Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-02-09
schuyIer. the ruined Banker.

New York letter writer makes the following com
ment upon the fallen fortunes of the celebrated Rob-
ert Schuyler:
passed The other day he splendid mansion of Mr. .
Schuyler whose stupendous frauds are well known.
II was closed, and apparently solitary though his
family sill resided there What contrast few
months has apparently made in that family! It's go-
ry dim Crowds no longer assemble in the spacious
parlOrs the coaches of the splendid and gay do not
line the sidewalk the brilliant lights and the dash
ing company longer allure the crowd 10 herd d
round the curhstone-a is solitude. But what les
son does this event teach.
Mr. Schuyler bad two characters. In business, on
Change. at his rooms in the Aston, be was known as
the high-mnded, honorable, successful pure minded
man, one of whom New York was proud, one whom
she delighted TO honor. Now come with me INTO one
OF the least pretending streets in New York This
house is uDpretending the street. Nh Spicer
lives here Let Us enter Mrs. Spicer and a family
of children from 10 years and under. compose the
household. 1t is said to be singular family. Mr..
Spcer is q singular man. No one ever sees him
The Butcher, the miikman, the lanllor Ion know
him. Mrs. Spcer does all the business Nh. Spicer
comes in late be goes away early in the morning
He is business man. he has so much business
that he is never seen in his family. Remain there
day and night, and you will never see Nr. Spicer.-
The daughters become young ladies. They are we'll
educated. They go out into society but no one knows
their father. Mr. Spicers name is not in the bust
ness directory So have this family lived for twenty
years in the heart of New York At length the ell
der Miss Spicer is engaged to worthy man
1t is needfui to gain the consent Of Mr. Spcer that
the marriage may take place
A time is appointed and the expectant son-in law
is placed face 10 face with Mr.. Spcer He is told by
the father himself that his is Spcer, but
is Mr. Schuyler that the mother Of his daughter is
not vile; hut it the daughter is taken in marriage
the mother shall be welded. The double act is con-
summaied the vail is removed, New York is agitated
for moment by the disclosures AL elegant house is
IVpnfY.SpROnf SRI mi *
launched on the wave If fashionable life. All the
world knows sequel, With so rotten foundation,
now could the superstructure stand ?
The ERIE RAILROAD WAR-Fdrtber Particulars
We fpd in The Cleveland Pair Dealer tull, but not
very Impartial accounts OF the late rotous proceed
ngs At Etie Pa. in describing attempt Of She
riff Vincent to read proclamation to those engaged
in tearing down the railroad bridge, that paper
says:
The mob crowded him on, and drove him into
the Key Stone saloon, small doggery there they
kept him for half an hour, the building being
rounded by over leo persons Officers LOOMS and
Hunter got him to take MIN home and walked
on each side oil him while Judge Miles in the
rear endeavorng 10 keep the crowd back. Here
stones, eggs2 brick bats snow-ba!s and clubs fell
thick and fast around the othcals-the party
reached larg brck-h house, and was compelled to
take refuge in 1.-THE mob stoned them they entered.
and surrounded the house, and kept the party
there near an Lour Mayor King then appeared
for the first time. He waved his hand TO the
crowd and said ''yOu must dispense and go away;
he took the Sheriff home, and the crowd went
back to the bridge and commenced operations there
again
Measures in progress to rebuild the bridge, i'm
mediately, two of which were destroyed, of an
hundred feet and the other sixty feet in length FIX
Marshall Kevser, and the force under his command
from Philadelphia, have arrived at Erie, and at last
accounts all quiet. The Buffalo Commercial
says:
The Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church has
been vigorously active at Erie in restraining lawess-
ness and so far as the people under his command are
concerned they nave from first 10 last acted like good
and faithful citizens. The proclamation of the sheriff
read and circulated by the Catholic Bishop and
priests, and their people urged to obey The laws Not
an lrlshman was among the rioters"
WoMAN.-FTom the lips, Of woman every infant
hears the first Of affection and receives the first
lessons of duty in tenderness For the appreciation
! OF woman, the grown-up youth will undertake the
bodesi enterprise and brave every difficulty ofStudy,
danger and even death itself To the happiness of
woman, the man Of ma1urer years will devoe the
energies of his mind and body and from the sooth.
ing and efectionate regards of woman, the who
ia become venerable by years, derives his chief
ISOLATION in fe's decline. Who then shall say that
the one-haf Of the human race, and they confess ily
the most virtuOus and the most amiable. may not be
entrusted with an Intelligence and influence equal
! to our own To them when sorrows afiict us, we
consgn half our suengs and they cheerfuly relieve
! US by tightening them. When Joy delights, give
half OF our pleasures and they a'i' consent to
share hem. They lessen by their = n.i":th}. ".'
pangs Of all rrvat0ns and they increase by their
participation, the ecstacy of delights They de-
serve, therefore, the full enjoyment of every privilege
that 1t is IN our COVER to confer upon them.
TIE BED.--The French romancer, Clemence Rob-
bert, expresses thus warnl appreciation Of one
of these every day (night) comforts, which in the
frequency they enjoyed are sometimes less highly
valued than they deserve to be:
" A bed is certainly the most precious and the most
favorable asylum to he found here below. In fact,
when look at and when | think, as step into it,
how is suddenly, if by nchantment rid OF ia
tgue, cold, wind, dust rain, importunae visitors, lie
dlous conversations common place remarks pompous
assertions, Dragging, putting forth headstrong opin-
IONS contradictions, discussions travelling stories,
confidential readings of poem a whole tragedy,
explanations of systems in long words. intermnabIe
monologues, and that in place OF all these one has
pictures, thoughts, memories 10 be called up that he
is IN the midst Of a chosen society of phantoms and
visions, just his mind, and all these dreams which
a foreign writer calls moonlight Of the brain, "
when think Of all this, as look al 3. bed, know
not what words 10 make of TO express my enthu-
| siasm and veneraion. and am almos ready to bow
in alteration before it,"
| CONSCIENTIOUS JURYMEN.-Two of the jurors who
were sworn to decide in the case of the u s. district
court vs. Sherman NJ. Booth, for aiding and abettng
in the escape of tbs slave Glover, at Milwaukee
Wisconsin, on the 11th of March, 1854, have adopt
ed and published the following resolution -
! Resolved, That while we feel ourselves bound by a
solemn oath to perform most painful duty, declar-
ing the defendant guilty Of the above charge and thus
making him liable to the penalties OF most cruel
and Odious law yet, at the time, in doing we
declare that he performed most noble, bene VIOLENT
and humane act, and we thus record our conGemna-
ton of the fugitive slave law and earne&tlv commend