The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-28

FOVFlENIsM AT AuCIION-CHE LAST OF THE
PHALANxEs COLLAPSED. We copy to-day from
the great organ Of the socialist movement,
twhile it promised to pay dividend an arti-
Gle On the subject, starting from the last living
Fourierise phalanx, the property of which,
fixed and movable, is advertised for positive
sale' or the third day Of October. This estab-
lishment is in Monmouth county New Jersey,
some thirty five miles south of this city, and
the properly is thus described In the opening
paragraph Of the advertisement
The domain contains nearly seven hundred acres CON-
pIsing diversity Of scn in sooi culture, Of easy
tilsge, And having extensive improvements and great
natural advantages and resources, such as arabic
apAnes Upon vhi.h have hssn distributed Within the
last twelve years about 1000 IONS Of mar abou. as
exceedingly well xdaptsd 70 farm ug xet rar.
dsnns and TRAIT culture; natural meadow FROM aich
two crops year are cat, .sOa. seventy acres. wood
(Dative and cultivated srova), about 22o a,res;
orchards comprising the usual variety and suc;~sion
(trsts OF remarkable thrift tad usor four to tsslve
Jsars' gyoFth, the cider ores Asarng quite frssiy);
sssrs. standard and or qaincs atocka pluns, nsc.s
rines, quncss grapes, &c all koantifuliy wasersd BY
springs and brooks together With extensive mari beds
tHop, Brock and Dry Bank); buildings comprising
large central sdase, with large dining roou Kitchen,
laundry With steam engine, derry lie house and all the
appoptrents % complete establishment, lodgings and
Sa75 feet two and half stories Eh 0 csmsr S csilss
Aoor for agricultural purposes and asted up win ap
pa,stus Tor preserving and drysg fruits and vestls
wheel The whole s.aslishrasnt Is admirably aaasssd
20 snd prepared for the OF or for a.
agricultural college.
The estate is to be sold in the lump or in par
GELS TO suit purchasers And thus all this an
parent wealth, solid comfort, thrift aud pros.
peri.y comes to the hammer. Why go? Is this
fine and well cultivated domain of seven hum
dred acres, within two or three hours OF the
New York market, incapable Of sustaining one or
two hundred Sougierites, all in the same happy
family" or Whist is the matter? Have they
failed to make labor attractive" or to sink
the individual in the community, or what Is It?
Simple enough are the causes for the decay
and dissolution Of these Utopian establish
ments. They were made up, we suspect of a
few hopeful and industrious philosophers, and
Of many ranscendentsl loafers. The industrious
members soon found out that they had all the
attracsiveness Of the labor to themselves, while
the losfers had all the luxury Of the profits
Accordingly, the first class became disguised.
and the losfers being thus reduced TO work or
to s.arve, the phalaaxes, one after another,
have had to be sold, till only this one of New
Jersey, among the regular Fourierite institu-
lions, remained in operation. And it seems to
us somewhat remarkable, that after having
struggled through the hard times Of the last
winter and spring, this Jersey community
should now be compelled to sell out, with
the most abundant year for the far !,
mers with which this country has svd
been blessed. We suppose, however, that The
phalaux has run into debt, and that pay day is
coming round, with 10 means on aand, exeep
,hp -sal estate and ,he movsahss, with wtioa
7. set : J. s,easors = ~ eE.4a, =.