Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-01-25
Misce,lau,eous.

The track of the Manassas Gap railroad Is now
completed to Edinburg, Shenandoah county, Va,
and the cars will run there In few days.
Mr., Thomas d. Daniel, Of Prince George Co.,,
fannounces himself candidate for the Board of
Public Works to succeed Col. Boyd. Mr.Daniel
was the Democratic candidate at the last election,
and defeated.
Mr.. Phillip Jesse, aged 100 years. died in New
Garden, Russell county, Va, on the 1st Dec. 1t
is stated that short time before his death he
was able to attend to his own household affairs,
and that while in his buncreth year he cut and
split one hundred rails. tr5
The Secretary of the Navy, in response to q
resolution, has Informed the House of Represen.
tatives that there is no evidence in the Depart.
ment tending to show that non Episcopal Chap
lains in the Navy are required by officers to use
the Episcopal Liturgy.
| The lumbermen and capitalists of Richmond,
Maine, have lately opened new branch of bust
ness. They have set mechanics to work building
houses for expectation. They entirely complete
the houses, even to the finest of the finish, and
box them up, and send them to Boston.
! During the months of November and Decem-
Der 1886 negroes were shipped over the Peters.
burg and Weldon railroad for the cotton and
rice fields of the South. Tuesday 1O7 more were
sent upon the same road and 100 more are now
in Petersburg in readiness to be forwarded to
the same market.
Correspondents of the Lynchburg Virginian
and Richmond Enquirer call attention to Judge
L. P. Thompson aud Thomas J. Niche, Esq, of
Stanton, as well qualified to fill the vacant seat
on the bench of the Court of Appeals, and pay
deservedly high compliments to both of these
gentlemen.
The joint resolution which passed the U. S. Sen
ate few days ago, comforting upon Commodore
Stewart the rank of Senior Flag Officer on the
active list, virtually creates a new office. The
pay and emoluments will be about $4,000 per
annum. Com. Stewart was one of the officers
turned out by the Retiring Board.
General Scott was robbed Of his overcost by q
couple of clever rascals at the st. Charles, New
Orleans, last week. As he was going up the
stairs, surrounded by a crowd, two individuals
insisted upon relieving him of his oyercoat.-
Gracefully he consented, supposing that the act
was only part of The hospitality which had been
offered him; but unfortunately he has beard
nothing since Of his supposed admirers of his o.
vercoat, and has had to procure another p
EURopEAN.-Tbe news from Europe by the
City of Washington, which arrived on Wednes-
day at New York. is interesting. Affairs in It.
ally look threatening, and the French Emperor,
at his New Year leyee, took occasion to make q
remark to the Austrian Minister which was evil
IDENTIFY intended to bear no peaceful nterpreta-
ton. 1t was quite in the First Napoleon's style.
On the opening of the Bourse on the Sd, quite q
panic prevailed The Spanish Ministry have de-
cared that Spain will never sell the Island of
Cuba. The British forces in India are still sue
cessful, with fair promise of an early pscification
of that country.
| SPAIN PRoTEsTs AGAINST TIE SALE OIL CUBA.
-Opportunely for an intelligent judgment on
tho $30, 000,O 600 proposition, we have authentic
Information that the Spanish Government will
repel our advances for the purchase of Cnba
with scorn and indignation The ministry have
declared an nexorabe resolution to this effect,
and they are sustained by the unanimous vote
OF the popular representatives. After this dem
onstration will any man persist 10 the attempt
to acquire Cuba by the means proposed in the
Senatorial caucus2 If in the face of an indig-
nant remonstrance from the Spanish nation,
Congress shall determine to deposit the $4,000
900 with the Executive, Black Republican jour-
. mails may well assert that the money is intended
for some other object than the purchase of Gu
ba-Ihe States.