court of Admiralty and Maritime jurisdiction, against the vessel of war the Cassius, belonging to the French Republic, and against Samuel B. Davis, her commander, a lieutenant of the French Republic, and has caused them to be arrested by process issuing out of said Court on the said libel, to answer for damages for capturing, on the high seas, the schooner William Lindsay, and her cargo, and carrying them into a port of the said Republic, as prize of war, of which cause the said Dis trict Court, proceeding as a Court of Admiralty and Maritime jurisdiction, has not jurisdiction: Now, therefore, we do prohibit you, that you do not hold the plea aforesaid, concerning the premises aforesaid, anywise further before you. Witness the Honorable John Jay, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, the 10th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, and of the independence of the United States of America the eleventh. A. B, Proctor and Advocate. JOHN TUCKER, Clerk. JUDICIARY OF THE UNITED STATES. The names and residence of the Judges and Clerks, and the times and places of holding the Courts. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. Chief Justice. Hon. ROGER B. TANEY, of Baltimore, Md. Associate Justices. Hon. JOHN MCLEAN, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Reporter. BENJAMIN C. HOWARD, of Baltimore, Md. Clerk. WILLIAM T. CARROL, of Washington, D. C. The only session of the court is held at the Capitol in Washington, on the first Monday of December, every year. CIRCUIT COURTS. With the times and places of holding their sessions. First Circuit.-(Mr. Justice WOODBURY.) Maine.-Portland, 23d April and September. New Hampshire.-Portsmouth, 8th May; Exeter, Sth October. Rhode Island.-Newport, 15th June; Providence, 15th November. Note. The terms of the Courts are often changed by Act of Congress. Second Circuit.—(Mr. Justice NELSON.) Vermont.-Windsor, 21st May; Rutland, 3d October. Connecticut.-New Haven, 4th Tuesday in April; Hartford, 3d Tues- New York.-S. District, last Monday in February, first Monday in Third Circuit.-(Mr. Justice GRIER.) New Jersey.-Trenton, 4th Tuesday in March and September. Fourth Circuit.-(Mr. Chief Justice TANEY.) Delaware.-Newcastle, Tuesday following 4th Monday in May; Dover, Maryland Baltimore, 1st Monday in April and November. Alabama.—Mobile, 2d Monday in April and 4th Monday in Decem ber. Louisiana.-New Orleans, 4th Monday in April and 3d Monday in December. Sixth Circuit.-(Mr. Justice WAYNE.) N. Carolina.-Raleigh, 1st Monday in June and last Monday in No vember. S. Carolina.-Charleston, Wednesday preceding the 4th Monday in Georgia.-N. District, Marietta, 2d Monday in March and September. Seventh Circuit.-(Mr. Justice MCLEAN.) Ohio.-Columbus, 3d Monday in July and 2d Monday in November. Indiana.-Indianapolis, 3d Monday in May and 1st Monday in December. Illinois. Springfield, 1st Monday in June and last Monday in November; Chicago, 1st Monday in July. Michigan.-Detroit, 3d Monday in June and 2d Monday in October. Eighth Circuit.-(Mr. Justice CATRON.) Kentucky.-Frankfort, 3d Monday in May and October. Tennessee.-Nashville, 1st Monday in March and September; Knoxville, 3d Monday in April and October; Jackson, 2d Monday in October and April. Missouri. St. Louis, 1st Monday in April. Ninth Circuit-(Mr. Justice DANIEL.) Mississippi, Jackson, 1st Monday in May and November. Dist. of Columbia, Hon. Wm. Cranch, Washington, 4th Monday in DISTRICT COURTS. Alabama. —Judge, Hon. John Gayle, Mobile; Clerks, A. A. Gooch, Tuscaloosa; John Pitts, Mobile. Montgomery.-4th Monday in May, and 1st Monday after the 4th Mobile.-1st Monday in May, and 2d Monday in December. Arkansas.-Judge, Hon. Benjamin Johnson, Little Rock; Clerk, William Field, Little Rock. Little Rock.-1st Monday in April and November. Connecticut.--Judge, Hon. Andrew T. Judson, Canterbury; Clerk, John J. Cleaveland, New Haven. New Haven.-4th Tuesday in August and February. Delaware.-Judge, Hon. Willard Hall, Wilmington; Clerk, W. A. Mendenhall, Wilmington. Newcastle.-3d Tuesday in June and 2d Tuesday in December. District of Columbia.-Judge, Hon. William Cranch, Washington. Florida.-Judge, Hon. Isaac H. Bronson, St. Augustine; William H. Marvin, Key West; Clerks, R. B. Hilton, Tallahassee ; C. N. Jordan, Pensacola; Joseph S. May, Apalachicola; R. B. Smith, Tallahassee. Tallahassee.—1st Monday in January. Apalachicola, 1st Monday in February. Pensacola, 1st Monday in March. St. Augustine, 1st Monday in April. Key West, 1st Monday in May and November. Georgia.-Judge, Hon. John C. Nicoll, Savannah; Clerks, George Glenn, Savannah. W. H. Hunt, Marietta. Marietta.-2d Monday in March and September. Savannah.-2d Tuesday in February, May, August and November. Indiana.-Judge, Hon. E. M. Huntington, Cannelton; Clerk, Horace Basset, Indianapolis. Indianapolis.-3d Monday in May and 1st Monday in December. Iowa.-Judge, Hon. John S. Dyer, Dubuque; Clerk, T. S. Parvin, Mus catine. Dubuque.-1st Monday in January. Iowa City, 1st Monday in October. Burlington, 1st Monday in June. Kentucky.-Judge, Hon. Thomas B. Monroe, Frankfort; Clerk, John H. Hanna, Frankfort. |