The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-18
ENFORCEMENT OF THE SUNDAY LAWS.

Prevail-Ise Same Sunday Programm
StilI Kept Up-scburban Groves, Lags
| Beer Saloons and Concerts Flourisning-
Very Little Disturbance and Few Arrests
The influence OF the sabbatarans has not yet proves
potent enough, 1t appears, 70 induce Mr. Plllsbury tn
new Police Superintendent TO issue any special order
gardng the sale Of liquor Sunday, other alleged
Ations OF the Sunday Laws. The order OF the Deput,
Superintendent given out four Sundays ago, while acting
temporarily Superintendent, remains still force aud
carrying out the instructions of this order the police wer
supposed to be busyiDg themselves about yesterday
One Of the leading objects Of the existing order was
suppress the sale Of lager beer Sunday 70 prevent thu
Sunday gatherings Of citizens their wives and children In
any OF the lager beer gardens Of the city, and to drive
from all the suburban groves up town the bands oil
music which have been in the habit on Sunday
OF dHcourspg To Thousands enivening but ntoxcat
musc-a music, indeed, made up OF nothing more nor
less than choice gems from operas oraoros and anthems
such az the church attendants in Fifth every
Sunday at the hands Of their saared organsts This en-
ocement Of the order 10 the extent referred
that such manifest tyrannical encroachmen upon the
rights OF citizens would be dangerous, and likely
followed with fearful results II Is believed that good
and wise counses likely 70 prevail Numbers Of lead.
Ing citizens have within the past two days called upon
the Police Commissioners, also tho Police Supern
. enforce Tie sunday laws on The ground Of theS
being obsolete, unjust and tyrsnnical. Having
their attention s.aOo., in this and ahsr ways call:
TO the experiences OF the past three Sundays said to
have led 10 declaration the part Of of the Com.
and preventing glazing and manifest violations tue
Sabbath no police interference would be attempted Il
sued Yesterday, - on the previous three Sundays,
nearly all the liquor stores the city were closed Tne
lager beer saloons kept open DOORS and there hin
drance TO the sale or drinking Of the hop beverage The
out OF town gardens were tnronged and music abun-
dans and happiness unalloyed The general features OF
the day they indicated in the different precincts
are briefly noted below
LOWER SECTION OF TIE CITY.
In the lower part Of the city, and especially the First
and Second wards, the form Of the Sunday laws were
complied with In remarkably quiet manner, while every
one fet satsfed that the Law tself totally dsre
gsrded and evaded by OF side DOORS" private
entrances and eating saoons all the liquor stores
doing an average business by Of these in defiance
Of all the vigilance Of the police There was no open OPP
position, however, in these wards in any instance the
proprietors Of saloons feeling to be to their in
teres to act on the principle Of the somewhat truthful
adage Of the quie,est way is the best one"
In the Third ward there opposition to the law
OF an open character-severa places where liquor the
principal article Of trade declining to close when notified
and keeping their word when the occasion came Among
these were the proprietors of the New Orleans
House, lo5 Barclay street; Crysty Bruins, 1874
West street. and Otarsons saloon LOG Barclay street..
and Others all Of whom kept open usual of course
did paying business The police report that besides
these about ten side doors at the service Of the pub
Lie, who no doubt avaie1 themselves OF the convenience
and that In other respects the the
been reported on former Sundays In this ward
informed that the Liquor Dealers Association has notified
s members that In future they will not hold themselves
responsible for dnes but tins notification, given, pro
The police the Fourth ward complain that they have
difficult task TO perform and that the enforcement, Of the
Sunday law is an impossible thing " cay they, .ws
it 10 beer any other like beverage that sold,
and we see people coming GU. OF stores with pitchers
full Of liquor what are We to do We can do nothing"
They also state that the prcpretors have sennes posted
to watch who report the first sight Of "a brass BUTTON"
and their masters regulate their business secure.
ly by this constant source OF reliable information.
There were iDnumerable side doors open everywh
throughout this ward and Hows saloon No. ss Cherry
street. Cousins Oliver and Madison Streets and Bances
202 South street. and Others did Inconvenience
themselves the least but did business with open doors
hs usuAi, anu onIeeafoeo she notnc&uon 70 Ciose.
the
corner Of Leonard street and Broadway, open as
usual together with Winters house. SO Leonard street,
ard the rest The police complain here also that they
cannot proven the sale Of liquors
The .!boody SIXTH gems 70 tsse smaller interest in
the Of bier and the violation or o.
the Sunday laws than others Of lees notoret The
liquor shops which disregard Of the police notice
being confined TO Mulberry and Baxter streets
Among Roches saloon the corner Of Park
and Mulberry and ruys on the opposite side OF Aul.
berry street The side Of most liquor shops this
part Of the city also OPEN and came In TOR their
share Of attention.
THE EASTERN SECTION.
The wards the eastern side Of the city, commencing
at the Seventh and ending at the Twenty third
precinct have than their share Of corner liquor
stores. In the Seventh, Tenth, Eleventh, Fourteenth
and Seventeenth wards nearly every corner
store in fact liquor store, and where the sale Of aco
hoc beverages ia not the cole business carried on, gro
Gerry store bar is to be found that species Of bar
having unfortunately become seemingly as important
or adjacent grocery stores billiard cues 70 the
game OF billiards In these wards too lager beer saloons
flourish more abundany than in any other wards Of the
city this being the German section OF the city Yester
day Of the liquor stores bad their blinds up, and
they sold liquor they did blindly, which undoubtedly in
many instances dore Ouly three arrests OF drunken
reported Large numbers OF the lager beer 81
Al the odeon, al Hoyms theatre and Columbian Garden
in the Bowery the notces-poBitively no liquors
cold here on Sunday we're put up IN plain SIGHT, that
have posted these places since the present police
order went into effect. At each place the further
ntmaon also given that the concerts were wholly Of
Essex ee aleo the in Fourth street. were con-
spcuously posted similar notices The day was orderly
eaa oo sixth lager WAS
drank dd t,x, but not single person was seen in any
way intoxicated.
h THE WESTERN AND UPPER PORTIONS OF THE CITY.
the reports from the various police stations which
our reporters have visited may be credited the observ
Of the Sunday laws with regard TO the sale Of in
toxcatpg liquors general has been
for many years On inquiry at the Eighth Ninth,
Sixteenth, Eighteenth, Twentieth, Twenty second and
Twelfth ward station houses the unusual reply that
nearly all the houses for the sale Of liquor closed
few arrests made for drunkennss or disorderly
conduct, and altogether the Sunday was more quiss
than has been known for many years. 1t need not be
supposed from this that there WAS the slightest difficulty
In procuring quantity Of drink in either Of the above
mentioned localities On the contrary, there were ocular
evidences that the thirst might be quenched at most Of the
well known drinking saloons. These ocular evidences
not OF course such attract the attention or the
police, who, long they the blinds and doors
closed, would naturally las vigAnt policemen were
bound 70 COY suppose that the law Was being rgidy OBJ
served within; and though men kept going into these