On Thursday night last a boat arrived here from Schenectady , which place she left the 22nd ult.. She passed the York sticking on a rock off the Devil's Nose - no prospect of getting her off. A small deck boat lately sprang a leak twelve miles distant from Oswego ; the people on board,...

    On Saturday morning last, sailed for Kingston , the Mohawk , Kingston Packet and York ; in the Mohawk went passengers the lord bishop and family; also sailed for Oswego , the Genesee and Oswego Packets . ...

    The Manlius paper states, that on the night of the 8th ult. , a battle took place off Oswego , between two boats which escaped from that port, and some men on shore. Muskets were discharged at the boats, but they cleared and made sail, destined to Sackets Harbor . - When daylight appeared...

    We understand from respectable authority that 6 transports and a sloop of war, with the first battalion of the Royals, stated to be 1,000 strong, were in the river near Quebeck, on Saturday afternoon, the 1st inst. We are also informed, that one of the transports of the above fleet, had been...

    The notice we took in our paper of the 8th inst. of the capture by the British at the mouth of Genesee river of a vessel belonging to Capt. Wm. McKinstry, when expressing our approbation of that officer's conduct at Queenston, has induced the conductors of the print which is weekly issued from...

    A daring and well planned Enterprize under the command of Commodore Sir James Yeo, for surprising the American Squadron under their Batteries at Sacket's Harbor, was undertaken on Wednesday last, but given up in consequence of discovering that a desertion had taken place from the party to the ...

    GENERAL ORDERS. Adjutant General's Office, HEAD QUARTERS MONTREAL, May 12, 1814 His Excellency the Governor in Chief and commander of the Forces has the highest satisfaction in announcing to the troops, that he has received a despatch from Lieutenant General Drummond, reporting the result...

    From Sacket's Harbor, Sept. 18 Our four ships arrived in this port yesterday afternoon, and the two brigs Jones and Jefferson, arrived last evening - having left the head of the lake in consequence of an uncommon gale of wind which they experienced from the N.E. on Monday and Tuesday last, in...

    "Do." means "ditto"

    From Ontario, besides the information contained in Commodore Chauncey's letters inserted below, we learn that our fleet had come to Sackets Harbor on the 7th, inst. supposed with a view of obtaining supplies. The enemy's great ship had not then sailed. A letter dated the 7th, says: -- "The ...

    Commodores Yeo and Owen, with three British colonels and several other officers, are the gentlemen who arrived here in the steam-boat from Albany. They put up at the Mechanics' Hall (and not Washington Hall, as before mentioned) and will embark for England in a ship of Mr. Gracie's. ...

  "Steam boats," Niles Weekly Register, Oct. 19, 1816  Steam boats. We lately mentioned the launch of a steam boat at Sackett's Harbor; a second, for Lake Ontario, has been launched at Ernest, U. Canada. - The Kingston Gazette observes - "the opposite sides of the lake, which not long ago vied with each other in the building of ships of war, seem...

  "Marine List.," Geneva Gazette (Geneva, NY), Wed., May 23, 1817  Marine List. PORT OF TROUPSVILLE. ARRIVED - May 14 - Schr. President, larabee, from Genesee river, bound to Ogdensburg, with flour. The President last night in a gale threw over her deck load consisting of 105 barrels of flour. - Schr. Ontario, Hugunin, from Sacket's Harbor, in ballast, ...

    Steam Boat ONTARIO This steam-boat, having been much improved, for carrying Freight, and Passage, will commence her operations at the opening of the season, under the command of Eri Lusher. The times of leaving port will be as follows: Going Up Will depart from Ogdensburgh every Saturday,...

  "Steam-Boat Ontario," Geneva Gazette (Geneva, NY), Wed., July 7, 1819  STEAM-BOAT ONTARIO . This Boat, being now ready for carrying Freight and Passengers, will commence her operations for the ensuing season, and the times of leaving port will be as follows. GOING UP, She will leave Prescott , every Saturday at 9 o'clock P.M. She will leave ...

  "Ontario," Niles Weekly Register, July 10, 1819  Ontario. A letter from a traveller, dated Sackett's Harbor, June 6th, states that the United States vessels on lake Ontario, which were in service during the late war, are fast going to decay. The New Orleans, on the stocks, is enclosed in a building 230 feet in length, by 90 broad, and 90 feet...

    Wreck of the Asp (Letter dated Richland, N. Y. , Oct. 16, 1820, from James F. Wright, Oswego, county coroner and district attorney, to Thomas Racey of Niagara, owner of the vessel). Dear Sir: The schooner Asp , commanded by Capt. Prosser, was wrecked near the mouth of Salmon River at this...

  "Boats: Montezuma and Oneida Chief," Geneva Gazette (Geneva, NY), Wed., July 26, 1820  BOATS Montezuma and Oneida Chief, For the accommodation of passengers on the Erie Canal, will perform their trips in the future, in the following order: - Leave Utica and Montezuma every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at 8 o'clock, and meet at evening in Manlius; proceed next day at 4...

    The WILLIAM & JOHN, a Durham boat belonging to this port, in charge of Mr. Benjamin Tucker, proceeded on Saturday the I3th. inst, to the port of Montreal, discharged her cargo of nearly 400 barrels of flour and returned to this place last Saturday, having completed the trip in seven days and ...

    Sacket's Harbor, Nov.17th. On Saturday evening, the 11th. inst. a gale of wind commenced from the N.E. accompanied with snow, which increased during Sunday to a degree exceeding anything before known on Lake ontario. On Monday morning the 13th. the gale abated and we already learn the...

    The ships on the lakes, especially those on Ontario, with the exception of the New Orleans and Chippewa, of 106 guns each, are in a state of rapid decay, as was to have been expected. Those named were not launched, and, being well covered, might now soon be fitted for service. But, even in the ...

  Farmer's Journal & Welland Canal Intelligencer (St. Catharines, ON), January 17, 1827, page 3page 3  Another Canal Boat Notice is hereby given, that a Meeting of the friends of the Welland Canal, will be held at the Merchants' Exchange, in this Village, on the evening of Monday the 22d inst. for the purpose of taking into consideration the expediency of building a Packet Boat, to run between...

  Farmer's Journal & Welland Canal Intelligencer (St. Catharines, ON), January 17, 1827, page 3page 3  Another Canal Boat Notice is hereby given, that a Meeting of the friends of the Welland Canal , will be held at the Merchants' Exchange, in this Village, on the evening of Monday the 22d inst. for the purpose of taking into consideration the expediency of building a Packet Boat, to run...

    From The Black Rock Gazette Improvement In Crossing The Niagara - We noticed last year, with much pleasure, the establishment of the horse ferry boat Cossack, to ply between this harbour and Waterloo, U.C.. This was accomplished by the publick spirit of Messrs. Fraser, Brace, and Still - thus...

    An Old Resident Found - A boat resembling a common Durham boat; was sometime since found in the Pymatuning swamp between this place (Mercer) and lake Erie. One end of it was near the surface, and the other was several feet deep in the mud, and a tree about two feet over, growing on top of it....

    The Messrs. Hamiltons, proprietors of the steam-boat Frontenac, have offered a reward of #100 for the discovery of the persons who got fire to that vessel some time ago. - The Frontenac after being fired, was loosed from her moorings, and had drifted some distance into the lake when she was met...

    Welland Canal From various causes, the principal of which were the Niagara Falls exhibition on the 8th ult. and the execution of M'Cal the Monday following, which drew the attention of many of the hands from the work, the excavation of the Deep Cut has not progressed as rapidily for the last ...

    Cranberry Marsh A great number of "proposals" were received by the directors, on the day appointed (4th inst.) For clearing, grubbing and excavating this grand division of the Welland Canal. The successful competitors were, for excavating from sections No 8 to 15, Messrs. Martindale M'Mahon,...

    From the hasty and careless manner in which we noticed the letting of the Cranberry marsh last week, we find that in some instances a misapprehension of our precise meaning has been imbibed. We, therefore, now wish to clearly to state, that a few sections of the ditch only, which pass through the...

    For several days past we have had a continued storm of rain, and some hail, which has been productive of considerable damage, and detention of vessels and steam-boats on lake Ontario. The fine schooner Telegraph, owned by Wm. Chisholm, Esq., of Nelson, we learn, lies under water, at the...

  Farmer's Journal & Welland Canal Intelligencer (St. Catharines, ON), April 23, 1828, page 3page 3  * one date may be in error

  Farmer's Journal & Welland Canal Intelligencer (St. Catharines, ON), April 23, 1828, page 3page 3  * one date may be in error

    Canal. - The water let into the canal yesterday, and the packet-boat Niagara passed this place for the west. The weather being extremely pleasant, and the season much earlier than usual, we shall soon be gratified with the pleasant sight of boats, laden with the produce of the country, on their...

  Farmer's Journal & Welland Canal Intelligencer (St. Catharines, ON), February 4, 1829, page 3page 3  New Schooner. - Another fine vessel is now on the stocks at the lower end of our village, intended for the lake and canal naviagation, and to be ready for sailing early the ensuing spring. It is erecting on the same spot where the schooner Welland Canal was constructed last year, and by the ...

  Farmer's Journal & Welland Canal Intelligencer (St. Catharines, ON), April 15, 1829, page 3page 3  On Tuesday last [April 14], at half past 2 P.M., the elegant schooner Peacock, 60 tons burthen, was launched from the stocks, (on the same spot where the Welland Canal was built last season, at the foot of our village) into a basin in the 12 mile creek, formed by the construction of the canal....

  Farmer's Journal & Welland Canal Intelligencer (St. Catharines, ON), April 29, 1829, page 3page 3  The new schooner Peacock, partly laden, was towed from the lower lock to the harbour, on Monday last [April 27], a distance of 3 miles, in 1 hour and 5 minutes. A few gentlemen and ladies went down for the purpose of taking an excursion on the lake, but were disappointed in consequence of a dead...

  Farmer's Journal & Welland Canal Intelligencer (St. Catharines, ON), May 13, 1829, page 3page 3  Ship Building The subscriber, having had many years experience in the Ship-wright Business, in various parts of the U. States and Canada, (of which the schrs. "Welland Canal" and "Peacock", lately erected in St.Cathariens, may be named as samples) respectfully informs the publick, that he ...

  Farmer's Journal & Welland Canal Intelligencer (St. Catharines, ON), February 4, 1829, page 3page 3  New Schooner. - Another fine vessel is now on the stocks at the lower end of our village , intended for the lake and canal naviagation, and to be ready for sailing early the ensuing spring. It is erecting on the same spot where the schooner Welland Canal was constructed last year, and by...

  Farmer's Journal & Welland Canal Intelligencer (St. Catharines, ON), April 15, 1829, page 3page 3  On Tuesday last [April 14], at half past 2 P.M., the elegant schooner Peacock , 60 tons burthen, was launched from the stocks, (on the same spot where the Welland Canal was built last season, at the foot of our village) into a basin in the 12 mile creek, formed by the construction of the ...

  Farmer's Journal & Welland Canal Intelligencer (St. Catharines, ON), April 29, 1829, page 3page 3  The new schooner Peacock , partly laden, was towed from the lower lock to the harbour, on Monday last [April 27], a distance of 3 miles, in 1 hour and 5 minutes. A few gentlemen and ladies went down for the purpose of taking an excursion on the lake, but were disappointed in consequence of a ...