vanco (lit? interests of your jirofosjioii. Williout your hoaity support, tlioy cannot serve you. 

 Let this great meeting of Ainerioan njiiieultiirints in 185('>, lie Kuch Q8 we liave not lioftnl of before, 

 aii.l soin>tliing will result from it worthy of being put upon record. We iiml the following in 

 tlu' (Jirmanhncn Ttlrgraph : 



•The ftiHHial meeting of the United States Agricultural Society, conTcned at "Waalungton on 

 Wc.lnc^day last, Hon. MARsn.vLL P. Wn.nER, President, in the cbair. A majority of the States 

 wn.< represented. The President opened the set^eion with an excellent address, wliieb was well 

 received. Isumerous committees were then appointed, and resolutions offered. In the evening 

 Geoiigk Wasuington Parke Ci'stis, the only surviving relative of the Wasuington family, lectured 

 on the agricultural character of bis father by adoption — the Farmer of Mount ^'ernon. lie was 

 listened to with great attention and satisfaction. 



" Tlie society re-a.*sembled on Thursday morning, and after leceiving reports from various com- 

 niiltee?, elected officers for the ensuing year, as follows: President, Marshall P. Wildkr, of Mas- 

 saf'lnisetts, and a V. President from eaeh State and Territory. E.xecutlve Committee — Messrs. King, 

 of New York ; Calvert, of Maiyland ; Poorf; of Massachusetts ; Waits, of Ohio ; Jones, of Dela- 

 ware ; Elwy.v, of Pennsylvania, and WiiNTwoiiTri, of Illinois. William S. King, of Boston, was 

 chosen Secretary, and B. B. French, of 'TV^ashington, Treasurer. 



"Tiie reciprocity question, on resolutions offered by Mr. IIolcomb of Delaware, was discussed 

 at considerable length, and warmly, during the morning and afternoon session, with reference to 

 its influence upon agricultural interests, and a series of resolutions were finally adojited, objecting 

 to the doctrine of free trade for agriculture, and protection for other interests. Many valuable 

 papers were also read and discussed. 



" In the evening, the lion. George P. Marsh, late resident minister to Constantinople, delivered 

 a highly interesting lecture on the rural economy of Europe. 



" Another session was held on Friday, which we were unable to attend, in cons'^quenco of being 

 obliged to leave for home; but which, we arc informed, was principally taken up in a continua- 

 tion of the debate of the day before, on the reciprocity question. Resolutions were finally adopted 

 calling on the agriculturists of the whole country to meet in convention in Washington, in Feb- 

 ruary ne.\t, to determine for themselves what legislation is necessary for their preservation. A 

 number of reports from committees were read, and after accepting invitations to visit several 

 public institutions, the society adjourned. 



" In the evening a large number of members called on Senator Clayton, to thank him for taking 

 the position he did the day before in the Senate in behalf of agriculture. 



Altogether this was a highly gratifying and ausiiicious meeting, exhibiting, in a marked man- 

 ner, not only the interest whieli is felt in every section of the country for a union of effort in 

 behalf of agriculture, but of the elevated intelligence of tliose who there came together for a 

 common purpose. 



"Before closing this brief sketch, we desire to express our satisfaction with the able manner 

 in which Col. Wilder — who w;vs unanimously re-elected President — discharged the duties of liis 

 post. No similar officer, in either house of Congress, within our knowledge, has shown a superior 

 ability. 



