[Homer_J_Simpson]

Important from Port Royal: Full Details of the Late Battle at the Ferry – 2-4
The Mississippi Expedition Moving: Great Preparations at Cairo – 4
Important from the Upper Potomac: A Battle Imminent at Romney, Va. – 4
News from Washington: Another Visit from the Bankers of New-York, Boston and Philadelphia – 5-6
Physiological Theory of Bull Run – 6
Editorial: Homœopathy in the Army – 6
Death of Col. Samuel Colt – 6
Fire in Boston – 6

[Conan the Librarian]

Went by the Brickyard Creek Ferry location several times by boat and at least once by car. That is a narrow shallow bit of water at low tide.