Steam-Boat Racing. - Our hearts have been pained time and time again within a few months past, at the thrilling accounts of the loss of life and destruction of property which have reached us from different sections of our country, through the pernicious practice of steamboat racing: and this ...

    Chart of Lake Ontario. - The following communication is upon a very important subject to that part of the community which navigate our lake, or do business upon its waters. The chart here alluded to, by every one who has examined it, is spoken of in the highest terms, and is afforded at so ...

    [From the Watertown Jeffersonian] Shipwreck. - The lives of but few persons furnish incidents as appalling as that given below. The account may be in some of the particulars incorrect, as it was penned in a hurried manner, from the lips of one of the sufferers. The new schooner, William L....

    To. Capt. Smith, Steamer Oneida: We the undersigned, Cabin passengers on board the Sir Robert Peel, Steamer, which was destroyed this morning by a band of Pirates (calling themselves Patriots) at Well's Island, within seven miles of French Creek, avail ourselves of the earliest opportunity of...

    MOUTH OF SALMON RIVER - AND PULASKI Extracts from the report of the superintendent relative to the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of Salmon River, accompanying the report of the Secretary of War. "The importance of this point as a harbor to the maritime people of Lake Ontario, is ...

    Marine List CLEARED May 3 Schr. Indiana White May 3 Schr Robert Bruce Collins Long Point " " " Eliza Shaver Odgensburgh " " " Pilot Davis Chaumont " " " H. Farlin Chapman Odgensburgh " 4 " Lucinda Haskins Ogdensburgh " " " ...

    Marine List Port of Oswego ARRIVALS April 19 S B. U.States Van Cleve Lewiston Pass " " " Sir Robert Peel, Armstrong Kingston Ps. " " " William 4th Hilliard Toronto Pass " " Schr Moses&Elias Pierce South Bay Lumber " 20 S.B Oneida...

    Marine List Port of Oswego CLEARED April 25 SB Sir Robert Peel Armstrong Toronto " Sch Clyde Morgan Sackets " " " H. Farllin Chapman Morristown " " " Lewis Goler Brown Cleveland " " " Pilot Davis Chaumont " 26 " Toronto McBroom ...

    Marine List Port of Oswego Arrivals May 9 SB Great Britain Whitney Kingston " " " Sir Robert Peel Armstrong Kingston " " Sch Robert Bruce Collins South Bay " 10 " Morning Star Stanton South Bay " " SB Wm. 4th Jones Toronto " " SB U. ...

    Marine List Port of Oswego Arrived May 17 schr Sir George Dovy Bath " " Schr Robert Bruce Collins South Bay " " " Lord Wellington, Burns Credit " " " Pulaski Mathewston Sackets " " " Whig Davis Napone " " SB U. States Van Cleve ...

    Marine List Port of Oswego Arrivals May 23 Schr. Lucinda Haskins Sackets " " " Gen. Houston Vorce do " " " Indiana White Osgdensburgh " " " Robert Bruce Stanton Hallowell " " SB Great Britain Whitney Kingston " " " Sir Robt. Peel ...

    Distressing Casualty . - Early on the morning of Saturday last, a small schooner was noticed by our citizens, about two miles off, making for this harbor. - The wind was then and had been blowing with some violence during the preceding night, and as the lake was rough and boisterous, some ...

    It is with pleasure we give place to the following letter from Mr. R. P. Whitney, a passenger on board the Girard, and recently a citizen of this place; for while it acknowledges the insult offered to our flag, it shows also conclusively that every thing that could be done by the Canadian ...

    Accident on the Lake. - Last Friday morning about one o'clock, the steamers United States and Great Britain, the former on her passage up, the latter on her passage down the lake, while on their regular trips between this place and Lewiston, came in contact while passing near the mouth of the...

    The New Steam-Boat St. Lawrence. The following remarks are from the Ogdensburgh Republican. We cheerfully endorse all that is said of this beautiful boat and her experienced and gentlemanly commander; and while we do so, we should do injustice to our feelings, were we to omit a meed of praise...

    The Oswego route is constantly gaining favor with the travelling public. It needs but to be known to be preferred for comfort, economy and speed. The following is taken from an article in the New York Express: Lake Ontario - The navigation of this Lake is as pleasing a sight to one who is ...

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    Another Outrage on the American Flag -Attack on an American Schooner in the Welland Canal. Capt. Hugunin, of the Schr. S. Girard, arrived this morning from the Welland Canal, has furnished us with the following statement and letters for publication. Capt. H. is one of our most respectable Lake...

    Correspondence. Toronto, Upper Canada May 2d. 1839 Sir- By command of His Excellency, the Lieutenant Governor, and Major General Commanding the Forces in Upper Canada, I beg leave to acquaint you, that, as Lieutenant Pilgrim, who conveyed to you the letter of explanation from Colonel Baldwin,...

  "Marine List," Oswego County Whig (Oswego, NY), 14 May 1839  MARINE LIST ___________ PORT OF OSWEGO __________ ARRIVED. MAY 9. Schr. Free Trader, Shattuck. Cape Vincent " " Willett, Goodwin, Rochester " S.B. United States, Whitney, Lewiston " S.B. Telegraph, ...

    Oswego Route. - We notice that a public meeting has lately been holden at Oswego, at which Mr. Bronson, chairman of the committee to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting, states that there were upwards of sixty vessels in the harbor of that town destined for Lake Erie; that...

    To travellers going West we recommend them to take the Oswego or lake route. It is altogether the most easy, pleasant, expeditious and economical. At Syracuse you leave the railroad and take a packet or stage to Oswego; there you will find a splendid steamboat, managed by gentlemanly, ...

    The article referred to here is illegible as the paper has been ripped. But it appears to have been copied from some New York City paper which might still exist.

    Steam-Boat Express, Trip to Kingston, &c. - Last Saturday we took a trip to Kingston on business, aboard the Steam-Boat Express, and seldom have we, (all things considered) enjoyed more pleasure, or been more highly gratified. The weather, in going over, was very fair, and we had a ...

    On Friday, the 16th ult., as the schooner "John Simpson" of Whitby, was on her passage from Oswego to Kingston, and soon after leaving the former port, she encountered a heavy gale, in which she lost both her masts. The "Express" steamer passed by at the time, and though within forty rods of...

    Ericsson Propellers. - The new and elegant schooner Vandalia, to which is attached the above invention, built at this port the past summer by our enterprising fellow-citizens, Messrs. Bronson & Crocker, Mr. S. Doolittle and Capt. J. Van. Cleve, has just made her first trip, and has more ...

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    The Ericsson Propeller. - It will be seen by an advertisement in our subsequent columns, that our friend Capt. J. Van Cleve has become interested in this truly important invention, and is now about introducing it upon our waters; and we understand that our forwarders contemplate establishing a...

    STEAM-BOAT EXPRESS, TRIP TO KINGSTON Last Saturday we took a trip to Kingston on business, aboard the Steam-Boat Express, and seldom have we, (all things considered,) enjoyed more pleasure, or been more highly gratified. The weather, in going over, was very fair, and we had a delightful ...

    To Owners of Vessels on the North American Lakes. - The subscriber, having the agency, and being a joint proprietor in the right (on the above waters) of "Ericsson's Propellers," a recent important invention, by which vessels can be propelled, in the absence of favorable winds, at the rate of...

    Launch. - On the 7th, a new steam boat called the Rochester, was launched from the ship yard of Mr. G. S. Weeks. she is 166 feet length - 22 feet beam, and is to be propelled by a low pressure engine of one hundred horse power. She is built for the Ontario Steam and Canal Boat Company, and...

    Trip to Syracuse - Last week we took a trip to Syracuse and home again, on board the Packet "Frontier," Capt. F. Rood; and seldom indeed have we enjoyed ourselves better, or been more highly gratified with all around us, and this made us satisfied with ourselves. Any body who has ever...

    Loss of the British Steamer Commodore Barrie. - Last Saturday evening as this steamer was on her passage from Kingston to Niagara, with passengers and 500 barrels of flour, when near Long Point, was run into by the schooner Canada, and sank in 50 fathoms water. The passengers and crew escaped...

    Steamer Vandalia. - It gives us pleasure to bear the good doings of this beautiful craft. She it is whom our jealous neighbors of Buffalo yelped the "Oswego humbug," because she is moved by the Ericsson propellers. Well, she left here for Chicago, and arrived safe and sound at Cleveland in 38...

    The Steamer Vandalia, by the improvement of the "Ericsson propeller," made her trip from this port to Chicago, in seven days running time; and this too mostly against contrary winds. Pretty good for an experiment! ...

    The steam vessel Vandalia, of the Oswego and Chicago line, propelled by the Ericsson improvement, sailed from this port for Chicago, on the 10th inst. with upwards of 60 passengers and a full freight. She sailed promptly at her appointed time, notwithstanding the weather was so unfavorable as...

    Launch. - Yesterday afternoon took place the launch of the beautiful Steamer Lady of the lake, in most elegant style, in the presence of a large concourse of our citizens, without any accident or other impediment in the gratifying performance. This boat is to help form the daily line between...

    The following notice of the Steamer Vandalia of this port, is from the pen of J.C. Busner, Esq., formerly of this place, but now editor of the Buffalo American. It is candid, and when contrasted with the snarls of the other Buffalo prints, is truly gratifying. The Vandalia - We paid a visit on...

    Chicago. - This is the name of a new and beautiful steamer just finished by our enterprising fellow citizens Messrs. Bronson & Crocker and Mr. S. Doolittle, being one of the vessels designed to form a tri-monthly line from this place to Chicago. She is one of the largest class, and is ...

    VESSELS WRECKED ON LAKE ONTARIO. Two schooners, the "Detroit" and the "Eli Hart," were wrecked off Sodus Point during the severe blow on Friday night last. In consequence of the heavy swell, which prevented any approach to the lower light-house, but one light was burning, and the vessels...