The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-23

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Another AAsrsive EFFORT % E~s.rs~ it,
Extraordinary BAandne' a or inc Polaee-
Run, Lager sna Lar .b~rxer An Full
Blast-ArIest 81 . Pcv a Omsnaexs. &C., xs.
II VAS hoped BY Inc p'o - people Of New York thas
o. yesterday oil the hqoor establishments, from the mag
nihoent aa baaroor 70 The dirsiea democratic eros
geriss, would be foso I'd 70 close, under the NV In
honor Of the first day Of the week, Commonly called
Sunday" But New York piety and godliness WAS des
tined " s nae hundred and ninety ninth dssppcmsmens
IN th.s respect for rum flowed freely and lager WAS
qued quite literally and Internationally yesterday -
any Sunday, perhaps, within the memory Of that i'm
perishsbe individual ycept the "oldest nhabnaat" 1he
result proves that either such laws practically hum
bugs, that has often been Charged the police, with
few pharisaieal exceptions, wink at violations Of the
liquor reguaOis while others do not TO take upon
themselves The thanklesa task Of endeayorng To correct
what the statute considers abuse well understanding
the secret sympathes Of their superior ooers. few
words will up the account Of yesterdays labor u
the line Of closing the liquor sores far as heard from
up - the time Of the present writing
For the last few days tho following notice has been
published in several Of the morag papers, By order Of
the Board OF Police
TO vxsDxas or INTOXICATING LIQUORS IN THE METROPOLITAN
POLICE
Notice hereby gwen Hs. Ss sns 81 NE
sct entitled act 70 establish Metropolitan Police
oietrct passed April TO- 1850, III declared that shall
# any intoxca,Dg liquors upon he first day Of the week.
called Sunday under penalty Of ffty dollars for each
offence and i made the duty Of The Of
Poee etrcty enforce the provisions OF This section BY
his proper in respect thereto 70 the members Of the
Metropolitan pohce force, and - made the duty Of the
this section to proceed in tho manner provided By INV
for the arrest OF offenders.
law orders will be issued 70 the members Of the Metro
poian police 70 arrest al persons publicly hopping
dBpOspg Of intoxicating bquor on Sunday. BY order
GEO. ". ENBREE, Chisf Cork
In accordance with this notification Mr. Deputy Super
ntendent Carpenter caused each Of the captains Of police
TO be appraised Of the wishes the Commisonsss and cir
culated the following note, to wit
GENERAL ORDER NO. 1885,
OFnC1 DEPUTY SUPKRpr OF Police,
NEW YORK, April q, 1850
CAPTAIN ---, PrecAct:--
SIR- am instructed by President OF the Board Of Po
lice to direct you 70 forthwith nonfy ?: dealing
publicly expose dispose OF the same on Sunday under
the penalty Of fifty dollars for each offence And said
persons shall after such notification persist displaying
dk posing publicly Intoxicating liquors, To arrest them
in the manner prescribed by law for the arrest Of Offend
ers DANIEL CARPENTER,
Deputy Superintendent
The members OF the police force in each district
called together the receipt OF Mr. Carpenters note,
which was read to them by the captains, who further
instructed that all drinking places found open were to b
visited and the proprietors summarly arrested. Tho
precise orders Of captains 10 their subordnAtes might
be stated thus;-"N you see any rum shop with doors
open 20 and take out the conumacious thereof
who viii be dealt with according to law" It viii be
man N left loophole through which 70 escape from
forcing the law, for Is well knewn that Metropolitan
policemen, as class, fit subjects for blind asylums,
w dpfncfivp
sions when seepg implies "doing" Besides, IL is not
necessary for policemen TO look, even II there should
happen to be shops in full blast the line Of their
beats They, like other free citizens. At liberty 70
shut their eyes while passing such places, If they
choose, and is presumed that our glorious guardians
awaited themselves fully Of this privilege yesterday, judg
ing by results.
Some law abiding liquor Dealers of course obeyed the
law and shut up shops sogeths1 but the great oTs o.
in full blast while others "bhnded the devil In the dark"
having their DOORS TO be sure closed but their windows
take quiet smile" The side and han door arrange
ments Ia extensive vogue and those badly IN need
OF drink were not long IN discovering the mysterious
American and Irish establishments, generally speaking
exhibited slight sembance OF sustaining the majesty
Of the law but the vendors OF sparkling lager weiss bier
Rhein vein aud Iimburger, " made no bones' Of the
matter at all They went the animal entire putting not
even the most transparent disguise on their operations
William street not, perhaps boisterous usual,
ard the strains Of sacred music have been hushed
The nonce; but the humiliation the liquids was
Bot the tees same may % remhrke0
OF all the well known locations where Teuons "nost do
cOsgregate for amusement and ollfcaon on the Sab
bath. During the daytime few arrests were made OF
persons carrying their traffic too openly, and con-
paint having been made against the proprietors Of
Hoyms Theatre In the Bowery, Mr. Frederick verche,
employee tn the establishment, arrested the
charge Of gambling This constitutes the amount Of tho
first days work under the new Sunday liquor law.
During the evening there was every appearance OF
alton the part OF the proprieors Of the vari
public houses and saloons to comply with the law,
but few places being opened There some few who
seem determined to test the right of closing them up and
accordingly threw open their doors az usna doing q
thriving business Many places had every appearance Of
being closed, but by little exeron entrance could be
reaoiy found by side door Acting Gen Super.
inenden Carpenter made tour Of the city during the
Gay to notice the captains fully carried the orders
Of the Commissioners by directing their report each
and every place found open. There were no arrests
made except in the Thirteenth ward where Fred Pope
John Sterling and R. Mel locked up wait an ex
animation. The number Of places kept open however
throughout the city, with open DOORS will fall short OF
three hundred.
FIRE AT STATEN Is1AND.-At one O'Clock yesterday
morning fire broke out in a email building owned and