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 FRfiMIET of the extension of the pension system, and acted in unison with Mr. Clay on the questions of the tariff and the compromise act of 1833. In 1838 he was chosen chancellor of the uni- versity of New York, and took up his residence in that city. In May, 1844, the whig national convention at Baltimore nominated him for vice president and Henry Clay for president. They received 105 electoral votes, while James K. Polk and George M. Dallas received 170 votes. In 1850 Mr. Frelinghuysen resigned the chancellorship of the university of New York to become president of Rutgers college, New Brunswick, N. J., and removed to that city, where he resided until his death. See "Memoir of the Life of T. Frelinghuysen," by T. W. Chambers. III. Frederick Theodore, an American statesman, nephew and adopted son of the preceding, born at Milltown, Somerset co., N. J., Aug. 4, 1817. He graduated at Rut- gers college in 1836, was admitted to the bar in 1839, was appointed attorney general of the state in 1861, and reappointed in 1866. He was appointed United States senator in 1866 to fill a vacancy, and was elected in 1867 for the rest of the term, which expired in 1869. In the following year he was chosen senator for the term beginning in 1871. FREMIET, Emmanuel, a French sculptor, born in Paris about 1824. He acquired the rudi- ments of his art in the studio of his uncle, the late Francois Rude, and was employed in an- atomical labors at the clinic of the medical school. In 1843 he exhibited the picture of a gazelle, and in 1850 one of a wounded dog, which made him famous as a rival of Barye. The ministry of state purchased in 1853 his "Horse at Montfaucon," and subsequently his "Gallic Cavalier." He has executed many other works, including equestrian statues of Napoleon I. and III., and numerous statuettes. Among his later productions is the " Trans- formation of Neptune into a Horse " (1863). FREMONT. I. A S. W. county of Iowa, bor- dering on Missouri, and bounded W. by the Missouri river, which separates it from Ne- braska ; area about 500 eq. m. ; pop. in 1870, ,11,174. It has a rich soil and a diversified surface, with extensive prairies and timber land, watered by Nishnabatona river. The St. Joseph and Council Bluffs railroad passes through the county. The chief productions in 1870 were 81,521 bushels of wheat, 1,650,863 of Indian corn, 58,122 of oats, 66,206 of pota- toes, and 147,311 Ibs. of butter. There were 4,411 horses, 12,209 cattle, 5,174 sheep, and 26,799 swine ; 4 manufactories of carriages and wagons, 4 of brooms and wisp brushes, 9 of bricks, 6 of saddlery and harness, 4 of tin, cop- per, and sheet-iron ware, 1 pork-packing estab- lishment, 6 flour mills, and 10 saw mills. Capital, Sidney. II. A S. central county of Colorado, intersected by the Arkansas river, and bounded S. W. by the Rocky mountains, which also oc- cupy the N. portion; area about 2,200 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 1,064. The surface is generally FREMONT 477 broken ; the valleys are fertile and well watered. Bituminous coal, gypsum, marble, alum, and petroleum are found. The chief productions in 1870 were 5,511 bushels of wheat, 16,585 of Indian corn, and 8,096 of oats. The value of live stock was $71,104. Capital, Canon City. FREMONT, a city and the capital of Sandus- ky co., Ohio, on the W. bank of Sandusky riv- er, which -is crossed by a bridge, at the head of navigation, and at the intersection of the Lake Shore and the Lake Erie and Louisville railroads, 100 m. N. of Columbus ; pop. in 1870, 5,455. The city has considerable trade, lines of steamers running to the principal ports of Lake Erie, and contains a national bank, three weekly newspapers, 17 public schools, including a high school, and manufactories of woollens, sashes and blinds, flour, and iron. It was for- merly called Lower Sandusky. FREMONT, John Charles, an American explorer and soldier, born in Savannah, Ga., Jan. 21, 1813. His father was a Frenchman who had settled in Norfolk, Va., where he supported himself by teaching his native language. He died in 1818. His widow, a Virginian, whose maiden name was Whiting, with three infant children' settled in Charleston, S. 0. At the age of 15 John Charles entered the junior class of Charleston college. For some time he stood high, and made remarkable attainments in mathematics ; but his inattention and frequent absences at length caused his expulsion. After this he obtained employment as a private teacher of mathematics, and took charge at the same time of an evening school. In 1833 he became teacher of mathematics on board of the sloop of war Natchez, then in the port of Charleston, from which she sailed on a cruise to the coast of South America. Fremont was absent in her for more than two years, and on his return passed a rigorous examination at Baltimore for the post of professor of mathe- matics in the navy, and was appointed to the frigate Independence ; but he soon resolved to quit the sea, and engaged as a surveyor and engineer on a railroadline between Charleston and Augusta, Ga. Subsequently he assisted in the survey of the railroad line from Charles- ton to Cincinnati, and particularly in the ex- ploration of the mountain passes between North Carolina and Tennessee. This work being sus- pended in the autumn of 1837, he accompanied Capt. Williams of the army in a military recon- noissance of the mountainous Cherokee coun- try in Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. In anticipation of hostilities with the Indians, this survey was rapidly made in the depth of winter, and was Fremont's first experience of a campaign amid mountain snows. In 1838 he accompanied M. Nicollet in explorations of the country between the Missouri and the British line. While thus engaged in 16 received from President Van Buren, under date of July 7, a commission as second lieutenant m the corps of topographical engineers. While at Washington in 1840, employed in the prep-