The New York herald., 1874-12-20

| ing temptation "In the course or what we cal
Know IN the situation OF ons Who must, By sn'
. by become father. la these circumstances b,
has iaien under the loo common temptation 9
upon ana cultivate an exclusive init
macy with woman who Is bearing
| apt TO attack people under sucn circumstances
but 1t must, nevertheless, be struggled against
sas es,r rn .o nH AZ ~
take mis- place at her side. This he had done with
the most praseworthy spirit OF self-sacrince. He
sleep with the smaller children to take charge Of
them during the night.n AL things considered.
Mr.. Noyes thought Charles was improving, SO the
OTHER COMMUNITIES.
These are tine most important communities
described by MIR. Nordhon. They illustrate an
extraordinary phase IN our religious and social
condition. Aurora and Bethel communities, IN
The theory ' Of % their @ government is sLove one
another" Sunday they regard as q day OF amuse-
menf. They practise economy and plain living The
Etenne CADET, a dreamy Frencnman, based upon
"ihe brotherhood oil MANKIND" the abolition or
servtuoe aud compulsory marriage. They have
no religion, and regard sunday rs day OF amuse-
ment. IL Is the least prosperous Of all the COM
munes Mr.. Nordhofr visited. and alone represents
munism.n The Bishop Hill colony, Henry county,
H.. Is OF Swedish origin and was founded In lsa5
frmness, and is slowly ialing into dscay-"a
melancholy story" says Mr.. Nordhon. SHOWING
Sday ya' ans Ss ss s sn aese
such an organization as communistc
society" The Cedar vae community, IN
Howard county, Kansas Is Russian IN its
origin, ana Is based upon theory OF liberty,
equality and fraternity. 1t is Just beginning its
career, aud, therefore, Its success is not known.
Two OF the members lett affluence and position in
Russia and subject themselves to poverty for the
sake OF principles The Social freedom COM
munity IN Chesterfield county, virginia, IS the
beginning OF an experiment. containing men,
bership OF two women, one man and three boys,
with lOur women and i've men precautionary men,
bers IL believes III moral suaslon and lree crltl-
cSm.
There is an interesting chapter on Anaheim. Vine
land anu Prairie Home-three cOlOnles-nOt COM
munlStic but we have no space to follow Mr.. NOrd-
hons work more In detail As history 0f
TINS singular phase a, o. religious . ana poii,
our literature. In summing up the character
OF these experiments Mr.. Nordhof finds that the
charitable; that their lives are full OF devices Tor
personal ease ana comfort. They nve well, ac-
cordng to their tastes ana are unusually neaitny.
avoid debt, speculation and hazard, and, wnen
the family relation is upheld, their people are
nnds to be sacrifice, and he does not accept the
argument that 1t IS necessarily healtnlul. He
bic 10 the cebte oi He did not d their
life dull and dreary, out rather giving serenity OF
spirit, Offering q wider range OF wholesome en-
jOyments and greater restraints against debasing
pleasures, relieving the individual life from
great mass OF carklng cares from the necessity OF
severe and exhaustive TOLL from the dread
OF exposure in old age Religion, he thinks,
must be at the base OF the successful commune.
The one text OF the Scripture winch underles all
communistlc experience IS in that narrative OF
Luxe And all that believed were together, and
had all things in common, and sold their posses
every man had need.n ''lhese words" he says,
.'have had a singular power over men In all ages
since the world has been created. They form the
character OF every c0mmunstc society OF which
have spoken, for even the Icarians recall them.n
We cannot compliment Mr.. Nordhor too highly
on the thOrou0hness, fairness and sincerity with
which he has done this wise work. 1t Is to be re-
gretted that he did not inform himself more accu-
rately on the causes tnat led to the Commune
movement in Paris Tor ne Is too fair q man to &C.
cept the common Phlliistlne view OF this remarka-
BILE movement the true meaning or which Will
never be written until some French writer, as able
and Impartial as our author, will probe It's causes
and tendencies as faithfully as he has described
those underlying the c0mmuniStlc societies OF the
United States.