New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-08
PUT7ING DOWN LAGER BEEF o.
SUNDAY

Fora perod Of fourteen days The Mayor Pcce
under Sergeant Derney. have been preparing fc-
usnd onslaught upon the Sunday Concert and Lager
BE- y Saloons. week ago last night they visited
number Of the most popular places OF German resort,
AID informed the propie,ors thereof that Mayor IYe
mann Intended to compel them TO close their places on
the Sabbath. Mr.. Berney also notified them that un-
L.. they complied with the Mayors orders. they
would be suested and their establishments forciby
closed. During tie past week II has been generally
understood that the refractory vendors OF -acred music
and Sunday lager would be annihiIated OF course the
reporters hand to participate in this imposing
| demonstration. About 81 o'clock last evening we
repared to tho resdezyOus little room in the base
nent Of the City Hall, where the Mayors squad
bold forth. n view of the serious nature OF the
epterLrse in which the squad were about to engage
we expected 10 witness a most imposing array Of
policemen ia blue coats and brass buttons; and
remembering the Teutonic demonstrations in
| the Seventeenth Warl ast Summer, we were
| even prepared TO the Seventh Regiment
under arms as corps d. yeserre. On entering the
basement Of The City Hall did not notice any
ususl crowd; in fact the only person in sight
We concluded that the force had gathered for greater
secrecy in he squad room, and accordingly made our
| way ,hither. We found there Sergeant Berney and
| three officers several Of whom discussing the
proprety OF going home. AT ! o'clock the Sergeant
said he did not think that any more of his men were
likely ariy that evening and suggested TO the force
assembled that the hour for business had arrived
wherest the four officers stoutly guarded by dozen
reporters, sci out on their pcIlou- mission.
The first place yistedwas Lndenmullers Coliseum,
| No 2l0 North William street. There were nearly 900
persons preseit. Almost every man was accompanied
by his wife or his sweetheart, and many parents had
| brought their little With them. All of them
seemed 10 enjoy the opportunity afforded for spending
a social hour with their friends. When we entered,
| some dramatic performance was going on upon the
little stage at the upper end Of the hall, aud portion
Of popular German opera was being very acceptaby
rendered BY an orchestra composed Of two yons and
a piano. The presence Of the Police, although they
were dressed in plain clothes, caused the or
chestra to dry up and the actors to disap-
pear. After waiting here some time Mr.. Linden
muller was told that the Mayor did not wish to shut W
| his saloon, but merely required him to suppress al
boisterous merrment dismiss his orchestra and drop
| the curtain upon the drama on Sundays This nc
promised to do. II will be remembered by many poor
people that this man. two or three Winters ago, when
the poor were destitute, opened an eating house in
Chatham street and invited all who chose to dine with
him. From those who were able he received pay,
| ana tHOre WHO Hdu no ulOhcl uc icu oL hOlhhS wv
dear charity. Before he party left last night he ex
tended general invitation to Lager, which a:
generally reePondedt to-
Across the street, Hollacher s. Baygar's establish
ment was open and crowded. brass band attracted
so many thirsty customers that the girls who waite
upon them were i'll truly pitiabe state of exhaustion
| Up stairs were several billiard tables with games I'll
der way and in one corner three red-shirted rough
| were payirg cards. Everybody rcerued III 5oo' III
NOR and the presence ofthe officers did not create h
| slightest sensation.
| The next rlaCe visited was Dramatic Hall, No. Is
| Boweiv, Up stairs. The Drama however was unde
a cloud or, NOE properly speaking, the curtain wa
down, aid the assenblage Of lager drinkers was YER
slim. Ercm this place to the NewIorker Stadt Thea
Ter !. only few steps. To Judge from the appearance
Of the interior and the extent Of the audience, ii is
yeIy popular place of resort. The pit was full of me
chanics and aborng with their wives and children
and the boxes and parquette showed goody company
ofweldressed dmen and women evidently as respectable
as far as outward appearances are concerned as any il
the community. The performance was advertised as 4
sacred concert" II opened with an overture fion
"TIe Daughter Of the Regiment which brought
down the house. A song followed, after which came
dramatic dialogue, and on through the evening
first little song then little drama then an overture
from Heydn, followed by some funny little comedy
Sergt. Berney says the Mayer intends to revoke the
| license Of the manager.
few steps further up the Bowery, and We were a
| the "volks Galten." This is large establish
ment and there could not have been far from =, ,OOt
| persons present when We entered. A. usual IL
all Of these places it was evident that many
mel Lad taken the members Of their families
with their. While the men drank lager their wives
partook Of red wine ard sweetencd water and the it
tie ones feasted upon "p.etzels." The Garten is
large circular hall, with little shops adjoining for the
sale Of vaious articles, and large gallery extending
around the upper pait, from which band dispensed
very far music The proprietor Of the place politely
invited the officers and others to try the lager, which
they did, and unhesitangly pronounced it Of excellent
favor. When We went out the company was
just as happy as ever, and probably not
dozen pereons in the hall knew that the police had
been there The last place visited was the circus, No
81 Bowery. Here the usual acrobatic feats were IN
progress. After watching aman pose himself upon a
pole, another whirl couple of globes around IN tne
sr with his feet and third dance breakdown III
red boots with wooden soles the Police retired.
Sergeant Berney and his nzD having completed
THEN anxious Undertaking weushople, and thus ended
the muchtakcd-of suppression ofSunday amu'ene
|
The Commissioners Of Excise seem to be out oi Dust
ness just now. They were TO have met on tniay