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      Capt. Dan. H. Bromley, of Rochester ______ Capt. Bromley was born in New Haven, Oswego county, in the year 1810, and he was, therefore, in the sixty-sixth year of his age at the time of his death. Owing to his reticence regarding himself, very few particulars of his eventful ...

      Oswego Its Business Prospects We visited the village of Oswego last week, and must confess that were taken by surprise, in witnessing the numerous evidences which at every step were presented to view, of the rapid increase of business in that beautiful village, located on the ...

      Outrage at Green Bay - The Republican of the 21st Inst., gives the detail of a daring resistance of the laws, that occurred in that place on the Saturday evening previous. It seems that an injunction had been placed in the hands of the Under Sheriff with directions to serve …

      Sunk - Loss of a Schooner We learn from a gentleman who arrived at Oswego via Lake Ontario Saturday morning, that on Thurday evening last at a point about 40 miles below Niagara, the schooner "Cuba,: W.H. Manwaring, Master, was run into by the propeller "Genesee Chief" and with her …

      Steamers on Lake Ontario From an article in the Oswego Times it appears that the first steamboat on Lake Ontario was built at Sacket's Harbor in 1816, and commenced running in the Spring of 1817. She was called the Ontario, and was the first steamer built on the Western Lakes, …

      Fearful and Fatal Accident The Editor of the N.Y. Tribune, writing from Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Under the date of June 11, says: "A fearful casualty took place here yesterday- namely, the upsetting of a row-boat in passing down the rapids, and the drowning of three of ...

      SHIP FEVER Until quite recently, our village has been entirely free from disease. Within the last week or ten days, however, several cases shave appeared among emigrants passing through the canal. Two members of a family who arrived here yesterday from Montreal via. The Oswego ...

      Coal Trade at Oswego As the Legget Gap Railroad, is to be opened on the first of next month, by which a new channel for the cheap transportation of coal, will be opened between this city and the beds of the best quality of Pennsylvania anthracite coal, we have looked …

      THE LATE RIOT AT OSWEGO The Oswego Commercial Times five the following account of this affair. The first accounts which reached us were no doubt somewhat exaggerated: While the Canadian steamer was engaged in carrying out pleasure parties some disturbances took place, as we ...

      Oswego Oswego was among the most severe sufferers by the speculations and high pressure transactions of 1836' 7; but she is gradually and surely recovering. We spent a day there quite recently, and were gratified to witness the evidences of prosperity and thrift which were ...

 Syracuse Daily Star (Syracuse, NY), July 2, 1847     Travelling Correspondence. Liverpool - River and Harbor Convention - Mud Lock - W.C. Bouck - Awful Accident - Baldwinsville - Corn - Fishing, &c.; &c.; BALDWINSVILLE,

 Syracuse Daily Star (Syracuse, NY), July 2, 1847   Travelling Correspondence. Liverpool - River and Harbor Convention - Mud Lock - W.C. Bouck - Awful Accident - Baldwinsville - Corn - Fishing, &c.; &c.; BALDWINSVILLE,

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      The Gale on Lake Erie _______ Twenty-nine Lives Lost _______ The propeller Henry Clay, Capt. Geo. Callash, had aboard 30 crew and one female passenger. At 12 o'clock on the night of the 23d broached to when off Long Point, and laid side up in the trough of sea. ...

      Correspondence of the Star. The pleasure which yesterday's trip up the lake from Oswego to this place afforded me, was so great that my feelings prompt me to make a few dotting of the same. In my frequent visits to the Falls I have found the Lake route decidedly preferable, …

      Further From the wreck of the Henry Clay. We take the following from the Buffalo Advertiser: - We are indebted to Capt. E.P. Dorr, Marine Inspector, who, with Capts. Keating and Root, returned from the wreck of the ill-fated Clay on Saturday evening, for some interesting ...

      Strike. - The laborers engaged in repairing the break in the canal on Thursday struck for higher wages, supposing, we presume, that the necessity was so great that any demand would be yielded to at once. The contractor offered seven shillings per day and one dollar per night. Some of …

      The Canal Break at Geddes The Canal break at Geddes, which has impeded canal navigation since Wednesday last, was nearly completed last night and the water will be let in this morning. Since Thursday night a large body of men have been employed day and night in repairing the ...

 Syracuse Daily Star (Syracuse, NY), 13 Sep 1851     Great Gale on Lake Erie. _____ Loss of Dan Rice's Circus. _____ Mr. Frost, of the Burnet House, Cincinnati, who arrived here on the Express train, yesterday, from Buffalo, informs us that on Saturday night there was a terrific gale on Lake Erie. The ...

 Syracuse Daily Star (Syracuse, NY), 12 Oct 1850     From the Oswego Journal Gale on Saturday Shipwreck On Saturday, a gale of great severity from the north west threw the lake into a perfect foam. During the afternoon, the waves dashed with fearful violence over the piers and as a large number of vessels ...

 Syracuse Daily Star (Syracuse, NY), 12 Aug 1851     Oswego. - We paid a flying visit yesterday to Oswego, and were gratified to find so manny evidences of its prosperity on every hand. The present population is about 14,000, who are chiefly employed in the navigation of the lakes and canals, in the manufacture of flour and in the …

      New Steamer. - While at Clayton one day last week, we were shown through a steamboat now bilding at that place by E.G. Merrick & Co., which is intended to surpass everything in size, speed, and magnificence, that has ever been launched upon the lower lake. She is 224 feet …