_Mr. Brady_, for the defence, put in evidence the following documents:
1. Preliminary Chart of Part of the sea-coast of Virginia, and Entrance
to Chesapeake Bay.--Coast Survey Work, dated 1855.
2. The Constitution of Virginia, adopted June 29, 1776. It refers only
to the western and northern boundaries of Virginia--Art. 21--but
recognizes the Charter of 1609. That charter (Hemmings' Statutes, 1st
vol., p. 88) gives to Virginia jurisdiction over all havens and ports,
and all islands lying within 100 miles of the shores.
3. The Act to Ratify the Compact between Maryland and Virginia, passed
January 3, 1786--to be found in the Revised Code of Virginia, page 53.
It makes Chesapeake Bay, from the capes, entirely in Virginia.
_Mr. Sullivan_ also put in evidence, from _Putnam's Rebellion Record_,
the following documents:
1. Proclamation of the President of the United States, of 15th April,
1861. (_See Appendix._)
2. Proclamation of the President, of 19th April, 1861, declaring a
blockade. (_See Appendix._)
3. Proclamation of 27th April, 1861, extending the blockade to the
coasts of Virginia and North Carolina.
4. Proclamation of May 3d, for an additional military force of 42,034
men, and the increase of the regular army and navy.