New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-02-04
CITY ITEMS.
no, otAry LOeGl lens. 20. SereHih PayeI

,uce Alliance, Of the Ninth Ward, was held on last
(r,-.d.-, ,;rb. 81 the Tabernacle in Broadway The
reetng was opened with aPrayer BY Rev. mr. f0"'sf
,r,be Tbeological Seminary After which there was
.inoino nv Mr. Brewer Mr.. 7. II. Carpenter mo
President Of this Alliance, then came iorwaro ii0
stated that the object Of the present meeting "a' oi
IL purpose Of cooperating with the state ana VITA INC
Cav Temperance Aniances Az present they da ho'in
,end 10 enter the political arena 10 lay down the
c,r,e they intended TO adopt but merely to speak on
ohteousness Of their and for the purpose Of
sscinatipr principles which they considered neces-
,ery for tie public veal
ninol snoyy then presented him :elf 10 the meeting
H. .sd he did not there az an orator for he was
-, r,eo In that wey, but to look on those who were
an, GOOD for his fellow man-to reason and 70 argue
an The snbiect of Temperance He would ask them
,ba. show of argument was there TO support those
deps of iofany-the rum shopsi The best argument
,sey present Is that going too far by pressing
forward an enactment to force down the trade and
Il We only left the matter TO moral power we
would do better and more advance the cause.
He himself had been often told that by the exertions
he made to bring this Liquor Law bill before the Legs
ture of the State OF New York that he had done more
hsrn to the cause than fifty Of its opponents. He how
ever did not think So and was persuaded that moral
power had been tried long enough and did good and
was now time to try something else For more than
twenty years he had himself been engaged In the cause,
AID all that time they had tried moral suasion, and
many OF those who then worked with him were now
uoldering in the dust Wei, what good had been
done by this moral suasionf He, as q tectoler
grieved to acknowledge that there were many rum
shops and much drank in the City there was
sthe commencement of the agitation on this subject
Since, then, moral power woald not do, he for one,
f0r ,nd he mt
care what that would be- for the benefit of the people
The trader said that this law would njure trade
and ruin many families but this the very argument
Of the stage proprietOrs when railroads first be-
Ing introduced, and now, when they were trayersing
lie country, horses were dearer, and there more
call for stages than before single track Of railroad iron
bad been laid down. lie said that from statistics he
harmed that there GOO drunkardsn the country,
and that othoe 50 900 died every year Who will be the
pext victims 10 this fell Destroyer Possibly hus
bands wives or brothers and who will Gil up the ranks Of
sdegradod army those fall off Probably ournearest
end dearest friends brothers and children. He knew
that three hundred died weekly in this City from this
wee alone and then not good work TO endeavor
10 put out Of the power Of weak and foolish persons
,onduge in itt The Colonel instanced some Of the
evil effects which followed from this vice and said that
not many weeks since he had been called on to give
good education, who in fit of deliriHm tremeHs,
and whose family was starving. lie did so-the young
man recovered and took the pledge but he relapsed
INDUCED in the maddening cup again, and what
the consequence lie was now in tho City Prison on
charge of swndling lie wished that lady then occu-
pied his place for she would conquer the hearts Of
men az ladies always do, and she would make
ly pleading the cause Of the world. lie went in for
Woman's Rights, and if he We're in the Assembly at
AbeDy when the ladies presented their petition to the
House and weronsultcd he would il he spoke be-
FORE have had word 10 say then They were lnsulted,
tooby Representative of City and he trusted
Tat his conduct that occasion would be remembered
10 that person at the baotbo If he again
before the people To the people he willing to
leave this question: and he did desire that the pro-
posed bill should become the law of the State unless
they were for il. lie would, however, work for the
etuse in whatcver situation he might be placed.
Mr. Mott Lane then on the Young Mems Temperance
Alliance Of the Ninth Ward presented address and
aspondd Bible to Mr.. Cough
Mr.. Cough returned thanks for the present and said
lie would prize highly the first testimonial he had
ever received from New.York but the more as it
testimony that his services appreciated in the
cause
There was then more singing after which Mr. Cough
sqain came forward and said Those engaged in the
temperance cause were engaged in mighty moral con
fct and he thought they could look into the future
with confidence for victory. They were like the
krselites when about passing the Red Sea,
pursued by the armed hosts of Pharaoh, and
when the voice Of the Lord heard from out
The clouds Of fire, commanding Moses TO tell
Tie people to go forward They also heard the
voice of the Lord telling them to so forward and they
would so forward for the protection OF the wife and
child against the of the rumseer. Some years
sgothere great apathy but now they were aroused
lie read in fairy tales of city that was petrihed In one
nghtthe Gentry in his post and the soldier his
torse-but trumpet sounded and the warhorse
neighed, and the warrior drew his sword and rushed
forward to battle and to victory and were they
aroused by the trumpet sound in the North and they
VIII arouse and 60 to victory likewise Not only
we're they aroused in America, but their voice had
crossed the Atlantic and doing service in Europe
and though persons said there peace there yet the
dCspots who were said 70 be seated firmly their
thrones hsd spies out watching and reporting 10 them
the sounds which wen, booming across the sea and
made them remble in the ,trongholds Of their power
Mr. Cough ridculed the idea that the passing OF
liquor law would take away the personal liberty Of
sny penon--it would be only preventing smaniac who
had before made attempts his life, being punished
with the weapons Of self obstruction lie besought of
all to come forward now and help the cause and con
Guided by stating his auditors that this would be the
last visit he would pay to NewYoIk for some time as
his presence was required elsewhere The meeting
concluded with singing and prayer as it begun.
~ There is very little hope that the ap-
fehensons which have been felt for the safety of the
Jersey Pilot Boat No. B. Che Commerce) will ever be
eSpsted She left Jersey City about the LIST OF Jan.
nsy on her regular cruise and the last that has been
'e'n or heard OF her was of Li,se Egg Harbor during
eesnow storm Of the 18th. The following action on
~esaejeet was taken at meeting Of the Board of ~
: commissioners Of Pilotsge on Wednesday:
Ihe Bond record with regret the fact OF the .up
sS os Of the New'Jersey Pilot Boat "Comm.rce' on