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      LAUNCH. - The elegant first class Steamboat, "Lady of the Lake," was launched from the ship yard in East Oswego, yesterday afternoon. She is 196 feet in length and 24 feet wide, of a beautiful model and constructed of the very best materials. She was built by Mr. G. S. …

      METEORIC SHOWERS. On the evening of the 13th there was a violent squall on Lake Ontario, accompanied as those who were on the lake say, by snow and lightning. The Lady of the Lake, Capt. Taylor, was on her passage from Sacket's Harbor to this port, and encountered the utmost …

      Lake Ontario Navigation We find the following under the Commercial head of the N. Y. Ev. Post, of the 21st. It appeared about the same time in some of the other principal city journals. Correspondence of Pomeroy & Co. Buffalo, Nov. 18, 1 P. M. - A year ago ...

      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 ...

      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 …

      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 …

      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 ...

      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 ...

      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 …

      FOR CHICAGO. - The new steam packet Chicago, left this place on the evening of the 1st inst. with a full freight, and upwards of 80 passengers. The excellent accommodations, reasonable fare and expedition afforded by this line of packets, is rapidly attracting public attention, and we ...

      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 ...

      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 ...

 New York Spectator (New York, NY), 7 Dec 1842     The Late Gale. - It is but seldom that we have to record so many disasters on our inland waters as it has been our misfortune to do within the past few days. A great many lives have been lost, and a large amount of property destroyed. Among the shipwrecks …

      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 ...

      Go-ahead By The Rapids - The steamer Pilot, Captain Tate, which left Kingston on Monday, arrived her on Tuesday, after a run of twenty-two hours, including stoppages. She belongs to H. Jones & Co. - Montreal Times, July 23

      The contracts for finishing the St.Lawrence canal, between Prescott and Cornwall, are given out, and the work, it is expected, will be completed by November next, when the navigation will be open for steam boats, to the Coteau du Lac.

      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, …

      Report Of The Board Of Directors Of The Grand River Navigation Company - Dec., 1841 The directors have great satisfaction in announcing to the shareholders, that, notwithstanding the obstacles presented in the prosecution of the work, from the scarcity of money, the inability of ...

      Improvements In Our Island Navigation - Our attention has lately been frequently drawn to the very great improvements that have been made in the speed of our inland navigation, caused chiefly by the adoption of the Ericsson propeller system of steam. to the barges between Kingston and ...