The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-06-27
THE HOPS AT WEST POINT.

THE HOPS AT WEST POINT.
THE COLORED CADET DECLARES
THAT he WILL NOT ATTEND.
He Didn't Go to West PointtoF FLY About
with Silly, y. GirIs-BrIgham
Young's Boy. :
Correspondence Of the New York SUM-
WEST POINT, June %.
Contrary to expectation, the hop that was to
have inhugurated the series did not come of
last evening, but was postponed until Mon
day. The actual settlement OF the question as
to whether Cadet Smith will or will not at:
tend is therefore deferred. The Sun man had
an interview with the young man this morn
ing, however, and learned enough to enable
him to get the young ladies' minds at rest with
respect to ssthat horrId Smith," He will not
attend the hops for reasons which the reporter
thought reflected great credit upon hlp. He
said In reply to an inquiry upon the subject:
WHAT THE ooLoRED CADET SAYS.
"Go to the hops? Oh, no. I've had trouble
enough. I've been court-inartlalled twice,
and I don't want to be again If can nelplt
Fl came here to get an education, and to pre-.
| pare myself for a commission 10 the army. /
didn't come here to FLY about with q lot OF silly,
giddy girls. II want to enjoy the company
| oofyouag ladies, there are enough of my OVID
| color in the place where / belong--good sensl.
BILE girls, too. I'll walt until next year, when
| I'll get. a furlough and 60 home"
yUhara ic rnpr hnmn2 s
Mr.. Smith. In Columbia, Sn,;th Carolina.
My father lives there. / don't Lnow whether
| you've ever been there, but society there IS
Uery different from lohdt II IS here. lhey Goht
exclude colored people from oehite society there.
knou several young colored ladies there that
are ce,come euers at the leuees of the Governor
of the State, ,oho is a lohite man from Ohio. :
Reporter. You will 60 to Columbia then to
| spend your turlough?
Mr.. Smith. Yes, sir; and. I'm sure III be
welltreated, too.
| THE CoLoRED CADET or WEST POINT LADIES.
Reporter. Several young ladies up at the
| hotel are much exercised lest you should go TO
the hops. 80.
is worth saying, that 30 long as l am at the
Academy / will never 20 to any ball or enter.
| tainment, neither will l pay a cent toward
| getting them lp. AS said before. l came
| uSI6 " sLtuN,u Ob w lnohO % wv - -
like some of these white fellows do, over Q lot
| of glddy girls that don't care a snap for their
little fingers. They think because Pm q COL
ored boy that / don't know anything. Well,
let them think 3d., l tell you Eve seen . good
deal within the last month. These young girls
| that come up here to f1irt with the cadets and
lead them of on a string are not the kind OF
| girls we have South. Ifthey were colored
| wouldn't associate with them.
RenOrter. Why
Mr. Smith. Well, because I don't think they
know anything but to make fools OF cadets;
and when they go away the last thing ,tney
think oils the poor cadet that they nave oe cen
me, may have colored blood In his veins, but
he isn't a fool by a long shot.
MISERY LOVES COMPANY.
Reporter. How do the white cadets treat.
Mr.. Smith. Oh, very much better. / let
them alone and they let me alone. Besides,
in September Mr.. MCGEE, OF Alabama, comes.
Then there will be three of US. Wen be COM
pany for each other. There is one thing I've
made up my mind to though; If they Impose
upon me In any way I'll defend myself. l
don't think they will though. You see, Pm
pretty stiff on my legs land the cadet straight.
myself" he added witfa smile.
And so this settles the hop question, and
doubtless the silly and glddy girls whom cadet
Smith talks ahout VIII f10f fnueu f0'V'eu
WHAT BRIGHAM YouNG's BOY sAYs
Another celebrity here, and one who at,
tracts much attention, Is the son OF Brigham
Young. He Is a plebe, and Is just now under
going the hazlng process. His name IS WILL
lard Young, and he Is a stout, active, intelli-
gent-looki1g lad. The Sun man had an Inter.
view with him this morning, and iound him
quite communicative. He has been here elnce'
the Slst OF May, and came direct rom salt
Lake City.
In response to an inquiry as to how ne
thought he should like II, he said 1t might do
very well for the last three years OF cadet life,
but the first year he thought was enough TO-
try the patience of even a Mormon saint.
''When I first came here" he said, ''ana
when they commenced the hazlng, l tnongns
some of my prosecutors, but I've come to the
conclusion that It's better to stand It, -.
The reporter looked at his stout limb and
powerful frame, and thought that the fatten.:
Ing out process would be an easy one for him.
WHAT BR1GHAM's BOY BELIEVES:
What have you been doing all your life,
Mr.. Young ?" asked our reporter.
Mr.. Young. I have worked nearly all my
life In the canyons and around Salt Lake City.
l have driven q team for along time, and
have been used to reugh.and-tuhble scenes
ever since ! was born.
Reporter. Who appointed youthere
Mr.. Young. Mr.. Hooper, our delegate IN
Reporter. Was your father pleased to'have
you come .
Mr.. Young. Oh. yes; he was delighted, and
! am determined TO graduate from here II
live, come what may.
Reporter. Yours Is q pretty large family,
Isn't 1t?
Mr.. Young (smiling.) Well, yes; l have six.
teen brothers and twenty-five sisters. Two OF
my brothers are In New York now.
Reporter. You have been brought. up in
your fathers faith, I suppose
MI. Young. Oh, yes, Sir. believe in MOT
monism, and shall practice it when / grow up
to manhood.
OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT OF CADETS.
Reporter. How do the cadets treat you
here?
Mr.. Young. Oh, very well, considering Tma
plebe. There i one thing, though, that they
make us do that think ought to be stopped.
Reporter. What is that.
Mr.. Young. Why, If the cadets see US go by
they spit out their guilds OF tobacco on the
grass and then order US in the most peremp-
tory way to pick them up with our fingers and
carry them or the ground. Now, l think that's
q shame. know II Is only done 10. annoy and