Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-10-22
From the .Sarannah Courier.
EEL BULGE JOVENETTE,
OR, A BRIEF SKETCH OF
The Life, Loves and Adventures Of

SIGN CARLOS DE CASTRO,
ALlS C1PEAN VALENCIA,
TIE UNIVERSAL LADY-KlLLER.
In our edition of yesterdays Courier, YVES con-
tanned the following paragraph:
"A Spanard, of the Mexican army, named
Sirnor de Castro. alias Captain Valencia, has
been arrested at Cincinnati on suspicion of having
stolen the $4,000, which was lost recently at
the Wcddcl Hotel, in that city"
This SIGNon DE CASTRO, atiaS CAPTAIN VA
LEScIA, is tolerab!y well known in Florida, teor-
eia. and other sections Of the Union, as one Of
the most accomplished, fascinating and gentcel
villains unhung lie is very small, and very
handsome man, with fine dark Spanish contour
aid complexion very expressive eyes, long flow
ing hair, and remarkably delicate hanGs and feet.
Ilcs, withal, quite well educated, and thoroughly
yerscd III ali the minute forms and obServanccS
oi ,,rnteelSociclv. He is exceedingly fascinating (
in his manners, and is d,atl on ladies hearts -
particularly if they are young, beautiful, aud
well suppH,l with the "rsr''y @.'o.' lie
dances, sings, plays, tlattcrs, ilirtS, al fools d.
vincly. He is cnpliat:ca'Iy, 4 sweet little tcl-
Iowa "prccious Angela love Of man
He quotes poetry-Says prayers i'll Spani>li--
talks Fmnch-wcarS kid gloves, AID sports, that
universal woman-klcr, Il iincmoustachc. Hei~
withal, kind Of spiritua! rarpcr--cnlowcd with
the power of unbiquity possessed with the
faculties of the chameleon. His traits of cha
racter are taken from his associates. lie can be
grave or gay shallom or severe" according to
the whms or i;lncics of his companions. s.-.lle is
Il Spanard, Portugcse, Cuban, or Mexican,
Just as occasion requires, or as it is profitable to
Gc one or the other.
We first heard of Capt. VALEScIA among the
upper ten, alias the number one goldfish aristo-
cracv of Gotham. He lodged in some OF the
marbehalls in the vicinity Of Washington, Square
or the Seventh Avenue. lie rolled lci>urcly
through Broadway in the same char;o; with Il
distinguished "lcader Of the ton" from Mobile.
With her, he visited Newport, Saratoga and
other fashionable resorts. He fattcrcd the
mothers and f,mbled the daughters through all
the fashionable polkas Of the day. If lie failed
to excite sympathy sufficient for his purpose, he
chcwcd ogwood ard used some chemical pre-
lara,ion" which induced quasi hcmorrhagc of
the lungs that never failed to produce al immense
sensation, to draw both the anxious mothers and
their lovely daughters in crowds to his chamber.
The Captain, moreover was, according to his
own modest story, hero Of the first watcr-a
Creole Cuban, who had joined the standard of
LorEz and fallen desperately wounded in the
fight at Cardcnas. In proof Of his patriotism
he would separate his beautiful jet black wills
kcrs and expose the ghastly scar inflicted by the
blood-thrstv Spaniards! lie also told Of Sc
rious wound which he had received in one of his
thighs from carbine. VALENCIA, in short, was
the clone STAR that gilded the fashionable hori-
zon. He was wined and dined and dpolka-ed ull-
til he became sick and disgusted with the fool
cries of Saratoga He accordingly turned his
face towards West Point. There he made the
acquaintance of some gallant officers, who had
served in Mexico.
At once our Cuban transformed himself into
a Mexican. He described minutcy the battles
CT Cerro Gordo, Contreras and Chcpultepcc ; in
all of which he had borne a part. He even per.
suaded distinguished officer into the belief that
he was the identical man who had inflicted the
wound which cameso near taking off the comcly
head of our hero. Having thus ingratiated HIM
self with the gentlemen ut the Point" he fl
nay obtained letters of introduction to their
friends at Watervleit. There he borrowed some
81 500 and decamped. He Afterwards became
tenant of the tombs for a short time, where he
amused himself by sending his daguerreotype
likeness to his distinguished lady friends. These
much cherished love-tokens were OF course post
marked" anywhere else but at the "Iombs"!
Finally one morning he slipped through the fin
gers of the turnkey" and was off in a hurry