The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-08-21
RIVER ITEMS.

The new mammoth steamer Republic
at our wharf all ofyesterday forenoon, taking
on tobacco. She is the finest and most capacious
boat of the kind on the Western waters Her
length is 261 feet, breadth of beam 40 feet, and
her extreme width - feet, depth OF Hold 81 feet
She draws 10 feet loaded TO the guards and only
81 feet light. Her machinery consists of six
boilers % feet long and 46 inchessin diameter,
with cylinders 20 inches and feet stroke. Wa
.ier wheels 80 feet in diameter with IA feet
buckets. She has a large Decor boiler and
steam apparatus for hosting and lowering
freight The Republic has excellent accommo-
dations for so cabin passengers, and an unlimit-
I'D number on deck with be:ths for all. Her car
ryng capacity is 500 tons She had on board
when here 300 Mules, so Horses and 40 Cows
besides large number Of Sheep and poultry
The Republic is commanded by Capt. Ned
Mon gomery with fat Mr.. Kerby in charge OF
The office, which is sufficient guaranty of her
success in this trade.
- The steamer Bay City, new boat from
Cincinnati loaded for, 81. Louis and the Upper
Mississippi, passed down yesterday. She layed
al our wharf several hours putting out freight
for this city.
- Two fail OATS arrived here yesterday
morning from Green River with IS hhds tobacco
Zach. Messrs Howard & Brown shipped it i'm
mediately on the Republic for New Orleans
- The ST. Louis publican says that The
steamer Helen Mar, bound ior Galena with full
load of Groceries sunk on the Upper Rapids,
with Two barges on Tuesday of last week, in four
feet &C water. A large PORTION Of her freight
was sugar, and will be greatly damaged
4 The Mississippi River rose 81 feet at ST.
Louis he three days previous to Friday evening
last, and aas then rising slowly. The river is
now in better stage between ST. Louis and Cairo
than il has been before this season.
"A coal-boat containing 5000 bushels coal,
belonging to Payson d. Co.., lying on the Ken
lucky shore. inst below the Covingion ferry land
ing, was slowed by a large raft on Thursday, and
sunk in fifteen minutes afterwards.
- The Engineers Association is now in
session at Cincinnati, or was last week. Moth
ing of particular interest was done the first
day. 'The morning of the second day was de-
voted 10 revising their constitution and Bylaws.
In the afternoon the convention was engaged in
discussing he PROPHECY of Opening books Tor sub
scripton of stock 10 The Fire and Marine Insur-
ance Company, to be- established under the super
nendence OF the Eagineers' Association. A
charter has already been procured, with CAPT
tai OF $500 900. Ii is prop, sed, that if the books
are opened, and suffciency of stock taken, the
charter members shall notify the stockholders 10
convene together TO adopt constitution and by
Ian for nf nd til for,
all The requirements oil said charter.
Other interesting reports will be submitted as
soon as the subject under consideration is dis
posed of.
-. b. dispatch ii will be seen the beautiful
and swift Gazele will leave Cincinnati to day
for Evansville. She will be down tomorrow
night or The day after. We thank. our friend
Col. Miller OF the Commercial, for his atten-
ton.
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