New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-04-29

mary more are questions Of scientific inter sI' even
beyond their economical importance Id 'He ~
searches Of the agricukuIst.
Agricultural schools and colleges, IN many pof'
tions Of Europe, are marked feature oil .ae 'e''
In cur own country the general want oil suen P"oee
Of instruction has been 40 manifest thai STATES %
c,tes ard individuals have attempted u supply l.,
though necessarily ia stipted measure. ne PEN
tful lack Of funds has retarded their maturity
and usefulness; but there are some examples, line
that q Michigan, literally supported oy the ntatc,
u tie full tide Of successful experiment. ii tI's
bill shall pass Institutions of the character requr'a
by the people Will spring into life and not angush
from poverty and Leglect.
la The highest cyIlzrd parts Of Europe We ma
The governments alive 10 the wants Of asricu Ia'c
They lave established ministers OF Instruction.
H., DEL farm, experimental iarms botanical gardens
colleges and large number of secondary schoOis,
with no other purpose than the improvement oil Tue
isrms and farmers Of the respective countries. Inc
eject ia in the largest degree favorable to the peo
lie and 10 increased production. 10 Prus-!a
agricultural colleges and schools for the me
cbnnc arts and higher trades are literally sustained
and with much larger staff Of professors than is
common ia the United States. In Saxony there are
number of experiment stations or experimental
farms, with Laboratories attached, and five or more
schssls exclusively for agriculture. There ls DO
country in the world where agriculture and all
branches Of industry are pursued with more en.er-
prise al success than in this little monarchy Del
GUM has its agricultural schools also and great op-
pOrtunties for general education are given, espe-
cisDy in the larger towns. Here farming IS con-
Quoted most on q scientific basis, so that Belgium,
supporting population of three hundred and thirty
six 10 the square mile in climate inferior to that
Of Kentucky or Virginia, which average only
twehty-sx and twenty three to the square mlie, j.
the first in rank as an agricultural State in Europe.
This prominence il chiefly the result OF scientific
attention "a maDures.
France, from the time of Napoleon has done much
for agriculture beet sugar the mulberry, the grape,
ss I'll as me- no sheep and the Tibet goat, have
received imperial attention. No expense IS shirhed
in the cause of agricultural science. Her botanical
gardens, chemical laboratories, physiological mu-
seums and schools for instruction In the veterinary
art surpass all others in existence, AID, with her
FIVE agricultural colleges and almost one hundred
agricultural schools, are rapidly eevating the farm
ing population Of the empire. Colleges and schools
Of agriculture are numerous IN Great Britain, but
their usefulness is greatly restricted account of
the limited attendance arising from the jeaOusies Of
caste. In Russia the cause of agriculture holds
deserved prominence. OF colleges, schools and
special schools devoted to agriculture, Russia main
tans a greater number than any other nation,
France only excepted.
Thus we behold the sufrages of all the wiser civ
by the bill under consideration. II other nations
advance, though We but pause we are dstanced.
The country il believed to be overwhelmingly IN ia
yOr of the establishment of these institutions. They
are as much needed, and will be gratefully ac-
cepted, by one section by another. More than
four-ifths of our population engaged in agricul-
tursl and mechanical employments'
Pass this measure, said Mr.. Morrill, IN conclusion,
and you will have done
"SomtthDg to enable the farmer 10 raise two
blades Of gIass instead Of one;
Something for every owner Of land
Something for all who desire 10 own land;
Something for cheap scientific education;
"Somethii for every man who loves intelligence
and not ignorance
"Sou ething TO induce the farmers sons and daugh-
tiers TO settle and cluster around the old homesteads
Something to remove the last veetige of paupersin
from our land;
"Somethi1g for peace, good order. and the better
support of Christian churches and common schools;
Something TO enable sterile railroads to pay dlV'
dends;
Something TO enable the people to bear the enor-
cus expenditures of the National Governments
Something to check the passion of individuals, and
of the nation for indefinite territorial expansion and
ultimate decrepitude;
"Somethipg to prevent the dispersion OF our popu-
stion and to concentrate II around the best lands 81
the coun,ry-places hsllowed by church spires and
meowed by tie Influences of time--where the con.
will be placed at the door of the producer; and
thereby
Something to obtain higher prices for all sorts Of
agricultural productions; and
"SomethiIg to increase the ovelness of the Ameri-
csn lane scape Scientific culture Is the precursor
of order ana beauty"
Correspondence ef Tie ". Y. Tribune
WASHINGTON, April &c, 1858.
The House seems to be ambitious Of emulatlDg
TIE labors Of Penelope in undoing one day what 1t
took great pains to do the day before. On Satur-
day last il repeatedly and empba.icaly affirmed its
purpose to postpone the report of the Committee
on Conference until the second Monday in May by
four majority, and now it has revoked that decision
by the same msiority What new light may have
been discovered by the patriots who have thus sud
denly turned their backs upon themselves has yet
to be disclosed. The future historian will be puz-
z,ed 70 reconcile the record with AM ideas OF con-
sstency or integrity. The detection of Cox
ard Lawrence of Ohio has taken no one
bv surprise. It was fully anticipated in
NV la,t letter and has been foreshadOwed here
for more than week past, notwithstanding their
earnest protestatons TO the contrary. They will
now share the fate which is in reserve for their col
leagues who led the way in this act OF 6arefaced
deserton. Let them 90. We are well rid OF such
rtscences. The change OF Judge chapman OF
prnns,lyania has occasioned some real regret con-
.iderIg bis personal character and previous fidelity.
But lie too can be spared. Mr.. Irlppe OF Georgia
wss recruit who came in quite Unexpectedly, and
who departed with as little ceremony as he entered,
after having first stiemati2ed Englishs scheme Is
taking the back track" Mr.. Hill of Georgia,
who moved the postponement I'LL the second Mon
dsv in MAY, went away impaired, leaving his motion
TO take care Of itself