New York daily tribune no. 3065

              The Icarian Community. 
We have received the first number of the Pop-ular Tribune, a weekly paper in English, just commenced at Nauvoo by the Society of French Communists there established under the direction of M. CABET. We learn from it that the Com-munity is in an encouraging condition. It now numbers three hundred and forty persons, of whom one hundred and fifty are men and eighty-six women. It begun two years since with less than twenty thousand dollars; it now is in possession of a steam-mill for both corn and wheat, a saw mill for its particular use, and also to execute work for the public; and a wisky dis-tillery for commercial purposes. It possesses workshops, containing the following trades : tai-lors, shoemakers, smiths, engineers, tinsmiths, clock and watchmakers, wheelwrights, carpen-ters and joiners, coopers, tanners, bricklayers, wooden-shoe makers, &c. &c. The surplus pro-ducts of the industry of the Community are sold at St. Louis, where it keeps a store for the purpose. The Community has eleven Cows which provide milk for the infants, the sick, and during summer for the women who drink coffee. It has its own Bakery, Slaughterhouse, Gardens and Kitchens, the latter employing 2 head cooks, 3 assistants, 3 women, and 3 women extra for washing the utensils after supper. 
The following is the average daily cost of food for 300 persons based on the expenditures of the last year: 
Bread of Wheat Flour. 220 lbs at $2 the cwt…………………………………………………...$4 40 
Corn Meal Flour, 50 lbs at 1 cent……………………………………………………………...………....50 Meat, Beef, Veal, Mutton and Pork, 270 lbs at 3½…………………………………………..….9 45 [OBSERVATION.—There has at times been a consump-tion of Poultry, Fish, Eggs, and the expense is found to be the same.] 
Lard or Butter, 10 lbs at 6 cents……………………………………………………………………….…60 Bait, Pepper, Spice, &c , for seasoning…………………………………………………………….…...50 Tea, Coffee, Sugar……………………………………………………………………………………………3 40 Fuel for the bakery and kitchen……………………………………………………………………….1 Vegetables—Potatoes. Carrots, Cabbages, &c…………………………………………………...3 Total…………………………………………………………………………………………………...$22 85 The following is given with reference to the political and social sympathies of the Icarians: 
In France, we were Republicans, Democrats, Socialists and Icarian Communists, that is to say Pacific Communists. We were the most for-ward in Democracy, in Republicanism and So-cialism ; and it is because we were the most for-ward, that the Reaction persecuted and, as it were, outlawed us. 
Here, in America, we sympathize with the par-tisans of National Reform and Free Soil; we ad-here to republicanism as much as the best Repub-licans among the citizens in the United States: we partake of the opinions of the American Democrats, and we agree with the Whigs in many questions; we are Socialists with the So- cialists of America as well as with those of France: but we are not less Communists employ-ing only pacific and legal propagation, reason, dis-cussion and persuasion.
As regards Religion, we are true Christians, like the Christians of ancient times, whose law was the Gospel. 
The Community have laid out excellent plans for Education, and already have two or three Schools in operation. As soon as their arrange-ments are complete they will receive pupils from abroad. They already have numerous applica-tions from families in the vicinity, which as yet they are obliged to decline. 
The Popular Tribune contains several inter-esting articles in explanation of Cabet's sys-tem. No doubt it will have a good number of readers in this country.