Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-01-14

commistee, ana in his opinion the matter was IN
strict sense in order before that committee
MT c. replied that he would not take any ad
| vantage Of appearing to be put down before the
society. He entertained too much respect for its
| presiding officer. - 80
The Secretary, In opposition to the remark. Of
| Mr. Connolly In relation to distribution of seed
| and reception Of circulars read in the session .
report, which he stated was In M r. Brown. o,x n
hand writing, in which be acknowledged the
purchase ov the society of seeds enough 10 nI.nt
an huDdred acres, and the reception of manv
communications from experimenters to whom
| they bad been sent.
| MI Connolly, In reply, stated that sucb doph,
less was the case with respect TO the t NAM 800,
muncations,n but that Of these he had u,sS hn,
SIX and that IL the secretary was skilled In saris
~ Mani Nv o o know that quart was sufficient
| enough for the position he held he would Lnn,s
now many quarts were contained In three busb.
Blown fot tsi, quantity distributed by Mr.
Inc order Of the day being again called for
We mouon OF MI Wager, Il was again po.t
Ruh iea 10 Ntdet to allow him to introduce re
OF three to award premiums for ess,vs III, "a
oeen zen with the Secretary; which was aereed
70, ana Messrs Conger, Carey and Kelly an
Pointed 10 constitute such committee
| Mr.. byington, on leave, introduced the follow
/ ing resolution, which was adopted:
hssotrtd, rs the sense Of this meeting, that the
| m ,sglon OF the great Northwest and valley Cf the
Mississppi Is entitled to the holding of the merit
exhibition Of the United Stairs Agricultural So
| ciety In its midst, and 10 recommends that the
, said eanioion De held In that region, provided
the inducements offered by 1t are equally adj
1 vantaseous with those offered by any other plncs
| or section Of the country P'e'e
lion 30 That copy Of The foregoing re.ou
Der OF the executive committee
Inc oIaer OF the day then came up, viz the
subject OF agricultural education, add was dis.
euss-a by Messrs. Curtis, Calvert, Army. Jones
kennicutt, Brown, and Clemson ~ -
hieI Tue conclusion of the remarks by those
gentlemen, Mr.. Byington, of Iowa Offered the
lo,lo~ng resolution, as expressive Of the sense
Resoired, That the subject OF agricultural ed
ucallon Is recognised by this Society a, one of
rd hain importance to the prosperity Of the
remlttlng attention and exertons of thi. and ali
other Agricultural Societies within the Union.
hssoIrsd, That the most available means for
us promotion and general diffusion are the estab-
lishment and liberal support of pnhlic school,
ana colleges, by and within the States of the
Union, which are wholly or essentially dedI
.oS 20 PraciicaI instruction la the principal
arts 'Ae 'eeha"ic
Rsso!red, That in addition to aid of such in.
sors " congress which we have hereto
Ioie recommended, this Society pledges its hest
energies In the promotion OF the great object, of
Ineir establishment, and invites fTom their man
aSing boaids correspondence and interch anees
Oh publications, OF acts and opinions
MI. StrattOB, Of New York lead a paper oiv,,o
an account OF his experiments I'm dpmss,ic,,ims
W sne hmeIican elk, which he said could be raised
In many sections Of the country with profit
The paper was accepted, and referred n the
executive committee
The Society then adjourned
THIRD DAY
This morning the society was called together
by the PRESIDENT and the regular order OF the dav
was postponed until the transaction OF regular
business should be concluded
reIsrred the communication Of the Geographical
ana statistical Society, reported the same and
moved the reference to the statistical bureau
MI. French, Of Mass, to whom had been
leirfHd The Presidents address, reported upon
the same. expressing the opinion of the commit
zee tnat the suggestions made therein were well
worth tue cons ideration OF society and moved
copy be furnished for publication
Mr.. Wager, from the committee on the sscre.
tary's report, recommended its adoption, and
also that IL he printed.
Mr.. COnger, from the committee IN whom, had
been referred several essays, reported aud recon-
mended that extracts of them he made by the
society roT publication; adopted.
oh MI hsLly, OF n from the committee
charged with the nomination Of officers for the
year 1859, unanimously moved the election of
the following gentlemen as officers under the
Constitution, viz: "
For President-Gen Tench Tilybman Nd
For Vice Presidents-Ez. kial HoIme Me N
: FRENCH, N Holbrook, VT J. Brooks,
MASS Hons.a T. DYES, X. i; H. A. by er. Conn; r B.
u. N j Lem
ent, Pa John Jones, Del A. KimmriI, Md
w A. Spence, Va H X Bu rgwyn' n G.
w Aston c; X. Peters, Ga N u CIowd,
Ala; y. Harrison, Miss; J. b B DE Bow
nnef i "a, Laley' Ohio; w; L IAndssrxqsd, Ky
Kennieutt, Ill; J, r Barrett, Mo H. Ledyard,
Mich; ). A. Mallory, Fla Thos. Afi'ck, Texas;
lie Gran Byington, Iowa A. w. Mckee, Cal;
n N. Rice, MINI +; w. W. CoLcpran, u. c; NJ.
$. Stevens, Washington Territory; - Eckels,
Utah; w. Il. Brown, Nebraska W. Z. McArny,
Kansas; Sylvester Money, Arizona; A. G Fuller,
DdcOtah.
Executive Committee-H Wager, N. v;
MCGOWAN, Pa J. Ware, Va = Smyth, N H
j. Merryman, Md III. CaPron, Ill; J. Al. Can
non, Iowa.
Treasurer-B b French, DC
SecIetary-Ben Periey Poore, ID. C.
Dir. COnger moved that the report be accepted;
carried
And the nominations were confirmed by ballot.
The election was declared by Hon. Marshal p.
Wilder.
The President then took the Chair, and ex.
pressed his most grateful acknowledge ments for
the honor conferred upon him.
MIR. ByingtoR, Of Iowa, moved as an amend
ment to the constitution, That after the term Of
the present President shall expire no President
shall be eligible to reelection -
Mr.. Calvert, Of Md. ,thaug ht this Society would
be unwise to change the present system Of cleo Z.
tons.
This matter was under discussion when 1t was
moved and carried that the order Of the day be
proceeded with.
Prof Henry then proceeded to address the So
ciety upon the subject Of meteorology.
POLICE CAsEs.-Befors Justice W,Hiams.-
On the oath Of Mr. George seifert, a search war
rant was issued by Justice Dom, and placed in
the hands Of Oficer Reese, authorizing a search
upon the premises Of Mr. Bergman alias Erritz
for red COW, hog, and six pigs, alleged by
SeifeTt 10 have been recently stolen from his
farm in Maryland, and, according to his belief,
to be concealed upon Bergman's premises The
officer proceeded to search, under the authority
Of the warrant, and found red COW, which Sell
bert Identified as his property. Bergman was
accordingly called up to account for his posses
sion OF the disputed property; and he appearing
before Justice WILLIAMS, brought a witness
named boosey, who testified on oath that the
farm, cows, hogs, pigs, &c, claimed by Seifert,
were not his property, nor never had been /; but
were his (witness's) cows, hogs, pigs, farm, &c.
That he owning said farm, In the State Of Mary
land, placed SeifeTt upon IL to take care of Il;
that be also authorized Seifett to purchase such
animals a. were necessary to stock It; but never
gave him any authority to sell anything OF the
place; that the cow in question had been pur