Samuel Blatchford

“ Rep. 286, where a marshal having an attachment against the property of one person levied it on the property of a stranger, it was held by this court that the sureties on the official bond of the marshal were liable to the stranger, because the marshal had acted colore officii, although he had acted without sufficient warrant. ”

“ My letter of November 17th, to which you refer, was not intended to authorize you to take possession of any cotton which might be found in the hands of a duly-authorized agent of the department, but was intended rather that you should co-operate with such agents, and to empower you to take into your possession any cotton belonging to government not in the custody of any other officer of the department, and which might not otherwise be secured by them. Inasmuch as it appears by the records in this department that the cotton at Thomasville was turned over to Mr. ”

“ Cabell states that he had been appointed by Mr. Alexander, in July, 1865, to 'collect and receive all the cotton, tobacco, and other property belonging to the United States,' and speaks of the 268 bales as 'government cotton,' and speaks of Mr. Alexander as agent of the treasury department, 'under the regulations of said department for the collection of captured and abandoned property in the disloyal states.' In his letter of May 25, 1867, to Mr. ”

“ Cabell's letter to the defendant of February 17, 1866, says that the 272 bales he had shipped from Jacksonville to New York on January 25, 1866, were 'owned by the Exporting & Importing Company of Georgia, (president, G. B. Lamar,) a company engaged in the sole business of blockade running, and holding said property for the purpose of aiding and abetting the rebellion.' In his petition of February 27, 1866, to the defendant, Mr. ”