The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-18
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where or Cheyalier d'Iadustrie.
The Savannah Tally Courier Of the 9Th iast pus~
fishes paragraph, stating that Spausrd Of the
Mexican army, named 6ignor de Castro. alias Capt.
Valencia, had been arrested ct Cincinnati, sasp-
con Of having stolen the e49 900 which ~as lost ro
Gently at the Weddell House In that city fhs
Coaui1 then goes on to give history Oft Signer
Ge Castro, from which il appears that for somc time
past he has been figuring largely In fashionsble
circles in the South having, by his destinations Of
manner and interest, and by rendering himself aa
object o. 4 interest" by affecting dansoro;S;. hs.
ladies, one or two Of whom, mt different times, 10
was on che point Of forming matrimonial alliance
With, but owing to the breaking out of several uA-
pleasant facts il relation to him. he often decamp
cd leaving the objects Of his disinterested affection
in the lurch He did not confne his enterprise to
the sunny South, however, but favored New York
wt6 taste OF his quality, rs will appear from the
We first heard of Captain Valencia among the
aristocracy Of Gotham. He lodged in sou Of the
marble hails in the vicinity OF Washington square.
of the Filth avenue lie rolled leisurely through
Broadway in the samo chariot with distinguished
"leader of the ton" from Mobile. With her, he
visited Newport, Saratoga, and other fashionable
resorts He flattered the mothers and fumhed tho
daughters through MI the fashionable pokas Of ths
DAY. If he failed to excite sympathy sufficient for
his purpose, ho chewed logwood and used some
. chemical preparation which induced gus"
hemorrhDge Of tho luugs that never failed to pro-
duce an immense sensation. and 70 draw both ths
anxious mothers and their lovely daughters In
crowds to his cha mber.
The Captain moreover, was according to his owa
modest story, a hero of the hrst water-a Creole
Cuban, who had joined the standard Of Lopez, and
fallen desperately wounded iu the fight at Cardenas.
In proof Of his patriotism, he would separate his
beautiful jet black whiskers and expose tho ghssty
scar inflicted by the blood thirsty Spaniards ho
also told Of serious wound which he had received
IL enc OF his thighs, from carbine Valencia, In
short was the lone star" that gded tho fashion
able horizon. He was wined and dincd and
polka ed antil he became sick and dsgusted with
Tho fooleries OF Saratoga He accordingly urned his
face towards West Point. There he made the Ro-
quaintarc &c of son gallant officers who had served
n Mexico.
At once our Cuban transformed himself into .
Mexican lie described minutely the battles Of
CeTro Gordo, Contreras and Chapultepec; In all Of
which he had borne part He even persuaded
distinguished officer into the belief that he was the
identical man that inflicted tho sabre wound which
came taking off the comely head of our hero.
Having thus ingraiiated himself with the genue-
men at "the POINT he finally obtained letters Of
introduction to their friends ut Waterylet. There
ho borrowed some VI 800 and deoamped. He after
wards became tenant of the Tombs for short
time, where he amused himself by sending his da-
guerreotype Likeness 10 his distinguished lady frend
These much cherished love-tokens were Of course
s'rost marked" anywhere else but ut the Tombs.''
Finally, one morning he slipped through the fingers
Of the " turnkey and was oil in hutry
Returning to the South, he again succeeded in
making himself the lion of the fashionable society
of Mobile, Holly Springs, Charleston, Tallahasse.
&c. Hero De Castro was caressed and courted by
every body. What slaughter he made among the
affections of the fair Floridans ii mly be indicate
to say, or even iusnuate. Our informant says that
he basked in the loye.light OF many dark eyed.
and might have had tue hnnd Of tho loyeliest and
farost in matrimoDy. As Valencia was upon every
lady lip ut Pascagoua, De Castro was the only
one talked of ia the lard of love and Of flowers.
One bright morning, as his fortunes approached tho
zenith, gentleman who had visited Pascagouia
made flying visit to so no friends in Tallahassee.
when, 10 he recognized in the bland, gontemsnly
acsOmpilsleu
friend, the barber Of Vera Cruz, atlas Captain Va
leIca. the hero OF the hard fought battles Of Car
denas and Ccrfo Gordo
Tho next that hoard Of De Castro was his
second advent in New York. Thoro he quietly
called upon portion of the very party that ex-
PEELED him from their company in Florida and
inform cd them that he had sesn his friends in Macon
and Savannah, and had in his possession letters
stating that ho was really member OF the DeCastro
family that be was gentleman, patriot, and
everything he professed to be. One Of the party,
who had become thoroughly acquainted with the
facts, called upon him at once :. to produce tho
documents" This was poser. Our hero was taken
by surprise He had failed to have the letters pre-
that he had left them az his hotel, but would call
again. Finding that he was detected, De Castro
left the city, carefully concealed himself Mt any
rate, he could never after be found What fair
hearts have sine: then fallen victims to his charms
VIC cannot soy. The last news we have Of him is
contained in the paragraph at the head Of this
article. We presume he has come to the conclusion
that as there is little difference between marrying
merely for a fortune ard stealing one, he might
VOL seize upon the money and rely upon his wit
to get the wife afterwards.