The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-08-31

From the Boston Journal
The Of nine days thirteen
hours forty minutes from Liverpool to New York,
performed by the uship Baltic under command Of
what will be the result years experience in,
navigation The great speed attained by seageng
steamers especially Of Amarcan constr uetion
Is OF just pride to all interested In maritime sf
fairs The deyeopement of powers in producing,
models Of naval remarkable not only be-
cause our competed with the world but
they have done In 40 short time Ten years
ago there was not dozen steamers sailing from the
United States to foreign ports and not half OF that
Der steamships.
1t may be amusing to those engaged in such
matters who take any interest Ia nautical affairs
glance at few facts connected with the establishment or
the Cunsrd line to Boston, which had no opposition to-
The Unicorn the fret Of the line arrived in this city
on the Sd OF June ls4o after passage OF days
the Acadia in IL days and II hours In lSI twenty
trips made the longest by the Acadia in Is
days and II hours the shortest by the same vessel in ~
days ard II Ia 1872 twenty trips made,
the longest by the Britannia in IL days and the shortest
by the Columbia in l211 days. This year was one OF
much vexation to the proprietors The Britannia sailed
from Liverpool and when out several days. obliged.
to return on account Of the severity of the Weather
Tie Acadia arrived the season Halifax being
much damaged that was nc, able TO proceed os-
ton The Columbia, also, arrived in a condition.
than the Acadia hay ing been over 20 davs 10 Halifax
and being pretty Knocked to pieces Her engine was
greatly damaged and the upper works entirely carried
away She, also was not able to proceed Boston, and
The Unicorn then lying Halifax was obliged to ali the
deficiency and made three trips from Halifax to Boston,
IN lS4S twenty trips were made, the longest by
the Acadia in twelve days and twelve hours On the lst
Of July the Columbia sailed from Boston three
days out totally wrecked Ba SIX Ledge Seal
Island she had on board twenty -four passengers all
whom faved II 1884,, twenty trips made the
longest by the Caledonia. in seventeen days and fifteen
hours; and on the lst September, the Hberna came
steaming up Boston harbor, in twelve days from Liver
poo-a passage then unparalleled, which was heralded
thr ughout the country the greatest trip record
and Boston papers challenged the world to procure
equal to the "od Hibsrnia In the beginning the
the Britannia detained two days by the
would rot have sailed at that time un!ess the citizens
Boston had cut channel for miles through the
ice when she sailed OF the bay, with many thousand
eyes fixed upon her.
In ls45, the Gambia was placed upon the line aud
under command of Captain JuJkins, proved hersefa
safe and powerful boa. twenty trips made this
season. the longest by the CAMBRIA in ninetesn days
twelve hours-and the shortest by the vessel, in
eleven days four hours this last did surprise the
people as they had their miacs made up for anything
after tie Hnernia arrived.
In ls46, the Cambria ran ashore on Cape Cod and by
the assistance Of several tugs from this city OF
after remaining aground for forty eight hours The III
hernia also grounded off Cape Sable, damaged to
such extent that her pu ps obliged Co be worked
during The entire passage IL the winter OF this year
the Unicorn was thirty days the passage In
lsi7, the America came over il ten days ten hours
When the arrival of the America was repgraphed to
New York it created great wonderment, aud the reply
came back over the wires in word" GammoniD
II was about his time that the Great Britain Great
estern withdrew from the New York route, owing in
great measure, to the regularity Of tie Cunard line
French line was then stabilized composed Of four
steamers from Havre But these proved inefficient to
contend with Cunard were soon wit hdra yn the pro-
ecor having sunk large in the enterprise Che
Ocean Steam Navigation Company organised and
built the Wasbingt On and urmann when the Cunara,
ordered three ships to be constructed with despatch of
uncommon strength aud speed These 5000 came over
ard were the Canada Europs and Niagara The Bril-
apiia and Acadia sold the Danes steam fri
gates and The latter lost after ia the Baltic
The Hiberna and Caledonia purchased by Spain In
$50, when the Collins Iine came into notice tho
asia and Africa addei 10 the Cunsrders which 1t
Was expected, would fairly Hi the American line.
But when the Atlantic the pioneer and
outsqed every thing then aoat t cast sferent shade
on the matter This the Erst American boat that
ever competed with the English She followed
BY the Pacific in July, the Baltic and Artc ia Noyem-
Ler and their binary passages have more than
realized the mtt saDgu.ue and show that
they have no superors for speed aoat We have col
lect'd the results OF the four quickest trips into New
ORR BY Cunard aul Collins steamers. Of the Gu
marc TO Eoson. Figures show plain which Las the.
adv entage ut this tiiGe -