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Ml A ’■ W EEKLY. not ma*ke cloth themselves, can sub scribe it, and purchase, it from those Who do make it, in many instances without advancing the money for it. lii order to obtain tKe views of all in* terested in this mail®r, and to secure Concert of actio*', _#llow us, to sug gest tiie propriety of" holding a meet ing of* - the ladies of Merriwether, at the Female College, in Greenville, on .Monday the 22d inst., at 11 o’clock, |A. M., on wliich occasion such meas ures pan be adopted as ipay be neces sary to render the enterprise success ,\os'^|aus turn out an, l engage SgP ' :V Who will stand der our country .11 only be a la ,d of love. Will ,i approve the plan,. As indi ~ * •* ■" " 'jes to do our . -r contribu te liberal, < :* iTYorth . VYiLLtAMS. JOHN Simonton. [cOMMUIUCAtEO.] MerriiOether Cos., July 12, 1861. Mr. Edijor : Irryour last number I read a communication from “ W.” about the Exhibition of the Greenville Masonic Female College, which com munication was all very well in its way, and perhaps Weil intended. But I think “ W.” could not have been present at the evening exhibition or if he or she was there, he or she must have been asleep, if he or she could have slept 'while such an admirable -entertainment Was going on. Otherwise “W.” would certainly have mentioned the perfection with which Miss C. H.. acted the pftrt of thp Aunt in “The Great Supper,” which was a rich and able production throughout. I cannot refrain from speaking of the beautiful and thrilling stxle in which the same young lady singing of Dixie's Land, at close of the exhibition, and I am it the latter song was twice re bequest, of the audience at '’ition the next day. je whom honor is ladies who 4sjmestics, . -arfevOd not Jfefent teacher word, but also m #wpihat Ae(f)thinks that the was the feature of the evening, but I think that the dialogue of Exciting Neivs, by Misses M. L., Ssfltd A. H., was the best thing I ever ;SaW. . When “ W.” attempts to write a description of anything again, let “ W.” mind his or her Ps & Qs. \ _ Hessian Villainy. S' Yankee, named Stephens, Adju tai._ ,f one of the Vermont Kegiments, thus speaks of his exploits while on the road to Great Bethel; On reaching the bend of the road I observed a horseman coming at full speed towards me. On reaching the house he turned in, which induced me to think him a Secessionist. I or-, dered him to dismount and surrender. He cried out, “Who are you?” an swer, “ Vermont!” “ Then raise your piece, : Vermont; I am Col. Dur yea, of the Zouaves and so it was. His gay looking red boys just appear ■ed turning the corner of the road, coming towards us. He asked me the cause of the firing in the rear, and whose premises we were on. I told him he knew the first as well as I did, hawt-qs to the last could give full in *> %it the house belonged "Whiting, who, just Vh‘t. -fizzing by .ud that ''„‘to burn payment. “ Your ,ed at once,” said , JIX , a ordered by Gen. sutler to burrTevery house whose oc „t or owner fires upon our troops, i fc ’ He leaped from his horse, \\L} x upon the steps, and by that time J were with me. I or- V. m to try the door with the ijjfiir guns ; down went the s and went.. A well-packed travelling-bag lay upon a mahogany table. I tore it open with the hopes of finding a revolver, but did not. The first thing I took out was a white linen coat; 1 laid it on the table, and Col. Duryea put a lighted match to it. Other clothing was added to the pile, and soon we had a rousing fire. Be fore leaving, I went into the parlor, in the left wing of the house ; it was perfectly splendid. A large room with a tapestry carpet, a niee piano, a fine library of miscellaneous books, rich sofas, elegant chairs with superior needle work wrought bottoms, what nots in the corners, loaded with arti cles of luxury, taste and refinement, and upon a mahogany centre table lay a Bible and a lady’s portrait. The last two articles I took, and have them now in my possession. I also took a decanter of most excellent old brandy from the sideboard, and left the burn ing house. '' .** tfs. 186 t be Notation from ;«giufeni, 'Guards. * -.'.lifeJ, ther, that 3 been lit ie Jiimself lie p,^%’ , el al■s % t ll W fsed ‘ a wit I '- . »ns army ired and one c ~i> rtveaM3t»,Qn e from ’the*, a Mr. • command 'rorn an ac n pistol. t., found us yight, to be Sabbath to of billious conva- J so entic •autiful, that to remain * needed in stHJnV Many ..All ..jery ' jy interest JTrfj. H. w. r 4 fED.J - r • will soon be t ’jteers in ser- in cofise .tjid £• cr f is A '»* Aunt -£\ ILave A 3 # Jjr ks m $ - \ 0| ”■ The Jg attics and j£:“ ■*i 1 are al -do their . - can furnish ■A',' and by go ; •we can keep ' dto meet all oldlerg. By jflfntain sev . *v bicb, other go out of the fsbr profitable Jin f wfwd Those who can % ®mjia.Jtytfttf WEDNESDAY, JULY 18. A BAD POLICY. . Nothing Qpn be more fatal to the future of our country* than the preva lent idea that should not he sent to Bchool during the war.* This policy, if such short-sightednesa de serves so high-sounding a name, prob ably arises from the belief, or hope, that the war will be short, and the struggle over before next January. Every step taken by the Black Repub lican Administration denies this be lief, and' serious fears are beginning to be entertained that the War will last for years. Suppose that it does con tinue for but three years, two years less than the well informed hold to be the policy of our President. Sup pose, also, that the youth and chil dren of our land are denied the inesti moWc n<l vanftu-MW n f aehnolintt for three years. Can you hope that any after exertion of yours, or forced in dustry of your children can make, good so deplorable a hiatus? It is a great fault of our system of education, that so short a period, even in time of peace, % is allowed to our youth to study. Boys are generally “freed from books,” before they are eighteen, and girls are graduated be fore they are sixteen, In other and plainer Words, but as true as we are born to die, our youth are taken from schools atid colleges at the very period when their minds are but made ready to digest what they study. Thus, those who deny their chil dren an education, “ while the war lasts,” add immensely to the injury foolish custom inflicts in time of peace. But if the war should continue for five, seven, or ten years, and schools and colleges are closed, from lack of patronage, during that time, what kind of a people will inhabit this soil during the next generation ? Who will be yon? lawyers, yotir judges, your professors, your men of litem* tare ? Where will you find your edu cated and accomplished women ? Is it not as plain as the nose on your face, that such a suicidal course, pur sued for a few years, will deliver this nation into the hands of an ignorant 1 1 """fll ple would be your offspring. The per ijl|fvency of that liberty and indepen dence for which the South is now bat tling, rests upon education. Educa tion is the bitter and fatal enemy of Despotism. An educated people can never he enslaved. Force may pre vail for a time, but Mind will conquer in the end. Should this suicidal policy be fol lowed during a long war we would be reduced, or rather our children—whom we love better than ourselves—would be forced to call in the aid of foreign teachers. However much we may admire the patriotism of those teachers who have dropped the ferule to wield the sword, all candid-minded men must deplore their zeal—admirable and noble though it be. Someone must teach the ris ing generation, and blind indeed is that policy which forces the teacher to go to the wars, and thereby inflicts lasting injury upon the very vitals of permanent and independent govern ment. You wait for the end of the war be fore you will send your child to school! Friend, allow us to state that you are thereby becoming one who will aid, though unintentionally, in binding darker, heavier, more debasing shack les upon the Southern mind than a myriad of Lincolns, in a myriad of years, could bind upon the people of the South— the shackles of ignorance. Let not the war interfere with your schools; for, if they are crushed many years must elapse ere all your exer tions can raise the standard of South ern education to the rank it now occu pies. During the Revolutionary war it was the far-sighted policy of our an cestors to keep up their schools, and though the invader sometimes forced their removal, the children of 1776 continued to learn, even within hear ing distance of the cannon’s roar ! r Imitate the example of your ances tors, Educate your children, at all sacrifices! Should you pursue this better plan of action, the end of the war, no matter whether in this year or 1870, will find your firesides surrounded not only by educated and accomplished men and women, but able to send forth competent, native born, and home ed ucated teachers, for the welfare and mental independence, of the third gen eration. ■■ - THE LADIEB’ APPEAL. Elsewhere we publish an eloquent and patriotic appeal to the ladies of our county* While the hardy sons Merriwefber are meeting the crisis with the bayonet, let not her fair daughters fail to wield the scarcely less potent arms of reserve—the needle and distaff. It is not generally known that our Government does not furnish its sol diers with clothing, but instead 921 every'six months. This amount is by no means sufficient, and even if it Were how could their soldiers supply themselves. Every mother, wife, sis ter, cousin and friend of those now in the field should go to work at once to collect clothing for them. Each soldier will certainly need clothing as follows! 2 Flannel shirts—heavy and all wool, 1 Coat of strong, heavy, woolen ma terial, 2 Pairs of Pants, “ “ “ 2 “ “ Drawers—all wool, M " 6vt»Ua u u These should be ready and forward ed by October, for the climate of Vir ginia- is many degrees colder than that of Georgia. Every soldier should also have a good, heavy blanket. True, it is summer now, -but the Vir ginia winter will be at hand by Octo ber, and time seems really to fly faster than ever during these exciting days. Scott and Lincoln look forward to a sweeping winter campaign, but unless our soldiers are well and warm ly clad, ten will perish of cold and exposure whefe one will fall by sabre or hall. Be up and doing, fair dames of Mer riwether. Though so many of the sterner sex hang back from the cot ton loan, let it not be said that you counted time and labor, as you toiled for those wio fight for your homes and safety. You are asked to assem ble at the Female College, on Monday next, at 11 o’clock, A. M., to devise ways and means for the speedy con summation of a noble and most patri otic purpose. In connection with this article al low us to suggest to the friends of the volunteers, that the soldiers will soon need shoes. It would be well if some one of each company should forward to Greenville, the dimensions, a3 .nearly as possible, of those blistered hind ever advancing feet, now march ing their owners to death or victory, for every soldier should be “ well shod.” They need shoes, not boots— and sewed, not pegged shoes—high quartered, so as to be laced in front to the ancle—broad and thick bottoms, for a man can march further in a given time, and with more ease, with stiff bottomed shoes, than with thin and pliant. Furnishing shoes does not fall within the ladies’ department, yet there should be concerted action in the mat ter. There are many in this connty who really seem to think the war a trifle, and that they are not to be moved by it. Let the general action of the ladies rouse these si umberers. WANTED. A place for a very ambitious, though, perhaps, well-meaning old gentleman. The people of Georgia dislike to see him straying around loose, as he soon will be, unless a place be provided for him. He is sometimes called Joe Brown, oftener Governor Brown, but prefers to be considered The State of Georgia, in one pair of trousers. We respectfully petition President Davis and his honorable cabinet to provide for him. Send him on a mission to Japan, or Terra del Fuego. We mildly suggest the latter place, as our friend is of a very fiery and volcanic natnre, and his lava will run out and scorch his admiring friends. He at home as a salamander, in Terra del Fuego—let him go there by all means —then he can receive news from home, via Atlanta by the Intelligencer, or from Milledgeville, via the Federal Union. N. B.—He has a lot of muskets on hand—excellent armorer—never ex poses them to the air. Good boy! Notice. The regular Collegiate studies of the Greenville Masonio Female Coir lege will be resumed on Monday, August sth. Nggr The author of Rosetta, the Wine-Seller’s Daughter, is now preparing another novel for publica tion m the Georgia Weekly, and we shall lay its first chapters before our renders next week. 861“ We are informed that the Cot ton Loan subscription list has reached between 2,106 and 2,200 bales in this county. We hope soon to be able to report folly 3,000 bales.