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      Steamboat Lines and Appointments for the Season of 1849. We give below the various steamboat lines running in the Chicago trade, and to different points from this city, for which we are indebted for much of the information, to the Buffalo Express. We have endeavored to give the ...

      *Port Huron **At Black R. (now Lorain ), Ohio R.C. Bristol, author of the letter extracted below, was a pioneer Lake Michigan skipper, shipbuilder and vessel owner. His commands included the brig JOHN KENZIE, the steamer NEW YORK and the schooner FLORIDA. In 1843 he built the famous steamer INDEPENDENCE …

      Sailing Regulations on the Lakes The sailing regulations, adopted by the masters and owners of vessels on the Lakes, at a meeting held in the city of Buffalo in the winter of 1847, have been acknowledged by Congress and enacted into law with heavy penalties. -- It is a highly …

      The Cleveland Herald, 3rd. inst.,says, as the propeller HERCULES was coming up last night, when off Fairport, she nearly came in collision with a three masted schooner, supposed to be the Canadian schooner GILMOUR. The captain hailed the HERCULES, said he was in a sinking condition, and wished ...