Smyrna times., 1854-08-09
Correspondence Of the Smyrna Times.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug, 7, 1854.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug, 7, 1854.
Mr.. EDITOR Dear Sir-I perceive, by
glancing over the columns Of the Times, that
YOU have not had letter from the city OF Bro
therly Love for some time past. Now, sir, so
far as ! have been able 10 ascertain, your PhIla-
delpha correspondence was regarded, by many
of your readers, very important feature in
the economy of your paper arrangements.
propose-wIth your permission, Of course-tO
devote some leisure moments have this morn
ing, to giving you Il few " items of news" re-
spccting the movements of humanity in this
meridian of mURdWS.
The ravagcs OF that fearful malady, the
choleIa, still continue, with unabatcd fatality,
in this city. The press endeavors to eyade the
obligation of reporting It's progress; yet, never
thcless, inroads are traceabc not only where
poverty aud filth characterize the lowest stage
OF human degradation, but even in sections
where the para phcrnaia Of cleanliness and
wealth would seem to Indicate their exemption
from attack. These attacks are attributable
more to imprudcncc in diet than to any other
cause.
The chief and most weighty topic of conver-
sation in this city, at the present time, is the
subject of Mayor Conrads effort to suppress
the sale of intoxicating drinks on the Sabbath.
He not only merits, but receiUeS, the approba-
tion of all good citizens for the steps he is TAX
ing in regard to this important matter. A
great deal of excitement is prevailing i'll this
city about the case of n man by the name of
Barr, the facts of which are as follows, wiz
Barr, few weeks ago, was brought before the
Mayor, on a charge of selling liquor on the
Sabbath, lie was bound over for keeping a
tippling mousse, on the ground that he had 10
license 10 sell on that day. He subsequently
appealed to the Supreme Court on a writ Of
hGbeds corpus. The decision of that body was
that the penalty for selling on Sunday was
S4.00, on the ground of his following worldly
employment, and that he could not be bound
over for keeping tippling house. The defen-
dont was therefore discharged.
| After the decision of the Supreme Court, the
Mayor delivered an address to the policemen
in which he urged upon them his desire that
they should continue to report all cases Of liquor
selling upon the Sabbath that came TO then
| knowledge. 1t is the impression of many per-
sons that the course pursued by the Mayor
comes in collision with the decision of the Su.
preme Court. Now, such, it strikes ms, is moi
the fact. The Mayor appears TO think, in con
nection with Mr.. Reed, the District Attorney
that the keeping open on SuaAay, and assem-
bling persons on that day, is I disOrderly act
and, as such, constitutes the keeping Of dis
orderly house. lie, therefore, binds them over
so that a jury may determine whether the fact
in the case constitutes disorder. and il SO, tina
the person charged isguilty Of keeping, not
\ tipplng, but disorderly house. 81
i The Pennsyipanian Of Monday last, contain
ed what pnrported TO be an exposition Of III,
secrets Of the 1Know Nothing = party
Though we " know nothing" of the existenc,
Of such IN organization, we do knoo that