Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-27
The Legislature.
The following notice of the Legis
lature is from the n. q. Democrat:

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! laturc is from the n. q. Democrat:
The Legislature adjourned yester-
day. We do not propose to criticlse
| it's record until we have had fuller
time TO review and investigate 1t.
There is no doubt that it has tailed
TO accomplish nearly, if not all, the
sweeping reforms which we're antici'
pated by the people, and that there
il wide and very deep feeling of
disappointment at the meagre results
OF so many pledges. Upon theotber
hand, the very exhaustive speech,
rev icwing the legislation OF the past
two sessions. made in the Senate by
Mr.. White on Monday. a very full
synopsis of which we printed in the
Democrat Yesterday, shows beyond
dispute that much more has been
done than WAS generally known, in
the way of rrtIenchment.
On the whole. the results cannot
be satisfactory, but it must he borne
in mui that the Democratic major
" was very small; that. many OF it's
members were inexperienced, and
that the reform movements were
embarrassed at every step by the
powerful la lical minority and few
! Democrats, whose actions must re.
main unaccountable upon any known
theory creditable to them. How.
ever. in day or two We will be bet.
.I.l IA n ttlS ~ ls.f. ~
the value the session has been to the
State, and in the meantime we wish
our country friends a speedy voyage
I. homcward 10 their families.
\ vote on the bill granting pen
sion of IS per month to all soldiers
! aud sailors of the war of 1872. or
their widows, regardless of their
"rebcllion record" showed that the
army OF irrcconcilable Southopho.
biSis is growing smaller, and nears
the vanishing point. DULY twenty.
one votes were cast against 1t. The
only gentleman who spoke against
it WAS Mr.. joyce, of Vermont, who
/ advocated "rXCluding from the ben.
eiits of the bill all who participated III
/ the rebellion Mr.. Joyce is of Eng.
liSh birth and education, and it is ca.
sy to see why he should thus nurse
his wrath against the soldiers who
were ST. disloyal as to fight for this
country against England in lSl2.
The total receipts of coffee in the
United States for 1877 were 3il.2l4J
i3Spounds. The consumption during
the same period was 30i,4W,Iij
pounds, against so, J3O.2l9 IN 1876,
being l,S99,22G gain in 1877. In
1871 the consumption was Isl .22j,.
200 pounds: III 1861, 1905, Sc,
and III 1871, 30G.GO9, 80 pounds.
The greatest consumption in the last
twenty.scven years was in 1875
when the figures reached 800 COL.
OSS.
During the year 1877, G6i. 100
tons OF foreign sugar were imported
by the United States, ana The total
consumption of domestic and foreign
sugars for the same year was G6l, 1874
tons. m increase of 1875 tons over
1916. In 1850 the consumption was
26o, i6G tons: in 1850. ijj,2Sl tons,
and in 1870, go. G.2 tons.
y curious candle used in Alaska
is fish eight inches long. almost
transparent, and very fat, the fat
being pure and very sweet. The
Indians dry this fish. then light
: II AT the tail and it burns with Il
clear. sparkling flame which the
wind will not cytinguiSh.
the Baptist church ut Coontown.
Texas. not long since expelled forty.
ught OF its members. The nest
SUNDAY these forty eight formed
themselves into church aud rXprll
ed tile remainder. AMI took posses.
sion OF the church rrcoids.
Postmaster General Key refused
To allow the ATTORNEY general To
question the right OF members of
congress To become bondsmrn for
mail contractors, aud has definitely
awarded a contract for the Fort
Worth aud Yuma route to Col. Chi.
dcSier.
The president, it is stated in
Washington. will make no changes
IN the other Offices III Louisiana nm.
I'll the collcctorship is settled.
some sweet little verses which
we hive nlnrcl rnrcfnllv nrn. Il.