Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-10-16
Prize Money and the echo.

Il he StutcinehtS Wlth winch we nave nth
erto met in reference to the disposition of
the SLAYER" Echo" and the amount of prize
money accruing to those who were directly
Instrumental in her capture, appetr to be
founded upon an entire misapprchonson of
the case. Deriving our information from
the most authentic source, VIC may, per-
haps, be able to state tho real course which
will be taken in the matter.
The United States marshal for South
Carolina gave Lieut. Mafiit a recent for
3O6 Africans, for which number $50 per
head amounting in all to $1,000, will be
awarded as prize money to the flag officer
OF the home squadron and the officers and
crew of the Dolphin. This sum will be
distributed as follows the 2ag officer re-
ccivcs onc-twenticth and the balance is
distributed to the other oificors and the
crew of the Dolphin, according to rank aud
rate. 1t is doubted, however, whether the
flag officer Commodore Nc lntosh0 is enti
tied to one twentieth, MS he was absent, ON
leave, from the station at the time of tho
capture This question will doubtless be
determined by the Attorney General
After the prescribed legal forms have
been gone through WITH aud the Echo has
been lihclcd, she will be sold at public auc
tion. Half of the proceeds will be taken
by the Government, according to a special
provision of law, and devoted to the naval
pension fund. The other half will be di
vided among the officers and crew of the
Dolphin, according to the same rule by
which the per capito prize money is d :
tTbutcd. Eighteen of tho Africans died
after their capture by Lieut.. NIaf1it. For
these the per cdpita of S25 will not be paid
but only for those who were delivered alive
into tho hands of tho United States mar,
shall Wa&|iagtou Stairs.
OswEGo, October 8.---A strong gale of
wind sprang up yesterday afternoon, and a
heavy sea wa. rolling all night and this
morning. The schooner Ospray, of BufTa-
10, with cargo of wheat from Racine for
this port, was driven against the East pier,
carrying away her spars, and sunk immc-
diatcly. The captains wife and child, aud
the mate, were washed overheard and
drowned. Several vessels arrived last night
and to-day more or less damaged, and great
fears arc entertained for the safety of those
now out.
NEGRo STEALING. -Four white mon,
charged with negro stealing, were brought
to this place and lodged in Jail on Monday
last. A negro, the property of Mr.. Ed
ward Hays, was found in possession of ono
oftho gang, about Midway, from whence
he anticipated with the wool) pleasure
excursion. The old thief, the leader, while
being brought here made three desperate
efforts to get away, but it was " no eo'
The gentlemen" arrested are CLAYTON
and Warn, and two men by tno name of
Carter. -BarnccN Sentinel
LIEUT.. GEN. WINFIELD ScoTr The
New York papers say:
On Saturday afternoon, the I'd instant
Gen. Scott arrived in this city, from his
summer sojourn at West Point, much i'm
proved in appearance and quite recovered
from his recent accident. There was a
commotion in the crowd, as usual, that were
awaiting the arrival of the steamer, on it's
being known that the General was on board
Even the l,ackmeu forgot to persccute
their victims, in their eagcrncss to ret a
sight OF the General, whose acquaintance
with tho chances of a hundred stricken
fields scarcely availcd him to withstand
the pressure" on this occasion. Hcwas,
with much difficulty, finally enabled to
reach his carriage and proceed homewards
in safety. a scrcuade, intended to honor
his return, which was under consideration
by the officers of the Scott Life Guard, has
been for certain reasons postponed for the
present.
ELopEMENT IN TIsHEMINGo, MISS
The Rlenzi Clipper says that w. M. Hall,
q married man with four children, has elop-
cd with one Miss Margaret Henry. Mrs.
Hall, advertising tho matter, represents
her husband os N common enough Iooking
follow, but her own confession shows that
her rival in her spouse's affections is not to
be sneezed at. "Nliss Henry is twenty
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