New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-09-19
FREMONT At HOME.
DESCRIPTION OF A CALL UPON HIM AT
HIS HOUSE.

Correspondence of The Boston Christian Freeman.
NEw-YoRK, "Wednesday, July 70, 1855.
This forenoon started out, under hot sun, to fhhn
an engagement which made yesterday. At just u
O'Clock m. rang the bell at the door of No. 30 Ninth
street. As stood there waiting for an answer 10 my
summons nstinctvey cast my eyes up 10 see wnefe
the balcony had been broken for not many evenings
since there crash there somewhere while quite
precious load was upon it. But could see nothingf
the hands Of the arthcer having made all right. nso
inst seen that there nothing to be seen, when no
door was opened handed my card to the attendant
and was conducted to the front parlor on the second
floor where left alone some ten or fifteen min
utes The apartment furnished in a style OF sim
ple luxuriousness everything there being made either
for comfort or use. Upon the walls were some valua.
Die paintings, and among tho" fine portrait Of "Od
Bullion" Also characteristic likeness of the iron
stat. sman of South Carolina, Calhoun. Many books
were there, some of them much read; and could not
but notice that these latter works of noble merf
mostly scientific, historical and records OF mporta.e
ravels The best poets there, and had certainly
been often thumbed.
At length the attendant called upon me- and desired
me to follow ", him In a., quiet $ snd sRsr
was not prepared to meet such man. None Of tho
published prints of him which had did him Justice.
Yet knew that l held Col. join CHARLES FREnoSr
by the hand.
had expected to see stoubuilt fl-featured, dark
sharp-ey ed man, with the air Of rough-andtum
life fresh upon him. l was looking for an eye that
should pierce me through and make me feel anywhere
but at home. In short all prepared to keep cool
and wear an outward show Of ease. But mark:
met man rather below the medium size, a. far -
mere build is concerned, with mud modest e1PresSon
Of eountenance; q deep, meaning eye, but beeming
with intellectual light; q brow nobly formed, thougn
halfhidden by the dark, curling hair, which parts IN
the center and floats away on either side; bod
aquilne nOse with those hnelycurved nostrls when
mark the fearless frIn-sOuled mani lips rather thin and
not at all hidden by the graceful mustache; proln
nent chin for character, though in perfect keeping win
the rest of the feature. never saw masculine lace
with so much bodness Of outline and hess Of the animal
There is hardly animal feature discernble IL al
MAs-true, pure, and noble. His feelings speak out
plainly ia his face especially in bis eyes and lips and
the varying shades of his c0untenance betay at onco
the man who is not used to concealmcnt or prevarca-
Al ft the visitor hardly willing 10 believe that tho
lightly built before him is the Alexander Of Cali
E,Yp a-tle Vespucius of the Rocky Mountains; but
when we note that frmDess Of muscle-that hno
knitting of framethat superabundance OF nerve and
neatly arranged muscle--we are no longer at fault.
had not speken with him full minute before felt
a. perfectly at home as though had been with me-
Der OF my own family. His saintation was frank ano
manly free from all study and bore upon its tone
genial welcome. wondered, ere l was introduced,
my costume was au tan, or CONNIE ~ Jasf, Tor Knew
that soue of our plain (l) Republican gentry, when
called upon to serve the public, were very pnneseioeo
in this respect and is not TO DO wondered at that Gro
left the drawng-room gave one last HOOK inso soe
mirror, to be assured that all was right. Bat
when I found the Colonel, thanked my star thes
had studied my own comfort In my costume.
His own dress consisted of pair Of thin penss
without suspenders, no vest, anu - oWnnso' 1872
brown-nen sack. And so be received his gueS,CSs
Why, tell you, he 10 perfect man. just - ~ ~
made him, without foreign airs 6xings OF soy so.
or kind. He is Republican TO the backoons -, ~ To-
NAV rest assured that he has q" 1e ~, n $3.50
None of your stiff ones that can't benz IN ;, 1900
nor none of your ndiarubber enes Ina. s,sol a.
,I,na~hut 4 Il one Of yoar finely tempero9 ssse' ~,
.ns ~, h.nds beneath no ordinary welgnt, ana
luss, od ~ Lse it's noble uprighfness IN CONVEX.
seser % 4. 80 sssy and pleasing; with language ss
s,..d 90 c.xe, bis thoughtsi asPnt OF ma goc9nA-
.. nn,fnsnt with just hre enough u tnose oecP
sa, arsS to show thatth eea ourn rssnsT wsny
were wondrous fund Of sound, practical sense:
Posess generating; reading motives easily, and de-
r, h;s copcusons with more than ordinary aocur
oue.'s He presents ONE Of those peculiar moral con-
which SOCK good in everything; ger roady
=, oTnsp good advice; seeking cOunssl fuo ooss qua.
1ed 70 rive Il; never setting upon preccnceived pie!
When h is showns better; but NO more to b turneo
from what he tsors to be right than bis own ROCKY
Mountains can be turned into the Pscife.
have seen just enough Of John Charles fremoes ~
assuYe me that no mortal power can swcsye nun -
the path Of duty, and thsf man knows M auty -
ter Why biz whole life . one living yivloy
proof Of this Where Il the man who has i,cce 49,
oaenerin the path Of duty than bel Where sne -
Who ~ sacrced more Of personal comfort 70 inc ~
VI his country than he Surely the man cennS
found Amid the pride, PomP ana S 9: T@ III =
xiUrious war many men vail Stake uen nv -
\ shsl 6nd few very few who VII BODY ~ 49,
| thcusand deaths which stare rpoe akPocSv Nom
tie eternal SHOWS and wild savsges OF se0 - cnroin
!sns sao ns n, s.on and Chri4isnty % the vsss
! regions beyond. Eremoaf' "ss''0 W.