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From the "Essex Register," Salem, May 18, 1822, we learn that there had
been trouble caused by ill-bred young men congregating at the public
corners on Sunday evening, and also that some females had behaved badly at
that time.

One of those ill bred and riotous fellows, who have become
notorious for their bad conduct of late, at the corners of our
streets, was arrested by one of our most vigilant constables, at
the corner of North and Essex streets, on Sunday evening last,
carried before a magistrate, committed to prison, and bound over
for his future good conduct. Our municipal authorities, and all
others concerned in bringing this person to punishment, deserve
the thanks of their fellow-citizens. The town of Salem, once so
distinguished for the purity of its manners and the good order of
its society, has been disgraced of late, by outrages upon the
peace and quiet of the community, committed by noisy assemblages
of young men at the public corners--and even _females_ have been
seen to exhibit a demeanor in the streets disreputable to the
town, and disgraceful in the highest degree to themselves. This
conduct should receive not only the discountenance, but the
decided reprehension of the respectable part of the community.
Every citizen is interested, and is moreover bound to manifest
his interest by his acts, in bringing every offender to prompt
and condign punishment. The stake which every one has in the good
order of the community, is great--it behoves, then, every one to
exert himself to re-establish and preserve it.