The New York herald., 1867-01-28
THE EXCISE LAW.

Quiet Sabbath Throughout the C1ty Xestd q
day-The Restaurants and their bars-Ho~
Sundays Comfort is Socially Drunk In Pri-
vate-Thc Arrests. &c.
The third Sunday under the new Excise regime passed
on very quietly yesterday in all parts Of the city II
was fact what may be truly termed sober Sunday
which, when contras,ed with the Saboaths OF the
'good old times gone by, sighed after and mourned
for by every hab tua topper Gotham when behooved
each ardent devotec OF Sym and sugar" 'brandy and
water.n and other cboi decoc,ions TO walk the
streets in drunken mood with gangs OF inebrae asso
ciates to the DISCUS Of all decent folks TO stand on cor
ners and with besotted and insulting remarks leer al
passers-by and then when the shades Of evening fell,
to render the Sabbath night hdeous with the shouts and
songs Of drunken rbadry, brought feeling Of crater u
relief to every peaceful citizen who had TO pass grog
gerry on his way to church or home
The avenues and streets in the upper portion OF the
city were characterized by the general quiet which pre-
vailed around, and the absence Of suspicious young
vicinity OF liquor stores where the sbest OF Bourbon
could be had at the lowest rates at any hour
q ,ii the Day Even IN the classic precincts
health inspector contends that there time a
drinking place for every twenty inhabitants in the ward
and bludpeon ''maspes which the residents or that
arsocratc part OF the did SO love TO indulge
in for divarshn's sake seemed To have been postponed
for more bentling day. whenever that may be-
In strict compliance with the order OF supernten dent
Kennedy those restaurant keepers who are licensed 10
sell liquor during legal hours and have had heretofore
their bars in the same apartment Their refreshment
tables had the bars yesterday $50 enclosed
show appearance Of their ordinary -
In some cases the counters had been removed
separate apartments, but general rule, board
partitions or boxes closing with hinges and lock were
substituted for the and table cloth coverings that
were extensive use last sunday
Although those persons who arrested for having
been so law-defyng to take drop too much an
hour when they should have been at home in church.
were few and far between; still, from many house,
through tightly closed window blinds issued
forth now and then, during the day, the sub.
dued sounds Of jollihcaion within that exceedingly
passed ali outward show. The heads Of the famines
In these particular dwellings had, no doubt-with true
topper precauonseen TO II on Saturday evening that
the Sunday comfort had not been left outside Of half
johns which would contain just within few gs Of The
prohibited five gallons These wary not over
stopping the boundaries prescribed by the law to be
sure but then the Excise law they think. like many
other laws is such dey net, with such accom-
modating holes to creep through the sly, that man
bought Saturday, nobody but his but his wife, who
may perchance get drubbng for affections sake, has
right to interfere with his enjoyments Indeed judging
from the many houses wherein the less than ave gallon
system carried on socially II good,y number OF
outdoor excise observers In that particular state
called by Pecksnif 'the summtes light Of bss' before
midnight the fault surely lay, not in the drinkers but
most decidedly in the weak quality of the article drunk
Among the arrests for intoxicaton the police took into
custody twenty At the Jersey City ferry.
Harry HILL we'll known among the sporting fraternity
and proprietor of saloon in East Houston street. was
among the arrests made in the Fourteenth ward last
night.
The following arrests were made up to twelve O'Clock
lastni d yiOlati0n he iso law.-