The New York herald., 1844-12-06

PROGRESS or FoURxRIsM I'VE have given, rom
time to time, for two or three years past accoun's
OF the labors Of the distinguished apostles oi
French socialism in this country, and we now De-
| gin to receive reports of the results OF their ei-
| forts. Most of our readers will recollect that
about three years ago PhilosopheI Brisbane and
Gfeel con.Ias nee Of "duality" Vt physicai
aad mental rxertion tor the propagation Of the
doc rn-s of Fourier, and their PRACTICAL aPplica-
non in variou, quarters of the Union, particularly
the weste part OF this State and In Pennsylya-
nla. Associations were formed In about thirty
or thirfyfive places, and the great "North Ameri-
can Paalanx" was SET agoing in full blast and
ygor
Among the most prominent of these infant "as-
socatons," that situated in Pike county, Pennsyl-
vania, was always represented in the Iribume-the
organ Of the philesophic reformers-as being par
ticulary promising. Horace Greeley published
column after column Of eloquent descriptions OF
this heavenly spot. The, unsurpassed salubrity Of
climate-the amazing fertility Of the soil-the
healthful virtue of its sparkling waters-the unri-
vailed purity OF the air-were all descanted on
with poetic enthusiasm in the Tribune. II was not
possible for flesh and blood to resistthe auremenIs
Of such an earthly paradise, and accordingly con-
siderable number OF the disciples at once divided
the ties which bound them to this every day world
and repaired to the Pike county association" !"
Some subscribed fifty, and some as much as two
thousand dollars, TO the Community" funds-and
what with the chrystal water, and the cloudIess
sky. and the pure air, soft and sweet the breath
of blushing girl, and the bright visions Of the u-
ture, the senses Of the whole happy community"
were for time wrapped in elysium.
ralo ~kloD De-. .Lc- tal
them periodically, and lectured ON the dignity Of
labor. and the divinity of human nature. Mr..
Philosopher Greeley communed also with them
face to face, and wrote glowing accounts Of his
missions in the Tribune. But, alas
"'Twas happiness too exquisite to last"
Murmuls of discomfort began to be heard. The
air was good--the water was gsod-the climate
was good-but somehow or other, the soil was
excessively stubborn In fact, they found that
they had, Of verify, established themselves upon
rock. Their whole territory was literally paved
with immense boulde,s, and was altogether adni-
rably adapted for the practical study Of elementary
geological science, affording abundant food to the
mind, but niegardly refusing the smallest suste-
nance to the body. Horace Greeley, indeed,
would, on every visit, throw off his coat, and dig
violently amongst the rocks but only got catarrh
in return for his industrial enthusiasm. There be-
gan to be famine in the land. At first the disci.
pies lived tolerably well. They had pork and po-
tatoes for dinner and for breakfast beverage, by
courtesy, called coffee, with buckwheat cakes
and molasses But the beverage gradually be-
came more and more suspicious in its character,
and finally disappeared altogether. The molasses
also vanished Next the roast pork ceased to
send forth its grateful odors and, at last the un'
happy community were forced to subsist on po-
tato per diem. being obliged at the same time to
send distance of four miles for chew OF tobac-
CO. Quite disgusted with this homeopathic mode
Of existence, the cook of the phalanx made an
unceremonious exit one morning, and Is now III
this city looking out for employment
Such has been the fate Of the Pike county mag
nifcent " Phalanx,' and we fear that accounts Of
the same disastrous character will continue to pour
III. Indeed, we have already heard that the 'Prai-
RE Home Community Of Ohio has been disband-
ed, and the " Association" on the banks OF Skea-
natelts Lake is also the verge Of annihilaiion.
What effect the return of Apostle Brisbane may
have III restoring health to the decayng fortunes Of
Socialism," we are unable to say. Poor Horace
Greeley has been qule Ill tor the last few nvnrs
IN consequence oil violent cold caught in the puT-
suit If his agricultural experiments amongst the
boYldus Of Pike county paradise. Robert Owen,
the patriarch Of" Socialism" Is. however, in the
field, and laboring with astonishing zeal and acti-
witty. He is at present in Washington, where he
intends to deliver course of lectures for the pur
pose of converting the government, from the Pre-
sident down to the door keepers Of the Houses Of
Congress. He will then re-organize the sect in
New York, and adopt measures for the spread Of
his doctrines in all regions-irom the frozen Nsrth
to the uttermost bounds Of Guaranteeing the
whole earth with the girdle Of the New Jerusalem
Of Socialism. The progress and results Of this
grand project are yet to be made known. We be.
eve, however, that thing is quite certain that
the phalanxes are quite dlsgusted with the study Of
geology, and that living air and water, however
pure these invaluable staple articles of consumption
may be, is alter all very uncomfortable and small
potato mode of existence.
BUSINESS PRosPEcTs-PANIc OvER.-We are
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