When 400 buildings at today's Portland were burned by Captain Henry Mowat on Oct. 18, 1775, the threat of war ... sloop's American canon and landed the boat on Goat Island instead. The brig ...

The U. S. sloop-of-war Cyane, Commander HOLLINS, arrived at this port yesterday, with Lieut. STRAIN and party on board. The Cyane left Aspinwall on the 25th of April, and Havana on the 8th.

Jim Hall, site administrator for the Erie Maritime Museum, where the Niagara is docked, said he's hoping that the Niagara will be back in Erie to celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary celebration ...