New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-22

the river from the. Lhke, anc csured &c sIchs AAo
sudden current up stream 10 upse: toe ferry boat
n the MenomoIee. Quito Eunber oil persons, on
that morning. noticed rapid fall OF water "a the Ee'
sue &C ded by sd equally rapid rse We ea'n tnat tne
NJ et ONE non was even more marked on the bsach o.
he Lske. Mr.. Mitchell, Mr.. Blty and Others, who
-rsids IN the Third Ward, near the foot OF huron
street, observed abou. IL O'Clock on thursday ~.
,ucden fall IN the Lake level. The water, "hon Juso
h.o the fsl within three feet ol tae Warehouse
aoor az the inner end OF Kellogg Strong per re-
.ired rspdly lesvirg dry ground under ths' oiung.
Ia abou: twenty minutes the water returned 10 wv"
ida, waves rising high as 10 force up Tue Yi ~
vail ouse and 20 How into the cellars and lcts
- ~ LIVER et of Huron street Anera few minutes
!, ngar retired and settled back 70 The hrst Iesei
The difererce betwe.n the highest and lowest p9ln.
in tbs time-rOt over hall or tDieS-lEaItei .. en
Un,.n who has lived in Milwaukee some 10 oI IL
years. coy fMi!walke sentins, APfl H.
sl~slSG OF A STEAMBOAT.
The Hdniiton ,Cansds) SPefItor oi Meaoesay
saws. The Americs, ore of tue spendi steamers oi
lie G-es. Western Railway Company, wa ~ elopg
with the Canada, has been lying for months q. ,hs
"Company's wharves in this city, saok on ho1uSy
"Iiglt. l. is said that her sinking was cacseu oy
neglect
Orders have been received at the Norfolk Navy
Ward 10 commence repairs on the CyGne Inc ura".
pgs recssssry 10 complete the iiahe VI Tue
war Richmond, on which work has been susPenued
for f., dsys past, were also received.
CommodoTe iavalle,te has been ordered TO the COM
marJ Of the Mediterranean squadron, sad CepSaiu
Samuel Barron TO the command OF the aoasd, uJm
,ipg a. the Brooklyn Navy Yard which IL to De the
tsoeship on that station. The following gentlemen
have also been ordered 10 the United o,s'es syea sea-
f,iyAte Wabash now at the New-loTk Navy ia'u,
preparipg for the Mediterranean 70 be the ssship
the s0uadrop; Lieutensnts, G. r. 7. Rodgers Slas
B. nt rhos. G.. Corbin W atson Smlth, Jonu IL @ ~ -
sell t. w. Henry and John T. Wood; Feet surgeon
VIM. johnson; Passed Assistant, j. kudens'eihi As
L y...ba H.
win; First Assistants y. T. Patterson an NJ fletGhei
Secer Assistants, f. W. Manning and j. Is hSnoalI;
Third Assistants j. W. Thomson, q. Is. "A. Tower,
NJ. H. English and I. II. Butler.
The following ndshlpmen have been recently ex-
amired at Annapolis for promotion and passed 10 ine
order in which they are named w; No /, lnl.2
Porcher No. > Alfred Hopkins No. $ Montgomery
Secord; No. T. Edward o. Matthews; No. ,. L. Mem
Buchanan; No. 3 George +. Law; No. :, Edward I.
Lull: No 8, Edward Lea; No. 9, Alexander +. Cfoss-
man; No. 10, Chas. S. Norton No. ii, Hamilton H.
Dalttn. ,. .,;,,
on the 9th inst, says: A.,
II returned from Port Royal yesterday, where the
invallds Of the ttenm-r gate S1equehanna were PrV
crossing in hospital as well ss could De eAPecteo MI
a death has occurred among them and all are con-
vsletcent. i.
The new sloop Of war Brooklyn, now in course OF
construction by Jacob A. Weservet, IN tins CITY, un
der contract progressing fney and rapidly toward
completion. About two.thlrds OF the outside Is
plar ked-.hA s, twenty strakes on the bottom, ana
eleven srakes the sides, or wales On the inside,
the ceilI below the berth deck is camped, aud Two
strskes OF the deck have been put and clsmped
The keelsons sl put in and boted and the knees
bites and beams have all been got out and prepared
for putting into their places.
Tie United States steam freate Powha.an arrived
| OF Cape Town. Cape of Good Hope, February ~, In
| Is days from St. Helena. All well. The Powhatans 8
passsge was proracted some eight days, in c'nse-
querce of her coal falling short but small amount
could BE- had at St. Helena which, together With the
supply of coal on hard, might probably have held
out, had not the Powhatsn experienced strong hesd
winds which tended greatly to increase the expendl'
fairly tested aud she performed WELL having made
against the southeast trade 400 miles in ten days