Year: 1870

L


| the Examinations.


| WEST POINT, June 3, 1870.
| everything has worn the appearance OF Sunday
at tue hotels hereabouts to-day ana II the sections
had only seen Gt to help In the deusion by ringing
| the church bells In the neghborhood It Is quite
] likely that even the cadets who welcome the Sab.
| ba'h with grateful hearts, on purely religious
| grounds, would have put on their side arms and
awaited the buge call TO meetng long be ore nine
O'Clock this morning. It may aot be generally
khownout 1t Is fact nevertheless, that Sunday only
comes once week ut West Point like almost other
places. but 1t Is known that the day after q hon
In this region always looks very much like Sunday,
| throwing out OF view sermons and rltuast!c SER
vices, and all that sort OF thing. To be sure the
cadets drill all the same and get examined oil the
same the day after hop, but then the guests at the
hotels are the life OF the place when the cadets are
not allowed full swing; and when they are not riding
about and dling about and the pazzas are deserted
the sight Is not OF the most cheering kind. Now WIN
a hop should have such on effect Is more than can
Imagine.


"APrER THE BALL"


The one which took place last night was right
jolly one, and everybody who took part In 1t looked
fresh ana steady up to mdnght but 1t is more than
possible that there is something in the air which
affects people after ball in these mountains more
than at any other tme ana particularly after ball
which Is cnlivened by banquet where champagne
flows in liquid abundance. Indeed. there can be no
doubt about It, for when the colored walters, all
decked out In their ninety mines, with their white
vests and unpleasanty suggestive standing
collars setting OH their complexion to the most radi-
cal advantage, strutted into the dining room this
morning they found one to bow to- not even one
OF the small boy guests, who made to go to bed
early ana get up with the sun for the sake Of a
lively appetite They are patient walters for
things to turn up are coiored walters,
and they had ample opportunity, | must con-
cede, to test their prominent virtue fullest
extent this morning. 1t was In vain that the
dining room doors were thrown invitingly opea
and that the head and front OF the walters walked to
and fro and tugged al the tabecoth to get the
wrinkles out OF it every time he passed IT. guest
| put In an appearance. 1t was provoking and he
knew IL; but what could he dor The clerks occa-
sionally left their desks and poked their heads into
the doors. but they quickly pulled them out again on
seeing the state Of the tables and the state OF the
walters. What could be doneY Hadn't every bell
| boy in the house nearly knocked every room door
| down In vain attempts to


| WAKE UP THE sLEEPERS


] within, and hadn't bakers dozen of New Workers.
who had LETT positive orders onretring to be shaken
| up at five O'Clock, persisted In snOozng until the
|
Of any lifted into good society by the fifteenth
| amendments or course 1t was. The head waiter
| said 1t was, the cook swore it was and The night
! watchman who hadn't gone TO bed yet knew 1t was
somebody had evidently been to blame the night
| before. 1t could not possibly have been Thar any.
body lhad overdone hts part OF the cham.
payne business at the banquet. Every


"banquet hall deserted Indignantly repeiied such
thought, and when finally the guests did make
! their way 70 the dining room 1t was evident tnat
| they were as gOCQ men anu true should be-steady
as judges and with not the slightest sign OF big
they too came down as lanntiy as ever in ali the
glory OF beautiful morning dresses. when they had


had smile for everybody. And iN whes 'hes
himself by edible proofs ss that Sl't his break M


fast had not been missed by any fault Oh his part


the head waiter SAID and the other waters said and
the cook ana the night wa lehman said that the hop
the night before could have had nothing to do with
the way things had gone on, and that there certainly
must have been something IN the morning air more
narcotic than Sual that could have made the guests
so far forget themselves as TO believe that there was
dinner time


l. THE LAST OFFICIAL VISITOR


BY some extraordinary clrcum stance other not
yet made public either In special or gcnera order
all the Board Of Visitors have turned up win the eX-
mes To- gs GS ne
| OF his presence IN an official form. Mr. Ithamar
Sloan managed to get here last night in time for the


ing 1t. And If he appreciates free board 1t lucky
that he discovered his mistake when he dI'. Ii he hat,


remained at the fashionable hotel where he first


put up, and had not found out his mistake until the
examination came 10 an end he would no doubt


have been as'ouned at the presentation or bill Of
damages for board ana lodging; for, be it known,


the military hote Oh the post Is Obliged to give the
ments expense. so the Importance OF an Official
visitor finding out all about West Point-what
scrapes he can get into and what scrapes he can gst
out OF by being properly postel-is thing when can


be counted IN dollars and cents THIS importance


should be well understood by individuals who have
In vau ut
are to come, and then 1t may never happen again
that gentleman from any state, by the grace o. inc
President summer visitor at the Academy, will yet
into any quarters that Uncle Sam don't rule over.
| THAT CONGRESS ssIoNAL CoMMrrrEE.


The committee OF Congress;ncn which, In accord


ance with the suggestion OF the HERALD last June,
were appointed to visit the Acaiemy. have
OF Washington rom their snoes preparatory
to coming here. Who the two Senators who


hereabouts and it must be confessed that the know.
ledge that Sclenck, Logan and Slocum the three


members OF tne lowe hoae who are to be OF the "a
this ms tuition. Slocum Is graduate OF the Acade


my and very strong yo;ate OF Us every clam To
BY The redoubtable Logan, who, ring
| war, believes he fou id out q great


deal that is bad In 1t which had Tor its origin ana


West Point. Schenek Is rather doubtful and the


friends OF the Academy hope tnat he viii side with


s!ocum In opposition to anything that Logan may


Institution on the army; but everything aAou, the
matter is Just now mere conjecture, and nobo can


Tell with any degree OF Ger ainty what the
committee VIII do. The mere fact That hat il


may or may net do has become a sub


ect matter of discussion would imply thai


it Is to come here with every members mind made


up at the start which Il rather or place. to say


the least There is one thing about ths comma Gtec.


however, which should be said. anu that Is that ii


WIN IND plenty OF WORK to do when n does come II


IL comes to work. No matter how the stanchest
friends OF West Point may extol It's virtues TO the


skies, which concede are many no one wht


knows anything about It can assert that there
| is not great dea! in the institution tna
! needs correcting II may be u garden o.


sweet smelling mowers, where TO all outward
| appearances everything blooms with hness and