Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-16

I Council with The General-What
Sort OF Woman She Is
! tPrUu til CTneiuniti GAIstte.l
There Is one individnsl, hoseTer, IN this
camp whom neither rain nor mud, nor cold
NOR heat, can suppress, aud that Is the ir-
wsded out TO Camp Lille, in this iIl-faTOr-
+, ed state Of the weather, WIthOut expecting
{ any news, bat By way OF escaping the
dreary monotouy of the town. IL was
I such = day as Arabella Sophia would have
chosen 70 reeIine dreAmIly upon the lounge
ibefoFe the cheerful ere, and pour over the
dagger and pistol illustrated pages OF the
t.most thrilling novel OF the ages" orsas
Flora Augusta would have thought it ter
/ Fible 10 90 out in, and certain TO give her
/ her death Of cold.
1 But Jessie Benton Fremont IS not made
/ of sueh stuff. In fact, H0ld Bullion"
didn't allow such tender plants to grow up
I 10 his house. He believed in women hay
; ing constitutions. and he made her a Prae-
teal illustration of his doctrine
II had been looking for her, should
J have gene 70 her quarters some distance
up on the hill, expecting to find her COM
4 fortabIy housed for the day. But as
/ stopped before FIRE in front of the Gene
rails tent, who should see hut the ineTi-
table "JessieH inside, seated ~ a table OPP
! p IsiLe her husband, and in earnest consul-
I tation over the affairs of the "Western
Division" while by her side sat her daugh-
ter, Miss Lille p, patient and attentive
listener.
Amer little, the business in hand hav-
! ing been disposed OF, they both came out,
and while the latter went into an adjoining
tent 10 warm herself by y little army stove,
the former cameup TO our Gre, and entered
into conversation with the company as
| freely and familiarly as if she knew every
one of as. Pretty soon she espied Frank
1 Leslie's artist sitting onsA stump a little
way up, with pencil aud paper in hand,
taking sketch of the camp. Forthwith
she posted mp there and instituted an e1-
animation into bis work. and gossipped
| with him IS she peeTed over bis sholders,
until another shower drove her into the
tent where Miss F. had taken refuge, and
where she invited rs aud proceeded 10 ex-
| patiate upon everything her visitors had
mind TO talk about, winding up with send
! ing for some Refreshments, including bot
tie or Missouri Catawba, a box Of which
somebody had presented her. -.
This incidental Interview gave me an
opportunity of forming more reliable and
definite impression concerning her. which,
At the risk of being thought little Jenk-
4
readers of the Gazette, to many of whom
"Jes>ie" was an object of special interest
duriug The campaign of So and in the
tchanging fortunes of the day may turn
out TO be again. as remarked in my
last, she strikes one as rather masculine
in general appearance, but this first i'm
Il preston is very soon and entirely dissipa-
ted IN conversation with her. There IS
not classical feature about her, and yet
her face becomes interesting from the gen
tie, benevolent and pleasing expression
which it assumes in conversation. When
lighted up, it is full of sprightliness, vi
yacity, and intelligence. Her manner is
) soft, persuasive and insiuuating, and her
voice uucommo1ly musical. But her chief
outward attraction is her eyes, and
she knows how to use them. as most wo-
men do. said in my last thought they
were grey, bat in this was mistaken
, They are brown. Eyes so expressive of
every motion are rarely met with. They
lend a warmth and feryor to, aud adOrn
!, and illustrate, Whatever she says. Indeed
! the play of her eyes and features, the glow
of her rudy complexion, and the melody
of her VOICE, give the same effect to her
conversation that "variations" do to a
piece of music and all this despite her
} really being .splain" looking woman
has great tact and If-possession, is ready,
fluent, and unembarrassed in speech, and,
! without the least sacrifice of dignity, is
perfectly free from any sort of conTen-
tionulity. The extent of her knowledge
upon political and governmental affairs
! entities her TO be considered a StGtesaro-
man of no ordinary calibre. She would
. make pretty formidable antagonist in
a political discussion. aud as tenant of
. the White House could dispense politics
. and inequalities, and preside At state din
ners, to better advantage, imagine, than
any lady who has figured therein during
our day. She enters very freely, earnestly,
and unreservedly into an explanation Of
, and YiHdication of her husband against
+ the numerous charges and allegations of
| which he is the subject. She is a Virgin
, ian by birth, and has the Southern brogue,
. lif may so express it, in greater pertec-
ltion, and renders it more pleasing, than
have ever observed in any one before.
She is probably about Oyenrs of age, and
her years sit very lightly upon her, at
least with her bonnet on, which may not
be without its effect If my previous I'M
gallant supposition was correct, that her
hair is slightly silvered by the hand of
time. As / Am not positively certain on
this delicate question, however, would
|, prefer 10 nave tue EedueF give ueE- Tue oeu-
eft of the doubt. an
Miss Lille F (whom strict regard for
truth again makes me amenable to the
charge of ungallantry in stating that she
is nineteen instead OF seventeeu) may be
described as rather petite, of light complex
ion. s'blne gray eyes and fair hair, and,
I in ordinary parIanee, as avery sweet lit
tie girl, 2 but exhibiting, at least TO casual
observers, none of those marked and orig
inal traits and destinations Of mind and
a manner, that eharaeterize her mother. .sss
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IProm a Washington letter to the Phila Press.I
a Graceful Tribute.
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