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From the Chronicle ft Sentinel. UNI VERS IT Y OP GEORGIA. We have on our table a pamphlet with the title, “The Present Organization and Proposed Plan of Expansion of the University of Georgia.” It contains a clear statement of the present organiza tion of the University, giving the sub divisions of the Preparatory and Aca demic departments, and the professional schools. It is apparent by this report that the University occupies an entirely different position from what it did twenty years ago. In former times the one degree of Bachelor of Arts was given, and all students were compelled to pursue the same course. Now, there is not one regular course, but several “sys tematic courses of education of differ ent types of culture.” The different Professorships of the University are called schools, and are so co-ordinated as to present to students the following courses: “Ist. A Classical course. 2d. A Scientific course. 3d. A Literary course. 4th. A course of Engineering. sth. A course of Law, and with the present means at the disposal of the University there has been organized also a course in Theoretic Agriculture.” But what has especially’ claimed our attention in this report is the “ pro posed plan of expansion of the Uni versity.” / This plun is proposed in the event the Legislature should appropriate to the University the proceeds arising from the sale of the agricultural land scrip, and the main object of the pamphlet seems to be to present to the public the arguments in favor of this disposition of the funds. In exhibition of this plan, we extract the following : It will be by the details herewith submitted, that large means are required before we can realize the conception of such a University as Geor gia now demands. But with the pro ceeds of the sale of the Congressional Land Scrip, added to the present en dowment of the University, the system of instruction can be expanded, especial ly in the direction of that technical edu cation demanded by the present neces sities of our people. In the proposed development of the University, there is not recommend ed the establishment of the four “ faculties, ” regarded as necessary to a European University, but only the founding of such professorships, not now existing, as are consider ed essential to the present good, the development, and future glory of Geor gia ; such professorships as would add not only to the dignity and importance of the (iniversity, but to the growth and prosperity of the State; familiarizing our young men with the practical appli cation of science, and thus inviting them to the varied industrial professions, from which they are now excluded, by the want of that education which it is proposed to offer. DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE. It is in this Department, with all its auxiliaries, that expansion is most need ed. In addition to the present profes sors of scientific subjects, who are necessary for the prescribed under graduate courses, there are needed Schools of Applied Science, which no where exist in Georgia, and to a very limited extent in any University in the South ; schools especially adapted for those who have completed, or partailly completed, the ordinary course required for the subordinate degrees ; who may desire to qualify themselves to become Practical Chemists, Civil or Mechanical Engineers, Mining Engineers, Scientific Agriculturists, Architects, etc.; or who may desire to pursue scientific subjects, beyond what is done in the under graduate course. This looks like progress, and progress in the right direction. It is proposed, we observe, to elect six new Professors, should the funds be sufficient, all to be in the departments of Applied Science, and a most admirable and peculiar feature is proposed of diffusing knowledge among the people by requiring public lectures to be delivered in different portions of the State by the Professors of Agricul ture, and of requiring of the other Pro fessors’ duties other than those of the lecture room. The object, as thus set forth by the trustees, is to build up a great polytechnic institute in Georgia, and this is just what Georgia needs to enable her sons to stand fairly abreast of the age, and so to win their share of the glittering prizes offered by modern civilization. The plan, as proposed, is to elect the following Professors : BANNER OF THE SOUTH AND PLANTERS’ JOURNAL. 1. A Professor of Agriculture and Horticulture, to whom should also be assigned the duty of delivering each Year, in different parts of the State, & limited number of popular lectures. 2. A Professor of Analytic and Agri cultural Chemistry, with the assigned duty, acting under the law, of analyzing all 'fertilizers offered for sale in the State, thus preventing fraud and imposi tion. 3. A Professor of Mineralogy and Economic Geology, to act also as State Geologist, with the duty assigned of completing a geological and mineralogi cal survey of the entire State. 4. A Professor of Natural History and Physiology. 5. A Professor of Industrial Mechan ics and Drawing. 6. A Professor of Physical Geography and Meteorology, with the assigned duty of making a physical survey of the State, and preparing charts illustrating its j water power, Valuable timber, products, I climate, etc., thus exhibiting the natural wealth of Georgia. The advantages resulting to Georg* n from the publication and distribution of charts, exhibiting thus the “ natural wealth of Georgia,” would repay the State a hundred fold the cost of the survey. The report also contains a carefully prepared collection of tables, exhibiting the action of other States in regard to this Congressional fund. These show that every State which had a State Uni versity in existence consolidated the Agricultural College and its University ; and tliey»also show that in Europe the agricultural colleges are generally asso ciated with the universities. From the facts given in regard to the expensed of independent agricultural colleges, it ap pears that wherever they have been es tablished the State Legislatures have been compelled to make large annual appropriations for their support. We confess, from our examination of this report, the arguments presented in favor of consolidating this Congressional fund with that of the State University are very strong, indeed seemingly un answerable. By this union, it is urged that the whole of the fund can be ap propriated for this technical education designed by the act of Congress, and only by this unton can this economy be effected to the State ; since, with an in dependent college, all of the fund, or a greater part of it, must bo consumed in providing for the same character of edu cation already provided for at the Uni versity. We commend to the members of the Legislature the careful reading of this plan of the committee of the Trustees, and the arguments there set forth. It is a subject of great importance to the educational interests of the State, and must be decided, not in favor of any locality, but in favor of the whole peo ple of Georgia, and to effect the latter object it must all be concentrated on one institution and not frittered away on several. Immigration. Editors Chronicle <t- Sentinel : I noticed, in one of your late issues, a communication from a land owner, ask ing for further information about my plans for organizing an immigrant so ciety. By capitalizing the land, I mean making the capital subscribable in lands as well as in money, I hope the follow ing will be satisfactory : I will dwell only briefly on the importance of induc ing the European immigrants to come and settle in Georgia. Except only a few blockheads who want to keep their lands for their children, the greatest number of land owners are in favor of immigration, as being the only means to dispose of their lands. The immi grants, by their productive capacity and skilled labor, increase the trade and population of the cities and villages and the building of new ones. Where the tide of immigration goes wealth is sure to follow. To make the capital of an immigrant society subscribable in land and money, is, in my opinion, the surest and quick est way toward success, having, as we know, more land than money, enabling the organization to establish a society on a large capital, with comparatively little cash; as a great portion of the land will be subscribed for and paid in shares there is need of but little cash. The laud owner, by subscribing a por tion of his land to the society, gives to it- the weight of his influence in pro portion to the number of shares owned by him for the nomination of the Presi dent and managers of the business of the society, which should be conducted similar to all other corporations or stock companies. In regard to the dividends, the sub scribers in land or money will be on the same footing; the amount of the dividend oan be controlled by the Directors, and could be fixed at a stipulated figure, say 20 per cent, or more, said dividend to accrue from the sale of the land to the settlers, and yet at the same time enable the immigrants to buy the land for little less than he has been in the habit of paying annually for new ground in his native country. What enterprise offers such a guaran tee of benefits to the stockholder as the formation of an immigrant society, with out counting the tremendous increase of wealth to the State by the increase of the rural population ? In my communication of December last I divided the climate of Georgia into three zones: The hot, or Lower Georgia; the temperate, or Middle Georgia; and the cold, or Upper Georgia. These dif ferent temperatures will necessitate the establishment of three different depots for the distribution of the immigrants in the zone that suits them best, where they will be able to cultivate all the pro ducts that they have been in the habit of raising in tneir native country. It should command the attention of our people all over the State; they shonld subscribe liberally, and give it every encouragement. The capitalist, the real estate owner, and the merchant —in fact, everybody has an interest in the increase of the rural population, and should aid in building it up. F. A. Mauqe. DISTINGUISHED RAILROAD VIS ITORS. COL. THOS. A. SCOTT AND HIS TARTY. Colonel Thomas A. Scott, of Phila delphia, President of the Union Pacific and Pan Handle Railways, arrived in the city yesterday by special train from New Orleans, accompanied by Col. H. S. McCombs, of Delaware ; Alfred Gaither, of Cincinnati ; W. T. Walters and B. F. Newcomer, of Baltimore ; H. B. Plant, of New York ; T. S. Scott, Richard A. Peters and C. F. Kromback, of Philadelphia. These gentlemen comprise the Ex ecutive Committee of the Southern Railroad Security Company, an associa tion which has recently obtained by purchase and lease various prominent, railroads in the South. They were re cently at Memphis for the purpose of consummating a lease of the Memphis and Charleston Road, which line had been offered the association by an al most unanimous vote of the stockhold ers, which consummation has heretofore been noticed in these columns. While in Memphis these gentlemen accepted an invitation from Col. McComb, Pres ident of the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad, to visit New Orleans, which they did by special train. The courtesy of the New Or leans, Mobile and Texas road was ten dered the party, and they arrived safely at noon, making the fastest running time ever accomplished on a Southern road of its length, going for part of the distance at the rate of a mile a minute. Col. C. T. Pollard, J. P. Stewart anil Major Fleming party and con veyed them in a special train to Whistler, where they spent an hour pleasantly in inspecting the extensive workshops of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Anew express car, designed by Major Fleming and constructed under his immediate supervision, attracted much attention, and the visitors pronounced it the best and most complete car of the kind ever manufactured, its arrangements being such as to make it secure in every res pect. After returning to the city a splendid dinner was served at the Battle House, when a survey of the city was made, but under unfavorable circum stances, the weather being cold, rainy and sleety. They left at midnight on a special train for Meridian, whence they proceed to Montgomery and Tennessee, and lastly to Pensacola, reaching that place on Fri day. As the Security Association controls the main railroad lines terminating at Chattanooga and Dalton, it is naturally supposed they are seeking connections to Mobile and New Orleans. Os these points we know nothing, but it is rumored that the Selma, Rome and Dal ton, and the Alabama Central Roads, have been offered to the association ; via these routes Selma and Meridian will be reached, and rumor further says that the new road now in course of con struction from Selma to Mobile is also offered to Scott & Cos. This combina tioM lias under its immediate control nearly five thousand miles of railroad, all managed by Col. Scott, who is one of the most remarkable railroad men of the age. Being gifted with unusual administrative and executive abilities, combined with a facility for dispatching business with ease and rapidity, he is en abled to control, with system, the com plications naturally growing out of his arduous position.— Mobile Register. The State Agricultural Convention. The Committee on Order of Business for the State Agricultural Convention which assembles in Savannah on the 22d inst., has made the following report: That the entire session of the Conven tion being usually limited to 2 or 3 days, not more than an aggregate of fifteen or twenty hours is available for actual business. Strict reference, therefore, should be had to the economy of this valuable time, as well in the proceedings as in the organization of the body ; and all mere clerical work, and work appro priate to committees, should be assigned to them, thus avoiding needless delays. They recommend— 1. That in the organization of the Convention, the Chairman of each Coun ty Delegation write the name of the county und the names of the delegates in actual attendance, on a slip of paper, and furnish it to the Secretary, who will, with the material so provided, make up the roll and have it printed. No calling of the roll shall be necessary, but errors in the list can be rectified by information given to the Secretary. 2. A Committee on Credentials will consider and report upon disputed ques tions. 3. Members are reminded of the by laws requiring all resolutions to be in writing, and handed to the Secretary. 4. The committee respectfully suggest that no outside entertainments or fes tivals be attended at any early period of the session, but that the fresh interest of the Convention be occupied with the important objects which have called it together. 5. They further recommend that any subject matter, eliciting protracted dis cussion, shall, after a reasonable pro portionate time, be referred either to a Special Committee or to the Executive Committee, so as not to leave other subjects unattended to, or hastily passed over. ) ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS. Address by the President, General A. H. Colquitt. Report of the Executive Committee. Inauguration of the new Executive Committee. Discussions upon Stock-raising and Stock-food—Opened by J. M. Miller, Esq., of Beach Island. Report of the Secretary, Hon. D. W. Lewis. Address upon the Agricultural Policy of the South, by Hon. Robert Toombs. Discussion— Sheep Raising—J. B. Jones, Esq., Burke county. Report of the Commissioner, Samuel Barnett. Discussion—Oats—L. F. Livingston, Newton county. Reports of Committees—On the Con stitution ; on County Subjects of In vestigation ; other reports. Address by Hon. Hershel V. Johnson. New Business—Resolutions ; Appoint ment of Delegates. Discussion—Labor Question —Samuel Barnett. Elections. Discussion—Corn—S. W. Bloodwortli; Cotton—Hon. D. A. Vason ; The Dairy— J. J. Toon. Unfinished Business. Discussion—Stock Law—D. E. But ler ; Rust in Wheat—Dr. E. M. Pendle ton ; Fruit—Hon. R. J. Moses; Can ning Fruit—B. H. True. Next Convention—Time and Place of. Call of Counties—Answers to Printed Inquiries; Oral Information and Sug gestions. Discussion—lmmigration—Col. W. S. Chambers. Appointment of Committees—On Cre dentials ; on Business of next Conven tion ; to Digest County Reports ; for Legislative Objects. Closing Proceedings. N. 8.-The committee earnestly recom mend that the delegates confer freely and in a conversational way with each other, interchanging views, asking ques tions, and conducting the convention in a homely, common sense and business way, without restraint or formality. Samuel Barnett, Chairman. Confederate Monumental Associa tion. —An adjourned meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Confederate Monumental Association was held in the office of the Board of Trade yesterday morning. 4 Wm. H. Goodrich, Esq., was elected permanent President of the Board. Gen. M. A. Stovall was elected Vice- President for the State of Georgia. Dr. J. A. S. Milligan was elected Secretary and Treasurer. The general agents were instructed to continue selling tickets at $5 for the present. A better selection of officers could not have been made, and purchasers of tickets may rest assured that their in terests will be fully protected. Now is the time for the general agents to go vigorously to work and push matters to a speedy conclusion. We hope that in a few days branch agencies will be established all over the country so that every one may have a chance to sub scribe to this most laudable enterprise. From the American Farmer and Rural Register. Domest’c Recipes, Cure for Scrofula. —Many years ago we published the following recipe for this ugly disease. It was furnished by N. Longwortb, Esq., the celebrated grape-grower and millionaire, who was so impressed with its great value to suffering humanity that he appealed to the editors of the country to repeat the publication quarterly, as “it may save many lives.” Several eases of the disease having come to our knowledge, we gave a copy of the recipe to the families afflicted, which was used with the happiest effect. It is so simple, cheap and efficacious that we think we cannot render a more acceptable offer ing on the altar of humanity than to republish it in the first number of our renewed American Farmer viz : “Put two ounces of aquafortis on a plate on which you have two copper cents. Let it remain from eighteen to twenty-four hours. Then add four ounces clear, strong vinegar. Put cents and all in glarge-mouthed bottle, and keep it corked. Begin by putting four drops in a teaspoonful of rain water, and apply it to the sore. Make the application three times a day, with a soft hair pencil or one made of soft rags. If very painful, put more water. As the sore heals, apply it weaker." The recipe is extremely valuable, and every good Samaritan in a neighborhood shonld preserve a copy of it, so that, whenever they hear of a case of this terrible affliction, they may be prepared to fumieli a remedy ; and, .independent of any higher reward, we will be satified with the fact being an nounced to the sufferer that the recipe was taken from the “■old Farmer .” [A friend sends ns the following seasonable recipes. —Eds :] Hog’s Head Cheese. —Take off the ears and noses, and pick out the eyes. Lay the heads in salt find water over night; then wash and put them (with the ears and skins) on to boil. Boil till the bones come out easily. Season twenty pounds of meat with a half a pound of salt, three heaping tablespoon fuls of sage, three of pepper, and two of thyme; for more or less meat, sea son accordingly. After seasoning chop fine, pour the meat in milk-pans, pack closely, cover with paper gi eased with melted lard, and, lastly, cover with boards or plates. Hog’s head cheese may be eaten cold, with or without vinegar, or fried as sausage. Sausage Meat. —Take all the clip pings, a portion of fat, liver and heart. Chop fine, previous to seasoning the number of pounds as advised tor hog’s head cheese, which recipe is also a good precedent as regards seasoning and packing. The middlings, if very fat, pay best when the lean parts are C inverted into sausage meat, the fat into lard, and skins to increase the bulk of hog’s head cheese. Previous to packing, fry a small portion of the meat to test the seasoning. If not satisfactory, it can be altered by adding more meat or increasing a portion of the seasoning. Pigs’ Feet and Souse. —Mrs. Lee, in her Domestic Cookery Book, says pigs’ feet should be well cleaned by ■ dipping them in scalding water and scraping off the hairs (also remove the hoofs); leave them in weak salt and water two days, changing it every day. To Make Souse. —Boil the feet* till the bones come out easily, and pick oat all the large bones; pack them in stone pans, with sage, pepper and ‘salt to taste, and cover with vinegar. They may be eaten cold, with vinegar, or dipped in flour and fried. Vessels for Salting Meat shonld be well cleaned after the meat is hung up, and set on boards in the cellar. If they do hot smell sweet, they should be washed and soaked before the meat is packecf in them again. You should see that the hoops are sound, and have covers to fit the vessels. 3