The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-06-05

The history OF this young man is high.
ly interesting. A few ysss ago he Was
a lieutenant IN The army. attached 10 the
corps Of rapographical engineers. Ills
business called him much To Washing.
ton. where he became acquainted viih
the second daughter Of Ilnn. The~. HI.
Benton. Young, v,vacious. and amir
iions. this STRIPPING in epaulelsrs had the
iemerily 10 ask The young lady's hand in
marriage. understanding he knew lhose
murh higher in authority had solicited The
same in valn. Miss Benton readily COM
scented. so far as she was concerned. but
iniimaisJ l,sl she had father who had
manifested some degree Of interest in her
welfare. and might want To he consulted
in the matter. She laid lI,e proposal
before The old genllemsn. He objected
TO the proposition in TITO. Ills dauRh-
ier. educated Tor Prince, was not going
TO marry Corporal" Fremont was for
hidden TO enler his domicil. and Miss
Benton was put under guard. "0ld
Tom" had over-acied The matter. tic
did moi then know the young lieutenant.
His daughter, too, took that occasion to
10 show her Benton, and as 81 Old Tom"
had stuck 10 the "Expunging Resolu-
IONS" she was bound 10 stick 10 her
Young lover a. ainst lhr world. The next
the anxious father heard Of his once de-
voted daughter, she had escaped her keep
ers. and in private parl"r a, tiadsby's
Hotel, was inlrichanging vows befre a
magistrate with the young lieutenant.
Al firs, the old man raved. but soon
was made acquainted with the metal Of
his O. in lava reconciliation took
place, and in oil Tom, Fremont has not
only had friend, but an admlrer ever
since.
His travels, researches, scientiGcexpl0-
raiions, and feals Of valor and suffering IN
the Far West, are events known 10 the
world. and we may say are without a
parallel.
HIS collision with Kearny, in Califor-
mia, brought him before the country in
new light. He was accused Of disobey-
ing the commands Of his superior, and
Technically so convicted on trial, by a
ur..mariisl demanded by himself. But
the country acquitted him. and although
repri-nanded by the President. he was ap-
plauded by the people. We We're present
al the trial in Washington. and saw him
confront the witnesses for The Goyern.
mrn,. in The most frank and gallant style.
Old Tom ga, by him as counsel, and so
li,ary and alone" he encountered The craft
OF Kearny and the coniurnely Of naval
and military court prejud,' ed against The
aspiring young Lieutenant then luxurlan,
with the rank Of Colonel. Dismissed
from the army, he scorned To be relnsialed.
but he recommended his explorations ON
his own account. lie raised a company
Of men and started for Calif,inla by a
new r,ule, with Kit Carson the famous
cid guide at their head. Ten of his men
he lost in the mountains, by beng nbed-
ded in snow and literally starving and
freezing to dealh. With the remnant he
reached San Francisco. and has been
spending the summer in the mines. In
the meantime Commission reaches him
s,perre,ling Col. Weller as Boundary
Commissioner under the late treaty with
Mexico. This he declines. and the mex,
we hear Of hun, he is elected United
States Senator from the new State Of Ca
-ifornia, and is now quietly awaiting the
admission of his State. to take his seat
among the "grave and reverend" Sena
tors Of the Union.
ur. Ftemon, will be tie Youngest mem
her af the Senate, his age heliQ less Than
fany.a With the exception oi Gen. Hous-
ton. no one in .ha, body can boas. Of 50
esenael alife.