The Constitutional [Alexandria, LA], September 15, 1860
Such is Life.—A jotter down of doings in Saratoga says that a gentleman from New York, married and wealthy, visited the springs last week with his nephew “Charley”—a bright handsome youth, who attracted the envy of the men and the attention of the ladies. Charley rode, smoked, drank, and did many other fashionable things, and was what might be called “fast.” One day he drank too much, and in consequence talked too much, stating among many funny things that he was a she—and that “Charley” was a woman. This proved to be a fact, and on the development the married New Yorker and the female Charley left for elsewhere.