He wishes to complete his trip to Louisville. They were received by Tarascon, a Frenchman from Marseilles, who has a business with his brother and other members of his family. Louisville is growing fast because of the falls of the Ohio for which the boats have to stop most of the year. They waited two days for Father Stephen Theodore Badin who did not come but Father Charles Nerinckx came Friday. Friday night they arrived with their wagons at the home of Thompson. The next day they arrived at the episcopal city, Bardstown. It is a beautiful city in the center of Catholicity and of Kentucky. They were welcomed by Sanders the keeper of the chapel. Sunday they had mass in the chapel, a log cabin roughly put together. The episcopal palace is also of wood, in bad condition. Imagine the feeling of the Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget especially since the people do not seem too excited that he established himself among them. But they are beginning to be more interested since they learned that Danville is interested and no doubt Lexington and Frankfort will be, too. They live in the home of Father Badin who plans to build an episcopal house. The seminarians are in a separate place and Father Savine is with them. David lives in the house belonging to Badin and Nerinckx. There are a series of houses including those of the negroes. They are having regular religious exercises. They hope to form a seminary. On Corpus Christi the Bishop celebrated and carried the Blessed Sacrament at the house of the Dominicans at Springfield near by. Their provincial is Father Thomas Wilson. They have a beautiful church and have five novices already. Last Sunday they were at St. Mary's where there is a priest's home and about 80 parishioners. They will go to Holy Cross three miles away next Thursday. There are enough people for 25 congregations within 90 or 100 miles of Bardstown and only 4 priests because of their college. They could use 20 priests. The Catholics are good and very simple and subject to their priests. :: II-3-n A.L.S. 4pp. 4to., 9