The first intimation Binsse has had of his appointment on the New York Committee of arrangements for the Catholic Congress reached him in the columns of the Catholic Review. He is now pretty well advanced in years, averse to leaving his home, and cannot see how he can be of any service on the committee. The Catholic World will publish soon an account of the preliminary preparations and opening of the Congress held in Madrid last April followed by an account of the proceedings and conclusions arrived at. Both are written by a gentleman in Madrid and contain much useful and interesting information. Binsse knew Brownson's father Orestes A. Brownson very well, and now one of his pleasing recollections is to have suggested to Father Isaac T. Hecker the idea of getting up a fund to purchase the annuity which he so richly deserved and to have contributed to it himself. Nor can he forget his first acquaintence with his writing in an article contributed by him before he became a Catholic to the Democratic Review. He was perfectly astounded at the vigour, logic and fearlesness of the article. :: III-3-c A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.