Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-11-24

BOLD DlNCENDIARIsM.-One of the boldest
cases of incendiarism of which we have heard,
transpired In Clarke county last week. from
what we heard Of the affair We gather:
90 Saturday night week, Mrs, Catharlno
Carter, residing near WadcsVillc, with her
family, left home, Tor the purpose OF attending
church, Leaving in charge OF the house young
white girl. About o'clock, the girl beard
the approach Of footsteps, and being 1righten-
ed lock ed the door. The visitors proved to be
colored man and woman who demanded al
mission. This vas refused, when they eheotcd
an entrance by breaking the door in with al
axe. They then broke open the secretary oou
tanning Mrs. Carter's papers, and these they
consigned to the flames. The girl jerked them
from the fire, when the negro man raised
poker over her, and threatened to xiii her II
she again attempted to foil them in their de.
signs The girl became frightened, and rushed
from the premises, when the devils kndIed
fire in the middle OF the floor, and satisfied
with their presumed success, disappeared. La
few moments MIR. Lauck passing, discover
ed the condition OF affairs, and with some
difficulty extinguished the flames. Mrs. Carter
and family returned, and nothing occurred
further to disturb them during the night. %
Sabbath matters still appearing quiet, tue
family again started to church, short distance
of. But hardly had they gotten OFT the prem
ises before the legendary Was again at WorS,
this time applying his torch to the stackyard
and barn, and these proving more combustlble
were quickly consumed with their contents,
including amongst other things $50 bushels OF
wheat.
Mrs Carter is entirely ignorant OF The cause
of this spite against her, and 80 tar the guilty
wretches have not been identified. - W"eches-
ter Times.
THE COVETED TERn1ToRY.-The French
provinces of Asace and Lorraice. the surren
der of which, it is understood Bismarck VIII
insist upon as condition OF peace, compre,
bend an area of 81 ,9S7 square kilometres OF
territory. and have population Of $3.50, 00O
The surrender even of this large extent OF ter
ritory, with its varied productions. maouiac-
turing centres and important military tortlhca'
tiops, would be great loss. though not to be
compared with that which Prussia suffered by
the treaty Of TilSi;, when tho father OF the
present king was deprived Of more than hall
his kingdom. He wns compelled tr c2de all
the territory between the Rhine and the Elbo
river, OF which The Kingdom Of Wostphaiia,
under Jerome Napoleon, Was formed he baa
TO recognize the newlv-orented kiuedoms OF
Naples and Holland under the brothers. or ma
polcon, Joseph and Louis also the hhenlsn
Confederation, established by Napoleon, ana
all States that might in the future JOIN the
same. Other portions, of Prussia were given
to Saxopy. The seaport Of Danzig had fn DC
relinuuished. and the remainder Of the klng
dom 10 be closed against any trade with Eng
land during the war of the latter with France,
The former Polish provinces OF Prussia bad to
be surrendered Ooe part OF these was given to
Russia, while the remainder formed the Dutchy
of Warsaw, also given to the King of Saxony
Contributiops were cxac:cd by France to the
amount OF over five millions OF francs and a
sum of one hundred and twenty million francs
was paid by Prussia in 1908 to obtain hnaI
withdrawal of French troops from cities held
a. hostages. Yet Prussia has not only survl'
cd all this humiliation, but become: for TIM
at least, the first military power OF Enrope.