Mr. Justice FIELD, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court, as follows:
Two questions are presented in this case for our determination.
First: Whether the steamer was at the time designated in the libel engaged in transporting merchandise and passengers on a navigable water of the United States within the meaning of the acts of Congress; and,
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