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THE CULTIVATOR. 
try’s ruin. When I was young, I was accustomed to 
hear pronounced with abhorrence, almost with execra¬ 
tion, the names of men, who are now hailed by their 
former foes as the champions.of grand principles and 
as worthy of the highest public trusts. This lesson of 
early experience, which later years have corroborated, 
will never be forgotten. 
Of our present political divisions I have of course no¬ 
thing to say. But among the current topics of party, 
there are certain accusations and recriminations, ground¬ 
ed on differences of social condition, which seems to me 
so unfriendly to the improvement of individuals and the 
community, that I ask the privilege of giving them a 
moment’s notice. On one side we are told, that the 
rich are disposed to trample on the poor; and on the. 
other, that the poor look with evil eye and hostile pur¬ 
pose on the possessions of the rich. These outcries 
seem to me alike devoid of truth and alike demorali¬ 
zing. As for the rich, who constitute but a handful of 
our population, who possess not one peculiar privilege, 
and, what is more, who possess comparatively little of 
the property of the country, it is wonderful, that they 
should be objects of alarm. The vast and ever-growing 
property of this country, where is it? Locked up in a 
few hands? hoarded in a few strong boxes? It is dif¬ 
fused like the atmosphere, and almost as variable, 
changing hands with the seasons, shifting from rich to 
poor, not by the violence but by the industry and skill 
of the latter class. The wealth of the rich is as a drop 
in the ocean; and it is a well known fact, that those 
men among us, who are noted for their opulence, exert 
hardly any political power on the community. That 
the rich do their whole duty; that they adopt the great 
object of the social state, which is the elevation of the 
people in intelligence, character, and condition, cannot 
be pretended; but that they feel for the physical suffer¬ 
ings of their brethren, that they stretch out liberal hands 
for the succor of the poor and for the support of useful 
public institutions, cannot be denied. Among them are 
admirable specimens of humanity. There is no war¬ 
rant for holding them up to suspicion as the people’s foes. 
Nor do I regard as less calumnious the outcry against 
the working classes, as if they were aiming at the sub¬ 
version of property. When we think of the general 
condition and character of this part of our population, 
when we recollect, that they were born and have lived 
amidst schools and churches, that they have been 
brought up to profitable industry, that they enjoy many 
of the accommodations of life, that most of them hold 
a measure of property and are hoping for more, that 
they possess unprecedented means of bettering their lot, 
that they are bound to comfortable homes by strong do¬ 
mestic affections, that they are able to give their children 
an education which places within their reach the prizes 
of the social state, that they are trained to the habits, 
and familiarized to the advantages of a high civiliza¬ 
tion; when we recollect these things, can we imagine 
thai they are so insanely blind to their interests, so deaf 
to. the calls of justice and. religion, so profligately 
thoughtless of the peace and safety of their families, as 
.to be prepared to make a wreck of social order, for the 
sake of dividing among themselves the spoils of the rich, 
which would not support the community for a month. 
Undoubtedly there is insecurity in all stages of society, 
and so there must be, imtil communities shall be rege¬ 
nerated by a higher culture, reaching and quickening all 
classes of the people ; but there is not, I believe, a spot 
on earth, where property is safer than here, because, no¬ 
where else is it so equally and righteously diffused. In 
aristocracies, where wealth exists in enormous masses, 
which have been entailed for ages by a partial legisla¬ 
tion on a favored few, and where the multitude, after 
the sleep of ages, are waking up to intelligence, to self- 
respect, and to a knowledge of their rights, property is 
exposed to shocks which are not to be dreaded among 
ourselves. Here indeed as elsewhere, among the less 
prosperous members of the community, there are disap¬ 
pointed, desperate men, ripe for tumult and civil strife; 
but it is also true, that the most striking and honorable 
distinction of this country is to be found in the intelli¬ 
gence, character and condition" of the great working 
class. To me it seems, that the great danger to pro¬ 
perty here is not from the laborer, but from those 
who are making haste to be rich. For example, in 
this commonwealth, no act has been thought by the 
alarmists or the conservatives so subversive of the 
rights of property, as a recent law. authorizing a com¬ 
pany to construct a free bridge, in the immediate neigh¬ 
borhood of another, which had been chartered by a for¬ 
mer legislature, and which had been erected in the expec¬ 
tation of an exclusive right. And with whom did this 
alleged assault on property originate? With levellers? 
with needy laborers? with men bent on the prostration 
of the rich? No; but with men of business, who were 
anxious to push a more lucrative trade. Again, what 
occurrence among us has been so suited to destroy con¬ 
fidence, and to stir up the people against the moneyed 
class, as the late criminal mismanagement of some of 
our banking institutions. And whence came this ? from 
the rich or the poor? from the agrarian, or the man of 
business? Who, let me ask, carry on the work of spo¬ 
liation most extensively in society? Is not more pro¬ 
perty wrested from its owners by rash or dishonest 
failures, than by professed highwaymen and thieves? 
Have not a few unprincipled speculators sometimes in¬ 
flicted wider wrongs and sufferings, than all the tenants 
of a state prison? Thus property is in more danger 
from those who are aspiring after wealth, than from 
those who live by the sweat of their brow. I do not 
believe, however, that the institution is in serious dan¬ 
ger from either. All the advances of society, industry, 
useful arts, commerce, knowledge, jurisprudence, fra¬ 
ternal union, and practical Christianity, are so many 
hedges round honestly acquired wealth, so many barriers 
against revolutionary violence and rapacity. Let us 
not torture ourselves with idle alarms, and still more 
let us not inflame ourselves against one another by mu¬ 
tual calumnies. Let not class array itself against class, 
where all have a common interest. One way of provok¬ 
ing men to crime is to suspect them of criminal designs. 
We do not secure our property against the poor, by ac¬ 
cusing them of schemes of universal robbery; nor ren¬ 
der the rich better friends of the community, by fixing 
on them the brand of hostility to the people. Of all 
parties, those founded on different social conditions are 
the most pernicious; and in no country on earth are they 
so groundless as in our own. (To be continued.) 
T HE N. YORK AND LONG-ISLAND SILK GROW- 
ING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY.—This 
company has been formed for the purposes which its title in¬ 
dicates. Its capital is $60,000, divided into shares of $10each, 
most of which having been subscribed, the company will 
shortly go into operation. Books of subscription for the re¬ 
maining shares will be opened on and after the 30th of April, 
at the undermentioned places, where the prospectus may be 
had and every information obtained. 
G. C. THORBURN, No. 11 John-street. 
ALONZO WAKEMAN, office of the Am. Institute, No. 179 
J. W. WEAVER &. Co. No. 79 Barclay-st. [Broadway. 
N. B. Persons at a distance wishing to subscribe to the 
above, can do so by forwarding 20 per cent on each share, 
(post-paid,) to GEO. C. THORBURN, treasurer. It 
W ATKINS’ PATENT WHEAT FANS, GRAIN 
CRADLES, and every other variety of tool required 
for harvesting, for sale by R. SINCLAIR & Co. 
July-2t_Baltimore, Md. 
A GRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE and SEED 
A STORE, 79 Barclay-street, New-York. At this old es¬ 
tablished stand, the subscribers take pleasure in announcing 
to the public, that they have made extensive arrangements to 
accommodate farmers in all articles connected with husband¬ 
ry, viz:—Agricultural implements, a full and fresh supply of 
Field and Garden Seeds, Fruit Trees, Durham Cattle, Chi¬ 
nese and Berkshire pigs, 10,000 morus multieaulis mulberry 
trees, publications on rural subjects, &c. 
Published here, the Rural Library, S. Fleet, editor; a few 
copies of 1st vol. for sale. 1 he object of this work is to con¬ 
stitute a library at the least possible expense. 2d vol. com¬ 
mencing with Prof. Low’s Elements of Practical Agriculture, 
with nearly 250 fine engravings; subscription $3. Subscrip¬ 
tions received for the Genesee Farmer, Cultivator, &c. 
July-3t J. W. WEAVER & Co. 79 Barclay-st. N.Y. 
T HOROUGH-RRED IMPROVED SHORT-HORN 
CATTLE.—The subscriber has recently taken charge 
of the superior stock of Short-Horn Cattle, bred byL. F. Al¬ 
len. Esq. on his farm at Grand-Island, in the Niagara river. 
The original stock from which these have been produced, 
were selected from among the best animals in the country, 
and several of them were imported direct from England. As 
a milking stock, the cows of this herd will challenge compe¬ 
tition with those of any other in the United States; several of 
them being extraordinary milkers, and all of them good. For 
the making of butter, they have been thoroughly tested, and 
their dairy excellence is remarkable. Their value in this par¬ 
ticular, is fully sustained in the grade animals descended from 
the bulls of this herd, which have, thus far, without excep¬ 
tion, proved the best of milkers. This excellence, possessed 
in reality by no cow so much as in the pure Short-Horn, has 
been too much neglected by both English and American breed¬ 
ers, and their value as a dairy stock thus underrated. 
In addition to the above, are a select herd of DEVON 
SHORT-HORNS, bred from two choice pure Devon cows, 
directly descended from the celebiated herd of Mr. Coke, of 
Holkliam, Eng. These beautiful animals are a cross of diffe¬ 
rent degrees with the pure “ Improved Short-Horns,” with¬ 
out any admixture of common blood; and are as perfect com¬ 
binations of excellence in color, hardihood, symmetry and 
size as can be found. 
As the present herd, of all ages, has now attained the number 
desirable to be kept on the farm, (upwards of forty,) a part of 
them are offered lor sale. Application may be made either 
personally or by letter, (post-paid,) to SAMUEL ALLEN, 
Esq. at Black-Rock, N. Y. or to the subscriber on the farm, 
five miles below, at which a ferry connects with the main 
shore, on the Erie canal. LEWIS G. COLLINS. 
Grand-Island, May 15, 1839. 
P. S. A few fine grade animals also for sale. jtf. 
4^4 
OR SALE—A Splendid Country Seat in the 
Highlands, on the Hudson River. That beau- 
tiful country residence, known by the name of the 
BEVEK LY ESTATE, containing four hundred acres of land, 
about two hundred of which are fine level arable soil, of an 
excellent quality, in a good state of cultivation, and not sur¬ 
passed by any on the river for fertility; the remainder is fine 
and thrifty timber land. The situation is the most eligible on 
the Hudson, extending one mile and a half on the river, with 
a bold shore and convenient dock, nearly opposite West- 
Point, and within fifty miles of New-York. The prospect is 
extensive and diversified, reaching from St. Anthony’s Peak 
on the south, to the bay and city of Newburgh on the north. 
This estate can conveniently be divided into three farms, giv¬ 
ing an equal proportion of front on the river, and of arable 
and timber land to each. Almost every enclosure is supplied 
with living springs of the purest water. There is on said es¬ 
tate a plain house, (formerly the head-quarters of Gen. Ar¬ 
nold;) also out-houses necessary to carry on the business of 
the farm. The single fact that during the whole time the 
cholera raged throughout the state, not one case occurred 
within ten miles of this place, is sufficient to prove the unri¬ 
valled salubrity of the situation. The facilities of intercourse 
with the city, that can be reached in four hours, by means of 
numerous steam-boats, are great, and daily increasing, both 
as regards pleasure, and the convenience of a near market for 
nroduce of every description. 
For conditions of sale, apply to STEPHEN A. HALSEY, 
189 Water-street, New-York, or RICHARD D. ARDEN, on 
the adjoining farm. Ardenia, 23d April, 1839. j6t 
F OR SALE—A splendid Farm, in the town of Hillsdale, 
Columbia county, N. Y. situated 18 miles east of the city 
of Hudson, containing about 208 acres of first rate land, about 
180 of which is fine level arable soil, of an excellent quality, 
in a good state of cultivation, and on a very public road from 
New-York to Albany, and not surpassed by any in Colum¬ 
bia, for fertility; the remainder in fine timber; about 30 acres 
of good pine and chestnut timber. This situation is the most 
splended in the town of Hillsdale. The farm can conveni¬ 
ently be divided in to two farms, giving an equal quantity of 
timber land to each. There is a beautiful 
grove of fruit and ornamental trees about the 
main dwelling; also three other DWEL¬ 
LING-HOUSES, three Barns, besides Hay 
Barns and Barracks, Sheds, &c. Also, out¬ 
houses of almost every description, and in first rate order. 
Also—Several lots of land in the counties of Broome and 
Tioga. Terms of payment made to suit the purchaser. In¬ 
quire of the subscriber on the premises. 
July-2t BARENT WAGER, Hillsdale. 
Ten. 
11 *Long Meadow, 
Va. 11 
Va. 
11 *Lynchburgh, 
Va. 84 
Geo. 
48 
Lafayette, 
Va, 6 
Pa. 
5 
♦Lewistown, 
Pa. 20 
Ill. 
5 
Lexington, 
Va. 22 
Pa. 
5 
Lancaster, 
O. 5 
S.C. 
5 
Lake C. H. 
Ia. 8 
Ia. 
5 
Little Level, 
Va. 5 
Vt. 
19 
Lafayette, 
Ia. 14 
Ky. 
11 
La Grange, 
Ala. 10 
Ky. 
5 
♦Madison, 
Ia. 20 
S.C. 
5 
"Manhattan, 
Ia. 20 
Va. 22 
'Middletown, 
Va. 22 
Vt. 25 
'Monroe, 
Ga. 18 
Mass. 159 
♦Meadville, 
Pa. 13 
Ct. 
5 
New-Orleans, 
La. 12 
Md. 
12 
'Newark, 
N.J. 9 
Md. 103 
*New-Holland, 
Pa. 25 
Ten. 
5|*Newtown, 
Ct. 10 
N.H. 
11 
♦Newark, 
O. 15 
O. 
21 
'New-York City, 
241 
Va. 
6 
♦Nicholasville, 
Ky. 13 
Pa. 
12 
'Newton, 
N.J. 18 
Moneys received between the 2 i)th May and 24th June, in sums 
of $5 and over. The total receipts are included from post- 
offices marked with an asterisk 
♦Abbot’s Mills, 
Amherst C. H. 
*Augusta, 
Asylum, 
Augusta, 
Brockwayville, 
Beaufort, 
Bethlehem, 
*Bennington, 
♦Bardstown, 
Bowling Green, 
Buckhead, 
'Boydton, 
♦Burlington, 
'Boston, 
Bridgewater, 
Bell-Air, 
'Baltimore, 
Bolivar, 
♦Concord, 
*Cinc.innati, 
Charles City C. H. 
♦Connellsville, 
'Catskill, 
Conrad's Store, 
Charlestown, 
Clifton Park, 
♦Detroit, 
Erin, 
Elmira, 
♦Elizabethtown, 
Evansville, 
♦Fincastle, 
♦Fort Hamilton, 
♦Frederick, 
♦Friendship, 
♦Flushing, 
Fort Wayne, 
Flemington. 
Gainesville, 
'Goshen, 
Greensborough, 
*Guilford, 
"Hartford, 
Hopkinton, 
'Hudson, 
Hawesburgh, 
♦Huntingtown, 
Highland, 
Inlet, 
'Jerusalem, 
Kingsville, 
Lewiston, 
N.Y. 15 
Va. 6 
Va. 28 
N.Y. 
Mich. 
Ga. 
N.Y. 
Ky. 
la. 
Va. 
N.Y. 
Md. 
Newark Valley, 
'Norwalk, 
'Princess Ann, 
'Peoria, 
'Plattsburgh, 
'Pittsfield, 
'Pittsburgh, 
'Philadelphia, 
Petersburgh, 
'Rhinebeck, 
'Richmond, 
* Simpson ville, 
*St. Louis, 
N.Y. 13 *Spnngfield, 
la. 5 'Shelbyville, 
13 *Sing-Sing, 
Shrewsbury, 
Md. 15 
N.J. 
Ala, 
N.Y. 6 
Ct. 28 
Md. 28 
Ill. 38 
N.Y. 33 
Mass. 14 
Pa. 69 
Pa. 152 
Ga. 30 
N.Y. 27 
Va. 183 
Ky. 22 
Mo. 55 
Mass. 35 
Ky. 20 
N.Y. 25 
Pa. 17 
Ct. 
19 
'Suffolk, 
Va. 
28 
Ga. 
11 
Springfield, 
Ill. 
6 
Ct. 
7 
Trenton, 
N.J. 
25 
Ct. 
59 
Verona, 
N.Y. 
5 
R.I. 
5 
Winchester Centre, 
Ct. 
7 
N.Y. 
23 
'Waterbury, 
Ct. 12 
Va. 
7 
Wellsburgh, 
Va. 
13 
Md. 32 
♦Whalen’s Store, 
N.Y. 20 
Mich. 
5 
Woodstock, 
N.Y. 
5 
Ill. 
5 
'Williamsport, 
Md. 25 
Va. 
16 
Westport, 
Mo. 
7 
Md. 
6 
West Burlington, 
N.Y. 
9 
N.Y. 
6 
'Worcester, 
Mass. 
11 
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