STUMP SOUND, 9th May, 1874.
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Mr.. Editor You will confer a lasting obliga-
ton on much slandered mother, by giving this
ia place in the columns of your paper Sir, am
poor, very poor in worldly wealth; but 1 am
proud that can boast of what is of more value,
and should be held far more dear by every Ameri-
can mother-I have, sir, thanks be to the Giver
ofall earthly blessings, six of sons, all good
and true democrats every one, not federalist or
Clay whig among them. The little bantling that
calls himself my son. in his repartee that he has
given me in the Wing Clarion" is, do assure
Eyou and the public, (although tits much against
my will to betray family secrets,) base-begouen
child of my sister, and an Inscriptions wayward
fellow, and has been great trouble to me but
like many others, presumes on, his relationship to
visit my family, and is continually striving to sow
discord among my sons, by false promises scan
dal soPhistry, and every other device that himself
and his instructors can invent-but, am proud to
say, without any other effect than (what he is well
aware of to make the author less popular and
more cont ntemptible, and by some despised. But,
sir, in justice to myself and family, here openly
declare and publicly proclaim that what Nc has
written, in the 'sWhig Clarion" abou, my being
his mother is false, absolutely false, notwithstand
ing his reference to the whig gentleman that the
little tailor whipt who, by the by, think is We
ry near relation of Nick-a-de-mus Gurganus or
Mic. Ganus. This, sir, believe, is a true histo-
ry of the fellow who calls himself nv son-who
seeks, as many others have and no doubt will do
again, to make himself respectable and respected
hxyh ofh ho1.
parentage -


Sir, as to the shooting match that is to come of
on the 9TH ofJuly next, that is altogether =" Wing
Clarion" or carrion, some other sort of "iOn,"
tale. My sons all good marksnen as we'll as
(he knows them to be) good republicans, and
could keep their hands in by coon killing, but the
Varmnt" is scarce very scarce in these "dig-
gins"-now and then one creeps over the line on
Pretence of business, but never returns by the
same way for fear of being treed. So we intend
to take good care of our ammunition (which is
by no means scarce) until MISUNDERSTANDING
what we intend to on the first Thursday in
August, when Col. Hoke will receive 90 TO o, as
Mic. says, and should not be surprised at some
thing more-when we intend tojoin all our neigh
bors in grand coon hunt. When the time ar
rives or before, Should Mr.. Mic. Ganus conclude
to prosecute his claims to relationship with my
family, he will without delay provide himself
with a feet horse, ard persuade the little man
whom the little tailor whipt to join him, and hold
themselves in readiness to join in the chase of
'' that same Old Coon," and by so doing prove
themselves worthy of being adopted into the ami-
ly of STUMP SOUND.