He has received Francis's letter of Mar. 4 as well as the one he sent by Bope. He has been negligent because he has been trying to build a house. Francis's poetry promises something better. He has had some fever but his wife and son, seven weeks old, are well. He has called him John Francis. Josiah has been better this year. The doctor does not want to prosper by sickness of the community. Mr. Bope was there. Bishop John Baptist Purcell is expected there in August by which time they expect the addition to the church to be completed. The prospects are for an abundant harvest. Temperance was all the go for a while but politics is now the chief subject. The county is Democratic, but he is no politician. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to.