, 1865-10-20
AN .ADONIS CONE TO GRIEF.
A Railroad Thief on his Travels.

3s4 E2ynAAaeF OF the Navy. and EI
VIE = q home. ons sinnIs Ss Ffrte esti
the Beauties Of Dozen Cities, Gil
=. stnnatI Includcd--The Story Or b
1erssa1ns Co 8seen sCtyniEhly AZ u
+ Memoranda,
l. prom the Cincinnati Comnercl.1.l
&c IN January last, the name Of O. F.
~ browning appeared on the register of Il
- Hufnet House, in this city, and the owner
= ane M nsme soon became q prominent perso'
= -but- :" Major -Broanipa: taymastcr % in 'ot1 Ii
: Navy" Major Browning, as the bloods 4
|" me city soon learned to style him, appeare
man q thirty years, although not twenty
: I'VE; 10 was gorgeous In the blue and gold
!, u tse M hass and stripes, and leaves and anchor
.Ehapely; his long, clean-sha1enlace was mad
!. up Of bold, prominent, and not ilt-lookinl
ieatu1cai and about his mouth and eyes ther
: constantly played pleasant su,ile. His hal!
,. straight from bis forehead. Major Brownln!
: was . deuccd clever fellow. Ife played bill
l. na1ds-Ai great deal at the Burnett aud tb,
Buckeyei he drove fast horses, and ate extr1
dinners and suPpers and, as We are about II
! sh0H' ne smashed female hearts generally.
NE aze In possession Of q 'aasst Of memo
, Eanda and correspondence of this ;indiyidua
tings in his diaEy serve to throw considerable
. hglt ON bis character, and to 'giye,some ides
o. the extent Of his acquaintance Ii the firs1
ene,es ,srs n,9a o. y society ana of his style o
memoranda, some OF which are decidedly
spicy. 1t will be observed that Mr.. Brown
M; has an artistic eye for the beautiful In ma
lure; that he delights In the society
4 of the fair sex, and that be evidently
ms nas stakng Wy Ct Introducing himself Ger
handwriting Of ladies whom he has succeeded
In fascinating, and certain other entries, which
re 90 not copy, are evidently Intended n
blinds to his real character such, for in.
stance, as large sales Of property, and transae'
which could easily have been used in aidine!
him IN his operations. Tie penmanshtp ol
the original notes Is overwhelmingly ugly, and
many blnnders In the grammatical construc-
lion show him to be wanting in the rudiments
OF education. The developments of this
mans character and operations, which Layo
come to our knowledge, are not hnlf SO
astounding in their revelations Of crimes In
point Of criminal law, though be has many Of
them 10 answer for, as In their exposition OF
hls impudencc and wonderful success In push
Ing himself, with the mid of letters, d, uni
form, dashIng manner and ftppant :" lady-
killing" styla Of conversation, into arst.class
society the country oyer-fn cities East and
West. There Is a moral which fathers and
mothers would do we'll to appreciate, In the
history oi this trickster's operations In society
n thls city, where the wolf seems to have en-
tered with impnnity into the fold Of suscep-
tible 1amts-wlleEe, stranger, with nothing
but bis assuming character and the show and
glitter Of the blue and tinsel Of the uavy to
back him, enters tie family circles Of tue
wealthy and the humble, and Is uninterrupted
in his career OF finished deception. a portion
be Cleaned rom fhe % falioWng notcs y y p1Is ~
diary: ''''e - A''
~ M9SsGM4 ,S 5uns Z 1ssmon thls day len home
dy oe Woe
FhilsdelPhia . naS.sssulE ss:E. @ '''' f''' ''om
faf sRfe IT, r. @ III 3 9e &elis asG5s
sS a.; sn N ns.ssss srsns aas. sa, mA >.
y sRe and h.d quite scene
hn tns e9fnes 1 f G1 hrh]er alley and Third street-
outnea 1nea !Re i9 n59eS. aSis
he e1enne % sna ~sksa T hoGs Gas
~, ates scene With an !riahuan and Mr.. W.,
'oJ Jpna n ~ ~ r.; soMnpenstsiea by eo9aet
The y she e eapo ntto1na at 4'
,I,nS II = Lanrs - AAsn-Eiu Harry some
m ff,aaa siaays mnf1 uf X a. e,sr
H., SIne " lh-AHtfed II Altoona, and wrote 10 Mo!lie
',s, L. Sn tRe happtest momens Of ny le spent
erer esss tna1l ever remember 1t; ses, e'es,
june ls.-L,st evening ,e, a1toon, ,or f.,.x. an.
arrived here ast evening. X Is nnns, vs. S.sn1ai
place, On the Allegheny, fourteen miIss irom II.
.o;ona; sa1 to be very healthy. It hae aocommoda-
it nons ,1f a9onL ag people and y situated The
thc .easntsns ~ ~ ~ M CentIai nallIoad Sesaped
Iea,snant Colonel or A,.uTpa stsT 1u IT, nmas,
fFom he1r, today. 4'aD' !" "s''s u
Nosp4T, June la-Henry Il On this day. l |
sespeo nj ntqualntanea, stopping at the Cteskon
SpFHgs. Il 51ined ali Tho afternoon. Len lie !!
sP.ngs OF, on ih.s date tof Ptlsbrtgh. AEo, Mr.. |
to a c;ne4nnss; sGene " H. rnIis9eiphis; WIote
day, ae thought should H.incd si1 H. n,as .'e 's
june 2QEio- DIV sfnent Viii III HGrEst,oss.,