1847. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
887 
PRICES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. 
New-York, Nov. 15, 1847. 
FLOUR—Genesee, per bbl. $6.18§—Ohio and Michigan, $6 
GRAIN-—Wheat, Genesee, per bu., $1.45—inferior southern, 
$1.06—Corn, northern, 72a73c.—Rye, 91c.—Oats, 53c.—Barley, 
85a37c. 
BUTTER—Orange County, per lb-, 21a24c.—Western, dairy, 
16al8 cents. 
CHEESE—per lb., 6a7c. 
BEEF—Mess, per bbl., $9a$9.50-—Prime $6a$6.50. 
PORK—Mess, per bbl., $15—Prime, $9 87a$10.2o. 
HAMS—Smoked, per lb., llal2cts. 
LARD—Per lb. 10al2c. 
HEMP—Russia clean, per ton, $220. Am., dew-rotted, $150. 
HOPS—First sort, per lb., 7aSc. 
COTTON—New Orleans and Alabama, per lb., 7a9|c.—Up¬ 
land and Florida, 6|a9c. 
WOOL—(Boston prices,) Dec. 13. 
Prime or Saxon fleeces, washed per lb. 45a50 cts. 
American full blood fleeces,. 40a45 “ 
“ three-fourths blood fleeces,. 35a3S w 
“ half blood do . 32a35 “ 
“ one-fourth blood and common,. 28a30 
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THE NEW-YORK TRIBUNE. 
W E are on the eve of another Presidential Election. Let none 
fancy that since it is approached so calmly, it will be con¬ 
ducted sluggishly and terminated without excitement. Whoever 
cherishes such an illusion mistakes the character of the American 
People and the impulses which sway them. Equally idle is the 
imagination that party lines are to be effaced and broken down in 
this contest—that the prestige of some heroic achievement or the 
glitter of an epaulette is to chase from the popular mind all memory 
of the radical differences of sentiment which have so often arrayed 
one-half’ of our countrymen in fierce conflict with the other Idle 
chimeras these! offspring of an empty heart or a sickly brain ! 
With the progress of events a particular measure may become 
more or less important, the emphatic assertion of a certain princi¬ 
ple more or less essential, but the question of questions remains 
and will remain. At one time, the establishment or maintenance 
of a Sound and Uniform Currency ; at another, the upbuilding or 
cherishing new or feeble branches of Home Industry ; at another 
the proper disposition of the Proceeds of the Public Lands; at a 
fourth, Peace or War, Spoliation or Justice ; but underneath all 
these, mightier than any, more enduring than all, lives ever the 
elemental difference in which parties have their origin—on one 
side, the idea that Government should be Creative, Constructive, 
Benificent; on the other, the negative, skeptical, do-nothing ele¬ 
ment, whose axioms are, “ The best government is that which 
governs least,” “ The People are inclined to expect too much 
from Government,” &c.,—which sees in a Canal, a Railroad, a 
Harbor, a Protective Duty only a means of enriching a few indi¬ 
viduals at the expense of the community, and which cannot con¬ 
ceive how any can be benefitted by a public work without inflict- 
ing'injury in at least equal measure upon others. The fundamental 
axioms of this negative philosophy are really hostile to Common 
Roads and Common Schools, required and sustained by law, as 
well as to those elements of national well-being against which it 
now f directs the energies of a great party. The antagonism of sen¬ 
timent growing out of these conflicting views of the nature of the 
true ends of Government cannot, in the nature of things, be lasting¬ 
ly compromised ; it cannot be terminated by ihe result of any one 
election. It must be potentially felt in the party contests and popu¬ 
lar agitations of many years to come. 
On this and all the great questions growing out of it, The Tri¬ 
bune maintains emphatically the doctrines of the Whig Party. It 
advocates Protection to Home Industry, wherever such protection 
may be needed, and to the extent of the necessity; a National 
Currency , sound and of uniform value, composed of coin and paper 
in such proportions as public interest and general convenience 
shall dictate; Internal Improvement , by the General and State 
Governments, each in its own sphere, and by Associations, liberal¬ 
ly incited thereto by such facilities as legislation may safely and 
justly afford ; and such disposition of the Public Land Proceeds as 
shall secure the benefit thereof to the people of all the states through¬ 
out all future time. Above all, this paper will “ study the things 
that make for peace,” and strenuously oppose the fell spirit of war, 
the lust.of conquest, and the passion for Military Glory, so mortally’ 
adverse to all those ideas of Social and Political Economy to which 
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Slavery over one foot of soil where it has not now a legal exist¬ 
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SOUTH DOWN BUCKS. 
W'HE subscriber offers for sale a few very superior South Down 
■*- Bucks, some of which were selected by him in England. They 
are thought to be the best sheep of this breed in America, uniting 
as they do the blood of the celebrated flocks of the Duke of Rich¬ 
mond and Earls Jersey and Bathurst. 
Application may be made b} T letter, addressed to Rhinebeck, N. 
York, or personally at the Ellerslie Farm, on the Hudson river, 
two miles south of Rhinebeck Landing. WILLIAM KELLY. 
Ellerslie, Dec. 1, 1847.—It. 
TO WOOL-GROWERS AND BREEDERS OF FINE 
SHEEP. 
T)EV. L. G- BINGHAM, of Wil!iston t Vt., during the past sum- 
mer has purchased and received from J. A. Taintor, Esq., of 
Hartford, Ct., eight x>f his imported Merino ewes, one buck lamb, 
and his very superior stock buck—the sire of the very superior 
buck lambs which have been sold out of his flock the past season. 
This buck was brought, from France when a lamb—is one year old 
last January—=was sheared 10th of August last year, soon after ar¬ 
riving—and was sheared same day of the month this year, having 
worn his fleece just one year—was clean-washed three days before 
shearing. His fleece weighed 14 lbs. His stock proves to be of 
rare excellence, and his lambs by .the imported ewes have been sold 
at $100 to $200 each. Having often been applied to to put him to 
American Merino ewes, I have concluded to do so to a limited ex¬ 
tent. The price will be $5 a head, to be paid on taking away the 
ewes. Applications must be made early. I have rented all the 
stock and land of Rev. L. G. Bingham, and all communications 
must be addressed to me at this place, Williston, Yt. The buck 
lamb herein mentioned, is for sale. He is from one of the best im¬ 
ported ewes, and will make a splendid sheep. The next crop of 
buck lambs will also be for sale. First oome first served. When 
it is considered that all the buck lambs from this buck have been 
sold for $100 and upwards, the price charged for the use of him 
must be regarded as very reasonable. BENJ. F. BINGHAM. 
Williston, Vt., Dec. 1,1847. 
HAY AND STRAW CUTTERS. 
A LARGE supply of Stevens’, Hovey’s, and Towers’ Cylinder 
Hay and Straw Cutters, constantly on hand at manufacturers’ 
prices, at the Albany Agricultural Warehouse. When farmers 
learn the benefits to be derived from using cut feed, they will not 
be without a good machine. Mr. A. Burlingame, of South Tren¬ 
ton, N. Y.. used one the past season, and the value he places upon 
ils use is found in the following extract from a communication 
from him:— 
“• With less bay to begin the winter, and 30 cows and 4 horses (in 
all 100 head) more than'the year before, he saved over from five 
to seven tons of good ha} 7 , while the year before he was entirely 
out before grass came.” The greatest saving is in using up all 
parts and kinds of feed, instead of running to waste. For sale at 
the Albany Ag. Warehouse, Nos. 10 and 12 Green-st.. 
L TUCKER. 
