, 1873-04-29
TIE WEST POINT CADETSHIP.

CONCLUSION Oh EA6 We
Candidates for the Hon. John b'
Isice,s Appolnment--T8cnjn T..
Murphy tho Successful mnn.
The examination Of the candidates for appoint,
mont to West Point from the First Congreseiona'
District OF Illinois was concluded yesterday, and
the examiners, DR.. Gum, J. L. Pickard, and ].
o. Glover, made their report to the effect that
Benjamin F. Murphy was the best qualified, md
consequently Mr. Rice will send his name on to
Washington .-
The following were the names OF the candl-
datos: Frank D. Fits, Frank L. Robinson,
Frank B. Cone, Christian Rupert, Charles VII
coz, Marion Pickett, Jacob Cole, Benjamin F.
Murphy, Wyham Meyers, J. J. O'callaghan, J..
q. Horton, N. E. 7. Brennan, Douglass II. ste-
vons, Charles A. Caldwell, Thomas 4. Dillon,
aud George P. scrven. Tho last Of these young
men was very nearly On an equality with Mur-
ply, and it Was hard matter to decide between
them.
The following written questions were handed
to the candidates, and each one wrote down his
replies separately, not being lnterfered with or
disturbed By The presence OF othsts:
History-Causes Of tho American Revolution early
settlement Of the country, by what nations and where
nuade events Of l776 principal events Of Mad1son's
Administration; Hu1l's surrender and Perrys victory
battle Of Now oreans; nulliaeaton causes Of seess.
length of service Of each what States seeded +
Geogrdphy-Draw map Of Illinois, locating ten
American mountain chains European countries and
their Ecapi as nnme and locate the British posBcs-
eions nanin five large Asau Evers, and one city On
each.
dr1shm<tc-These exercises oonsisted in simple nddi
dition and division, multiplication etc, involving dect-
aa and fractions et fractions to least com
and to dnd the difference between t"o-n1fda OF a1on
and st1 times three quarters Of All ounce ~.
Grumn1or-neadtng, analysis, and pots1ng OF 1no
bugle's wild and warlike blast, " ETC.
Some OF tho answers to these questions arc
rather queer, especially the historical ones
Nearly all did decently III arithmetic, and fairly
in geography, except that there Was much con-
fusion IS to the Capital Of Italy, one saying
Florence, nnother Naples, another Rome, and
another all three. Christians figured as the
Capital Of Norway, and Cork as that OF Ireland.
It VAS also stated that the White Noun
ta;ns formed part OF the Ai!eehanles'
few answering it at all, and but one correctly.
Oneindividual declared thatitc came nbout because
Congress passed q law declaring that no state
had right to socede, while the Southern states
hold they had. These laws were called Il, the
ttAlien and Secession laws. According TO the
same individual, these laws, the Missouri Com
prirniso. and tho Fugitive Slavery laws, which
tho South declared null and void, we're the prin-
cipal causes Of secession. According to another.
secession arose from slavery, and the John
because part wished to have slaves, and the
other part Of the United States did not wish
them. The Confederacy claimed thnt each State
had the right to do as it wished. This lod TO
REBELLION" Another said the South wanted a
President as we'll as the North, and hence tho
split Very few Of them, and the youngest
was Is, seemed to have clear idea on the sub
tect. Ono Of them stated that the principal
event Of Madisons Administration was the war
with Mexico. They all agreed that the Pilgrim
IT, T. urH ft,o+ ph0nk thu