In the summer McFarland wrote that one or any of Elder's priests could solicit in the diocese. When he saw McFarland at the Council he did not expect to do it personally but now he may be obliged to do so. He is undecided but wishes to know if that would be agreeable to McFarland. Bishop John Baptist Lamy starts for New York and sails for Europe on the 17th. He carries the documents of the Second Plenary Council . The theologian, Father Joseph M. Coudert accompanies him. Elder will probably make his visit to Emmitsburg next week. Archbishop John Martin Spalding starts that day for Kentucky for the dedication of the Trappist convent on the 15th. He is in better health than at the end of the Council but he needs rest. :: I-1-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.