Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-10-22

ippi. lie played billiards. tiattered the Old Ia
dies, fooled he yonng ones, cultivated his nous
taclc, and made occasIona. explorations into the
tranGS OF his fellow boarIers In one Of these
explorations our hero discovered that his friend
had more money than WIS absolutely necessary
to supply the actual wants Of nature, and accor-
dingly "diydcd the pilc,"-SsEpicion rested
upon him, but no one dared 20 openly accuse the
patriot who had fought and fell under the he
roc LOPEZ. The men Stunned him but the III
dies carresscd him only the more ioldly, because
they regarded him rs 4 prosecuted man
VALENCIA, having keen instincts, saw that all
was not right, and soon sought the more rrfned
society on the Gulf coast. lie accordingly paid
his respects to his dashing lady friend in Mobile,
and hence repaired to PaScagoua. Here again,
our love of m"n," by h:s personal charms
anl bland ilanacrs, made profcund impression
upon the ladies. Not satisfied with the evident
lartialitv shown for him in the dance and the
drawing room, he again rcSortcd to his chcni-
Gals" again had hemowlIage of the lungs, and
again was carcssed, aud fondIed, and nursed by
the eongregatod fair ores. lie acted his part
so admirably as to pass through all the stages of
apparent coavalcscencn. His daily visitations to
the saloons Of fashion were looked for with the
intensest interest, aud tic lovely bellies almost
Quameed among themselves for the privilege of
tanning him, and of playing with his beautiful,
glossy, Jet black curls The only difficulty with
our hero now, was to make proper selection
among the victims of his charms Before he
completed his Investigations as to their relative
financial mc'its bona fde Captain in the
American army, who had been stationed at Vera
! Cruz, arrived 1T P,l5cagoula. Capt. Valencia.
| Capt. Valencia Wa. upon every fair lip. Final
i tie hour for the gay dance arrived, and the
large saloon WIS filed to excess. After the first
cotiIlion our hero, exqu!Sitcly appareed, made
lis appearance. There's Capt. Valencia, ex-
claimed one. Isn't he handsome, said another!
Oh what beautiful rngets, calculated a third
One Of the fairsylpls, turning to our army friend,
enquircd " Sir are you acquainted with Capt.
Valcncia!" "Whcrc is he % was the reply.
That handsome gentleman approaching Miss
G." "That Capt. Valencia, Madam /
assure You he is 4 Vtyu Cru= barber, and has
contributed to my comfort BY his skill many a
time" There was a perfect stampede among
the fair ones as the news spcad. Some b;t their
lips-some turned rcd-som@ pale-somc looked
silly-some indignant nt-whiIc the "anxious
mother Of the supposed happy lass sat bolt, up
right III the corner, and tan'l"d herself most tv-
-io"-'y W,'iie si'" r|!-@:''''T r$rt''''H%''
EMo"@ 1t rom inc 0T'"""-l S;td he was all
np"talt' ana l 'oid my 9et '!''. he mus. u, DC u
barber, ka>e he wore a-'%|a' % cs" "-"nu
took S"ch NICE care "i III. ""r! nc'F me- We
l;'soAabl" rir!i folks: o! good lHh'''cS' mu't OG
more careful vino We introduce to our ga&'Il
"ar nj you 1" never Dc INK" j" -, !" I"e
midst "l '!, scene '"''ic' 'l'''e'is IH"lu ~ ~,
cha'i''eF, III" !" il 'c" n""'' WIS ." "'' way "
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