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®lw ©gkilmjr* ADVERTISEMENTS. Firtt insertion (per inch space) $1 00 Each subsequent insertion 75 A liberal discount allowed those advertising for a longer period than three months. Card of lowest contract rates can be had on appli cation to the Proprietor. Local Notices 15c. per line first insertion and 10c. per line thereafter. Tributes of Respect, Obituaries, etc., 50c. per inch—half price. Announcements, $5 in advance. OGLETHORPE SHERIFF’S SALE. WILL be sold on the first TUESDAY in June next, befoie the Court House door, in the town of Lexington, between the legal hours of sale, one tract of Land, contain ing three hundred and twenty-8 acres, more or less, adjoining lands of P. A. P. Adkins, T. B. Moss, W. L. Brooks and others, on the waters of Long creek, near the town of Lex ington, in Oglethorpe county, known as the E. G. Brooks piece. (15) Also, a lot of land in said county, contain ing eight acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Arthur Ha re, Dr. \V r . V. Aderhold, S. H. Cox and others, near the town of Lexington, on the road leading from Lexington to Ath ens. ($5) Also, a lot in the town of Lexington, con taining one quarter of an acre, with a two •tory house thereon, adjoining lots of William Fleming, Carter, Wm. P. Gresham and oth ers, and fronting Jesse L. Rowe’s shop, known as part of the Old Hotel lot. ($5) Also, one lot in the town of Lexington, containing one aere, more or less, adjoining lot: of Dr. B. V. W illingham, High Maxwell, and Billy Sims, known as part of the Old Hotel lot. ($o) Also, one house in the town of Lexington, on he corner of the street fronting Haire & Latimer’s store-house, adjoining E. G. Roan’s Hotel. ($5) All levied on as the property of E. G. Roan, to satisfy a fi. fa. issued upon a decree in Ogle thorpe .Superior Court, in favor of James N. Wall as trustee of Sailie N. Bra wner against E. G. Roane. M. 11. YOUNG, Sheriff. May Ist, 1877. OGLETHORPE SHERIFF'S SALE WILL be sold before the Court House door, in the town of Lexington, between the legal hours of sale, on the first TUESDAY in June next, a tract oi' land in Oglethorpe county, containing 1,000 acres, more or less, adjoin,ug lands of George \\ . Mattox and others. Sold as the property of C. C.Strib ling, deceased, under an interlocutory decree of Oglethorpe Superior Court, rendered at October term, 1870, in the case of E. C Strib ling, executrix, vs. Lumpkin & Olive and other creditors. Bill to marshal, assets, etc., for the unpaid balance of the purchase money of said lan 1, and for other purposes mention ed in said decree. This property was bid off' by J. E. Bell on the first Tuesday in Decem ber last, but he failing io comply with the terms of sale, it is now sold at his risk. J. T. JOHNisON, Deputy Sheriff. May 3d, 1577. * ($5) STATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE COUNTY.—Application for Letters of Administration on the e tate of Joseph T. Thomas. Mrs. Mary A. Thomas applies to me for Letters of Administration on the estate of Joseph T. Thomas, late ol' Oglethorpe county, deceased— These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all persons concerned, to show cause, if any they can. why K t:ers of Adm.nistration should not he granted to the applicant, Mary A. Thomas, on or before the first Monday in June, i-77. 1 Ids April 2-tli, 1577. ($4) THOS. D. GiLHAM, Ordinary. ESTABLISHED, ----- 185$; NURSERIES A i.’Wl’tiTil, CSA. P. J. BER R ;,g.AN, Frop’r. JT ARGEST stock of Fruit and Ornamental PL/ Trees, Roses, Evergreens, Greenhouse and Bedding Plant ; in the Southern States Everything offered is spce iiiy adapted to needs of Southern Fruit growers and Horti culturists. SUJ.O ") he 1 ling plants now ready for shipping. Prices lower than most of the leading Northern Nurserymen. Fend for Catalogue. my 4 ly FOR SUE MfiMfWM, A6-HOR.SE ECONOMIZER ENGINE mounted complete, new and in perfect order. Apply at oner to O- Si. STONE, AUGUSTA, G.\., General Agent for Gullett Gins, GulWt Gin Feeders, BIGELOW ENGINES, every kind'., COT TON PRESSES, GRAIN SEPARATORS, THRESHERS, SUGAR MILLS, EVAP ORATORS, GRIST MILLS, REAP ERS, MOWERS, Etc., Etc., Ere. niv4-2t COUNTY Price cf I lour. Flour in the New York market, has ad vauced from three dollars to $4.25 on the best grades from what they were about Ist April. Un hover grades the advance was two to two and a quarter. l.uKi- Johnson. We take the following interview with St. Luke from the Athens Georgian : “ Luke is a gem, but a little ‘off color ed he is the greatest martyr this repor ter has met with lately, and the earnest manner with which he related how the ‘Executive Committee' of Oglethorpe were imposed upon, and the injustice with which himself and his associates were treated, would elicit tears from the stoutest-hearted man. Luke was voluminous iu his conversation, and gave some severe blows to the legal authori- Ities which placed him in such an awk ward position before the public. His counsel, he said, was not supposed to de fend him, and he felt that the noble cause in which he was engaged should have won for him the plaudits instead ot the censure of the public.” Religious Notes. Tuts Rev. C. A. Williams preached a most excellent sermon to the colored people, in their church at Lexington, last Sunday evening. The Baptists in Georgia number near ly two hundred thousand. The princi pal college in the State is Mercer Uni versity, Macon, Ga., with its branches : Hearn School, Cave Springs ; Crawford High School, Dalton; and Mercer High School, Penfield. The Rev. T. F. Pierce. Presiding El der, preached two excellent sermons at the quarterly meeting at the Glade last Saturday and Sunday. There was a large congregation in attendance on Sun day, and quite an interesting and impres sive communion season at the close of the service. He also preached at Sandy Cross in the evening. The next quarter ly meeting will be held at Wintervilie, on Monday and Tuesday after the sec ond Sabbath in Jnly COUNTY GOSSIP. By Grape-Vine Telegraph to the Echo. —Dull! —Duller 1 —DulJestl —Very dull 1 —Extremely dull! —And getting duller! —Too dull for comfort! —Even the loafers are dull! —Market, news and people dull! —Razors, knives and appetites dull I —Scissors and comprehensions dull ! —Headaches, sounds, perceptions dull —Base ball is becoming popular again. —Spring is “putting a head” on wheat. —Corn is being ploughed the Ist time. —The sultry season is near at hand. —Frogs have begun to sing in tights. —A fine grape crop is now promised. —Trot out your candidates: time is precious. —And now “ the busy bee improves each shining.” —The season of strawberries and straw hats is upon us. —Green peas and new Irish potatoes are next in order. —Don’t fail to hear the addresses by Col. J. T. Osborn. —The wail of the yellow-leg chicken is heard in the land. Rod flannel petticoats will soon be a drug on the market. —Chairs are now appearing on the sunny side of rural porches. —A drove of horses, at high prices, was in Lexington this week. —Col. R. B. Mathews would make a good delegate to the C> n. Con. —The gladsome chirp of the spring chicken is now heard in the land. Ladies and gentlemen, shuck your flannel and hunt of your merinos. For a first class, reliable family of hands, apply to Col. J. Washington Kidd. —The Editor of this paper is ever open to invitations to picnics and fishing-par ties. —Some lie in their graves, while oth ers lie wherever an opportunity presents itself. —lt is whispered around town that a wedding is to take place soon. Wonder who it is ? —There seems to he several executors on the estate of Charles Grigsby, late of this county. Most men love little women, and by a strange reciprocity little women love most men. —They call the new fashioned yellow trimmed bonnet the “ omelette cranium decorator.” —Old bachelors, the eye* of the ladies’ sewing society are upon your tattered garments. Col. R. B. Mathews had thirty-odd -beep drowned by the recent high water on Long creek. —Dave Arnold, the champion base hall catch, has outdone himself and caught—a cold. —lt is now announced that a man’s old vest makes the easiest and nicest cor set ever invented. —The sweet breath of spring comes from her tulips, and the grass has grown hyacinth the rain. —The breath of heantv now betrays, in addition to the usual balmy fragrance, a love of young onions. Col. John W. Kidd recently made a tour to Goose Pond, and returned home via Washington. Verbuin sat. —Lexington has more fine clover patches and more poor cows than any town of its dimensions in the State. Mr. J. W. Kidd started his plows yes terday, and thinks he will commence planting hv the middle of September. —Mr. George H. Lester was the first man to introduce clover into this county, lie should have a monument when he dies. —Three sweet-shrubs tied up in the corner of a handkerchief leaves the per fume which tells that a Lexington girl has been along. —The pienician season is at hand. Let our Sunday schools map out their programme, gather up their baskets and hie to the woods. The cross looks that men (and wo men, too,) give each other, remind us that spring biliiousness has come, along with spring violets. —lf the Lexington boys don’t take more interest in the Lexington girls they don’t deserve to marry anything better than a cross eyed woman with store teeth. —Catnip has begun to show its green leaves above the cold earth, and now why can't the felines cease their racket for a while as they steal down upon the juicy provender? —The bumble-bee bumbleth in the air and the merry twitter of the martin is heard. “Spring time has come at last, gentle Annie”—so dry up vour tears, sweet lass, for you can now enjoy wood land rambles and moonlight nights with your adored to your heart’s content. —Fathers of marriageable daughters will now do well to look after the relia bility ofthe front gate. No young man, however honorable his intentions, likes to have 150 pounds of gate to drop on his corns, just when he wants to devote all his courage and presence of mind to the momentous question. —The days gradually lengthen out; forests assume their liveries of regulation green ; the silver throated birds carol their morning song; the red-bug begins to prance; a bran new boil perches itself upon the hack of Uncle Jim Johnson’* neck—and everything betokens the ad vent of another gladsome spring. Fine Oats. Gen. L. Martin Johnson, near Craw ford, reports a fieid of oats in full bead. A Picnic. We learn that a picnic will be held to-morrow (Saturday) at Lumpkin’s mill. Hail and Kaln. On Friday evening last there was a slight fall of hail at this place, during a shower. Excursion to Charleston. Bear in mind, that $2 pays for a round trip ticket from Augusta to Charleston, on the 9th. Be sure and go. Early Vegetables. Mr. George Latimer is eating English peas. We hear of another family who had a mess of new Irish potatoes. Cool Mornings. For the past week we have experienced very cool mornings for the season, fires being by ho means uncomfortable. Frost. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day nights of this week we had slight frosts—not heavy enough, however, to injure vegetation. Building: Lt Sold. Mr. Samuel Lumpkin has purchased a lot from Mr. Roane, rear of Mr. Gotthei mer’s store, and will erect a handsome law office thereon. Dirt Broken. A well was sunk last week by Mr. Brantley Johnson, on his lot near the Academy, preparatory to erecting his steam gin a grist mill. Parlor Concerts. We learn that the Musical Club of our village will commence at an early day to give a series of parlor concerts. Besides delicious music, refreshments will be served to the audience. Cotton Up. We notice around Lexington several fields of the staple up, with a fine stand. A full crop has been planted in this county, which, if the European war con tinues, will command about two cents. A Cnriosity. A horse with a heavy moustache, the property of Dr. Moore, of Crawford, was the sensation in Lexington last Saturday. The moustache is peculiar to the Mus tang breed, and is no curiosity with the Texans. Henry Thomas. This man, Orderly Sergeant of the Crawford rioters, but who was discharg ed for lack of testimony to convict, hav ing failed to get work in this county, has emigrated to Athens, and is now in the employ of Eves & McGintv. Death of a Good Lady. Mrs. Theodosia Carter, wife of Mr. Magnus Carter, living near Beaver Darn Church, died last Monday at her home. The deceased lady was about 70 years of age, and a pure and consistent member of the Primitive Baptist Church. Accident to a Child. Last week the little daughter of Dr. W. M. Willingham, of Crawford, while playing with a gold eufif-pin, chanced to -wallow the same. Happily no harm has resulted from the accident, the little one being as sprightly and well as ever. Military Notice. The members of the Oglethorpe Guards are hereby ordered to be at the Masonic Hall, in Lexington, at 1 o’clock p. m., the third Saturday in May. Every mem ber required to be present at that time and place. By order of the Captain. Sale Day. On last Tuesday, not exceeding a hundred visitors were in Lexington, far mers being busily employed at home with their crops. But one tract of land was sold—loo acres, the property of Win. G. England, which was bought by Dr. J. S. Sims for sl4l. Idea Abandoned. For a while the ladies and gentlemen composing the Lexington Musical Club contemplated the idea of visiting Craw ford, Woodstock and other points in our county, for the purpose of giving enter tainments, but we believe they have abandoned the thought. A Now Steeple. The Baptists of Lexington contemplate having a tall steeple built to their church and the design is already in the hands of the architect. Thischurch is the finest in the county, and when the improvement spoken of is made will be quite an addi tion to our town. The Tank Removed. Last week haiKls were set at work buil ding anew water station at the Grade, a few miles below Crawford, and as soon as it is completed, the long-complained of nuisance will be abated at Crawford. We suggest that her citizens celebrate the event by a torch-light procession. To the Rescue. A certain negro living at Crawford, whose name we will not give at this time, did his best to raise a company of blacks to come to the rescue of the late rioters, while confined in the Court House. The negroes very wisely decided to have nothing to do with the matter. Sewing Society. The ladies of Lexington have formed a sewing society, for the benefit of the Presbyterian Church, and they are desi rous to secure as much work as possible. Let our old bachelors turn over their wardrobes for repair to the ladies of this society, and for once in their lives put in a appearance. Doom or the Rioter*. A penitentiary guard, named Gentry, passed up the road on Monday evening, and Tuesday morning he brought down, heavily ironed, the Crawford rioters. They will he put to work for Grant, Al exander & Cos., on the Pouliain farm, in Greene county. The Atlanta Constitution. In another column will be found the prospectus of this splendid paper—the New York Herald of the South. It is an honor to the South, a safeguard to our State, and a pearl beyond price to its thousands of readers. Banish the Con stitution, and we lose our best friend and most communicative companion. That May Party. Agreeable to announcement, the dar keys of Lexington had their May party Tuesday night last, which, of course, was largely attended. But when the perfor mance was about half though the festivi ties v ere brought to a sudden halt by the falling of the stand, tbe same seriously injuring one little contraband and maim ing several others. Announcements. W. G. Johnson, Esq., will be supported for delegate to the Constitu tional Convention, at the primary elec tion to he held on the 12th inst., by Many Friends. ggp’Cot,. J. D. Mathews will be sup ported as a candidate to the Constitu tional Conventian by Many Friends. Ratified. But little interest was manifested, on Tuesday last, by our people, in the elec tion on the fraudulent bonds, as will be seen hv the small vote polled. Not a vote was given in this corn ty in favor of their payment. The following is the vote of the precincts as far as returned : LEXINGTON. Ratification 101 ANTIOCH. Ratification 1 33 BEAVERDAM. Ratification 23 Jail Improvement. Our County Commissioners, at their meeting last Tuesday, ordered the follow ing repairs to be made to that pile of rubbish, styled the county jail: “Un derpin with rock, putting the same rock hack; fill with rock laid in lime mortar and cement. Make a solid block out of 2-inch plank, by nailing each layer cross wise ; make it 10 or 12 inches thick. Put on bars of iron to match with old floor; then nail 2-inch plank, 8 inches wide, edgewise, until you form a floor. Cover the new floor with inch plank.” Caged Again. Henry Lester, one of the Crawford rioters who was not convicted for the lack of proper evidence, was re-arrested, the other day, for stealing a couple of hales of cotton, belonging to Haire & Latimer, from the platform at the Craw ford depot—the theft being committed some months since, but only last week did detectives succeed in ferreting out the thief. Henry was tried before Jus tice McMahan on Monday, and now, in default of a S3OO bond, re-reposes in the Lexington jail, to await the action of the Superior Court. Forward Wheat. We have received from Mr. Maston Bray, who lives near Salem, in this coun ty, a specimen of very fine wheat, well headed out. Mr. O. H. Arnold had on exhibition, Tuesday, a sample taken from a 10-acre field of the same sort. It was as high as a man’s shoulders, well headed, and was a mixture of the little white and Dan Johnson wheat. At this time our wheat crop presents a most promising aspect, and if no dis ease strikes it, we predict the most boun teous harvest in a number of years. “ Hampton’s Nephew.” A postal card was received by Deputy Sheriff Johnson, last week, from Griffin, Ga., offering a reward for the capture of a horse thief whose description fully cor responded with that of the young blood ■who stopped in our town a short time since and announced himself a nephew of General Hampton. The horse and buggy he was driving also exactly tallied with the description given of the stolen property. As the thief was seen to take the train a day or so after leaving Lex ington, it is surmised that he disposed of the property in either Elbert or Wilkes. Personal Notes. Dr. M. H. Thomas will be absent next week, in attendance on the Dental Con vention. Dr. Moore, of Murray county, and a most excellent gentleman, has located in Crawford. Mr. A. S. Oliver, of Elbert county, is at Crawford, reading medicine under Dr. W. M. Willingham, Dr. Foster, of Augusta, we are pleas ed to learn, speaks of returning to Lex ington and settling among us again. Rev. J. G. Gibson’s name is proposed by his friends as a delegate to the Con stitutional Convention. He would make an able representative, but then who can fill his place during his absence? Col. W. G. Johnson, the author of these splendid reviews of the State Con stitution now: appearing in the Echo, has consented to aiiow the use of his name as a candidate for delegate to the Constitutional Convention. The Colonel has made the Constitution a study, and and we do not know an abler or more suitable man for the position in our sec tion. Read his preface to the homestead review in another column, and 6ee if it don’t coincide with your views. The pic-nic season will soon be open and the red-bug* will be in their glory. MEETING OF THE CITIZENS. Aud what they Did East Tuesday About the Couveutton Matter. Pursuant to a call in the Oglethorpe Echo, a portion of the citizens of Ogle thorpe county met in the Court House. Hon. Arthur Haire was selected Chair man and called the meeting to order. J. T. Olive, Esq., was then requested to act as Secretary. Col. J. D. Mathews then explained the object of the meeting to be for the pur pose of taking into consideration the manner and time for selecting the dele gates to represent this county in the Constitutional Convention, to be held in July next. He then also stated that he had talked with many of the leading citizens of Madison and Elbert couuties. and that they thought that a proper basis for representation was the basis in the lower House of the Legislature, to-wit : Oglethorpe two delegates, Madisoa one and Elbert one. Upon motion of Hon. J. T. Hurt, a committee of six, consisting of Col. J. D. Mathews, W. G. Johnson, Esq., Mr. T. L. Gantt, Hon. J. T. Hurt, Hon. VV. M. Willingham and Hon. A. F. Pope, were appointed to propose suitable business or resolutions for the consideration of the meeting. The committee then retired. The Hon. D. W. Patman was then loudly called for, and responded in a forcible speech in favor of a convention, and was loudiy applauded upon its con clusion. The following gentlemen were then successively called, and responded in unmistakable terms in favor of a conven tion: Hon. T. H. Dozier, Mr. J. F. Che ney, Dr. Henry Kinnebrew, Rev. Jos. H. Echols and J. T. Olive, Esq. The committee then returned and re ported the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted : u Resolved, Ist, That we, the citizens of Oglethorpe county, recommend to the people of Elbert and Madison counties, composing, together with Oglethorpe, the 30th Senatorial district, that we adopt, as a basis of representation in the Con stitutional Convention, to be held in July next to revise the constitution of Geor gia, the basis of representation in the General Assembly—that is, Oglethorpe be represented by two delegates, Madison one delegate and Elbert one delegate; and that the people of this county will cordially supj ort the candidates presen ted by the people of the said counties, and in the event that either of said coun ties fail to make a nomination, then the people of Oglethorpe county will vote for some citizen of said counties to repre sent the district in said Convention. “ Resolved, 2d, That we recommend to the people of Oglethorpe county that they select, by ballot, on Saturday, May 12th, 1877, at a primary election to be held on said day, at the precincts of the several militia districts in this county, two candidates to represent the county of Oglethorpe in the Constitutional Con vention, to be held in July next; and we further recommend to the people of the county that they attend said prima ry election, that there may be a fair ex pression of public sentiment, and that there may be harmony among the peo ple in regard to their candidates for the Convention. “ Resolved, 3d, That the returns of said elections shall be forwarded, as soon as they can be, to George H. Lester, Cleik of the Court; Thomas D. Gilham, Ordi nary ; Arthur Haire, Chairman of meet ing; Paris Pace, County Treasurer, and Thomas B. Mo3s, County Commissioner, whose duty it shall be to consolidate the returns of said election and announce the two persons having the highest num ber of votes cast as the duly nominated candidates, to represent this county in said Consiitutional Convention, and to give notice of said nomination to the counties of Elbert and Madison. “ Resolved, 4 th, That these proceedings be published in the Echo until the day of the primary election ; that written no tice of said elction be given by Arthur Haire, President, and J. T. Olive, Sec retary, of the meeting, at two or more public places in each militia district; and that the Elberton Gazette and the Athens papers be requested to give them at least one insertion.” The meeting then adjourned sine die. Lexington, Ga., May 1, 1877. New Advertisements. See announcements. Read legal advertisements. James M. Smith offers for sale cheap a small engine. John M. Kidd proposes to dig ditches and clean wells. T. A. Burke advertises his superb stock of books, stationery, etc. Read the announcement of the cele brated Mendelsohn Piano Cos. G. O. Robinson & Co’s flag waves tri umphantly over ail competition. M. G. & J. Cohen are offering unpre cedented bargains in spring goods. R. T. Brumby advertises the largest and purest stock of drugs in this section. Witcher & Jarrell request guano pur chasers to come forward and sign notes. Peter Keenan, the champion boot and shoe man, offers great bargains in bis line. Several desirable lots in Crawford will be sold at public outcry on sale day next. O. M. Stone, of Augusta, is offering a 6-horse engine, besides other machinery, very low. P. J. Berkman, of Augusta, is adverti sing his celebrated Fruitland Nursery, the best in the country. Miss L. J. Leckie is advertising bv far the finest and cheapest stock of milline ry ever offered in Augusta. George A. Oates tells our people of the rare bargains in musical instruments that awaits them at his store. Mrs. T. A. Adams is out with her spring announcement, and offers great bargains in the millinery line. M. S. K -an aats that our citizens call an I exam ne his heautiiul Hock when they visit the Ga. R. R. Convention. The Tri-Weekly Georgian. We acknowledge the receipt of this live and interesting paper, published at Athens bv H. H. Carlton & Cos. Such an enterprise is worth as much to that city as another railroad and two cotton factories. If the citizens allow it to col lapse for want of patronage, their reputa tation for enterprise, thrift and even good hard sense will greatly diminish in the eyes of the outside world. Men of Athens, foster aud cherish your little tri-weekly as you would a member of your own family, and our word for it, in less than a year’s time it will develop into a full-fledged daily. Terms only $4 a year—richly worth twice the money. Subscribe at once and get the news a ball day ahead of the Augusta and Atlanta dailies. Honorable Mention. The following named students of Pleas ant Hill School received the highest grade in their respective classes, tor the months ending March 23d and April 20th. Ail graded students are in three classes, first being highest. Grade ar ranged from 0 to 10. For the month ending March 23d : First Class —Miss Willie U. Sims : Re citations, 9 1303-3564 ; Depo r tment, 10. Second Class —Miss Ida W. Carithers: Recitations, 9 6260-17391; Deportm’t, 10. Third Class—Miss Georgia F. Glenn: Recitations, 8 3-10; Deportment, 10. For the month ending April 20th : First Class—S. C. Waggoner: Recita tions, 9 36-41; Deportment, 10. Second Class—Miss Ida W. Carithers : Recitations, 9 4-7 ; Deportment, 10. Third Class —Miss Georgia F. Glenn : Recitations, 9 31-39; Deportment, 10. For the first month Willie U. Sims makes the highest grade in school; S. C. Waggoner for the second. Number enrolled during public school which closed April 27th,sixty-six. I). W. Meadows, Principal. Ceinmiinlcatioo. Editor Oglethorpe Echo: As the time is drawing near to vote on the Convention question, we should be gin to look about to determine what to do. All will agree that it is important to select the best men we have. We should vote for men to represent us, should we oppose and vote against a convention. A large proportion of our county people are farmers, and we have quite a number of farmers well qualified in every respect to represent us, and the old saying is true, if you want business well attended to, get a man interested to attend to it. Professional men are indi rectly interested in the success of the farmer, but the farmer is directly and vitally interested. The present indications are that the Convention, if held, will be composed largely of professional men, and as I have a liking for my kind, and have no axe to grind, I will give my preference frankly. I expect to vote for farmers and men intel.ectually as well qualified as any men in the county. I will suggest William B. Brighiwell on this Bide of the county, and Dr. W. M. Davenport of the Glade district, on the other side of the county. The gentlemen above na med know nothing of this suggestion, and I do not know that they will serve. I hope they will be nominated on the Saturday appointed. Voter. Antioch Depot, May 3,1877. A Fast Da/ for the China Mission. We give below a communication from Bishop Marvin, of the Methodist Church South, calling upon that Church to ob serve a day of fasting and prayer for the divine blessing upon their missionary work in China. We commend the Bish op’s call most heartily to the preachers and people: “ What I felt moat deeply on my part ing with the native helpers in China was the solemn request they made that I should call on the people of God in Amer ica to pray for the outpouring of the Holy Ghost upon the infant Church iri China. I can never forget the tone of the request. Surely it was the Spirit of God that inspired it. “ No wonder these men feel their help lessness. They are but a handful in the midst of millions. They are as sheep in the midst of wolves. Henceforth they are in my heart for life and for death I can never cease to call upon God in their behalf. I am moved to cal! upon the Church at home to give (me day to fasting and prayer for this one thing—that the Holy Spirit may fall upon the missionaries and na tive preachers in China. For this pur pose I name May 4, 1877. “ Let prayer be made by the whole Church on that day— “l. For the blessing of God upon the schools, that the pupils may be enlight ened by grace, aud brought to the knowl edge of Christ. “2. That the native Christians may be confirmed in the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and made strong in faith by his power. “3. That the Holy Ghost may come upon the missionaries and preachers, so that the word ol God by their voice may be made mighty in overturning the fear ful idolatry of the land, under which it groans. “4. That the work of awaking and salvation may go on with a power never before known in t'.ie history oi our Mis sion here. “ Will the preachers appoint prayer meetings in their charges on that day for thio special object ? Will all the people come together fasting ? If the preachers neglect it, will the private members come together of their own accord ? If the men fail, will not all the women of the Church unite in fasting, and join in groups, if practicable, or at least in their own houses, in calling upon God for the sal vation of China Y” E. M. Marvin Hoag Kong, Jan. 13, 1877. GEORGIA ECHOES. —Mr. James Adams, of Elberton i* dead. —Gainesville is to have a cotton fac tory. —Bainbridge sells bitters 2} cents p*r dram. —No Marshal ha3 yet been appointed for the State. —Brinkly, the Newnan wife murderer, hangs, June Istb. —Athens celebrated Memorial Day In a handsome manner. —The hog cholera is doing great dam age in Jackson county. — The Georgia small grain crop w m never more promising. —Senator John B. Gordon wasbornin Upson county in the year 1832. —The Hon. H. 11. Carlton will be the next Congressman from the 9lh. —The spring courts are adding largely to the Penitentiary Light Brigade. —A Lincoln county negro, while in toxicated, fell off a foot-log and was drowned. —M. Y. Griggs, the marshal ofSparta, was convicted last week of the murder of Mr. Rozier. —Ros* Henderson, negro, of Dahlone ga, cut the throat of her new born babe and threw it in a ditch. — A silver mine will be opened soon on Dr. Dobb’s place, near Rome. The ere is rich in silver and copper. —The fruit crop, especially peaches, promise an abundant yield this year in Middle and Southern Georgia. —An Atlanta mechanic met hia death the other day by drinking Schiedam schnapps. Beware of schnapps I —A petrified turtle was found by two gentlemen while fishing in Georgia wa ters in Hall county a few days ago. —When Gen. Toombs said he bad made Hon. A. H. Stephens his Executor he knew what he was talking about. —The Baptist. Female College will he located in Gainesville, that city having offered strong inducements to that end. -Ex-Gov. Smith is strongly in favor of a Convention, and says it will surely be called. He is willing to go as a dele gate. Eatonton had another destructive fire last Thursday. This makes four fires in that town within the last six years. —A man’s throat was horribly cut one day last week in Savannah by the wife of a man to whom he had sold some whisky. —Two young white girls were assaulted in the streets of Savannah on Friday eve ning last by a negro and one of them severely injured.* —The Early County News says the old est negro in Georgia was buried in that county last week. He was fivescore and thirteen years old. —A pleasure boat off Brunswick re cently capsized, and the occupants, nine in number, after drifting about for nine hours, were all rescued. —Beck, the murderer of Shpmltu, wa* hung at Summerville on Friday last. He professed himself prepared to die, and his last works were words of warning to young men to abstain from the use of ar dent spirits. —A Lumpkin county man’s hogs did not grow to suit him, and he tried a lit tle strychnine to “ loosen their hides.” He did loosen them—several died in a few minutes after it was administered. Men can stand strychnine in whisky, but it kilb hogs. —The Northeastern Railroad, which has been operating not quite twelve months, can, up to this time, show bet ter business receipts than any other for ty miles of road ever built in Georgia could during the first year of its exist ence. Mr. John Wilson, a young gentle man ofThomas county, informs us that one Win. Melton Murphy, hailing from Dale county, Ala., married Miss Janie Wilson, sister of our infomiaut, some time in February. Shortly after this it became known that Murphy had a wife and two children in Alabama, while it was also reported that he had another in Florida. Before the necessary steps could be taken to insure his just punish ment, Murphy left for parts unknown. The injured brother desires iis to make Murphy’s villainy public and requests the passing of him around by the press generally, that he may not bring to grief some other unsuspecting lady. Murphy is of medium size, dark hair, light com plexion with blue eyes, aud limps in walking. He is about thirty years of age.. Thomasville Enterprise. —Macon Telegraph : Col. T. J Smith, of Wa.->hington county, was in the city last evening, and gave us the following account of a tragedy enacted on his place yesterday morning: On the morning of the 24th, among my various squads of convicts, one of eight men was started out in charge of\James M Michael, one of my most experienced guards, and when within a short distance of the field of work—clearing up new ground—one of the prisoners, Moses Butler, of Rich mond, felled him with an axe, which was followed by a second blow by George Washington, of Muscogee, either of which would have killed him. After the fatal blow they pilfered his pockets, first getting a key that locked the pris oners together on a chain. They also got from his person ninety dollars in money—took his double-barrel gua and repeater, and, after getting off the squad chain, cut their shackles off with axes and made for Oconee swamp, about one mile off. There were eight convicts in the squad, all of whom escaped save one who fled for the camp to tell the awful story of the killing. Later advises re port that three of the scoundrels have been captured, and men aud dogs are in hot ptirvu.t of the other*.