Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-04-21

SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 81.
By On Wednesday last, the University
at Lewisburg opened again, after vaca.
ton of three weeks Horace Greeley was
expected to lecture in the evening.
ny- The great breach of promise case
iu ST. Louis, has resulted in favor of Mr..
Henry Shaw, so Miss Efiie Carstaug gets
no solid comfort for her broken heart.
las- The gentlemen appointed to review
Third Street have reported in favor of
widening it to SO feet Report says that
damages we're awarded to Mrs. Petriken,
s25; Elisha c. Barton, 5000, and Mrs.
Smith, $40.
Say A cooio6atr, causing chilling sen-
sanons, took place in town last Saturday.
We refer to the snow-storm which lasted
two or three hours On the succeeding
day the air was SO cool that water froze at
noon in the shade.
sSr The election of the | 9th ult, in this
place for Justice of the Peace, resulted in
the choice of Thomas J. NORRIS. Ev-
srything went off so quietly, and SO little
excitement was manifested, that numbers
here did not know of the election
fsa5- The protracted meeting, in the
Baptist Church at this place, is still in
progress. This denomination, in conjuc-
ton with the others in this place, is exer-
sising healthy influence on the morals Of
she people, and we hope the time is not far
distant, when this place will be entirely
reclaimed from the vice and immortality
in which it has been SO long stepped.
sGy- In recent visit to Light Street
and Orsngevlle, we had occasion to re-
mark the improved appearance Of those
two growing villages. Though some dis
tance from the railroad and canal. yet they
do considerable business and the streets arc
filed with vehicles Of all descriptions
A stranger would do well to visit some of
the country towns in Columbia county, if
he wishes to gain a true idea Of the man
ners and customs of the people.
asE- In the country, if a man has prop
erty Of his own, he uses every exorton to
beautfy and adorn it :; but in the town,
on the contrary, he gets careless, even
when he knows that his property is subject
to daily inspection by strangers. What
opinion will a stranger have of town when
he sees the alleys, and even streets, cogged
M with heap+o manure, ashes, and REM
nants of old wagons and buildings? Some
of our alleys are disgustingly filthy, and
no doubt ths object of many in trying to
get the streets widened, is to have more
room to deposit their ashes.
Es3@ On cur ocean steamers it is custo.
mary to overhaul the vessel to look for deoc
"e@os immcdiatel y after leaving the wharf
About year ago the officers of the Moses
Taylor found secreted behind coil Of
ropes, and without the necessary docu
ment5,--a gray headed old man and hi.
wife, who, when questioned as to their des
tination, stated, hm n,y acerc going Il
Ohio n u,sit their clauahferi Some heart
less wags it seems had prevailed upon then
10 get on board the steamer, which wa
bound to Aspinwal-a distance of 2OO(
miles. They were sent ashore with tn,
pilot boat,
la5' The recent License law, passed i,
.he Legislature, refers only to Philadelph
ia, and not to the whole State as il stated
IN some Of our cotemporaries, BY tn,
way, is it not strange what mania fo
change has seized our lawmakers, ",
are reminded Of the principles of Solon
'he A.henian lawgiycr, "that it is bette
20 Tela!N ola laws, even though III some re
speets Objectionable, than to be always cage
TO change them for new ones, though pos
sibly superior. Little or no conideuc,
can be placed in the authority of law
which are necessarily altered, remodelle'
and exchanged; and those ones whicl
have been sanctioned and established b,
long usage, and under which the citizen
have ms it were, been born and educated
are likely to be religiously observed -
We do not object TO wholesome reform
but our Legislature seems desirous of tam
pering with every law in some way.
~ Children, though generally denomi
mated pests, yet, are agreeable ones, AM
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