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NOTICE

FINO FARMERS AND OTIIERS.-Thc subscIib-
i crs having purchased and fitted up in good
order, the WOODEN Mill at Swanton Falls, for
merry known as llatts Factory, are now pre-
pared to manufacture Cloths or Yarn FOR GUS
toners, or exchange the same for wool. A lib
era share of patronage solicited and satisfac
ton guaranteed.
n. b. Office in south end of Factory. where
may be found the books and accounts Of the late
firm of Platt IIinhey.
2l9-tf MEIGS * HINkLEI.
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Poetry.


By ril AUTHOR oy John uALifAN, GENTLEMAN
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Extravaganza IN Mdle -1ffi''e

Oliver Dyer furnishes an article for
Puckard's Monthly for May on Domes-
tic Infelicities and Home Discomforts.
in the course of which he thus dis
courses on the extravaganza i'm male at
tire:
We called at large importing house
in Broadway, not long ago, which an
nOunces itself as dealing solely in
mems under wear" and amusing were
our discoveries. We came suddenly
upon large room. which we at first
mistoOk for a pdrterre Oftropical flowers
in full bloom, but when, on eXamina-
ton, proved to be the sample room for
mems neckties. Such patterns, such
styles, such cOlors, we had never ina
gined to be possible in neckties--espe-
cially cOlors. There was one collection
of such flaming, glowing, blazing,
burning red, that we invOluntarily ask
ed the proprietor if the insurance COM
panies did not rate them as "eXtra haz-
ardOus on account of fire." We hardly
felt safe, and longed for fire engine to
come and play upon these neckties, and
put Thorn ont.
The prices of some of the specimens
of "men's under wear" which we saw
in that vast establishment ran up to a
frightful figure. especially those of the
wedding gear. We will set down a list
of some of the articles, at what we were
told were the usual retail prices for them
in Broadway shops:
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First Glass Tickets include
Meals and State Rooms.

Leaving Ogdcnsburgh every day, Sundays
cNceptcd) on arrival of noon trains for GILL.
CAGO, MILWAUKEE and intermediate ports,
without change of boat aud every evening
CSundays cxc.ptcdD for Cleveland. Toledo. Ne
tioit and intermediate ports.
Passengers and families moving West can
embark witt their Luggage, Teams. Stock &c,
and land together without disturbance or
Iranshipncnt at then port of destination. thus
avoiding the great Inconvenience of the many
changes expenses and delays of other routes.
These Steamers have large Cabins and State
Rooms. amply and neatly furnished tor First
Class Passengers and Families who may wish to
furnish their own provisions.
No efforts will be spared to main ain the rep
utntlOn of this As the
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a coiored map, his wife, bis yife's
sister, and baby fourteen months old,
were burned to death near New Road
Station, South Carolina, on the hight
of the 18th instant. Their charred re.
mains we're found next day in the smol.
dering ruins Of the house in which they
had lived. It's supposed that tho FIRE
broke out ia the night, aud that the
smoke suffocated the unfortunate poo.
pie while they were sleeping.
Ia Fulton county, Illinois, last week
a little son Of j. II. Harris, aged about
thirtSen years, was found suspended BY
his neck With q strap in his fathers
barn, quite dead. On the same day a
son Of Colonel Tonney was found hang
ing in similar manner.
A cclorcd preacher, named Byrd, has
been arrested at Richmond, Va, charg.
ed with committing a violent outrage
lon q colcfed girl aged thirtcen years.
The Dispatch says he confessed his
quilt 'fs
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
Tus CHEATED TERM, is COMING.

The summer months will very soon be fairly
ushered in with their sultry weather and long
train Of diseases. II Is the season when nature
can do littld 10 Incorporating our exhausted
strength, and when we are required TO fortify
our physique against the dangers arising from
the universal prcvalency Of sickness. The only
true safeguard is that sure and reliable tonic
and invigorator hISIfLETSHERii BITTERS,
which u Endorsed aud recommended BY the
medical faculty and by unnnmbcred Thousands
Of persons In every city, town and village in
the country, who have tested ~ remedial vir-
tues and hy is aid preserved or recovered
their health. u will purify the Blood and Sc
cretonsi cure every form Of Indigestion, aud
afford immediate relief in cases Of Dysoatery
Cholir, Cholera, Cholera Morbus, and kindred
diseases, Provide youself no,e against n time
Of need, Delays are often dangerous.
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DEATH OF Ex.PREsIDENr JOHN
SONS Son. Elk. president johnson,
while engaged in the political canvass
in Alabama, received the intelligence
Of the death Of his sou, Colonel Robert
johnson, at the family residence, in
Greenville, Tenn. Robert johnson was
the second, but eldest surviving son OF
the ax.President. When mere youth
he entered the Union army as a volun.
tcer and served during the greater part
OF the war, and when his father came
to be President be joined his personal
service as private secretary. His career
in Washington is generally known to
the public. He was feted aud fia.tered
BY those who hoped to use him, and led
into habits which eventually rendered
him wreck. He was a good.naturcd,
genial young man, aud probably with.
out an enemy in tho worle--save him.
self.
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Election Of School Trustees,

NOTICE is hereby given that an election
IN for TWO TRUSTEES will be held at
the School House, in each School District
in Carroll county, on the
FIRST SATURDAY IN NAY
next, at 9 o'clock, P. NJ, at which every
registered voter, having legal residence
therein, shall be entitled TO vote.
Published by order oil Board,
j. III. NEWS0N. Secretary.
3D. The future success Of the Public
Schools, depends, in great measure, upon
the election of Trustees and therefore this
election should have the careful attention
Of every parent and guardian iB the county.
Let every voter, then, 90 70 tho School
House, on the 9th Of May, and aid in the
election OF an efficient School District
Board. aprils 81
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YSHE County Commissioners for Carroll
Il county Will meet at their Office in the
Court Uonse, ut Westminster,pn MON
DAY and TUESDAY, 9Th and 9Th Of April,
aud every Monday and Tuesday nntilthe i7tll
and 18th Of May, % make transfers aud
attachments.
All persons Interested viii attend. Is 10
abatements Or transfers will be made affcer
the lsthof May. 81
Persons making application for transfers
Of property will be required 70 comply with
the following sections 81 Article 81 pf the
Code OF Public General Laws isssl
Section IL. Whenever any person shall
make application for any allowance or de-
ductiou on account Of the sale, transfer,
alienation, loss or removal Of any property,
or the colIection or payment Of my public
or private security for money, Tie County
Commissioners, or Appeal Tag Court, shall
interrogate him on oath 10 reference tnere-
70, and the disposal Of the samo, and espe.
clally inquire Of him 10 whom the sains
has been sold or transferred, and tho
amount Of purchase money, or tho money
collected, and how the same has boon in
vested.
Section 10. They shall also intsrroxate
said person on oath in reference ID any nc-
QUESTIONS or Investments made By lin
and not already assessed, and the amount
Of all such acquisitions and jiyssfipenls
shall be addad'to his asscssaI,lo 6ropSftf,,
and if he refuses 10 answer, 10 allowance
Or dedaetisn shpll b. made IN biz essesD'
ment
BY order of he nossl,
mar 25-6t +. Clerk.
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TINTED STATES
" INTERNAL REVENUE.


ASSESSORS OFFICE, irH DISTINCT, Nh, |
HAGgRsTowS, April 9th, 1869. /
The annual assessment for Frederick, Al
legany. Washington and Carroll counties on
INCOMES for The year 1868, aud
SPECIAL TAXES,
and TAXES cd. Carriages, Watches and
Plate for the year 1869, being about com
pleted, notice is hereby given to all whom
II may concern that lists OF said assessments
will be open for inspection at the Office of
the Assessor in Hagerstown, Washington
county, on the FIRST DAY OF MAY.
and continue open for inspection until and
including the 10th day of said month, during
which period land not thereafter) the Asses
sor will hear appeals IL icriting, relating to
any erroneous or excessive valuation or as.
sessments returned TO this office on the an
nnal list for Internal Revenue from Incomes
and Special Taxes.
JOHN VAN LEAR,
apl5-dt Assessor.
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PUBLIC SALE.

THE UNDERSIGNED, declining Housekeep
Il ing, will offer at Public Sale, on
Saturday, he LIST day Of Nay, 1869,
at o'clock, P. NJ, the Household Furni.
tture contained in the dwelling now occupied
by him, consisting Of
TWO BEDSTEADS AND BEDDING.
two very excellent three.ply Carpets, one
Cook Stove, Bureau, Sofa, Oil Cloth, Rag
Carpeting, aud many other articles not nee
essary to mention.
Terms Of Sad. --All sums of $40 and un.
der, cash all sums over $40 credit OF
three months will be given, tho purchasers
note with approved security.
WILLIAM MOORE.
ap 22-2t
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Corporation Election.

NOTICE is hereby given that m Election
~ will be held in the City Of Westmin-
ster, on the
First Monday, Sd day Of Nay, 1863,
between-ihe hours OF twelve O'Clock, NJ,
and six O'Clock, p. NJ, ut the Westminster
Hotel, for the purpose of electing one per.
son for Mayor and flee persons as members
Of the Common Council, TO serve the en-.
suing year, in accordance with the Act Of
Assembly, incorporating the said City of
Westminster.
DAVID FoWBLE,
ap22-H Mayor.
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HELMB0LD'S
Concentrated Fluid Extract
SarSapariIIa

EhDIeArEs ERrrrivE and ULcgnATIyE DISEASES
of the
THROAT, NOSE, EYES, EYELIDs, SCALP.
AND SKIN,
Which SO disggure the appearance, Ppreine
the evil effects of mercury and removing ali
taints, the remnants of Diseases, hereditary or
otherwise. and Is taken by Adults and Children
With perfect Safety.
Two Tablo-Spoonfuls of the Extract of Sarsa-
parilla, added to a pint of water, is equal to
the Lisbon Diet Drink, and one bottle Is equal
TO q gallon Of the Syrup Of Sarsaparills, or die
dccQctiOns as usually made.
An Interesting Letter is published In the
Mcdieo-Chirurgical Review, on the subject Of
the Extract Of Sarsaparila in certain affections.
by Benjamin Travers, Y. Il. s., &c. Speaking
OF those diseases, and diseases arising from the
excess Of mercury, he states that no remedy Is
equal to the Extract Of SarsapariIla It's power Is
extraordinary more so than any other drug am
acquainted with. 1t is, In the strictest sense, a
tonic with this Invaluable attribute, that Il Il
applicable TO a state Of the system so sunken.
and yet so irritable as renders other substances
OF the tonic class unavailable oriajurious.
HELMB0LD'S
Concentrated Extract Sarsapayi2la.
Established upwards of IS years. Prepared BY
II. 7. HELMBoLD,
apriis-zm 59t broadway, N. Y.
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NO. 9G5 EQUITY.

No. VUD Equity.
Circuit Court for Carroll County.
Edwin J. Crumrine ct. ais, rs. Lydia
Grumrine ct. ais.
ORDERED this 18th day of April, 1869,
" that the Audit filed in this cause be
ratified, unless cause to the contrary thereof
be shown on or before the 9Th day of May
next, provided copy OF this order be in
serted for two successive weeks in some
newspaper published in Carroll county, be.
fore the day last named.
JNo. d. BOYLE, CLERK.
True copy,-Test:
ap22-2t Jyo. b. BorLE, Clerk.
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Road Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given by the under.
IN signed that application will be made
to the County Commissioners for Carroll
county, at their next meeting after thirty
days from the date hereof, for the location
of new county road commencing at a point
north of Dig Pipe Creek, near the Otter
Dale Mills, on the county road leading from
said Mill to Union Bridge, and running
thence aeross the said creek through the
lands Of James Bostian, and to intersect
the aforesaid road.
JOHN 2. HARTZELL,
ap22-5t and others.
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y ~ ION
Agricultural Works
Westminster Md.

wM. II. HARMAN 4 CO.,
TAXI this method 70 acknowledge their
kind regards 10 a generous pablie for The
very liberal support they have received, L
has far exceeded their expectations They
now assure the public generally, that. with
enlarged facilities ior doing al kinds Of
work generally done in the best Foundry
and Machine Shops IN the whole conntry,
they are ready 70 furnish every article 10 their
line-snch 10 part, as
STHRESHERk,
HORSE POWERS,
SPRING TOOTH WHEEL. HORSE
RAKES, PL0UGIiS Of all kinds and
variety, Qnelndipg tho 0hpstead Patent
Revolving Land Side rlongt,) Cum Shell
lers, aud Agricultural Implements GENERALLY,
at prices as moderate rs any other establish
ment can afford tofnrnish tho same. gparan-
sceing at all times oil Machinery manuiae-
turcd By rs.
Having just completed q new and sery
extensive Foundry, we are now ready TO
supply CASTINGS Of all kinda, Of superior
quality and iinish at short notice.
By prompt attention TO business. ind .
determination to maintain the standing and
credit Of onr nsanufactory, We hope to merit
and receive q continuation Of the public
favor heretofore SO generously given.
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THE DEMOCRATIC ADVOCATE

IS ruBLisHEp EVERY THURSDAY
By VIM. II. vanderford, Proprietor.
za- OFFIcE-No. ., canaoLL HALL.
TsRMs. 90 per year to be paid 10 advance.
Single copies five cents. No subscription re-.
cciyed for less than year.
ADVERTISING RATES.
One square OF 8 lines, will be inserted times
or less for one dollar, and IS cts for each sub
scquept insertion. One square mos. 81. so;
o mos. IS, year IS. No advertisement in
serted for less than Sl.00. Business Cards S.
per year, when not exceeding lines, When
the number OF insertions Is not marked. adyer-
tisements will be continued until forbid aud
charged accordingly.
&6- Yearly advertisers must con6ne adj
vertiscments To their own business.
Obituaries and communications Of a personal
nature, Eve cents per line.
Advertisements In which largo number of
figures are used will DO charged 70 cents per
square extra.
Wa All letters shouid be addressed to TnE
DsNocRAric ApvocArR, Westminster, Md.
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Those who Desire Brillianoy Of Complexion
must purify and enrich the blood, which Helm
bold's Concentrated Extract of Sarsaparillain
variably does. Ask for Hcmbod's. Take no
other.
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THE MARYLAND
Life Insurance Go.

E . H.
'nFFIcE In company's Building, No. 10
" South Street Baltimore. Policy holders
participate In the profits. All Policies Nom
PnFsioRsr.- George p. Thomas.
SRcnRTARY.---A. X. Ford.
DIaEuroRs. Hamilton Easter, Allen A. Chap
man, George r, Thomas, Hugh sissan, Hiram
", woea, George u Miller, wm. Desries, Chss.
These gentlemen are well and fasorabiy
known as aussng the best commercial men In
the State. This IL
THE ONLY MARYLAND COMPANY.
Its success has equalcd the expectations Of
Is most sanguine friends. LIS rates and divi-
dends compare with the oldest and best com
panles In the country, II Is emphaticnlly
OUR COMPANY,
gotten up to afford opportunity for all TO in
sure without sending money out Df the State.
! must be clear 10 every intelligent mind,
That II we would secure the largest prosperity
20 our state, and people individually, we must
home.
The laws OF trade, commerce, sclfintcrest
and seit-respect combine 10 make this the Com
pany Of Maryland.
RErEHKSces Hon. WIN. n. Hayden, j, L.
Keitsnider, Jesse Reifsnider, n. i. Gorsneh,
Levi Burlington.
MeDIcAL ExANISERs.--nrs Mills, Herring
beltz, Martin, Shaw, Darlington, Manakec,
hehring, oorrell, Kelly, Crawford, 0wings.
LOOK TO Y0uR INTERESTS,
and Insure at once. Persons wishing 10 insure
would do we'll 10 consult the above.
A. j. MYERS, State Superintendent will
attend our coarts and travel through the coun-
~ e transact the business Of the company.
Now, gentlemen, you have the chance to In
sure in good and perfectly reliable Company
under our own supervision.
Ee- Applications may be obtained from the
Agent y. .. GnIhEs, Esq., Westminster, Md.
april 10, ls99,--iy.
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YNHE County Commissioners for Carroll
County will meet at their 0fiice, in
Westminster, on the fEnsr MoxpAy o.
NAY, 1852, for Tho transaction Of
business. N
BY order,
ap st cissk.
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McCoRMICKts
Dg MOWER AND REAPER,

WM II. HARnAx & Co.. Sole Agents for
the State Of Maryland. This Reaper and
Mower stands unsurpassed In this country
or Europe. We ask nothing more Of my
honest farmer than to give them fair trial.
where true merit viii silgw itself beyond
doubt We know they wiz work apa dive
entire satisfaction, under al circumstances.
Messrs McCoruiiek a Bro. say to all who
need or intend to buy Reaper or Mower,
Take their machine and tn il to your at
isfacfion through ne Hqyyest with any other
mnchine you can get, and keep which ever
yon like best 'Fhpse machines combine
all modern improvements af aay yalpp. VI
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Rheumatism and Gouf.

1t is an Infallible Preventive and Cure for
Neuralgia. Sick Headache and Nervousness,
Diseases Of Women, Diseases Of the Liver,
Kidneys and Urinary Passages.
Its Tonic properties make IL valuable Rem
edy in Dyspepsia and General Debility.
By taken Irisin the Blood (which permeates
all the tissues, and Is the life aud nutrition
thereof 10 purified, rendering the whole sys-
TEN perfectly healthy,
Formula Of DR. JOHN WILKINS, of Baiti-
more, Md. Sold by all Druggists,
mar. lS,--ly.
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D0ND'S Exfracf, Andrews 4 Thomn-
il son' Conpound Syfup Of Wild Ginger
Tor Whooping Cough, Cd sale by
mar , tfonpa' 4 W1Imtr
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lR S I'm,
THE COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT OF
IRIS vERsICOLOR.

yJNHIS powerful Vegetable Alternative will
cure Scrofula IN Its various forms. and
other Constitutional Affections and Taints,
whether Hereditary or Acquired, such as
Eruptions of the Skin, Ineipient Consumption,
&C., &c.
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N o TIC =

IL persons intending to apply for So.
n peryiscrship Of Roads, arc requested
TO attend nj the Office Of the Eounty Com.
missiohers, on MONDAY and Tuesday, the
9th and 9th Of ArRIL Instant, or on every
Monday and Tuesday until the 18th day oi
May, as the appointments will be made dur
ing those meetings for the year 1869.
BY order,
JAMES BLIZZARD,
ap1-1t (Sentiael copy.3 Clerk.
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A IL no new Eyles and a al rrioes.
IA jast received aud for sale ~
epi nv 4: 3 dvnyfreag.
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spring EleyveEs.
4 Large assortment for zale BY
"a spl Hs. 4. p 1iy9HsfToii0.
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Mr.. Garrett and Parallel Lines.

At meeting of the Directors of the
Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad, held in
Baltimore IN the nth instant, Mr.,
Garrett took occasion to speak of the
financial cqpdition Of the Washington
County Railroad, of which they are
owners, and also against tho policy Of
building parallel lines. The following
letter on this subject appeared in the
Hogersiown Mai, Of Friday last. L. is
from gentleman well verSed in Rail
road matters, aud we commend it to our
readers:
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EUROPE.

RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN NATURALIZATION Re
COMMENDED BY THE ROYAL COMMISSIONERS
RATE OF DISCOUNT ADVANCED By THE BANK
OF ENGLAND.
LONDON, April 1.-The Royal Commissioners
appointed to inquire into the laws of naturali-
cation have made their report. They recon-
mend the enactment Of law recognizing
naturalization abroad as alternating British
subjects from their allegiance to Englan d, and
propose the total abolition Of the disabilities of
aliens to hold landed property.
The Bank Of England has advanced its rate
of discount from threo to four per cent.
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attack with guns, pistols, bayonets and knives.
E1en after they were dead the volunteers
amused themselves by sticking their bayonets
into the lifeless bodies. When tired of this
bloody pastime they searched the bodies, and
finding bag full of ounces, greeted the dis
covery with cries of " Vioa Espano!" Tho
only crime of these two victims was merely
that of trying to escape from being sent to the
Island of Fernando Po, which has fallen to the
lot OF all Cubaus of any standing. The Cap
tain and crow OF the JEFF. Davis are still IN
prison at Caibaren. The British Consul is ex-
pecting tiee, of several vessels, which have
been ordered to cruise in the Bahama waters.
On the same day two Oubans were shot at Cal
BARREN for being bearers of rebel correspon-
dence.
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THE CUBAN REVOLUTION.

REPcETED DESPERATE BATTLE-THE NsURGENTS
TT NCToRs.
WAsHryaroN, April 9.-IntelIigence 8. received
here to-day by the agents OF the reyoutionists
in Cuba state that desperate battle had been
fought between the insurgents and spanish
forces, the former achieving briiliant victory
and capturing large numbers Of troops, sup
plies and half million In money.
IMPORTANT NTEILIaENCE-THE PERUVIAN Mon
rroRs IN TIE SERVICE OF THE CUBAN 1NsuR-
aENrs-oJE OF THEM IN THE VICINITY OF
MANzANuLo.
KEY WEST, April Information of the most
reliable character has reached here to the effect
that both of the Peruvian iron-clad monitors,
which recently left Pensacola, ara now in the
service of the Cuban insurgents. Tue war
vessels were formerly in tue United States
navy, and we're known as the Catawba and
Oneota. They are turreted monitors. covered
with fiyc inches Of iron plate, and carry each
two ff.een-inch guns. One of them was lying
at Ragged Island at last accounts. awaiting
supply of coal from Nassau. Tho other Is be-
ieved to be in the vicinity Of Manzanilio, on
~SSSoA> ASA ,~~~
reports recently sent from Havana that the
insurgents we're massing their forces on the
south side Of the islanl.
A BRITISH VESSEL cAPTURED-Two OF HER PAS
sESaEns sHoT-A MAN-oF- WAR SENT TO LOOK
AFTER BRITISH INTERESTS.
HAVANA, April 1.-The British Consul has
sent her Britannia Hajesty's steamer Heron to
Cs,barien to investigate the affair of tho British
schooner JEFF. Davis. This vessel was captur-
ad in the old Bahama channel and brought into
Caibarien because she had on board as passer-
gers five Cubaus, white and colored, who were
endsayoring to reach Nassau. On arriving tho
Messengers were at once brought on shore and
their landing was soon known. Two OF then''
Francisco M. Jimeuez and Rafael Falero, were
persons of standing and werltb. They were
suxounded BY a mob of volunteers. and' IN
the presence OF the women and chlidfen
of their own families. were taken from Ine
guard of marines who had them in chlrge and
put to death in the street under PromIscuous