Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-11-08

tai piles which in all ages and In all countries I
have. in greater or less magnitude and splen- |
dor, commemorated the names and adorned the |
tomhs of the distinguished dead. Never did |
there live or die in any age or country asman |
more worthy of such tribute than Gen. Lee.
But, after all, his most enduring memorial will |
be in the hearts, not of this generation only,
but OF all generations that are to come To
be thus enshrined in the affections of the world
is the Immortality most to be desired and h ard |
est to be achieved.
1t is said that the effect of the decision Of
the Court in New York that man has per-
feet legal right, if he chooses, to set trap-gun
to catch or kill burglars who may attempt to
enter his house, will be very marked. as trap
guns are already in brisk demand and it will
probably not be long before every store contain
ing valuables will be supplied with them. The
police say they confidently anticipate whole
sale emigration Of burglars to other places.
Well, we suppose ''trap-gun' for burglars
can be used in .other places" than New York.
They can be fitted in yard, and cellars, and
along fences and wood piles. So, let burglars
and thieves beware . r,o
DEFAULTING SHERIFF Auditor Taylor has
prepared statement showing that the whole
amount Of money due the State by defaulting
Sheriffs since 1865 is $500, 500, %. of which
all but $65, 900 is due by military appointees.
This is an excelledt card for the Radicals to
use during the present campaign, and we hope
their orators and stump-speakers and newspa-
pers will make the most Of it. 400 q,af,,sa5 Il
The LATE AURoRAL DIsPLAYs.-In cor
respondence with the Indianapolis Journal,
Daniel Kirkwood, Professor of the Indiana
State University, says: 4e98 aqiI sLe sHT
On Friday evening last, October Dist, fine
aurora was seen in this place from half past six
to half past seven o'clock. This morning a.
bout daybreak another brilliant display was
witnessed by persons who were so fortunate as
to be up at that hour This evening the phe-
nomenon was again observed as early as six
O clock. An arch of light, some ten degrees
IN breadth, rose up from the horizon at point
slightly south of east and passed precisely over
the Square OF Pegasus. A corresponding arch
appeared also in the west, and at seven clock
the two nearly met, forming an almost contn
uous arch. @ e
The mysterious connection now known to ex-
ist between the number of solar spots and the
frequency of auroras has never, perhaps, been
more distinctly marked than during the pres
ent year. The abundance as we'll as the mag
nltude of the spots On the suns surface have
indicated, for some time past, extraordinary
agitation OF the solar atmosphere. At the
same time the frequency Of auroral displays
has been no less remarkable The precise ma
ture of the connection between these phenom
ena is not yet understood. The fact however,
is now generally admitted
WEST VIRGINIA ELECTION.
throughout the length and breadth of the coun-
try are rejoicing over the great victory achieved
by the Democratic party over Radicalism at
the late election in West Virginia. The Lynch
burg News refers as follows to the result:
West Virginia must henceforth be set down
as Democratic State. Cut off from Virginia
and erected into State for purely partisan
purposes, and manipulated in the crucible of
disfranchisement until Radical ascendancy with
| in its borders seemed permanent, it has In one
day overturned every nice calculation, and con-
verted an instrumentality of Republican
| strength into lasting source Of weakness.
The first result of the Democratic victory will
be to let in some 20, 600 now disfranchised citi-
zens, who will hold the State Democratic for
| years by a sweeping majority, and next to this
comes the election, vice Mr.. Wiley, Of a Dem
ocratic United States Senator in the Forty
second Congress, whose vote will neutrallze
Mr.. Boremans until that gentleman in turn is
superseded by Democratic successor. West
! Virginia has done nobly. Let the ''Old Do
minion follow her bright example, and be true
to herself On the Sth of November. e aasl
$3.50. In eaf
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN OHIo-A Han Nur-
ders HIS Wife and Conceals the Body.-A dis
patch dated Fort Wayne, Ind, October 80,
says:
A most horrible murder, committed nine
miles south Of Lima, Ohio, has just come 20
his wife near his house, on last Monday after
noon, by stabbing her eight times in the breast
and four times in the abdomen. He threat
ened the lives OF his children if they informed
on him, and by direction of him two of his
! sons buried the body near the house, and then,
in order to remove all traces of the grave,
! plowed and narrowed over the spot. Yester-
! day his children told some of the neighbors of
| the affair, and an examination was immediate
! ly made, which revealed the crime in all its
horrible nature. Brentlinger has since con-
fessed, and is now confined III the Lima jail
His trial will probably take place at this pres
ent term of the court. The age of the MUIR
derer is so, that of his victim but 25. This
was his second wife, He claims to have muir
dered her On account of her being too intimate
with neighbor. t # eeqrs sIs satg55i
@ Surrender of Paris.
Paris has been summoned to surrender, aud,
it is said, for the last time. 1t was the most
natural thing imaginable that the German COM
mander should seize the occasion of the fall of
Metz to offer terms to the besieged at Paris,
but it does not follow that patience is exhaust
| ed, and that the tender is made for the last
time. Everything which the Germans have
| done, and all Of the little which they have pub
licly declared, indicates that they have DO idea
of either assauiting or bombardng the French
capital. The latest circular from Bismarck,
addressed to the ambassadors of North Ger
many, which we publish this morning, leaves
the impression on the mind of the reader that
the Parls;ans are to be left to the fate which
naturally follows that isolation which their city
has now suffered for forty days, and which they
In part produced in the vain attempt to delay
the Prussan advance. Count Bismarck sug-
gests painful contingency resulting from the
too long delay of the surrender, which now
seems inevitable, in the intimation that the
German commanders viii be unable to provide
a single day $ rations for the population of
Paris in the event Of its capitulaticn. This
consideration is one which the French military
leaders cannot reject, and there is just reason
to hope that Paris, when it does surrender,
may not be found in the deplorable condition
Of Metz.-N. = Tribune.
VIRGINIA VALLEY RAILROAD. The Board
Of Directors of the Virginia Valley Railroad
in Ralf dow 81