Litchfield enquirer., 1846-03-05
CAPT. FREMONT.

Perhaps no man of his age, in any coun.
try, has gone through such an amount Of
labor and exert,on Of body and mind as
Capt. Fremont. From the age Of 20 the
canopy of heaven has been his COW
ering, the mountains and tho plains, the
lakes and rivers, from the Atlantic to 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 sci.
entific explorations, and geography, bot
any, geology, astronomy, meteOrology.
receive each as much attention from him
If each had been his sole pursuit. The
fruits Of all these researches are record.
cd in journals daily written in the field.
Materials for maps and drawings are
daily collected few months Of Office
labor prepare all for publication and
without waiting TO see any thing publish
cd, the impatient gentleman immediate.
~ sets Oft upon new expeditions.
Mathematics are the fayorite study Of
Capt. Fremont-botany his fav0rite rec.
reation but all the sister sciences come
in for share Of attention, and the Ian.
guages, both ancient and modern, are
not neglected. Greek and Latte came
with his school education. French and
Spanish have been adoped German ID
in course Of acquisition and his whole
life 10 divided between field labors and
literary studies. But hisiife 10 pattern,
and his success m encouragement to all
the noble. minded young men of Ameri.
ca, who, despising life Of sioth and
case, aspire TO distinction by their own
~no - avaPksnna.
MouMr HEcLA.-The latest adviccs
from Iceland, state that the eruption of
Mount Hecla continued with great vio-
lenre. The lava run fsosn the Southwest
crater in q large stream, and had already
covered o space of three miles, and
heaped up = mass in plain ut the foot
Of the m puntain. thirty or forty Gu.
bits in height. No farms had yet been
destroyed by the lava, but tina ashes
which had falten into the meadows had
already exercised mest pernicious effects
upon the CATTLE especially the COWS. In
some districts many have perished.
much uneasiness 10 felt at the duration
If the eruptions, at the lava, when it re-
ceives fresh supplies, always approaches
nearer the cultivated lands.
MELANCHOLY DEArH.-The late Eng.
lish papers brought inteliingenco IT the
death of the Rev. John Neville White,
a clergyman. of the Established Church
and brother Of the poet Henry Kirk
White. The reverend gentleman, who
had for some months been suffering from
defective vision, and when walking
upon his grounds. it il supposed that he
stumbled against tree. tell into the
pond and was drowned. He was great
" beloved IN his parish.
Mrs. Miles, a French lady, wife Of
DR.. Niles Of Massachusetts. and mother
in law to the French author. Eugene
Sue, il at presen, in Washington. She
has twn daughters-iwins, young and
pleasant girls, OF mnst amiable charac.
iers, and resembling each Other in aps
pearance most remarkably. Thesegirls
are the originals frOn which Sue drew
his celebrated chi.gacters. Rose md
Blanche, in the wandering Jew. This
circumstance renders these little girls,
scarcely twelve years old. objects Of
great observation-disclosures Of the
DedhGm [Mass.l Dem.
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sMEs- Miles Is . native of Baltimore, and I
daughter Of Mt. Milhau. planter Of 81. D0.
mingn. who took refuge in this country at tht
time Of the insurrection on that Island. Sht
is also sister Of Captain Lsuis Milhan, Of Balti
more.