Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-06-18

Her Career at the Watering Places
and In New YOrk--EOur - ears IN
Borrowed Costume--Female Firta-
ttOns with women
For some four years past young female,
the particular protege Of a. wealthy and
prominent banker Of this clty, has been
practising most surprising and successiul
deception on the community at large, by
assuming the dress and aping the MANNERS
of one Of the sterner sex; but unfortunately
for herself she came to grief yesterday, by
nm ienominious arrest at the hands Of o
y ridynx-eyed sergeant of police. This young
woman, known to her intimate friends as
a,Juli6, but rejoicing in the cognomen OF
Charlie Morgan AMONG her deceived male
acquaintances, is q beauty Of the brunette
order; but her features are, as may be sup
posed, of the masculine type, yet not sufii-
ciently so to fender her at all less good
looking, .She.is Of the medium sheightJ well
formed yet has none of that pc
cuharity of form ", which renders
. deception IA in such cases almost
impossible She wears her hair cut, short
and parted at the side and back, and usu-
ally has it brushed we'll forward If the
stories about this remarkable woman are to
be credited, and they come from authentic
sources, she has not worn the usual dress
i, of her sex for nearly four years past but has
constantly appeared both in public and
private in male attire of the latest style and
most expensive materials. During all this
time she has been in the company Of the
wealthy banker, mentioned above, who has
lavished large sums of money upon her to
~. crafty her peculiar whim of counterfeiting
! the fast young man, AS the nephew OF the
+ banker she has been introduced into some
Of the best families in this city and has
necessarily been ON intimate terms with the
= fast young bloods about town and has been
theiEss companion m many spree. =
In the chaEugteET (she assumed
shel spent her JmoneyN freely, drank
champagne cocktails and smoked cigars
WITH the fastest of her boon companions,
and occasionally indulged in a 'swear.
He1. 1.'uncle". supplied her with the needful
to crafty her extravagant tastes and many
of the bloods about town will remember
the ichampagnesuppers succeeding visits
to the Opera, at which "Charlle Morgan"
acted the host with such natural felicity
that her real sex WAS not fol a moment
suspected During the summer the
"uiicle,"' accompanied by his charming
nephew Y made the ronn6ls of the water
ing Iplaces, where the nephew paid such
court to the fair ladies' rs to cause many
heartaehe Her team was the, fastest and
the tmost stylish on, tina road, and she
hantiled the 'fibbohs with suclf a mastery
hand that a ride behind her spanking team
wasl considered so great a boon that the
ladies almost fought for the privilege.
Another singular phase. Oh the case IL,
that Charlie Morgan was always favored
and acceptable visitor at the fashionable
"iadisons dejOi9' in this city, and there is
no doubt that some of the queens Of the
demi-monde were in, her secret.
But her career was doomed to an abrupt
termination Some time ago this enterpris-
ing young female was O guest.at the New
York Hotel registered as Charles +. Nor
gam and was frequent visitor at the haunts
of the demi-moads in the Fifteenth Ward.
During her perambulations by night and
day. she attracted the attention of Sergeant
Lucien P. Fields, Of the Fifteenth Precinct,
who thenceforward kept strict watch upon
herimoyements-whene she went abroad
Becoming convinced that Charlie Morgan,
who was well known by reputation through
outthe ward, was q woman in male attire,
he determined to arrest her on the first
opportunity, and yesterday afternoon the
Sergeant carried his resolution into effect.
"Charlie" had Just left the fashionable re-
sort kept by Louise Walcott in Nelson
Place, when she was seen by the Sergeant,
who at once arrested her
She treated the arrest very coolly, laugh
ed at the absurd idea that she was anything
but what she appeared to be, and so nom
chalant was she, and SO perfect her dis
guise, that the Sergeant was for moment
staggered He however took her to the
Stafion-house, where she gave her name as
Charles F. Ward, to which the police added
the aliases of Morgan and Julia By order
of Captain Caffrey, she was locked up in
one of the rooms Of the station+house. She
was attired in a black broadcloth frock
coat dark vest, cut low to show a broad
plated shirt-bosom adorned with handsome
diamond studs, light cashmere pantaloOns,
patent leather boots, and fine black Derby
hat. All these articles were Of the finest
quality and most exquisite cut. She also
warep heayygpld neck-6 6hain and an ele-
CANT gold watch. Her entire outfit was
perfect, and her appeatafee' would stand
3 the closest scrutiny, She really appeared
to be fast beardless youth of perhaps
eighteen summers. SheT persigted y for
some time that she was a man, but on a
proposition being made, glooking to a
personal examination she admitted the
truth. In the meantime her friends had
heard of her fnishap, and we're using ex-
traordinarY efforts to procure her release,
: Miss Louise Wolcott called and had long
interview with her, and numerous other
friends called. Finally the services Of JUS
tice Ledwith were procured and that Off
eial called at the station house to order her
discharge, but that .being contrary to po-
: lice regulations, the magistrate proceeded
q to the jefferson Market Police Court where
he opened court and ordered the prisoner
TO be brought before him, Captain Caffrdy
produced the prisoner and aftgl hearng
q. the complaint Of Sergeant Fields, the
magistrate reprimanded Julia and, dis
1 charged her. She left the, COURTROOM ae-
companied by a bsvyi Of friends and it j.
thought viii mot be caught in such lascr4pe
I again. This is ,one Of tie most Remarkably
; eases Of the kind on tec6Fd and it salmost
/, Incredible that the girl could have,prad-
g.,Iticed the deception 10 such an extent and
for so longs time without ,deteetion-774Nl
= 7. Wofid,,.a,i15, s,i1,iess, ,-,~roa ari !
- THE HIsToRg oE THE SALE, by sur' Gov
ernment, OF the lir0n-elads One0tay and
> Catawba, is-a curious chapter of disap-
pointnents. In answer to the advertise
mept of the Secretary of the Navy, invit-
ing proposals. six bids were sent in, one
offering for the two vessels.Sf, 590006i an
other, 81, 800, 900; another, 81, ,025, 900; AN
: Gthef, 1856, ,OO6s another, 1S650000;; and
another, Ss01, ,050, The highest of these
bids was accepted, but the persons making
it failed to comply with the conditions Of
sale. The Secretary then notified the
next highest bidder, ,yhQ signifed hif
.edbesion 20 his oEighal bid, but likewise
MiIsd slsi.. tp pay up y tine Then the lowest
his offer, hut il was refused, awaiting the
.deehAon of those above him. They al
However, declined tdslAhd by-their, bids,
and the boats were finally disposed Of al
private sale to a firm tghnae name dfida mi