The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-06-22

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The Journal Of Commerce says;
The police yesterday made really determined
and successful effort toshut up the liquor shops
throughout the city. They have no authority, it
is claimed, to close the establishments forcibly and
arrest the vendors in the act and therefore confined
themselves to notifying the offending parties that
they would surely be punished for violation of the
ordinance. The intention of the police authorities
in this respect having been publicly announced
few days ago, the liquor selling fraternity very
generally conformed to the law by locking up their
bars and literally closing their places of business,
front doors, back doors, and windows included,
it was understood that the mere technical closing of
half door and one shutter up, which is allowed to
satisfy on election day, would not be good enough
for Sunday. The excellent effects of the movement
were plainly perceptibe throughout the city in the
marked diminution of drunkenness and rowdyism;
and for once the day seemed like Christian Sab
bath, indeed. The happy change particularly
noticeablein the Fourth, Sixth and Seventeenth
wards, in which it had been confidently predicted
that the ordinance never could be enforced. That
this opinion-whch has long been entertained by
people of the despairing SORTS bugbear, was
completely proved by the general compliance with
the police mandate in those localities Yesterday
The rowdies being excluded from the rallying
places where it was their Sunday custom to fire up,
and then issue forth for riot and crime, were com
pulsorily sober and peaceable. A few small retail
dealers snapped their fingers at the police, and de-
ned the law which they have chance to confront
before the magistrates during the present week.
The larger sellers cheerfuy acquesce in the Justice
and propriety OF the ordinance, and their infiu-
ence is on the side of right, there is no obstacle
even in this loosely governed metropolis, in the way
OF thorough breaking up of the Sunday selling Ii
quor business.
If the liquor shops can be closed in New York
on Sunday We have doubt they can be closed
any where, even here.
The GREAT INTERNATIONAL BILLIARD March,
Our announcement of the preliminaries of a great
match, England Us. America, at Billiards for 500
600, seems to have created unusual excitement
in the billiard world and the disciples of the are
actively discussing the probable result of the game
should it be made and PLAYED The disposition in
this city to back Mr.. Phelan will be very strong
and notwithstanding the immense renown of Mr..
Roberts, the English champion, we shall expect to
see Mr.. Phelan hold an equal position with him in
the betting. He has, however, undertaken a ire
mendous task, and if he succeed in vanquishing
him, he will undoubtedly rank as the champion of
the world. blr. Phelan, in declining the recent
So, 900 challenge for return match with Mr.. See
reiter, declared himself open to play with Mr. Rob
Roberts has beaten NJ. Berger, he will not be re
quired to go beyond Mr. r. for the universal cham
pionship. Porter's Spirit.
Another terrible warning of the danger of tri-
fling with firearms has been given in Ohio The
brother of young lady, in Youngstown, had been
teazing her. and finding gun that he supposed
empty, presented it with an air of playful bravado
He snapped the lock, when charge of fifteen or
twenty shot was discharged into side of his
sisters neck, and through the feshy part of her
cheek, decorating her in terrible manner. She
was lying, at last accounts, in very critical condi-
ton.