The Portsmouth Inquirer

American Enterprise.—It must be acknowledged now that the Yankee Mechanics cannot be excelled in ingenuity and enterprise. The last trip of the Atlantic has settled that question, at least so far as it relates to the navigation of the ocean by steam. She has achieved a triumph for her proprietor, Mr. Collins, he may well be proud. Her last passage from this port to Liverpool was the shortest on record, as she made the run in ten days and sixteen hours, which is one hour less than the Asia's best passage, and five hours less than the Europa's. During one of the days of her trip the Atlantic made 319 miles, which is by far the best time yet made. In the solidity of structure and magnificent decoration, the Collins steamers have surpassed every thing of the kind that has been attempted, and if they now add the merit of speed to their other points of superiority, they must be recognized the best steamships in the world. It is of course only in England that we find any competitors. The splendid vessels of the Cunard Line, substantial, elegant and swift, have long carried off the palm, but it seems as if they will now have to surrender their pre-eminence to the New York vessels. The passengers by the Atlantic, when she arrived in Liverpool, published a card in which they bestow the highest praise on the sea and other qualities of that noble steamer and on Captain West and his assistants for their uniform vigilance and kindness. —N. Y. Post