The sun., 1872-02-17
GEO. VI. R0RES0N'S WEALTH


and .htll ~ December last there were transferred
| to George " Eubc-on S'crctarv of the Navy. Wy
| u. q. Cat,ell uf Philadelphia, eighteen valuable
lots in the city VI Washington, sHd to he worth
en average Of s".CO each. The price pnld by
Rohcson is unknown: but when the fact. which
I am about 10 expose are made known. the
natural inference will i've that tho lots were paid
for, or rrc to be paid for, as were Grants sand
stone stock tho Long Branch cottage the wa.h-
ingon house. and the hosts Of fast trottuu colts
and bulldogs Of tho Administration II should
he sail-the fact may have been forgotten, mem
hcr~ ~ the present Government grow rich eu
fast -thot Geurgc N. Rnbeson came 90 Washing.
ton ~ poor a. ohuirh mouse. His little law
practice In Camden amounted to nothing lie
had been Attorney General Of New lor'cy,
have been the largest Income he ever had uu'l
| over the department Of rotten shpr, worthless
Officers, and big appropriations.
rnUN INpiGENCR 70 trrLttNcF.
When he urst came To Washington, liphcsoi,
hall He mld Alden the present Rear dWiral
OF the squadron In Europe, clubhed together aud
made a mess, like the Leet-Pmtor- lIapcoch
entct aimed his friends and took ~ the i'm
poverished but ruddy faced Secretary. Not
began To launch out upon the sea 81 expenditure.
His choice lttlc honmets nt Wormlcy's were
eagerly sought after His Jolly little times m y
In tho sunlight Of the jolly Secretary's jolly sme
at those iolliest of Jolly stay parties, was boon
to he priced by all the sna-fry of political loaf
| era In Washington. Gentlcmen from old Ocean
| aud Cumberland, and from the country Of Cam
| den aud Amboy, stood sghast at the FOLLY Sec
| p'tary's recklessness. They knew him when he
Was towheaded hoy, aud remembered him
well ns they used to see him living lallly on lnl
| In the Delaware fishing Tor catfish and suckers.
HALF MILLIONAIRE.
Those were days when RobesOn thought r. 1T
tie OF rntten ships and big appropriations, a. did
Grant of sandstone stock and cottages 10y the
| sea. Hut times change. and men change with
! them, at least go thought the honest men from
New lereey, when they beheld the evidences of
rapidly accumulaiiug wealth nj the house IN II
street. Two yeots rnd half have elapsed since
George VI. R'lctou l. repuied to he worth
$4,000. How la that been ac"umulatedt Let
v. @. Cattell. the person by whom the eighteen
lots referred to were transfer T. kind OF ship
chandler In Philadelphia. lie IL u brother Of eI-
Senator Cnttell y member Of the famous phila-
dclphia Union League, big contract3r, and a
tide-w alter and unc-scrver generally. This Cat
,eii IL lnst now rnhiing IN. navy ana Heotge d.
plies used at the Philadelphia, New York, and
Mare Island navy yards Il purchased In open
market by Cattell. Every pound OF coal pur-
chased for use in the entire navy Is contracted
Tor without competition by f: @. Cattell. Every
stick Of machinery ordered for new vessels or
to replace that in old ones is contracted for pr
yately by Il. g. Cattel Every square foot of
every thing in fact from barrel Of beans to n
bower anchor, purchased for use AT the three
navy yards mentioned, Is contracted for with
Cetteil.
SAN BRowN's LEASE.
RuhesOn tried to throw the Washington ward
into Cattell. hand also, but Sam Brown claimed
that he had life lease on that Institution, and
for some time back the yard ha' been supplied
leeltimately by means Of proposals and awards
Co the lowest bidder, he, Of course, beirg sam
Brown. Sam has recently been bought on with
live oak contract OF tJoiNO In Louisiana. and
su after this month the Cattoll influence will ex-
! tend here. have got hold Of some of the con
| tracts made hy Cattcll on behalf of the Navy
| ngunrt which to show what money
thcic L. iu providing supplies ior our rotten ships
Mh'h never 20 10 sea, ne nc Ga ia i.nheiisGs' %
hunters on their famous pilTlmuee, has been
| laid up ~ worthless ever since the hu-sst-, la
hnihpr The ship was built IN lSri = t'' ir..l'-
| lyn yard, aud the only NoyrFe hr ever made.
except "A trial trip, was that tu siu domingo.
| \ FOHrUNE FROM HOTrtN ~ TX.
| Although built of wood the vessel cost ofiL-
| mally $l,tnOO. Porter, when he made his il-
nous raid on the naval appropriations, built her
| up. put Ia new masts, pair of quarter gal
I,ries, and made other alterations az a cost Of
| .ejo,On moro. Now her tnbors are rotten, and
| the hull Of the vessel was condemned as unsea-
| worthy six months ago. But what are Robeson
End cattel doing They have eo"ttra,f,ted tr;,,, with
tire new set Of machinery for this rotten old ship
at cost OF $7OO0O0 or k3oo,D0 and the old ma
19s This m S g3Tn @ has Seea made Soar Y
! survey tafltd to condemn the old engines, and
| even r the present ones had been officially de
| right to violate the law by ordering new ones
! Without first publishing proposals aud contract
a nor fG bndep m pf in TIE country Knew @ that ss bs
| Navy Department wanted any new machinery
| until a " llisper came from Roach shop that It
| contract had been awarded them 10y Cattell for
| building new machine for the rotten old Ten
nessee at the enormous cost of $4,000
| ThE SIZE OF THE swINDLE.
| other work, in New York say they would
| put In the engines for t3OO0. Murphy
X CO. another arm Of builders. say they could
do the wur, for $OOOO but they say II H. the stl-
| brefuutN of folly to nut ANYTHING new INTO the
| old hulk. with this weight Of evidence against
| IT, and with knowledge Of the fact that Cattcll
| Is provision dealer and not AN engine builder,
| and That this enormous contract was awarded
| without compotition, and In fact In secret
| |. not the robbery eNidentr
ANOTHER HALF MILLION.
| But from steam engines to rolled iron plates
| Last winter Congress, with It's too frrqucl
| blindness appropriated $5DO,HO for the build
| Ing of two iron torpedo boats The contract
| for supplying the iron plates for these boats
Pennock Of Philadelphia, shreker for Grant,
renomination, The Br'ce 20 be M nah s,,iC Is tcI
| that all the rolled iron In Pennsylvania O
| the quality contracted for can be bought for slJ
a ton. About 1870 tons of this iron will h'
| that Mr.. pcnnocks little job will amount I,
| SB0,N0. At this rate It - NerN much feared thn
| boats, bat .hcn Compress 'an Ice indutc ed {" sup
ply the dehclt, TINS contract, like the ON,
| FOR the Tenuc see nGcllnnry, was given 1" PEN
| nook lthout going through the form of issuing
| proposals or tie trouble ~ receiving bids.
| II has also leaked out that the Pularis, the IT.
| tie vessel sent to the North pole last summer
| was lifted out entirely hy l.. q, Cattell. Not
| single article OF stores was put on board from
| the Government storchOu.e, but everything fur
| nished from the open market by Mr. Cattcll
| laymastCr John q, Bradford, of 20 lhuddWay
| New York, paid the bills, aud they amounted I,
| nearly $i50U0. All the butter purchased for tn,
| expedition was condemned as worthless, ant
| thrown overheard; Cuttcll sending a new sup
ply by the Congress when she went TO Disco n
| October
sPEcrLAToNs IN PHILADELPHIA BRICK.
| About two years ago Congress appropriated
| SlC0,l00 for the building Of storehuuse at th
Mare Island Navy Yard, California Work wa
| not begun on the building until nearly nftecl
months ago, when the foundation was dug
About the same time Cattell purchased In Phia
delDhia between 5O0,O0 and 100000 bricks, to b
used IN the new building in California. Tn
bricks were shipped fIom Philadelphia - No,
| York 10y canal boat, and there iohdeH into "A sht
and sent around Cape Horn, the freight on tn
bricks being more than their original cost WhcT
after stormy passage, the ship arrived at tn
Mare Island Yard, her matches were removed
and not a thing appeared In the hold but
| huge heap Of brickduat, The bricks were liter
ally crushed to powder, aud, as my unforman
| says, mot q thousand good bricks were take
| from the vessel" This, too, when the brick
| made In California are az good as any In tn
| country, and can be bought there AT trite owe
| ten per cent. above Eastern prices. But II puT
| chased there, Cattell RobesOn, and the Phindel
| pha Ring would have been left out In the cold
Another cargo OF bricks IL on it, way, and