Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-07-03

i BY reference to another column il
will be found that Hon. Lorenzo Dan
ford, Member CT Congress from this
lQ6th) Congressional District, gives NO.
tice of vacancies to be filed in the
Military Academy at West Point, and
at the Naval Academy, at A4napolIs,
and invites persons who wish to enter
either of these Institutions, 10 appear
al Barnesville on the 1lth inst, for
the purpose of competitive examina-
ton. Heretofore the people of this
District have had no opportunity of
this kind. The appointment has been
made without regard to the relative
Qualifications and merit of youths in
the District. and in fact without the
people knowing that there was q va
cancy until it had been filled. We do
not wish to be understood that in the
main these appointments have not
been deserving and creditable ones,
but merely to intimate that in these
appointments the people have a conn
mon. interest and should have COM
mon opportunity. 1t is understood'
that No one OF the candidates will be
permittedto to compete for both positions.
The qualifications necessary to enter
WestPoint may alarm and deter some
of our young men from competing.
While il is perfectly useless for young
men who have not an absolutely PERI
feet physical organization to enter the
lists, yet fair English education is
ali that is necessary, and all that is -re-
quired to fit person for entering eth
or OF the Academies. er.,-
1.-The candidate must be able to read
with facility from any book, giving
the proper intonatiOn and pauses, anu
to 3rrite portions that are read aloud,
smelling the words and punctuating|
the sentences property IL
In Arithmetic, the four fundamental
rules must be thoroughly undestood,l
and the candidate must be the master
of the various operations in vulgar,
and especially OF decimal fractions,
and Of simple and compound propor-
tiOn. Ep-iGi-. .It. .s-il q. st.--'- '-,.f
.ln English Grammar candidates
should exhibit familiarity with theI
nine parts ofspeech and erules i'll re-
Iat;on thereto; should be able to parse
any ordinary sentence given to them,
and, generally, should understand
those portions of the subject usually
taught in the higher acadeniies andl
schools throughout the country, conf
pretended under the heads of Orfhog-
raphy, Etymology, SyntaX, and
Prosody. ..,.l-......'..
should, name. locate, and describe the[
natural grand and political divisions
of the earth, and be able to delineateI
any Of the States or Territories of thet
American Union, with It's prineipali
cities, rivers, lakes, seaport5 and
mountains. .- 4 /
I'm History they shonld be able tol
irsine the periods of the discovery and
settlement of the North American
continent, of the rise and progress of
the UEited States, and Of the successive
wars and political administrations
thc0urh which the country has
pissed" ~ . s
l committee of acknowledged learn
ing and integrity, consisting of ore
person from each county in the Dis
trict, win be designated 10 conduct The
examination. Candidates will stand
absolutely upon their own merit. Now,
then, who Of cur boys will Carry OF the
prize? Let there be a full turn out of
our representative boys, and let us
send up one who knows no such word
as fail.
Hon. jesse r. Grant, of Covington,
Ky, father of The President, died at
his home OH Sunday evening at Z
O'Clock.
President Grant, accompanied by
his private secretary, Gen. Babcock,
did not arrive until tho next Ihormng
after his fathers death. The funeral
took place from tue Methodist Church
at two O'Clock yesterday. The body
was inferred at Spring Grove cemetery.