Mr. Hay to Signor Carignani.

No. 687.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 15th instant reporting the lynching of two Italians named Giovanni and Vincenzo Serio, and the wounding of a third, named Salvatore Liberto, by an armed mob at Erwin, Miss.

In reply I have the honor to say that the case has been at once referred to the governor of Mississippi for appropriate action.

Accept, etc.,

John Hay.