Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-07-01

ded, and q noble, digni6ed bearing which
would command observation and respec,
among the most distinguished assemblages
ol his iellow.ciIizens.- IN Y. Tribune.
n ..,. oY Col. Fremont. WI aJ
JOHN C.. FREMONT, whom the Peoples
Convention al Philadelphia have selected 10
head the grand exploring expedition in
search Of the lost and almos. forgotten land
marks Of the Constitution. is sill a young
man. His father, who died when he was q
child, was Frenchman, and his mother
Virginian. He was born at Savannah on
the els, Of January, 1918, and educated a,
Charleston, Sot,h Carolina, where his moth.
Ell; Left widow with three children, had
taken Up her residence. The circumslan.
ces Of the family were exceedingly narrow
and the childhood Of Fremont was sur.
re unded by priva.ions and difficulties which
with powerful nature like his naturally
tended 10 develop the heroic elemeuls Of his
character. .4 Lad lo. ao,
At Charleston, Fremont enjoyed the In.
sruc,ions Of Dr.. John Robertson, who. In
the preface to translation Of Zenophon's
Re,rea, Of ,be Ter Thousand, which he
published in 1850, records with pride the
remarkable proficiency Of his pupil. lp|
1898 he entered the junior class Of Charles.
ton College. After leaving which he EN-.
ploy cd himself for some time as aieacher Of
mathematics. In 1888 he obtained ,ha. pos.
on board he sloop.o .of.war Nalchez, which
had been sent 10 Charleston 10 pu, down the
nulliiiers a purpose similar 10 tho, for
which he is now hott,ina,ed fof Ptesi
dent) and on board OF her he made cruise
Of TWO yeats and half On his return he
adopted the profession Of surveyor and
railroad engineer. and was employed in thas
capacity under Captain Williams Of The
Typographical Engineers in the survey Of
route from Charleston 10 Cincinnati. When
this survey was suspended, he accompanied
Captain Williams in reconnaissance Of the
country then occupied by the Cherokees,
after which he joined NJ. Nico!e,, a dislin.
quished French sayan in the employaof The
4 United States, IL an exploring expedition
. over the North. Western prairies. he was
employed in this survey, in Y hich he acted
as principal assistant; during The years 1888
and 1899, and while absent upon il was ap.
pointed Second Lieulenan. in the Corps Of
: Typographical Engineers. While reducing
the materials OF this survey, and preparing
maps and report, he resided for some time
a, Washington, where he formed the ac'
9 quainlance Of the family OF Mr.. Benton
= resulting in his marriage, in l84f, 10 one o
. Mr.. Benlon's daughters.
\ Shortly a(ier-in May, 1849--he sIarleC
g on the frs, Of his three great exploring ex'
: pedi,ions. This expedition, which occupied
aboul five moE,hs, resulted in The explora
lion Of The famous South Pass across .h'
Rocky Mountains, and in the ascen. BY
at Fremon, and four Of his men Of The Wine
ID River peak, the highest SUNNI. Of ,h'
re- Rocky Mountain Chain. The report o
This exploration attracted great attention.
y both al home and abroad, as we'll Tor its un
pretending modesty as for the importance o
the IniortnalioR contained in il. This re
s. port was scarcely published when its au,ho
n, started on second expedition designed Y
le connect The discoveries Of the frs. one wit
as ihe surveys TO be made by Commodor
Of Wilkes OF The Exploring Expedition on III
~ Pacific Coast, and thus TO embracs q con
IN necled survey Of The almost unknown re
n. gions on both sides OF the Rocky Mountain.
he The party, including thrty.nne persons
he started from the village Of Kansas on tb
Ir. 29,h Of MAY, 1843, and were employed
le The exploration ill August OF the next yea
N |. was this exploration that FIRST lurnishe
In any accurate Information as 10 the Grei
ID Salt Lake, The great interior basin Of U,of
ol and The mountain range Of the Sierra NJ
Of vada, and frs. brough. 10 light, as /. wer'
9. the region now constituting the Territory {
u- Utah and the State Of California.
a, After preparing the report Of this exped
IN lion in the Spring Of l845, Fremont, now
on Captain, sci out on q third expedition dt
n. signed 10 make more particular survey {
ID the regions which he had previously yiaits'
,g Il was while engaged IN this expedition, an
,st before He had received any ik,iinaIoh I
,e. The commencement. Of the war win Mexict
af that. alter having himself been once ordere
he off by The authorities, he was induced b
to The enWeeties Of the American settlers
81. the valley Of The Sacramento, whom N
It's Mexicans ,hreatensd 10 drive ou, Of Ii
cd country, 10 put himself d, their head. Thl
4 led, they defeated the Mexicans. Fremol
he pu, himself into communication with III
ed naval commanders on the coast, and sool
m. In conjunction with Commodore Stockton
as oblained complete possession OF CaIiforni
he Of which, on the 24!h Of August, he WI
as appointed by Stockton Military Commal
Sc der. The fighting, however, was not y
lat over. The Californians rose in insurre
en- lion; bur the arrival Of G,n. Keatney vii
is, his dragons from New Mexico, enabled II
ih Americans, after some hard.fought battle
al TO maintain, themselves in possessions
70. Pending these operations, a commission a
10 rived for Fremon. as Lieut.. .Coionel--a pr
Die motion which neither he nor his friends h,
an solici,ed. ,hus which he gladly received as
nd raIifcalion on the part Of The GoveTnme
he OF hisin,ersen,ion. on his ewn responsible
He ily, in',he affairs Of California. ''os
on From tho moment Of Keatney's arrival
9c' dispute had sprung Up between him al
I'd. j Commodore StocLton Ah tr.the chiaE chr