New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-27
GENERAL NOTES.

new schooner for the coast trade, described
as an unusually handsome and wellbult craft was re-
Gently launched at Nyack. on the Hudson aud named
the James A. Garfield
The hearty and anxious liking now felt by
all Americans for the suffering President makes pecu-
hary appropriate the publication of steelpate
engraving of Mr.. Garfield. This portrait the work Of
Richard Dudensing Son. OF this city, is good likeness
OF te man whose fine face is true reflection OF his
noble character.
Major Morris, the newly-appointed Collector
Of Customs for the District Of Alaska VIII post
fully determined 20 his influence have Territorial
Government organized this vast and comparativelv
unknown region Major Morris has made close study
of the condition and possibilities of Alaska and is now
engaged in the preparation OF elaborate and detailed
report which viii he eucidated by MAPS Illustrations
and surveys presented The Consideration of tie
next Congress He relies upon the cordial cooperation
ident anu "' O'AO's "''''"'s Oh tue fre'
In its supplement of July lie Figaro pub
sbes column of maxms collected from the converse
ton letters and speeches of President Garfield They
were translated into French with singular force and
finish by Mr. Albert Rhodes, who prefaces them with
the following words: "The Of the President
the United states has been remarkable every field
of action in which his faculties have been exercsed-as
under which his personay reveals se exe s@ a ee
eral interest Maxms contain the wisdom Of nations,
heid throw NV, light upon the means by which he has
fragmentsv
The list OF foreigners who have visited this
country during the the purpose spy
ing out the land has lately been by arrival Of
energetic and intelligent young sootchman who was
sent out by his neghbors investigate and report them
upon the advantages here offered establishment
of Scotch colony He that it has lately to
him and his friends home that America American
productions have been the sole topics OF discussion
American -four fruits vegetables, beef and dairy prod
ucts compete with theirs every prices which
their the free soil OF the New World 10
snch immigrants these this country Will a
dial and confident welcome. Their thrift viii employ
every advantage offered by a new country and make
success practically certain
The FrdnLfarter VOlRsseitURG recently pub
lished interesting statistics worlds correspon-
dence by post and telegraph The latest returns which
approached completeness for the year ls77 in
which more than four thousand million letters were
sent which gives OF 600 600 day. or l27
second Europe contributed 3,O36,00 900 letters TO
this enormous OF correspondence America about
7G0,oo000o, Asia 15O,00o.0OO Africa 25.O000OO ana
Australia 5ooO0000. Assuming that the population 81
the globe between 800 coo 600 and 400 100000
this would give of three letters per head FOR
the entire human There were in the same year
5000 telegraph stations. aud the number OF messages
be down for the wear between 10 600 GOO
and 100000. being average more than 3050O0
per day, I267l per hour and nearly 2l2 per
minute
CONSERVATION has been caused in Brinn the
capital OF Moravia, by the appearance OF His Satanic
Majesty. He was seen in the cathedral, and snbse-
quenty manifested himself in the neighborng villages
Of Kiritein and Obroyitz The people were much OK
citei, and multitude OF men, women and children
crowded the highways intent upon dscoy erng II not
the Devil himself at least token Of his presence
At 0bovZ the police forced TO open the church 70
facilitate the search. Eager eyes peored into every
nook and corner and nnally fortunate searcher
clearly Satan flying through the air toward Bfnn
The excitement lasted nti late night but no practi-
cal result obtained for the Devil was thar no
one could get near enough to put salt his TAIL and
without that, OF course, his capture impossible This
circumstance l. tie annOyin ing luasmuch he
since manifested an unusually malignant aciivts va
fous parts of tae world and il unquostOnably AZ this
moment Dgaced in an q nofariOus sch