Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1877 — MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. [ARTICLE]

MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS.

The opinion of the naval Court of Inquiry into the Huron disaster has been promulgated by the Secretary of the Navy. The conclusions are that Commander Ryan is primarily responsible for the loss of that vessel, and that Lieut. Palmer, the navigating officer, made errors in navigation ; also, that the deck officers on the night of her loss might have been at fault in not ascertaining the accuracy of the perpendicular soundings reported to them from time to time. The ship is reported to have been in every respect stanch and seaworthy, and she was iu that condition up to the time she struck. J. B. Jones, Major commanding the Texas State forces on the Rio Grande, telegraphs Congressman Mills, at Washington, that 150 of the mob engaged ia the San Elimio affair vm Mesie»n rtttWM from Mexico. avid tfett

they had been drilled by a regular Mexican officer for days previous to the fight.