The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-04-25

/ one OF hAbituat peril, exposure, and hard6h1p.
He is the rational responsible guardian, OF all the
the ocean. His Presence,eirhply on the ocean, in
equslIed dangers and hardships, and, at best, but
poorly reguited toll. Like soldier in an eneny's
country, danger is his constant companion; he
% @ at apy mon @ amortal nc M 1sa ASSAULT
on any OCCASION. but thht he is the only
aasnss asn
with pooulisr favor, and; reply him with grateful
i;ln this, them wore o case in which the aalysge
was Performed by q sailing Vessel under the pre-
ciee cMircumstanoes, " the law would mob warrant
more than the award of pethird Of the salvage
But the sit Introduction IL steam and the employ
Enslsnd Whilst i has 5s nodded the principles, s.
has yaried the proportions of the salvage distrib
utable between the owner and the master and
these Instruments Of salvage, the law looks upon
them with favor, and 'reoognizeb ip the owner D.
benefactor who deserves to be specially. rewarded
the interests Of commerce aud humanity. This
practice Of the Court OF Admiralty in England has
found sanction and recognition In one case In our
Of the ship William Penn, to be found reported
In American lay Register. vol 1.pnga 5s4 TO 500.
s
recognized the practice OF the Courts Of England
as having any obligation in the United States:
authoritative precedent, and addresses itsef to us
with the combined authority OF law and policy and
enlightened equity. When duly considered, this
cation Of the principles 6f the general law Of sal
wage as Attempted ito. be; developed in what has
heretofore been said.i. The owner, in these NIGH
much moro ab staks, furnished to the ocean nstru-
ments proportionateIy more effective in giving
speedy, certain and prompt aid and rescue TO inn
proportionatet to the greater risk, and find, also,
some increase in the greater service. The promi.
nent oasesin which this practice is Illustrated and
Ad. Rep. Earl Grey 8, Hagg and the Beuah 8,
Hagg /, W. Robinsonj PIP. 477HS. The first of
these cases only furnishes the authority for the
greater COMPENSATION of steamers than sailing
vessels. i does not deal with the comparative
rem. .uneratlon Of the ship and the crew. The
IN
is o. case or salvage service performed by the.
Monarch steam packet and it is the FIRST oase in
ThlSh Somepensson mp has ns been Sa;Te In ts
character. am, therefore, inclined to give as
much encouragernent as possible to similar exer-
ER Of vessels Of this description. There is U% no
analogy IN the TWO cases. it stops with the instru
ment. The steamer was sent for to Dover, and
inan:of much value; cargo worth abont sixty thou
sand dollars. She was In the Downs-in situa-
ton Of actual apprehension, though not OF actual
o
boat-a class of boats, as ia well known, very ac-
tive and eminently useful In conducting vessels
into Ranissgate hsrbora' She had removed the yes-
sel from the sand upon which she had struck, but
still there was apprehension ofdanger and proyis-
ion was therefore required for the future safety Of
the vessel It was recommended that q steam
cannot be denied that, the AeRNoY or asteamboat
merit from the AIAonirY with which she auits the
it being an hour aftar fiph water; ana upon reach
in the month Of December Watching and attead-
may be required the next day, when she trans.
bsE na hsFso The sgsse vas
steam boat, after having resorted to one OF lower
specieb; 90 that on the. WHOLE I think, should
have given more than the COMMISSIONER One
An adequate reward, and shall propose % amodeo %
rate addition by making the retribution two hum
dred pounds and the expenses Of this appeal" It
Whatever on the relative value and .remuneratlon
Of the ship and the crew. It is not certain thatanY
was made. It Ia only sufficient to show the esti-
mate in which such services were held and re.
warded, and that steamer should be more hand
somely compensated. The case, Of the Beulah,
when carefully read and its true meaning ELECTED;
Of the question proposed for our. solution: The
statement Of the case In the book very brief and
esnnot well bo abbreviated with advantage. It is
to decree an spportionment of a salvage award
amongst the owners. master, and crew of the
steamer Copeland, for services rendered to the
vessel-tbe Beulah." It appeared that the sunn of
f5O0 had been awarded by the CouRT for the SER
VICE IN QUESTION, and THIS SUM had been AppoR-
TONED BY THE SHIPS owFRhs COMPANY, to which
the sTEAH TUG belonged, according to: SCALE OF
DISTRIBUTION laid down and ADOPTED BY THE Conf
PANY IN sUoH cAsEs. BY THIS soAIE the Company
(as the owners OF the Copeland) took to them
selves f415 the master received A1 13s cd. the en-
gineer f2 per cent. poundage, besides his distribu
ton share; and the stokers and common seanien
"a los Sd. per man. An act on petition was given
IN on behalf OF FOUR OF THE sEAMEN, praying the
Court to make more SUITABLE ALLOTMENT
The Court decreed the following apportionment:
3d.; to the fret Sl0 2s. 4d.; to the engineer
f1e g. 4d.; to the aecond mate fB 1s 1Od ITO three
lid. 80 -, 80,
The amount awarded to the owners Of the ting
IN this case, 1T appears, was nearly four-ffths.
But It cannot escape observation that the captain
and crew were rewarded for their service by a
scale OF distribution laid down and adopted BY The
COMPANY In suoh cases. 30 far as appears from
the report Of the oase it would seem that the cap.
tain and crew received as q body and were paid
what they agreed to receive when they took ser.
vice In the "Ship-owners Company No point
seems to have been made as against the share of
the owners. Their share 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.
captain and crew, the seale Of distribution of the
salvage. upon which they did business, and with
reference to which they engaged the services of
their employees, was maintained by the Court. IL
was special contract, and governed by its own
terms No general rule can be deduced from it,