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MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my people that I left in Mar- shall county, Miss.--my mother, brother and three sisters. I have not seen or heard from them since the war. My mother was Lucinda, father Willis, but he died when I was a small boy. My brother's name was John, my sisters Dorcas, Mary Ann and Hannah, who was the baby when I left home. My name was Riley, and we belonged to Lem Smith. Our mistress was Loveley, who was the daughter of Joseph Chairs. We fell to Mr. Smith, by his wife. My brother Isam was my mother's oldest child, and sister Dorcas the next, then a brother died of the lockjaw by cut- ting his big toe; his name was Pressly, but we called him Pedler. Riley, Mary Ann and Hannah were very small when I left home. We lived about 7 miles Northeast of Holly Springs, near a village called Hudsonville, and than people would get off the cars at Sylvester Church,and if that church still stands please tell the preacher in charge to read this to his con- gregation. Address Riley Smith, Giddings, Lee county, Texas, in care of Rev. T. J. Smith.