Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-09-24
MISCELLANEOUS. i O.
From, n tte Neo York Jour. of Com.

:, y From the NeW AOIh JoHI.s " So"s'
MI. Cough Found.-Mr. JohE B..
Cough, the Temperance Lecturer, whose
mysterious disappearance has excited SO
much interest, was found yesterday, about
noon, by Mr.. F !. g. Hays, (old Hays, in
back building up an ally aln Walker M
street. He was suffering from dellrlum
when found, which increased towards
evening, though with occasional lucid IN.
teryals, in which for few moments ne
talked ralionally. By putting logether
the scraps of inform alton thus commune
Gated, we are able to present the ioilo@-
ing as substantially his own statement.
On Friday evening, 9th instant, nc leit
the Croton Hotel 10 take walk, Prepar-
4 atory 10 reli.ing for the night; went into
Saxon g. Miles book store, aud alter.
wards stopped 10 look at the prints In
Coleman's shop window, where young
man accosied him as AL old acquaintance.
Z Mr.. Cough did not al 6rsl recognize him,
bur afterwards remembered that ne had
worked with him several years ago, IN
the Methodist Book Concern. : Thiiis
a ine new business you are engaged in,"'
said the young man. /" Yes it's new 70
me" answered Cough, but much hap
pier and more congenial to my feelings
than my old occupation, and hope that
: YOU too are on the side of Temperance :"
mo" said the young man, | cant go
I that. take glass once in while when
i want it,"
Here Cough turned off aud went up
Broadway but the young man followed,
and continued the conversation, saying,
among other things, 1--WE do not presume
I. TO give the exact words, 81 suppose you
are such. a great Temperance man that
you would not take glass of soda water
with friend" Not 80" replied Cough
al drink soda water very often, and con
slider it innocent and refreshing" Then
take glass with me" said his c"mpan.
ion. mo thank you,". said Cough, i
don't wish for any just now." The young
man continued to urge him, however, on
!. the score Of cid acquaintance. and he n
nally consented. ihey went near Fomp-
son & Weler's establishment, and turned
g TO enter il; but seeing that 1t was crowd
ed, The young man told him that they
would fnd it difficult TO be accommodated
there, and he knew better place close
by. He then led Mr.. Cough round the
corner, (as Mr.. e. says) either oil Murray
. or Warren streets, to a place where They
obtained couple of glasses Of soda wa
Z ter, one of which Mr.. Cough drank; tho
his suspicious were slightly aroused oy
glauces which he thought tbs companion
sinterchanged with The keeper oi the es
tabishment. In The taste OF the wafer
he discovered nothing peculiar, but ne
I. very soon became glddy,-and as to what
$ passed from that time 10 this, his recol
lection appears very indistlnct, aud ms
language incoferent. Ii IS supposed that
tho young man did not accompany hun
any farther. Mr. e.. had considerable
: money with him, part of which ia gone >
but his watch and other ARTICLES that he
carried, is safe. He Is now al the house
of Geo. Hurbul, Esq, IN Brooklyn, where
his wife is also stopping, and receives ev,
ery attention which his circumstances re-
quire. Under the operation OF medicines,
his system has been relieved OF consld-
cradle quantity of laudanum. Mr. Hayes
Obtained the information which led 10 his
discovery, from Messrs. Camp q Wilkes
Of the Police Gazette.
In regard to what followed, alter he
drank the Soda water, until he wus re
covered from his lhraIdon, there IS mys-
tery which is ye, TO be unveiled. From
all we eau learn, we suppose he was du'
ring the whole time under The lnhueuce OIL
LIQUOR; but whether i. was drank volun-
tarily, or administered by force, aud with
what drugs accompanied, we know not.
Evidently he has met with bad treatment
either from himself or others. Ii from
others, The whole affair must be probed TO
the bottom, and the authors oil the vlllany
condisnly punished. If from himself, his
fall would seem. from the above account
TO have resulted from some vile admixture
in the soda water which bereft him OF
reason aud self control, aud made him
prey to his old, but long suppressed ap
petite for strong drink. 10 either case, he
is much TO be pitied. Even if he were
the sole author of his misiortunes, and had
fallen like Luciler to rise no moro, there
would still remain this consolIns fact, that
good cause does not fall with those who
profess aud advocate it; and above all,
does not depend upon the conslancy OF
any one individual.
Eror, The Gh1rIesfou Courier