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Mississippi, and here is the picture he presents: It may be safely set down that he is a bourbon after the strictest sect, and it is a well-known fact in this part of the State that he is a bulldozer of the bulldozers. General Lowry is a man of marked ability, but his unfortunate connection with the hanging of certain Confederate soldiers who went home for several reasons, and his presidency of the Brandon Bank that collapsed a few years back, making paupers of hundreds of widows and orphans, will insure his defeat in Central Mississippi by a very large majority. A canvass among the democrats of Jackson brings to light the fact that nearly half of them intend voting for Ben. King, and I am assured that every man in Bolton will vote against Lowry or "My dear Bob," as he is called in this section. And I am told by those who will vouch for truth, that the reason Bolton will go solid against Mr. Lowry is tied up in a little story, as follows: A certain widow lady of that flourishing little town, whose lawyer and confidential adviser Mr. L. was, had $7,000 deposited in his bank, and hearing that the bank was shaky, wrote, appealing to his candor and integrity, to learn whether there was any truth in the report. His reply was, the bank is safe. Scarcely two weeks had elapsed when she received the news that the bank had suspended, and her little fortune swept away for ever. The history of Mr. Lowry's bank is the darkest chapter of Mississippi financial engineering, and will defeat the Democratic ticket next November as sure as Gen. Lowry is allowed to remain at its head.