The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-04-29

| The American Railway Literary Union is in.
tended to regulate the sale of railway and
steamboat literature. About 26, 100000 peo-
/ pie annually travel by these conveyances IN
/ this country, and they are among the largest
consumers of reading matter. 1t is proposed
to prevent the sale of all sensational or I'M
moral books, and to furnish good, entertain
ing, and instructive reading to all travellers;
This is to be done by the aid of publishers and
news agents, aud through the cooperation OF
the Young Mems Christian Associations
throughout the country. News stands on all
the railways and steamboats, will be leased, or
placed in charge of responsible parties, and
arrangements will be made by which no read
ing matter except that approved by the Union
will be exposed for sale. The Union has no
pecuniary interest in any publishing house, or
other business organization, and Is actuated
solely by philanthropic motives. Its affairs
will be conducted by salaried officers, and In
order TO pay these and other expenses, stock
will be issued TO the amount OF $4,000, IN
shares of 500 each. Disabled soldiers will be
employed as much as possible
Atlantic Cable-It is estimated that four
fifths of the revenue of the Atlantic Gable is
drawn from this country The American press
rope, whereas English journals are content
with twenty lines per week from this side.
Emigrants. DR.. Van Raalte has been
through parts of Mississippi Alabama, GeOI-
gia, North Carolina and Virginia. The emf
grants FROM Holland to this country are be-
ginning to turn their attention to the South
and may establish colonies in that section.
From Ireland too all accounts indicate an
emigration to this country of vast extent
The anxiety of people TO ger away is without
a parallel. They are generally OF the agrlcul-
tural class.
Influences are at work preparing the way for
much of this emigration to settle in the South.
As a specimen: gentlemen in the counties OF
Prince Edward and Charlotte have recently
mad interviews with representative Of Lon
don capitalists who give assurance that an I'M
mense amount of capital in England will be
invested in Virginia lands if favorable terms
are offered to settlers. This movement is
under the management of gentlemen OF public
influence, and is likely to receive great en-
couragement Negotiations are conducted
through General j. D. Imboden, of Richmond.
The trial of the Rev S. H. Tying, Jr., as re-
ported by Warburton, Bonynge and Devine, is
published by Gray & Green, and contains a
luu ltuSbu dCCOuu( vi bnlS hioVViiN Vase. II
makes pamphlet of 80 pages, and will be
preserved by many as the most remarkable
instance of ecclesiastical exercise of power in
the Protestant world since the days of perse-
cutiOn.
Scarlet Fever in Boston.-One of the SevereSt
epidemics of scarlet fever ever known in this
country has prevailed in the City of Boston
during the past year, and still continues,
though the number of deaths is gradually di-
minishing. The whole number of deaths from
searlatina from the lst of January, 1867, to
the lst of the present month has been 42S
There were deaths from scarlatina in all but
one of the sixty FIVE weeks included in this
statement. The greatest number in any one
week was 30-in the week ending December
IA, 1867 The greatest number in any month
was 7S-in the four weeks ending December
2S The epidemic seems to have reached its
height about the middle of December.
The largest income returned in Chicago is
$202 BOG "a, by G II. Mccormick The next
largest is his brothers., j. L. Mccormick,
500 900. There are nine others exceeding
$50 600; sixty exceeding $25 600; nnety-seven
exceeding $50 600, and 4S6 exceeding $40, 600.