Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-01-23
A Silver Wedding.

the Graces, only that there were more
than three.
Among the guests were Col. and
Mrs. Fremont. Election day was past,
and his rival was probably chosen Pre-
sidcnt of the United States, but Col
Fremont was as cheerful and undist
turbcd as if he had not been the objec.
of a nations hope and disappointment.
And, verify, except for the temporary
6cieat of the cause which he loves, why
should he be otherwise? The Presi-
dency is nothing to him in n pecunlary
point of view for fame, he has alrea-
DIV that which is world wide; and for
honor, have not the noblest and best
of the land given him their suffrages :
There is something wonderful about
this man, so gentle and yet so bold ;
so sympathetic and yet Sc persistent
and determined in effort; SO retiring
and yet so valiant and commanding.
Taking up his life recently. for the first
time, | was surprised and delighted to
find that to his knowledge and genius
for scientific attainments he adds the
graces of poetic composition. 1t is
pleasant to know that when in his class
at school, he read the account OF the
battle of Marathon, his soul was so
stirred by the story of this conflict of
freedom and valor with oppression,
that he wrote poem upon 1T for
Charleston paper.
The child is father to the man.
He has shown his greatness in the
way he has borne the excitemens of
this campaign. Deeply moved, he
must have been, but it was for the prin-
ciples at stake, and not for personsl
aims. Speaking of the election, just
before it occurred, he said /: whether
defeated or not, it is a glorious thing
to have been borne upon such wave
of goodness A gentleman who knows
him intimately, told me that he went
into his Office few weeks since, and
seeing upon the table paper covered
with figures. he inquired what 1T was.
oh was the reply, 1T Is calculation
that have just finished, based upon
some astronomical observations made
when beyond the Rocky Mountains,
during nay last expedition
l think I shall not transcend the
limits of propriety if speak of Mrs
Fremont, for Jessie is now a house,
hold word, and every one who has not
seen her wishes to know more of her.
Some one prettily said of the wife of
Dickens that she was IA woman worthy
to count her hours by Master Hum
phrey's Clock The most comprehen-
sive thing which can be said of Mrs.
Fremont is, that she is woman wor-
thy to be the wife of her husband. She
IS noble and elegant in person, and be-
trays the refined lady in every word
and action. There is nothing strained
or sentimental about her, but rather a
dertain gcnuineness and republican
trankness, which become her well. She
looks the whole souled women, full of
intelligent sympathy for the good and
true She converses charmingly, and
and knows that wide knowledge of our
country's political history, which the
daughter of Col. Benton should. Does
any one enquire, Pray how was she
dressed = She wore silk dress Of a
deep violet color with lace mantle
thrown gracefully over her shoulders,
and a bunch of vio!ets in her bosom,--
You would say if you saw her. 'Ah,
she would grace the White House.
CHANGING to wear rose bud which she
admired, at the close of the evening
she gave me in exchange for it some of
fhe violets from her own bouquet, say
ing, as she placed them in my hand,
'You know the violet is the Bonaparte
emblem. The Empress wears them
but a violet with diamond in its CEN
tre is not like these with tae perfume
in thor hearts, l believe this little
remark, indicating her love for the ma
tural and the true, is a key to her char
acter. But the Silver Wedding of
which | meant to speak, has become a
political one, and politics at wedding
is, | suppose only less objec c'ionable
than politics in the pulpit. Not being