Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-07-22
How Fremont Ran eff with OLD Bull
ions Daughter
"cc IT JESSIE.

.,-cc IT JESSIE.
i Col. Tom Bentoa Is a great man, sir
he always has been a great naa since
he has been any man at all. He was a
great man, and a Senator from " .ssouri
with a house al Washington, when John
t. Fremont was a poor dfaughtsuaa and
maplst. Fremont would not have dared
TO propose to Col. Benton 20 run away with
him. Such thing would not have o;-
CURED TO hun. for ne regarded C1l. Ben
ton with becoming ave. But Coz. Bantno
had daughter, sweet and amiable girl
OF whom young Fremont was not at all in
awe. He had passed many an evening
IN her company, and the oftener he saw
her the oftener he wished 10 see her
Love overcame timidity, uatl one day he
found himself, hat In hand. with heated
breath, IN the presence of the great Ton
Benton, asking him for his tiaughter-
But Tom Benton Would not do r. He
was Inexorable. and he refused to do what
IN few days afterwards he was ready 10
do Tom refusedto . give him Jessie. -
| lie also forbade Fremont the house; lu;
that the draughtsman cared little for, be-
cause II was not the house he wanted
FInding all persuasion useless, the young
couple determined to be married clanles-
timely, and SO they set about the preEm;-
naries. They foual the Protestant cler
gy over-awed by the awful dignity of Col
Benton, and afraid to act, but they foun
Catholic priest who stood in M saeh
fea; and the knot was tied Just before
the decisive step was taken. and while
her last step fingered unon the paternal
threshold, the sweet dlughter's heart
yearned for the mother. who she was thus
abruptly leaving. perhaps forever, and
she hung her head and sobbed; the car
rage door stool open, the horses IRA lced,
another moment and all might have been
lost. $50 it Jessie" was the word from
the bridegroom, the bound was made from
Benton 10 Fremout, Ga great leap at that
time the horses tore the pavement in
their fight; the night wore on;
:. They'll have feet s.eeds w,Io follow"
thou yht the young draughtsman, as hs
arm encircl1d Jessie, and h. looked at
that N o. under which 50 many strange
things have uaaspired. Col. Benton
wax ID in the morning, descended 10 the
breakfast table, but found no Jessie. Her
room was expired, hul no j Jossie was
found and her bed had not even been oc-
cupied. Then was the great C5l. IN a
great rage, sir! Ii frosned aad foamed
and rodred and ranted perhaps be swo9e.
IL promised he'd give the rascal cow
hidlng-ae'd give ann SIX years III the
Pelllenliary-ne'd give hun Y ou
had better give him JESSIE was the qui-
{ h,
was above half right.
Oae OF the grossa accusations broagl ii
against Col. Fremont is the running away
with Tom. Benton's daughter; Yet, after
ali, there is mu;h to be said in extenus-
tioa. lie admired the family, and felt
that he must have a IN smber o. 1t. To
have run away with the Old lady would
have created great scandal; and 10 run
away with the Col himself was out O. the
question-he took the only one of the
trinily he could get,
Old Cardinal R.Chclieu slid TO Louis
Kill, when that monarch fell in love with
Julia De Mortimer, niece OF the Cardinal,
g II yoa must love somebody, Sire, love
Iaer' Benton was sill more ulreasoaa-
ble-ae shut his doors against Fremont,
IOs DdIt MN ~ tOfc z d-lf u tilt Idtiit-
ly. WHAT could he do thea bu; what h
did
Etery p7o-sIavery newspaper from "5l
40 or fight" down to 3 -, parad s BE-
fore its readers the damning fact, tha
Fremont had the auIa :ity 10 run away
with Col Benton's daughter in order to
be married 10 her. Tlat he told her to
g Go it Jessie at the very nom mt of bef
departure This fact is mentioned with
an air of decisiveness, as If ne had run
away with Col. B4n,on's poek4t-book OF
favorite race-ho-sa. La this cou1try, So
ciety, the laws, and public opinion, ali
make broad distinction, aud 50 i stands
il respect 70 al their tribunals, that CD.
Fremont is neither more nor less fit to be
President of the UnIted States upol tha,
account; and his wife is neither note noT
less fit TO dispense the hospitalities OF the
Executive mansion. He will not receive
a vote less because OF the fact, which is
Of such uachallengsd notoriety that denial
is useless.
TTE@ In some OF the counties in Os.o
Carroll for ins:aace-the red waevji
has eaten up the wheat crop. L tire ii Ids
are consumed and instead OF a wheat Il