Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-02
The following are the rates Of freight

Jus read what consolation the river
editor of the Republican holds cut to
steamboat men who complain of low
water. It is stunning. Many look anx-
iously, no doubt, for the solemn time"
alluded to, when the chill November
winds roar and moan among the forest
giants like the voice of desolation calling
on death; when the sky has disappeared
behind the cloudy pail; when the gentle
race of flowers are all in their graves:
when the wild north winds, sweeping
over the bosom of the great river sets
the water wraiths to weeping, then. in
that solemn timei then there will be
plenty of water for big boats. Let, there
fore, your hearts not be troubled. You
believe in the dry weather, believe also in
the rain, for no doubt there will be rain
enough before another year rolls away"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Calumet ran through herself a few
days ago. A strikers jaw was broken.
Rates OF freight from Evansville to
this port are as follows: Flour, potatoes
and apples per Dbl, 40c; lime, cement and
salt per bhl., Soc; pork, 75c; eggs, 1Ke
per. doz., per bbl., 81; whisky, 81; hay per
ION, 20; chickens per doz., Csc; horses per
head, 81; mules, Sc; cattle, 81; hogs, 81;
sheep, Use; plows 20c and 4oc each; bacon
and heavy pound freight per 100 lbs, 30c;
stoves, castings and hardware, 40e; wheat
anu tOKn DoI Sdcke ZOCs OaLSs GDc. H |
On Tuesday of last week an affair oc-
Cured on board the steamer Bristol, of
the Fall river line, which came near re-
sulting fatally to one of the officers of
that boat. Nj. A. @. Sisson, the detective
attached to the steamer, while performing
his regular midnight rounds, on the look
out for stateroom-robbers and lady-insult-
ers, saw a man on the outer guard in the
rear of the social hall, ~endeavoring to OBJ
tain an anfr0noa IN a laArrfz -k-----
through the window. As no men are al
lowed in this part Of the boat after dark,
o the actions Of the man being yery
suspicious, Mr.. Sisson approached close to
him, and, pulling out his dark lantern
threw the light full in his face. With
the herceness of a tiger, the man
sprang at Sisson and dealt him a ter
rible blow on the skull, which felled him |
and bleeding to the deck; and
while in that helpless position. the then
man administered kicks and
blows to the FRUSTRATED maD, until finally, |
content with his iendish work.. he
lifted Sisson up from the deck and hur- |
ried him to b rail to toss him INTO the
As he was being borne along the
deck, Sisson gradually recovered his
senses and Just as he was being pitched
overheard, grasped the man by his person,
which caused him 70 cry out With pain.
cry reused this officers and passen-
gers, who came 70 the scene of excitement.
The man being secured, was put in irons,
and upon being searched, was found TO
be Lord T. Donald Oampbell, son of the
Lord Chancellor Of England, who arrived
IN the steamer Scotia last week. Some of
the passengers, finding it was q real live
Lord, were loud in their protestations
aLord being put In irons. Inn
nediately after b arrest a Iady's black
silk belt was found near the scene of the |
ancounteE, and a. no owner has turned