The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-05-01
DIFFERENT DEsTINIEs OF TWO BROTHERS.
&c. AND FRANK FREMONT

1t seems to he settled, now, that COL J..
&. Fremont is to be the Presidential candi-
date of the Black Rcluh!icans-thc most
dctcstablc set of politicians, not excepting
the party Of Robespierrc and Danton, in
the French Revolution. that the world ever
knew. For the atrocities of the era refer
red to, there was some very slight paliation
III the expressions Of previous systems and
"r''ngs inflicted Ivy the classes which were
SO horribly rcvcnged by the Parisian cut
throats. In the case of the American sans
culottes, the attempted revolution is soften
ell 10y no pretcnsc of injury to its aclols,
and Is against all the instincts OF our race
while it is demonstrated, 10y recent events
at tile North, that their ferocty is ms intense
and rs brua! us the annals of revolution
AIRY Paris can exhibit.
1t is this party that Col. Fremont now
leads and Col. Fremont is "a Southern
born man. Nay, he is Soulhcrn-born
man, whose present wealth and distinguish
ed position are fairly attributable to the
social influences Of the section upon which
he is hereafter to make war. Had he been
Il native OF New England, in all probability
he would ut this day have been stepped in
poverty and unknown to fame. If COL
Fremont WAS not born in Charleston, he
was carried there at very early age by
his mother, and lie certainly received there
the education which fitted him for suLse-
quent success and distinction. lie was the
protegc of the Ladies' Benevolent Society
Of Charleston, some members of which
found the family in great need and aided
them. Young J. G. Fremont WAS discov-
cred to have talent, and by the interest Of
these same ladies. became the beneficiary
of Il charity scholarship in Charleston Col
lege. He was graduated there, with dis
tinction, having shown (as we always heard,)
decided mathematical talent. Subsequently,
through the influence already mentioned
Slr. Poinsett was induced to get him an
appointment as teacher of mathematics,
on board national vessel; thence he was
transferred to tho corps of Typographical
Engineers-not very long afterwards mar
ried daughter of Hon. Thomas H. Benton,
and began his brilliant and rapid RISE
Every one knows bis subsequent his
tory.
Col. Fremont had brother, Frank, a
year or two younger, who went on the
stage very early. He was bluff looking,
hearty fellow, seeming very much more
like man destined to military leadership
than his brother. For some little time,
Frank made sensation and got TO he
! called the " Charleston Roscius"-but grad
ualIy came to he considered merely toier-
able stock actor. After he had been on
the stage some years, he married-in New
York, as well as we recollect. Somewhere
about 1889, while playing an engage
ment in Buffalo, (New York; he got into
an abolition riot Of some kind, and, while
fighting gallantly for Southern principles,
received a heavy blow on his head which
affected his brain. From this he never re.
covered-the injury finally settled upon
his lungs and he died Of consumption
He continued to play, wa believe, UP. to q
few days before his death, which we think
occurred in Columbus, Ga, in 1889. At
any rate, the writer Of this found him there
with come little trouble, as be was playing
under an assumed name,) having been
charged with message to him by his