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r. . ! . CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS....APRIL 25, 1866. ** v\, The Daily ?STews? WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1806. CABE OF B^fcYAOBj.* ,. ; rm -orirr?D btatk* orr* ?mibicv-^south ??abolina t-ii l)lHTna(JT? V ?.f. Jn the matter of 'Ttieht^'Thousand Dollars con ceded as Salvage of the brig C. W. Ring and her Cargo. --.i ??J .i "-.- ,?,, ,. i The question to be djotermln-ad in this' caso i? tho diatribnt?b? of this sum botween tho ' owner of tho salving ship, the Alhambra, and the salvors proper, the Oaptairi and officers, and orew. of the Tho decision of this question is referred to tn? undorslgnod by- an order of Brevet Major-General jjovens (the basis of those proceedings), of March S 1866, which, orders that tho snm.of twenty tnousand dollar's, ?r?t proceeds of the Bale of ??er tain portion of the cargo of tho brig .0. W. iljng, bo dopositod in the First National iBank of. thia city, or with suohothor depository as the parties interested may ooloct.aa the palvagp of the e??d' bark C. W. Riband cargo, subject to the orders of the QonoralOommanding the District, Or his superior, and "to be paid into Registry of the District Court of South Carolina, as a Court of Admiralty, when such Court shall be organized. To be by it distributed to tho claimants;on if tub FAATI.ES 1NTBRK8TED SHALL AGREE UPON AN AR.JJI tbator to settle oonflioting claims boforo such Courtis established, such I fund,' thon, upon tho1 order of thoMajor-deriorftlOortrnanding aesforo said, to bo paid over to said arbitrator, or upon., bis award." As such referoe, authorized by thie order, and agreed upon by said parties in a paper (also of tho procoodingsMn this oase of doto 21st of March, A.D. 1866) signed by .John ?q. .?h?w for Oliver P. Hazard and,otber,? of the crow'.' and by Wtti. Al ston Pringlo for the owners of the ?lhambra, I proceed to the consideration of the question in volved. - '- ?j .... : The factsrwhioh giyooharaoter to this caso are few and undisputed. 0Tho salved bark, O. W. Ring, from Galveaton, Texas, with eix hundred and twenty-bales. Of cotton, James McLean, Master, in-.tho jcuonth of October laat was over taken by violent' gole?, in which, to'aav? her, her masts had urbe Cut down, and,Doming to anchor, ehe loat both of her Anohora, and was thus reduc ed to a very helpless condition. In this condition a jury mast was ereoted to which a forotop staysail was bent. ' It was concluded to moke the nearest ?ort that c'OT^ld.bn'redchod.'and oh ?tho morning of uesday, the 81a't of October, ten A. M., pokoXn**' steamer Ajhambra, from New York, bound'to Charleston, while in her course, which took the brig in tow; and brought her to the port of Charlea ton, where they arrived-the some day at five P. M., and tho brig was made fa?t to the wharf. The brig was twenty-two miles from the Bar when mot by the Awatnb?aV The lasts whiob occurred when the Alhambra took the Ring In tow were these: Tho Ring sig nalled the Alhambra, and the Alhambra ran down to her. Tho Captain of the Ring asked .the Cap tain of the Alhambra where Bhe was bound for. Answered, for Charleston. The Captain of the Ring then asked fol* a tow to Charleston. Captain Benson, of the Alhambra, then consulted Captain Edward L. Davenport, the Pilot,. then in com mand of the Alhnmbra, whether it would be ad visable to do so; if he could get - the. Alhambra in time to the bar. To which he answered he could. A hawser was then passed from the Alhambra to the Ring, and a hawaor alao from the Ring to the Alhambra; '* The. hawsers > were passed by a line from one.TSseel to the other. ..No boat was lowbr ed, and none of the are-*? of the' AJhftmbra went aboard tho brig. 'The Alhambra washot delayed at all. T^S weather was fine; a little* swell in the morning', but calm and -growing -calmer in the evening.- ':.-..... i , It was- proved by very reliable witnesses that the Alhambra, tho salving ship (as teamCr). was worth from one hundred ftnd forty to a hundred and fifty thousand dollars: and her -carga from two hundred and 'fifty to throe hundred and fifty thousand dollars. And by the testimony of high ly accomplished engineers, one of them of th? greatest authority, that her engine, 340 horse Sower, was worth from twenty to thirty thousand ollars (120,000 tof 30,000). It was alsolnevidenoe that steamers eoBt- three times as much to run them. I: ' i*i i ?... It will h%ve been Been, also, from the condition of the Ring that, though not in actual peril, she Was in an exposed position, and from her helpless ness in cas o ofa ga|e from the East, been subject ed to all the dangers of a'lee shore. The foregoing brief olo'-omon. of faota prOBOntfl all the elements which enter into the solution of the question,as to the respective m?rite and claims of the owners, and the orew of the salving ship, the steamer Alhambra. It is elementary, rudimental legal' truth that the crew are, in strictness, the only salvors, and that "the mar?timo law empowers a master to employ, in a salvage service, a vesBel under his oommand, and to put at hazabd tue interests op men otokh: and it in ron this beason only that, upon considerations of general policy, the owner is indemnified for the risk to which his property ia exposed, by being, as it webe, novated as cosal vor. The owner's claim to participate in the sal vage reward rests always upon tub bisk and damaob to .which his mop EBTY is or may be ox posed, and no other ' ground." i (1st Beti's Coses in Admiralty, quoting; Mason vs, the Ship Blareau ?2 Granen, 240,2*12; The Ship Mary Pord?SDale.. 188; Bond va. The Rrig Cora?2 Wash. O. O. R., 800 " , To the same effect writes Oonkling in his work on Admiralty Jurisdiction, title Salvage (the mqst recent Amerioan authority): "When, as is gene rally the case* salvage is effected by one or more vessels, tub ownebs, though they cannot ntopEn LY nu denominated SAXWoBB, are entitled to a share of the salvage on account of the expo sure OF'THKra PROPERTY TO DANGER AND LOSS. Stoppage oh the ocean to save the property of another is a deviation from the voyage, which dis charges the Underwriters (the Henry Ewbank. 1 Bumner-s R?, 800; th? same. 336, -125; Bond vs. the Cora, 2 Wash. R.( 80), and for this risk incurred the Owner is entitled to be indemnified.". "But the law (says Judge Story) doea not atop short with a mere allowance to the owner of an adequate in demnity for the risk taken, It has a more en larged policy and a higher aim. It looks to the common safety and interest of the whole commer cial world in oases of this nature; and it bestows upon tho owrTBR a liberal bounty and reward to sumulttte him to a just zeal in the common cause, and'not to clog his voyages with narrow instruc tions which should interdict bis master from any salvage service." "The law has a nioe regard to coifsiaorati' ?ne of this nature, and it offers, not a premium of Indemnity only, but an ample reward, measured by an enlightened liberality and fore cast." (The Henry Ewbank, 1 Sumner'e Rep., -400,425.1 This view of the enbiect is in accord ance with that taken by Chief-Justice Marshall, * in delivering the opinion of the Supreme Court in a ease, where ho observes that the same policy which awards a liberal remuneration to captains arid crews, onght to extend to all owners the same reward, for a aervioe which deservea to be en couraged, and it is surely no reward to a man, made his own insurer without his consent, to re turn him little mort than the premium he ad vanced. (The Blareau, 2 Oranch R., 2i0i l Ous tis Deals., S. O, 479. Mr. Justice Story also sug gests that tho extension to OWNERS of the asme 1'?INOIPLIS OF REMUNERATION that SrO APPLIED TO officers and beamen is further recommondod by the Strong inducement it furnishes to the latter "not to desert their own proper duty to their owner and bis interests for selfish purposes, by -making them share only in' subordination to and ' in oonneotion with those interests." In the oase of the Blarean the Supreme Court adjudged to the owners of tho salvor ship one tEX?D of the amount of tho salvage aMowod. --In the case above cited, decided by Mr. Justice Washington, after grave consideration, he award ed, to the owner the bahb fropobtion; and it was adoptod by Mr. Justice Story in tho oase before him. not only ae suitable to the oibo?m8tanoxs of tho parttouiiAr cabe, but as, in his opinion, con stituting the TRUE GENERAL BOLE OF BEMUTTEBA tion; not as a role absolutely inflexible, and not to yiold to any extbaoedihaby merits for perils or losses on tho part of ownek-a, or oases may exist in which one-half might with propriety be allowed to the owner, as had sometimes been ?done. ...... ,,. ' ; - . '. ' . a . From these authorities, carrying with them the ' weight to be attached to the opinions of the most eminent Judges of the Supreme Court which the ' country has produced* it will have been seen that the auamari. as has boon remarked, is in striot neBS the only salvor, and that the owner is only associated with him and the privileges of a salvor ooNCEDKD and extended to him from considera tions of equity and policy. And that as between the salving ship or owner and the orew, unless in very extraordinary cases, the rule has been, and ia, to give one-third of the salvage to the ownor and two-thirdu to the orew. The mariner has the 8reference, and naturally and reasonably. He is Its indispensable human agent by whom, in cases of actual danger, the salvage is. with displays of courago, hardship, suffering, enterprUo and ekil M Ho ful effort, effected, and in cases where those dis plays aro not called for, as in the caso at present under consideration, he is tho indispensable aotor by whom tho salving ship is governed and the work accomplished. Not only so; the law favors him booauBo of bis very calling itself, whioh is one ot habitual por 11, exposure, and h aide hi p. He Ib the rational, responsible guardian of all tho immonso property committed to the ohancca of tho ocean. His prosonco siihply on-tjjo ocoan, in all times of need, iu at the f oSt of a life of un equalled dangers' and hardships, and, at best, but poorly requited toil. 'Like a soldier in au enemy's country, danger is his constant companion; ho ?ab not sleep,'but with'bis woapou in his hand, to bo ready at sny'm'Omeot- for a mortal assault. Noi.m.orcly. thep, for the efforts he may put forth on any particular occasion, but that he iu the only one ?irthofhmilypf man, at .unceasing and painful ?osfc, over present to. extend aid in time of danger to person an/d'property, doe? tWlaw".consider him with peculiar fix vor, and' rep'.y-him with grateful knd generous rewards. '< : i :.. , . : If this, then, - wore tv caao in which the salvage was performed by a sailing v?aeol. undor the pre also,, clrcumstano?s, the law would dot warrant more, than, the award of quo-third of the salvage: to tho owner. J Vjj,"',.' ' Httt the introduction of steam and the employ ment of large steamers/ under tho praotice in England, whilst it h?e bot modified the principles, has varied the proportions of the salTage, distrib utable between the owner and tho ma^tor and crew. From the greater oostllnese and effioienoy of .these instruments of salvage, the law looks upon them with favor, and 'recognizes in tho owner a benefactor who deserves to oe s po ci ally rewarded for an outlay of capital so largely pfbmotive of the interests of commerce and humanity. This practice of the Court .of Admiralty in England has found sanction and recognition, in ono caso in .our oountrj, and that occurred in our own watora?tho. oase of the ship William Fen n, to be fou nd reported iu Araerioan Law Rogiater, ..voL l..p??a 584 to 600. This caso finds its chief importance as being the first and only oaso in which the Supreme Court has recognized the praotice of- tbe Courts of England as. having any obligation in tbe United States. But oinco thai oase this practice has the force.of authoritative precedent, and addresses itself to us with the oombined authority of law and polioy and enlightened equity.. When duly considered, this practice is only in substance, a considerate appli cation of tbe principles of the general law of sal vage as attempted .to. IjO developed i a .what has heretofore been said. : The owner, iu thcao migh ty maohines so costly, has, whilst ho has put h? muoh more ab stake, furnished to the ocean instru ments proportionately more effective in. giving epeedy, certain and prompt aid and resoue to im periled life and property.- Hie reward should be proportionate to tho greater risk, and find, also, some increase in the greater service. The promi nent cases In 'Which this praotice is illustrated, and these principles enforced, are the Kalken, 1 Hagg, Ad. Rep. Earl Grey 8, Hagg and the Boulah 8, Hagg 1, W.'- Bobinsonj pp. 477-'8. The flrot of these oases only. furnishes the authority fur the greater coto>F.NBVTioN of steamers than Hailing vessels. . It does .not deal with the comparai ivo roir.unwation . of the ship and the crew. Tho soverul portion of each is not stated in the judg ment of the Court. Lord hto well remarks: "This is a oaso,of salvage service performed by the Monarch steam packet; and ft is the first aase in which a compensation has been claimed, in- lid*. Court, for the services of a vessel of this peculiar character. X am,' therefore,?inclined to give as muoh onconragom out a? possible to similar exer tions on account of tho ohBAT b ki ix. and great row sb of vessels'of this desoription. There is no analogy in the two cases; it stops with the instru ment. The steamer whs sent for to Dover, and was empty. Th?f ship saved was an.East India mat, of much value; cargo worth about sixty thou sand dollars. 'She was in the Downs?in a situa tion of actual apprehension, though not of actual danger ; she had solicited the attention "of a Deal boat?a class -of boats, ao is ?well known, very ac tivo and eminently .useful in conducting vessels into Ramsgate bar o or. She had removed the ves sel from tho sand upon which ah o had struck, but still there was appr?hension of danger, and provis- ' ion was therefore required foe the future safety of the vessel. It was recommended that a Bteam vessel from Dover should, b? sept for; it, therefore, eannot be denied that, tho agency of ?steamboat was highly useful and desirable : the host has also merit from the alacb?t? with which she quits th? harbor; ahe goes out, it would seem, at some risk; it bping an hour after high water; and upon roach- . ing the vessel lies by lier all' that night?a night in the month of December?watching and attend ing her,' apd ready to perform., any service that may be required tho next day, when ahe trans pon? ?or into R&mes'ate harbor. The vessel was of greftt woalth; she resorted to the assistance of a otoam'boat, after having resorted to one of lower species; so that on the whole, I think, I should have given more than the Commissioners. ' One hundred and fifteen pound? does not seem to me an adequate, reward, and I shall propose a mode-.. rate addition by making the retribution two hun dred pounds and the expenses of this appeal." It will oe observed ' that this oase throws no light whatever on the relative value, and remuneration of the ship and the crew. It is not certain that au v was made. It is only sufficient to show the esti mate io whioh euch services were held and re warded, and that a steamer should be more hand somely compensated. The oase, of the Beulah, when carefully read and its true meaning elicited^ does not seem to furnish any help in the solution of the question proposed for our solution. The statement of the case in tho book is very brief, and cannot well bo abbreviated with advantage. It is thus ?stated : * In this case the Court was moved to decree an apportionment of a salvage award amongst tho owners,, manier, and crew of.the steamer Copeland, for services rendered to tho vessel?tho Beulah." It appeared that the sum of ?500 had been awarded by tue Coobt for the beb vice im question, and this sum had been appob TIONED BY TUE BUIP'S OWNEB8 COMPANY, to which the8TEAH too' belonged, .according to scale ok DisTBiBOTiON laid down and adopted b? the cou pant IN BOOB case?. Bt this HCAi.E the Company (sb the owners of the Copeland) took to them selves ?415; the master received ?-1113a.Cd. ; tho en gineer ?2 per cent, poundage, besides bis distribu tion share; and tbe stokers and common eoameu ?4 15a. 3d. per man. An act on petition was given in on behalf of PoOB Of the seamen, praying the Court to make a moro suitable allotment. The Court dooreed the following apportionment: to the owners ?415 0& 5d.: to the master ?28 6a. Bd.; to the first mute ?10 2s. 4d.; to the engineer ?19 2s. 4d.( to tbe second mate ?8 Is. 10d. ; to three seamen ?8 la. lOd.jtoouo apprentice boy ?A 0a. lid. ., The amount awardod to the owners of the tug in this case, it appears, was nearly four-fifths. But it cannot escape observation that the captain and crew were rewarded for their service, by a ho alo of distribution laid down and adopted by the Company in suoh cases. So far as appears from the report of the oase, it would seem that tho cap tain and crew received as a body and were paid what they agreed to receive when thoy took ser vico in the "Ship-owners' Company.'* No point seems to have been made as against the. share of the owners. Their sharo remains undisturbed by tho Court. The only change in the distribution was among the employees of the Company. All that can be safely deduced from the case as re ported is, that na between the owners and the captain and crow, the scale of distribution of the salvage, upon whioh they did business, and with reference to whioh they engaged the services of their employees, was maintained by the Court. It was a special contract, and governed by its own terms. No general rule can be deduced from it, and, as previously remarked, it furnishes no pre cedent or help in the solution of tho question be fore us. Wo now oame to the ease?that of tho Earl Orey. which is largely analogous to the one before us, and whioh, while it maintains the distinction taken in favor of' "largo Steamers,*' furnishes a valuable Creoedont as to the proportions of the salvage to e awarded to the owners, and the master and crew. .The. statement of tho case is as fol lows: "Towing hy steamer?apportionment of salvage. This vessel, of 470 tons, on a voyago from Liverpool to Afrioa, having been run foul of in Ht. George's Channel and her bowsprit and fore mast carried away, was met, in this disabled state, with a signal of distress flying, on the 10th of August, by the Solway steamer (two engines, eaoh of forty-five horse power), bound to Liverpool, and by her towed into that port. The towing oc cupied twenty-nine hours, and the value of tho steamer was twelve thousand pounds, and that of the Earl Orey and her oargo about four thousand pounds. The facts were agreed upon. Sir J. Nicholl, observing upon the hopeless state of tho vessel when the steamer oame to her Assistance, and the necessity of giving an ample bewabd to Lasos bte&mxbs, deoreed ?000; and on a subse quent day, upon the application of the owners and mariners of the steamer, the learned Judge ap portioned that sum. giving ?460 to the owners? being half of the whole?on account of the value of their property, whioh had been put in some BISK." One half of the saivago was given, under the oircumstanoes and with reference to the value of the two vessels, to the owners?a larger amount than appears to have been given io any ease whioh possessed tha elements and character of salvage which has been brought to our attention, or is known to us. . Before making any remarks upon it, I will briefly allude to the case of the Penn, which has been heretofore noticed, and which baa boen adduced aa an illustration of tho largo reward given to the owners of steamboats or Btoamships, in compari son with sailing vossols. Tho Judgmont in that case, oil would admit, is an eminently sound one. Nearly flvo-aeventbs of the aalvago was given to the owners of Bteamor Jasper. Bnt the circum stances Woro in sharp contrast rathor than in * an alogy to tho caso wo aro considering. The salving steamor was placed'in the utmost peril. Her very existence was broadly stakod in her. adven turo to Sate the 1'onn. Captain Haydon (ono of the wit ,nesses in tho case) says he ran the Jasper for the ship until she was in sevdn feet wator, her draft boing five and-a-half. .It was a stormy looking night, heavy sea and dork overhead. He had been a' mariner for thirty-three year's. ' He considered the Jasper id great risk, more so than howiil ever run again to save property. He -is, acquainted with tho shoals, , The Jasper's stern was in the breakers. The sea broke and washed through her after gangways, stove in'one of the -dead lights, and though tho pumpa were going all the time to keep the water under, Bhe had a foot and a-half water in her when ahe reached town." As bearing upon the risk taken by the owner of the Jasper, and the peril she was in, another test is remarked upon by Mr, Justice Wayne in hia presentment of th? case. He Bays: "In this instance, the Presi dents of two Insurance Companies in Charleston, accustomed to calculate marine risks, and well enough acquainted with the roef npon which the Win. Penn was run aground, to form a safe judg ment of her danger, and the hazard tobe rnn by a s team pacho t in the attempt to got her off, declare that they wqnld not have taken a risk at all for such adventure, if any part of the duty was to be done in a night in February; nor under any cir cumstances for less than a premium of twenty to twonty-flvo per coat. .In such cases, then (re marks the Judge), the risk muat always be run by the owner of the steamer, as it was in this by tho owners of the Jasper." And it may be well here to observo that the danger was very unequally shared by the Jasper and her crew. She was in imminent danger?; and they not. If in mid ocean, danger to the ship wonld be danger to tho orew; bnt not so in an harbor, on the coast, or in the Ere sont aase. The Jaspor might have beon bro f n to pieces on the shoal, for want of water. The orew could have remained aboard of her safe until taken off, or at any time could have retreated in safety it\ their boats.. The wrocUs that strew tho beach of Sullivan's and Long Islands are in proof to show that Vessels may bo destroyed and no Uves lost. < . After this careful review of the authorities, wo ore brought to the -conclusion that the case wo have to decido is different in many.of its elements from any whioh appear iu the books, and the ono which ia beareBt it, and wbioh oan alone afford .soma approximation to a rule and a proper solu tion is that of tho Earl Grey. It is to he noted that the Earl Grey, the salving ship, was at "some risk." The vessel saved was in a "hopoless state" when the Sol way steamer came to her rescue. That she- was three times the value, of tho ehip saved; t hat tho towage took her twenty-nine hours, aud Bhe came within the category of "large .steamers'," to whom there is "necessity" of giving an "ample reword," and the share of the salvage in point of foot given to the owner of said ship under such circumstances was "one-half." The case of the Alhambra, though like, waa dif ferent in many of its elements. It oannot be said .that the 0. W. Ring was in a "hopeless state" when she signalled to the Alhambra. Sho was not in any immediate danger,- and it is reasonable to suppose; that Bhe might have got into harbor with out any help? or received timely help from some other quartern Bnt Bhe certainly was in an exposed Sosition, and might have heen brought to eminent anger in a few hours, and before Bhe could have received help. The fact that the gallant and de voted officers and crew, who had eo nobly done their duty to her and her owners?in the gale which tbey had with such peril and hardship sur vived?thought it prudent to seek the aid of the Alhambra, .is in itself the best evidence of the dangerous position of then* brig, and the beat measure of the, merit of Ihe services of the Alham bra. The Alhambra, a steamer, and a "large steamer," gave immediate aid, and from her char acteristics os a steamer and a very powerful Steamer, made her rcscuo of the Ring prompt and OEBTA?N, and in a few hours placed hor and her very valuable cargo in perfect safety alongside of our wharves. Unlike a sailing vessel, the Alham bra was not eubjeot to calms, or head winds, or the dangers of a lee ebore. It oannot be said that the service of the Alhambra waa accompanied by any sensiblA danger, or that th?-*a waa any ?pprSjeiablo risk to her and her. cargo. The witnesses agree in the statement that "the weather was fine: a little swell in the morning; but calm and becoming cftlm or and smooth in the evening." The only apprehen sion of danger, or of delay, was from not arriving at proper time for crossing the Bar. But it ia in evidenco when the Captain of the Ring asked for "a Une to Charleston, the Captain of the Alham bra (very prudently) consulted the pilot,' as to ''whether ft would be advisable to do bo?if pilot could get the the Alhambra in time for the bar." He was answered, "I could." Yet, though there Was rot any appreciable danger or risk, discover able, qr encountered in point of faot by the Al hambra; and no delay or deviation from her voyage, which would have forfeited tho policy of insurance of the Alhambra and her cargo, yet it oannot be questioned ir any accident in the infi nite chapter of. accidents had happened to the Alhambra? by reason of the brig attached io her; if in crossing the Bar this appendage, by reason of any perverse current or eddy,, or.obstruction, bad disturbed tho steerage of tho Alhtmhra and brought her into trouble, that her policy o? insu rance would bave been forfeited, and thit any loss that would have occurred would have been thrown upon the owners. In this connection, It is proper to bring to view the fact that the (team or was worth from one hundred and forty to one hundred and fifty thousand dollar*, und her cargo estimated at two huodre?! and fifty thoumnd to three hundred and titty thousand dollar-?, and the expense of ruuning suoli a vessel* ihren times as much as a sailing vussel of the same tonnage. Tho engines of the Alhambra were worth from twenty-five to thirty, thon s and dollars, and were of three hundred and forty horse power. * The peculiar claims to consideration in ths ap portionment of salvage on the part of tho owners, is baaed on the fact that the salving vessel ?us a steamer, and a "large steamer," and that ?here was risk to the largo property invested in hei and her cargo, which the owners were responsible for. The vessel was a much more costly inatrunent than that- of the Solway steamer; and the risk, though very slight, was something to the vfwsel and cargo. On these grounds, instead of one-half, the undersigned thinks it Jnet, and feels woriant ed in deciding, that the owners ahould reieive (8-5) threo-flfths of the aalvago, and the muter, officers and crew two-fifths thereof; and In ao award?. t And in assigning the two-fifths to the officers and orew, though they did not but forth any pecu liar effort, and were subject to no peculiar hard ship in this particular oase, they neverthelen, as in the inatance of the officers and orew of thaSol way steamer, did all that was necessary, andtieir whole duty. The responsibility was on the cap tain and pilot to wisely govern this noble wip, and the engineers, firemon and sailors to sltillnliy work her grand machinery. Thoy were tho r>e salvors, and this great snip was oommitteato them by, tho law and the well founded polior of all nations aa the instrument to aocompliwi tleir bonefloent work, "hey were both uece*sary nd indispensable to the result. If th? reward for ho special service is largo and liberal, it Bhoulc be remombered that it was obxieved ?n the thettre of which the mariner alone knows the terr >le perils, the unequalled bardshipa, and the in stant anxietiea. He bad reached the spot to do this very, service through, a gale, .which I id rendered helpless bis brother sailors, and net ly wrecked their vessel and drowned them. Evi y owner of property committed to the sea, ev< y ship owner especially, is interested in tue 1 it degree in seeing to it that the law of salvage >o maintained in its strictness, and that the marii *r should come to tho moat lib?rai reward for, |s services, and if lu comea to luck, should bo gl * of it, and if there be anv perquisites in his ha . life, should rejoice at It, and see that he geja thorn.. And if this case, both aa to the ownoB and tho master and the crow, should pariake If this character, it Will not be matter of regijt otthor as to the owner, who, at each cost, has pit euoh a noble ship on the ocean, eubjeot to tfc thousand risks' of the sea, or the master, pil and crew, who living a life of hardship, have, 11 in this case, in .perfect fldolity and prudence, doi > their whole duty to thai? owners end all the i tereat? committed to their care, , . . In a special award the referee will make tho a lohnen to of tho-maator, o?lcorfl,. and crew of tl Alhambra. *.,-" Ho cannot sign this paper without making tt acknowledgment that the eminent counsel engaj ed in this cause, Messrs. Prlnglo and Porter f< the owners, and Mr. Magrath for the officers an orew. in tboir ample and learned citation of aii thoritiea, and their acute and able expositions d the law and its philosophy, have loft him nothini to attempt but to weigh their suggestions anl I hold the scales between them. He has given to all their citations of the law tho most oaroful con sideration, and ondoavored to profit by their ar gument, urgod with marked zoal, ability and elo quence. In a oase of novel impression, without precedent, ho has endeavored to hit the truth and do exact justice, so* hard to do under such circumstances, and, when done, SO difficult to commend to the judgment of all and to reconcile and satisfy opinion. His bost, anxious, earnoat endoavor to attain thin rosult Is in the award he has made. OEO. S. BRYAN, Referee. Charleston, March 29, 1660. 8PEOIAL NOTICES. Bi- MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY, an Essay of Warning and Instruction for. Young Ven. Also, ?Mseoaos and Abuses which prostrate tbe vital, powers, with rare moans of relief. S?nt freo of charge In sealed lottor envelopes. Address, Dr. J. 8KILLIM HOUQUT?N, Howard AssoolaUon, Philadelphia, Fa. April 17 Smo. MaT COLGATE'S HONEY SOAP.?THIS CELE BRATED Toilet Soap, in such universal demand, made from the otoolccat mwfr"-!?'*, Is mild and outillentin Its nature, fragrantly scented, and extremely beneficial In its action apon tbe skin. For sale by all Druggists and Fanoy Qoods Dealers. February 7 lyr ?-ARTIFICIAL EYE8.-ARTIPIOIAL Ht7 MAN liYES made to order aad Inserted by Drs. F. BAUOH and P. QOUQELMANN (formerly employed by Rowonneau, of Paris), V.o. 999 ?roadway. New Yorfc. April 14 lyr. MaT AWAY WITH ?PE0TA0LK8.?OlAt EYE* mads new, without Spectacles, Doctor or Medicine, Pamphlet mailed free on reoelpt of tea cents. Address B. B. FOOXK, M. D., Ko. UM Broadway, New Fork. November 9 aw HILL'S HALB DYE-FIFTY 0KNT8? BLACK OB BROWN?Instantaneous In effect, reliable for natural appearance, iwauty ot color and durability; also the cheapest ?ed best In use. Depot, Mo. en John street, corner of William street, New York, and sold by Druggists aad Fancy Qoods Stores everywhere. November 39 Smo ?-SPECIAL NOTICE.?"QKEATOAKS FBOM little aoorna grow." The worst diseases known to the aman race spring from causes so small as to almost cfy detection. Tbe val?mes of solontlQc lore that fill tbe tables and shelves of the medical fraternity only go to prove aad elaborate these facts. Then guard yourselves while yoa may. The sanaliest pimple on the skin Is a tell-tale and indicator of disease; It may fade and die away from the surface of the body, but it will reach the vitals, perhaps, at last, aad death )o tho result aad final close. HAOGIEL'S BILIOUS DYSPEPTIC, and DIARRHEA PILLS cure where ail others &U. While for Burns, Scalds, Chilblains, Cuts, and all abrasions of the skla, MAOOIgL'S Balvo Is In. fallible. Sold by J. MAGOIEL, No. 43 Fulton-street, New York, and all Druggists, at 35 cents per box. September 35 lyr 49- T. B. BYNNER, IMPORTER AND DEAL ER IN WATOHE8 and JEWEL BY ; Agency for the AMERICAN WATOH ; also, ever; variety of SWISS and ENGLISH WATCHES, at the lowest market prices. No. 189 Broadway, New York?established twenty years. Trade Prioe sAata sent on application. January 19 ftuw&ao stw ARCANA WATCHES?WHOLESALE AND BETAIL.?The oases of these Watches ara manufactured of diff?rent metals, into which gold Is torced by means of extreme heat and a eurfaco left of 18 carat gold, which is lasting and elegant. They are gotten tip in band some style, and are equal In appearance and finish to Watches costing four times the prioe sakod for them. They are all excellent time-keepers and warranted as uch. We BSD - - Gents' large sise Detached Levers, Hunting Oases, for. $80 Cents' medium sise Detached Levers, Hunt ing Oases. 935 to 93a Ladles' Hunting Oases, silver, gold plaUd. 30 to 35 Ladles' Ouard Chains, beautiful styles. 8 Ladles' Chatelaine Chains, beautliUl styles.. 6 Cents' Vast Chains, heavy and elegant. 8 No Watches ever before offered to the public equal hese for beauty, durability and exoollsnos, when the prioe Is considered. Addreaa . ABOANA WATOH OOHPANY, No. ?3 Fulton-street, New York. January 31 wfmSmos ?A smile was on her Up?health was in her look, | ?trenath was In her step, and in her tmnd?- Punti -non BiTTxaa" S. T.-.1860-~X. A few bottles of Plantation' Bitt?bs'''" "^ Will cure Nervons Headache. . - - ., i Cold Extremities and Feverish Lip?, .;..." Hour Stomach and Fetid Breath. " Flatulency and Indigestion. " Nervous Affections. ' Excessive Fatigue and Short Breath. Pain over tbe Eyes. ? " Mental Despondency. " Prostration; Great Weakness. " Sallow Complexion, Weak Bowels, Ac Which are the evidences of LIVER COMPLAINT AND DYSPEPSIA. It is estimated that seven-tenths of all adult ailments prooeed from a deceased and torpid liver. The ' biliary secretions of the liver overflowing into the stotnaoh poi son the entire system and exhibit the above symptoms. After long research, we are able to present the .most remarkable cure for these ' horrid nightmare diseases, the world baa ever produced. Within one year over six hundred and forty thousand persons have taken the plantation BrxTKBs, and not an 'instates of complaint has oonae to our knowledge I - It la a most effectual temo and sgroeablo stimulant, suited to all conditions of life. The reports that It relie? upon mineral substsnees for Its active properties, are wholly false. For the satis faction of the public, and that patisnts may consult their physicians, we append a list of its components. Calisaya bABK.?Celebrated tor over two hundred years in tbe treatment of Fever add Ague, Djspopala, Weakness, etc It was Introduced into Europe by the Oountrss. wifd of the Viceroy ot Peru, In 1640, and afterwards sold by the Jesuits for th? enormous price of its ovm weight in silver, under the name of Jesuit's Pow ders, sind was finally made publlo by Louis XVI, King of France. Humboldt m?kes especial reference to its febrlfnge qualities during bis South American travels. OABOAnu-LA Babk? For dltrrhoo?, collo and diseases of thestomaoh and frowels. , Dandelion?For inflammation of the loins and drop sical affections. Cuahomilx FtowKss?For enfeebled digestion. Lavkhdeu FaowKBs?Aromatic, stimulant and ton to? highly Invigorating In nervous debility. WncTKBcasKN?Fortcrofula, rheumatism, eto. ANI8K--AO aromatic carminative; creating flesh, muscleand milk; much ubsJ by mothers nursing. Al*o, clove-buds, orange, carraway, coriander, snake* toe?, etc. S, T,.~180Q.^X. Another Wonderful Ingredient, of great use among the Spanish ladles cf Houth America, imparting beauty to the complexion and brilliancy to the mind, Is yet un known to tue commerce of the world, and we withhold Its name for the present. IMPORTANT CERTIFICATES. Boosters*, N, Y, December 38,1891. Messrs. P. H. Dnajut k Co.?I have been a great auf* ferer from Dyspepsia for three or four years, and had to abandon my profession. About three months ago I tried the Plantation Bitters, and to my great Joy I am oo* nearly a well maa. I have recommended them in several cases, and, as far as I know, always with signal boneflt. I am, roipccifully yours, Bar./. a OATHOBN. riiiLAnxi.riir4,~T(iih Mouth, 17th Day, 1863. 'Biupttonto Famroi?My .daughter, has been much bonbflttAd by the uso of thy Plantation Bitters; Thou wilt send me two bottles more. . j Thy friend, , i . ABA 0I7RBIN. , - ' - ' . Sukbuak House, Oihoaoo, III., ) February n 1863. f Mkssbb. P. H. Daaxa at Oo. :? Pl?a*o lead us another twelve cases of your Plantation Bitters. As a morning ippe tizar, thsy appear to hsv* superseded everything sise, and are greatly esteemed." ' r' Yours, a?, ?.? ; gaob & WAITE. Arrangements are now completed to supply any de* nahd for this article, whioh has net heretofore been possible. --.... The publlo may rest ossnrod that la ao ease ?111 the perfectly pure standard of tho Pi^ktation Birrxas be leparted from. Every bottle heart Oie fac-simil? of our denature on a steel plate engraving, or ft cannot le gen tine. " " * - Any ptrton pretending to tttt Fzumtation Birrxas in /ulk or by the gallon is a snoindler and imposter. Deuara if refilled bottltt. See that our Private Stamp it Umso niJTU) over every cork. Bold by all Druggists, Qrooersand Dealers throughout he oouuti-y. P. H. DRAKE & 00., New York. April 90 fcawlyr MARKED DOWN. i I . I II.? takisg isto consideration the depression In the pri?es of MfiRCH AN DISE, luiii believing that the only true mercantile way of doing business is to meet the market regardless of cost, we bare decided to mark oar Stock down to finea prices that (here can be no question In regard to the fact that we are determined to meet tite market* . .. . Oar FINE CLOTHING Is of oar own manufacture, the workmanship of which we warrant in every particular. Annexed will be found a Hat of some leading articleb, with former and present prices : Former Prtsnt Pri?es. Prient. BLACK DRESS FROCKS..$46 $10 BLAOK, DRR83 FRO0K8. 40 85 BLACK DBE88FBO0K8..'.'... 36 SO BLACK DRB38 FROCKS...... 30 96 BLACK DRE88 FBOCKS.....'.'.. 30 IT BLAOKDRES3FROOK8................. 16 . 18 BLACK DBBSSFBOOKS........ 13 10 FRENCH 0AS8IMBBE BUSINESS COATS 83 28 FRENCH OASSIMEHE BU?TNE8S COATS 30 20 FRENCH CA83IMERE BUSINESS COATS 33 37 FRENCH CA6BIMERE LINED SACK. 80 20 FRENCH 0 A88I MERE LIM EU BACK. 38 34 FRENCH 0AflSIMERE LINED SAOK. 38 30 H A R RI8 O A 881 ME B E LINED SACK...... 36 10 FANCY CA88?MERE LINED SACK.... ..33 1? FINE BLUE MELTON LINED SACK..... 23' 18 FINE MIXED MELTON LINED 8A0K... 17 IS . FINE BLUB FLANNEL LINED SAOK.... 17 ? ' LICHT MIKED LINED BACK. 18 16 FRENO H COATING SKELETON SACK.. 30 , 16 FRENCH COATING SKELETON, HACK.. 16 , 14 FRENCH COATING SKELETON SACK.. 16 13 . FINE DARK SILK MIXED SKELETON SACK... 17 14 BBOWN MIXED OABSIMEBE SKELETON SACK..is......... 18 11 BBOWN MIXED 0AS8IMEBE SKELETON BACK.. 10 8 BLUE FLANNEL SKELETON SACK. 13 1? LIGHT MIXED OASSIMEUE SKELETON SACK. 17 14 LIGHT MIXED CVfiSIMERE SKELETON BACK...... 10 9 LIGHT MIXED OABSIMEBE SKELETON SAOK. 7 BLAOK QUEEN'S CLOTH SKELETON SAOK.*.. 7 B BLAOK QUEEN'S CLOTH SKELETON SAOK.'.. 6 6 BLAOK DOESKIN PANTS. 16 13 BL&CK DOESKIN PANTS.;. 19 10. BLACK DOESKIN PANTS. 10 9 BLA.Q!? -nOESKlN PANTS. 8 6 FBKNCH FANCY OABSIMEBE PANTS... 14 13 9ILK MIXED OASStMERB PANTS. 13 10 3ILK MIXEDOASS1MEBEPANTS....... ?0 8 FINE BLUE FLANNEL PANTS. 8 7 BBOWN MIXED CA88IMBBB PANTS,... 9 8 BBOWN MIXED OABSIMEBE PANTS.... 7 0 LIGHT SUMMER CAESIMERE PANTS.. IS 11 LIGHT SUMMER OA88IMEHE PANTS.. 12 10 UGHTOHBOK OABSIMEBE PANTS..... 6 5 FAN0Y8pik VESTS.?. 6 5 BLACK CLOTH VESTS. 6 4 3HECK 0A88IMEBKVB3T8..:..... 4 S BROWN MIXED CAEBIMERE VESTS.... G 6. BBOWN MIXED OASSIMEBB VESTS.... 6 4 OOTTONaD? PANTS.. 8.60 3 JOTTONADE PANTd. 8 3.60 OOTTONADE PANTS. 9.60 ,3 Ifo. are receiring by Steamer every week new and desirable GOODS, adapted to the season, which we shall sell at corresponding LOW* PRICES. - [?rices marked in plain ligares upon every article, from which no devia tion Is made. .i ALSO. 4. COMPLETE ASSORTMENT '".. . ' 0"';' .?i . . ',;" , GENTLEMEN'S FING PDBNi'N? flOOIKL [ACDLLAB. WILLIAMS & PARKEB, 1 |? i? 270 KD?G-STBE?STi . ? i?. 302NEK HASEL-ST.a OH-iUiLEBTON, S. O. April? lno SIMILI! SIMIL1BUS CURANTUR. HUMPHREYS' HOMOEOPATHIC SPECIFICS HAVE PROVED, FROM THE MOaT AMPLE EXPE RIENCE, an entire success : Slmplo? J-rompt? Effi cient and Reliable. They aro the only medicines per fectly adapted to popular use?so simple that mistakes cannot be made In using thorn; so harmless as to be free fTom danger, and so efflolent as to be always relia ble. They have raisod tbo highest commendation from all, and will alwayb render satisfaction. - . Cents. No. 1, cures Fevers, Congestion. Inflammations.. 26 " 3, Worms Worm-Fever, Worm-Colo-. 26 " S, " Crying Colic, or Teething of In iants. 36 ' i, " Diarrhoea, of Children or Adults_ 25 " C, " Dysenttiry, Griping, Bilious Colic... 2o " 6, " Choie? a juorbus, Nausoa, Vomit ing. 25 " 7, " Coughs, Colds, Bronqhitls. 35 " 8, " Nenralsla, Toothache, Facpacbe.? 25 " ?, Headaches, Slok Headache, Vertigo.. 35 " 10, Dyspepsia. Bilious Stomach. 35 " 11, " Suppressed, or FslnfUl Periods,.35 " 12, " Wnlttt, too profn?e periods. 35 " 13. " Croup, Cough, DU&oult Breathing.. 25 '14, " Salt fthenm, Er>s polst, Eruptions. 35 " 10, " Rheumatism, Rhoumatlc Pains... 35 10, V Fever and' Ague?*^!hlll Fever, Agues. W 17, " Piles, Blind or Bleeding...;../.. 60 18, " Opthalmy, and Bt r? or Weak Eyes. 60 10, " Catarrh, Acuto or Chronic, Influ en?a .? ..'.. 60 ' 30, *' "Whooping Cough, Violent Coughs 60 m 31, " Asthma, .Oppressed Brosthing...... 60 ? 22, tf. Kar Discharges, Impaired Hear ing. 60 . S3, " Scrofula, Enlarged Olsnds. BweU ings. CO 34, ?. General Debilit.1, Physical Weakness 00 " 36, " Dropsy and Scanty Secretions. 60 " 26, " Sea Sickness, Sickness from Rid ing. 60 " 37, " Kidney Disease, Gravel..,. 60 " 38, " Nervous Debility, Seminal Emis sions, involuB tary ' iBOharges.1.00 20, " Sore Month, Canter. 60 "30, *\ Urinary Ineoniinehee, Wetting Bed. 60 81, '< Painful Period?, even wfth , HpaaiiiH.... 60 " 32, " Suixcrlngs at Change of Lfe.1.00 83, " Epilepsy, SpasmB, bt. Vitus' l'auce.1.00 " 34, " Dlptherla, Ulcerated Bofo Troat.... 60 ' FAMILY CAHKS. . . 86 vials, morocco case and book.. ?.,$10.00 20 largo -rials, |n morocco, add book...'. COO 30 large vials, plain case, and book..... 6.00 15 boxea (Nos. 1 to 16), and book. 3.00 VKTKUIIVAKY SPECIFICS.- - Mahogany cases, ' 10 vials'... .v..'..f 10.oo Singlo vials, wlih direolions. 1.00 ?S~Tbcse remedies, by. the este or single box, aro sent to any part of the country, by Mall or Express, free of charge, on receipt of the price. Address HUMPHREYS' SPECIFIC HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINE COMPANY, Office and Depot No. 663 Broadway, Now.York. Dr. HmtPHAKVa Is consulted dally at his 'of&oS, per sonally or by letter, as. above, for all forms of disease. KING& C?SSIDEY, April 18 ' mwf6mo 6m?_Qharl?ston. S. O. ? ' ' THE FAIREST C?MPLEIION E??S EVER BEHELD WAS GIVEN TO ONE OF'THE MOST BEATTFUL WOMEN BY USlrtG THE - "i " CIBCA8?IAN BLOOM." It Will euro all ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN, such m Tetter, Ring Worms,' Spots; Blemishes, Pit Marks, Chapped Sklb, Redness, Roughness, Pimples, D?booI orations. It Will mako the HOMELIEST BEAUTIFUL AND ATTRACTIVE. TRI A BOTTLE. For sale everywhere. JNO. M. MARIS A CO., ; Agents, Philadelphia. FISHER & HEINITSH, April 10 6 _COLUMBIA, B. C. Let the World Look Here! rE HOST MIRACULOUS DISCOVERY, BESIDES the most philanthropie known to man. Lot tbo world no longer suffer and die for the went of a remedy yes, A CUBE FOB SMALL POX! LET BUFFERING HUMANITY BKJOICE1 LET the world to glad 1 . The revesJed cure for Small Pox Will cure. In every Instases, from ten to fifteen days. Its effects are im mediate, and It acts like a charm. It is purely a vegeta ble oompound. Directions accompany each bottle. For sale by PLUMB A LEITNEK Augusta. A. A. bOLOMONS A CO., Savannah. All desiring Information must address 5. A. GRAY, Proprietor, Wayneiboro', On. For sale in Charleston by JOSEPH A. MORGAN. WHOLESALE DRUaGIST. April 7, -.; lmo' ' ' 'No.' 160 ati??ng-at rpHE ASTONISHING SUCOESS WHICH HAS AT J. TENDED this lnnduable medicine proves it the most perfect remedy ever discovered. No langnage can oonVoy an adeo?u.*"> 1 dea of the Immediate and almost miraculous change which it occasions to the debilitated snd shattered ?ystem. In fact, it stands unrivalled as s remedy lor t&o perfect core of Diabetes, Iinpotency, Loss of Muscular Energy, . Physical Prostration, Indigestion, Nou-rolention or Inconsistency of Urine, Irritation, ' Inflammation or Ulc?ration of " the Bladder ! and Kidneys, Diseases of the Prostrate O Un?, Stone in the . r Blsdder. Calculus, Grave), or ., Brickdus* Deposit, And all Diseases or Affections of the Bladder and Kldk ' neys, snd Dropsical Swelling* existing m Men, Women,. . or Children. FOB THOSE DISEASES PECULIAR TO FEMALES CONSTITUTION WATER ISA SOVEREIGN | REMEDY. These Irregularities are the canee of frequently recur ring disease, arid through neglect the seeds q( moro grave snd dangerous malsdlos are the result; and as month after month passes without an effort being mad? to assist nature, the difficulty becomes chronic, the p?. tient gradually los?a her appetite, the bowels are con stipated, night swiata come on, and consumption final? ly ends her career. ' Wot sale by all Druggist?. Price $1. ' ^ W.Hi GREGG ft CO., , i Proprietors. MORGAN ft ALLEN, General Agonis, Ko. 40 Cliff street, New York. , j B. A.?*?R.?NQBE, ;. '*." 3 ?O. 80 B?OT B??, Ot?P. O?siOfc? HOUSE, v .< .. . AND . ',, ' ' : !''-"-' ' ?tie COMMISSION MERCHANT WILL QXVsi PA?TIOUtAB ATTEK?ION TO ?H? n disposal of all kinds of MaitOHANDISE ANA ?nODU0E. either at public or private ^and hopes. >y attention to bualnssa. to merit a .hnM^? latrouage,_wfmlmo April* HOLMES &S?0NE?, .'!:,. ipHUH. HOLMES..JAMUKL?. BIOXR. FACTORS A COMMISSION MERCHANTS* BOyCE * ?JO?B. WHARF, February* v ?