Sunday dispatch. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1845-1854, 1852-03-14
EDITORIAL BREYETTES.

*x* Here is an item for the Women's
Rights ladies A recent English paper says:-
Among the feetlately windbound in Lamlach
not the least, but perhaps the greatest wonder
was the good old brig Cloetus, of Salt Coats,
which for more than twenty years, has been com
manded by az heroic and exceedingly clever
young lady, Mis- Betsy Miller, daughter of the
late VIM Miller, Esq., ship-owner and wood
merchant of that town. He was concerned with
several vessels both in the American and coast
ing trade. Miss Betsy, before she went to sea,
acted as ships husband" " to her father; and,
seeing how the captains in many cases behaved,
her romantic an d adventurous spirit impelled her
to 60 to sea her self Her father gratifed her Ca
price, and gave her the command of the CIoetus,
which she holds to the present day, and she has
weathered the storms of the deep when many
commanders OF the other sex have been driven to
pieces on the rocks. Her position and attitudes
on the quarter deck in gale of wind are often
spoken Of, and would do credit to an admiral. We
must not omit to state that during the long period
ofthis singular young lady's diversified voyaging.
no seaman of her crew or officer under her CON-
mand, could speak otherwise of her than with
the greatest respect. The Clcetus well known
in the ports Of Belfast, Dablin, Cork, 60 She
is familiarly known by the rude Highland boat
men as the ship wi tn the she-captasm This is a
practical demonstr alton of Woman capabilities.
Twenty years is srtainly q long enough time to
test the matter.
- The Board of Engineers and Fore
men of the New York Fire Department have
presented manly remonstrance to the Common
Council against the organization of new Fire
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ment, and its reasoning against the course of the
Common Council is sound. We fear, however,
that all argument will be thrown away on the
men to whom it is addressed. With the excep-
tion of five or six, the members of the present
Common Council are not worthy. in a moral or
intellectual peint of viey5 to serve as walters in
q respectable Eating House. They want to kill
the Chief Engineer, MY. Carson, and as they
hold the power in their own hands, we think
there is but little reason to hope that any remon-
STRANGE will stop them They are, it is true, q
little cowardly in the maltter, or they would re-
move him directly without the aid of bogus fire
companies. They need not be afraid, however
They can do Just what they please and the peo-
pie will re-elect them Our citizens appreciate
the joke of keeping such men in office, and they
are therefore perfectly safe B.sides, by remov-
ing Carson direct, q considerable sum will be sa-
we'd, which can be divided round among the wor-
thy Aldermen as perquisites This-ifno other
reason would-should induce the City Fathers to
pause and consider what they are doing.
~ Law is very uncertain speculation.
One of our German cotempOraries brought suit,
during the past week, in the Superior Court for
damages, alledging that the editor of another
German paper had seriously damaged him. by
publishing libel of, or in reference to him, and
the jury awarded him six cents. Another Ger
man brought SANDER suit in the same court for
damages, and got like verdict. In another case
decided during the past week, however, the jury
gave the father of young lady, who was al
ledged to have been seduced by the defendant,
$4,000 damages for the loss of the services of his
daughter. Such are the glorious uncertainties of
the the law.
*.* Archbishop Hughes lecture at Me-
tropolitan Hall, on Monday evening, was at
tended by an immense crowd The subject was |
the "Catholic Chapter in the History of the |
United States" The proceeds of the lecture |
were appropriated to charity The Archbishop |
is rather more liberal in this last effort than we
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