“The questions to be decided in this case arise out of a bill of exceptions, taken by the plaintiffs, to the charge and instructions of the Circuit Court to the jury upon the trial of the cause. The suit was founded on the official bond of Robert Swartwout, as navy agent, and with whom the defendant had become bound as one of his sureties.

“This was an action of assumpsit brought in the Circuit Court of Massachusetts, against the defendant, as the maker of two promissory notes, both dated at New York, on the 22nd of March, 1811, for the sum of 771 dollars and 86 cents each, and payable to the plaintiff one on the 1st of August, and the other on the 15th of August, 1811. The defendant pleaed his discharge under ‘An act for the benefit of insolvent debtors and their creditors,’ passed by the legislature of New York, the 3d day of April, 1811.

The decisions of the board of Commissioners under the acts of Congress providing for the indemnification of claimants to public lands in the Mississippi Territory, (commonly called the Yazoo lands,) are conclusive between the parties in all cases within the jurisdiction of the Commissioners.

"Indictment for Treason by levying war against the United States, at Bethlehem, in the County of Northampton. The Prisoner, after a trial that lasted fifteen days, was convicted: whereupon Lewis and Dallas, his Counsel, moved for a new trial on two general grounds. 1st. That there mad been a mis-trial. 2d. That there had not been an unbiased and impartial trial."

“Error to the District Court of Louisiana. This was a suit brought by petition, according to the course proceedings in Lousiana, by Webb, the defendant in error, against Nicholls, the plaintiff in error, upon a promissory note, dated the 15th of January, 1819, made by one Fletcher, for the sum of 4880 dollars, payable to the order of Nicholls, at the Nashville Bank, and endorsed by Nicholls, by his agent, to Webb. The answer of the defendant below denied such a demand, and notice of non-payment, as were necessary to render him liable as endorser.

“Error to the district court of the United States for the district of Orleans, in a suit of equity, in which Sere & Laralde were complainants, against Pitot and others, defendants.

“Error to the circuit court for the district of Georgia, in a suit of equity. The bill states that the complainants’ testator and the defendant’s testator, together with three others, viz. Boisfeillet, Du Bignon, and Grand Closmesle, became joint purchasers of the islands of Sapelo, Blackbeard, Jekyll, and half of St. Catharine, on the coast of Georgia; that Dumoussay was the acting partner, and kept all the accounts, &c.

“Error to the Circuit Court of Pennsylvania. This was an action for the infringement of the same patent as in the preceding case of Evans v. Eaton, and was argued by the same counsel. The points involved will be found to be fully discussed in the argument of that case, to which the learned reader is referred. The following is the charge delivered to the jury in the Court below, which it is thought necessary here to insert . . . (1.) Such as respect the value of the plaintiff’s Hopperboy. (2.) The time of its discovery. (3.) The kind of machine used by the defendant.

“Error to the Circuit Court of Pennsylvania. This is the same case which was formerly before this Court, and is reported ante, vol. 3 p. 454; and by a reference to that report, the form of the patent, the nature of the action, and the subsequent proceedings, will fully appear. The cause was now again brought before the Court upon a writ of error to the judgement of the Circuit Court, rendered upon the new trial, had in pursuance of the mandate of this Court. Upon the new trial, several exceptions were taken by the counsel for the plaintiff, Evans.

“This was a writ of error to the seventh Circuit Court of the United States, for the district of Kentucky, sued out by the plaintiff below; and the case was presented for the consideration of this Court, upon a bill of exceptions, taken by the plaintiff in error. An action of assumpsit was insisted against Charles Wilkins, Jonathan Taylor, James Morrison, Anthony Butler, and Isaac White, in 1823.