Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-12-26
Death of Robert SCHUYLER.

"RoBERr SCHUYLER died about the middlt
of last month in the vicinity of Genoa, where
be had resided for some time under the strict
est incognito with his family. His colossa
frauds had not enriched him; be received from
America the means of his subsistence: Hi
place Of residence weuld have been known
long age but for the interest which many per
sous occupying very important positions in the
management of seyeralrailfoads, especially the
New Haven Road, exerted to keep it in the
shades Since he absconded, his health has
steadily declined, and he died literally of a bro
ken heart Many distinguished fnanciers o.
New York will not be sorry to hear Of his
death He leaves, ] am told, a large colIec
ton of important papers which will add fol
they will be Npublished-a curious chapter tc
the history of your New World speculations
His body has been temporarily embalmed, and
will probably be sent to America"
The above, says the Hudson County Demo
crat, is an extract from a private letter from
Paris. Mr.. Robert Schuyler then, has at last
disclosed his whereabouts, through his passage
to the grave. This it will be reeollected, is
the identical celebrity, who some months since,
startled the business community and amazed
and afrighted the restof mankind in general,
by his monster defalcations lie absconded
shortly after and turned his back upon both
his old friends and his new enemies, with the
brand of fraud upon his brow. At one time,
he was reported, as living inremantic ebscuri.
ty, on the banks of the river Rhine. Other
spots on the earth's surface, have been whisp-
cred about, as the seat of his secure retreat
Nearly every hiding-place from South America
to Italy, has been gravely limited as the abode
of his guilty retirement But atlast his death
groan has broke the mystic silence that enyel-
oped him, aud walled in the ear of o curious
public and an indignant world, both the con-
fession of his shame, and the secret Of his Grim
inal home
Surely, the way of the transgressor is hard
He died it seems, g literally Of "a broken
heart" i,.8
lie was also, it appears, in the habit of re-
ceiving even, from America, the means of his
subsistence" Not all the millions he had sue
ceeded in plundering through his Office of Pres
ident Of powerful corporation, could purchase
his exemption from felon's death-bed or a
paupers grave. He descended to the tomb, as
he fled from his pursuit, with no credit to him,
and apparently, no hope before him.
Mr.. Schuyler may be regarded as broad
type of numerous class of similar inauciers,
each operating according to the measure Of his
individual capacity. Tie root. Of this reckless
speculation and defiant rascality, is obviously
traceable in great degree to the habits of
extraVagant and prodigal living that prevail
SO extensively in modern fashionable circles. =
Men are impelled into the perilous paths Of
reckless commercial gambling, to secure the
necessary supplies for those artificial wants,
modern tastes SO imperiously demand The
round of sensual indulgence is various and ex-
pensive, and its penalties are ultimately expia-
ted in the penitentiary and on the scatfold
1t is to be hoped, that the large collection
of important papers we are told that Mr.
Schuyler leaves behind him, will throw a salu-
tary light on the agency of the other parties
said to be implicated in his infamy We are
told that many persons occupying important
positions in the management of several Ameri-
can railroads, had an interest to keep Mr..
Schuyler's whereabouts in the shades and exer-
ted it to that effect We are also informed
that many distinguished New FORK fnaneiers,
will not regret the. news Of his DEATH If
these intitnations contain any truth, let the
whole evidence be produced; for. ill., no other
way can the public atmosphere be effectually
purged of its presidential moral malaria. ss