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 Onondaga Standard (Syracuse, NY), Sep. 29, 1847     From the Oswego Commercial Times History of Steam navigation on Lake Ontario _______ The rapid increase and general improvement in the commercial marine of the Lakes, impart a high degree of interest to every thing relating to the early history and progress of our steam ...

      The schr. GEO. M. CASE wheat laden from Chicago for Oswego, and the H. FOLGER, with coal from Black River for Toronto, could not enter the Welland Canal and were obliged to enter this port. The canvas of both was badly used up, and part of their bulwarks gone.

      THE "GOLD HUNTER" - This fine vessel is just receiving her equipment for sea, (say the Cleveland Herald,) and is one of the finest craft ever built upon the lakes. She was built by Quayle & Martin for Mather & Co. , of Chicago, under the immediate superintendence of Capt. …

      LAUNCH. - The new vessel, GEORGE C. FINNEY, just completed at the shipyard of Geo. Goble, at the foot of West First Street, will be launched tomorrow morning. She belongs to Lyon & Finney. - Oswego Times.

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      FOR CHICAGO. - The new Barque PARAMA, built the past winter at Cleveland, passed up yesterday, bound for Chicago. Also, a fore-and-aft schooner built at Oswego, called the GEORGE GOBLE, bound for the same port. - Detroit Free Press

      LAUNCH. - The Oswego Times says a new Barque of 400 tons burthen and 17,000bush. capacity, named the RUSSIAN, built at Miller's ship-yard for Messrs. Smith & Post was launched on Wednesday last.

      A SPLENDID VESSEL. - The schooner RUSSIAN, of Oswego, made her first appearance in our harbor yesterday and took on board a cargo of 20,000 bush. wheat for Kingston. The RUSSIAN was built at Oswego last spring, and is owned by the well known firm of Smith & Post of …

      GONE TO THE OCEAN. - The steamer MAPLE LEAF, which ran this season between Charlotte, Oswego, and Canadian ports, has been sold to Messrs. Long & Deland, of Boston, and by them chartered to the United States Government. She is now on her way to the ocean. Once down the …

      A NEW VESSEL. - A very handsome little schooner, called the CIRCASSIAN, built by David Rogers of Alcott, N. Y. , for Smith & Post, of Oswego, arrived at this port on Saturday, from the Badger State Warehouse. The CIRCASSIAN is one of the best vessels, in point of build …

      The Lytle - Holdcamper List gives the name as O. H. HASTINGS and place of build as Oswego.

      The "JAMES PLATT " is the name of a new vessel, hailing from Oswego, of 44 tons. She was built by Geo. Goble, and is owned by M. Goble and D. G. Ford of Oswego.

      Oswego, Oct. 15. - The schooner ROMAN, Capt. Wm. Wheeler left Detroit on the 6th, for this port with wheat, and has not been heard from, was out in the late tremendous gale and is feared lost with all on board. Vessel and cargo fully insured.

      The Oswego Advertiser of Saturday says That on the morning previous, the wind blew with such terrific violence, as to drive two vessels from their moorings within the West Pier, on the rocks at the foot of Fort Ontario. The Canadian schooner GRAMPUS is the other vessel wrecked. She had …

 Buffalo Courier, 15 Aug 1910     With the Union Jack flying at her peak, the steamer Norhilda, of Bristol, England, ran into the harbor at Erie, Pa., for the first time last week. Erie was the western terminus of the long cruise of the new vessel when she left the stocks in the ship yards on …

      The schooner NIGHTINGALE, at present laid up at this port, has been sold, we understand, by parties in Oswego, to E. W. Hudson, Esq., of this city. The price is stated to be $10,500. The NIGHTINGALE is a staunch built vessel of some 16,000 bushel capacity. We learn also, the …

      THE BARQUE HUNGARIAN. - This fine vessel has undergone many repairs and is now nearly ready for sea. She has been repainted, and presents a beautiful appearance. The HUNGARIAN is an A 1 craft, and under the command of that energetic mariner, George Blair, will be ready to engage in …

      NEW PROPELLER. - A new propeller, called the NORMAN, hailing from Oswego, passed up yesterday, on her first trip to Chicago. She is about 500 tons burthen and belongs to the old Oswego Line.

 Buffalo Courier, 5 Jul 1847, p. 2     One of a series of letters from the Courier's editor while on a trip from Buffalo to Chicago to attend the Harbor and River Improvements convention there.

 Buffalo Courier, 5 Jul 1847, p. 2     The Cataract is the name of Capt. Van Cleve's new boat on Lake Ontario. She is said to be in every respect one of the most splendid steamers ever on Lake Ontario.