, 1872-12-24
NEW YORK.
Jay Gou1d's Compromise with
the Erie Railroad Com
pany.
General Dix and the Value OF Res
spectabiIity.

The Woes Of Harry Sweetser---
The Stan1ey-Livingstone
Bore.
From Our --0srn Correspondent
NEW YoRK, Dec. 19, 1872.
JH GOULD
has come to terms. President Watson held
him With 60 firm grip that the more
he struggled, the worse he got hurt;
and, although it was rather rough On him TO
hnye to acknowledge that he had stolen S9,ooo'-
1000 from the treasury Of the Erie Railway Com
pany while acting as it's President the facts we're
so apparent that it was useless Tor hl1n TO al
fe,nnt to deny or evade them. So, when he be-
came thoroughly satisfied that his rascalities
vera effectually nnearthed, he had sufficient
sense. this morning, to walk quietly up to the
Captains Office and settle. As matter OF
couree, the Erie Company WAS glad to compro-
mise with him upon the payment Of the amount
claimed There is not the shadow Of doubt
that his stealings amount to double
tho s,1ua he has returned; but the
great trouble would be to get
proof sufficient to warrant jury in finding q
verdict against him for larger claim. And then
8 still greater trouble would be to find property
sufficient to satisfy the Judgment after it was
obtained. The Erie Directors have acted wisely in
taking tile So 500 600 md letting him slide. They
might have Jared worae, they cousdn thave Jared
much better, by becoming involved IN an inter-
1ninab1e lawsuit with such q wealthy trickster.
But how the President OF such q corporation
could have filched 80 many millions Of dollars,
end not have been discovered sooner, is what
appears, to the uninitiated, Incredible. When,
however, one becomes conversant with the man
4 IT, T11s{. Tryrfv1 ~91fH41
Of Gould. Fisk L. Co., it does not appear SO in
credible. They initiated system Of pilfer1ng
that extarded through all the ra1nifcations OF
the great corroretion. Stealing became the
There was high premium on rascality. Tho
employees, from the highest to the lowest, were
taught to wink at rascaltt!es OF every descrip-
fion, and we're invited to join in all sorts OF
echenes for Numbering tho ssockholdors Inc
infectious poison that oozsd from the headqqar- Y
ters 1T tho Grand Opera House dess!minated it.
self aiorg the min stem from New York to
Dunkirk, and crept through every branch and
connection, Of tho great brosd-Sauge road and,
when jay Gould was deposed, last March, the
Erie Railway reel:ed with rottenness and emitted
3 stencil that was-iatolerable. Yet, from that
time up to July, period Of nearly four months,
GESERAE DIX
sctnd os President, and allowed Gould and his
associates to retein their plundor in quietness
and peace. He never for IN instant dreamed
there wer, any wrongg to bo righted, any abuses
to be corrected, or anything to be done to in, n,
prove the credit and reputation Of the road. OF
the management Of railway he hasn't the
faintest conception. WEat IVES being done BY
tie Erie Company whilst he was President was
to him profound mystery. Of its operations
be was as ignorant as the man in the moon. His
-oulv qualification CT recommendation for the
-,osition was his untarnished reputation and re-
spestab1e name. But great is Respectab1hty.
Americans reverence It. To belong to, or be de-
acentcd from. respectable family, is the high
est ambition Of our best scciety. And it pays
Nowhere is that fact better illuatrated than IN
The case Of General John A. Dix. He 1s IN
e!ery. way very mediocre man; en;,a ses ta
en his Life he has been 1ece1ing cs fnr to
which he had neither ability nor qualification
And he has accepted the calls, been paid liberal
salaries, and filed the various positions in
highly respectable manner. He is not the man
70 shower upon him and, so long as 1espe,eta- pe,
] and executive snd te fTe 1f as9HE 4a9H
vYl1y Shouldn't the venerable old fogy be nom
dcally the President of great railway OF Gov
eruor of . great State, By being really respect
2b1e igure-head, aad receiving therefor large
SALARY?
Willie on the subject Of railroads. and railroad
men, may rs well add that the ioyial
HARRY sWEETsER,
late General Manager Of the Atlantic d Great
You vii remember that, tvo or three months
aco, Harry vas caught in some "irregularities,'
and was suddenly brought to grief He dis
gorged 9750e0, and was kicked out OF Office;
rather hazshly. He alleges that al his books
and papers were seized, and that he Was NOT
allowed an opportunity to explain: he thinks
he could have Convinced the most skepticel that
he was acting "on the square," and doing
things in perfectly legitimate manner. no
doubt the bluff Harry feels rather chcap-he
looks so-at having had his irregularities n1pped
in the bud. And, as he and Jay Gould are
other in their severe Affections. wonder If the
day will ever como when decent society will
taboo such fellows, as it now does the poor
Gcyil who unlawfu1lY appropriates loaf Of
bread to ap2eeso his sI' hunger
Che repnted discoycrer OF Livingstone, is MAX
5ng quite small sensation in Boston. Here,
11e Taa complete failure. The Rerdld did its
leaders and spicy paragraphs; but the scheme
didn't work. Tie enthusiasm exhibited at his
reception subsidized after the first speech, and
the crest dlecoverer vas then permitted to sink
into such profound obscurity that it was deemed
:adviGsb1e to postpone his proposed course Of lee
,tures indefinitely It would require agood deal Of
ouaerv tc convince the average New Yorker that
Stanley is anything else than charlatan and d
hu1nbug. But sizait that he is tho slmon-pure
genius the Herald represents him to be, and
Who cares to know anything about his discovery
q the African explorer? + Livingstone is
a1ire, and is such IN ar1anI oil nincompoop. as
nos TO have sense enough 70 HSo uoile IL US
;75ants to, I cln'i see that it Inett5rg The toss
Of coppe- whether be was discover.
ed or rot; sad the large majority Of
plain, prac!ica! people e15 not interested enough
n The venerable coot to Ez,n after Stanley and
;:a7 an exorbitant price to heer him tel how he
found him, Z grset many fine things have been
*:ritten and spoken abont the enterprise Of the
-He:eM N organizing the expedition that Stanley
led IN search Of the ancient explorer, and about
tho great bcs,cits conferred upon humanity
thereby; but. With due rezpect for the writer's
and speakers Of The aforesaid fine things, beg
t!:e privilege of mildly ternaag them al bosh:
from tho Gnding Of tho Doctor in the jrnglea Of
Atr:ca2 # tie ola fellow wants to stay tnero,
re Las q perfect right 10 do 30; and why, in the
aamo Ct 1Ieavcn, can't ie ne suffered to remain
in peace? The staa1ey-IiviaS5tone pather has
be happier Ill round if Livingstone were per-