Pedicini acknowledges Rese's letter of Feb. 16. He has deferred answering until he could ascertain from the Papal Nuncio at Vienna the status of the allocation of the Leopoldine Association. The Nuncio informs him that the Association has set aside 114,000 francs for the bishops of Cincinnati, Bardstown, St. Louis, and Charleston and the coadjutor of Philadelphia, of which the bishop of Cincinnati is to be the distributor. On the receipt of this information the Sacred Congregation has issued a letter of treat praise for the Association. Father Paul Cullen will take care of Rese's request of books at the first opportunity. The Sacred Congregation has received the news of the death of Bishop Edward Dominic Fenwick and will provide a successor as soon as possible, relying in the meantime on the prudence of Rese, for the good of religion. Gaetano Matrucci signs as assistant to the Secretary, no. 4. :: III-2-g L.S. Italian 1p. 8vo.