The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1889-03-20
ONE THING AND ANOTHER.

CARoLINA-Tnee exodus from among The
colored people of this section and east O.
here Is not abating, but growing Large
numbers are leaving daily, and the mum
Der transported westward during the past
two months will run up in the thousands
The emlgrants now go to the cotton plan
tations OF Mississippi, Louisiana and Ar
kansas, and not to the turpentine forests
of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina
as they did In January. We are informed
by the railroad authorities that during
February the Richmond and Danville
Railroad transported about a thousand
negroes to the West. The Atlantic Coast
Line transported about tour thousand.
These all went to the cotton plantations
OF the above States. The present month
promises to double or treble the number
OF emlgrants which left over these roads
during February. a tremendous mum
Der, as !s known, also left during January
over both of these lines, but all. of these
went to work In the turpentine forests of
other States. Scores of emigrants are
now leaving every day. Many of them
go In parties in charge of agents who
take them in charge and who carry them
directly to the cotton planters who wish
to hire hands. Others go as stragglers,
and do not know to what points they are
going or what they will do when their
Journey terminates. The emigrants con-
slst OF men, women and children.
RaIe1gh (N c. NeaOs and Observer.
Rev. George Muller.-Upwards of
nifty years ago he received his first or
phans in his house at Wilson street, and
without canvassing or regular list of sub
sorlbers, or publishing the names of
donors, he has received voluntarily up
ward of 81 $4,000. Over 100000 has
been spent in providing accommodation
Tor lodging and educating the orphans,
and the current expenses are upward of
20, OOO per annum, in addition to GlO,-
600 yearly spent in educational and mis-
sionary work, and the distribution of
tracts and Bibles The average cost of
each orphan is 9l3 Is. Sd. After preach
ing for forty-three years exclusively in
Bristol, during the past Is years he has
travelled l5O,O00mil IN Europe, Canada,
United States, Palestine, Asia Minor,
Australia, China and Japan, and is now
at Sydney, New South Wales.
TRADES IN JERUsALEM.-It is said
that at the Jewish evening school in Jer-
usalem, l46 persons, mostly mechanics,
are learning English Englishmen and
Americans who visit the Holy Land, are
the best customers of these mechanics.
Nlnety-six study German, 1l2 French,
40 Arabic, IS Hebrew letter-writing
etc. But the Rabbis of Germany do not
agree (The Messenger says) about the
usefulness of the introduction of trades
among the jews of Palestine. While DR..
Hildesheimer is President OF the Society
Lemaan Zion, which will promote trades
there, DR.. Lehman is afraid that the
study of the law will suffer; which &C.
cording to his views, Is especially pro
NOTED by the rabbis of Jerusalem. DR..
Hildesheimer, in The Judische Presse,
says that seventy years ago, when few
hundred Jews lived in Jerusalem, there
existed some reason for the Chaluka; but
at the present time, when the population
has increased twenty times, and there ex.
lists a new spirit, other means must be
applied for their support than continual
begging.
SEVERAL PILeRIMAGEs.- Catholic
priests and laymen to the number of
about one hundred, sailed from Hoboken
February 2lst, for tour to Rome and
through the Holy Land. TIE Journey
will be under the direction of the excur.
sion agents, Thomas Cook e. Sons The
Pope grants the excursioniste many priv.
ileges, among which will be permission
to carry portable altar, containing the
vestments and sacred vessels used In Of
fering up the sacrifice of the Mass. They
bear with them a costly banner, which
will be dePoslted in the Church of the
Holy Sepulohre in Jerusalem. It ia
made of silk, eight feet in height and five
feet in width. On one side is painted
figure of the Resurrection, and on the
other an American eagle soaring upward
with the stars and stripes. In his talons
are the emblems OF war and the olive
branch of peace. Each of the pilgrims
has a medal commemorative of the trip.
which will be blessed by the Pope.
-Samarkard is the most holy CITY of
the Mohammedans in Central Asia, and
twenty years ago no Christian was al
lowed to enter It. In 1867 the city came
into the possession of the Romans The
leraelite has a correspondence from the
representatives of the Jewish community.
They thank God that they have come
under Russian rule, as they are better
treated nov than under the emirs OF Be-
kara. They feel very deeply the want of
echools for their children, and wish for