New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-06-13
DAILY CRESCENT.
c0ILI1;s And CUNaRD sTEg.uERs.

We have received the following communion
ton from "a Subscriber" and readily give it
place. ecause, although it is an emanation Of
national feeling, and intended to make out
case for the Cunard steamships against the Col
lins vessels, it deals in figures and statistics
which few.friends Of the Cunard line have here
tofJre INDUCED in and because it is evidently
the e,pression Of m honest national feeling.
Tie writer must very well know, from arti-
cle5 thet have appeared in our columns at dif-
ferent times, that we entertain no doubts of the |
great superiority Of American steamships clip |
Der ships and yachts over any that are built BY /
Tie British or any other nation and he will, I
therefore, excuse Us for making few continents
with regard 10 his communication. Ard hrst. |
we claim tie same right 10 throw aside the au-
thofity Of Wilmer & Smiths Times that our
correspondent acts upon in rejecting the report
n lie Etw rk Herald ; md even more, be
c4uyi the rcpo.t of the Herald is fully sustained
i.g o,aar iturals Whoa tes. mors Is e2,slersd
, 4Sai .nercver they are read It is, however,
upiurtrtant Ebe.i.er the Arabia beat partic-
ular y5yBgs Of the Arctic forty-two minutes or
not arl we aTe willing to corceae-although
y a;i1ut sufficient proof that she did The ques-
ii n still. remains has the Arabia beaten the
Arctic Has she made as quick time either way
rs her opponent has 1t is certain that she has
not, and our correspondent docs not claim it.
Tais qubbling about single voyage strikes us
) O somewhat small
O. We treated at some length the other day Of the
p late trips Of the Arabia, and acknowledged that
3 they wcr very tast-that, as Mr.. Brooks says,
they proved her to have " won the champion
-lip-of the Cunard inc " and We added GER
- tam statistics going to show that even these
crack runs had been immensely beaten by the
d boats Of the Collins line. Letters and adyices
inform US that TIE Arabia enjoyed unusually
favorable weather both ways, and did her best.
? We 10 not consider it necessary to say anything
/, more with regard to the matter, although our
& Correspondent treats Of it as singularly wonder
ful It is true yet, that the best runs Of the
ta.t hoat Of the Cunard line have been greatly
z SUI PASSED BY every one Of the Collins vessels.
= We would say one word with regard to thC
!! oayarage trips to which "a Subscriber alludes
- when he makes out that the average trips Of the
Asia have exceled those Of the Collins vessels
= ncafly two hours.
Tie average Of the voyages performed in th'
year 1852, by the Collins line from New ork t.
Liverpool, was 10 days, l9 hours, and a min
+ u.es from Liverpool to NewYorh, II days, !,
hou.., and y minutes. The average Of TIL
rips performed in the same period by the Gu
S.. nGrl Inc from NcwYork to Liverpool was |
+. days, hours and So minutes from Liverpoo
Ill to Ncwl ork l. days, / hours, and 30 minutes
:. Our authority Is statement published b
tie NoWIorl, Courier and Enquirer from locu
ment3 obtained of the agents Of the two lines
a1t extensively copied. From this official state
u.u-, !. via be seen that the average Of Il
.la Collins boats beats the stated average ct L
-4s u--i.y Two hours, and puts the boot
!, "a. the other leg.
n. Tia concluding paragraph Of " \ HuDscr
+ ber'ss article is slightly incorrect. The Arct
=, is no. the crack vessel of the Cunard lin
.a. la. has been considerably beaten by the Balt
n AMI She was not placed by Mr.. Collins to ri
' 4. against the Arabia, but took her regular trul
and furthermore, she did not enjoy the Ban
aa5 a weather. but very different md more dsagree
dle, as is generally conceded
= - For clear statement of the reasons why,
SEA boats, the British steamships cannot cor
pete With the American, and are, in roul
weather, longer in making their trips, we rel
~ a Subscriber TO a work by Capt, Moki
non, r. n, lately published, and exceeding
interesting.
W4th these few remarks we give place to t
.. communication
BRITISH Us. AMERICAN STEAMSHIPS.
81 NEwDRLEANs, June Q, 1858.
Editor Crescent l regret to perceive,
the bart OF some Of the newspapers, success
5.- efforts by instrumentation t facts TO dep
ciue the voyages Of the Cunard as compar
V Ii the Collins ocean line Of steamers
Both lns are well worthy Of the entt
r z prise and GO credit 10 the mechanical skill
~ tue countries which sent them forth to hl
fet she storms and battle with the waves Of t
rgst Atlantic tut the achievements Of the Coli
s,camers have heen sutfic emily cOnspicud
Without The rscts.ity Of resorting to msrepl
svnttuonsin order TO ex ggerate their trump
~ E9u VIII probably ask me for proof of lh'
systematic misrepresentation of the pre-
which nine tenths OF the readers, doubtles s, CO
sidIr rs facts. They are numerous enough, /
a.s 4 your space and my time Will not permit me
do more than detail two or three of recent
'-f eurrence. On the llth April last, the y
'-t York Herald being asked hy Corresponds
f fr the purpose Of deciding a bet, =" what stean
Co.'S had made The quickest passage from NeVi'
H.; to Liverpool, this year. (1S53,) answer
- The arctic, which arrived in Liverpool on
10Th ult in 10 days II hours" Now
,sa misstatement was promptly corrected in VIII
4 Smiths European Tues Of the Goth Ap
where the exact time Of the voyages OF
Arabia and Arctic was given, taken from
logs OF the steamers; and it was conclusiy
,.t shown, that on the voyage alluded to by
Herald the Arabia had beaten the Arctic
actly forty-ttcO minutes. The editor pointe
added that ." remembering similar efforts
the same quarter he had nailed the staten,
like bad shilling, to the counter" Althol
tie Herald, on the return steamer bringing
European Times, preserved significant slel
Leaf, and declined tomake the < amende hoHOrGb
,., it is to he hoped that his correspondent retur
the money which he had unjustly poke
under the falacious decision of the trustwor
Herald!
by Tie most glaring case of misrepresentat
tssL however, has been made regarding the last '
age of the Arabia to Liverpool, in sneel
article taken from the New York Express,
which you transferred to your columns in
'.-'sa- terday 5 Crescent, but which needed no qu
aH, 5on 10 show the hand that penned it, TO
staaeked of the prejudice and was seasoned '
res the acerbity which Mr. Brooks has so long n
Tested for every thing " British"
.rast tie says of the Arabia Her last trip t
= EewY ork to Liverpool is said to have been