Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1841-01-29
ImpOstors, Advenfnrers and Fortune
Hunters.


Hunters.
The Baltimore Clipper slales that a person
recently figured in thai ciiy, as "CapIain Ne
Vile. of the Coldsream Guards" He swag-
gered about at prodgious rate for some time
wore musachois. and was quite Gavorite with
the ladies'. lie was good-looking knare, and
dressed in the most ariStocratic style. 1t is ad-
ded:--"'The captain played his cards WE'LL he
attended the c0nUerSuatOnI and SOireeS OF the first
families, and at length imagined that he had
found favor in the eyes and heart OF young la
dy of wealth, beauty and wit, and adrollly work
ed upon conjecture SO fauering to his vanity.
His military habits gave him kind of hauteur
or reserve, aud to pop the question he wisely
thought would not be exactly in character, so
he waited TO be asked. Day after day passed
off, and every day brought new devolees at the
feet of the ion;" but there must be an end TO
all things. The arrival of Col. p. ofihe British
army was announced at the hotel, and from that
moment Captain Neville, of the Coldstream
Guards, assumed different position; his crest
lell--his military bearing changed TO that of the
humbllng hireling-and in short, the Captain
bold of Halifax" turned out 10 be the servant of
the Colonel, his calling being to s'shave his
master and dress his hair."-The fellow did no
harm, though his impudence has vexed tie
pride OF some of our nobility, and he has fine
chance of laughing at the gullibility of the Yam
KEGS"
his case Is by no means rare. A friend of
Orrs informs US, that an individual very recently
figured in good society" in this city, as Cap
tain in ths American Navy, but who had, in
consequence OF sudden and unexpected wealth,
thrown up his commission. lie was about so,
dressed elegantly, had fine pair of coal black
whiskers, was plausible in his manners, and
while he rather summed than courted The soci-
ETY. of gentlemen, was perfectly du fat in pay
ing with grace, those elegant little attentions so
calculated 10 touch the credulous and unsuspcct-
ing hearts of such OF the gentle sex as prefer
fash, fashion, small talk, and oc casiOnal quota
tions of poetry, 10 useful and sensible conversa-
ton, and frank and manly department. 1t so
happened that our friend visited party 10 which
the gentleman in question had been invited as
sort of lion. One or two ofihe gentlemen men-
toned their suspicious 10 each other, and al
tempted. but in vain, TO draw the pretended
Captain cut Finding him too adroit knaye
10 be caught thus readily, they communicated
their views TO lady, who scoming every thing
like trick and deception, determined a, once 10
discover whether the favorite with the frivolous,
was indeed all he assumed TO be. She obtained
an introduction, became his partner in 4 cotllon,
and in the course of conversation, attempted in
vain to discover the date of his commission, the
las, post a, which he had been stationed, The
place of his nativity, the residence Of his family,
or indeed, any fact calculated 10 trace him.
Her queries, however, were of such searching
nature, that the adventurer took the hint, and
hurried off at very early hour. 1t was subse-
quently ascer,ained that he was regular i'm
pos;or, and had been engaged for some time. in
the agreeable business of ffortune-hunting. Phil
adelphia society is said 10 be especially cold
and cautious. 1t may appear so TO the modest
and the meritorious; but no one in the habit Of
observing such matters with closeness, can fail
10 have remarked the avidity-ihe culpable avid
ity, with which many of our young and inexpe-
rienced females, permit the familiar intimacy of
unknown and plausible adventurers, and also Of
known, dissolwe and depraved, but fashionable
young men. Such society is indeed dangerous,
and the parent who sanctions it, commits sad
oversight, to say the least. The error, howev-
err of total secIusion, is too frequently attended
with consequences equally serious.-Pa. Ing.