New-York tribune., 1867-03-14
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aafe: fiction Which is evidently pleasant deln
sion 10 the saint himself lie has been in turn graduate
of Dartmouth College in Connecticut law clerk at Put
ney Vermont, theological student IN Ahd9YeI ass
ceder from the Congregational Church, an outeast a
hereto, agtator, dreamer an ehp, m t
finally he is now acknowledged by many people as sect
founder reveator prophet enjoying light from heaven
and personal intimaces with God. -. CD a..
chief scat Of the three societies founded by Moves
Oneida, walngford, and Brooklyn--as the guest oi
deal OF talk with him. had to his books and papers
those Of private nature; had many IONS
with the brothers and sisters whom he has gathered INTO
order both In his presence aud apart from him. ad eaye
from him copy such Of the Family papers as peiseo
The account which follows OF this extraordinary pody oi
men written fresh from their own mouths ana
from my e tey spSt wsa m We in
New York. that Oneida Communism ls trade success
the s g see yons ans on the
Central Railway wide and dusty road on either side OF
which, behind line OF framehouses and their little gar
dens forest is n fresh leads you to Oneida
Creek part OF that Indian rcsery wlch was py
x SafoSs aaeus n the early history Of for
their honesty their good alth and their constant Trend
through virgin soil Here and there log house peeped
from beneath the trees, In which some remnants OF
Bay The water yielded fish, the forest game The only
ceaings had been made by fire; woods either burnt py
be seen on some sunny slope hut the Oneida Indian Is
very poor farmer at his best aud the district In which he
SS swnp w1 and ones was IoEcn to tic use Of man
lie sod his land TO pale face, richer than mscl tOr
woods upon IT, From this second the Perfectonists
bought the Creek with its surrounding woods and OPEN
and twenty years surface has been wholly changed
Roads have been cut through the fores bridges have
been built the Creek has been trained and damned ns
erected; the bush has been cleared away; great hail.
offices and workshops have been raised lawns have 9een
orchards and vineyards have been reared ana fenced
making frutprcseryng, silkspinnDg; and the whole
pect this wild forest land has been beauted into inc
likeness OF rich domain In Kent. Few corners III America
can lONcllDpeg
lying about the home Of the Oneida family ast Things
rough fields even OF the settled region Of NewYork
The home, which stands on rising knoll commanding
among the laws winch the Bible Communists have put he
hind them the seven orders ofarchecture The builder
mer carpenter what not IA New Englander is apt TO
be- OF sense aud tact not much of scholar not at
all orator. but person OF some natural fts when NJ
him to be ruler and conriyer IN the midst OF Inferior
He is the head Of this Oneida family Just as Noyes
the head OF all the Perfectonst families being master
of house. 10 speak he Is also builder OF the house,
though he claims that everything IN IT, from The position
II fireplace TO the furnishing 0f library II the result
Of "A special sign from heaven. | may add, without
ofensc that Brother Hamilton was open to new lights
even when they flashed from Gentle brin most Of all
Of my fe!lowtrayeler, William Haywood archi
In the center Of the pile approached by wide passage
and flight OF stairs is the great hall chapel theater
supplied with benches, oangngchalrs, Work tables
readiDg-dcsk, stage, a gallery, pian0forle In TINS
hall The sisters play and sew the elders preach the l1r
rian Brother Pun reads the news, the young men a
maidens make so far as such Gentle art II allowed
to live Ia this curious place Near the great han Is the
drawingroom, properly the ladies' room and around TINS
chamber stand the apartments OF the family and
iis guests Beneath this floor on either side OF the wide
passage the ofeea together with reception room
library place Of business Kitchen, reicctoy fruit
cellar laundry in separate buildings The store s In
of the home, divided from II by lawI ana farther
away pcrpng prety through the green trees stand the
workshops The estate Is about six hundred acres In eX
tent the Family gathered under one roof nnher about
taste rcposc and wealth. and the account books prove
that during he past or eight years the Family have
been making good deal OF money which they nave use
fully laid ont either in the erection OF new mills, OF III
dra ming aud enriching the soil. -
The men affect particular garb; though the loose
coat the wide awake and pegtop breeehes common In
every part Of rural America, make up ordinary wear
abolished Sundays and holidays along with every other
human institution But they are open to new BShts on
the way u hats and boots AT one OF their evening meet
ings heard Brother Pitt, wellrcad man. deliver his
which is peculiar AID 10 my eyes becoming IL may be
made OF any material and q any color though brown and
room are the prevailing nts Muslin cotton, aud coarse
sE supply tho materials les hair IS egt short and
saaS material 'J vcst 6sans high toward the throat
articles make up dsss which plain woman escapes
much notice, aud pretty girls looks bewitehl1g am
ladies Of his family should look bewtehug fer suoh is
not his theory OF modest aud moral woma9's iifei but
could not help seeing that many OF his young disciples
singing girls, Alice Ackey and Harriet worden, have
grace and ppeness OF FORM as well as Of face
and hand, to warm painters heart.
SO much for the Oneida Community you may see in
few hours II you simply wander about the place, WIN
Brother Bos agenteman who for twenty-five years las
been Baptist preacher In Massachusetts, and who s now
PerecOnst brother in Oneida with this special duty
of receiving ordinary strangers. You fine house,
noble lawn, II green shrubbery, orchards shining with
appetrceS, peartToes, pumttees, cherry pfOnHc
excellent farms, busy workshops, grazing
cattle, wlzzing mills, and grinding saws-peace order
beauty aud maerialwcalt and these are what the pie
mic visitors who come In thousands O stare In wOder 10
They something's signs OF lie, but not the e ltse
which This community rests the social features which
sustain IT, OF deeper Interest than the TACT lSet ana
these mysteries OF the Society are not explained 10 pc
mic parties by Brother Bolls.
Mr.. Dixon intersperses his lively narrative with
occasional speculations which strike us as being
rather ingenious than solid. They do not, however
enter 80 deeply into the substance of his composition
a. to impair the general impression which it gives of
and good sense He suggests, for
instance that the Mormons have found their type of
domestic life in the Indians wigwam rather than in
the Patrarchs tent, whose example they profess 10
have adopted as a rule still more extraordinary
specimen of historical genesis islthe tracing of the
Of the colonies to the fconfederacy of
The Five Nations, and the doctrine of State Rights
10 the invention Of the lroquos. The disproportion
between the sexes which prevails in this country is
also extravagantly pressed explanation of the
of much of the social unrest and oyeof change
which he thinks are salient features in American
society To use the language of political economy,
he supply of women is not equal to the demand. BY
the last census. there 10000 more white males
hat white females in the United States. This fact
las fellow in Europe, except in the Papal States
In every other Christian country, the females are in
arge excess of the males In France there are 100000
Somen more than men; in England, 365,OO0. In
America, only eight ont of fiftytwo organized
States and territories exhibit the ordinary rule of