Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-11-21
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GEO. 10.

Within q short distance of the Del
aware Water Gap, and some eighteen
miles from Easton, the pretty town OF
Belvidere Is located. In one Of its
prettiest cottages, surrounded by rich
peach and apple orchards, aud relieved
10y neatly kept gardens. lived a few
years z Judge w. J.. Roi,eson. The
Judge could have been Governor Of
the great alluvial State over which
Gen. Mcclellan is destined to preside.
hut that he weighed nearly 800 and
was cops;itutionaily in,olent. The
Judge had - FAC like a rising sun, and
a nose which always suggested to Us a
'sackrl pear" stuck in a basket OF
straw berries, stem up. We were in
business partnership for many years
with n gentieman married to a niece OF
the Judge. and on his visits we be-
came intimate friends-for the Judge
liked a good dinner, and we knew just
where to crafty his taste, an for a
number OF years We were his guest for
a week or two each summer. He had
four children and his oldest son was
then prscticing law in Elizabeth. Nj,
and on a weekly visit. about 1858. we
first met George NJ. Robson. late Sec
rotary of the Navy; a man of medium
height, puffy, red faced and specialized.
His spotted and horid face, and un-
couth appearance, concealed his age,
though he could not rave been then
over % or 20. When the war broke
| out he becsms General Robson, by
virtue OF a commission 10 muster in
troops for New Jersey. aud we can re-
call curses loud and deep on that mus
tering in. Two as brave MN as ever
carried n sabre-Gen. Mark Goblet and
Col. r. w. Davis-fell victims to his
splendid management. The only reg
iment he ever sent out fully equipped
WAS a cavalry regiment command d
by his brother. Frank, who WAS CASH
tered inside OF three months for cow
ardice and drunkenness. After the
war George removed to Camden and
engaged in the practice of law with j..
NJ. Sco,ille. and there became an init
mate friend OF Adolph Borie, Grants
first Secretary OF the Navy. Borie
lives in a country house just outside If
Camien; is a broken ex merchant and
contractor, and finding that lie could
only make a good Secretary at the ex-
pense of his lucrative business he re-
signed his place in favor of George NJ,
knowing that with a good plant man
at the wheel he could the better look
after his cargo. How the venture paid
is written in the history of Naval con-
tracts. George NJ. Robescn is a gross,
red faced. near-sigbtsd man, weighing
about 800 pounds. He married "A widow
some months ago. and of course added
a few more feathers to his nest. He
was never even a third class lawyer,
but his selfisbness-b predominant
trait-and his mean, grasping habits
gave him always the means of making
a show aud a stake. He is the most
eminently selfish man we have ever
known. and would have swamped his
father { serve his own base purposes.
The repeated charges of contract jobs,
though they have never been fully
! proven. are so much in keeping with
the character of the man, and of the
manner in which he ohtsiced his bad
eInineDce," that one cannot help the
conclusion of the general truth of the
accusation, and We venture the asser-
ton, that there Is not a man alive who
has known the e~x-Secretary as well as
We have who would not indorss what
we say. r..