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DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my mother, three sisters, and one brother, the names of whom are as follows: My mother's name when last I heard from her was Betsey Clark; my brother's name was Adolphus Clark; my three sisters names were Adeline Clark, Serella Clark, and the third one is the daughter which she had after we were separated, and the name of whom I have not learned. These relatives were sold from me near Covington, La., in or about the year 1839, leaving me a boy about sixteen years old. Before we were sold from one another, we belonged to on Joyner. I myself was sold to a woman by the name of Mary Fox, who afterward married a man by the name of Sam Simpson, with whom I remained till the close of the war. I still go by the name of Simpson. I visited my mother at New Orelans about fifteen years ago, and succeeded in finding them all in that city. Only one of my sisters (Serella) was then married. My mother had married a man whose name I do not recollect. She had only one child by the man whom she then had. So you see New Orleans is the last place in which I saw them, and I wish to know whether they are still there or not. I may have possibly mistaken a little in giving the surnames of the above named relatives, but the given names are correct. Wherever my mother is, she is known by the name of the man whom she last married, but the last name by which I knew her was Betsey Clark; and so for all of the above named relatives. Myself and Adolphus were the only sons she ever had that I know anything of. My address is Barksdale, [unreadable] county, Miss. WM Simpson