Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1877 — MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. [ARTICLE]

MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS.

It is stated in a dispatch from Matamoras, Mexico, that in consequence of the presence of Gen. Escobedo on tho Texas frontier with all bis staff officers, evidently to inaugurate a revolution iu favor of ex-President Lerdo, about 700 regular troops have embarked at Vera Cruz for the mouth of the Itio Grande, to be used in repelling Escobedo’s forces, should he attempt to cross into Mexico. Failed: The Canada Building Bocietv, of Montreal, liabilities not stated ; Wood & Co., silk and woolen goods importers, Montreal, liabilities heavy. The blame for the loss of the ill-fated steamer Huron, in the opinion of naval officers, rests upon the commander—first, in putting to sea in the faco of an impending storm, of which they had been warned by tho danger-flags of the signal service; and, second, by tho display of bad seamanship in running the vessel in close to shoro instead of putting directly out to sea. A dispatch from Norfolk says : “ Twentyone dead bodies can be seen from tho shore, lashed to the main and mizzen rigging of the Huron.” . The President has appointed Hon. John B. Hawley, of Illinois, to succeed Mr. McCormick as Assistant Secretary of State. John Williams was hanged at Weston, Canada, lust week, for the murder of his wife. Business failuros : Walter Ross & Co., general merchants of Pictou and Wellington, Canada, liabilities $250,000 ; J. D. Hopkins & Co., lumber dealers, Ellsworth, Me., liabilities SIOO,OOO ; the Republic Trust Company, of Newark, N. J. Hon. John Welsh lias sailed from Now York to take charge of our national affairs in England.