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      The ship carpenters and caulkers of Buffalo are on strike, the object of which is to force employers to pay cash instead of orders.

      The Launch Yesterday. - A large concourse of our citizens assembled yesterday afternoon, in the vicinity of the ship yard of George Goble to witness the launch of the new vessel then on the stocks. Everything being in readiness, the vessel, gaily decorated with flags, the word was ...

      Marine Railway. - Mr. George Goble has leased the marine railway and shipyard at the foot of West First and Second streets for a term of five years, and we are happy to see is doing an active business this Spring. The railway is in first-rate condition, and Mr. Goble …

      The Launch. - The weather came off auspiciously yesterday for the launch of the new vessel just completed by Mr. George Goble, at the foot of West Fourth street. The wind was light at the time, and off the land, so that the Lake was very calm. Expecting, therefore, that …

      Vessel Building and Repairing. - We should have sooner noticed the transfer of the Marine Railway Ship Yard, to the possession of Mr. George Goble. There is no yard possessing superior advantaged to this, and we are glad that Mr. Goble is the possessor, for his long experience and ...

      Riot On Board A Schooner - Last evening quite an excitement was caused upon the dock by a difficulty which took place among the crew of the schooner W.S. Nelson, the circumstances of which are as follows: A sailor was shipped by Capt. Parker, Shipping Agent, and after signing ...

      Destructive Conflagration! The Screw Steamer Prairie State Partially Burned! At about 8 1/2 o'clock last evening, a fire was discovered in the hold of the Northern Transportation Company's steamer Prairie State, Capt. Williams, which was lying at their dock fully freighted ...

      The Old School House By The Poet Vocalist Near an old oak tree by a sparkling rill Stands the old school house at the foot of the hill; It's storm beaten walls, now rotted by age, Speaks a volume of words for history's ...

      Lake Craft On The Atlantic. - The Detroit Tribune publishes a list of the vessels which have been diverted from the lake trade to that on the ocean, within three years past. There are ten barques, five brigs, forty-one schooners, one propeller and eight tugs. The total tonnage of all, …

      The ship carpenters of Oswego are on a "strike" for an advance of wages. They were getting $1.50 a day, and demand $1.75.

      The schr. MARY is ashore on Timber Island, Lake Ontario.

      The Female Pilot. A story of the St. Lawrence. By Inez E. Butters "I wish you would tell me a story, Monsieur Scotern," said I to an old white headed pilot of the St. Lawrence, as he sat in the housekeeper's room at my uncle's one cold bitter night in …

      Supposed Wreck. - The Rochester Union reports that fifty-five barrels of flour were picked up on the beach of Lake Ontario, in the town of Union, last week, by parties residing there. The barrels have the brand of some Canadian Mill, but what the Union's informant does not state. ...

      The Launch of the Kingsford Nothing could exceed the promptness and despatch nor the success with which the steamer Thomson Kingsford was launched Saturday. She struck the water on an almost perfectly even keel and looked as if she had been fitted to it by a jour. tailor. The ...

      The steamer the Augusta struck was the Lady Elgin.

      Collision Between The Steamer Niagara And A Schooner. - On Tuesday night, about eleven o'clock, a collision occurred on Lake Ontario between the American steamer Niagara and a schooner, the name of which is unknown. The Niagara left this port between six and seven o'clock for Oswego ...

      Sale of the Schooner Joseph Cochrane. - We learn from Capt. Rogers that he has just sold the schooner Joseph Cochrane to Messrs. Parker & Allen, of Buffalo. The price paid is not divulged, but it was no doubt a round some, as vessel property is high. The Cochrane was …

      A Port Dalhousie Vessel for Europe Direct. - We clip the following from the St. Catharines (C.W.) Journal : -- "Should there be water enough in the

    A Port Dalhousie Vessel for Europe Direct. - We clip the following from the St. Catharines (C.W.) Journal : -- "Should there be water enough in the

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      Northern Transportation Company - This popular Company is first in the field this season for the accommodation of the traveling and business community. During the past winter, many improvements and conveniences have ...

      Canadian Items. Until the present time there has been no Grist Mill within ten miles of Kingston , C.W. the Whig says, a Mr. Berry ...