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‘KW ASSOCIATIVE ENTERPRISE. (Press the New York Tribune.) Wn learn that a number of believers in the doc- trine of Cooperative Industry and Economy have urcliasod the estate of Dr. Kin , and some _ds adjoining, at Perth Ambcy, . J., in order to establish there an Industrial, Edu- cational and Domestic Association, upon the principles set forth in their visions pectus, which, tho intend circulation, we copy low for the ipfcrina ‘on of the many persons who might des re to in in the enterprise, but would not otherwise be aware of its existence or nature. Th domain consists of seine 270 acres of excellent land in order, well situated, with beautiful groves, and an abundance of pure spring water. The distance frcni this City is some twenty-six miles, water communication, and is accomplished by steamboats in two hours. c domain hasa water front of three-eighths of a mile, where wbarfs can be easily built, oflaring cveia con- venience fcr transporhtion to and rom e As- sociation. Having acquired the property on ihir terms, the founders intend at once to pro- ceed with substantial improvements, which will large y increase its productive utility, and ren- der the stock of the institution a secure and valuable investment. In treating wi those who desire to become members, they contem- late the most liberal course, as will be seen by e following: _ PIDVIIIONAL rnosi-acres or ran IAIITAN an 1: ion

N . “ A few friends who desire a higher form of Union in Industry, Education and Social Life than is found in existing sociea, havb sc- cured a position at the mouth of e Raritan River, near Perth Amboy, New-Jersey, where they purpose, unpledged to any social tlieor as yet presented, ractically to apply such princi- ples of Joint took Association as commend themselves to conscience and common sense. The domain, consisting of two hundred and seventy acres of fertile and easily cultivated land, well-watered, healthy, open to the sea air, and combining rare beauty with unsur§as- sed business advant:(ges, is eas of access om New York and Phil elphia, an presents every needed facility for safe and cheap transportation of roduce. goods and manufactures. ' are it is proposcd—-so soon as sufiicient stock shall be subeeribed—to erecta wharf; work- sho supplied with power and lsb_our-saving mac lnery ; studios for artists ; a unitary dwel- liii , with suites of apartments and single rooms lig ted, watered, warmed, and vcnti eted ec- cordiug to the most convenient modes now in ; se rate housestfor those who prefer s xgle l fe ; a laundry, furnished with economi- ml washing, drying and ironin apparatus; cold, hot and steam baths ;.1. be cry and re- fooiory, whence meals will be supplied at mo- derate rstsn, either in private house and apart- ; a

uasiuin ; a school-house ; rooms for library, ectures and worship together with such other buildiu_gs_ as -may be demanded by social use and convenience. The siysrslicllle rtineatis of the firm, wo;k- s .,w ren to u ortoini- viidlidlsunitingintheenterprfizoe ereta fix- ed reriiunerative rent, sufiisieut to induce the inveshnent of necessary capital, and to keep the

stock at in r value, or lbr a rent contingent in parton profih of the business, as may in each use he agreed on. is re

K) to eshblish an agencdin New _York or tlie said °‘"'*°".*:'°*":.‘=:.‘:.... “'°.."“'°"- i.';°:.°-.";:.;

ma ex i , an s i u withcutydeduction of profits, 'rectly to the re- tailer or consumer. - .

Education will be a central object in the Uni- on. The lutwitipn is tp or szuli a she- train ii mnas 'c in us- :i‘dIEIs:m.ti-hcghlifierary,‘-:-oiittlstic, lalpd splr£susl,—es proiuo vi rous e msutend a mi pie redcnso for VIIDCOVOPI: the tastes and ab itie_s offlie young, of . Il'c.a.txihn':.illbh.e‘ eccessiw quliley the chil

. . than of members; and as inanlynehildreu from etvoedwlll hsrtcsivedas In its ofthe Uni-

to unite domestic comfort end quiet with cul- ture and cheerful socie .

Without rofessing a definite creed, or at- temptin to ‘ya wn precise laws, the origi- nators o the ritan Bey Union, sssure those who may feel prom beooine stockholders and members, that their purpose is to organise such relations as shall strengthen and purif all tics—conju(;-nl, parental, filial, fraterna , communal ; wh ch are sanctioned b the Chris- tian religion and approved by the highest expo- riencc, and that cir hope is to attain more and more to that loving communion, which is the only true law of life in God's Kingdom, alike on earth as in heaven.

In the confidence that such a Joint Stock As- sociation as it is proposed new to establish, will commend itself to capitalists, business men and producers, as a nife and profitable cute rise, and that such an organisation will fu lthe earnest wishes of many who are seekin for a freer, larger, more harmonious form o human existence, we, the undersiflied, invite subscrip- tion to the stock of the nion, and applica- tions for membership.

Several of our number have for years enjoyed the privileges and been trained by the experi- 'ence of associated life ; and cheered by the c- cess alread attainedb our friends in t.heNorth American halanx an of Hos itals, we wish ft: 0:! nine entplther lllligon w ich, ‘while ii;

ien s wit em, me sen asomezvhgltn ‘ ynt form of oolzhinr

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It is our desire to make thismoveuuit and substantial from outset,and thus ysure its steady pro expansion.

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THE COUNTY COURTS.

To the Editor ofllu Losdoe Weekly Dispatch.

Man of our readers will,_ rlmps, recollect that w en the County Courts gill was first sub- mitted to the consideration of the ' ihe law rsopposcd it in every posai le way, except y argument. They were wise enou in their generation to know, that their endea- vour to convince the people, by any argument they could use, that cheap law would not be a benefit to them, would be altogether futile; but, where argument fails, it is said, ridicule often succeeds; and this proverb was not lost upon the legal fraternity, who retained the services of an artist celebrated for his caricature sketch- es, and who produced before their deli hted eyes what he was leased to desi to a “ toh of a Local Court, ’ such as mig t be expected when the County Courts’ Act came into opera- raticn. It represented the presiding judge in the act of throwing an inkstand at a member of the bar, while the learned gentleman for whose head it was destined, was putting his thumb to his nose, and inviting the learned Judge to “ take a si ht.” The crier of the Court was enga d in coping order, by break- ing the heads o the suitors with a stafi', die. There wasa degree of uiet satire in all this, more than the artist per ups, intended: hr in the new court, the most disorderl people even as represented by him, were the awyers them- selves. Nevertheless copies thereof were posted in awry law stationer a shop window, and many a barrister called the attention of his friend thereunto, with the anticipation that no County Court could stand for a week after ing so held up to ublic ridicule. But alas ! their disintereste anticipations have been al- together disappointed, and perhaps, ere long the same artis may be induced to furnish the public with a sketch of one of the superior courts of Westminster-ball in 1853, represent- ing a terrible row of the “ briefiess " taunting- ly asked by the Chief-Justice “ If they have any t ing to move,” to which the can 0 reply by a melancholy shake of the e suc- cess of the County Courts is, to use a modern phrase, a hcteecomplisbed. To rove this as- sertion, I have only to refer to a paper nblish- ed this week, by order of tbeilouse of one relative to His ii in the dihrent courts during the year 185 . It includes a re- turn of the total number of plaiats entered in each court, distinguishing those for sums above £20, and not exceedin £50 ; and the total number of plaiats entcre in each coui-t,by con- sent of the parties under the 17th section of the Act extending the jurisdiction of the County Courts; of the total number of causes tried fhy each court; of the number of a bee and the result: the total amount o the moneys sought to be reoove ; the amount for which judgments were obmined, exclusive of cosh; the number tied by ajury, he. The above re- turn extends over u wards of forty ordinary sised Pa menhry blu I k. course it would be quite impossible in the co- lumns efe newspaper to ' even the abstract of each of the above returns. All Icen do is to direct theettention of your reedus to a general statement of the prcceedi in L851, and then

appears t

793, and in the llowing year 441,384,

an increase in the latter year over of 44,791; the total nuflsr. of 0| it 5|!

t reeedhig . t the total nuihber of yltthissued in 1850 wes396,-

a t c more extraordina ,w IIPJBNC, that the total numberrdf 1 ts to reoo- - ver sums “ above £20" was 13, , Under the old system ,eacb of the last-mentioned cases must have been tried by ajury, at a cost to the parties of more than three times ‘ amount of the debt. "Daria the present , several cases have been tri by e 'ury in superior courts, which were enter on the l tas “ un- dcfended.” If such was the case, .V bat ques-

tion was there left for the jury ‘U “ try!" Having been duly sworn to “ try’ issue be- tween the 3:-ties, they were told by thejudge tthoyhadnosnch e why and that, the whole dilpute had

h a judge's order, compelling t

a it (what he ought never to he ‘hen w- ed to deny) the fact that the amount claim of

him wasjustly due, but even thi admission ° the ratification of a jury tr make it of any avail to the plaintill. Of course, in these cases, proceedings had been then before the Common law Procedure Act came hto opera- -tion. But to return to the subject of my letter. pears that the tohil number of - ints for which were tri was only 8,236; from the result of these s 38 pp- pca only were made; in eleven of which e eoision of the County Court was confirmed- in only eight instances was such ddision rever- ; and in 15 cases, in which the parties gave notice of appeal, they afterwards ebaudoncx‘ the notice so given, owing, perb!, to “ misfortune ” of their no&'hhavii§._a “legal

adviser ” at their e retro admits tint t-be " number , , tried ury, has not increased with the lsr ess of emands. From a careful peruse o

persons acquainted -with these interstin do- cuments know requiros no small degree 0 pa- tience, I gather the following curious facts, vis

. The average amount sued for in each County Court varies considerably. In the agricultural districts, the sums claimed by each suitor, greatly exceed the amount claimed in the ma- nufacturing districts. In the first of these cases, the majori of claims are for “ wa s.” What will the fatyled friends of the agricul- tural labourer say to this “fact.” The truth of the above statement is established by the “ return,” which states, that in the purel agricultural county of Sussex, the sum obtain (excluding the Bri bton Court) averaged £5 a zplaint, while in hginchester it avoregcd but £ a ' t; andin the other towns, such as Mace esficld, Stockport, &c., it is lower still‘. At Bristol it is but £2 10 a plaint, while at Plymouth (East Stonchouse Court it is £3 9. In the Court at Shirley-bridge, w ich includes in its circuit, Darlington, South Shields, Stock- ton, Hartlcpool, and other places, the popula-

on of which consists of miners and the she keepers dependent on them, the average, is 2., while eamount sued for in the by Court circuit, gives £5 a plaint. With rega to the Metropo itan Courts, a similar avcra return is 'ven, with the details of which I wi not tmubfial your readers. I will merely state, that the lowest is the Court at Bow, viz., £2 2, a laint, and the highest that of the Court at cstminster, which is £5 16, from which latter account I infer, that however anxious the worthy inhabitants of Westminster may be to have justice (to use an old phrase), brought to their very doors, they are equally anxious that they should be charged as little as possible for travelling ex nses. Westminster Hall is as - near the resi ace of most of them as the West- minster Coun Court ; ‘but, iiotwithstandin all the interesting associations connected wl the former, they prefer the latter as a medium through which to recover debts under £50. The fict is, the people prefer courts of common sense to common law, and havin experienced the benefits of cheap law, are etermlned to keep them. It is of no use for lawyers or agri- culturists to hlk about protection; and the sooner the persons take the hint the better, for they ma depend upon it, Church Refonn can-

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Till SKATER AND THI WOLVES. (nova Wild Scam and Wild Hunters.) _ During the winter of 1844 being on god in the northern rt of Maine, I bad I leisure to devote to ewild sports of a new counts. To none of these was I more passionately dicted, than to skating. The deep and seque_s- tered lakes of this state, frosen ythe_intenso cold of a northern winter, present a wide Gold to the lovers of this stme.—0ilen would I bind on my skates, _ui‘id glide away up the gig!- terin river, and wind each may stroeulot I flowed beneath its fatten on toward the parent «can, fofgtting III II! Wllh hill! Ildddlr tance in the luxurious sense e lo- tion-—thinkin of

'0 I“ h 1861. as om .

over it in my-course, seem to follow c tide

of the river with 1' tuin . bad p river nearly two miles, hen, coiitlng to a little streaiu which empties

and Kprmed an archway radiant

’ l was dark within; butl was youn and fearless, and as I red into an unbroken rest that reared itssl on the borders of the streeiu, I laughed with very joyousncss;

my wild hurrah rang through the silent woods, and I stood lie ' to the c that reverbe- llllll gain, all was hushed.

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Suddenly a sound arose ;—it seemed to me to ca the ice; it sounded low and trc'uulous at first, until it ended in one wild yell. I was appalled. ever before had such a noise met my ears. I thought it more than mortal; _so fierce, amidst such an unbroken solitude, it seemed as thou h a fiend had blown a blast from an internal pet. Presently I heard the twigs on shore crack as though from the tread 0 some brute animal, and the blood rush- ed back to my forehead with a bound that made my skin burn; and I felt relieved, that I had to contend with things earthly,end not of s iritusl Milltot-In en ' re ,andf)looked around me or some means of escape. The moon shone through the o ning at the mouth of the creek by which I entered the forest, and considering this the best means of

along, 1 towards it like an arrow. was rdly a hundred yards distant, and the

swallowcouldscarcclycxcelm dssperateiii ht;

yet,asIturned m heedtoti shore, Icosuld seetwodarkc tender. rushata

b hi speed to own. By ' great , and thevshortydl-g which they oceaaio vs, I knew at once thithtzpse were the mué-geaded grey wolves.

“ With their Ieug gallop, which can tire The -hoIid's lmts, the hunter's in,” the ursuc their , never stra in from the yklhf their victimpflind, as the wyearied hunter thinks that he has at last outstripped them, he finds, that they but waited for c evcnin to seize their prey, and an. a prise to the tire ess

amm s. The bushes that skirted the shore flew past with the velocity of lightning, as I dashed on in my fiight to narrow opening. The out- 1“ ‘'38 MM‘ 1 835110171: one second more, and I would be com tively safe, when ni lu’ll18I'8 appeared on c hank above mc,which ere rose to the height of ten feet. There wasno time for thought, so I bent my head, and dashed madly forward. The wolves sprung, but, miscalcu- luting my a ed, fell behind, while their intend- edtprey gl' ed out upon the river. ature turned e towards home. The light fiakes of snow span from the iron of my skates, and I was sosne distance from m pursuers,when their fierce howl told me, I was still their fu '- tive. I did not look back; I did not feel af d, or sor , or glad; one thought of home, of the b ' ht s awaiting my return, and of their tears, if they never should see me, and then every energ of bod and mind were exerted for escape. I was per tl at hoire on the ice. Many were flie da s that I spent on my good tea, never thiiiing that at one time the would be my only means of safety. Everyhal - minute an alternate yelp from my fierce attend- ants made me but too certain, that they were in close pursuit. Nearer, and nearer, and nearer they came; I heard their feet ttering on the ice nearer still, until I could eel their breath and hear their siiuflng scent. livery nerve and mu _ in my frame was stretched to the uunost us

ion. The trees alon the ll)0l‘9 seemed to dance in an uncertain li t, and my brain turned with my own bree ess speed; yet still they seemed hi hiss forth their breath with a sound horrible, when an involuntary inotioi‘ on my t turned me out of my course. The wolves, close behind, unable to sto and unable to turn on a smooth ioc, slip and ing on far ahead; their tongues loll- ir white‘ tueks laring from their mouths; their dark s ggy breasts were i! the passed me, their a , and they howledwith fury. The tail t fiaabed on my mind, that by thismeans I on (I avoid them, vis., b hkningaside when- y too near ; or they, by the for- mation of their feet, are unable to run on ice,

edia . he ed ‘ f , d’ '0‘ towardsiued“’I'.he rm”. .p3:df‘- ‘V3 W“. ‘ml V my pk when I iddd round an

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‘ fieflenrs ta. - on will rmit;s.ndthe hope is,» surround anincreesepflti 73;theto .1. ns.: lnearlyehuudredy-srdset Glow! 1'. HR. _ and Ptrbiifllf. tbiapupi such an at;nosphsrelpf”tkis1iidl pe fir vyohiah‘ ink were en d _ g. ..upsetsd no or gm. nun ' ' in uiorinous sum glue]; gun]; (damn? "i 705- d:5|'°l:ri.i:uro ir ll&lhlI,ppll‘:Ib;,‘Il'|d s;mme- being £l’o59,80l, above the amount ‘ Qdwd an . -0” gr!) 00-. hl'iT0:‘h§e!’0Wl’:|l:i “I h f “I. U _ in I 1830 - and the evens! mum? At one :30. bydslsyil my turiilngtoelphng, ,‘.,__‘.v— - J5,’ -' ,-°,.._h _soc van geso nionw no 30 "°!‘l>s0amcun w _ _ mags ryan ceiiissciieer, at - t d , ' an to! wasen wasinereuesdhcin the Iiusfogn d u, *5 news or iavss-risise. glr:t‘l,'al:d tIl§r::0;:r:l1i0‘I‘!n(‘)¥l:nl‘l:ll‘;;no:If!l0n3., 6 althopsy pot , ' g to se ‘me Iee‘:i.:l‘ash:d 1"0I'_ lb '||"“°|- WW 590900804’ 4 lin-. enable the founders of die Union to tarry out in amount, nsvertheleu ws h- , toptlier like the sprhigcfe x-trap. Had my ‘ “'1” . ‘.'_““'i:.‘.l;=“‘i'.-' “II "lbs b that oh pnimti andth‘-ciirflisnee o.f.ths puhhll“riu A Iek “nod gh.uhfe.:"i“' Isshryp 0'” . ;_' . ','_ .'" _.tmust ovioua, su not on e H _ - s oreau tiny tna cthei, "6: 52:“ ,,¢,l.,i','°:[,,,,. 5,, ,3, ‘J,,?_:,"' if it at all fiilfils its promise will preseiit un- of the decisions given by ' am telling would never be told A .gu¢ym|.o.g1‘,.,i¢.u°.,.i]|5.,,,,.¢;,..,1 surpassed attractions to the farmer, horticultu- As to trial by jury, in cases of in I) t all the c ; Iknew where ‘I . rist, tlorist mechanic or artist, who wishes to recover debts of an o . iia , pec- lbs every t-covered tree in thsywo d Irstmke hold of me if I fell: I combine eldcient work with refined conditions pie are now convinced, in e fin lillions. Your mind would wonder at the light thou t how long it would be before ' ,- —m parents seeking .. mug sud improvigs such mode of trial is alto than V , that would come glittering from ice and snow and there would be a search Iorthe body home for cbildren—to sons who, ccmpell _ ind thlt. even when hid recourse , three a WWI“. Ind nches, es the fol- that y lmve had its tomb ;-—for oh by business engagnicu to pass most of their mere toss_up which way the verdict would , lowed for iniles the broad gleam of the enne- bow fist man's mind traces out all the dread am ’.3::— °- ?:°“‘.. :2:-=°.::v °:..=°°W-.~"-:~:*°d **- ~ ..; n-.3-*;,“:.~.: .:-°"-°: :2-.» ~.°.»::.'*~.~;; mm °':'.:-W.-..r' ..-..°=-'1 :1-:.~ '--~ wi rovieor ir issue or em- on ii poesesson p , s oni ns. ea near a on can . %et?|,fifii leisure houix, a bcautifiil, uiet aifid ingtiltlcpct) being too tt fools to *. ' 1} we; IE "irhe cgld seegiied to piave , h d.-stlxzinoppedsfie ‘house, and in ‘ nca—to ' e, w ri i-om wrong; i up rs out 0 an air an we 1' an every ' ' diet on ow air oer-roused b are longin°go|f¢ilrtzll':ip‘porting indulentry, with: the above-mentioned astopilolfing’ number of moved. , Even the i"in ficlilt‘ mynnnkggtolmogchogd the noise, be ' y mtbs kennels. I choice of congenial companions, and who wish cases, on] 879 had been tried by a This hack ikom the Moccasin ' 1 with a stsrtlin rd r e ins rattle; how I wished they q ' ' ' it is con. clearness,_end the crackle of the ice, asI w them ! and flieii I should have re-