Flaget writes from the very land of the cathedral. That morning he laid out the dimensions with Father Jean David and the architect. His encouragement is so great that he would go against Providence to delay. Now they lay the stones for the foundation and they will come from a quarry on the same ground. IN five or six weeks the foundation will be laid and he will return to lay the cornerstone with all the solemnity he can muster with his grand master of ceremonies and as many priests as he can assemble. He asks Bruté to pray that he will himself be the cornerstone of the cathedral and its finest ornament, the first in this vast country, and a model for all that will be built. The building will be 100 feet long and 64 feet in width. The choir will be thirty feet long and 20 in width and end in a semicircle. Godfroy had begun a plan on the dimensions he had suggested but did not complete the plan. The bishop may have committed some faults in his plan but he has tried to follow the rules. Although his subscription went above his hopes he still has need of his friends at a distance and he hopes that Bruté will warn Fathers Radin, Fenwick, Moranvilliers, Maguire and others and good laymen to aid the subscription. When he thinks that he has only 8 Catholics in Bardstown and yet the town has subscribed five thousand dollars he must believe that God directs the work. He assures Bruté his everlasting gratitude for his aid., P.S. Mr. Millet is disgusted with Flaget's seminary and wishes to return to Baltimore. He is very inconstant and Flaget doubts he will ever stay in one place. He would let him go if he had the money for his expenses. He does not have the missionary spirit and Flaget regrets giving him tonsure and minor orders, but he will repair that by giving him his exeat. :: II-3-n A.L.S. French 4pp. 4to., 3