Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty,

BY BANKS & BROTHERS,

In the clerk's office of the district court of the southern district of New-York.

Rec Nov 13,1860

REPORTER'S NOTE.

ALL the cases on appeal, reported in this volume, were heard and decided at General Term, held by all the judges composing the court.

The Special Term and Chambers cases were decided by the judge delivering the opinion, without consulting his colleagues upon the questions presented, except in two instances, which appear from the report.