The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-10-26
WHOLE NO 1917
From The Niagara Democrat.
The Ebenezers.

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establishment in order to remove to some
Of the new States or Territories at the West.
where they can obtain large domain and
perhaps with the additional motive Of be-
coming more isolated than they can be in
their present location It is stated that
they have been offered 50, 500, 600 for
their property, which is $500, 900 short
of their asking price.
Their domain is eight miles from the city
Of Buffalo. on the Old Seneca Reservation.
The agents of the Society purchased about
6,OoO acres Of the land OF the Ogden Com
pany soon after the Gillet Treaty, in 1912;
and about 5000 have been added by sub
sequent purchases. A large portion of il
is very large fields more Ghoronghly. cult
vated than any lands in Western New
York; indeed it IS almost garden, insteaI
Of field cultivation. Their farm building
Especially their immense barns, are spec.
mems OF convenience and capacity, in al
their appointment, which We have nevtI
seen e1celled in this class of buildings.
They reside principally in three sep
rate villages. that have quiet and ruial
aspect; the buildings Of brick and WOO.
plainly but substantially constructed. -
There is valuable water power upon tie
streams we have named, which they ha, j
improved by the erection Of saw mills, Voc.
en- and cotton manufactures, and for otbc
manufacturing purposes. They excel Il,
woolen manufactures, broadeloths, cassi
meres and Aanne!s especially; and they
have among them some superior artists
They have large focks and herds; and
what is singular in this country, their
sheep are under the care of shepherds. Or
der, system, neatness, characterize their
wide domain throughout. Work, work,
work, is the order Of the day, with them
industry as steady as the movements in
tread-mill and in their working ranks,
without much distinction of sex, in field
and forest, gardens, manufactures and me
chanic shops, are embIacsd all ages from
seven years upward. The population is
now about 1000.
1t is a communist or common property
association of a distinct religious type;
Protestant, but what kind of Pfotsstants
we are unable to state. Whatever their
faith is, they are extremely deyout; and
as we should judge sincere, and even Sc
we're, in their religious observances. They
'marry and are given in marriage :" but
what will be regarded as the most extraor-
dinary, they are practical Malthusians
when the economy Of their organization
demands it. We have been told that when
they contemplated emigration to this coun-
try, in view Of their then condition, aud
what they must encounter in-fxing new
home, they concluded there should be no
increase of their population by births, for
given number of years; and the regula-
ton was strictly observed. But glance
at the focks OF, Juveniles" in their COM
munity, would be evidence that, to "multi-
ply and replenish the earth was a part of
their religious creed
The organization had its rise in Germa-
ny, on the banks Of the Rhine, and has ex-
listed nearly an hundred years. They have
an elective board of Governors, or elders
thirty in number-upon whom devolye
all the Legislation of the community; but
they appoints single executive officer, upon
whom devolves the entire superintendent
oftheir other varied enterprises. Inaddition
to their enterprises, they are becoming large
money lenders We know little of the de-
tails of the internal policy of these very
successful and hourishing communists, be-
yond the fact that it is entirely voluntary;
member of the community is at any time
at liberty to withdraw from it, and to draw
out of the common Iund all he has contrib
uted, and its proportionate increase.
Our readers who are familiar with their
Bibles-as We are to presume they all are
will readily infer what is the scriptaral
derivation of the name "Ebenezers.'
PAPER MAK1EG.-We have at present in
the United States, $50 paper mills, which.
it has been estimated, manufacture 270,-
900, 900 poundsa year, valuedat$ $27, ,0O0,- :
600. Allowing that one anda half pounds
of rags are required to make one pound of
paper, we have 4O5, 900, 900 pounds ofrags
/ consumed in one year, which, at the rate Of
four cents pound ARE worth SIC, 200, 900;
and if we add to this the cost of manufae-
turing, which, with interest and fixed cap
ital, insurance, expenses, DC, has been
found to be $4,05G, 900, and the cost of
labor, making an aggregate of $2S, $50,
600, as the actual expenditure, in manu-
featuring paper worth $27, 900, 900 we find
."'the measure of profit by no means un-
reasonable; and which might even be con-
sidered small, were not the manufacturer
comparatively free from those sudden
{ changes that affect the manufacture for
cloth and metals" 1fa substitute of rags
be discovered, which will keep the supply
, of paper fully up to the demand, we can
{ readily perceive, that tremendous impe-
tus will be given to the manufacture.
5 DEATH.-What afearful name it is. The
executioner of the divine displeasure on a
fallen race-the cold, heartless desolater of
friendships, and homes, and hopes, and
plans. And how multiplied the channels
of his approach! Think of the many in
Vulnerable diseases which prepare the way
for his fatal stroke. Think Of the many
dangers, seen and unseen, which are con-
tinually around our path. The atmos-
phere we breathe, the food We eat the wa
ter we drink, the smallest insect which We
can discern, are all his voluntary auxilia-
ries. Well does Flaval say, "The small
est pore in the body is a door large enough
to let the destroyer in" We say Of the
mariner on the treacherous deep, that he
momentarily floats with only slender
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