He explains why he has been so long in answering McFarland's letter of Oct. 11. He knows that McFarland is not a good beggar but he is a good financier. He finds former students of the Mountain in the vicinity, Father Charles John McCallion, Brady, Keene. William Burke is dead, and Clarke attended his funeral in Harrisburg. He hopes that he will become a Jesuit. Mr. Young will soon finish his novitiate. John Clemson has become a Catholic. William Tehan is still at Georgetown. Lt. Curd died. He was in the war with General Taylor. P.S. He asks about Dr. John A. McFarland. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 4pp. 4to.