The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-01

L ESJo ~ Vuky ~ No OF W0 nay 0rQor. IL no O0-
nor = eaten there Is charge, If oaiy one dish ID
called for 30 much is charged. and Of sshsg sxti
cles. A CUP OF excellent 6rs, with oreaA ~ H.
stance, is only half cent. The bill = . lady
and hor husband. who sat next to me, 6s tsa ssA
cakes OF various kinds Wac only niue ssaaslbr both
To gentleman who bad EAest, with tsa, the cost
was seven cents The supper and breakfast
are much better meals thsn tho diaucr Ma wiae
or strong ddtk is used in the establish sas, 50
that II is rather cheap mode Of living Every
thing is purchased wholesale, and the cost Is thus
reduced Vegetables and other agricultural pro
duoe which are pcodooed bj the Phaianx Oh arg-
| ed at - prioo Tor which they sold to The Noa
York dealers. This is the Enlargement foe thoss
permanently in the establishment. Visitors and
ia calculated rs profit Strangers for less thso q
week ere charged dollar per day. That ut least
was what paid About 81 50 IS tho average to
members fer board. Eaoh person is paid wages by
the -Four, and he can work rs many hours or fsw
I ~ he plesses
The rate Of wagee is Fixed according to tie ns.nre
| OF the wcrk-,he heaviest and mosnest work, such
as agricultural lator, be pg beat paid Milking Of
cows is tbs biz htet wages of all, but it is done
by persons outside the establishment, it being re-
| garded a. too dirty for membe,s. Ligbs work is
worst psid and intellectual labor is considered Of
little or no account III the present state OF the
oiation; bat strange to say, the men who perform
agricultural labor are not persons brought up t. it,
| but CLERKS, sud others, uho have rSther uscd thor
beads th an their talos. They III, appear DO odU-
Dated per ont, and rsre Of the class of Irish Ger
msn lrborers. HE average wages pnid to zach per-
SON is six sblngs Per day An ilterest OF four per
cent is paic for tue capital inyesu q, and watch is
held bJ persons outside as well as those inside the
establishment. The 40 they express it il, that
/ capital aod labor partners upon equal forms.
They complain Of the wsut Of sufficient capital. AID
| consequerA,ly the 1sut Of numbers. At present
| only ono half Of tho ak hundred acres j.
| brought snder cultivation, and the moulbers arc
only about lis whereas it requires about 400 por-
aons TO fully deveopc the plan There is not sui-
oient variety in tho employ ment, a.riouiturs being
almost the uDiy labor Of aay account, except what
is Of u domestic nature. Carpenter ard saith work
IL done on The premises, but thon 1T is oAIy for he
| repairs on Improvement Of tho place. and the oaIy
munuf.eture is the grinding business. Tbo hominy
| of the PhalGnx is celebrated III New York. The
articles Ct agricultural produce are chiefly Of the
market gardening kind, and they pro sent to youe
city By the steamboat from Red Bank whither they
| arc conveyed in wagons. Peaches very ex-
teusive article but this year there has been com
IL to failure AMI heavy loss is sustained in that
| department.
| The different kinds of employment are divided
into what arc called "eroups," with chief to each
The group regulates the amount Of wages to be paid
to each individual belonging to il. II any person
sistins Of the chiefs Of eli the groups Each indv-
dunl may do he ploeses With the money he earns,
and the profits Of the establishment, after paying
ducts of the labor of each group 60 into the COM
mon stock.
| II is thus evident that the system Of Fourier is
different from that Of Owen, and other systems Of
cipls, individuality IS rot destroyed. But commu
pism reduces oil to one common level. 1t is tho
| grave Of Individuality The system in Now Jersey,
ing company, and Joint stock boarding house, the
members themselves being the boarders and the
| farmers.
Its singular with what enthusiasm tho assoois-
ticnstS are devoted to this eystem-it is the dream
| Of their lives and tisy seem to De very happy,
| cheerful md gay. 1t is perfect contrast to the
Shaker s. stem, which is one Of gloom ard self NOR
| tifcation. In religious matters, they have no par
ticuar creed, their opinions being rather diverse
They are, however for tho most part UEtarans and
Unyersalsts, ard the majority Of those with whom
coLyersed, arc tinotured with Swedenborgianiem.
They are nearly al believers n vomens rights and
the women there seem to kI ow and to practically
sert those rights In discussion, they talk at least
much as the men. think, without an exception.
they are all abcitionists, inale and female. The :,
female is the predominant sex, and heard one Of
tie married ladies remark that all their young Ia
dies get rapidly married there, and she wished the
institution rcp.enished with the SEX for 1t was sadly
in won't Of moro Of the fur There have been four
mar, lagos during the yea-. !. Is said there arc
| fl aFJca IS fer every one admitted into the rLa
laaA TIE practice is 10 receive t-son first as Vi
str for mouth, then ter several months as pro-
| hs'i1ner. s1a lastly as member. Many &C TO tie
PhuanA frcn curiosity, and Others are disappointed
| or ogIeeaby surprised according TO tper di:pcsi-
tou, 10 tnd The Inmates at least AZ viruous as the
ayo'ace number of persons outsice. The member
Themselves Inairtsa chat there IS no ether class hal
nl,al as they are, though they have 40 ''seted
| cachils Of the gospel, except what they hea
ca.ny or tho life pursued by :hese people must 30
| vyl'hy, for the mortality has 70: been QUO per
| cent
Notwithstanding the eprarsn. advantage Of this
state of society, il has not hitherto paid. Tie only
! association thss has partially succeeded in that
| respect is the North American Fhalanx l em in
form cd by the secretary OF the late Wiscelsn As
ISOLATION, who hsppenedto be here 90 ;islt taat
it had 900 acres Of the very best land and had il
NIL raid for "A dollar ard III nNs
| ceased to exist. He said 81 1000 would have saved
| i: from destruction. The Brook Farm Assoca-
,Gn also appeared e ,T0sper for time but IT,
mo,e successful! Time viii tell.
In the afternoon ] was shown through the estab-
lishment by the superintendent of the domestic
Gated gentleman His lady is also highly intelli-
geut He is the steward and doctor, and, in fact,
SEEMS to be the active mind and head Of tho
house. Most of the cooking is done by the opera
into the vessel. There is a steam engine Of SIX
horse power in tho basement, used for various
| purposes, where il is desirable that power
Should be economized. Thee is also .
washing machine for the purpose Of saving manual
labor. There are three cooks, the head one being .
| Frenchnan He does not belong to she establish
| ment. The DAIRY IS neat and clesn, and the mode
of dividing the butter il curious 1t is rolled out
| TO uniform thickness upon shallow square fremc
with ledge around it Of the required depth 1t is
then cut into prints, each contaiIipg tbs Impression
OF triangle, indicative Of the Fourerites Trinity.
On size Is written the word God On the second,
| the word man, and on the third the word nature
the idea being, that every human being ought to be
in harmony WITH this Trinity go that there is rolf
gon even in butter.
The bed rooms and sitting rooms ore rented 70
members according 70 their sizo and location, and
each provides his own furniture, and attends to his
own ehsnlber. Tie rooms have, besides the ord
nary doors doors consisting Of Inusquito net work.
through which you can see. aud tie mir is admitted
while The IillaAous insects excluded. There is
no lock or bolt upon any bed room door, any door
the house not even the outside door. 1t is seted
that TO Grim. has been committed in the Phsltax
since il was established The bui9iig is situated
in very agreeable location; aud, foe as have
IN opportunity OF seeing, the farm appears 20 DO in
shgh state Of cultivation, At least tnat portion Of it
peur The Homestead
In tha ha,a