The sun., 1880-08-15

The
q whom we're from New York. Gouverneur
Morris Of the same State lacked mental capacity
Three Motts were admitted. but Gershom was
Henry Onion OF Massachusetts was surpassed
Maryland, N of four o'NeaiiS none proved Of
!, Fiv, oi eight Pamsrs went through. but n
George W, Palmer was sont ndrift as long ago
never q cadet. Two OF three Partridses. ali
from Vermont were strong OF wing. OF eight
Pallolsons live were useIess. Gen. Frgnk Pat
Peck ham two Virginia PendntoDs, a New Jpr-
sfar bennington, an AIabama Percy. kentucky
ginia Polmrds, five Pcnns ylvanin Porters three
named Andrew. New York Pratt an Ohio
Probasco. Marynnn purvIpnrr. and n yIr.
while South Carolinl. P"ti.:fu. a iihnlo fsnni
Perry, two, Virginia P..grn,ns md y"rnnnt
the District OF ColMmbin entered tue instruction
Two graduated. The Pouas. four in number.
S.ns %ere q gradns,s ,S Among hs sX Prices stu
Of the great Confederate General from Missouri.
Edgar Allen Poe, author ot =" The Raven" was
among the failures from Virginia.
THE RANDoLPHs. sHEnMANs. AND sTocKToSs.
Three Rs91cifi from New York were buried
n between iSiL ana lS2l md they w"r" the only
Only two OF eight Rnndolphs distinguished
themselves. One was from Virginia, ana t6e
other from Rhode Island. Three OF tho six
failures we're from the, Old Dominion. and two
from Little Rhody. Three were uamed John.
Iwo SU haTllnsss i., were entered. Both were fail
Arkansas Rector. a South Carolina Rhett, a
Delaware Rodney. New York Root. a Te1a.
cardel. ltousscan went through. but no was
from Louisiana, and his name was not Lowell
OF Maryland, and three Of four Ringgo!ds "n rom
tho same State. including the lamentnd COM
mnDder OF flying artillery killed ut Palo Alto.
sons wers successtul. John G. Robinson Of New
Y9rs stGn,,as VIVA Esucked s Nl IN iso5
ate in Isi2 Two Of four SchencHs ] ok ) went Wen
through, but neither OF the four was a distin-
guished poker player A New York SCHUYLER.
again. and won commission. There were two
empty s!o ys SOULS vi from Arkansas; Jacob Sharp
celebrated Shelby family from Tennessee and
Kentucky. three in number. made total fail
pre. The Sherman family, also, three in num-
cess. Shields graduated. but 1t was not
james: New Jersey sitgreaves md a South;
SpraGue, two OF three Virginia Steptoes a New
YORK ~. John and three Suiferns. II Massachu-
ss,tts Story south Carolina sumtcr, and a
Maryland Swami took to the woods. or seven
Stocktons the only failure was from Maryland.
One only OF the seven was from New Jersey.
PAINFUL RECORDS OF THE F. F. VS. AND KNIcK-
ERBoCKERs.
Virginia is credited with six Taliaferros, nll
Of whom went under the fence Six OF nineteen
Taylors grad uated. but neither Zachary nor his
son Richard we're among the nineteen. The
name OF Alfred II, is not among the two Terrys
from Maryland were cadets, and only three got
commissions; Lloyd Tighlman. who surren-
New YORK wns two anSag NeW We YorE tEhFs" own
sends. South Carolina Trezevant. u Georgia
Trtppe; a NV yiy JERSEY Truck, two Virginia Tgr
Underwoods flew the track.
:, The old Knickerbocker aristocracy did not on
Van Antwerp n Van Buren,. Van de Vonter, aud
aJohn JAY Van schaaqk, all from New York,
were upset. A Van Bokkeln, two Van Burens.
selaer, n Van Vliet, Van Voast. and Wander
PIT. all from The the Empire State, came out with
al! from Rhode Island were graduates.
Diplomas. wash neton Hunt Walbridse Of
from the South, otthe fifteen who failed, twelve
we're admitted. Lewis was not among them,
Ihrss fenr,sa 9ny e., the nine Eraduaed Five
Only one was IRON the South. Five of the
nine ,piucked were from the same section.
The WarGer family. ilye In number, and al
But three OF thirteen Washingtons gained
honors The thirteen were from tho South and
ne u, ~, three graduates were from Virginia. Seven
Two were named George One WIS plucked
and the other feathered. The Watkins family,
seven in number. was totally drawn under Six
were from Maryland; Virginia and Tennessee.
and one from Massachusetts. Six of eight Web
sters were graduates. All were from the North,
and none from New Hampshire and Mnssnchu-
setts. Nine Wallnces were cadets. but there is
no Lewis on tho list. A John l.. Worden IS
among the failures from New YORK. but II was
not the celebrated commander Of the Monitor.
A Maryland weSms. New York Wheeler,
Wicklifres q New YORK Worth. two MaryIana MTsIa
Myses. q Tennessee Ynncey, and Pierce NJ.
Butler Young of Georgia sunk In silence
Nine OF thirteen Wheelers. gained laures.
Eight Of tho n ne were from the North and ono
OF the four failures was from the South. Five
Of iiiteeen Whites were graduates. Four OF the
five were from the South. and six OF the ten
fniures were from the same section Of the
Union. FIVE, OF six whitings. were commits
stoned. and ali were from the North. One Wal
colt Of seven made score. or the six tall
ures. four were from Connecticut. Five Wood
rnffs. all from the North. and thirteen OF twenty
Wrghts made clean score. or the thirteen
four were from the South. The seven failures
included three from Maryland and one from
Virginia. The following table gives the stand
ing OF q few families: