Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-01-27
advises all persons not to commit themselves
to this new tangled arrangement, ~
BRENTsYIILE, Pr. VIM. Co., Jan. -.
A CaIifornia Heiress.
from the Providence Journal

tain ,tpentv gentlemen at once by her vlVaclouS
conversational powers II this were the only
or chiefly remarkable thing about Miss. liucA-
cock. she would be far less remarkable per-
soDage than she is But she is public char
acter-an actress requiring far broader stage
and larger house than other actresses OF the
time.
She is an only daughter, an only child, be-
lieve, of wealthy and most respectable family,
her father DR.. Hitchcock, having come to the
coast as an army surgeon during the Mexican
war. He is now retired physician, and among
the most substantial and worthy OF San Fran
ciscoans His accomplished daughter has long
been one of the bellies OF the city, without
whom no social gathering of the ton was com
plete if she was IN the country.
When a child she was rescued from burn
ing building by some members of the Knicker
brocker Engine Company No. 5, since which
time she has never forgotten them wearing
conspicuously at all times, and IN all places,
neat gold IS" upon her dress, and at times
making the Company, of which she is duly
elected member, costly presents, ranging from
the cherished $50 to the gold mounted fire
horn. She is eccentric to an extent that would
shock our New England notions of propriety,
showing her eccentricity now by presenting the
"5's' a barrel of brandy, now by stalking
thousand on favorite horse at the races, again
by riding on the cow catcher the entire length
of the Napa Valley railroad, to which ride she
challenged an engineer, and still again by some
OF the noblest deeds of philanthropy and charity.
She has upward of fifty thousand dollars IN
her own right and of course Is expected to IN
herit the hundreds of thousands OF her father s
estate. From her own purse she supplies the
wants of many needy objects OF charity, being
generous 10 the extreme and OF noble impulses
She vibrates between San francisco aud Paris,
taking New York and London on her way, and
astonishing the natives OF each OF these quiet ~
intermediate cities by what she does and what
she does not do.
She defies all rules aud conVenti0nalities Of
society, dresses and acts as she pleases every
where, selects the company from all classes at
will, and yet commands the confidence and
good will of all. She is conspicuous at the
grand ball Of the Empress at the IuIIerles,
attends annually the Derby in England, where
it is said, she amuses herself by winning or
losing a few hundred pounds a day, at the
hands OF the young spngs Of nobility.
A few DAYS since she started in company with
her parents overland Tor New York, aud thence
to Paris. Two days after her marriage notice
appeared as evidence of the last OF her eccen-
tricities; she in a quiet way, with the personal
knowledge Of but two human beings beside
herself and the fortunate groom, having sud
denly experimental in the role OF bride.
Another admirer was with her all the alter
noon Of that day, until p. NJ, when she
went as he supposed, to dinner At p. NJ.
he met her again by appointment and went
with her to the theatre, after which he accom-
panied her and the family as tar as Sacra-
mento, on her overland Journey quite ignorant
of the fact that from T. NJ he had been in
company with Mrs Howard Colt instead OF
Miss. Hitchcock Thisis the same youth whom
she dared to drive down an embankment on
the Cliff House road, few years ago, which
he did at the small cost OF $ 200
Her husband is left behind, she not having
seen him, it is said, since they IcftSaint James
Free Church. Doubtless, ere this she has In
formed her loving pa and dearest ma OF her
late romantic experiment, and Is now enjoying
some other innocent amusement. But while
this heroine is thus eccentric and romantic IN
her composition, and thus reckless in her de-
meanor, as before remarked, there are 10 her
character many OF the noblest traits possessed
by any. She speaks evil OF no one, but has
kind word and q warm heart Tor all.
HABEAs CORPCs CAsE.-Alary j. Brown,
OF Fauquier county, Virginia, yesterday APP
piled to Judge Wylie for writ Of habeas corpus
against Richard Williams and wife to recover
her little daughter, Mile Ann Powell, who
was withheld from her ty these parties. The
case came up before Judge Fisher, in the
Criminal Courtroom, about half past two
o'clock Yesterday afternoon, Messrs. Cook and
Pierce appearing on behalf of the petitioner,
and Mr. K. S. Davis for the respondents. 1t
appeared that the child, col0red GIRL about
eight or ten years OF age, had been living with
the Williams family tor two or three years
The mother had made application on several
occasions to have the child restored to her. but
had been refused and therefore applied for
the writ Judge Fisher, after hearing a state
ment of the facts in the case, remanded the
child to the custody of its mother, as being the
proper guardian. The little one cried bitterly
when she found she was to go to her parent,
declaring that she would drown herself if her
mother took her from those she had been living
with, to whom she seemed greatly attached.
She was paciied, however, and last evening
started with her mother tor her nome in Vlr-
ginia. - Washington Chronicle.
JUDGE PARKER OF Waffle Washington
.corresr ondent of the Baltimore Gazette says
'The Loyal League Of Winchester, Va, get
I'D petition with two hundred signatures,
(how many of them are genuine the vlndlctlve
getters-up of the petition could no doubt tell,
asking Congress not to relieve Richard Parker,
Judge OF the Winchester District, from pollti-
cal disabilities And in presenting this petition
or protest Senator Sumner made one Of his
characteristic instructions about "atrocious
Judges" 1t is needless TO say that Judge
Parker is regarded by every gentleman who
has the honor OF his acquaintance as an able
and honest Judge, the purity of whose ermine
cannot be soiled by anything which Senator
Sumner could say.
Judge Parker IS one OF the most honest,
faithful, impartial, competent, and excellent
judges in this, or any other state.
HoUDoN's WAsHINGToN- 1t is stated that
Houdon, who was sent over from Paris by Mr..
Jefferson to execute statue in marble OF Gen
Washington for the State of Virginia, had great
difficulty in designing an effective position for