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      CAR FERRY BOAT - The Great Western Railway Company have heretofore used, to transport cars across the river, a scow, which they were obliged to tow to and fro. But this item of freight has increased to such importance that they are now fitting a ferry boat, with complete steam …

      FIRST VESSEL FOR LIVERPOOL DIRECT -The fine new schooner Dean Richmond is chartered to take wheat to Liverpool direct, without transshipment, via the St. Lawrence, at 30c per bushel. This is but the commencement of direct shipments to Europe from this port. The advantage gained by ...

      CHICAGO AND LIVERPOOL - Yesterday evening witnessed the first departure of a Chicago vessel from this port direct to Europe. The vessel is the schooner Dean Richmond, owned by Charles Y. Richmond of this city, and her captain, D. Columbus Pierce. She takes a cargo of 16,000 bushels of ...

      INSURANCE ON THE DEAN RICHMOND - It having been ascertained that the insurance companies were averse to taking full risks on the Dean Richmond, and her cargo, for a trip to Liverpool, the Chicago Board of Trade have undertaken to effect the object by individual subscriptions, the ...

      THE SCHOONER DEAN RICHMOND - This schooner, bound from Chicago to Liverpool direct with a cargo of wheat, arrived at this port on Sunday morning last (27th), and left this afternoon. We learn that she, with another boat, was towed down the St. Clair Flats by the tug JULIUS D. …

      quoting Milwaukee Sentinel, 5 Aug. SCHOONER DEAN RICHMOND - We learn from Mr. Kershaw, who shipped the wheat from this city by the Dean Richmond, bound for Liverpool, that the Richmond reached Lake Ontario all right, on Saturday (Aug 2), and would soon be wending ...

      THE SCHOONER DEAN RICHMOND - The Thorold (C.W.) Gazette, of the 6th inst., gives the proceedings of a public meeting held there to welcome the schooner Dean Richmond, now on her way to Liverpool, from Chicago. A lengthy address was made to the Captain and owners by a deputation of …

      We learn from a late number of the Montreal Pilot that the schooner Dean Richmond, which left Chicago a few weeks since with a full cargo of wheat for Liverpool direct, passed that port on the 15th inst.

      quoting Montreal Gazette, Aug 15, 1856 THE DEAN RICHMOND - This vessel, which cleared at Chicago a short time ago, with a cargo of wheat for Liverpool, left this port yesterday afternoon for Quebec, in tow of the steam-tug John MacKenzie, on her way across the ...

      The JEFFERSON DAVIS, for obvious reasons, was renamed SEARCH during the Civil War; she was on the Lakes for many years.

      VESSELS IN PORT [At Chicago] - The river is now frozen over with ice so thick that it is not likely it will be broken again before spring above the bridge, and we therefore present our list of vessels in port. A number of others are known to be bound …

      The following is a list of vessels laid up at this port, with the places they are owned, so far as it was possible to ascertain them. As navigation is now closed, and the entrance to the river both above and below blocked up with ice, we believe no further …

      VESSELS LAID UP AT CLEVELAND. - The following is a list of vessels laid up at this port: Steamers - North Star, Telegraph Propellers - Indiana, Manhattan, Genesee Chief, California, Buckeye, Cleveland, Jefferson, Milwaukee, Potomac, Jersey City, Owego, Evergreen City, ...

      VESSELS LAID UP IN BUFFALO - The vessels, of all kinds, laid up for the winter in this port, are as follows: Steamers - Keystone State, Erie; Queen of the West, Crescent City, Minnesota, Hudson, Buffalo; Western Metropolis, Southern Michigan, Empire, Monroe; St. Lawrence, ...

      SHIP BUILDING AT BUFFALO. - The ship-building interests both at this and other ports around the lakes seem to be in a very prosperous condition, and there is a large amount of tonnage already on the stocks, and numerous contracts are not yet concluded. On the whole, we believe, the …

      Ice In The Lake -- It is many years, we learn from old citizens, since so large a body of ice has been seen upon the Lake off this harbor, as at present. The vision of the eye, even assisted by a glass, cannot discover the water from the highest …

      The Shipyards. - We took a hasty observation, yesterday, of the Shipyards of this city, and were surprised to observe the great progress that has been made upon the new vessels on the stocks, considering the unfavorable weather during this winter. There are now six noble ...

      To Seamen. Oswego, March 10, 1856 Mr. Editor - Please insert these few lines in your paper as questions to the seamen of Oswego: - First: - Suppose two vessels leave Oswego, one steering a west course, making 7 knots 2 fathoms per hour, making 4o 15' leeway, ...

      Ship-building. - An early stroll this morning into Ald. Roger's and Geo. Goble's ship-yards, furnished us with a little item of local interest. The click of the caulking-iron and hammer was to be heard on every side, and the greatest activity prevailed on the four large hulls which ...

      Our Harbor Opened. - The ice has raised the embargo on our harbor at last, - more than a month later than ever known before, even in the memory of the "oldest inhabitant. " A warm rain on Tuesday must have rotted the ice considerably, and on Tuesday night a …