Thousands of copies of the paper have been fully scanned and can be easily fulltext-searched and loaded in a variety of formats from this fascinating site. The Brooklyn Draft Riots, lynching of Negroes, 'wanted' columns showing what people were looking for in the 1840s: "Wanted: a SITUATION, by a neat industrious girl, to do cooking, washing, and ironing...".
One thing worth knowing is that Brooklyn was an independent city when The Brooklyn Daily Eagle was published, not yet having been swallowed by New York. The building of the Brooklyn Bridge - covered by the paper - changed all that.
Oh, it's all wonderful. Go there at once!
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