The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-08-30
VOL. 5.-NO. "a.
Romantic Beauty" al Saratoga.

hOManiC Dtduiy al SdrdtOod.
A correspondent of the New York
Tribune gives the following rich, rare, and
interesting accoun; OF a beautiful female
adveuuter, who assumed the garb Of tho
sterner sex at Saratoga:
A mos: singular and exciting instlnce
OF female eccenlrlcity and daring reckless
ness has just uanSpired here, 10 the equal
amusement anu amazement of all. Some
ten days since there arrived in the Southern
| train, and took lodgings at Union hall,
youth apparently about Is r2O years old.
Of singular beauty, with raven locks,
sparkling black eye, complexion In which
The lilly and rose seemed viyidly striving
for the supremacy, voice of silgery tone
and mellow richness, and an ease, maturi-
ty and brllliancy of manner altogether
unusual IN male SO yonng, ana which
attracted the attention and excited univer-
| sal admiration. In short he apreared 10
/ be oae CT those sptc mems of oyhood.
upon which nature is sometimes so lavish
iuT.te bestowment Of her gifts, and which
are IS rare as they are pleasing and attract
ive,rcombining eli the delicacy richness
of I'm ale beauty, with precociousness of
nd AM manner equally marked and
unusual Win bolu yet oy no ne MS
rIae familiarity, he soon made the acquain-
tarce Of mothers and misses, who seemed
like captiv-ted with the young charmer,
a ID courted his attentions with jealous
rivalry; the former confding IL lis youth
| as protection 10 their daughters, and the
! latter siibdued and enraptured by the beau
| ty of his person and the elegance of his
address. Ia the Bal room, with his fash
| ionable dress coat bUttoned TO the CHM
J hiss merical limbs, his contracted waist,
hiAapund, full chest, his delicate hands
and tiny feet, as he moved with exquisite
elasticity and grade through the dance, all
eyes and many hearts were fastened with
lavish intensity. After thus oting for
week amid the most exlravagant attentions
of the mamas, and the no less extraragani
affections of their c4Ptivated daughters, the
young " Uriah Baden as he booked him
self, suddenly disappeared.
From a fear of detection, or some other
cause, he retired to the neighboring village
Of Bailston, and entered the National Law
School there as pupil, under the pretence
that his parents would be en- in day or
two with the bg.k ofhis baggage. Struck
with his appearance, and the ease and elo-
oquence of his conyers tional powers, the
him at once performance in of-hand
speaking, which, with the trial and argu-
ment of causes, form a prominent part in
the Institution. In this, his speaking
capacities were put to a test too severe for
a matter mere amusement; and dreading
an exposure which the presence of The
hundre young gentlemen connected with
the school might effect, and Certainly
ii
ful, he again took French leave, returned
to this place, and stopped at one of The
minor hotels, where he spent the night
before last in silent seclusion, as If reflect
ing or the error of his ways.
During hts former visit, he had coquet-
ed with the fair onls, and made three or
+ four solemn protestat.ons Of love, which
! had awakened delicious hope in many
unsusPicious hearts. Hence the news of
, his return led TO many eager but unsuc-
cessful inquiries for his Whereabouts
Yesterday mo ming there arrived here a
. fine looking, middle aged gentleman and
his lady, in a state of anxious excitement,
having traced their errant daughter atlength
u the theatre of her comicc-tragic adveR-
lures; and being directed 70 her hiding
place, thev sought her rooms, tore Of her
= male disguise, and last evening, left for
. their home III New Jersey, with as sweet
: and beautiful a looking daughter as ever
, graced the proper habliments of her sex,
). with nothing 10 distinguish her from them
q but her exquisite personal charms and her
= shortened lo,ks, which, 10 complete the
: illusion, she had cropped and subjected to
: the hand of the barber. AS 10 the cause
: : of this strange adventure of the young girl,
: the sad, unapproachable silence Of the pa
: rents forbid inquiry, and the affair ended
= as II began-a mystery.