The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-21

DEATH or ROBERT ScHUYIER-THREArESED
DISCLOSURES BY HIS FAMIY-RAnRoAp DIREc-
TORS ON THE QuAKE.-A few days since we an
nounced the death of the notorious railroad
defaulter, Robert Schuyler. The following ad-
ditional details Of this event are taken from
the Paris correspondence of the Courier dss
Flats Unis;--
Robert Schuyler died about the middle of last month";
at his reaence in the environs OF Genoa where he had
been living Tor time in the stricest incogata with
his family. lie was not enriched by his nonstxous
frauds; on the contrary he received from America the
funds necessary for his subsistence The place his
sidence would have been known long time ago certain
persona occupying important positions in the manage
Inent OF several railroadsand especially OF the New
ing his silence and absence from The country Since his
departure from America his health has been the de-
veral emnont hnancers Of New York viii MT be sorry
to learn the Of his DEATH He has left, az am In
formed great number Of important papers wh,h WIN
DO published. They will fern curious cbaDtsr in the
history Of specuatng enterprises in the New World. The
corpe has been inferred temporarily, and will probably
be transported to America.
What o. reflection on the integrity Of our
railroad directors are the facts stated above |!
We have it broadly asserted that men entrust-
ed with the management of some Of our prin-
cipal lines connived at the escape Of this
wretched criminal, from the apprehension that
some Of their own misdeeds would be brought
to light by his arrest. How comfortable such
fact must make the stockholders of railroads
feel and in particular those Of the New Haven
line! Their sensations, we imagine, must resem-
BILE pretty much those of Mexican travellers
with party Of disguised brigands for an es-
cort. We have always been under the i'm
preston that, guilty as. Schuyler was, there
were others concerned in his defalcations
who were equally criminal, and who had the
lions sharge Of the plunder. 1t was unfortu-
nate that this misguided man did not endeavor
to make some amends for the offences which
he had committed, by disclosing the names OF
those OF whom he seems to have been made in
a great measure the tool
The sense of honor which is said to serve az q
substitute for honesty amongst men who prey
upon the community, prevented him, we sup
pose, from rendering this slight service TO
those be had go deeply wrouged. It's pity
that our French contemporary, which seems to
be well posted up on the subject, has not seen
fit to give us the names Of the Individuals who,
from the facts stated by it, must have been
concerned with Schuyler in his stupendous
frauds. The family of the deceased, now that
they are released from the obligations of Sc
cresy imposed upon them by his scruples, will
probably hasten to supply that omission. If
there is a possibility of indicating his memo
ry from any portion of the load of obIoquy
which rests upon it, they will regard it as their
duty to make public such facts as will tend to
eytenuatc his offences. The iniimation that
his papers are about to be published shows
that some decision Of the sort has already been
arrived at. We trust that no false delicacy
will prevent his executors from giving full eff
feet to these disclosures, by revealing the
names of all those who either participated in
or were benefited by his deinguencies.