Gale on Lake Ontario

Gale on Lake Ontario. - Great damage was done to the shipping on Lake Ontario, on the 21st and 22d ult. In addition to the loss of the Napoleon, we learn from other sources, that several other vessels foundered in the severe gale of that day, and the steamboat United States, with the Vice President [i.e., Martin Van Buren], which started from Sacket’s Harbor on Friday at noon, for Oswego, was obliged to put back, and was at one time in great danger. We are happy to learn, however, that the boat rode out the gale, and proceeded afterwards on her trip in safety.

P.S. - Since the above was in type, we have received the Rochester Daily Advertiser of Wednesday, which states that the schooner Margaret, of Canada, was also lost near the Galloo Islands, and that three of her crew perished. It adds that the crew of the Napoleon (which sunk in 20 fathoms of water) were rescued by a boat from the Steamboat Oswego.

The passengers in the steamboat Commodore Barrie (from Oswego to Lexington) return their thanks to Capt. Sinclair, through the Buffalo papers, for the prudence and skill displayed by him in the management of his boat during the gale. - Arg.

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SHIPWRECK. - Sacket’s Harbor - The schooner Napoleon, R. Hollister, master, owned by Thomas S. Hall & co. of this village, was lost on Saturday last, at 12 o’clock, A.M., off the head of Stony Island. The Napoleon was heavily laden with large stones for the Oswego pier and from the heavy sea which was then running, the master thought proper to put back under the lea of the island; and while the vessel was wearing round, she was struck by a heavy sea, which entirely shifted her deck load (consisting of 16 large stone of from 2 to 4 tons each) to leeward.

She continued to drive on towards shore, and every exertion was made by the master and crew to throw overboard some of the stone, but their great weight and the position in which they lay across the stanchions, prevented this. The vessel resisted for some time, but it is supposed that some of the stones shifted in the hold, and she went down immediately in 30 fathoms of water, nearly carrying the boat and crew with her. The boat and crew were picked up by the steamboat Oswego, which towed under the lea of Stony Island. - Vessel estimated to be worn $4,000. - No insurance. - Sacket’s Harbor Courier.