William Strong

“ The agreed statement of facts exhibits that in 1868, after he had obtained a pardon, on his application the District Court ordered that all the money that had been collected under the confiscation decree by the officers of the court should be paid to him, after deducting therefrom some unpaid legal costs. ”

“ The ownership of the written instrument is a distinct thing from ownership of the right or credit of which the instrument is the evidence. The word 'credit' does not describe ownership of a mortgage, nor do the words 'rights therein.' The warrant was therefore directed against the debt, as well as against the written evidence of it. The marshal returned that he had attached the bond, mortgage, and credit, and the decree condemned expressly the bond, mortgage, and credit. That the debt was attachable in confiscation proceedings was held by this court in Miller v. ”