Minnesota weekly times., 1857-05-02
Along the River.

.taE Along the River.
6T The river at this place is slowly but per
oeptbly rising.
GY The Clarion from the Minnesota river ar
rived during Thursday night; went down to Has
tings yesterday after load of freight for thi
port.
@'The Time and Tide and Revelle arrived
from the Lake yesterday morning, loaded will
freight and passengers. Went down again during
| the forenoon. ,t..s
| GT The Equator arrived from Hastings yes
tsrday morning with a load of freight destined
for the Minnesota River. She left this city TO,
above, yesterday afternoon at o'clock, with 25l
more of those Sc frightened emigrants." They
looked more calm than was expected.
0Y-In view of the present disagreeable en-
barge at Lake Pepin, we would suggest the con-
struetion of an iron boat to be used for cutting
a channel through the ice in the Lake every
Spring. Such contrivance could be built for q
moderate sum of money, would pay its owp ex-
penses during the Summer, and save $500, 900
every Spring by giving uninterrupted Steamboat
navigation ttco or three tceeks earlier Than nOV
Who will start the subscription of stock in Saint
Paul. 4E rt
w The Yeatman lies in the river below Has
tings, where she sunk. She has swung round by
the action of the water and settled into the sand
bar about foot. The "hog-chains," or iron
bars that run through the boat lengthwiss to
strengthen her, have broken, and the Yeatman is
fast becoming a wreck. There is strong doubt
entertained by some old river men who came up
yesterday, that she will ever be raised. Captain
Lull, of this city, has two barges alongside, and
using his best endeavors to raise her up, but as
yet he has had no success. We hope to see the
Yeatman again upon our waters.
CoMNc.--The Conewago, Montauk, Kate French,
Appleton Belle, Oakland, Orb and Tishomingo
were advertised to leave st. Louis on the 10th
inst, for Galena and St. Paul.
GT The A. G. Mason, Brazil. Flora, itasca,
Northern Belle and Fred Lorenz have started for
this port. The latter is fine stern-w wheeler
purchased by the Upper Mississippi Transporta-
ton Co., and is especially adapted to the busi-
ness. She is 1S2 feet in length, IS feet beam,
feet hold and 500 tons hurthen. She has three
boilers and two engines with doctor attached
She has ffty-six cabin berths, and the cabin is
finished in very fine style. Capt j. W. Parker,
the popular commander of the Golden Era last
season, has command of the Lorenz. Mr.. w. A.
Lewis is first Clerk, F. Neiber, I'd do; Mr.. Cliff
Con, Mate; w. Meyers and T. s. MeGinnis, Engi-
neers; E. Wainey, Steward.
The GREY EAGLE.-The st. Louis Republican
of the 26th inst, gives the following description
of this splendid steamer which will soon be at
our levee. She left st. Louis on Thursday at 10
A. M:
Still they come-those FIVE new boats built by
the Minnesota Packet Co. Two of them haye
come and gone on, one-the Grey Eagls-arrived
from Cincinnati yesterday, loaded for st. Paul,
and two more are coming. The Key City and
Itasca are fine boats, but the Grey Eagle eclipses
them both in point of speed, beauty and convent
encs. The Grey Eagle is said to be'the swiftest
steamer of her draft aaoat anywhere, and proved
herself so in late trial trip at Cincinnati. She
is worthy of her name, and Capt. Orrin Smith.
President of the Company, who superintended
her construction, may we'll be proud Of his sue
cess in boat building. She is beautiful model,
and is in all respects a beautiful and graceful
boat Her dimensions are: Length on deck $50
feet; beam IS feet, and FIVE feet depth of hold.
She is furnished with four tubular boilers, AZ in
ches in diameter, and IL feet long, with inch
fues-the iron being 3-8 Of an inch thick. The
cylinders are % inches in diameter, with feet
stroke working 30 feet water wheels, with 10 feet
tuckets. See is fully equipped with Evans Safe
ty Valves, water guages and a splendid doctor,
bilge pumps and fire engines attached, furnishing
hot and cold water throughout the boat. She is
also provided with steam capstan, freight hoist
er, R. Scribe Harris patent double-acting rud-
der, &c. With fuel on board, water in the boil
ers, and in complete running order, the Grey
Engle trims on twenty sour inches water, and
will carry 600 tons.
The Grey Eagle has spacious decks, and her
capacity for stock and freight is unsurpassed by
any boat Of her dimensions. Her cabin is one of
the neatest and preetiest we ever saw, and will
accommodate three hundred passengers. 1t is very
handsomely furnished and breathes a perfect air
of comfort attached to it is nursery for chill
dren end servants; in short, nothing is wanting
to make the Grey Eagle complete steamboat.
She is the finest, largest, competest and swiftest
steamer ever constructed for the Upper Missis-
sipD. d"