The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-29
A LOVELY INSTITUTION.
Now YORK sun we.t porn,Lctter- /

come oil last evening, but was postponed
| until Monday The actual settlement of
the question as TO whether Cadet Smith
VIII or viii not attend is therefore de-
fcrrcd. The Sun mar hal nm interview
with the young man this morning, how
ever, and learned enough to enable him TO
set the young ladies minds at rest with re-
gard 20 that horrid Smith lie will not
attend any Of the hops for reasons which
the reporter thought reflected great credit
upon him. lie said in reply to an inquiry
upon the subject
WHAT THE CoLoRED CADET sAYs.
Go to the hops? Oh, no I've had uou-
bic enough. We been court-martialcd
twice and / don't want to be again if
can help ii. | came here 10 get an educa-
ton, and to prepare myself for a commits
sion in tho army. / didn't come here to
fly about with a lot Of silly, giddy girls.
II want TO enjoy the company of young
ladies there are enough Of my own color
in the place where belong-good, sensi-
BILE girls, too. III wait until next year,
when III get furlough and go home"
Repo.ter-Where is your home?
Mr.. Smith-In Columbia, South Carol
ina. Ny father lives there. / don't
know whether you've ever been there,
but society there is very different from
what it is here. They don't exclude COL
ored people from white society there.
know several young colored ladies there
that are welcome even at the levecs of the
Governor Of the State, WHO is white
man from Ohio.
Reporter-You will 90 to Columbia
then % spend your furlough?
Mr.. Smith-Ycs, SIR and I'm sure I'll
be well treated too
fHE COLogED CADET Of WEST POINT
LADIES.
Reportcr-Several young ladies up at
the hotel are much exercised lest you 20
10 the hops.
Mr.. Smith-You may say in your pa
per, if it is worth saying that, so long as l
am at the academy, / will never 90 10 any
ball or entertainment neither will ! pay
a cent towards getting them up As |
said before, ] came here TO study, not 10
| make a fool Of myself like some Of these
! white fellows do, over "A lot Of giddy grls
| that don care snap for their little fin
/ gers. They think because m colorcd
| boy that | don't know anything. Well,
! let them think SO. | tell you ] We seen a
| good deal within the last month. These
! young girls that come up here 20 nirt with
| the cadets and lead them of on string
are not the kind of girls we have south.
| II they were cOlored | wouldn, ass Ociate
with them.
Rcportcr-Why2
Mr. Smi,h-Well, because / don't think
/ they know anything but to make fools of
cadets and when they go away the last
| thing they think OF is the poor cadet that
they have been trifiing with. Niger
Smith, rs they call me, may have colored
blood in his veins, but he isn't a fool by q
! long shot
MISERY LOVES COMPANY.
! Rcporter-lIow do the white cadets
treat you now
Mr.. Smith-Oh, very mush better.
let them alone and they let me alone. Be-
sides I've got company now-Mr. Napier
and then in September Mr. MCGEE, Of AL
ALBANIA, comes. Then there will be three
OF US. Wen be company for each other.
There's one thing I've made up my mind
TO though. You see I'm pretty stiff on
my legs land the cadet Strengthened him
self up guess | can take care Of my
self he added with "a smile.
And so this settles the hop question, and
doubtless the silly and giddy girls whom
Cadet Smith talks about will ieel much
better.
Another celebrity here, and one who at.
tracts much attention, is the son Of Brig.
ham Young. lie is plcbe and is jus,
now undergoing tho hazing process. His
name is Willard Young, and he is stout
active and .intelligent-looking lad. The
Sun man had an interview with him Thu
morning, and found him quitc communi
catve. He has been here since the 3lst o
| Nd Il fro G.1t I Ia 4 80
In response to an inquiry rs to how h
thought he should like it he said it nigh
do very well for the last three years o
candidate life, but the first year, he though
was enough to try the patience of even {
Mormon saint.
When i first came here he said, anC
when they commenced the hazing,
thought | should't rest easy untilsl haC
iattened out some of my prosecutors, bu
I've come to the conclusion that it's bette
to stand it,"
The reporter looked at his strong liml
and powerful frame, and thought that th'
iiatte ming out process would be IN easy on
for him.
WHAT BRIGHAM's BOY BELIEVES
"What have you been doing all your life
, Mr. Young?' asked our reporter.
| VT. jung HuNu h'"iy 81
my life in the canons around Salt LAX
City. | have driven q team for long time
and have been used to rough and tumble
scenes ever since l was born.
Rcporter-Who appointed you here?
Mr. Young-Mr. Hooper, our delegate il
Congress.
Reporter-Was your father pleased t.
have you come?
Mr.. Young-Oh, yes he was delighted
and | am determined to graduate iron
here if live, come what may2
Reporter-Yours is pretty large fam
lily, isn't III
Mr.. Young (smilng)-Well, yes
have sixteen brothers and twenty-five sis
t tiers, Two of my brothers are in Ne'
York now,
Reporter-You have been brought a
in your fathers faith, suppose?
c Mr.. Ioung-Oh, yes, sir, | believe i
n Mormonism, and shall practice it when
: grow up to manhood.
. OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT OF CADETS.
Rcportcr-llow do the cadets treat yo
n here.
+. Mr.. Young-Oh, very we'll considcrin
g I'm plcbc. There is one thing, though
that they make US do that | think oueh