THE case is stated in the opinion.
MR. JUSTICE SWAYNE delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland.
The United States filed in the District Court a libel of information against certain goods seized, as was alleged, in transit to a part of the State of Virginia, then in insurrection. The libel was founded upon the fifth section of the act of Congress of July 13, 1861...
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