Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-12-08
A Woman's Adventures in Mans Apparel.
sE&1 fFfoms Che New Orleans Delta

In passing along st. Charles street xastar.
day, about IL clock, 0ncer Dan Bushx
(who Ia always wide awske) caught one os tho
queerest fish that was ever seen out VI water
nothing more nor less than n woman in mans
apparel The peeulisrity Of her shape frst
attracted the notice Of the ofhcer a. she Was
standing at Che corner OF st. Charles and Poy-
dras streets, leaning against the Crystal Pal.
ace coffee house, and he at once arrested her.
At first she denied the soft impeachment, but
aRaily admitted that she hsd been born a We
man, though circumstances had made her q
man. Woman-like, she let the of1ioer into her
confidence without more ado, and told him
that she belonged TO very rich family In New
iorA, and was niece Of a gentleman in this
eity About i've years since she fell in love
El'h man named Smith, and under promise
Of marriage accompanied him 10 Boston
She loved not wisely, but too well, as the
sequei proved; for after seducing her in Bos-
ton, Smith deserted her-and being discarded
oy her relatives, the only alternative left her
was TO don her woman's gear and don the msla
attire, which she accordingly did, and took To
sea to gain livelihood. Shipping on board
merchant vessel, she was at once installed as
cabin boy, and made three voyages to Liver
pool and back. Daring one Of the voyages
the ship was .overhsuled by pirates, but the
gallant crew succeeded in beating them of,
aud during the rencontre our heroine was fore.
most IN the fight, receiving a slight wound in
the cheek, Tor which she was conplimented
by the captain. This was the last voy age she
made On her return she left the ship and
took 70 bar-keeping, st which business she
thrived in New York, but getting tired Of the
dull monOtopy attending the retailing OF liQuor.
through the assistance Of some Of her seq ain.
tanOss she obtained the post Of book keeper
in mercantile house in New York. which
she retained for some time, but preferring a
mere active to the sedentsry life this position
imposed upon ner, she again took 70 sea, and
after making one more voyage to Europe as q
sailor before the mast, she found herself few
weeks since in one of our Northern ses ports.
Hearing by accident that Smith, her seducer,
was in Mobile, thither she directed her steps
On reaching Montgomery her money gave out,
and she was forced TO walk l25 miles The
poor girls feet still gave evidence of the hard.
ships she encountered and endured during this
dresry march, Arriving in Mobile, she wa.
mysterIously instructed TO come TO this city and
stop atthe Alabama Exchange, where she was
Informed Smith, who is a daguerreotypist
would join her in few days While wander
ing forth yesterday in search Of something TO
eat, she was arrested by officer Busby Thus
ended the recital Of her eventful history. Dan
Busby took her before Recorder Bright, who.
after hearing her story, told her she had in
Cured a fine Of SIS by appearing in male at
tire, and aimonished her To don her proper an
parel as soon as possible. She, however req
resented to the Recorder that this was the only
clothing she had, and that she had been so
long accustomed 10 wearing the breecLes il
would be as easy for the leopard to change his
spots or an Ethiopian his skin ms for her to
cast of the pantsloons, and, being in a good
humor, the Recorder discharged hsr.