The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-04-30

tied "to first class appointment" IL thinks |
that the Governorship of Utah should be be-
slowed on some citizen of Indiana; and sug-
gests the name of Professor Larabee, who is
u friend to both Wright and Bright, and who
sis emincntly fitted by his recent service as
Superintendent Of the Blind Asylum for the
duty of governing the Latter Day Saints
and their multitudinous wives. The peculiar
temperament Of the Professor, his love oi
the bodies and tho souls committed his charge
would induce him to harmonic with Brig
ham, and the two would move along like a
pair of wcll-broken oxen, in one yoke. The
only fear. and we feel bound to state this to
the President, We have is that the Indiana
democrat, would be inclined to go IL blind
again and make Brigham jealous"
THE GREAT EAsrERN.-It has been deter
mined that Portland, in Maine, shall be the
port of the Great Eastern, where she viii con-
meet with the Great Trunk railroad running
to Quebec, Montreal, and through the Cana
das. She is expected to leave England in
August. They are now constructing, at Port
land. two extensive wharves for her accom-
mediation, extending into deep water, three
hundred feet apart. She will lie across the
ends of both, delivering cargo on to one from
her after, and on to the other from the for
ward hatch. She is herself about 200 feet
long, and walk the full length Of her decks
is an eighth of mile in distance. The width
| of her hull is IS feet. Unlike other vessels.
she has neither keel nor ribs. To point
feet above the water line, she is constructed
of two thicknesses, three feet apart, the space
between being travcrsed longitudinally by SO
continuous watertight partitions, thus form
ing s2 separate iron chambers, each provided
with suitable cocks, by which it can be filled
or emptied a. pleasure, to maintain the prop
err trim or ballast of the vessel. She has fiv,
decks, imparting immense strength to hel
hull. She has ten traverse partitions, sixt,
feet apart, and through considerable portion
of her length, there are two longitudinal par.
titions, thirty-six feet apart, so that the hui
may, by violence, be separated into severa
independent sections, to guard against acct
dent. She is propelled by pair Of paddl
wheels and screw; the former are Sc fee,
and the latter "A feet in diameter. The screw
shaft is "a inches in diameter. She has 9
engines of all SIZES for working the screw
4 for working the paddle wheels, for work
ing tho capstan, getting up anchors, &C..
for revolving the screw Ito prevent its crca
y ting resistance whom uncoupled and the shi
is going under sail and paddle wheels and l
donkey" engines or steam pumps for film
" boilers.
BY government measurement the ship
$4,000 tons. The estimate quantity of co;
for voyage to Australia and back. 5000
$ 5000 tons, leaving clear capacity foI freigl
. of about 1900 tons.
II is estimated that the Great RepuJi;
(thc great ship that was damaged by fire
: New York year or two ago. the mammot
!, steamer Of war, Niagara, and the Collir
steamer Adriatic, now the largest ship afoa
!. can each be fully loaded, and then transfer
red, vessels and cargoes in to the hold of Il
Great Eastern, and not make more tina
q moderate cargo for this monster vessel.