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AMERICAN PORTS.

Ward s.: 90: 81. :: :,i:s =.
Sailed. steamer = {. Knight, New Yorr; .eh. Lena
H F:sa i'if sa.iss
Haven "f'ipI .,.u. Point, fieo Dean Fail Rive,
q" Bo 5s% S.'i My isce.rsa .A. E.a s.p.
s,asu c;ps Ann lo:S .. Ne. ioTs Free Wind, Fns
ga ssisi--sseamer John. iiopiis.
,a. s si. s y ss r
Titus. Phillip. sermuds' Maggie y M.r.g. ssesinsasn
tie @ Dow. Chase, DO. Lulu. snow. DO: Cook Cook.
d M ,s Veto, s s,Ss So s" po. ssc
konaou.; vsadsis belts do Liei,beas Wood do funs
hs snss D Peter eross keS"ia fa.e.ssais
ps yS sas s.o earn as.f
Jameson. Csnfase New FORK; Masaesbo Elliott. Port
c,ssi.a--s..s%.r. I.i,.S 'si. Thomson. liverpool,
ss sss;srs .
s%IfINoRE May IS-.xrrived .ea@e" 3 Foley.
rrse W%na,on So Josephine inc%,gn Moor" Nc.
itaD. dwarf Gresnoci. nrs DC Chapman, tyson Ma.
Manson .i BAH 1 D.n. cos Jsa
'" Also sr,i.sa bark. aaris Br. Nicholson Nexr, s..
Eua D Lassr 40" Jssn. yrs .sor. si,srs.en Ms'sins.
Sea s Sim Ir.a @ Dublin ' s mg
HOOK. falsdIn ArE'. Jones. Aan.da. 'ehr u h Andsf
WIN wss. fS,ss
sniled--Bnrks Familiens Minds txorj rvonmir fAus.
BELFAST, May e-ssici. schr Jnehin. Gilkey, New
I0,h-s Sailed sehr " W Drew. Msnoney Jsclsonv Iiie
New York
i3th--Arrivcd schrs Clara Rankin, from Georgetown
DC; A Ems. BARTLETT Forth Afnboy.
BANGOR, May 13--Arrvcd, srhrs W Richie Freshly,
fhiadclphiA; u Curtis. Grecnaw. south Amboy.
BATH, May 13-Arrived schr = Bickmore. Thompson,
ssicd.ehrs Jsmer sstterth waitc. wof Philadelphia
Saratoga, Niskcrson. New York; Mary Stockholm Reed.
Philadeirha
CHARLESTON. May l5-Arrivcd, schrs My Rover,
Bruwn, New York; A Hooper. Hooper. Wiscasscu;
Eta Barter. Barcr, do Joseph sonther. Rrnmond.
saied-schrs u y Keeling Baltimore; Albert Thomas.
CALAIS. May Io-Arrived. schr Annie Gus. ss~ycs.
CASTlNE, MAY 1UArrvcd. schr Union. Miiis. ~ John.
Nh. lsnd sailed nth tor Now yorkD.
DUrCil ISLAND IlARBOR, May g-Arrivcd sebr Re
becca Queen. Cain. ~ GeorEc Tor baltimore, land
sailed 10Th.
Norfolk; Henry May. Hatch. and Emma Gregory.
Mclean, Providence for New York; Acorn Atkinson. do
for fhiIAdepha Orion, Hoowcl Bangor for New York
Olive Branch, Whitaker. Ellsworth for -, land all
sailed 18th.
EUREKA, May T-saned. bark Monitor. san Francisco.
FERN sNDINA, Nay 1i-Cicarcd. brig ~ Michel tBr).
FORfREsS MONROE. May is-ship L,srle Moses. Cox.
from iisvre via kss West il ordered to baltimore.
GALVESTON. May f0--Cearcd. schr Comet, Rudolf,
Corpus Christi
18th Cleared, steamer City Of Gan Antonio, Penning
ION. New York ship Evan gcne tBr) Manson Musquash.
GARDINER. Ne, May 2-sa,Ied, schrs Al Rowland
Robinson; L Friend, Collins Y PaSs. Coombcs;
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SPOKEN.

Ship Belle Alliance (Br, White from Pensacola Tor Lav'
erpool, April -, OF Key West. ,~<
ship Nancy fendeton, Pendeton from cardn for Cal
la9. " arch H. 10. 81 20 5. lon ~ % w.
ship winifred tBr Abbott. from Dabiin Tor New YORK.
Ship Valiant Dnnham from New York March ~. for
San francisco April lat 80 n lon 81 w. q, 49,,
Ship Mary Whitdgc. Cnttcr from New YORK Tor AMER
March H. lat 30 =. Ion % W. -
ship Beethoven tB Smith, from liavr. for ew Orleans
Tor Delaware Breakwatcr April ~. lat ~. lon d .
Ship Anova Rather tita,. LacoTmare' rom Now Or
leans for G.noa. April g. lat 30. lon IT, .
Ship Royal Alfred fBrj. Fisher from Calcutta TOT New
YORK, dstc. lat % s, lon 10 H. .
Bark American Eagle. Johnson from New YORK TOT AgoA
Bay, April IL. lat 80 = Ion ~ 40. . .
Bark Ger, Grimm, from Antwerp Tor New YORK,
April 30. lat 30. Ion 10 -
Bark Jas Peake Or. Bernard. from Savannah for
Buenos Ayres April 4, lat 7 n. Ion ~ W.
BARK 4 G. Wylic liiawl, WAsers from Honolulu Tor
Bark ben Mncdhin lBr). Martin. from Calcutta FOR New
York Fcn %. Int s. Ion 81 +.
White Wing Philadelphia tor Jamaica, May 4.
LAT 81 49, Ion 6S 30. . . H.
Schr Annie Valentine. Potter from Now York for st
Augustine. Nay IL. of Georgetown. SO.
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TILE TEACHERS RECEPTION.

The May reception 81 the Teachcrs' Association Of
ibe city Of New York winch was given last night NJ
ste,nwsy Hail. was In every respect perfect suo
cess. Fully $500 persons wsro present. Mr.. B.
%. southorlsnd presided and read the announce
ments Mr. ". Z. Baird. tho baritone OF tho even.
ing had been called IRON the city ny tho death Of .
friend, bui Mr.. Nilsson took his place
The programme opened with The duet "A Night In
Venice" sung oy Miss Becbe and Mr. Nilsson, signor
KmIlo Agrsmon;o accompanying this, us well as all
ihs other songs Of the evening" on tho piano. Mere
uitu's poem, "Aux Italicns.n was recited by MI
Charles ROBERTS, Ir lie was recalled and gave hu-
morous version IN song OF the story OF tho fneian
sholic King who was ordered by his physicians
sleep night III tho SHIRT ~
happy When tho happy man Was
iound IL discovered that he mad
shirt. The tonor solo, "rbe Silent World Is Sleep
ing" BY D. Buck, was next sung BY M Jameson.
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FOREIGN PORTS.

] .y s dsnss: :D; .ss sss for
ss"n fr.ssaf Han esp Ksss,ls' aud r.asg gr.as;
sy, searrhn. 6sse,; storm King: Reed; cor. uoo|e::
srnSos Xran. MsrcS - Sailed brig BON. rr-.eo,
II psr. March IL b.l Henry Paul. s,ronss. for rio
canis, Aer, asIn port, s.rt y Icrnx. soal.. gne;
oaacurra. tpsl IL In port, ship. David Ins.,i. Ten
nsy Msin S1 Rsp. pas
ION: Willie Reed Yates for Dnnass: krin. Gem Br,.
issrcper nv sur. Tor San Fr.nei.eo Dan.i Barnes.
s.s., Mcs S.a HR. r
sailed from Sanger April 4 shp A's'hnsa tBr, stevens.
G,rnaIrsR Apin ie--Ari.ed harss nirho tAns,). Oar
s Il s'i
'' ssl Is' ao 1aa't snip rs.m 40 so-.r a,om
I.-sd me , s. % ''s s.,sn a s
ss: s @ mS: is% rss rom n s %
S".scc and Mo",resl
i.,,,s s:,s; 1., GER, ;Ss.s.
B0: Potter; London; Ontario tBr,. coanses. Bristol ;
Arrived 18th, steamer corss nen"e's st Johns NJ. for
sailed i'm bark Director tBr Hssper,s Br,. Law
s.s.s @ & ws.' s co"s.
MoSrvyIpso April 2--cleaed. ship Ciy Of Lima tBr,.
in pcr, April O. ship Granite state Ross for san Fran
cs,o ds % sail sson, Ag. is ' AZ. Hrssrr mnss,
pin Bunker. do brigs Wright Meyers, and Waiter
smith Wakey, tor New York. idg. adler Vacr, Wcncke.
and ternina Cpl. Font disg.
MUsauAsn. Ms tnot 81 john. May i3-Arrivcd, ship
Union, tlreen.esf, Havre via Lcwcs. Del.
Mourn SYDNEY, ca. Mar 2-Arrved. brig Nellie Jon %
(3r). Grent England
PKRsAsnuco April 3-Arr,ved bark Fdeiits Fr). Fay.
New York; schr J r Blake (Br). Neatly. do.
Sailed Apri Q, brig Gentle Bl Kerr New York: l4tb,
schr Margaret Ur), do, 10Th. brig Jennie Morton.
Forks. do; schr Etns, sawyer. do.
In port April II. barks Aadrina v Must. Gassch for
New York; Peggy tBrJ. Ball. TOR do. -
pOxCp N. no IL brig Matilda Buck OBI.
Buck for Unsyanila and New York schrs Chsvlotto
Jane Jameson Tor Nsvss.n In days 30 load for Balti-
more; Rsnkiu, Bishop IRON Boston. disg. Il II Fur
Der Neili. for New York dig
QurBrc MAY 13Arrivtd. steamers Moravtsn tBr. Ora
hmm, Iiverpoui Waldensian tBr), stephen, Glasgow
ship ercues Kustad invre bark frotectcr anierson.
Truro; Uermod, Anderson, Cork; Arthur White, Murphy
Cork.
Uieared 18th steamer Manitobsn tBr). Mcpougar Glas
Cow barks Tonn QSor) Johsuasssn, Limerick Nina tBr)
faggart. Montrose.
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and Isabella Gavin, Hudson Bay sehr Morse Silvia.
Atlantic Ocean. f>p
Al Monteyide April o. bark Europa, Pcnnimsn q -
transship oil Reports spoke between the rMN,sno
Islands and straits Of Magellan the oiiowng vessels
Feb 70 barks iowIand Rowland M. 40 Dds wn am
30 this season; Fleetwns % h aed IN, AZ
10TH George susan colson NIB 500 VII and ioo sp' Ar
noida nowland. N5. right whales this season. -,
Arrived At st Helena April 10, bark Gay Head 1enney
40 bbs 50 oil 90. - A..
Sailed IRON do April TO- bark cataipa. Chase do' 10
cruise -, 80.
ssiled from Honolulu April 10. bark Northern Light
SPOKEN March is ~ lat &C. bark Mary rraser, Dexter
EdgArtown $40 bills sp ana SO do VIII. all toio-
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OUR CABLE SHIPPING NEWS.

AYR way io-A',issu' ~" ~" ' 80. m, VA
~
in,'aue'p 'nS v.s.na MI, x,.,o,. pills,
80. ~ ..sa r,.n,n, :, q pM .hin sn,,r.se,d
49,, -, -,
fsa'.. ae~ ,o', ... ~, co,,,. m, no,.r..on
49, - ,,,.n M, nav. R.l,,mor.. II Tino
nos,0n OaiAs ~'.a"a 'r.' 80. a.. p.n.r A.
49, III, - ..,..d .h f,,oc.ra.uaa.n
,v', n.'.".1. Ds, 80.
~ n.. ~. ~ ,r,,..I .,,n Atlantic oc.r, sch.ner
49,, 80. .a,, &C., p,o.k.,u.n, a.. R.y,ra
Te,~. ca,aroS A. nsrns Gsr, schultz paren prir
ws.,,,o ~ So r.a,aaa
$40 ,4,s ~. No.. po,. Co., sonn,,. x.v yo,l
n - ..,a MI, a.,.,. c,o.hv ,c.r,
= 80 ~, 80 r.. -, c.,-so ~
800 ~" -
pncrx \. TX. Arrix.a harx STANLEY Nor, wro,d
$500.
go ~, 5000 h.rr o.orr. n co,h..t m,
o,n.," -,
co.rsu.cv. NAV ,,-Arr,ved bnrk. Amin. tyor,
a.,,,mo,. ia,h INN anusl Nor, Mor,e,,.n Bal.
.,
'''no.e ~ .~,v.a 49, r.on... p,.oa
S.v.h
Se~ ,oaA . = o,., a.. "a, .,...
na,.
'on' $3.50 -. p,a., ,c.., p..ow
49,.
n,, Ma ,.s.u.a ,.r. 1.u,.. n,.n An,.,,o
r,,aa .,.,..
o~,'ea s'A''s 49,, ... v,.-,. ~,
- - -.
- r, ~ 49,
~
:. 80, m, 49,.
:, ,., ,Y.r Go, ..,,s,
-' go N'
pu S,. m, x.cues ~
- 80
49,, $3.50 80 c.-,u. ~, a.. "
= ''
80. -, ,s
-, 80, - 49,
-, 80. ,,.--,.. go wr-. p.u.s.,..t.
'0u ' go 49, - 81
,.,',, M, v,s o., r,,. p,.,.
-. a,... 10, yv,i,. g.. px.n.,.co
o.'" Do'''. 80, -. 60, -. o.., 49,
Ao'DoS' 80 D., ~, wo,a ~ 90.
"' -. - 80, -. go, -, ~.
''"o' Do1''o'
more :. y--,., ~,
'oo1 v ~, -.
LfSA. M~ ""o1' 80 "''01"o'.'" ''s''' -'o'"'
-
"AnsA.h1ss' ny US "' ~
Nc~ io'.
Arrived p'''' ~ 's'A' 49, Ao~'' --Ns''
-, 49,, c..-r ~. ~.
saea .i.a' o's .ao'. u' ' -" ~
-. g.. ~ $500 80 y.... p,... en-
.on Marsces;J Pesrsou TAYLOR do; brig Dan Quxote
York do tnIi before reported sailed Marsellcs
Cane Breton)
,... ~ w.
orrxrsrowr Nav I5-Arrived. shin Arlington CBr,.
v,.xa.v adeInhta. hacks An ouste Nor
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STOLEN CIGARS.

Twenty thousand cigars, valued at s70o were stolen
on Tuesday night from the mandatory OF Giaccum
Il Schlosser, No. is Rlvington street. Tho thievC
drove up al midnight with . horse and wagon and
halted 10 front OF No IL. They entered that building.
ado their way tho roof and crossed over TO NO. To-
where they broke open tho scutlc. they TOOK on
with them as uch as they could conveniently carry,
and left no Glow 10 their whereabouts or identity.
Detective Lyons OF the Central Office has been given
the case 10 work up
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SAILED.

Steamers Bothnia DR., for Liverpool; Labrador Fr,
Havre Csribel tBr, Port Prince &c; Herman Living
ston. Savannah Geo Clyde Charleston, so; bsrks Al
pheus Marshall rl. London; Mannheim tswe) Gloucester;
Also sailed ste amor Schotcn (Dutch), tor Rottsr.
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NOTICE 10 MARINERS.

Pou-ssourn, MI, Msy 4-New Portsmouth Harbcv
Light Port Point far completed that light Is now
nightly burned This tower Of t"n about 81 iees
high brick wall inside An iron sp al staircase
furnishes VI ascent Tor tho Keeper Kerosene will
be n rating material this being the FIRST fourth or
light in the country httod Tor burning tnts OIL
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COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL.

S1NFrEENrH ANNUAL CONFERENCE.-The
or THE GRADUATES.
The ninelcentn annual commencement OF Columbia
College Law School took place last night at the Acad-
envy OF Musc in the presence OF largo and fashion,
ahlc audience Seated on tho stage by tho side OF
pres,dsnt Barnard and Professor Dwight were num-
ner OF nguished lawyers Promptly at eight
o'clock the orchestr, played an overture, ana mo
flied in took seats reserved Tor them
the exercises we re opened with prayer by Rev. =.
n DufNe D. D., chaplain OF tho college, alter which
professor Theodore w. Dwight delivered tho aadrcss
N The grad uating class Professor Dwight reviewer
Mo history Of tho law school from rs foundation
% the present time and commented on
he two methods OF acquiring proiession'i Snowi-
,aoe Of Tho science OF Jurisprudence-viz,
vasvstematic course OF study and by actual prac-
ice Tho former was philosophical. tho latter aroi
rarv and 10 the want OF scientific training OF many
..rh.rs OF tho Bar ne nscribed NUMBERS Of the
evils existing in legislation. OF tho amendments
ana rs-amendments to tho uoas =, a,,ro ren,nc
,ne isnu ataus pro and with regard 70 INC same
10 the famous struggles IN the days Of ord ooNe osoI
sne rnla IN SheIey's case. Tho speaker ccnciuueu
.,,h tonch,ne tribute the memory oil one OF me
students who a few weeks ago dicu AFTER ~hlen nc
SAID the words OF farewell. HIS address was frequently
l,Scr mnsc by tho band President Barnard intro
duccd Counsellor Joseph II. Choatc, who dcHvcrea
long and able address. IN which ne ps'a warm
,r,n,,c 10 Cou mb,a Law School and lis professors.
The awarding OF prizes then being next 10 oIucr
Professor Dwight announced INC Iono" ns, m.daT
lanes Hhouse sc cond prize, 500, Louis y. binSse
third prize. Ernest H. Crosba ,u
Honorabie mention, Ferdinand T. Minrath, Aboi T.
Blackmar, Edward [. Pearson, George A. Stearns ana
William Nckeever .....u., 49,
were both awarded TO Daniel De Leon
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SHIPPING NEWS
OCEAN STEAMERS.
Office.
Steamer.

DATES OF DEPARTURE NEW roRK FOR THE MONTHS
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wIIALEMEN.

Sailed from New Bedford Mar ~ Roas Sinclair.
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YACHTS. STEAMBOATS,. SO.
L,oR sALE-TnE FAST SCHOONER YACHT tDLER,
lql old measurement, thoroughly equipped and
found In evcry respect and cruising Apply to
SAMUEL j. COLGATE. 2S7 Pearl st.
CTEAM YACHT FOR sALE-42 FEET LONG; EN-
Dgin. 7xa Apply 30 PETER gibson. 361 JAY 81.
Brooklyn.
GTE.M YACIr-TwO YEARS Old; PRIME 0kDEHJ
steel boilers first class in respect will seat 20
At cabin accommodate 80; price $1,000 cash
OWNER, box 40 Herald Office
vNANrkD To CdAkrEk-iIGhr pHAUGHT IL TO
w ~ inch Tug with tank Address W. p box 1Uo Herald
ONCE.
MISC EI.I.AN EOUs-
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WESTERN UNION TIME BALL.

NKw York, May I5-Noon.
The Western Union time ball to-day dropped
tonsh second slow.
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TOTAL IMPORTATION
CHAMPAGNE wrSEe
Into the United States for period eleven years from
ls67 10 1877
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ALMANAC FOR NEW YoRK-THIS DAY.

HERALD YACHT WEATHER OBSER
VATIONS.
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u EST WORM MEDICINE KNOwN-BRUwN's vER-
Dmiinre Comfts or Worm Losenxss: 25c boz
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JOHN OSBORN. Son a CO,
New York aud Montreal,
Agents IN the United states and Canada
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The Anti-AGonopo1ist.
JERUSALEM AR1ICHOKES.
A subscriber in Malcom low.

A subscriber in Malcolm, Iowa. has
apparently heard OF Jerusalum arti-
chokes for the first time. He wants
to know what they are, and what they
are good for, how to raise them. and
where to procure seed. He is inform
ed that the Jerusalem artichoke is a
species of sun-flower, having a stalk
about six feet high, and large yellow
blossoms. 1t is cultivated for it's tu-
bers. which are nearly the size of or
binary potatoes. The tubers will re-
main in the ground all winter without
injury from frost. They make excel
lent pickles, or are sliced and eaten
with vinegar without any other pre-
paration. They are now extensively
raised for hog food. Their fattening
qualities are not great, but it is claim
ed that they prevent disease among
swine. The culture Of Jerusalem ar
tichokes is in respects very simple
way of, cultivation and harvesting.
They drop the seed in furrow, cover
it with plow, cultivate the ground
once with harrow, and allow the
hogs to dig the tubers as they want
them. To raise good crop however,
it is necessary to manure the land and
to cultivate it we'll during the early
part of the season. After midsummer
the tops will shade the land and pre-
vent the growth of weeds. Some
farmers cut the tops with a machine
and cure them for cattle.-Fdrmer
and Miner.
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NEXT YEARS WHEAT CROP.
Prospects of an Enormous Yield-The Win
ter Wheat Belt the Largest Ever Known.

Prospects Of an Enormous Yield-The Win
ter Wheat Belt the Largest Ever Known.
A correspondent of the New York
Sun who is travelling extensively in
the west writes:
am a natural optimist, but even a
stOnic could not fail to be moved if he
should see the magnificent prospects
Of the winter wheat crop throughout
the entire west. In riding twenty
thousand miles through the winter
wheat of Ohio, Indiana, Illinoise.
Missouri, and Kansas. l have not seen
two bad pieces Of bad wheat. 1t all
looks magnificent. Everywhere, too,
the acreage isincreased. In Southern
Illinois l see thousands of acres Of
wheat where have not seen it grow
ing for several years. Kansas is one
great wheat field. There seems to
have been a winter wheat mania in
that State. Every farmer caught the
disease last fall, and again during
February and March, when the winter
was so warm, a second mania struck
Iowa, Illinois, Newbraska, Missouri,
and Kansas. Then. for the first time
for years, they sowed large quantities
of spring wheat in February, and to-
day we see, especially in Kansas
Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois, the
astonishing anomaly of fields of winter
and spring wheat growing side by
side. The winter wheat is waving in
the wind, a beautiful yellow green,
about six inches high, while the spring
wheat is out of the ground about two
inches.
Farmers in Missouri and Kansas
say that they have never known spring
wheat sowed in February that did not
produce good wheat and a large crop.
l predict that during the coming
summer the largest wheat crop ever
produced in the United States will be
harvested.
Minnesota and Wisconsin are now
sowing their spring wheat, and it is
safe to say that the Northwest will
increase its wheat acreage 80 per
cent.
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ILLINOIS NATIONAL s.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL, March 27.-The
National party met in State con
vention here at noon to-day. two
hundred delegates being present
representing fifty-nine counties
After a temporary organization and
appointment of a committee. recess
was taken until two O'Clock, when
Hon J. Gillespie, of Madison county,
was chosen president, and Hon.
Alexander Campbell, of LaSalle made
a long speech. The convention next
went into nomination Of candidates.
For state treasurer, +. n. Bates. of
Chicago, was nominated on the first
ballot over John S. Armstrong, of
La Sale. For superintendent of
public instruction, Prof. Frank II.
Hall, of Kane county, was nominated
on the first ballot. The committee on
platform submitted majority and
minority reports. Both included the
Toledo National platform, but the
minority proposed to substitute
Greenback for National in the name
of the party. The latter was defeated
and the majority report adopted.
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deemed a legal tender currency

deemed legal tender currency a
necessary and proper agency for sup
| porting the army and navy in time of
war, for that was then existing when
the laws were passed; but to infer
that such laws would be valid in no
other eXigency, because the case be-
fore the court involved only that of
war would be to mistake entirely the
methods pursued in courts of justice,
where the arguments of the courts is
always confined to the facts of the
case before it; hence the court said.
page 534: 'sThat would appear, then,
to be most unreasonable construction
of the constitution which denies to
the government created by it the
right to employ freely every means.
not prohibited, necessary for it's pres
ervation and for the fulfilment Of it's
acknowledged duties. Such a right,
we hold, was given by the last clause
of the eight section Of it's last article.
The means Of instrumentality referr-
ed to in that clause and authorized are
not enumerated or defined.
IN THE NATURE OF THINGS
enumeration and specification were
impossible. But they were left to
the discretion of congress, subject
only to the restrictions that they be
not prohibited and be necessary and
proper for carrying into execution the
enumerated powers vested in the gov
eminent of the United States or in
any department or officers thereof.
The decision of the supreme court
does not attempt to decide, as the
honorable secetary supposes, what
may be the necessary and proper
means for supporting an army and
navy in time of war. but wisely
maintains that legal tender curren-
cy, not being expressly prohibited by
the constitution, may be created by
congress in order to maintain an army
and navy, because such maintenance
is constitutional duty, and all means
to carry it out are within the choice
of congress unless expressly denied
to it by the constitution.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-04-11
ASPEeCHLESS RACE OF MEN

DR.. Fields book on Java says:
''This part of the world would delight
Mr.. Darwin by the strange races it
contains, some of which approach the
animal tribes. In the island of Rio
the Resident assured me there were
| wild men who lived in trees. and had
no language but cries; and in Sumarta
the Resident of Palembang said there
were men who lived in the forests
with whom not only the Europeans
but the Malays could have no inter-
course. He himself had never seen
one: yet strange to say, they have a
pretty traffic with the outer world,
but not through that of speech. They
live in the woods and by the chase.
They huLt tigers. not with the gun.
but with a weapon called the sumpi-
tan, which is a long tube out of which
they blow arrows with such a force.
and that are so keen of point, and tip
ped with such deadly poison. that the
wound is almost Immediately fatal.
These tiger skins or elephant tusks
they bring for barter-not for sale
they never sell anything. for money is
about the most useless they could
have; they cannot eat it. or drink it.
or wear it. But as they have wants.
they exchange. yet they themselves
are never seen. They bring what
they have to the edge of the forest.
and leave it there, and the Malavs
come and place what they have to dis
pose of and retire. If the offer is
satisfactory. the Malays. when they
return. find what they brought gone.
and take what is left and depart. If
not. they add few trifles more. to
tempt the eyes OF these wild men Of
the woods. and so at last the exchange
is effected. vet all the while the sell
lers keep themselves invisible. This
mode of barter argues honesty on both
sides.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-04-11
SHIPMENTS ABROAD OF MINNESOTA
FLOUR
.rincfield Mass \ Rennhlican

Springfield Mass. Republican.
The recent inaugurated direct ship
ment of flour to British ports, which
dispenses entirely with the New York
middlemen, who have hitherto reaped
profit of fifteen to twenty cents per
barrel, and with the accumulation of
heavy terminal charges.-looks like
the beginning of a complete revolution
In western grain transportation.
Agencies have been established in
London, Glasgow and Liverpool, and
a through ocean bill of landing takes
the flour from Minneapolis and st.
Paul to the destination at specified
rate the total charge on the other side
always being computed on the face of
the billin pounds, shillings and pence.
This document becomes at oEce
equivalent TO bill of exchange, and
oftentimes the attached draft is sold
in New York for more than its face
value. Already over 10000 barrels
have been thus shipped from Min
nesota. and many mills expect soon to
be entirely independent of home
markets. Ii the plan continues to
work as successfully as now seems
probable, it will not be long before a
good many eastern grain and -four
dealers will be casting about for en-
ployment.