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468 FEDBBAL EEPOBTEE, �dered as to cause vessels, in situatioas in which it was expe- dient that they should q[uickly accept assistance of the char- acter rendered in this case, to hesitate or decline to reçoive it because of its ruinons cost. Endeavoring to keep clear of both the difficulties above indicated, and intending to practi- cally apply the rules of the maritime law and the epirit of the precedents in our own courts of admiralty to which my attention has been called, I have concluded in this case to award to the salvors the sum of $2,500. �With regard to the costs, although the claim of $40,000 made by the libellants was extravagant, and may have oper- ated oppressively upon the respondents, yet, under ail the circumstances of this case, and as it is not shown that any tender or offer of any definite sum was ever made to the libel- lants, I am not inclined to vary the usual rule. �Note. See P. P. M. e W. Oo. v. The SUam-boat E. G. Teager, 1 Fbd. Bep. 285; Mayo v. Clark, Id. 738; Conoin T. The Barge Jonatium Chase, 2 FED. Rbp. 268. ����