The New York herald., 1845-09-17

/ The TEMPERANCE CAUSE.-THE disappearance Of
Mr.. Cough and his mysterious recovery from fairy
land and the noise made about the singular event,
have created quite a movement amongst the tempe
rance people, and brought out a temperance apos-
tie, that eminent man of subdued appettes--chaste
desires-and blood well diluted as not TO contain
single irritating particle OF carna ncllnation-Hc-
race Greeley. Horace is now very hard at work,
and advocates the temperance cause with even more
than his usual intemperance of language and man.
ner. But the philosopher has no bowels of compass
sion for the poor brother whose pulse does some
times give an ''unholy walop," as Burns says, but
who albeit not restricted 10 a bran-bread Diet NAV
after all carry on The conflict with the devil and the
flesh, as successfully in the eye of heaven as any
phasfly Grahamite who stabs character in the dark
and then sanctimoniously turning up the whites of
his eyes, exclams, like the harlot spoken of in the
Proverbs, 81 have done no wiekednessw
Every man in his senses knows that lntemperance
is one of the greatest evils that can af1ict humanity
No one is opposed to temperance. No one hailed
with more delight than the early efforts of such
philanthropc and sober men as Dr. Beecher to ar
rest the progress of the destructive vice of drunken
ness. But the manner in which the temperance
cause has been conducted during the last two or
Violence Observation-Disclosures ce-mercenary mo-
tives have been mixed and mingled with it, disgust
ing all sensible and intelhgen, minds Many per
sons have connected themselves with the movement
tor the purpose of obtaining the means to live in
idleness. Wandering orators, itlnerant apostles,
Presidents, Secretaries, and Treasurers of secret
and public associations, have cunningly managed
the business and extracted large sums from the poe
kets Of the innocent public. Politicians, too, have
used the movement to no little advantage. The ad
vocacy of the pure principles of temperance has de-
generated into the howlngs of the most brutal ana-
ticsm. When any one who had signed the pledge,
happens 10 fall for time, he has been hunted
down and prosecuted by ''the BRETHREN" and his
contriton and reform been entirely overlooked and
condemned. All this it need hardly be said, is alto
gether the reverse of what would characterize the
conduct and movements Of associations animated
by the spirit of Christianity and genuine philan.
thropy.
Let every wise man practice temperance and
preach 1t both by pre- ept and example-temperance
in drinking, in eating, in the enjoyment OF every
appetite, physical and intellectual But as for these
public parsdes, and speechitying, and concerts and
camp meetings, and lectures, the whole thing is
hunbug.
PROBABLE ATTEMPT TO IIoAx-We received, yes
terday, an anonymous letter from Hudson, giving an
account OF another atfray between Mr. Attorney
General Van Buren, and MIR. Jordan. We have
every believe that it is an attempt to hoax
The letter represents that the atiray took place Ill
court, and that the Judge turned it off facetiously- -
An account is also given of an alleged atfray be-
tween one of Mr.. Jordans relatives, young man,
and some person in Hudson 1t is stated in the let
ter that the fracas took place on Monday morning,
but the Hudson paper of the following day makes
no mention OF any such occurrence; and we are in
cllned to believe that the communication is an at
tempt to hoax us, probably made by some OF the
friends OF some OF those gentlemen, whose conduct
we scored occasion OF the original lracas.
We are not, however, to be caught in thus way
Nor have we said any thing that the public does not
sustan in reference to the conduct of the parties in
question, or similar parties and similar conduct in
other cases. Mr.. Van Buren, and Mr.. Jordan are
both very respectable, lawyers and as gentlemen,
but IN that fracas they gave exhibition of the de-
generacy of the bar, in point OF manners, which
was lamentable in the extreme. This degeneracy
Is daily illustrated in the treatment, by our lawyers
OF one another, of Witnesses, judges, and even par
ties all implicated in the case before the court
HONOR TO WHOM, &c.-Capt Williams of the
Quebec, arrived yesterday from London, brought a
gold medal from the Royal Humane Society" for
Capt John Brltton of the Rochester, for his praise
worthy exertions in saving the captain, crew, and
passengers of the Dorchester, lost at sea in the
terrible gale of the 18th of last December.
MAILS FOR EURoPE.-The steam ship Grea,
Western will sail for Liverpool at three o'clock to-
morrow afternoon, and her letter bags will close at
two O'clock
Movements OF Travellers.
There was very numerous catalogue of names on the
regisres of the hotels from which the follow
ing selection is made. At the
AMERIcAS-W. G. Hart, Virginia r. Richee, Boston
NJ. Richards do; j Guideats, Alabama; Nj. Lord Bos.
4 ton; II. Senclair Baltimore w Lindsay. Montreal; Mr.
| Grant Philadelphia General Howard, Baltimore; W. B.
Fowler, Harrisburgh; Capt Wilson, Charleston; W. D.
/ Smith, New Orleans; Geo. Payne, do; w. p Bradsh
\ Natchez g. d. Ford, Boston; A. Lord do. Thos Whit.
ney, Providence; Dexter Stow Philadelphia.
AsroR-H D. Rice, Permont; John Butler, George
Beach, Hartford H. Parsons, New Orleans; A. Randall
Boston; Daniel Beechly Dayton J. c. Forsyth, King.
ston; J. Battle Nashville; NJ. Brown, Boston; r. W
Galbraith New Orleans; Geo II. Fry Arch Foster Bal
| more; c. Levenhorp, North Carolina; y. Wilcox Au.
gusta Perkhuss, Boston, w T. Grennell, Providence
| y, w. c. Appleton, w. Burnham, Boston; +. Wade Ha