Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-04-18
"a RIVER MANI AGAIN.

"Truth is omnipotent and like two edged
sword, cuts its way"
A River Man says he is "sorry the editor of
the Free Press has gone into spasms."-"It
seems the computations ola guilty conscience
has brought to his (our) vision ghosts and hob
yoblins,n and soforth.
That he is truly "sorry" we will not for one
moment doubt But that Soyrow is not that we
have gone into spasms. 1t is the effect of the
facts we presented last week, which he could
not deny. And that which "seems" to him to be
the apparition of ghosts and hobgoblins to us,
is only ''the computations of his own guilty con-
science," If he has conscience;-s sensiblity
of truth of our assertions" last week, which,
"like the old Dutchman's musket, made the
game futter."
He says we "hunted up Merrill and supposed
case entirely irrevolent meaning Irrelevant
we suppose ID the subject" and adds, shut let
him have the benefit of his Alabama, suppose
ton, and what does it amount to? Nothing!'
Now, as he gives us the problem, we will try
and work it out--apply the rule, and see fit is
not irrelevant" to the subject; Merrill charged
passengers S. from Tuscumbia to Chattanooga
charge 81: it is worked by simple Subtraction
and Addition-subtract the 81 extra from the
passengers pocket and add to the Cora pany:
you can also work it by Loss and Gain, and
get the same result. There is, however, an
other rule: suppose SIS be charged from Tus-
cumbia to Chattanooga, and say, So or 81 from
Chattanooga to Knoxville: now in order to keep
freight and passengers off the East Tennessee
and Georgia Rail Road, you may reduce the
rates above Chattanooga; and, as there are
no other boats below Chattanooga you may add
81 to the passage there. This is done by the
double rule of Monopoly-the rule is proved to
be correct by just noting sit is usual to charge
more in the D ecatur trade"
Again, he says, "will he be kind enough to
suppose a case for me in his next? if so, | sug-
gest that he will suppose what was the reason
Capt. Jaques sold out to Capt. Doss, and Capt.
DoSs left your LOudon trade when there was
plenty of freights?"
Most assuredly we will tell him. but as he
takes facts best in the shape of supposition, and
requests it, we will suppose the case for him.
Now suppose that Capt. Doss was running the
McKinney,-and put her into a company, and
took charge of the Lady of Augusta" and for
the present we will leave him running her. In
the mean time Capt, Jaques builds and runs
the "Loudon'-say from to months, and
made money. Now if Capt. Doss or any body
else should, after she had run that length of
time, offer Capt. Jaques 5000 or $500 more
than she cost in Pittsburgh in order to get her
out of the trade, or for any other purpose, would
that not be pretty good reason why Capt
Jaques sold out to Capt. Doss. We think So
But why Capt. Doss cleft the Loudnn trade
when there '.nlnntv Of freigdtsn iswe con-
fess to the unlnitiated, a little mysterious
1t must be remembered, however, that he was
runninga boat in connection with that line,
when be bought the LoudoL. He is running the
Loudon in that connection now. While Capt
Jaques has since brought two new boats in this
trade.
he exultingly asks us for the reason why
Capt. Jaques and Capt. Doss cleft your Loudon
trader" Was it because your Railroad rates
would not pay? or that they would not allow
them higher rates of freight"
From these interrogatories we are led to infer
that the boat left because the Road would not
raise the rates of freight; and as we have shown
that Capt Jaques sold because he got hand
some profit, the inference is that Capt. Doss |
left because the .treights acere not adcanced.-
This is what we have contended for all the !
time. This opinion in connection with the /
fact that Capt. Jas. Williams said as we were
informed, that he would not carry freight for
less than Is cents on low water from here to
Knoxvie,--understandi as we did that ''the !
officer running one of the boats made propo-
sition for higher rates. that it was frequently
spoken ofon the streets that they asked, and
charged that rate and having seen the bill
Of one of their clerks where these rates were
charged between Knoxville and this place, we
made the assertion alluded to in our notice of
the Aida Mr.. Williams has denied that they
do so as general thing, and we have given his
denial to the public.
We have no desire to hold up the business
transactions Of Messrs. Williams or any one else /
to CRAFTY the vanity of every inflated bigot that
may assume the name of "a River Man." and
for this re ason we have twice written for the
name of the writer.