New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-06
GENERAL NOTES.

The Car, being relieved by General Melt
koff Of the cares OF stat, deyos his leisure 10 match
making III, announced that tIe Prince Royal Of Pr
tusai Will. in all probability marry Princes OF "a
House OF RomluoN. The eX-PFcsidCDt OF The Council
who recently started from Lisbon on 500 6 OF Y'lsN
the capitals Of Europe was charged TO open me neces
sary negotiation preliminary TO an engaSo mont on ia
arrival at ST. Petersburg The eldest daughter Of III
Prince of Montenegro is stated to have been ahaneet
to Prince Alexander, OF BGl-ar.a. Ihc Arrangement
is said to have Ce"n brought about ny the sp.e.h re-
quest OF the Car. The Princess bears me haHe VI
Z1rka and has Just reached the age OF sixteen
The piety of Martha's Vineyard during
camp-mcetiBg season IS unfortunately oqua.ed by t
depravity of the natives al the year round Ii seems
there are transgressors who are not ashamed 10 sea
pryiiy potatoes and to leave the stalks STAINING
thereby intending with dice afOre.hOg Snt TO deceive
the owner OF the patch. For example, :. Osborn j.
offer, by handful "a reward o! Sl5 for information
which VIII lead 20 the conviction OF the persons VINO ell
tered the field Of the subscriber tpLnei and tiled
Mr. Manuel C. Meudeucel on the night OF the l6ih in't
undermining sixteen hils OF potatoes near i9e cehl.
the Id and stole The potatoes Iherefrom leaving TIE
stalks standing; aud who also on tue leth inst sos
the potatoes, IN like manner from eiglt ms Jlst ~. a
rho western Inc of said field" An additional reward d
SIS will paid any person who may hereafter S
tect any repetition or TINS horrible crime VI S'''
potatoes and leaving the stalks standing
A correspondent of the leading English jour
lean railways and expresses the hope that IT VIII "
Immediately introduced into the United Kingdom '"u
ANYTHING, he asks. be more antedilnyan ana INSECURE
than the English luggage system, where upon 'ne on-
sion Incidental upon the arrival OF heavy Tram a '"
station ones luggage may be appropriated OJ ah'oh0 "
ipg before him and DESTROYS OF possessing III o"o'
"checkue" luggage would lit trouble as pa'tpa
paper abe IT, much cleaner. and become very poPa
10 say nothing doing away with some OF the roDoe
that haye happened before now. and are likely 10 GU"
tinue He confcsses that It is not little humllauns
either 10 have tell our intelligent Ameritau ,
now visiting In such numbers that we b''o no 80
of checking luggage or To explain the reason WY
question generally asked
The electoral statistics of Europe have oeep
collected by the Fund OF Berne. In number OF ese'
France stands at the head OF the list Wild voviUV'
Next comes Germany with s,523,000i and theh L"-
land with 27i90OO, Austria with l,@l2'ooo anu
Switzerland Italy, Portugal and BE GUM IN the 0''
given That switzerland should preoede Italy seeHs
first sight somewhat extraordinary. but universal m
fraee has long been established In the Cantoh'' i"0
number OF electors for every hur dred inuAo'"D
the various countries isi France. 20 S"i'N'i
PAP; Germany. 202; England. Is; AUSTRIA y.
Portugal, ga, Italy, 90 Belgium, ls Inc s'a'S"s
for Spain are wanting. Another table OF edus '"''
shows the percentage OF the electors who have voe
England being here omitted, Out OF every pan,.
electors France polls 70, Belgium (SenaEl oe, ii
tiesl H. Austria and Portugal 90, German! U"
ItaIy ov
The steamship American, bound from eou'",
ampton to the Cape OF Good Hope founde'eu Q" %
% close To the equator, after breaking her ma" -
Without anything ike panic or disorder the 0"'' -
ylctuaIled, equipped aud lowered The passeps''' w.,
told that they must abandon their luggage '
they might bring change OF clothes on 'H''' al
The orders we're Willingly obeyed the boa. "o 80,
one by one aud tuey remained by the s"p w. ~,
went down. The captain was the last man 10 ''"'
and he made the round OF the yessei pe'o'' ,Ad
down the ladder. to satisfy himself that ho' 9
been left behind. Three boats, with nfty-ioui -, A
were picked up by the steamer Congo. ana " a,
Madeira on the 9Th Of May. Three ooais "o'' n,.
the Gath OF April by American vessel Az" ~ ina
sengors were transferred TO the steamer 'o" ,e.a
same day aud landed at Grand Bassa Ihey ",ry.
sh,pwreck a second time their way TO "'S"u ho,,s
and ono passenger was drowned Ano'hc' " .s
WAS subsequently picked up by the steamer os,h
which landed those who ia It at Mnne sas beeu
Of Nav only ono boat-load remained aug o. n,ket
briefly announced Ia cable dispatches h I'D ON tho
mn NV "A Portuguese brig and landed ~ oJ seldom
olaf of July II Isl most remarkanIe ~ n'idocesu,
DO shipwrecked passengers. cast aa' fhs fact thai
ha We anon luck as thstn making lana. A .onn,slop,
svery 6ost As lowered without accucn, y nroyisiou
equipped Adequately with iustrumea" al"