The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-01-29

Mississippi. and was engaged two years
IN that remote ngi0n. in aiding tlai emf
neni sasan IN collesiing the materials, Fe-
rifying he facts, and insiiiuiing the seven
~ thousand meteorological observations.
upon which The great photographic and
topographic map Of Nieoleii and Fremont
was constructed, and from which . ma
ny publishers Of maps have levied con-
lribulions' without acknowledging The
source from which they came. In 1872,
Lieut.. Fremont firsl became commander
OF q separate expedition, and explored The
country between he Mississippi river and
the Rocky Mountains, 10 the South Pass
and Fremont's Peak and the brief, mo-
dest, military, and scientific report which
he made of this exploration, Immediately
made his name known in Europe and
America as one Of the distinguished ex-
plorers of The age. In 1924 he went
upon his great expedition 10 Oregon and
North California; The report Of which,
published by order Of Congress, is now
attracting universal attention. In Is45,
he has gone upon his third expedition,
determined upon complete military and
scientific exploration Of all the vast and
almost unknown regions between the
Rocky mountains and the Pacific ocean,
and between the Oregon river and the
Gulf Of California. This expedition is
lexpecied to continue near two years, and
lis successful result is looked 10 with the
highest degree Of interest by all the friends
of science in America and in Europe.
Perhaps no man of his age, in any
country, has gone through such an amount
of labor and exertion Of body and mind
as Captain Fremont. From the age Of
twenty the canopy of heaven has been
his covering! the mountains and plains,
the lakes and rivers, from the Atlantic 10
the Pacific, from the gulf of Mexico TO
the head Of the Mississippi, have been
! his home His military reconnaissance
in which he was engaged, became also
scientific explanations; and geography,
/, botany, geology, astronomy, meteorology,
: receive each as much attention from him
: as il each had been his sole pursuit. The
a fruits of all these researches are recorded
b in journals daily written in the field. Ma
= terials for maps and drawings are daily
\ collected; a few months of office labor
i, prepares all for publication; and without
. waiting to see any thing published, the
o impatient gentleman Immediately sets of
upon new expeditions. $500
Mathematics are the favorite study Of
Captain Fremont, botany his favorite re-
creation; but all the sister sciences come
!, in for share of his attention, and the lam
Y guages, both ancient and modern, are not
= neglected. Greek and Latin came with
u his school education. French and Span
Iish have been added, German is in a
course of acquisition; and his whole life
. is divided between field labors and litera-
!, nv studies. His life is pattern, and his
y success an encouragement, to all the no
~ bic minded young men Of America who,
q despising life Of sloth and ease, aspire
- to honorable distinction by their own me-
= :. ritorious exertions. He is married to a
a = daughter of Senator Benton, but looks to
- his own exertions, not 10 senatorial III
u fuence, for Advancement and promotion.
n n His widowed mother lives TO see the fame
= u and to receive the support of son, left an
p orphan at four years Of age, and beginning
n at seventeen to provide for himself, fol
~ u, her, and younger brother and sister.
Nv Capt. Fremont is light and slender ii
~ his person, youthful in appearance as vel
u as in fact, delicate in his features, ant
q wholly different from what would be look.
=. ed for in the leader of such extended and
~ adventurous expeditions. Mr.. Wilkins
II, ~ the Secretary Of War, could hardly be-
" lieve his own eyes when in the fall o
= 1914, a modest looking youth, almost fe
10 minnie in the delicacy of his person ant
30 features, appeared before him, and report
u ed himself as Lieutenant Fremont, jus
. returned from the expedition to Oregon
:. and North California. To see the lead
nc err of such an expedition, IN the person o
,o such STRIPPING, was a surprise from which
y, ~ the honorable Secretary could not reco
- yer himself, until after repeated interro
4 gatories. A. Il. U.
q :" Washington, Nov. 90, ls45.