The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-25
The Late Major.GeneraI j. C., Fr. m ont.

The Late Major.Generai J. c. FIR mont.
The following biography of the officially
defu,ict commander of the Western depart
inent." is from the Nashville Hammer. of the
l4th We hold it altogether too clavar n
IN ng, in its way, 10 withhold from our
readers
In our issue Of yestsrd " morning we nub
lished the mel ncholy Intelligence. tn ar Ma;
den John Z. Fremont, commanding t}an.-
"a - the western Division of the United
osanes army, is no more. He did from h
oioW Inflicted by II dispatch from W.shIpe
on al MS camp near Springfield, Mo some
ten or Twelve days since HIS remains ot
"hich tn're were very few, We're r. NOV "a to
bosom of his family " ~
For II man who still braathes John G. Ere
mont is very dead For Ii man to whom al
hopes OF salvation are not absolutely LIST h..
is tert sssen i lily diinnesi. Consul. ii " All
lhe ais advantages un ier which he / b,rpo
n W s ytiutbie friend /, th- Sou il IN =
II be has recently done nothing K directly for
IN" advancement OF our cIus-, he woutu se- N
tn have left nothlt e uudona for tae dtmag,
of his own. We may never get the mon v -,
which he piundered his Government; bu,
We can safely believe that 1t will nay. he
u~ed against US. HIS connection with the
army In Missouri, as com manding General
Wis great element OF weakness, and its dis
conunu III Is 10 be regretted His untimeiy
remos IL was heavy reinfor cement of he
rteert u army. As ne has fiji d during the
last teW uOnths Il large SPACE in the pU hi tr
eye Wi his miiit IT, m ,vtmelts, ana u 4rg.
packet vi III the funds If the +. derai Govern
me I, We nave thou hit hat Il rrtef s,.tlIl a..
his lie W uld hot p Owe wholly al iutpr
suing L. the general reaier We. xauLf n
piei sed to pay this tribute IF respeG, 10 aac:,
tnd II OF 'ha Northern = enera. s as they are
stricken d,Vn by the h2l. is .hat cr-a.e.i
thefn, rat tney disappear so rapidly tne.t .h~
tn 'nS Is imnos>i b!e, unless We. 4 ub.e our
q "a n 4 Il
John =. Fremont, the g in VIII So name us
n*tiy Stands tor Charles, was BORN at n very
AIRY ICE, i'll the city OF S lvannah, Ga, q dis
tinction of which the city of Savannah Il,
* az present not particularly proud. IL in
retiring 10 the Sh des of private life, he shall
not seek them st tne hotton of the nearest
miiipond, and should eScspe the chances of
being hanged ur til the 2lsl of January 1862
he VIII on that day be forty nine wears old
Just Twelve months afterWard he will be fif
W. His parents OF whom he ha two all
other stare" ents to the contrary nolwith-
standing, were not both Frenchmen, Is some
suppose, bat his ftther was very much sr 80
fhe maiden nj me of the latter has never been
satisfactorily asC~r rEtined, though 1t is pre-
snmed to nave been Fremont. That OF his m O.
tEer was " hitlng. She was very rich young
lady, who, At the age Of Seventeen ana some
years previ us 20 the first appearance Of John
ChdrIes on any stage, married., unuer n sort
of protest, a certain, or rather, W. shcuId say. 4.
very II" cert TIA, Major Pryor, Al active anu
In 'ersStirg youth OF iA'y-two. Twelyeyears
subsequently, the matrimonial firm OF Mr. ard
Mrs. Pryor WIS dissolved by special act of the
Georgi7 Legislature, when the former mar
red his housebeaper (the resu t no doubt of n
Pryor engagement,D and the latter followed
his example by III FRYING Monsieur Fremont,
VINO nat bseii engaged in teaching tn young
IDEA OF n rtolk, Va, how to shoot French -
TIE cons nnence WAS, three additional Ere.
monte, OF whom John Charles was unfortu.
nately one. Being Il great sponge he ab-
sorbed he notority of the whole fg1nily, and
The rest CT them have never been heard OF
since.
Having in due time got to be a man John
Charles knocked about the world for some
years with the United States navy : to which
fact h 3 HnlnstiY been attributed all the
kuavery OF which he has since been guilty
He then spent a long time ia surveying r.il.
roads in Georgia, N nth Carolina, and K is,
Tennessee, most of which were never built
and are not likely to bs during the present
war. subsequently he became, md still is
a great frie nd TO underground railroads, and
recently roiected very extensive one in
Missouri, but was denied d charter and the
right of way by the Federal President on ac
count OF the heavy expense the Governme IN I
would have to incur in feeding the passen-
gers.
John Charles next turns mp as ali explorer
Of new routes through the Rocky Mountains
to the shores of the Pacific, in which business
hn acquired the name OF the Pathfinder H.
is the author OF the fine rGpo.rap phical work
known ss the d" Hidden P.lth.n His adyen.
tures among the mountains ere very nume.
rous, and some of them remarkable At one
time he was lest In a snow drifI, nine huu.
dred # ct deep, and covered an area Of s4vera,
thousand square miles at the bottom q,
Khich he rem ined { It some eighteen months
whea he wss accidentally discovered and
rescued Dy small party Of hunters whit,
SCI ping sway the snow in search of game
When found, he complained Of beiug a ii tie
nun b bout the toes, having eaten :..s boots .;
or eight months before, cut W g onerwIs com
lost amoag thu tefi.es of the mountains, hs
snbsis,ad tor nearly two years on the bill OF
laden of a cargo OF picked heef he hal for
merly shipped from the Pacific to firm in
New York. These are among his minor ad-
ventures. We could relate hundred. oi
others, but foroear, as they might seem in
credible 10 some of our readers
John Charles was II one time elected Gov
ernor Of California by the settlers ont there,
who We're not v-ry well acquainted with
rim Some other stranger also appcin TED
him lieutenant colonel in the tinted States
Army This WAS in lSi6. Tho following
year the Mexican WAY haviag broken out ht
WAS prcmoted step lower, and made s
major of volunteers. The ending of tho wal
| Mas never been attributed 10 HIM. In lS4,
commodore stockton and Gen. Kaarny 60
TO iutrreling i'll California ~ To when o
them should play the first fiddle In the roy
ern'"ent OF the country. John harlcs 100,
sides vi n the former, but the latter rut III,
best OF the row IN the end, and at ONCE order
cd john suhries 10 Washington. To ho sri.
for mufipy, disobcdience OF orsiers. &c. Tn,
| rseuii was ne was sentenced to be d,sm,... =.
| the service The President approvaa ~.
verdict, ali bns that part touching m ntia =
and then remitted the senfen c.-Wbieh W.
pity. John Charles, however, rerien.d i,
| disgust, and went In search of some NOR,
| adv 1ntures among the mountains Bsing ,
| citizen of CaIifornia, he was cleo ed 10 repre-
| s.nt that STATE in the United States Senat~
uhen IL VS. admitted into ,he Unian II
| 1850 nut he hid the ill luek TO draw IN,
| straw which represea ted the short term, ans
/ he held bis seat but "a few moaths, beint
| actually ,snt three weeks in the Senate. Hi
/ per diem dad not amOuGt to much. hat he u.t
/ not com plain OF the mileage, he After WaTa
| ran for President, but the Icsal. did aot theI
| seem encouraging
| JOHN Charies Frslmo.t married Jessie, tn
daughter Of the eeiaurated landscape patatsr
i Ola Bullion, who once took thirty years
/ view of the United States Senate, with tn
Hon. Thomas II Henton standing IN the fore
ground, and published his observation D
the subject in q number Of large volumes. &
n. = daughter il the first thing John Cnarle
/ - known 70 hate stoiea. il ~ believed tn
Federal doyernment would be several mil
| lions the richer Ii she had also hseu the las
He has hsld Offices lf various ranks In In
| United States army, butts underwood n hay
| Aswayx been nor. .cUm mi s~ion<d of11ear In hl
owa family, Jessis having rnaked MIN fros
His military e.rssr Ia Nissours il vel
| Enowa " ~As hrtsl. bat NOT bfllltAat. q,
3S.n - . 0eeeget Nae inat tofaatdAbte y -
! 1sylfasAeah eat lls NhAt ~ Anill QpA Vt
| Hase q ~ s3 ewA. ~ ID ~ et11tD