The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-05

These latter be nd especially in the class Of
those who believe in spirtualism vegetarsnism Psyche
logsm phonetism Maine lAwism, and other ridiculous
" isms' OF the Tribune school, But the majority ap-
peared to be intelligent and sensible and who
would be useful members Of any society They say and
we believe that none of the disgusting features OF
the Fouriere system, particularly with respect to
lived in and for itself had its separate apart
ments and 1t is fact going to show how utterly futile
grave Of complaint and discomfort in the associa
ton was that many of its members pracsed arsto
cratic sort of esrsngemen from the rest preferrny
spend their evenings and leisure hours with their
families The impression that the moral laws of this
community lax and that female virtue not
there respected is very general but think it is i'll
founded There seems to q more respectful and
decorous demeanor exhibited between the members
than Is generally to be found in hotels and boarding
houses; and where there dozen of families
the heads OF which were respectable and intelligent 1t is
not supposable that loose state Of morals would be
much less encouraged We think but justice
to say this inasmuch understand that the pros
poets OF some OF the people to obtain employment
seriously prjudiced by their associations with the
We not think that the selection of the estate was
peculiarly happy one or in any respect good invest
ment. is distant six miles from Red Bank, the head
OF navigation the Shrewsbury river and though only
80 miles from New York, 1t requires between four and
five hours to get to this city The land have said
was mserably poor, demanding the utmost attention to
make it at all productive And to make for these prac
cal disadvantages there is scenery of wood water
mountain to please the eye and the imagination and 50
attractive place for residence would be- to taste
somewhat difficult to select in New Jersey. STILL in
the hands Of this community 1t was forced to put
sort Of petness which appeared to be unnatural The
buildings erected for the home large and excellent
and left nothing to be desired in that ne The number
of visers who came from time to time rendered hotel
accommodation necessary, and as there ia tavern
near, the Phalanx had to charge itself with that bust
furnished meals 60 guests who visited them had nothing
complain Of The ladies' Of the establishment with one
or two men, waited at meals, and everything decorous
and well ordered.
There wines, aes liquors of any kind kept
the premises The dining is arranged in tables at
each of which six eight be seated and is deco
rated with prints engravings and buss mostly of phlo
sophers and their birth places coored print Of Christ
hanging conspicuously the entrance door. They
have reading room in which agricultural spritualis
and sociastic papers kept file; and in this apart
ment they have also library stocked with useful works.
Here and there throughout the hall and reading ROOM
you find axes Of paragraphs which appeared from time
to time in the HERALD the subject of their establish
hostile course by the HERALD towards all these
socalisc schemes they still regard that paper with the
utmost favor and respect. We think that when say
that this community had religious rules though they
generally rested from labor the Sabbath and that they
had group for teaching and taking Of the children
we will have completed epitome OF their history and
given pretty Ineligible deIineaon of their internal
and external arrangements.
Wednesday last, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, the time fixed
for the of the sale of their real estate
This they had divided up into some forty lots to
suit purchasers. The attendance at noon was
Of strangers nresent owinr to this fact and also
to the fact that Of their quondam associates .6
owned 81 900 worth Of stock there with injunc
ton which had first to be satisfied the sale did
mence till the afternoon Several of the members who
have saved little money purpose to buy small notifies
buildings would be bought in for the establishment of
somewhat similar institution. The estimated value of
the real estate ana movable property but it is
movable property is to be sold the 9Th of December
and the members have up that time to complete their
arrangements for leaving. These have sympathy;
but we hope they have lesson which viii show
them, their example will show the world that these
communistic and socalstic doctrines which they have
been testing have something in them utterly out of har
mony with the natural system Of society Diverse in
tastes our feelings DISPOSE ons sentiments and
talents it is impossible that we could FORM even in
the smallest numbers harmonious household having
but one common object And If 1t not impos-
sibe would be undesirable We hope, them that the
theorists, and that minded class Of the
nifty who are more readily made their dupes.
We subjon statement of the sae:-
No. parcel containing the central buildings grounds
and appurtenances, knocked down to Mr.. James
Turner for ST. 100 Lots from No. to inclusive being
buing lots averaged $3.50 EACH and knocked down
Mr. Turner j. Renshaw, ]. B. Angel and NJ r. French
(some OF the community We beeye) The market house
Serstery lot-No 1S--with 1917 acres garden land
and large brick building brought 49, 45o the purchaser
being Mr. VIM. Savery. The locust grove--lot No. 81
containing u acres and bed Of mari brought $685.
and was purchased by c. g. French The sassaras farm
No. 29-conaining 20 acres of which % in timber
eight in apple and peach orchards and 40 in open
anu was purcnaSeu gentle-
man from New York, whose name we have not got The
remainder of the lots--forty in alwere small, and
they only ranged between 500 and $500 need go
over the whole of them
The activity of bidding and range of prices de-
cdedy in favor of building and garden plots and not
withstanding the higher Of prices many desiring
small lots went away unsatised. We presume holders
of the large tracts viii Immediately lay ont number of
building Sites and doubt not they thus realize all
their costs on sales Of onefourth the lands.
Lot 30. contains all the dwellings erected by the
association, which buildings and other improvements
cost the association nearly thirty thousand dollars
part Of which have been already leased TO parties from
the city and those purchasing intending to cultivate
farms, and the remainder will probably be used hotel
or bydropathic institute, or both combined.
Almost the entire domain purchased by associa-
tonists and from the ashes of the dead understand
that similar organization will spring up which may be
the commencement Of better state OF society there
than has yet existed.
The entire real estate-say six hundred and seventy
three acressod, in the ggegate for 500 600 tribe
$50 per acre; and the sale of movable property
on the 9Th Of December next will swell that amount to,
say $40 900, which will pay every liability, and
forty to fifty thousand dollars for the stockhoders-say
20 TO 20 per cent on the stock