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      The Sault St. Marie Canal . - The Cleveland Plaindealer gives the following description of the Canal, which is to connect ...

      Loss of a Schooner and its Crew on Lake Ontario. - We alluded, a few days since, to the washing ashore of the body of a lad, near Pultneyville and stated the suppositions in regard to the identity of the deceased lad and the cause of his ...

      The Great West, which was launched on Thursday from the ship yard of James A. Baker, has a new kind of steering wheel which is, we believe, superior to anything yet introduced on vessels here, as it obviates the necessity of having two or three men at the helm in …

      Loss Of A Schooner, And Its Crew On Lake Ontario. -- We alluded a few days since, to the washing ashore of the body of a lad, near Pultneyville, and stated the suppositions in regard to the identity of the deceased lad and the cause of his death. - We …

      Loss Of The Schooner Ardelia, And All hands. - The entire loss of this vessel and all hands, is now beyond doubt, and none of her crew remain to tell the cause of the melancholy catastrophe. Her owner, Mr. Butler, received intelligence on Saturday, that the body of his son …

      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 ...

      (under "Marine News") The " Delos DeWolf ." -- This new vessel, named after the Cashier of the City Bank, has just been launched from the new ship-yard of Lee Lamoree, on the lake shore, about three-fourths of a mile above the light-house. She is a ...

      New Vessels. - Three new vessels were launched in the city this afternoon: two from the ship yard of Ald. Rogers. - The brig E. W. Cross, named after Capt. Cross, an experienced and enterprising navigator of the Lakes, is built for Ald. Colborn, and is to run in the …

      The launches yesterday called a larger attendance, particularly of ladies, than we have ever before seen. The beach and grounds in the vicinity were covered with spectators, and the greatest interest and enthusiasm manifested. The three vessels were floating on the bosom of old Ontario soon ...

      Vessel built at Chaumont

      Oswego Business. - The rush of freight East and West keeps our Forwarding men upon their legs days and nights, almost unceasingly. Consignments of Buffalo freight, direct from that city, are now of frequent occurrence, the detentions on the canal having accumulated such an amount at ...

      Dust. - The city is full of dust. The street sprinkler cannot keep it down. Dust is no respector of persons; it covers the silk and lace of the nabob with as little compunction as it saturates the rags of the beggar. Dust is "democratic." Yet with dust on our …

      Appalling Calamity - Propeller Perseverance Burned On Lake Ontario - Fourteen Lives Lost. The propeller Perseverance, Capt. John Fitzgibbons, of the Welland Railway Line, took fire fifteen miles off Pultneyville about two o'clock this morning, and burned to the ...

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      Marine News Another New Vessel.-The large new schooner, built by Jas. A. Baker, will be launched next week. She is a staunch, well built vessel, as are all those built at this enterprising yard. She is 130 ft. Keel, 25 ft. 10 inches beam, and 11 ft 10 inches depth …

      Collision The Steam tug A.F. Smith was run into last evening by the tug A.S. Page, in the river just below the bridge. It appears that the Page was backing up and by some means run into the stern of the Smith knocking a whole in her stern and splintering …

      Water Street, which has long centered the public business of the Custom House and Post Office in Oswego, has in fact become the focus of the principal commercial and financial operations of the city. Most of the Commercial Houses in the City have offices in the Doolittle and Bronson ...

      The Spring-like weather continues, and the snow is going off gradually and favorably. The ice in the harbor is fast wearing away, and there is considerable movement in fitting out vessels. The opening of navigation on Lake Ontario is near at hand, although later than we have ever before ...

      The weather is the finest of the season. The sun shines brightly with a soft Southern breeze, and the snow is rapidly disappearing. We have got in sight of land, the bare earth appearing in many places in the city. The ice in the river is broken up down to …

      The new steam Tug, A.S. Page, made a trial trip yesterday afternoon, and her performance gave good satisfaction. She is the largest tug of the kind on Lake Ontario, and one that has long been needed, especially at this port. She is 100 feet in length, 19 feet breadth of …